So randomly I decided to write another blog. The last blog I wrote was in February I think. I just got bored and too lazy to keep writing stuff. I did decide to join twitter though which has been great. It's like when you're a kid and you get a new toy for Christmas and you play with it everyday until one day you're like this sucks, I need something else. Bam, twitter was my new toy. Then you are cleaning out your closet and you see that old toy again and you're like oh man this was so sweet. So you play with it again. We'll see if I can continue the blog or not, but I'm still in deep in the twitter game. If you liked this blog follow me. @kschaeff3. So let's see if I can recap the last 5 or so months in this blog:
Part 1.
When we left off we were heading towards the end of the season with the Las Vegas Wranglers. We started to slide from our first place position and came stumbling into the playoffs not playing our best hockey. Not sure if it was because I was no longer blogging or because our whole team was either hurt or called up. We went into the playoffs facing the Idaho Steelheads and lost the best of 5 series. Just like that, the season was over. Now during the last few months of the season I started feeling like this might be the end of the road for my hockey career. I knew I didn't want to play in North America anymore and it was Europe or bust. It was a tough few months to think about it, but after our final game against Idaho I knew that that might've been the last professional game I played. (I'll give you guys a minute to go grab a tissue). At the end of every season is very bittersweet. The sadness of the season ending coupled with the excitement of the end of the year parties and summer fun is a weird feeling. I guess of all places to be to cap off your hockey career with a week of partying, Vegas probably comes in on top. We had a great week of fun, but after that week I was begging to go home.
Part 2.
As per usual I spent some time in NY with the family after the season. I spent a lot of of that time in NYC with Eric Thomassian and Craig Sanders livin it up, and partying like a bunch of rockstars. (Jack Parker reference #1). I then moved up to Boston where I moved in with Karson Gillespie, former Terrier netminder and average guy at best. It was a real feather in my cap (Parker reference #2) to snag a great living spot in Charlestown with Ol' Gillies. It got off to a rocky start with the female resident who lives above us. I was moving in, as she was going to walk her dog. I introduced myself and said I was moving in and living with Karson. She responded with "I didn't know he had a two bedroom," with which I replied, "he doesn't." What I failed to mention was that Karson has an office with which I converted to a bedroom, and we are in fact not sharing a bedroom. I think she has figured it out. Since then it has been all hats and horns (Parker reference #3.) We have been up to our usual shennanigans on the weekends getting together with the boys and letting our hair down and lampshades on our heads drinking our grape crushes. (Parker reference #4). I have made a few good trips as well, heading to Nantucket for Figawi weekend, Anaheim, to work with the Ducks Development Camp over 4th of July, the Hamptons and most recently Sea Island, Georgia with the Schaeffer clan. During this time I have faced some very hard decisions. The main one was whether to go to Europe for my farewell tour or hang up the Bauers. I have decided to hang up the skates and move on to a new chapter in my life. Just like the end of the season, it's a bittersweet feeling, but i'm excited for the opportunities that lay ahead and I'm excited to be in Boston full time. Now figuring out what to do with my life is the next step. I feel as though if I have the desire, determination and the will to win, (Parker reference #5) I'll be ok. All in all so far a pretty good summer. We still have some weeks left to make the most of it. Oh by the way the Bruins won the Stanley Cup a few months ago, that is neat!
Part 3.
It's funny when the summer starts you get so excited and feel like you have so much time to do as much as you want. Then it hits you that it's August 12th (today) and you start to panic about how you can cram as much fun in the next few weeks. It's a little different feeling now though cause usually I would be gearing up to leave for training camp and then go live in some brutal city like Vegas for a year so I would be counting down the weekends. Now I know I will be here so no need to count the weekends, just make the weekends count! On the agenda right now, I have a trip back to NY, Kenny Chesney weekend and possibly Labor Day at ACK. Can't wait! (Bart Scott Voice)
Part 4.
