Stanley Cup Finals, the best. Thanks for asking.
Pittsburgh in 6, wishful thinking? Id say but I want to see them get it done. I have seemingly been cheering for the young, underdog teams more often than not this whole post-season so why stop now? I saw an interview with Malkin today, that guy is nothing but Russian, just listen to him talk. Scratch that, he is a Soviet, the last survivor, there I said it.
Would have been hard to guess this match up for the finals again. Detroit is the perennial easy pick to come out of the West so no surprise there. Pittsburgh seemed like they lost alot in the off-season but made some good moves throughout the year and in my opinion are stronger overall than last year at this time.
Anthony made a post about Korean politics. That is awesome. Best political convos ever have been between him and myself. He mentioned the current situation over there, and all I can say is some people are just insane. I would say that I am about 96% opposed to war/violence. The remaining 4% is for when there is people lurking around that need to be gotten rid of for the good of everyone. That little weiner in North Korea needs a bomb dropped on his palace so that we never have to hear about potential resurrections of wars that have been over for half a century again.
Every one watch Game 1 tonight, the end of one of the most amazing playoffs in quite some time is almost here so enjoy it while you can.
5/30/2009
5/24/2009
That is one sexy eleven year old...
My car you sickos...I washed it up today inside and out and it looks spectacular. Nice shine happening, a lack of dust and dirt on the interior, it must be spring time. I cannot believe the amount of trash that was found under the seats of that car, like what was some of that stuff? Probably paid for my coffee for the week too with the coin found in random cracks.
Come on Chicago, get it together. That is all I am going to say about that.
Watched the UFC event last night (thank you Jesse for the hospitality). I cannot understand the popularity of that sport though. Granted it is cool to see someone get knocked out, and a good battle between two evenly matched guys can be exciting. But in the limited viewing experience i have with said sport I have yet to see the excitement overcome my lack of caring. Too much sizing up and dancing around. I dunno, just my opinion, I am all for combat sports I just dont put it on the same level as the traditional major sports, but with the popularity of it and the amount of money they are bringing in there must be alot of people that disagree with me. So good for the UFC for that success, I will occaisionaly watch a pay-per-view but more so becuase it is what my friends are doing that night than for the actual event.
A friend of mine was questioning why i had not posted on here lately. So hopefully this makes him happy. This also brings up two questions of mine though, 1) Does he not have anything better to do than to read my blog. Come on it is just my bad opinions about useless stuff. 2) Why did no one else miss my posts after about a week of inactivity? Come on people, show the love.
Come on Chicago, get it together. That is all I am going to say about that.
Watched the UFC event last night (thank you Jesse for the hospitality). I cannot understand the popularity of that sport though. Granted it is cool to see someone get knocked out, and a good battle between two evenly matched guys can be exciting. But in the limited viewing experience i have with said sport I have yet to see the excitement overcome my lack of caring. Too much sizing up and dancing around. I dunno, just my opinion, I am all for combat sports I just dont put it on the same level as the traditional major sports, but with the popularity of it and the amount of money they are bringing in there must be alot of people that disagree with me. So good for the UFC for that success, I will occaisionaly watch a pay-per-view but more so becuase it is what my friends are doing that night than for the actual event.
A friend of mine was questioning why i had not posted on here lately. So hopefully this makes him happy. This also brings up two questions of mine though, 1) Does he not have anything better to do than to read my blog. Come on it is just my bad opinions about useless stuff. 2) Why did no one else miss my posts after about a week of inactivity? Come on people, show the love.
5/16/2009
Hockey is Cool
With the Conference Finals here the days of multiple games on every night are gone, and that is sad. All four series from last round were amazing (three go the distance to seven games, are you serious?). Also the Ottawa of the West is out so that makes me happy.
If you have even a passing interest in hockey you should be salivating at the idea of the potential Pittsburgh-Chicago final. That would be absolutely amazing for so many reasons...
Pittsburgh-Carolina
Of course I am cheering for Pittsburgh, did you not read the first part of this post? Everyone knows I was going for Washington last round. That had nothing to do with a dislike for Pittsburgh but more so due to a budding man-crush for Ovechkin. I make fun of Sidney 'Promise-Ring' Crosby alot, but come on, he is an amazing player and I want to see him win. If for no other reason than I would assume Mario would finally let Sid stay out past 10:30 for a night of celebrations.
Detroit-Chicago
While the Wings are a great team I just really want to see all the young guys on Chicago get to the finals, they are way too exciting to not see in the next round. The one great thing about this series is regardless of who wins, there will not be any Stanley Cup Final games played at 10:30 because thankfully no west coast teams are around. So we can all watch the Finals and still be productive members of society the next day, nice.
