THAT Family

Have you guys ever seen THAT family? The one that as soon as you lay eyes on them you can tell they are the most annoying people on the face of the planet? They aren't particularly trashy, like the Bundys, or dumb and luckless, like the Griswalds. I dont actually know how to describe them. I suppose they talk a little too loud. Maybe the kids are super-nerdy and not in the good way. One of them has a nasal-whine voice. They stumble over chairs, they get their coats caught in the car door, they drop sodas on the floor. Do you know that family?

They were at the burger-hut during lunch today. I bonded with spanish speaking patrons and black mailmen on lunch break...all of us were horrified and embarrassed for them. THAT family appears to be the great unifier.

Hejduk For Captain

*ring ring*
Birdy: Hello?
Joe Sakic: Hi Bird.
B: Hey there Joe...what's the word?
JS: I'm done, thought I would let you know first.
B: I appreciate that Joe. Happy 40th by the way...
JS: Thanks for remembering.
B: Of course, so what are you going to do now? Play for Team Canada in 2010?
JS: First I am going to call Chelios and try and talk some sense into him.
B: Good call. Hey, would you tell Sacco to make Hejduk captain?
JS: I will...take care-see ya around the Ice Shack!
B: Thanks!

Bye Captain Joe...no matter what Q says, you were a good player and a stand up guy. Just because I totally knew he was outta here this summer doesnt mean I am not bummed about it. I wonder if he will go the way of Chicken Parm? That would be nice to see.

I think Sakic's retirement and all of the new personnel really does signal a different Avalanche team. One that no fan in Colorado has ever seen...the next couple of years will be disappointing but very interesting.

Good Stuff

There is some kind of happiness in this line from Vampire Weekend...

His honor drove southward seeking exotica
Down to the Pueblo huts of New Mexico
Cut his teeth on turquoise harmonicas

Maybe you have to hear the song to feel the happiness.

This is the beginning of my 4th of July weekend. Let me be the first to say, happy America Day

~fireworks and trips to the emergency room~
birdy

Tables and Chairs and Rugs Oh My

I know you are thinking to yourself, "What the hell is wrong with bird? She usually can't shut her mouth and here we are at mid-July with hardly a post in the last couple months."

I have no explanation for it. Maybe it is the summer Happy Cynic...work has been busy (i was in Kansas...there were ticks). It certainly isnt that there is nothing to talk about (munpe q and i are getting married [exciting eh?!], the avs hired Steve Konowalchuk and Adam Deadmarsh [this made me happy], dead celebrities everywhere [not Billy Mays!], and annoying political issues [Bill O'Reilly lying, Obama doing stuff i dont dig]). In fact, maybe there is too much to talk about. I dont know. I have felt blah and so i just havent bothered. Sorry if you check out the blog hoping for a time waster at work and have been disappointed.

Today's big exciting news is that we bought a kitchen table and some chairs. Also a rug and some seat cushions.

Yeep....

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In other exciting news. The Colorado AIDS Walk is earlier than ever, August 15th. I am not sure if we are going to create a team or just raise money individually but be on the look out for the 20-25 emails I send out asking for money (nah i tease, i only send out three or so). I am kinda bummed about the calender move. August 15th is still mighty hot...

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Okay, that's all for now people. Too lazy to think of anything else to say. Perhaps I will find the strength to blog about America Day (quickly approaching). Perhaps a run down of my favorite 4th of july disaster movies they always show on tv. Like the only way we can join together as a nation is when we are nearly exterminated by aliens or rocks from above. Actually, that's probably true...


Happy monday

~lazy bird

Hockey

Sadness

Expect more of this as the summer goes on. I am expecting Sakic's announcement at any moment (You know I will be the first call he makes right?).

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Game 7 Tonight on NBC at 6pm! Game sevens can be a lot of fun or really horrible. The Capitals can attest to that after pushing the Pens to a final game only to play like crap and lose 6-2. The Avs once lost to the redwings 8-0 (or something horrible like that) in a game seven.

Sadly, i dont think the Pens stand a chance, even though I would like them to win. And if their recent 5-0 loss in Detroit is any indicator of their play away from the Igloo, it wont be a fun night.

But, game sevens are not about the previous six games. It comes down to 60mins and any team can win, so lets get on the bandwagon eh?

Lets Go Pens!

~Blue lines and one-timers~
birdy

*Shakes Fist At the Sky*

I curse the day that i blogged about kids skanking at the lame ass RBF show I worked three years ago.

I curse the day i posted a photo of The Beatles 'Let it Be' cover.

Ahhh! Tornados everywhere!

Coach Sacco?

Joe Sacco, new Avs coach. They moved the former NHL'er up from our AHL team the Lake Erie Monsters.

I dont know much about Sacco, but i agree with Munpe Q that I like the idea of pulling up a guy from the AHL. I vaguely remember Sacco as a player and I have no idea how he is as a coach. The Monsters are only in their second season and they didnt have a stellar record but there are so many factors that play into that...

I think anything to shake things up is a good move. Avs need some fresh blood.

Expect to see an announcement about retiring from Sakic as soon as the Stanley Cup Finals conclude....you know he's done.

Next year will be....interesting.