I usually talk about some reality TV show like American Idol for a bit, but I really haven't been watching to much TV. But Scotty Mcreerey? Seriously? I'm definitely trying out next year. That's all I have to say about that. Also everyone knows I'm a big fan of music and usually I'll post the jams I've been listening to lately. I honestly can say that because of our goalie this past year DJ Snouzas, I have become a fan of techno. I actually couldn't stand it while we blasted it in the locker room everyday, i'm usually a fan of a song with instruments. I can say though that you may have seen me doing my best DJ Tiesto or DeadMau5 impression in the car lately. Which happens to be a new jeep by the way. I treated myself. But to keep my sanity, my former D partner from Vegas and all around great guy Jamie Fritsch introduced me to the song Wagon Wheel, by Old Crow Medicine Show. Great tune.
I think that will be it for now. Plus I have to go move my car anyway. Annoying 2 hour street parking. It's been a pleasure to be back blogging for you. As usual, Take Care, Comb Your Hair
Friday, August 12, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Random Thoughts
Valentines Day is for the birds...
So I've really been slacking on this blogging stuff lately. To tell you the truth it's tough. It's a lot of pressure to churn out awesome blog after awesome blog. Once I start getting messages begging to me to update the blog I know it's been too long. One of the reasons I've been slacking is cause we have been playing so many games lately. Like our schedule is absurd. So whenever I get a chance to relax and do nothing, I literally do nothing. Like I barely get out of bed. But I also haven't had much to write about either so you guys haven't been missing out.
The last time I wrote we were in Alaska for an extended stay. So we were finally set to go home and we get to the airport in Seattle from Victoria, BC. We get on our plane and then they tell us there is a problem with the plane so we need to switch planes. So we grab our gear and get off and go to another plane. So we are sitting there for a half hour or so before we move, and an announcement comes on saying they are just de-icing and we'll be taking off shortly. Another twenty minutes later we hear we need to get off, while they fix some problem on the wing. De-icing my ass. We grab our gear and get off. We re-board that plane shortly after, only to have to get off again! The problem they thought they fixed wasn't. Finally, after three times of getting on and off we were able to get back on and take off. While on the plane the stewardess gets on the mic and announces "Alaskan Airlines is proud to have the Las Vegas Rangers hockey team on board." So naturally we start dying laughing cause they said Rangers instead of Wranglers. Then an older lady behind us asks why we were all laughing and her husband goes, "They're laughing because there's obviously no professional hockey team in Las Vegas!" Sweet. By the way, there has been no word of a lie stated in this paragraph. Everything I just said is 100% true.
As all of my loyal readers know, I am a huge American Idol fan. But since they changed the judges I didn't quite know if I would watch the show. I've tuned in a few times out of curiosity and I'm indifferent. Steven Tyler was ok, same with JLo. Randy is just Randy. The thing is for me though, it's not the judges that make the show for me. I enjoy watching the performances. I don't like the early auditions though cause I feel pretty bad for some of those people who actually think they are good singers. Which is why I wait for Hollywood week to tune in. This week I'll have to check out who my favorites will be. Also, one of my cousins has made it to Hollywood week, so this year American Idol gets personal! Wayne Smith, keep an eye out for him!
Another show I've started to tune into was The Bachelor...I meannn the Ultimate Fighter. No seriously. It's a good show with some real babes on it. Emily is quite the babe. If she were president, her name would be Babraham Lincoln. The guy Brad is kind of a square though. Oh well. Good entertainment. Now I should probably say something really manly to save face here and make sure everyone knows I'm straight, but I'm comfortable with myself.
The Wranglers/Rangers have been struggling as of late. The schedule, some injuries and call ups have taken a bit of a toll on the team. The weird thing is we are either still in first place or close to it in the league. Not too shabby if you ask me. We have a couple days off from games here so hopefully we can get healthy and refreshed.
Anyone else dissapointed with the Super Bowl commercials? Bud Light is usually great, but i guess they took the year off. The monkeys of CareerBuilder were classic. Best commercial by far.
The weather here has been pretty nice. Not too hot yet, but not cold, and not a cloud in the sky. Like a nice spring day. I hear the weather has been nice back home too...It's amazing how the weather can effect your mood. Waking up when it is freezing cold and raining and snowing does not to good things for your psyche. Walking out of the rink when it is 65-70 degrees and sunny does. I can't wait for pool season! Who's coming out to visit??
I thought this was funny:
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Has anyone else tried this www.listentoyoutube.com? I can't believe I've been buying songs for this long.
