Somehow I managed to sleep in until about noon today despite waking up enough to turn off my alarm at 08:30. (No, I don't have to get up at any specific time these days - unemployed - but I've been trying to have reasonable awake hours instead of sleeping all day and not being able to get to sleep at night ( Read more... )

- Last night was our first ice time for pick up hockey since our league folded. And it was really good and a lot of fun. We had some guy out to be ref (I didn't catch who he was) and we managed to make some pretty even teams. I switched ends every fifteen or so minutes because we didn't get a second goalie and it was good. The fact that we have ice ( Read more... )

Hockey is filled with woe for me right now - and the worst part is that it's not just the NHL and the NHLPA with their lockout bullshit (although they did just cancel the first two weeks of the season FML ( Read more... )

The Vancouver Pride Parade was yesterday (I missed it because I'm not organized and should have been studying) which is awesome all on it's own. But what makes me super happy is that two Canucks players, Manny Malholtra and Jason Garrison, and the Canucks mascot, Fin, marched in the parade with the You Can Play guys who are trying to eliminate ( Read more... )

I realize that as a goaltender I'm insane. I actually enjoy standing in front of hard, vulcanized rubber pucks which are being shot at me at high speeds. But to be honest I don't even remember why I liked being a goalie so much. I haven't really spent much time playing out at all ( Read more... )

I saw the beginning of an article about Luongo and Schneider on the Canucks and how one of them is going to get traded (because having two amazing goaltenders is a problem in the NHL - sigh ( Read more... )

The CBC has recently made a partnership with an online audio show which provides an alternate commentary during hockey games. For the Stanley Cup Final games they're going to be hosting the show as an online stream alongside the English and Punjabi (!!!) commentaries. There are several problems with this ( Read more... )

I forgot to watch the Rangers-Devil's game 6 tonight. Which was an elimination game ( Read more... )

I spent most of today avoiding the internet because I decided to watch the replay of the World Hockey Championship Gold Medal game (which was originally played at 8pm Finland time - so in the morning here), and I didn't want to be accidentally spoiled for the score. This was a relatively easy task, although until I thought about it I hadn't ( Read more... )

Today has been a productive day ( Read more... )