OK, that was all a big joke. That was something that could've happened to me on New Years, but instead I was on a plane for 6 hours flying from Phoenix to Alaska, after flying from San Francisco to Phoenix. See what happened was we were supposed to play in Stockton, California on Wednesday and Thursday, come home and celebrate the new year in Vegas, then head to Alaska for our games. Somehow we ended up getting bumped from our flights and had to fly directly from California to Alaska with a quick stop in Phoenix, (cause it's on the way right)five days earlier than we had to. So now I am sitting in a hotel room in Anchorage, Alaska writing, and not playing a game for another four days. Love of the game. It's quite a different town, not quite a buzzing metropolis as they say. A couple of guy saw a moose crossing the street, which actually would've been really cool.
How many people reading this can say they have seen a moose cross the street in front of them? I'm guessing not many. Anyway, after being in Alaska for a week, we head down to Victoria, British Columbia for a couple of games and finally head home. All in all it is a 20 day road trip. Sick.I had a nice Christmas Break at home although it went by way too fast. As usual. I had a couple of fun nights in NYC and spent some quality time with the family. It was good to be home and seeing some old friends and hanging out at 7 Ames Place again. Not much has changed really, so it is nice to go back to my old bed and have my parents yelling at me again. We went for a nice Christmas Eve dinner down in Huntington Bay and while it was a lovely place, my chicken parm was a HUGE letdown. Let me just preface this by saying I LOVE chicken parm, like bad. Like I never have a chicken parm I don't like. Until that night.
The chicken was just extremely tough to chew and tasted like rubber. It looked really good, but tasted like junk. I figured I would redeem myself with a brownie sundae. Relax, I shared it with my sister. But the brownie sundae was bad too! Small scoop of ice cream, thick, dry brownie, poor texture. I'm no Iron Chef, but I know that was a terrible meal. Top to bottom. On to Christmas Morning, I woke up and couldn't move my neck so that really hurt my present opening abilities. I felt my neck spasm the day before and it got real bad overnight. Too bad Santa didn't give me a swedish masseuse the next morning. I did get a few really cool gifts though which I was stoked about. A fly new suit with some dress shirts and tie's to go along with and also got a Kindle. I sound really old. Remember when a good Christmas was all new hockey gear, ninja turtles, starting lineups, a huffy and three nerf footballs? I digress, but the Kindle is pretty cool. I'm reading "Where Men Win Glory" now, by John Krakauer. It's the story of Pat Tillman. It shows what kind of a person Tillman was and gives some behind the scenes info on what went on during 9/11. I look forward to reading a lot more.I'm off to see "The Fighter." Nothing like a good Mark Wahlberg movie. Hope everyone had a great holiday season and will have a great new year. I leave you with this gem..(you might want to turn down the volume a bit)
You might want to turn UP the volume for this jam!
peace out folks!