BU lost in the first round of the Beanpot this year, and this just came in that they lost the consolation game to the Crimson of Harvard. Can't be a good time at the Dugout this week.
I feel like I'm missing a few things I wanted to talk about, but I guess if I think of them I can just write a new blog!
Take Care, Comb your hair! Get pitted, wapowwww!
So I've really been slacking on this blogging stuff lately. To tell you the truth it's tough. It's a lot of pressure to churn out awesome blog after awesome blog. Once I start getting messages begging to me to update the blog I know it's been too long. One of the reasons I've been slacking is cause we have been playing so many games lately. Like our schedule is absurd. So whenever I get a chance to relax and do nothing, I literally do nothing. Like I barely get out of bed. But I also haven't had much to write about either so you guys haven't been missing out.
The last time I wrote we were in Alaska for an extended stay. So we were finally set to go home and we get to the airport in Seattle from Victoria, BC. We get on our plane and then they tell us there is a problem with the plane so we need to switch planes. So we grab our gear and get off and go to another plane. So we are sitting there for a half hour or so before we move, and an announcement comes on saying they are just de-icing and we'll be taking off shortly. Another twenty minutes later we hear we need to get off, while they fix some problem on the wing. De-icing my ass. We grab our gear and get off. We re-board that plane shortly after, only to have to get off again! The problem they thought they fixed wasn't. Finally, after three times of getting on and off we were able to get back on and take off. While on the plane the stewardess gets on the mic and announces "Alaskan Airlines is proud to have the Las Vegas Rangers hockey team on board." So naturally we start dying laughing cause they said Rangers instead of Wranglers. Then an older lady behind us asks why we were all laughing and her husband goes, "They're laughing because there's obviously no professional hockey team in Las Vegas!" Sweet. By the way, there has been no word of a lie stated in this paragraph. Everything I just said is 100% true.
As all of my loyal readers know, I am a huge American Idol fan. But since they changed the judges I didn't quite know if I would watch the show. I've tuned in a few times out of curiosity and I'm indifferent. Steven Tyler was ok, same with JLo. Randy is just Randy. The thing is for me though, it's not the judges that make the show for me. I enjoy watching the performances. I don't like the early auditions though cause I feel pretty bad for some of those people who actually think they are good singers. Which is why I wait for Hollywood week to tune in. This week I'll have to check out who my favorites will be. Also, one of my cousins has made it to Hollywood week, so this year American Idol gets personal! Wayne Smith, keep an eye out for him!
Another show I've started to tune into was The Bachelor...I meannn the Ultimate Fighter. No seriously. It's a good show with some real babes on it. Emily is quite the babe. If she were president, her name would be Babraham Lincoln. The guy Brad is kind of a square though. Oh well. Good entertainment. Now I should probably say something really manly to save face here and make sure everyone knows I'm straight, but I'm comfortable with myself.
The Wranglers/Rangers have been struggling as of late. The schedule, some injuries and call ups have taken a bit of a toll on the team. The weird thing is we are either still in first place or close to it in the league. Not too shabby if you ask me. We have a couple days off from games here so hopefully we can get healthy and refreshed.
Anyone else dissapointed with the Super Bowl commercials? Bud Light is usually great, but i guess they took the year off. The monkeys of CareerBuilder were classic. Best commercial by far.
The weather here has been pretty nice. Not too hot yet, but not cold, and not a cloud in the sky. Like a nice spring day. I hear the weather has been nice back home too...It's amazing how the weather can effect your mood. Waking up when it is freezing cold and raining and snowing does not to good things for your psyche. Walking out of the rink when it is 65-70 degrees and sunny does. I can't wait for pool season! Who's coming out to visit??
I thought this was funny:
(Need Sound)
Has anyone else tried this www.listentoyoutube.com? I can't believe I've been buying songs for this long.
BU lost in the first round of the Beanpot this year, and this just came in that they lost the consolation game to the Crimson of Harvard. Can't be a good time at the Dugout this week.
I feel like I'm missing a few things I wanted to talk about, but I guess if I think of them I can just write a new blog!