So there you have it, not my predictions but my hopes of who will prevail in the Conference Finals. The playoffs have been amazing thus far and it looks like they will continue that trend in the next couple of weeks.
If you have even a passing interest in hockey you should be salivating at the idea of the potential Pittsburgh-Chicago final. That would be absolutely amazing for so many reasons...
- Two young teams
- Both offensive powers
- Pittsburgh knowing how it feels to lose in the finals and never wanting that to happen again
- Chicago seemingly toying with all competition by continually spotting them early leads only to come roaring back
- Pittsburgh has two of the top scorers in the league
- Chicago has probably the most balanced offensive game of any team in the league
- The speed and back and forth play in such a final would be amazing
- Lets not forget the goalies and defence, both teams are very adequate, to say the least, in those areas
Pittsburgh-Carolina
Of course I am cheering for Pittsburgh, did you not read the first part of this post? Everyone knows I was going for Washington last round. That had nothing to do with a dislike for Pittsburgh but more so due to a budding man-crush for Ovechkin. I make fun of Sidney 'Promise-Ring' Crosby alot, but come on, he is an amazing player and I want to see him win. If for no other reason than I would assume Mario would finally let Sid stay out past 10:30 for a night of celebrations.
Detroit-Chicago
While the Wings are a great team I just really want to see all the young guys on Chicago get to the finals, they are way too exciting to not see in the next round. The one great thing about this series is regardless of who wins, there will not be any Stanley Cup Final games played at 10:30 because thankfully no west coast teams are around. So we can all watch the Finals and still be productive members of society the next day, nice.
So there you have it, not my predictions but my hopes of who will prevail in the Conference Finals. The playoffs have been amazing thus far and it looks like they will continue that trend in the next couple of weeks.
5/12/2009
A few things
Two Monday's in a row turn out to be absolutely amazing hockey nights and of course I am not watching either one of them. They are the only two days I have not watched at least one game since the playoffs started and they happen to be the two best ones in recent memory. So, if anyone wants me for anything this coming Monday I will be unavailable, unless its to watch hockey.
I am going back to work tomorrow, it will be exactly 4 weeks to the day since having surgery. This whole situation has really been dragging out and I am glad to be getting back to my normal life a little bit. I expected to be working again two weeks ago so this whole extended time off has really bothered me. The doctor says two more weeks and I can get back to everything I was doing before with no restrictions, I am looking very forward to that date so that I can just forget all the nonsense of this situation. Thanks again for everyone that has been real helpful and supportive, for coming to visit/hang out or offering rides to places, etc. greatly appreciated.
The time off was at least a little productive, once I was off the drugs I was able to get some studying done, finished reading the CSC V2 textbook and plan to write the volume 2 exam sometime in June after some good review time and practice with the formulas, ratios, etc.
I am cleaning my closet out today, never realized how much junk I have been throwing in there and completely forgetting about (was it really easier to throw empty shoe boxes into the back of the closet rather than take them right to the recycling bin?).
I am going back to work tomorrow, it will be exactly 4 weeks to the day since having surgery. This whole situation has really been dragging out and I am glad to be getting back to my normal life a little bit. I expected to be working again two weeks ago so this whole extended time off has really bothered me. The doctor says two more weeks and I can get back to everything I was doing before with no restrictions, I am looking very forward to that date so that I can just forget all the nonsense of this situation. Thanks again for everyone that has been real helpful and supportive, for coming to visit/hang out or offering rides to places, etc. greatly appreciated.
The time off was at least a little productive, once I was off the drugs I was able to get some studying done, finished reading the CSC V2 textbook and plan to write the volume 2 exam sometime in June after some good review time and practice with the formulas, ratios, etc.
I am cleaning my closet out today, never realized how much junk I have been throwing in there and completely forgetting about (was it really easier to throw empty shoe boxes into the back of the closet rather than take them right to the recycling bin?).
5/07/2009
On the way back
Went for my first 'run' today since the surgery three weeks ago. The term run was used very liberally in the previous sentence because based on where I was at three weeks ago this hardly compared. I ran 1 mile in 9:40, before all this I was doing 1 milers in well under 5 mins. and actually cannot remember the last time I ran such a short distance. So needless to say there is a long way to go to get back. Hopefully there is no ill effects from doing that today, the pain was tolerable but I could feel my stride compensating for the weaknesses and that is somewhat worrisome, going to have to wait and see.
I plan to go back to work next week, cannot wait for that, get back to life as normal as well as start getting paid again.
I plan to go back to work next week, cannot wait for that, get back to life as normal as well as start getting paid again.
5/06/2009
You do realize he is watching you...
Check this little dude out, it is a Tarsier. Probably the coolest animal I have seen in a long time, and I watch alot of Animal Planet, so that is saying something.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsier
The good people of wikipedia would be happy to give you some more details about this super cute animal.
