Saturday, May 7, 2011
Happy/Sad
Time has caught me, my friends. (yes, I am paraphrasing Highlander)
Today is the last day that I can be referred to as a "thirty-something." Tomorrow the happiness that is Mother's Day will be slightly spoiled for me by the cosmic bummer that is my 40th birthday.
This sadness is mildly tempered by some happy news from last night. It's irrelevant happy news, in the grand scheme of things, but to me it's happy news none the less.
For the first time since 1992, the Boston Bruins have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. Welcome to round three.
They did what they failed to do last year by completing the sweep against Philadelphia, with a 5-1 win at the Garden last night.
Sure turning 40 is going to blow, but at least the Bruins are still playing.
Now if we could just get the Red Sox to stop sucking so bad.
Go Bruins!
Today is the last day that I can be referred to as a "thirty-something." Tomorrow the happiness that is Mother's Day will be slightly spoiled for me by the cosmic bummer that is my 40th birthday.
This sadness is mildly tempered by some happy news from last night. It's irrelevant happy news, in the grand scheme of things, but to me it's happy news none the less.
For the first time since 1992, the Boston Bruins have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. Welcome to round three.
They did what they failed to do last year by completing the sweep against Philadelphia, with a 5-1 win at the Garden last night.
Sure turning 40 is going to blow, but at least the Bruins are still playing.
Now if we could just get the Red Sox to stop sucking so bad.
Go Bruins!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Nerves
We're a little less than 20 minutes from the dropping of the puck. Bruins/Flyers game four. The nerves are getting tense here at chez Ranchero. Even Patches the kitty cat is feeling it.
"Mrrrooooowwwww," she says.
Is it time to start praying to those hockey gods?
Don't give those damn Flyers even a sliver of hope. Kick them while they're down.
Sweep
Sweep
Sweep
Go Bruins!
"Mrrrooooowwwww," she says.
Is it time to start praying to those hockey gods?
Don't give those damn Flyers even a sliver of hope. Kick them while they're down.
Sweep
Sweep
Sweep
Go Bruins!
Paranoid Fear of Deja-Vu
Last year the Bruins won the first three games against Philadelphia. Remember that game when Marc Savard came back from the concussion and scored the winner in overtime? Was that awesome, or what?
Then the bubble burst and they committed the biggest choke in the history of professional athletics in North America, if not the world.
Fast forward one year and the Bruins have won the first three games against Philadelphia again. Remember when Krejci scored the winner in overtime? Was that awesome, or what?
Now tonight we come to game four... again. Last year we lost Krejci and Seidenberg to injuries. This year it's the Flyers have the big injury to Chris Pronger and they lack Simon Gagne who came back from injury in game four and sparked them in a big way.
Last year Tuukka Rask sort of ran out of steam for us in goal, while Leighton came alive in a big way for them. This year Tim Thomas is playing at the top of his game and getting better by the day, while Philly has been using almost two goalies a game, looking for some one to get the job done.
Everything looks good for us, except for the recent history. Why then, can I not relax and stop worrying about the recent history?
Because Deja-Vu is a bitch. Plain and simple.
Win it tonight.
Go Bruins.
Oh, and thanks NHL for moving the game between the two East coast teams to 8:00 so that you can squeeze a few more viewers out of Detroit. Thanks a piss pot.
Go Bruins
(oh, typos build character. If I misspelled a name it's because I am LAZY. That is all.)
Then the bubble burst and they committed the biggest choke in the history of professional athletics in North America, if not the world.
Fast forward one year and the Bruins have won the first three games against Philadelphia again. Remember when Krejci scored the winner in overtime? Was that awesome, or what?
Now tonight we come to game four... again. Last year we lost Krejci and Seidenberg to injuries. This year it's the Flyers have the big injury to Chris Pronger and they lack Simon Gagne who came back from injury in game four and sparked them in a big way.
Last year Tuukka Rask sort of ran out of steam for us in goal, while Leighton came alive in a big way for them. This year Tim Thomas is playing at the top of his game and getting better by the day, while Philly has been using almost two goalies a game, looking for some one to get the job done.
Everything looks good for us, except for the recent history. Why then, can I not relax and stop worrying about the recent history?
Because Deja-Vu is a bitch. Plain and simple.
Win it tonight.
Go Bruins.
Oh, and thanks NHL for moving the game between the two East coast teams to 8:00 so that you can squeeze a few more viewers out of Detroit. Thanks a piss pot.