Take Care, Comb your hair! Get pitted, wapowwww!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone. Do you believe that it is 2011? Remember when it was turning year 2000 and everyone thought the world was gonna explode, that whole Y2K phenomenom. We were pretty dumb back then huh? Anyway, this New Year was unreal. Celebrating in Las Vegas could not have been any awesomer. My good friend Eric Thomassian came out from NYC and we went to the opening of the brand new club called Marquee. Only 150 people were invited, but Thomo had the hook up and we were one of the guests. Oh and we were rolling with Leo DiCaprio so that might've helped. Guy was an unreal dude. Paid for everything and was a real down to earth guy. Jay-Z and Coldplay were playing a private concert and then came over to our table when they were done and were just hanging out with us. It was surreal. I was ringing in the New Year with megastars. Just beautiful girls all around us thinking we were somebody sweet asking for our phone number. It was the best night of my life!
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!
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!
Monday, December 13, 2010
It's Beginning to look a lot like...
Everybody start singing with me.."It's beginning to look a lot like...Springtime? Yes folks that's right. We had about two weeks of cold weather here in Las Vegas, and by cold I mean I had to put a jacket on. (Except the one night we did some volunteer work at this place called the Magical Forest. It was a Christmas theme park and we had to stand outside all night and talk to guests. The weather decided to be a brisk 36 degrees that night. Not cool. Good thing I have all my winter clothes out here. (Sarcastic)). Anyway back to what I was saying, the weather here has been pretty nice. I had a t-shirt and jeans on this weekend while doing my christmas shopping, for myself, and it just didn't seem right. I'm all for the warm weather, but when you're trying to get in the holiday spirit it doesn't help. When you're driving down the street with the windows down blasting Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas" it a little odd. And yes I love that song. Find someone on this planet that celebrates Christmas that doesn't like that song and I'll give you a lot of dollhairs. This brings me to my next point. My top three favorite Christmas songs in no particular order are Mariah, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's Baby It's Cold Outside and The Boss's Santa Claus is coming to town. I die laughing when Bruce is like "Everybody out there been good or what?? Oh that's not many, that's not many, you guys are in trouble out here!" Not sure why I think it's funny, but it is. Baby it's cold outside is a great version of the often remade song and not sure if everyone knows this, but my good friend Sean Sullivan and I, almost came out with a live version we did ourselves. I thought we had something special on our hands when we performed it live, but I guess it never took off. I also really like the version of this song in Elf. Zooey Deschanel has a great voice, and so does Will Ferrell. Some have called Will the songbird of his generation. Speaking of Elf, a few posts ago I wrote about how I was so excited to watch Elf and Home Alone the next two months. I can't tell you how many times now I've seen both. Think about how many protein shakes Jeff LoVecchio has had in his life time and that's probably the right amount. For most people that don't know Jeff, A-They Should and B-It's a lot. (Google or Facebook Jeff LoVecchio, he has some revealing pics)
So I mentioned I was going to grow my mustache out for Movember. Well I did and pardon my language, but it just sucked. I have the worst mustache ever. I'm not even gonna waste your or my time posting a picture. It's blond so you couldn't see it, except when the light hit it just right. I looked like a cross between a pedophile and Larry Bird. Some of the other guys grew some pretty good ones, but mine flat out sucked. We just sucked. I felt like Tom Brady losing the Super Bowl in week 2 to the Jets.
What a dreamboat!
Not last week though Touchdown Tom!
The Wranglers have been arguably the hottest team in all of professional hockey recently. Just an all out effort from top to bottom. Currently sitting tied for first with 4 games in hand, we've more than made up for a slow start to the season. The boys have battled through injuries and are looking forward to a nice Christmas break. I know I am. Starting December 20th at 5:58amESD I will be in NY, either Huntington or NYC. I would've liked to get to Boston for a bit, but I just couldn't squeeze it in, so I apologize for that. For those readers in NY who would like to meet up, let me know as I will be bouncing around. I head back to Sin City on Christmas night. I am quite excited to get back to the Big Apple to celebrate the holidays with family and friends.
