Is there anything better?!

Free Food. Great Seats. A Convincing Win. Is there anything better?

Last night Melissa & I headed down to the Bell Center for a second straight game together. This time, we arrived when doors opened and we headed straight for the food. We were sitting in the Desjardins section so everything was free from the coat check to the food. We had managed to eat our weight in food long before the game, or the warmup for that matter, even started. They were amazing seats, I just didn't particularly enjoy the people around me. People generally think that sitting up in the whites/greys/blues is too far away from the action and that it's much better to sit down in Desjardins or the reds but I completely disagree. The atmosphere up in the higher sections is a million times better. You're surrounded by people who can't really afford to go to tons of games so they make every second count. You're surrounded by people who took the time to go home and get into their habs gear to sport the teams colors. Sitting in the Desjardins section, I was surrounded by suits and people who couldn't really find the energy to even STAND UP when the home team scored. You call yourself real fans? Honestly.

Aside from that minor detail everything was great. Free food always tastes better, especially when it's followed up by a great game. The guys worked their asses off and in the end, came back from 3 deficits to win it. Melissa is becoming more vocal with every game and my right ear can prove that. She also seems to have grown quite fond of Halak, whom I highly approve of. The end result was a 4-3 win in OT and I finally got to witness my first game winning OT goal from Kovy. Next game isn't until January 31st.

FREE FOOD!

Final Score!

Three Weeks...

The six year old I babysit showed me her Christmas list last night. Instead of asking for childhood toys like barbies or games she was asking for an ipod and a cell phone. Is that normal? Is technology really taking over this generation of children? As a child I spent my years in fantasy worlds with my pound puppies and my barbies...I can't imaging choosing a piece of metal, that was guaranteed to break, over that. Even to this day I miss the days that I could disappear into those worlds. I hope that she isn't missing out on those things. Her three year old sister had other things on her mind...makeup. I would say that a three year old is way too young to experiment with makeup, but she spends half the time eating it or painting the floors with nail polish.

I'm trying so hard to put money aside for a new camera. I don't want to bring my crappy old one to Cabo and deal with it for 2 weeks while I'm there. My life has basically been taken over by work but the end result is a trip to Mexico with one of my favorite people so I guess it's worth it in the end. 21 days

As for big events coming up in my near future...well the list is growing:
December 20th - Habs/Sabres with Mel.
January 10th-23rd - Cabo San Lucas with Jenn & family
January 24th - NHL All Star Practice with Laura/Kathy/Ava/Etc
January 31st - Habs/Kings with James
February 20th - The New Cities in Montreal with the gang
March 6th - We The Kings/The Cab/ There For Tomorrow in Montreal

A little over a month....

Just picked up tickets to the NHL All Star Practice in Montreal on January 24th and I'm already ridiculously excited. That should be a very intense weekend, especially since I'll be coming home that Friday from Mexico. Running on no sleep while watching Evgeni Nabokov practice may be the death of me♥

I absolutely love them. I'll be ecstatic if the Sharks win the cup

Thriving Ivory

I'm having a slight Thriving Ivory obsession. I first heard them back in August in Cape Cod while Laura & I were watching some VH1 before hitting the beach and I just remembered to download their cd. I highly recommend it. They're amazing. The lead singer has one of the most unique voices out there.

So close to being done....

Three classes & one day away from being down at Abbott. 2 essays and one oral away from being finished homework for 9 months. Now I have to find the motivation to start writing them. The next 9 months are going to be amazing though. I've waited a long time to take a break from school and I'm finally getting it. I'm hoping to travel a bit to Mexico & Cuba as well as work a lot. I started back up with 94.7 so that should take up a good chunk of my time as well.

Hockey Packed Weekend

If I won the lottery tomorrow I would call the Bell Center and ask them if I could move in. I swear that it's the one place that makes me happiest. Last year I got to spend almost every week in there but I've been less fortunate this season due to the horrible new ticket system. I did however get to experience something that I have never ever experienced before...back to back hockey games inside the arena.

On Saturday night I met up with Laura & Jenn and we headed to the Bell Center. It was long overdue but Jenn & I finally got to see a game live together. We were surrounded by the worlds most boring people though which was a super downer. It was made up when we went to visit Laura in her seats though. I befriended a very drunk guy who came down from his seats to inform me that he loved Higgins too....and when I left he went back to visit Laura to ask where I had gone. I love the Bell Center drunks, they're actually some of my favorite people..haha. I noticed last season that I was at so many games that the spark wore off at times. On Saturday I got to experience the goosebumps and the thrills all over again because it had been over a month since I had been there. It's seriously one of the best feelings in the world. We ended up winning the game 3-2. It wasn't the most exciting game but it was worth the money and a W in the end is always a positive thing.On Sunday Laura & I headed back downtown for the Bulldogs game. I've wanted to see Pacioretty play for awhile now and it's always nice to see Chipchura and Stewart. We had AA seats right behind the goalies net which was fucking surreal. The only bad part was the sound of the pucks hitting the glass during the warm up..it sounded like someone was shooting at us. I got to watch little things that I would never notice from far away, like the concentration on Marc Denis' face when he's trying to find the puck. It's kind of scary. The game was great despite the loss. It was high energy and Pac scored a beauty of a goal in the third. We also got to experience some Chipchura rage right in front of us and an intense Stewart/Fata fight in the first(which basically made it worthwhile). We didn't want to leave when it ended though. The seats were incredible.Now that the weekend is over I have to get back to reality. One week left of classes before 9 months of vacation so I have to attempt to finish all my assignments or else I'll be at risk of failing and I do not want to do that...

Marc Denis

Greg Stewart

Never Want to Leave