Truth be told, I miss you

I love hockey. Aside from all of the obvious reasons why I love hockey, I also love all the double entendre. Hilarity will inevitably ensue in any sport that talks about the chemistry between players, soft hands, and guys who like to score through the five hole. It never fails to cheer me up.

From Capitals Insider, about Stecks' recent finger surgery, "All that matters to him is that he finally can grasp his stick securely."

Excuse me, I need a moment.

Good for you, Stecks. It's important to always keep a firm grasp on your stick.

I really miss updates from bigwhinydefenseman.com. Maybe I'll start keeping track of all the dirty, funny things commentators say this season.

Found this at Japers' Rink.

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Also, someone else at Japers' just posted a picture of Robert Bork, which I find funny because we were talking about him in Admin Law today.

Ok, so. There's an organization of which I'm a member, called the Legal Association of Women [hey there, nice acronym]. As you might imagine, we discuss lady lawyer stuff at the meetings. At Belly Up to the Bar [basically one big schmooze fest held by the Bar Association for us to network with lawyers, with food and drinks for all], we're going to be baking cookies or some other kind of dessert item, which, fine, most clubs that go do bring food and it's easier to bake cookies than serve an entree dish.

But we're also going forces with the Tailgating Club this year. And what will we be doing? Because the Tailgating Club has problems providing enough food, why, we'll be doing the cooking!

I mean, not to pull out my hairy-legged, man-hating feminazi street cred [which I sadly couldn't do right now even if I wanted 'cause I shaved this week and am still in the clutches of my inappropriate professor crush], but is this really the direction the club's leadership is going in this year? Since we're the club for womenfolk, we're going to cook for every event we attend? Don't get me wrong, because I do enjoy cooking occasionally, but have we as women not come far enough that we have nothing better to contribute to our law school experience than food?

If we do a bake sale for our fundraiser, my head may just go 'splodey. Unless it would be a Wage Gap bake sale, that would be pretty cool. Thankfully, my annoyance was slightly abated by the suggestion that we volunteer at a battered women's shelter for our service project. 'Cause that's definitely something worthwhile to spend our time on.

In other news, I'm deeply saddened that AnGus' crazy ass "workout" video was taken off of youtube, 'cause that was the funniest shit I've seen in a while.

New math. Five won't go into three.

Who writes the captions for the NHL website?

Bah, I'm tired of feeling so down. So I've been reminding myself of the many good things coming up during the latter half of the year.

--Well, summer school will be over Wednesday afternoon. So I'll have 3 weeks of nothing but sleeping late and lazing about. Bliss.

--The new season of Greek starts August 31. FINALLY CASEY AND CAPPIE WILL BE TOGETHER!!!! They better be, anyway. I don't know how much more I can take of them leading me on and playing around with my emotions.

--There will be Icegators hockey in some form in Lafayette again this fall. I've missed going to games so much.

--Visit to Asela in October! Wow, I can't even describe how badly I need to get out of LA for a bit.

--Week-long vacation in Hawaii over winter break. 'Nuff said.

Thank you for reminding us why we're here, you crazy man.

"They key is not whether you lose, it's whether you can charge $500 an hour."

It's so much fun going back over my notes from Evidence. About 1/3 is crackpot things Maraist says, 1/3 is me typing stream of consciousness so it looks like I'm taking notes, and the other 1/3 is actual lecture notes of questionable value. Makes for a fun reread, but not so helpful when outlining for finals.

I think this part is my favorite: "alex and evgeni could reunite as bff and there would be lots of cute pictures of them smiling and laughing with each other and probably lots of awesome youtube vids of them chattering away in russian and OH MY GOD if there was a video like the one with sasha semin going to a sushi bar that would be like the greatest thing ever and i might die of the squee."

So I attempted to join the Gator forum a few days back, you know, to keep up with the gossip and join in with the "yay Gators are coming back!" fun. I never did get an email approving membership or anything, so I went to see what's up and get a message that my IP address has been banned for posting pr0n to the forum.

LOLWUT?!?!?

No, seriously. WHAT?

I'm not sure how I managed to do that, since I only just recently tried to re-register and that website has been shut down for like the past four years.

Also, I have been joining way too many hockey communities on LJ.