5/05/2009
They Better Learn
So I am watching the first period of Vancouver @ Chicago game 3, Vancouver has a power play early on...
If Mats Sundin is standing at the top of the circle, on the power play, tapping his stick to call for the puck, YOU PASS HIM THE PUCK.
You do not pass to the other side of the ice as Kevin Bieksa chose to do, because lets face it, Sundin is the most gifted offensive player on that team and after years of watching him play I can say that when he calls for the puck it means he is going to put it in the net.
Hopefully Mats fills in his new teammates of the way a power play is run when #13 is on the ice.
If Mats Sundin is standing at the top of the circle, on the power play, tapping his stick to call for the puck, YOU PASS HIM THE PUCK.
You do not pass to the other side of the ice as Kevin Bieksa chose to do, because lets face it, Sundin is the most gifted offensive player on that team and after years of watching him play I can say that when he calls for the puck it means he is going to put it in the net.
Hopefully Mats fills in his new teammates of the way a power play is run when #13 is on the ice.
5/03/2009
A Little Bit Canadian?
Canadian hockey is the envy of every country who has even just one player that laces up. This is not an opinion, a biased statement or a rant. It is a fact. Canadian hockey is great for many reasons, the players are amazing individually and as a whole, national teams create a sum of parts that cannot be matched.
Of the many traits that make a Canadian hockey player great, three are of utmost importance to make one in the top tier:
1. Skill - not much explanation needed, skills gained from a lifetime of practice and competing makes a Canadian hockey player unmatched (skating, shooting, passing, being awesome, etc.).
2. Grit - watch any playoff game and you will know what I mean, throwing big hits, taking big hits to make a play, blocking shots with any body part that will get the job done (covered by equipment or not).
3. Passion - the love for the game, the chasing of the dream, for every player that makes it there are thousands of guys that do not, all have the same love for the game and each guy that makes it represents the passion of every guy that does not.
There are lots of amazing players from around the world, and the truly great ones sometimes even display these traits to some degree. None though as much as Ovechkin. He is simply amazing and there is not one player I would prefer to watch right now more than him.
1. Skill - watch sportscentre any day after a Capitals game and you will see. He has insane speed, a killer shot (both in terms of velocity and accuracy) and dangles to challenge anyone out there.
2. Grit - who would of thought a Russian would ever show grit worth mentioning? Certainly not me, but he definitely does, always amongst the leaders in hits (unheard of for a skilled guy) and a willingness to drive the net like a prototypical power forward.
3. Passion - another thing usually lacking from the better Russian hockey players. Not Ovechkin though, this guy flat out loves the game, you can see it when he scores, when his teammates score and in the way he attacks at all times. It is even evident in the way he talks about the game.
Canadian hockey as a whole is still far and away the best, but as individual players go (and we have alot of them from this country), Ovechkin is the best right now (in my opinion). I hope some of the young Canadian players coming up will play the style he plays because I would love to argue the fact that a Canadian is the best, as has usually been the case.
Of the many traits that make a Canadian hockey player great, three are of utmost importance to make one in the top tier:
1. Skill - not much explanation needed, skills gained from a lifetime of practice and competing makes a Canadian hockey player unmatched (skating, shooting, passing, being awesome, etc.).
2. Grit - watch any playoff game and you will know what I mean, throwing big hits, taking big hits to make a play, blocking shots with any body part that will get the job done (covered by equipment or not).
3. Passion - the love for the game, the chasing of the dream, for every player that makes it there are thousands of guys that do not, all have the same love for the game and each guy that makes it represents the passion of every guy that does not.
There are lots of amazing players from around the world, and the truly great ones sometimes even display these traits to some degree. None though as much as Ovechkin. He is simply amazing and there is not one player I would prefer to watch right now more than him.
1. Skill - watch sportscentre any day after a Capitals game and you will see. He has insane speed, a killer shot (both in terms of velocity and accuracy) and dangles to challenge anyone out there.
2. Grit - who would of thought a Russian would ever show grit worth mentioning? Certainly not me, but he definitely does, always amongst the leaders in hits (unheard of for a skilled guy) and a willingness to drive the net like a prototypical power forward.
3. Passion - another thing usually lacking from the better Russian hockey players. Not Ovechkin though, this guy flat out loves the game, you can see it when he scores, when his teammates score and in the way he attacks at all times. It is even evident in the way he talks about the game.
Canadian hockey as a whole is still far and away the best, but as individual players go (and we have alot of them from this country), Ovechkin is the best right now (in my opinion). I hope some of the young Canadian players coming up will play the style he plays because I would love to argue the fact that a Canadian is the best, as has usually been the case.
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