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[sesame_seed]

So I'm spending my days alternately at work and dreaming of being at work and feeling like I'm going to develop an ulcer before the Chinese New Year is finally fucking over and done with, and the only things that really even remotely make me happy these days are the Chicago Blackhawks and Jonathan Toews being awesome or people writing awesome

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[richestgrave]

OMG you're into hockey! (Which you posted about weeks ago but I've hardly been on LJ lately, my bad. So glad I spotted this when I logged on to get access to liketheroad's old fic! HOCKEY! SQUEE!) And I have read every one of those fics you've recced and will now take this opportunity to read them again! I also feel the need to mention (and enthusiastically rec) that, in the vein of classic fandom tropes, hockey RPS also has altri_uccelli's Prise de Fer which is a 30k-word, impressively in-character regency AU OF MY HEART. :-)

UGH. I blame the lockout for my substantially increased fixation with hockey RPS. This time last year, I didn't mind missing a few of my team's games here and there, but the lockout starved me and I gobbled up fic (awesome fic!) and fanvids like a ravenous thing and now I obsessively watch all the Hawks games because, you know, TOEWS. YOU KNOW. UGH. I just adore the man and I'm always so gleeful when I see people profess their love for him too. He's my FAVRIT. Always has been outside rps, but I'm super tickled

[richestgrave]

And spoke too soon. Bolland. D:

[sesame_seed]

I am very into hockey!!! I'm so glad that you are, too! And yeah, I keep telling myself that at least there were NO NEW CONCUSSIONS yesterday, but man, I'm actually pretty depressed after each loss.

I have read the Regency AU! I've read pretty much every halfway-decent Toews/Kane fic on A03, really; SO HUNGRY FOR MORE. And ahahaha, if you like to hear about people talking about their Tazer love, I AM YOUR GAL, except I think I'm scaring even absenceofmind, who is a Tazer fangirl herself and got me into this fandom to begin with. *rolls* He's just so incredibly awesome, up to and including his spots of utter lameness, and I don't actually think he's hot, buttt I love him even more because he's not? *g*

(And I'm watching tonight's game, and we're going to lose, aren't we. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.)

[richestgrave]

I'd like to say it gets better in time but it'd be a TOTAL LIE. I was watching every game during their 9-game losing streak last year and every loss HURT LIKE BURNING. UGH. *flails away from the horrible memories

[sesame_seed]

Ahahaha, YOU ASKED FOR IT

[richestgrave]

I LOVE THIS LIST. I feel it deserves its own post. I'm just sayin

[sesame_seed]

Re: the Calgary game, thank goodness I was raiding that night and only got to check in late in the 3rd period; when Calgary scored with like 30 seconds left I was pretty sure it was a loss, and then Hossa dumped it in with THREE SECONDS TO SPARE, and I was screeching into Ventrilo at my friend (Flyers fan, SIGH

[richestgrave]

That game-tying score felt so bizarre! Like going from zero to 60 in a snap! (THREE SECONDS WTH)

The Hawks were extremely tired after Vancouver too, so it's certainly something they've got going for them if Anaheim wears San Jose out (currently on-going! second period, Sharks are up 1-0!). And I thought they played well against the Wild--it could have gone either way. We'll just have to see how it goes and hope they, you know, show up in all periods. Crawford's probably starting so I hope he'll feel pumped up and inspired about Emery's recent stellar performance. Bolland is likely to be ready for the Sharks too (yay!). I wish them less PK time--I know it's awesome guys, but it's actually a bad thing to have to CONSTANTLY SHOW IT OFF GOD. Bolland and Kruger have been somewhat improving on the dot, I think! Although, yeah, still ways off from ideal. No team is perfect! *lol*

[sesame_seed]

...this game is making me cry.

[sesame_seed]

okay, clearly bitching prematurely about games to you is doing GREAT FUCKING THINGS for the hawks' chances. ♥ ♥ ♥

[richestgrave]

♥!!!!! What an awesome way to end it (because the first ten minutes never happened, clearly). And forget the part where I said we're seeing improvements on the dot. The face-off stats moving into the 3rd period were pretty sad--except, of course, for Tazer with a ridiculous 65% finish. AND YET the Hawks still managed to keep possession of the puck. OUR TEAM IS SO AWESOME. (Cherry on top: GWG goes to our favorite duo. What studs.)

[sesame_seed]

Arghhhh, so upset over Hossa. >_> this -- but I kind of hate them now? Slamming Tazer headfirst into the crossbar, elbowing Hossa in the head after Hossa was beasting it up...IS THAT HOW YOU TRY TO WIN GAMES, VANCOUVER?

Bastards.

[sesame_seed]

OH MY GOD THEY WON. Kaner!!!!!!!!! And EMERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next game against the undefeated Sharks! I AM SO WORRIED. XD XD XD