Day At The Beach

Em Schu doodled me the most beautiful doodle. Em and Jane, chillin with dolphins and starfish. Snorkle bears. She even made my eyes purple! Attention to detail, you'll go far kid. I love this so much :D heart heart heart

Someone Like You

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over

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(This whole album is amazing, you should really check it out)

You Know Why

As if I needed another reason to worship the ice this man skates on, here's a reveal from Stretch and Vogs on Stretch's last ever Caps Report (We'll miss you Stretch-o!!).

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"Why we like the you know why, we sign off the show you know why. Back in the preseason" "We played Boston at home" "Campbell" "Gregory Campbell" "Gregory Campbell took a run at Ovi, all that stuff." "Last minute of the game" "Last minute of the game. Didn't play the next day in Boston. But one Matt Hendricks did" "Ovi didn't. Hendricks did" "Hendricks did. And this is a guy who doesn't know Ovi too well. He's not under contract at this point" "So did Campbell, and Campbell's in the starting line up as the starting center" "Starting center. Hendricks is on a line with Gordon, I believe?" "Yup" "And Hendricks is a left winger. And Hendricks goes to Gordon, "I'm taking the draw." And Gordon just goes, "OK." And Hendricks lines up with Campbell and he looks at him in the eye and he goes...[laughs]" "You do a good Hendricks impersonation" "He goes [in his best Hendricks sexy voice] "Campbell." He goes "We're going." And Campbell looks at him and goes "Why?" He goes "You know why.""

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If you want to actually hear Brett's impression or the rest of the podcast, check out the Caps Report from 2/2/11.

Look At All Those Baby Bears

A friend, who shall remain nameless, gave me the score on the canadiens v caps game on Tuesday even though he had been made aware I had recorded the game. I was furious. Livid. I sent a Bruce Boudreau-esque text and may have had bbq/hot/buffalo/hoison/chocolate sauce on my chin while I furiously touch screened out the message.

It seemed our friendship may have run its course. But then he sent me this. And I can't stop looking at it. As a coworker put it, "look at all those baby bears!" I printed out a copy for my desk. It has made me smile all day. So. I forgive you friend. I forgive you. But if you do it again I will create a new, higher order army consisting of all of these baby bears and we will bring you down. Know that. :)

Pretty Girl Rock

I can do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock

Long Overdue: Winter Classic

I've taken what feels like a million trips in the last couple months, but I don't think I've blogged about any of them. Mostly because I'm lazy. But Winter Classic was too awesome so I'm making myself do it. After a very hazy and misty drive we arrived at the Omni William Penn Hotel. Jen and Brittany came and picked us up and whisked us away to Phipps Conservatory for their winter flower show.

Then we went to South Side for dinner at Carson City Saloon. There were fries on my salad. That's right. ON. my salad. Amazing.
Then we walked down to Archie's to meet up with Jen's friends. Saw Aaron and Mihlf, drank CRAZY cheap alcohol, and whipped my hurr. Good night.
The next morning I used the subway system, which wiki is telling me is called PAT, to get to Heinz Field. I discovered that it's not the most expansive system and the closest I could get was about a mile away. I also discovered that if you stay downtown, the ride is free! I crossed one of the many bridges, can't remember which one and walked down some kind of heritage trail on the river to pass PNC and then Heinz. The alumni game was going on so there were some vendors and commotion.

You can see from the melting ice sculptures that it was very VERY unseasonably warm... Later that day we went to PPG Place to get Primanti Bros and go ice skating, ran into Michal Neuvirth, nbd. Then drove up Mt. Washington to check out the view.
Then we found out that the game had been delayed until 8pm the next day so it was time to party. But not before a little drive through sexy time action (IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST) at Wendy's ie NYE dinner. Set to the sweet scenes of HBO 24/7's Road to the Winter Classic Episode 3. Went to Hofbrauhaus for a Caps gathering organized by a couple of Caps bloggers, namely JP. Typical NYE issues, finding a cab was a nightmare, but we made it. I wore a tshirt so that was perfect. Drank way way way too much beer out of 36oz stein glasses. Live music. Pittsburgh fans boo. Very fun. Very wasted. Lots of vomit. First drunk tweet "Happiest new year. My life feels good and I'm happy. Beer non complete factor".

Slept until about 3pm the next day, only to be interrupted by violent episodes of throwing up nothing. Then, second best highlight, went to Eggs 'R' Us. Always go here. Promise me you'll go here? Then got ready for the big game. This is me ready.

Tricksied our way into getting a ride with the Ramada shuttle to Rivers Casino which was then an easy walk down to the stadium. Was too hungover to find Pen friend tailgaters so hung out in stadium for a bit. Then went to seats.

The woman sitting next to me had been a Caps season ticket holder for 23 years. Can you imagine? The Pens fans around us were mostly really nice, we were really low in the stadium, and the crowd always tends to be less rowdy. It was kind of hard to see though...It started raining which made it cold. It also "snowed":


Caps won real hard and it felt REALLY GOOD. Erskine going down and getting RIGHT the F back up, Knoobs greasy goal, Fehrsie's one, two (WHAT A BEAUT) goals, it was just so good. Favorite sign that I saw was "Mostly Sidney with a chance of Fleury" (see I can be unbiased). Hearing the audio on the ice on HBO later, added bonus. "Shut up Cookie!" I do still just have one question though. What the heck was the deal with Bylsma's jaunty hat?
Mike Knuble after he scores his goal is my favorite picture I've seen from the game, it reminds me of the cover of Sports Illustrated with the 1980 US Olympic team when they beat USSR. And seeing the red and blue fireworks at Heinz after we won while getting a stick salute from the team was probably one of my favorite hockey spectator moments so far.
For more pics check out RMNB's collection. And while I'm plugging RMNB, check out their recap and Alan May mic'd up for the alumni game, it is GOLD, I promise. Also, as suspected, the Ovechtrick commercial premiered on NBC during the game. I obviously didn't get to see it right then. More of the insider scoop in my next post.
After the game, we encountered a lot more angry fans on our way back to the casino. The rhetoric was mainly the same, no cups. We'll see friends. We'll see. There were also still a lot of nice people. Lost five bucks on the penny slots at first but then won it all back plus $0.50. Two thirds of a load of laundry, on Rivers. Thank you Pittsburgh.
Finally cracked open that Winter Classic wine back at the hotel. It was, indeed, beautiful. Thank you Calvert Woodley. Due to sleeping until 3pm, didn't fall asleep until around 5am. But really took that time to reflect on some of life's deeper questions, worth it.

Made time for Eggs 'R' Us, obvi (Katie, I can't find a pdf of the menu to get that egg pooping pic?!). Drove home along a sometimes beautifully cacophonous highway full of caps fans. Felt like i was on some kind of lovely caps road to happiness. HONK HONK HONK.

Thank you Pittsburgh, Thank you Heinz Field, Thank you Caps. Amazing weekend :)

Grown Woman

Therapeutic emo blog post, APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE.

But this is a public blog, so instead of actually venting I will, cathartically, present to you a collection of songs about real grown women. Enjoy.

Grown Woman - Kelly Rowland
Real Woman- Gloria Estefan
Woman Like Me - Beyonce
Turnin' Me On- Keri Hilson

In addition, unbelievable. K, that's it.
Listening to Nicki Minaj for the rest of the day because girl knows what's up.