~B

I just effectively rewrote history. Easier than i thought it would be.

WTFBBQ?!

"She would bring a form of racism and bigotry to the court. But as I said yesterday, folks, I'm-I'm -I may look past that."-Rush Limbaugh

Seriously....you think she is going to bring a form of racism and bigotry to the court and you are going to look past that?? I think you are wrong but that being said, if you really feel like that shouldnt you stick to your guns?

Why the about face on Sotomayor? Because, "she's a Catholic, she's a devout Catholic, she's a Hispanic Catholic, Puerto Rican, they tend to be devout" and you think she is going to overturn Roe v. Wade?

Is there anything you love more than telling a woman what she can't do with her vagina? Christ Rush...you make no goddamn sense.

Wowza!

The Avs are clearing house! Nearly everyone you are familiar with has just been fired including longtime assistant coach Jacques Cloutier, assistant GM Michel Goulet and video coordinator P.J. DeLuca. I dont know exactly what the video coordinator does actually...

Anyway, read more about it here.

Please no Keenan!

~Busy Bird

Piggy Back

Super cool video of NASA's Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Good christ...I love the Zamboni.

Sticky?

I know, i haven't blogged in forever. There are a bunch of things I want to talk about; politics, and dumb news and other crap but I am too swamped/sleepy/lazy.

Did I mention i have been busy playing my new Ukulele?


Anyway....Roy turned down the 'non-existent' coaching offer that, he assured us, the Avs did not extended last week. Man, this has got to make Granato feel great eh?

I wonder if we will be shopping around for a different head coach. Keenan just got fired and if he ends up here I will flip my shit...and not in the good way. I dont like that guy.

~bird

Coach Roy?

I suppose we will hear about this sometime soon.

Hockey and Fruit

It's been a while since i have posted but, in my defense, things have been crazy.

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As excited as I was for the second round of the playoffs, I am equally un-excited for the conference finals.

Penguins beat the Capitals in seven games.
Carolina beat the Bruins in seven games.
Detroit beat Anaheim in seven games, and
Chicago beat Vancouver in six.

That means that this next round will be super boring! The Wings will stop Chicago's magical run. They are the defending champions and will be back in the finals again.

And, the Penguins will stop Carolina's magical run. They played the Red Wings last year in the finals and will be back there again.

So....no surprises and the same match up as last year. Hmm, kinda boring.

That being said, I think the Pens are better than last year and will really challenge Detroit. As for me, I am rooting for a Penguin Stanley Cup.

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Cubie, now ex-cubie as she has moved to a quiet part of the office, had to listen to me blab endlessly about the two things I wanted to see in Hawaii: lava and a pineapple plant. As you may remember, i saw neither (did i tell you about the damn rainbows though? yes, yes i did) and was a little bummed about it.

Today she brought me one...wanna guess which?



My very own Pineapple Plant! I promptly named him Don Quixote because pineapples were introduced to Hawaii by Spainish sailors.

Thanks Cubie! Double thanks for not bringing me hot lava!

Happy Friday to you all!

~birdy

Interesting Development

I was just sitting here thinking, "I should blog but I have nothing to say." But then the blog-gods looked down upon me and took pity...

Roy's in town to meet with Lacroix.

...Interesting...

I wonder if Roy would make a good coach? He won with his Junior League team but that's not quite the same. He seems like such a hothead...it would certainly be...interesting.

I suppose even if he is horrible, we cant get much worse than we did this season.

This popped into my head while thinking about it so i decided to include it...




Oh Elwood, how I love you (after the scene in the Soul Food Restaurant of course)...


~B

Derby Winner

Hercules brought up a good point in a comment on my last post. I have overlooked the winner of the Kentucky Derby.

I did see who the winner was, and the crazy come from behind, 50-1, win; but only in highlights. I spent last saturday judging History Day Presentations. Yeah, dont ask.

I am a big fan of horse races. Dont know why. I enjoy watching the Derby and the other triple crown races too and usually do a good job of picking a horse in the top three. I dont bother to look at odds, i just choose based on the best name.

You know I would have chosen Saturdays winner, Mine That Bird. Though Atomic Reign would have been a contender in my book too. Kind of a shame that I missed it really.

Here's a clip of the winning run...with the phrase "got hot" appearing about 150 times.



I love that, at the end he was all, "coming down the rail is...(obviously checking a sheet with names listed)...Mine That Bird!" That and general noise in the crowd, horrified at the money they just lost.

So there Herc, happy now? Check out the Preakness May 16th!

~B

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Here I am hard at work on the happy day.



~lucha birdy

Defining Moment

First of all, I missed the Caps Penguins game last night but would highly recommend watching the highlights here. Two hat tricks?! So exciting.

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In class yesterday one of the students gave a presentation and said that the Jewish Holocaust was the most important moment in the 20th Century.

I really disagree with this statement. Certainly it is an important moment, but not THE penultimate moment. But then it got me thinking, what do i think the most important moment of the 20th Century is?

I am sure my bias is showing but, I think landing on the moon is the most important moment. We left the fucking planet in 1969. LEFT THE PLANET!! I mean, really think about that. Cases could be made for the invention of the microchip, or the first use of the atomic bomb.

Thoughts?