Knut the Polar Bear

Here's a video of Nikita when she was a bear cub (The video is embedded in the story, you have to scroll down). See how cute she was? Hop hop hop. At 0:38 she becomes very startled and timid. Because she sees an intimidating robo human. It's ok baby bear cub Nikita. Play on.

I Don't Want To Talk About It

I, obviously, have had better days. Thanks to everyone who stopped by my desk, called, sent me a wallpost/gchat/tweet/text. I hope my boss never finds out why I was late to work yesterday, missed the first hour of our EPA Partners Meeting, and was completely vacant during the rest of it.

Now what? I think that's the biggest question out there right now and I'm excited to see what the off season brings. This very long. long. off season.

If anyone needs any help getting their rock the red blood flowing again, here are a pair of links to really heartwarming and supportive stories about my favorite Brooksy.
Brooksy changing a flat for fans after Game 7
Brooksy sticking up for the home team

And for the record, I'm rooting for the Habs. 1) You have to respect Halak's performance. 2) Rooting for the Pens is not a rational option. Ever. 3) I'd MUCH rather lose to the team that went on to knock out the Pens, the Flyers, and then lost in game 7 of the finals against the Canucks (yes that's how I think things will play out. Or rather, how I hope they will.)

Stolen Moments

Sarah sent me this gem of a photo with the simple caption, "Jane in the shower"

Happy Earth Day

An hour late, sorry. Just trying to make the day last for all those huge Earth Day fans out there who also happen to read my blog. Large. large. target audience with this one.

Playoff Update

The big news tonight is the Flyers won the series over the Devils in 5. That busts my grand plan for the East. O well. Right now it's looking like it's going to be Caps-Flyers and Pens-Bruins semifinals.

Pens-Sens went into 3rd OT tonight, it was WILD. Sens won it to make it a 3-2 Pens series. Sens goalie was really amazing tonight. I love an opportunity to gloat over the Pens and what a great opportunity this is :)

Coyote cubs are all tied up at 2-2 with the Red Wings, along with all the other series in the West. As I'm writing this, the San Jose - Colorado game is 5-o SJ with about 3min left in the 3rd, so SJ will get a lead going into game 6 and a chance to clinch.

Mystery Solved

Friends. Tonight an ongoing mystery has been solved. Every game I've gone to this season, during the burrito toss, I've asked my viewing partner. Do you think those are real? My vote? No. No WAY. They're not throwing real burritos at people. They could fall apart. Rice and beans would rain from the sky. Could get ugly. But to my surprise, many of my fellow spectators have thought otherwise. Jen thought they must be real, and she wanted one. Why don't they have Chipotle in the phone booth?? Ayse thought they must be a simple mix of rice and chicken, no wet ingredients. But the meat can get greasy and leaky. And what about our vegetarian friends? Dick thought if they were made the night before they would be fine because they would be dried out, primed for tossing. This didn't hold weight with me. Something about osmosis... Along the same lines Ayse also thought it could work if they were refrigerated. But, she noted, cold burritos might hurt more if they hit someone.

As luck would have it, I've got a big shot Slapshot affiliate within my social web. Text Slappy, we implored. We needed to know. What lies beneath the foil? My guess? Cardboard or styrofoam and a Chipotle coupon for a free burrito. Answer? a tshirt and a Chipotle coupon for a free burrito. Sweetest victory, being right never stops feeling good. Until the next Caps tradition mystery...

This is prob a good time to say to you, Slappy, I hate your new look :-\ I'm really hoping it's a playoff outfit, and I do appreciate you rocking the red, hard. But let's go back to a regular ice skating hockey mascot eagle look come the regular season next year, yeah?

Dear Bruins Fans

Thank you for cultivating a world paradigm where shoving a woman around is a-ok. An alternate reality where, in fact, if that woman stands up for herself you tell her assertively, "You're a bitch. Fuck you!" Well done Boston, well done.

Somehow found myself in the middle of yelling boys, shattered beer bottle, bleeding from the face man, incidentally injured bartender, and tattooed policemen last night. An enthusiastic "Let's Go Team USA!" from a Caps fan at the bar was enough to fire up the Boston fan, who previously had cheered the Habs on when they scored their 3rd goal against the Caps in what ended up being a 6-3 Caps game 4. Emily suggested I should have climbed up on the bar and began singing the national anthem. "OOOOOOOO SAAYYYYYY CAN YOU SEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Really wish I had that idea at the time. Thank goodness Dick is so heroic. Where would I be today without that?

Goon Town

Carey Price, what a class act. Two unsportsmanlike calls for idiot moves, stay cool. I'm not sure if Price or Bruins fans are classier.

I'm Not Your Toy

It's all false love and affection

You don't want me

You just like the attention

My Grand Plan For The East

Here it is:

Boston upsets Buffalo (sorry Ryan Miller, I still have insanely strong feelings of affection for you, but you just don't fit into my plan...). That would put the Caps against the Bruins in the semifinals and the Pens against the Devils. We take Boston, no problem. And I trust the Devils to take the Pens because they're 6-0 against them this season. Boom. This is all assuming Avi is wrong and the Sens don't take the Pens in 4.

As for the West, rooting for little Coyote Cubs all the way up to the Cup. Then we take them in 6.