Go Bruins
(oh, typos build character. If I misspelled a name it's because I am LAZY. That is all.)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Say No to Deja Vu
The Bruins are up three games to none over Philadelphia in their second round playoff series.
I may have written those exact words last year. (I might actually check on that later)
I should be bouncing off the walls. I probably was bouncing off the walls at this point last year. Actually, I just looked back at what I wrote after game three last year and I was preaching cautious optimism because of what we saw the Red Sox do to the Yankees in 2004. So maybe I wasn't elated. I do know that I was seriously looking ahead to round three. I'm not doing that this year.
Please.
Pretty please.
Pretty please with sugar on top.
Do not push the feeling of deja-vu that Bruins nation is feeling any further than you already have. Win the game on Friday. Just get it over with. End the speculation. Exorcise the demons or whatever you want to call it. Just beat Philly in game four. Please, I beg you.
Say no to deja-vu.
Go Bruins!
I may have written those exact words last year. (I might actually check on that later)
I should be bouncing off the walls. I probably was bouncing off the walls at this point last year. Actually, I just looked back at what I wrote after game three last year and I was preaching cautious optimism because of what we saw the Red Sox do to the Yankees in 2004. So maybe I wasn't elated. I do know that I was seriously looking ahead to round three. I'm not doing that this year.
Please.
Pretty please.
Pretty please with sugar on top.
Do not push the feeling of deja-vu that Bruins nation is feeling any further than you already have. Win the game on Friday. Just get it over with. End the speculation. Exorcise the demons or whatever you want to call it. Just beat Philly in game four. Please, I beg you.
Say no to deja-vu.
Go Bruins!
For the Birds
This picture is from yesterday. Once again the neighborhood birds said thanks for the bird feeder. This time they thanked the blue car's windshield.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Game Three
The Bruins have a two games to none lead over the Flyers in this second round series.
They have a four to one lead after two periods in game three.
I should be bouncing off the walls with happiness but I'm not. Last year still hurts too much. I can't relax and enjoy this. When the Bruins score I get really excited for a few seconds and then the pain/fear/panic/suffering/(and worst of all)memory of last year come back and I feel that feeling that will probably someday be a sports-fan related ulcer.
Still...
GO BRUINS!!!!
(are any other Bruins fans feeling like this? Comments?)
They have a four to one lead after two periods in game three.
I should be bouncing off the walls with happiness but I'm not. Last year still hurts too much. I can't relax and enjoy this. When the Bruins score I get really excited for a few seconds and then the pain/fear/panic/suffering/(and worst of all)memory of last year come back and I feel that feeling that will probably someday be a sports-fan related ulcer.
Still...
GO BRUINS!!!!
(are any other Bruins fans feeling like this? Comments?)
Random Thoughts
I had WBZ radio on this morning. As I turned it on they were wrapping up a story about fraudulent mortgages and forged signatures and illegal lending practices. Immediately following the story was an advertisement for mortgages.
I'm excited about the Bruins game tonight. I am also terrified. I should relax and just accept that the situation is totally different than last year. Last year we won the first two games at home. This year we won the first two games on the road. Big difference. Last year we had Tuukka Rask in goal. This year we have Tim The Man Thomas in net. No disrespect to Tuukka, but HUGE difference. Not to mention that Thomas in game two had what might be the best performance of his NHL career. See? It's not the same situation as last year at all. They are not going to blow a three games to none lead again. Right? Right? Is that the sound of chirping crickets I hear?
In further hockey news, Tampa Bay has a 3 games to none lead over Washington. I picked Tampa Bay to win, but like this? Do you think Washington can force a game seven the way Chicago did? Probably not (cough, CHOKE, cough)
May the Fourth Be With You.
The only down side to Star Wars Day 2011 is that four days from now I will have the saddest day ever. It's been 10 years since I had a day even remotely this depressing. You see, four days shy of 10 years ago I turned 30. Do the math, kiddies. Have you figured out why I really do not want May 8, 2011 to happen? I will be forty years old. I want Mother's Day to happen. I just don't want that other horrible thing to happen. You know what I mean?
Go Bruins
I'm excited about the Bruins game tonight. I am also terrified. I should relax and just accept that the situation is totally different than last year. Last year we won the first two games at home. This year we won the first two games on the road. Big difference. Last year we had Tuukka Rask in goal. This year we have Tim The Man Thomas in net. No disrespect to Tuukka, but HUGE difference. Not to mention that Thomas in game two had what might be the best performance of his NHL career. See? It's not the same situation as last year at all. They are not going to blow a three games to none lead again. Right? Right? Is that the sound of chirping crickets I hear?
