Hey, I Have a BLOG?!

by Anne

Yo.

Soooooo I've been busy. Show, Olympics, students, friends coming in and out of town, etc. etc. AND there hasn't really been much to report from the world of hockey.

Ryan Whitney had foot surgery and will be out until mid-January. This is probably a good thing for us because he, clearly, does not play for the Sabres, and therefore his absence will be to our benefit. As long as his playoff beard won't be affected, I'm ok with that.

Mats might go to the Rangers? Yick. That's annoying. Why? Because then he'll be with a team that he can probably help out. Gross. At least he won't be in our division, but I HATE the Rangers. Apparently the Flyers are his #2 choice? GROSS. Mats Sundin has clearly taken my list of least favorite teams and opted to choose one. He's clearly not going to go to Ottawa or Atlanta so he might as well choose from New York and Philly if he's not heading back to Toronto, which is all but guaranteed.

Oscar had a veterinary appointment today and i'm sure you'll all be pleased to hear that he is in "very good" health and will still be bothering his mommy and cheering for Danny Paille for many years to come. He's only like 1 1/2. He is currently passed the eff out on my bed with me because he's TUCKERED OUT from this mornings happenings. Poor little man.

I feel so detached from hockey lately. Never fear, I'll be at the Arena this afternoon so things will be better. I may rub myself against the larger than life portrait of Thomas Vanek in the entry way, just to feel reconnected. Or maybe I won't do that because then I might be kicked out forever. Whatevs.

I think my iPod was either lost or stolen the other day :(

Um that's all I can think of to report. Classes start in 1 week. I should probably, like, figure out where my classes are and such. Eh. I'll do that later. I might need to start panicking about Pommer soon. I saw a labradoodle last night and had a mini-panic attack about it. I'm giving myself a week until classes started.

How's everyone's life? I have SERIOUS blog reading and commenting to catch up on. Phew. Lots to do, lots to do.


OH YEAH AND WHO ELSE JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING WHEN PHELPSY WON HIS MEDAL #8?!?! THIS GIRL DID!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!

Ryan Whitney's Playoff Beard is Crying

by Anne

It's chestnut, it's auburn, it's red, its blonde. Ryan Whitney's playoff beard has the makings of one of the greats. This is the first time we've gotten to see it go the distance. I'd like to see it come back again. However, not at the expense of the Sabres. Never. Although... if he became a Sabre....

Whatev. They gave it a good go. It's not over yet... buuuuuut.....yyyyeeeahhh.....

Onto my new love: totally obscure baseball teams whose successes and failures have no bearing on my well-being.

Tampa Bay won 2-0 today. Woo. Suck on THAT, White Sox.

Scott Kazmir set a club record with his 5th win in the month of May. His ERA is now 1.22 which was described in one article as "astonishing".

Here's what I've learned: I know "wins" are "good" and a record number of "wins" means you play "well" so, since his ERA of 1.22 was mentioned in the same breath as "record" and "wins" and not as in "in spite of his 1.22 ERA", this leads me to believe a low ERA is "good" and that 1.22 is "low". I'm a genius. They have one pitcher with a 6.14 ERA, I'm guessing that's "bad".

They are STILL atop the AL East, 1 game ahead of Boston and now 6 games ahead of the Yankees who've moved from 5th to 4th.

I found a site that explains baseball abbreviations. For example "SO" does not mean "Shut Out" it means "STRIKE out" and "TP" means "Triple Plays" not "Toilet Paper". Look out, baseball world! Soon I will have a vague pedestrian understanding of the way you list your statistics! Then I shall be unstoppable!!! Muahahahahhahah!!!

First Stephanie from Top Chef, now the Rays. Looks like things I choose to throw my support behind for no good reason tend to excel. I should move away from Buffalo and pretend I've never heard of hockey, and start supporting the Sabres, maybe that'll help.

Back to hockey, briefly:

I realized last night that I'm secretly glad that the Penguins are losing.

Ok, ok, hear me out, PensNation.

For me, their downward slide is more annoying than catastrophically painful. It doesn't carry the same gut-wrenching agony that a Sabres loss provides. Therefore, it merely serves as a somewhat unpleasant reminder of where my heart truly belongs.

So, Sidney, while I'm sorry you more than likely will not be hoisting that Cup later this week, I'm not sorry that you've help to set me back on track earlier rather than later. Sorry, Sid! You'll get there someday, I'm sure of it. Love ya!

THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE TOTALLY AWESOME

by Anne

Detroit v. Pittsburgh, Pens win 3-2, Detroit leads series 2-1.

THANK THE LORD!!!! They FINALLY played the kind of game we were expecting from this series! Is it just being at home? I don't know, but I'd really like this kind of play to continue through the next game and the one after that. Tie this thing at 2 games apiece heading back to the Joe and we've got a real series.

Do it for Ryan Whitney's POB

SID THE FREAKIN' KID! 2 goals!!!!! Adam Hall?!?!?! Just after I declared that you were more expendable than Army, I suppose you decided to prove me wrong. I am OK with that!

Ryan Malone has some strange total hold over me: his face is totally mashed up with bruises and cuts and an unruly red beard, yet in his post game interview, I was all a-swoonin' and making a first aid kid to drive down to Pittsburgh with and tend to his every wound and ache and pain and.... well, you get the idea. ANNIE'S COMIN, RY-RY!

I would like to say thank you to someone I have been heavily criticizing in their coverage of the NHL this season. I've been pretty unforgiving with each mistake and each misspeak. Your every gaffe has been fully exploited for my own amusement. But, I must change my tune, albeit temporarily. No, for the love of god, it's NOT Pierre McGuire, I might not even thank him if he performed lifesaving CPR on my cat. No, I'd like to thank NBC. Thank you, NBC. Thank you for proving to the world that Sidney Crosby does NOT like the media and doing all the interviews. He does it 'cuz he has to, but he doesn't like doing it. I KNEW IT. That's actually what's pushed me over the edge towards (sigh) admitting that I have a huge playoff crush on Sidney Crosby. Whatev.

Thank you also for giving me a 2nd intermission interview with Ovie!! I missed his wacky gap-toothed ways. I feel as though its been about 6 months since I last saw his shining face. Ah, Oviekins. Now, interview Jason Pominville for no good reason, and we'll totes be BFFL, NBC.

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Private to Sidney Crosby:

Ok, I'm reluctantly falling more and more in love with you with each shift and shot on goal. At least for now. Next season it'll be over.

I like seeing this:

And this:

Please keep up this pace.

Love,
Anne

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Private to Spike from Top Chef:

Sorry you're not going to Puerto Rico. Come to Buffalo, we can make out. A lot. It'll be great.

Love,
Anne

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Private to Stephanie from Top Chef:

I'm not exaggerating when I say you were my favorite from the moment I saw you. No joke. And you totes lived up to my totally baseless choice. Gotta go with the gut instinct. After that episode I really want steak.

Love,
Anne

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EDIT
Private to The Pensblog:


Thank you and whoever took it, for this picture:

Love,
Anne