Sometimes I wish I could leave LSU, just take the plunge and move to DC. Then reality intrudes and I remember that I have no job prospects and am already up to $67,000 in debt.

Sigh.

I try to comfort myself with the thought that after I graduate I'll be able to attract employers with my shiny JD. But reality intrudes again to remind that even then, with my fairly crappy grades, I'll probably have trouble finding a job around here [much less one in DC]. Also, there's that little detail of having to take the Virginia/Maryland/DC bar to work there. Such a vicious cycle.. I wouldn't move there unless I had a job to support myself, but I couldn't get a job there in the first place unless I moved there and took the bar.

Double sigh.

On a slight upside, the second coming of the Gators draws nigh. Granted, they'll be playing in the SPHL, which is such a minor league that the ECHL teams assign players to it, but at least it's something. Too bad I no longer live within 30 mins of Lafayette, but I'll make it work.

Of course, any excitement I feel about being able to watch hockey in person again is nearly crushed by the fact that the Gators made fucking Jason Hamilton their first signing. Bodes well for the kind of hockey they're planning to play by signing that goon.

Also, my dad brought to my attention today that Dave Farrish is an assistant coach for the Ducks. That's so cool. I guess I never noticed because I only pay attention to the Wild and the Flames [well, okay, mostly just Jarome anyway] out in the West. I guess now I'll have to give a little love to the Ducks in honor of one of our old coaches.

Chaka Khan? Seriously.

Also, quote of the night goes to Tim Thomas. "You want me to thank your wife, Manny?" LOLOLOL.

Full list of award winners:
Steve Mason - Calder Trophy
Alex Ovechkin - Lester B. Pearson
Pavel Datsyuk - Selke
Steve Sullivan - Masterton
Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez - Jennings [from whence the above quote came.]
Pavel Datsyuk - Lady Byng
Ethan Moreau - King Clancy
Roberto Luongo - Scotiabank Fan Fave
Tim Thomas - Vezina
Claude Julien - Jack Adams
Jarome Iginla - Messier Leadership Award [yay Jarome! I <3 you!]
Zdeno Chara - Norris
Evgeni Malkin - Art Ross
Alex Ovechkin - Rocket Richard
Jean Beliveau - Lifetime Achievement award
Alex Ovechkin - Hart

And in honor of Jarome... I may not agree with everything said in this video, but it's still too cute.

My dearest Capitals,

OK, I'll admit you were making me nervous. Good fans support their teams through thick and thin, but deep down everyone wants to see their team win the Cup. Watching a team you like hoist the Cup [see Pittsburgh Penguins, 2009] is not the same as watching your favorite, one true team hoist the Cup. Of all people, I know, since the 'Gators never won the Kelly Cup before they went bye-bye, and you haven't yet won a Cup either. It's almost enough to make a girl worry about being cursed. But I digress.

Now I see your grand plan. The gradual progression through rounds of play. Brilliant, really. Next year, you'll make it to the conference finals, and in 2011 you'll finally make it to Cup finals, just in time to give me the best graduation present ever. I'm honored that you care so much for a fan. It's almost as if you're saying, "Hey Sarah, we know you'll be in tons of debt and about to enter a universally hated profession, but here's a little something to cheer you up! Love, us."

Really, I do love you for it.

However, I would not be at all unhappy if you decided to make a go for it next season. Really. I appreciate the thought, but don't feel like you have to wait for me. I'll forgive you.

Hugs and kisses,
Sarah

P.S. If you could put in a good word with any firms in the D.C. area, that'd be great. Then I could move to D.C. and finally be able to support you in person. Just think how amazing that would be!

Dear Penguins,

I should hate you.

Really. I should.

I didn't have a problem with you in the regular season. You might even say I liked you, in a forbidden love kind of way. Then you knocked my beloved Caps out of the playoffs, which should have exposed you to my everlasting ire. I'll admit, I had my moments hoping the Canes would obliterate you in the next round. But I find I can't stay mad at you, mostly because Malkin rocks my world almost as much as Ovie. You've won me over, are you happy now?

You're lucky I have a weakness for Russians. [And that your captain has a magnificent, captivating ass, but shh. That's our little secret.]

So please, please, win game 7.

Sincerely,
Sarah

P.S. As a show of my support for you: