Apex81

Taking a quick break from my studies today to watch some playoff hockey, and catch up on some news around the web. I stumbled across a pretty cool website that demonstrates the power of todays web technologies, if you get a chance check out scrapblog.com. Every time I stumble across today websites I’m simply amazed at how far we’ve come since the days of geocities.  Unbelievable.

Anyway, I’ve been pretty busy lately. I’m pretty behind with my school work because I’ve been spending a majority of my time working on some designs and planning my upcoming wedding. Sometimes I think I was crazy to think I can handle all of this.  Other times I think its been a breeze.  Ah well… no looking back now.

I need to get back to work.

Part Two to follow.

I finally got some time to do a quick update on the hockey game I went to. It started of slow as my boys were down 3-1 going into the midway mark of the third period, and holy crap what a finish. The oilers managed to climb back and tied the game up late in the third period with their goalie pulled and setting on the bench. I went absolutely nuts on that goal… well not as nuts as my little bro, but more than I did previously to that time in the evening.

Watching a live NHL game was pretty bizarre for me though. I spend every second evening glued to the television watching the oilers, cheering for them through the worst and best equally. Seeing them for the first time live was surreal. Ryan Smyth’s hockey-mullet is even more impressive in real life!

I thought I had a great appreciation for the game, but seeing those guys live, brought my appreciation to a whole new level. Television does not do justice to the game. The skate faster, and hit a lot harder than it looks on tv. Amazing.

I’d have to say the best part of the evening was booing Comrie, and out cheering the Ottawa fans along with the rest of the Oiler fans in attendance. It was also the most exciting overtime game I’ve seen to date with mulitple scoring chances for both teams. Talk about tense.

Finally, I have to say, I know Ryan Smyth is a large part of the Oilers organization, but once again I didn’t realize just how much until I saw him live. Being the last one off the ice during the pregame warmup he scooped up a couple of pucks from the net and found a couple of young oiler fans in the crowd and tossed them the pucks. Talk about a class act! He’s the epitomy of what the Oilers organization should be, and if he gets traded I have no problem hunting down lowe myself! Hah!

Also, I forgot my camera, so I snapped that shot with my cellphone

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