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So, it turns out that Scott Niedermayer and the lead singer of Good Riddance, Russ Rankin, are good friends. In the edition of The Hockey News featuring Scott Niedermayer goes into some more depth of their relationship. Here is an older article with a little bit about their relationship, and the main quote from the article here,

“The Stanley Cup flew into Cranbrook Saturday morning at 11:45, and was met by
Scott Niedermayer and his friend Russ Rankin, a member of the California
punk/hardcore band, Good Riddance. Russ is straight-edge: no alcohol, no drugs,
no smoking and no meat. Yet, his body is a canvas of tattoos. The paradox is
startling in a most refreshing way, especially in light of the friendship with
Niedermayer, one of the best athletes on the Devils. “

Good Riddance has been one of my favourite bands since like grade six and it is pretty neat how the lead singer is good friends with the league’s top defenseman. You can check out Good Riddance if you’d really like. If not, I understand.

Here we are. Mere minutes into December 15. Sure, December 15 is a nothing day, a Friday, and that’s it, but lend me your ear, and I will decorate it with ideas of why December 15 is a day to be reckoned with.

Really, there is no real good reason that I speak of December 15 this way. But it is the last day of my finals. I’m not going to lie, I rather enjoyed my experience of Final Exams in my first semester of University. They were challanging, they gave me something to do besides write crappy blogs, they made my brain hurt; all great qualities. This day also marks 26 days of freedom for me. 26 days, because after this, I move to a new continent and have to act mature and responsible. But for the 26 days prior to that, immaturity is all I have.
But lets be honest, I am so mature, and so beyond my years, that being immature will really be a stretch.
Remember in elementary school, when you were in the awkward scene of gym class, and there were those really athletic kids that just couldn’t touch their toes. How did they do that? They were athletic, those kids can do anything, except, apparently, touch their toes.

Anyways, here is to the majesty of December 15th, a Friday of Fridays. Let us remember this as 10 days before that one day, and 15 days after the first day of the month of that one day.

It has been study week. Finals. My first batch of real university level finals, and so far it has been great. I wrote Chem102 on Friday, it was easy, so I figure I don’t really need to study for the four finals I have left this week. Like really, one of them is Physics, and who cares about that? One of them is English, that’s just not worth studying for. One of them is Psychology, and that stuff is all made up anyways, and the other is Math, and that’s just easy.

It’s really difficult to study on a day where there is a triple header of hockey on CBC. It is hard studying while watching hockey, and it is hard studying when I keep remembering that I am moving to a new continent in one month. That tends to take over my thoughts. Here a few of my thoughts:

It’s not that I’m worried at all about it, because that is just not cool, and I have a reputation to uphold here, but I have been thinking about it and I know that I won’t be ready for the change that will happen once I move across the world. Sure, I know it will be different, but I’m going to get a good old fashioned Indian slap in the face when I get there. Hopefully only figuratively, and not literally. Figuratively?
Also, just now, while writing this, I made a list of things I have to do before leaving the country for 6 months. Here are a few, and feel free to add on to the list.

1.Go to Dairy Queen, get a blizzard.
2.Go to a Regina Pat’s Game
3.Go to a concert
4.Tobogganing
5.Outdoor Rink Skating
6. more to come….

Today, crossing #1 off the list, I tried the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard at Dairy Queen, and let me tell you, it really was a cool treat, as opposed to the hot eat I could have ordered. The girl working told me to get it, and she said that it was better than pumpkin pie itself. Yeah, I know, is that even possible? I told her that was a very bold statement, and she should back off. Just kidding. Well, she was wrong, but it was really good.. And she was cute. The blizzard was great, so, give it a shot.

I just got finished from a work out session in the basement. It lasted about 25 minutes, and is the first time I have worked out in about 18 years. I know what you are thinking, “Nic, how do you maintain that fantastic physique without ever working out?” and the answer is, diet and exercise. You see, I have a balanced diet, and also play sports…
No, I’m just kidding. I’m about as skinny and weak as a grade 3 school girl. After playing goalie in soccer, and finishing the game sweaty and out of breath, and playing a hockey game, pretty much dead after 5 minutes on the ice, I realized that I need to get in some kind of shape, especially if I am going to get married in the next couple years. Again, just kidding.

If you wanted to know, I worked my core, as well as my biceps and triceps. This may sound extreme, but I assure you, it would’ve been sad to watch.

I feel like throwing up.

So, here it is. This was one of those things I kept kind of a secret, for the sole purpose of simplicity. I didn’t want to tell a bunch of people if it wasn’t going to happen for sure, but it’s too late now. I told too many people, and now everyone knows. Well, not really, but still.

