Can't decide if I want to head out to a party. It's terrible outside with the rain/cold/snow, and The Dude fron the Big Lebowski isn't the most winter-friendly of costumes. And I have to go into work for a little bit tomorrow, so I need to be functional tomorrow. On the other hand, women gonna be having their titties hangin' out of their slutty nurse outfit and whatnot. At the risk of sounding like a pussy, that's the most adorable alcohol related thing ever.
So our patron saint Justin Bieber recorded a version of "Little Drummer Boy" with Busta Rhymes. Go ahread, try wrapping your head around that one, Idiot Board.
The good news is that there's only ten more months to go, and then the hockey season will be over for another year.
Is it just me or is there something a little wrong with that statement. A Canadian that doesn't like hockey. It's like if being from New Zealand I didn't like the All Blacks. It's the kinda shit you get treated as a pariah at school for.
I know awesome isn't it? I just wish I grew up somewhere that skating was a regular occurence because I've always loved all forms of hockey.
Hockey is the greatest game in the world. I'm biased I know. I grew up with it, its a passion of mine. But listen to these reasons. It has skill, finesse, power and agility. The only thing I don't like about hockey is that the best way to enjoy the game is to see it in person. Watching the game on tv does no justice to the game. To comprehend the true game, you have to go in person and watch a single player and see what he does, only then does it occur to you exactly what goes on.
There's an argument to be made that I should have been born in the deep South. I like NASCAR, NFL football, college football and - only to have playing in the background, not really paying attention to it - baseball. I can't fucking stand hockey. There's no rhythm to it. There's a big frenzy of activity which culminates in...nothing. Then another big frenzy and...still nothing. Then some random dude scores a goal from the blue line, and no one saw it coming. That, and the idea that I'm watching a bunch of toothless Canadian millionaires beat the shit out of one another.
The only break that I will cut hockey is that it is the toughest sport to learn. Unlike EVERY other sport, before you can learn the first thing about hockey you must learn how to skate. Soccer, basketball, football, whatever...all those other sports are based on the idea that the kid already knows how to run, and from there they start teaching the game. Hockey isn't like that. First, you gotta skate. Only then can you learn the sport. (Which still sucks, IMO.)
Fair enough, but I think the thing that really separates hockey is the skating. In hockey even the biggest goons are the some of the best skaters you've ever seen. To the person who has never played or skated before they may not be able to appreciate the technique involved in this, but to say the least skating is difficult. In the NHL its not enough to be skillful and big, you need to be able to move on 4 edges and do it very very well.