No other real crazy stories from Vegas for you, I actually did not go out this past Saturday night. I am getting soft in my old age. I did see a country concert last week with Rodney Atkins, Craig Morgan and James Otto which was pretty cool. All just JV Ball, until we get to countryfest, which is at the end of August this year and Kenny is back. Get excited. That's all for now. I will leave you with this....over
So I mentioned I was going to grow my mustache out for Movember. Well I did and pardon my language, but it just sucked. I have the worst mustache ever. I'm not even gonna waste your or my time posting a picture. It's blond so you couldn't see it, except when the light hit it just right. I looked like a cross between a pedophile and Larry Bird. Some of the other guys grew some pretty good ones, but mine flat out sucked. We just sucked. I felt like Tom Brady losing the Super Bowl in week 2 to the Jets.
What a dreamboat!
Not last week though Touchdown Tom!
The Wranglers have been arguably the hottest team in all of professional hockey recently. Just an all out effort from top to bottom. Currently sitting tied for first with 4 games in hand, we've more than made up for a slow start to the season. The boys have battled through injuries and are looking forward to a nice Christmas break. I know I am. Starting December 20th at 5:58amESD I will be in NY, either Huntington or NYC. I would've liked to get to Boston for a bit, but I just couldn't squeeze it in, so I apologize for that. For those readers in NY who would like to meet up, let me know as I will be bouncing around. I head back to Sin City on Christmas night. I am quite excited to get back to the Big Apple to celebrate the holidays with family and friends.
No other real crazy stories from Vegas for you, I actually did not go out this past Saturday night. I am getting soft in my old age. I did see a country concert last week with Rodney Atkins, Craig Morgan and James Otto which was pretty cool. All just JV Ball, until we get to countryfest, which is at the end of August this year and Kenny is back. Get excited. That's all for now. I will leave you with this....over
Monday, November 22, 2010
Lone Survivor
This past weekend as we were getting ready to get on the bus and head to California for two games I noticed my teammate and former UNH Wildcat Jamie Fritsch had a copy of "Lone Survivor." I excitedly asked him if I could take it on the trip with me to which he obliged, not knowing I was taking it no matter what. I heard so much about the book and actually started reading it while I was at a Borders Bookstore recently and was captivated from the start, but had to take off and never got back to the book, until this past weekend. 
I hopped on the bus and took a little pregame nap. Not knowing we had been stuck in traffic the whole time I was sleeping, we still had a solid 4 hours of road to hit before we got to our game when I woke up. (More on that later). I opened the book and started reading where I left off. I couldn't put the book down. I mean I had to at one point because I had to go play our game, but it was incredible how quickly the time passed as I was fully enthralled (SAT word!) in the book. I rifled through 100 pages without putting it down. After the game we took off to our next city and I was back in the book again. Another 100 pages down. I ended up finishing the book when we were on our way back home after the second game. Almost 400 pages finished in two days. That has to be some kind of a record. Anyway the book is about Marcus Lutrell, a US Navy SEAL, who is the only survivor in one of the worst tragedies in US military history. He tells the story in full detail about how his team was killed and how he survived. It is truly remarkable. I have to say that ever since I graduated college where I never read any books I was supposed to read, I have really started to enjoy reading. I have to put this book right behind Travis Roy's "Eleven Seconds" as the top two books I've ever read. It was THAT good. If you haven't read the book, do yourself a favor and go get it now. You will not be disappointed.
As far as the results of our weekend, let's just say sitting on the bus for 6 hours and then going to play a game right away without a proper warmup was not a good thing for the Wranglers. We ended up losing 7-1 and I finished off with a -3 rating. Tough night for the boys. I usually would be losing my marbles about being -3 in a game like that, but after the book I just read, things didn't seem to bad. We ended up winning the next game 4-1, so not a terrible weekend.
This guy I know Karson Gillespie came to Las Vegas this past weekend and said we should meet up on Sunday when I was home from our road trip. I honestly hate the guy, but decided to humor him and meet up. No I'm just kidding, Karson is a very good friend of mine and I was pumped he was in my neighborhood and we would have a chance to meet up and catch up. He treated me to a ticket to Blue Man Group which was a pretty cool show that I have never seen. I treated him by showing him the bright lights and bud lights that Vegas has to offer. We had a great time bullspittin and reminiscing about our glory days. Never a bad time when a couple of former Terriers are mixin it up.
