youth, fathehood and death...
2:13...thats what the clock reads. I'm sitting up because I was hoping to return some keys but thats going to have to wait until AM. I'm sitting here working over my catch glove and I realize how much time and patience it takes to break one of these in. I played last night in my new pads with my blocker and this catch glove with Moogey. The glove was half broken in after winter break...as in it indeed had a break at the palm where I could trap the puck...tonight I was pleasantly surprised that I could Jam a puck between the lacing and the leather and the other lacing...improving the pocket and flexibility, this will probably take another 2 weeks to break in but it makes me appreciate athletes that much more. When I was in HS I wasn't an athlete but now I wish I had gone out for something, I'm going to miss deck hockey when I graduate. I may have to just take up ice hockey and rebuild some skills that I had acquired on the wood to the ice. I almost wish that Deck hockey was a semi-pro event, I would so give up on a career...more on that later. I love playing, its the only time that I truly smile, even if I seem pissed that a shot has gotten by, I still get this sense of exuberance when I make an amazing stop. I can already cover post to post straddle, something I couldn't so last semester, so I'm getting closer to my new years resolution already. With my glove just 1/2 broken in, I made a lot of saves I wouldn't have made last semester with my righty style glove, I could catch "full right" (glove hand right for you non hockey types) last semester but wanted to try switch catching...kinda like baseball but with hockey (I am left handed, a freak). With my glove breaking in, I feel like I'm slowly training something, as though it was my child, its different from any baseball glove I've had. I came into college not caring about hockey and just going to games to be social but I've truly fallen in love with a sport. When I'm playing I forget about my pain (unless its my knees from pad saves), women, class and work...I'm only truly happy when a 50-70mph shot is coming and I have to stop it. It makes me feel like a king when I do.
2nd part
I had an interview today with CCOM the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. I really hope I get this job, I'd be doing something to benefit the world. UNH is the largest granted Uni for this kind of project in the US. They get to play with ROV's and all kinds of sonar equipment. The opportunity to intern for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration excites me. Its almost the Star Treky material that excited me when I was young to start playing with computers...its my goal come full circle to a degree where I can get some resume material to go into the industry. I want to do something to help be creative and improve the world through better charts and understanding of our oceans...still very little is understood of this part of our world...it excites me SOOOOOOOO much. I almost missed out on applying too.
Also I need a roommate, anyone interested in living in the gables with me?
2nd part
I had an interview today with CCOM the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. I really hope I get this job, I'd be doing something to benefit the world. UNH is the largest granted Uni for this kind of project in the US. They get to play with ROV's and all kinds of sonar equipment. The opportunity to intern for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration excites me. Its almost the Star Treky material that excited me when I was young to start playing with computers...its my goal come full circle to a degree where I can get some resume material to go into the industry. I want to do something to help be creative and improve the world through better charts and understanding of our oceans...still very little is understood of this part of our world...it excites me SOOOOOOOO much. I almost missed out on applying too.
Also I need a roommate, anyone interested in living in the gables with me?