If everything works out, and everything gets done, I will be moving to Aizawl in India in January 2007 for 5 or 6 months.

That’s the plan anyways. We’re still working on flights, passports, visas, and all that stuff.
Hopefully everything works out, if not, I devote my semester in Canada to sleeping in and doing push-ups.

thats all.

Sheldon Souray Goal

this is the goal i was talking about. the shootout winner.
This one is for tim..
but mostly for me. i just wanted to watch the goal a million more times.

sheldon souray, i will never understand the man.

Tonight was a beautiful night. There is not much better than a Saturday night, at home, with a Coca-Cola in hand, watching the Montreal Canadiens play the Toronto Maples Leafs. One of the oldest rivalries in sports, and the greatest in the hockey world. It was a fast paced game that had to be put away in the shootout.

Sheldon Souray, yeah, Sheldon Souray was the third shooter for Montreal, and he made no mistake. It was one of the nicest penalty shots I have ever seen, and that is no lie. Watch Sportscentre tonight. He was once voted the Sexiest NHL Player of the Year, and to back that up, he scores goals, lays huge hits, and he is one of the toughest fighters out there. He is a fantastic dude.

Then there is Koivu. He owned this game. Two goals to tie it up, as well as a shoot out goal. No one in the league has more heart than this guy. Amazing, is all I can think of.

Anyways, after tonights game, Montreal’s huge come from behind win, I felt pretty good. And these guys were the reason. Souray’s grit and strength, Koivu’s heart and determination. This is why I love this team.

Stanley Cup in ’07!

While driving home on the ice in the coldest Korean car ever, I found an old fortune cookie fortune. I don’t really know how fortunes work, if they can only come true once for the first person who reads it, or if it will come true for whoever reads it until the end of time, but i don’t care.. i think they are awesome.. the fortune said this,

‘You shouldn’t overspend at the moment. Frugality is important.’

Being the true fan of English class (i hate it) I thought I would take this and dig deep, utilizing what I have learned in English100. First things first, I don’t have a clue what frugality means, so a dictionary will be necessary..

The Dictionary points out the root word. Ohhh, frugal. I should’ve looked for the root word. But I still don’t know what it means. I found the definition for frugality. it is:
Frugality: prudence in avoiding waste

I hate it when dictionaries have another word you don’t understand, in the definition of a word you dont understand. So,
Prudence: caution with regard to practical matters; discretion.

So, in summary, through substitution, we have:
Frugality is the caution with regard to practical matters (discretion) in avoiding waste.

Now that I have a very weak understanding of frugality, I need to understand the rest of the fortune, ‘You shouldn’t overspend at the moment’. Is this one of those, killing the joke, kind of things? Or, when you are having the best day of your life, don’t say that it is the best day of your life, because when you look back on that supposed best day of your life, it won’t seem like the best day of your life, because you said that.

So, since I’m much too lazy, and incompetent (spelling?) in the English language, thats all. We figured it out together.

I am going to shovel some snow.

this topic may be getting tired, but it’s where i am lately, so here we are again.

in 3 weeks, what will i be doing? in 3 months, in a year, in three years?

some ideas and opportunities have come up, different than the ones before. real ideas, not just wishes and ramblings.

1. australia – for no good reason other than that it is australia.. it is very unlikely, but possible. kurtis, me, some australian beach babes. what could be better? it would be nice, but the only way for that to happen, as well as anything cool to happen to me, is to get some money, and fast.
this idea then ties in with the idea, created by not me, to move to yellowknife and get a job, and make money for a good old australian trip. what do you think?

2. china. this idea was just presented to me very lately, but i never really thought about it before.. if they’d take me, i could go to that land of asian beauties and teach some english, or, according to harmony, a minibus driver.. the latter seems less likely, but both are intriguing and interesting to me… more thought on those ones.

3. regina. good old, reliable regina.. stick around here for school or job. it would be great. friends, family, familiarity. but, right now, school seems out of the picture. not sure why, but it just does.

those are more ideas.. all, probably not very likely, but options.. seems like i want to get out of town, but its not true. i bet every teenager has this right out of highschool. the immature, naive wish to leave the country and go on an unlikely adventure.
but, i may as well do it while i’m still young.

i’m tired of not knowing what to do, someone make a decision for me.. next comment on this blog, i vow to do whatever it is you say with my life, and this upcoming year.

go!

haha. that title.. it is saying news. thats all.

anyway, i figured i’d change it up a bit. for no good reason, other than to change it up a bit.
i wrote my chemistry102 laboratory final today. it was a breeze.. not a really warm and inviting breeze on a cold day, but a nice cool breeze on a hot day..
which one is more refreshing?

you be the judge.