So there is a song on Taylor Swift's new album that I was listening...my buddy told me about so I checked it out. It's called Dear John. Apparently T-Swift had a little fling with John Mayer and he broke her little heart and so she wrote a song about it. I must say I really like the song, BUT and that is a big but, I don't agree with Swifter writing all these songs about former boyfriends and flings or whatever. Like she talks about how much she loved John Mayer and he broke her heart and lied to her and all that jazz. How long were they possibly seeing each other where she fell in love? I never heard about it and I am like a chick when it comes to celebrity gossip. I just don't get it. There are a few songs on the album that do the same thing. Pretty soon no guy is going to date her or talk to her because she will write a song about how you somehow suck. No guy wants that and believe me she will write a song about you and it will be really good and catchy and be in the top 10 and I will probably buy it on Itunes for the uncalled for jacked up price of 1.29$.
My wonderful sister Kristen, bought me an Ipod Nano for my birthday. I can't believe how small it is. I've picked boogers bigger than this. I'm really excited to get it going especially with all the new songs I purchased like Dear John, by Taylor Swift. Keeping it in the family, I checked my mail today and had a package from home. I thought it was just some paperwork, but there was a little present in it. My Mom read my last blog and decided to send me my copy of Elf I had at home. Thanks Linda!!
And speaking of Christmas I just booked my flight home for Xmas so I have a full 5 days off the week before the 25th. Count it!
I think that's it for today. Remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. Take care comb your hair.
I hopped on the bus and took a little pregame nap. Not knowing we had been stuck in traffic the whole time I was sleeping, we still had a solid 4 hours of road to hit before we got to our game when I woke up. (More on that later). I opened the book and started reading where I left off. I couldn't put the book down. I mean I had to at one point because I had to go play our game, but it was incredible how quickly the time passed as I was fully enthralled (SAT word!) in the book. I rifled through 100 pages without putting it down. After the game we took off to our next city and I was back in the book again. Another 100 pages down. I ended up finishing the book when we were on our way back home after the second game. Almost 400 pages finished in two days. That has to be some kind of a record. Anyway the book is about Marcus Lutrell, a US Navy SEAL, who is the only survivor in one of the worst tragedies in US military history. He tells the story in full detail about how his team was killed and how he survived. It is truly remarkable. I have to say that ever since I graduated college where I never read any books I was supposed to read, I have really started to enjoy reading. I have to put this book right behind Travis Roy's "Eleven Seconds" as the top two books I've ever read. It was THAT good. If you haven't read the book, do yourself a favor and go get it now. You will not be disappointed.As far as the results of our weekend, let's just say sitting on the bus for 6 hours and then going to play a game right away without a proper warmup was not a good thing for the Wranglers. We ended up losing 7-1 and I finished off with a -3 rating. Tough night for the boys. I usually would be losing my marbles about being -3 in a game like that, but after the book I just read, things didn't seem to bad. We ended up winning the next game 4-1, so not a terrible weekend.
This guy I know Karson Gillespie came to Las Vegas this past weekend and said we should meet up on Sunday when I was home from our road trip. I honestly hate the guy, but decided to humor him and meet up. No I'm just kidding, Karson is a very good friend of mine and I was pumped he was in my neighborhood and we would have a chance to meet up and catch up. He treated me to a ticket to Blue Man Group which was a pretty cool show that I have never seen. I treated him by showing him the bright lights and bud lights that Vegas has to offer. We had a great time bullspittin and reminiscing about our glory days. Never a bad time when a couple of former Terriers are mixin it up.
So there is a song on Taylor Swift's new album that I was listening...my buddy told me about so I checked it out. It's called Dear John. Apparently T-Swift had a little fling with John Mayer and he broke her little heart and so she wrote a song about it. I must say I really like the song, BUT and that is a big but, I don't agree with Swifter writing all these songs about former boyfriends and flings or whatever. Like she talks about how much she loved John Mayer and he broke her heart and lied to her and all that jazz. How long were they possibly seeing each other where she fell in love? I never heard about it and I am like a chick when it comes to celebrity gossip. I just don't get it. There are a few songs on the album that do the same thing. Pretty soon no guy is going to date her or talk to her because she will write a song about how you somehow suck. No guy wants that and believe me she will write a song about you and it will be really good and catchy and be in the top 10 and I will probably buy it on Itunes for the uncalled for jacked up price of 1.29$.
