Schaeff's Blog: Finally, I have come back to Blogging!

I apologize to the millions......and millions of fans of my blog. It has been pretty busy the last few weeks with playoffs and travel and whathaveyou. But no need to fret, you're fearless blogger is back.

Let's start with the ill-fated Checkers playoff run. The team had high hopes of making a strong run to the Kelly Cup, but couldn't make it past the second round losing out to the Cyclones of Cincinnati in a hard fought 7 game series. A few lucky bounces and a hot goaltender led to the Checkers demise. A sad ending as the team will no longer be together, as the franchise is moving to the AHL.

With every season ending loss comes the season ending bender, which is always the best time. It's pretty much a race to see who can eat the worst food and drink the most beer over a few days time. The Jack-In-The-Box across the street from our apartments got some good business(They make a mean oreo milkshake), while the BlackFinn Bar in Uptown was pretty fed up with our antics after 3 straight nights of tearing up the D-Floor and pouring beers on each other's and our own heads. The Charlotte Checkers were a good hockey team, but a great drinking team. With such a bunch of beauties, we all had a great time and left our mark in the Queen City.

As the season ended, I made the drive back to NY to stay with my folks for a couple weeks. The trip was going great, I was jammin' out to some tunes, taking in the beautiful countryside. Then I started sharing the road with a bunch of huge trucks. Now their are two types of trucks. Fast ones and slow ones. (Thanks tips!) The fast ones buzz around weaving in and out of lanes like they're a mazda miata. They run up on your ass and flash you the brights and make you poop your shorts as you see a mac truck in your backseat. The slow ones drive 45 miles an hour causing a traffic jam as two of them are side by side blocking both lanes. So now I'm driving the West Virginia, singing John Denver, when the rain comes. And boy did it come, I could barely see my hood it was pouring so hard and of course the fast trucks are acting like its 80 and sunny and there's not another car on the road. Once I got past that, it was smooth sailing once again...until I got to the armpit of America New Jersey. Besides Kevin Kielt, Bon Jovi and The Boss, Jersey has nothing good to offer.

It took me an extra hour to get through the GWB cause not everyone has an EZ Pass so the tolls were backed up. It still baffles me that people don't have these things. It saves so much time on your trip its unreal. Figure it out "cash only lane" people.
Another thing I noticed is gas is like 40 cents more expensive in NY too. Not a good start back home. While I'm ranting, another thing that grinds my gears is my parents still do not have AC at the house. It's like a chilly 85 degrees in my room and I guess Sears stopped making fans cause those are no where to be found too.

In other sad news, Siobhan Magnus was voted off American Idol. "The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." She had all the talent in the world, but just couldn't put all the pieces together. She was getting average while the rest of the group was stepping up their game. Casey, Lee and even Big Mike are putting on great performances along with that pipsqueek Aaron and the talented Crystal Bowersox. It's anyone's game now and everyone needs to be on the top of their game. I think it will be Casey, Lee and Bowersox sprinting to the finish line.