In further hockey news, Tampa Bay has a 3 games to none lead over Washington. I picked Tampa Bay to win, but like this? Do you think Washington can force a game seven the way Chicago did? Probably not (cough, CHOKE, cough)
May the Fourth Be With You.
The only down side to Star Wars Day 2011 is that four days from now I will have the saddest day ever. It's been 10 years since I had a day even remotely this depressing. You see, four days shy of 10 years ago I turned 30. Do the math, kiddies. Have you figured out why I really do not want May 8, 2011 to happen? I will be forty years old. I want Mother's Day to happen. I just don't want that other horrible thing to happen. You know what I mean?
Go Bruins
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Enough with the Overtime!
I almost didn't make it last night. If the Bruins game had gone six minutes longer I would have been out like a light. There's no way I was staying conscious through a second 18 minute overtime intermission.
Thankfully, Krejci scored at the 14:00 mark and the Bruins took game two of the series. That's puts us up two games to none, heading back home to Boston for games three and four.
Two games to none. If they win on Wednesday it will be three games to none. It's like deja-vu all over again. If they go up 3-0 on Philly, like they did last year before committing the greatest choke in professional sports history, I will be paralyzed with fear. Really. Not again, please... not again.
Of course if they win game three and then win game four I'll feel a little better.
Tim Thomas was a hockey god last night. No question. 52 saves. Philly got two goals early in the first and that was all Thomas was giving them. He was gigantic. He was huge. He was, The Man
Go Bruins!
Thankfully, Krejci scored at the 14:00 mark and the Bruins took game two of the series. That's puts us up two games to none, heading back home to Boston for games three and four.
Two games to none. If they win on Wednesday it will be three games to none. It's like deja-vu all over again. If they go up 3-0 on Philly, like they did last year before committing the greatest choke in professional sports history, I will be paralyzed with fear. Really. Not again, please... not again.
Of course if they win game three and then win game four I'll feel a little better.
Tim Thomas was a hockey god last night. No question. 52 saves. Philly got two goals early in the first and that was all Thomas was giving them. He was gigantic. He was huge. He was, The Man
Go Bruins!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Closure
I try to be a good person, and in my opinion a good person cannot take pleasure from the death of another person.
That being said... I think I'll make an exception in this case.
Osama bin Laden is dead.
I don't believe in capital punishment. If one person is evil enough to take another's life, how does it not make us equally evil for taking the criminal's life? Is that justice or is it revenge? I prefer to see the criminal live a long painful life suffering in a cage. That's just me though.
That being said... I think I'll make an exception in this case.
Does this make us safer? I don't know. Maybe. Probably not. Some one will step in to fill the vacuum. Who knows.
All I really want is for this to bring us one gigantic step closer to bringing our men and women in uniform home. That's the good that I want to see come from this. Bring 'em home.
That being said... I think I'll make an exception in this case.
Osama bin Laden is dead.
I don't believe in capital punishment. If one person is evil enough to take another's life, how does it not make us equally evil for taking the criminal's life? Is that justice or is it revenge? I prefer to see the criminal live a long painful life suffering in a cage. That's just me though.
That being said... I think I'll make an exception in this case.
Does this make us safer? I don't know. Maybe. Probably not. Some one will step in to fill the vacuum. Who knows.
All I really want is for this to bring us one gigantic step closer to bringing our men and women in uniform home. That's the good that I want to see come from this. Bring 'em home.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Awesome!
Yesterday the Bruins took game one of their second round series against Philadelphia.
Yesterday we had our first cookout in our new home using a new grill and a cool new outdoor fireplace thingie.
Today we found Forest Lake.
Today we found the Wheeler Dam in Salem.
Today we watched Hot Tub Time Machine.
Today the best thing that could possibly happen will happen, because the kids will be here. They are on the way home from the cruise they took with their Dad, Step-Mom, and Grandmother.
It's been a great weekend, and once they are back home it will be even better.
Yesterday we had our first cookout in our new home using a new grill and a cool new outdoor fireplace thingie.
Today we found Forest Lake.
Today we found the Wheeler Dam in Salem.
Today we watched Hot Tub Time Machine.
Today the best thing that could possibly happen will happen, because the kids will be here. They are on the way home from the cruise they took with their Dad, Step-Mom, and Grandmother.
It's been a great weekend, and once they are back home it will be even better.
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This app should show that we are at Forest Lake in Methuen. Just checking it out.
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The street address is;
10 Ridgewood Ln
Methuen
Massachusetts 01844
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Methuen
Massachusetts 01844
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