My wonderful sister Kristen, bought me an Ipod Nano for my birthday. I can't believe how small it is. I've picked boogers bigger than this. I'm really excited to get it going especially with all the new songs I purchased like Dear John, by Taylor Swift. Keeping it in the family, I checked my mail today and had a package from home. I thought it was just some paperwork, but there was a little present in it. My Mom read my last blog and decided to send me my copy of Elf I had at home. Thanks Linda!!
And speaking of Christmas I just booked my flight home for Xmas so I have a full 5 days off the week before the 25th. Count it!
I think that's it for today. Remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. Take care comb your hair.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Buzz, Your Girlfriend Woof!
It's getting to be that time of year. The holiday seasons are rapidly approaching which means a lot of good food, desserts, family time, presents and desserts. It also means the best television will be on for the next two months. Two of the greatest movies in the history of the talking picture are going to be constantly playing and I won't complain one bit. Coming in a close second is Elf, a masterpiece starring Will Ferrell. So many great one liners, catchy tunes and just a great story. Really gets you in the holiday spirit. In first place though is quite possible the best Christmas movie of all time. Home Alone. The original. There is not one bad part in the movie and it never gets old. Truth be told I'm watching the movie right now as I type. Just a timeless piece of cinematography and I don't even know if thats a word. I'd bet you all the money I make writing this blog that you can't find one person who doesn't like Home Alone. Poor Macauley Culkin,kid had some serious talent. Nothing worse than wasted talent.
Tom Morrow as Elf.
Classic
So this past weekend I finally was back in the lineup after not playing in a game since last May. I was pretty nervous going into the game, not sure how my ankle was going to hold up, or how I was going to feel conditioning wise. I felt ready though so it was all systems go. It worked out well though as I felt pretty good in the game. It might have been from the adrenaline or maybe it's the starbucks coffee. (I've been drinking a lot of Starbucks coffee lately. I'm starting to see why people are addicted to this stuff like crack).
Unfortunately we lost the game in OT. Still got a point. The next night I was a little more tired, but the boys battled through and we won the game in a shootout. After the game I felt like I just finished a 7 game series. I had a tough time getting out of bed the next day. Not sure if going out after the game had anything to do with that, but we'll pretend that didn't happen. Looking forward to next weeked though and getting back into the swing of things playing full time.The month of November is being renamed to Movember and a bunch of the fellas are growing out their mustaches for the month to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I'm joining in on this and will try and keep you updated on how my mustache looks. My 'stache is brutal though, so I may have to buffer it up with some Just For Men if it doesnt get better. Pictures will come to follow.
I saw this video floating around on facebook and my friend Tom Sullivan, owner of Sullivan Training Systems had it on his page. Pretty inspiring stuff. If you don't get all tingly inside or chills from this, you are dead.
My friend and talented musician Matt Lowell just came out with a new tune that is pretty legit...check it out here..
http://mattlowell.tumblr.com/post/1513080153/cross-the-line-here-is-a-tune-i-wrote-with
That's all for today folks. Peace in the hair grease
Monday, November 1, 2010
Post-Halloween Blog
So I waited to write this blog till after we had our Halloween Party. We went to a party at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel. 
To say it was crazy would be an understatement. Thousands of people jammed into a concert hall rocking out and dancing all night long. There were a few DJs spinning some beats, while some other crazy acts were on stage. You weren't allowed in this party without a costume and there were definitely some good ones. I guess all of the Chilean miners were rescued because they all were at this party. I saw a few Borats, unfortunately wearing the signature bathing suit. Adam and Eve, Zach Galifinakis from The Hangover, Tiger Woods, an Avatar, Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior and the list goes on for days. Some people decided their birthday suit was a good costume idea as well. I went as Wayne Campbell from Wayne's World and my teammate Craig Switzer was Garth Algar. We were quite a hit. We didn't break character all night either. There were many photo requests and we happily obliged. 
The night started with a pregame party at the apartments, and from there we took a stretch F350 over to the Hard Rock, set up by Jackie Moon (Ned Lukacevic). Time to get tropical! Great start to the night.
Maxim Magazine voted this magazine one of the top 5 things to do before you die and travel channel named it one of the top 10 parties in the world. It was definitely unlike anything I've ever been to before. The night ended with a delicious trip to Jack in the Box on our way home. And yes, we had practice the next day, which wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. (Like New Years Day, Circa 2006. I'm sure the BU guys remember that).
