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Loading ...I’m drinking heavily until further notice–hey, at least I’m not smoking again!
Mind you, what I am drinking heavily is Diet Cherry Coke so…
This morning while on the way to work, I was thinking two things:
1) I wish I had headphones, so I can listen to NHL Live at work (and write in to bust EJ Hradek’s Bristolero bollocks on a daily basis for being a dumbass).
2) Being a fan of a team is like being in an abusive relationship sometimes. You keep getting yanked around and beaten down and humiliated and generally treated like ass, but you stick around because you love your abuser and cling to the belief that s/he will change. Of course, sports teams are far far easier to leave than abusive partners–for one, you just have to cancel your season tickets or stop attending games. For the other, you need to get a restraining order or completely drop out of sight with the help of friends and family.
/sigh
This is Year Two of the Five Year Grace Period, so really I don’t feel like I should be complaining. But at the same time, I’d just like to not get beat down every night–or at least, I’d like even a whiff of effort. That way I can say “Well, at least we tried, yanno?” Y’know what I mean?
Tonight, the Hurricanes are going to host the Oilers for the first time since the day I quit smoking. Wow, how times have changed–I no longer work at a Stop-n-Rob, the Hurricanes are officially in the Season From Hell v2.0, and the Oilers are having goalie issues like the Hurricanes are…only not quite to the extent that the Hurricanes are. And by making a blogpost on a game day, I have ensured that the Hurricanes will lose their fifth straight–no need to thank me, Oilers fans. I’m sure that your thanks will come in the form of my bleeding severed head on a pike in front of the Warchief’s house by noon tomorrow.
(Hey, they gotta blame somebody when they lose, right?)
Hmm…do I watch the Boob Whisperer or the Canes? Talk about a dilemma…
I’d drink too, only I don’t want to spend the Weight Watcher points.
Watch the game. That’s what I’m doing–my Eric Szmanda err CSI fix can wait until afterward.
Aw, come on, somebody’s got to win the Southeast Division, and it’s not going to be Atlanta. Or Washington, Florida, or Tampa for that matter…
Good luck from north of the border. Sounds like you need this one as much as we do.
Well I don’t need it so much as the team and my fellow fans need it. It’s a bit distressing to see a fanbase start feeding on itself (and not in a good way) like Hurricanes fans are doing right now. :/
*firing up the DVR…*
Making the rounds. High five!
The “you” was intended to be collective.
Also, I said “good luck,” not “run us out of the rink.” Geez.