This collection of entries is from January 14, 2004.
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Back at the Allstate Arena for the Wolves game. It's a little odd - hardly any of the "regulars" were here for the game. Today was the first day of this year's first Jersey Auction for charity. The jersey's are a special 10th Anniversary jersey, that I think looks really sharp (work with black pants and black socks). The auction, however, is already a little out of hand. The rumour is that our rookie goalie Kari Lehtonen has the potential to be the next Dominik Hasek, so the bidding in the First Intermission is already up to $1,500 and the auction doesn't end for two more games.
Though it was weird being at the game without Carol, and my jersey, and without my radio to litsen to Judd, I guess I'm glad Carol wasn't there. There was a whole group of very youing kids sitting right in front of us, with parents that didn't care that there kids were sitting on top of the seats, blocking everyone's view, not to mention continually moving around. The parents didn't undertsand the whole "Wait For The Whistle" concept to not stand up during play. It would have drove Carol absolutely nuts. Oh, and I had the young mother of the group sitting in front of me with her thong showing everytime she leaned forward to talk to the kids. Pull up your pants and pull down that sweater, already - it's a friggin' hockey game!
The group of people across the aisle weren't much better - two young couples that were absolutely loaded by the end of the night. The two women bought these oversized foam rubber Wolves claws that are sold at the arena. There were actually mock-clawing each other... as well as people they didn't know in the row in front of them... it was just weird. One of the guys tried to out-whistle the Joey & Laura's horns, trying to get louder as they blew harder, which of course, no one around them wanted to hear. It was so weird, that Joey & Laura (who were sitting behind them) actually sat next to me for the 3rd Period to get away from them.
The game itself was a mess, just like the last time we played them. The Baby Leafs are a tough, scrappy and maybe even a little dirty team. Things got physical early, but it just got stranger through the game. We were leading 2-0 after the 1st, but late in the 2nd, somebody from St. John's hip checked Kari Lehtonen who got thrown backwards and hit the back of his head on the crossbar. He got pretty shook-up, but stayed in the game. He never came out for the 3rd Period, and was replaced by Freddie Cassivi. Later in the 3rd, Mikael Tellqvist came way out of the crease to play the puck and a charging and Karl Stewart checked him, sending his helmet flying and him to the ice - and Stewart gets called for Interference. Things went steadily downhill from there, with a lot more fights. We lost the lead and the game was tied 3-3. The Baby Leafs spent way the hell too much time in our zone, just peppering whoever was in the net. We get through the Overtime Period with a tie, even though we were out-shot 50-35.
(Boxscore - Gamesheet)
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Well, my first night without Carol was uneventful... I went to Best Buy to use a Gift Card I got from B&B for my birthday and picked-up Adobe® Photoshop® Album 2.0. While I was in the store, Carol called my cell phone to check-in (something she didn't have to do, but was nice). Then I went home and spent the evening starting to organize my didgital photos. I'm getting close to the 20,000 mark so let's just say it's going to take some time. Of course, I took some time to feed and be with Indy (she's such a demanding bunny). Carol called again later in the evening to let me know that the local news in LV is reporting that the lights have been turned on at Binion's (they've been dark since they shut down a few days ago). There's also a runmor that Harrah's is seriously thinking about buying them (only for the Horshoe name and then sell it) and the World Series of Poker will happen, but they don't know when/where.
When I woke-up this morning, I realized I was ravenous - because I had forgotten to eat dinner (not like I'm going to wither away if I don't eat - my winter layers of fat help out in that regard). It was a little odd waking-up and doing the normal morning stuff in the empty house. It was garbage day so I had to take care of that, refill all of the humidifiers in the house, feed & pet Indy(that demanding thing again, only this time she let me know she was neglected by grunting at me when I stopped petting her).
I'm going to a Chicago Wolves game tonight and I forgot my jersey that I usually wear. I think it's sitting on a chair downstairs, right where I put it... so that I wouldn't forget it. Nuts.
It's supposed to snow today. Great. It'll be in the 60's in Las Vegas. Great.