I Will Not Write A Post Examining The Schedule

by Anne

Because its pretty cut and dry.

There's a long road stretch in the later part of the season but we knew that was coming because of the basketball tourney in HSBC Arena. Other than that, we travel fewer miles than last year according to some wacky chart over on On the Forecheck.

Shakespeare has taken over my life and I have neglected hockey. I'm a bad fan.

Its a good thing there's no Shakespeare in the Park during hockey season. My loyalties would be all over the map.

Confession of the day: I'm a terrible blogger and I have so many posts to write but I just don't have the energy.

I'll be back soon, I promise. I can see you're all devastated.

Also, I'm "friends" with so many hockey players on Facebook and its hella boring. All the interesting ones don't accept random friendship requests from total strangers. Psh.

You're On!

by Anne

So my other great love, besides hockey, is theatre. I have a bachelor's degree in theatre (yes, I spell it the snobby way) with a concentration in dramatic literature. Woohoo, it's pretty sweet. Basically it means I know a lot about plays. I am also a teacher of high school interns at a local professional theatre company. For each production, they have a group of interns who work backstage in the evenings and take classes during the day, 4 days a week. The culminating event of their internship is their own performance as a pre-show to the mainstage production.

SO. We have only basically 3 weeks of rehearsal. One of our students who has never been in a play before and basically has no concept of the level of bizarre dedication and commitment to the play that super cedes your own health and well-being. Its the way this shiz works, child, you don't call in sick because you have the sniffles. Unless you are vomiting or bleeding from the head, you go on. However, this student decided to not come to class yesterday because they didn't feel well. Our show is TONIGHT. We have tech rehearsal today and that's it. They've missed 5 of a possible 12 rehearsals. Therefore, as she doesn't even know her lines, even if she comes today, we might not let her do it.

Who would do it instead? Oh, that's right.... ME. GOOD GOD. I haven't been in a show since I did a scene from Richard III on this very stage in 2004. YIKES. Fortunately we cut the bejeezus out of this student's lines and I can memorize quickly. I'm just really not looking forward to this to be perfectly honest. I really hope student shows up and knows her lines cold. It's an exciting challenge, but one that I'd gladly give over. UGH.

And its gloomy outside today... and it's an outdoor theatre... awesome. We just have to get our tech rehearsal in today or there are more problems that I don't even want to think about yet.

If you make a commitment to something, COMMIT TO IT.

Boooooooo.

I need some happy thoughts:

Craigory, with every day that passes I look forward to your arrival on our blue line and hope you are as swoon worthy as I hope and dream you are. And by "swoon worthy" I mean "Good at passing out of the defensive zone, blocking shots, protecting Millsey, dropping the gloves, sweeping poke checks and keeping the puck in the zone on the power play"



Heeee! Pie's draft portrait!
Seriously Darcy, where's his contract? I want Pie!!


Haha Pommer

Ok I feel a little bit better. But I still don't want to be in this show tonight. Boooooo!! Good times. Good times.

ETA: This didn't really improve my mood. Top story on NHL.com this morning:

Oy. It's not that I'm really upset about Soupy and I genuinely wish the best for him and I hope he does well in Chicago, but I just secretly hope he'll royally mess up and then we won't look stupid... again. And I hope he doesn't say any more bad things about the Sabres, that stings, Soupy.