As I said in the last post we went to the Justin Timberlake Shriners Children's Hospital Open for the pro-am round, but went back on Sunday for the Final Round. We sat up on "The Hill" and watched the 16th, 17th and 18th holes. Apparently "The Hill" is the only spot on a professional course where you can see action at three different holes. As we were sitting there an older gentleman sat down next to us so we decided to strike up a conversation. Turns out this man is pretty much the Dos Equis World's Most Interesting Man. He was actually one of the founders of the Shriners Open back in '86.
He lives on the golf course, he brought the Wranglers to Las Vegas, he is friends with the founder of a small hardware store called Home Depot, he went skiing over 100 times last winter while living in his small cabin in Deer Valley, UT that sleeps 22 of his family members, AND he bought us a round of beers. He was one of those guys that you wish you could sit and talk to all day. He was so wise.
The Wranglers are off to an average start so far this season. The team is 2-3 right now and scoring is an issue. The boys just can't seem to find the back of the net. We are getting chances, but some guys are just snakebit. A few costly turnovers turn into loses. We have the talent on the team, it's just a matter of putting it all together and burying some chances. A few more bodies will be in the lineup this weekend including myself. My ankle has been feeling pretty good in practices so I think it's ready to go for the weekend. Wish me luck!
I wish I had more fun stuff to talk about, but other than Halloween, not much has been going on. Hopefully I will be able to report back after this weekend with some good news on my return to the ice.
To say it was crazy would be an understatement. Thousands of people jammed into a concert hall rocking out and dancing all night long. There were a few DJs spinning some beats, while some other crazy acts were on stage. You weren't allowed in this party without a costume and there were definitely some good ones. I guess all of the Chilean miners were rescued because they all were at this party. I saw a few Borats, unfortunately wearing the signature bathing suit. Adam and Eve, Zach Galifinakis from The Hangover, Tiger Woods, an Avatar, Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior and the list goes on for days. Some people decided their birthday suit was a good costume idea as well. I went as Wayne Campbell from Wayne's World and my teammate Craig Switzer was Garth Algar. We were quite a hit. We didn't break character all night either. There were many photo requests and we happily obliged. 
The night started with a pregame party at the apartments, and from there we took a stretch F350 over to the Hard Rock, set up by Jackie Moon (Ned Lukacevic). Time to get tropical! Great start to the night. 
Maxim Magazine voted this magazine one of the top 5 things to do before you die and travel channel named it one of the top 10 parties in the world. It was definitely unlike anything I've ever been to before. The night ended with a delicious trip to Jack in the Box on our way home. And yes, we had practice the next day, which wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. (Like New Years Day, Circa 2006. I'm sure the BU guys remember that).
As I said in the last post we went to the Justin Timberlake Shriners Children's Hospital Open for the pro-am round, but went back on Sunday for the Final Round. We sat up on "The Hill" and watched the 16th, 17th and 18th holes. Apparently "The Hill" is the only spot on a professional course where you can see action at three different holes. As we were sitting there an older gentleman sat down next to us so we decided to strike up a conversation. Turns out this man is pretty much the Dos Equis World's Most Interesting Man. He was actually one of the founders of the Shriners Open back in '86.
He lives on the golf course, he brought the Wranglers to Las Vegas, he is friends with the founder of a small hardware store called Home Depot, he went skiing over 100 times last winter while living in his small cabin in Deer Valley, UT that sleeps 22 of his family members, AND he bought us a round of beers. He was one of those guys that you wish you could sit and talk to all day. He was so wise.The Wranglers are off to an average start so far this season. The team is 2-3 right now and scoring is an issue. The boys just can't seem to find the back of the net. We are getting chances, but some guys are just snakebit. A few costly turnovers turn into loses. We have the talent on the team, it's just a matter of putting it all together and burying some chances. A few more bodies will be in the lineup this weekend including myself. My ankle has been feeling pretty good in practices so I think it's ready to go for the weekend. Wish me luck!
I wish I had more fun stuff to talk about, but other than Halloween, not much has been going on. Hopefully I will be able to report back after this weekend with some good news on my return to the ice.
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