According to Engel no American really cares about hockey [archive.org link], but I think he’s full of it. Of course, after the Canadian womem kicked some US ass in the fight for olympic gold (in a close 3-2 game), I can see why. We had a goal advantage for most of the game, 2-1 up to the middle of the second period, and 3-1 up to the middle of the 3rd. There were some really shitty penalties called against us, 12+ in all, it was crazy. The Canada/Finland game last night was much better… the ref’s just let the players play for the most part. Course, in a Canada vs. US for gold, on US ice, with US refs, it wasn’t surprising. Our women did awsome penelty killing and managed to keep the defense up and just did an awsome job. It was a great game from both sides.
Of course, Americans have the Glutton Bowl [archive.org link] to dry their eyes with. Yes, that’s right, the glutton bowl… another invention from the people at Fox, with events such as butter stick eating… ahhhh the glory that the redneck toads that were competing must feel to know they eat more sticks of butter, boiled eggs, or whatever. It was impressively scary though, with announcers that think they are at the olympics, or at least, the WWF.
After watching it for a bit (approx .042 seconds) I switched back to something else. I ran to do some laundry, and came back to find my lone fish (of the three, the one in the fishbowl by itself) on the floor with the bowl sitting on the desk (they are on a shelf above the desk [archive.org link]). I figured the little guy was dead and I just hadn’t noticed the commotion when I came in (basically I headed to the couch for dinner). I got a piece of toilet paper to give him a proper burial, and he jumped! A bit of fumbling later and I have a groggy fish enjoying a late night snack 🙂
whew!
Oh, and thanks to the tenant here who moved my laundry into the remaining time in your dryer. Thanks! a kind gesture, and I’m glad you’re not a mean hottie.