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[Jun. 30th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
The centennial season has proven to be extremely disappointing for the franchise and its fan base.
1. Missing out on a Vinny trade at the deadline.
2. Barely making the playoffs after being 4th in the conference just before the all star break.
3. Being swept by the Bruins in round 1.
4. Again a narrow miss on St. Vinny at the Draft.
5. Now almost ruining the franchise for years to come via UFA/trade decisions.
It has become apparent Bob Gainey has gone certifiable. Higgins, a young, promising winger is gone. Our best prospect has been traded. In return we get a 16 goal scorer with an albatross of a contract. Better yet--He has no one to play with.
Current line up as of today:
Kostitsyn-Gomez-____
_____-Plekanec-Paccioretty
Latendresse-Lapierre-S. Kotsitsyn
Laraque-Metropolit-_____
Dreadful. This can be salvaged if somehow Bob Gainey can sign one of three first liners: Hossa (not a 1 guy), Gaborik (glass man 1) and Havlat (glass man 2). Gomez needs a trigger man to be effective...one of those said players would be ideal. But based on UFA prescident with the Habs, it is unlikely one signs.
Clearly, Bob has decided to change the very core of this team...With Higgins gone, and Koivu, Tanguay and Komisarek likely gone, this could be a dreadful year for the Habs.
Tomorrow will tell though. If a big time winger is signed, and Kovalev is brought back, the lineup becomes much better. If not, it will be Gomez, Markov and a buch of kids and a clear rebuild will be needed. |
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[Apr. 19th, 2009|09:26 pm] |
Mon- Interview at Hall-brooke.
Tue-Report 5 KABC-II...language delay? Bilingual home?
Weds-Whole class lesson sheet and reflection; counseling process notes.
Thur-Weekend- Neuropsych paper on musical instrument training and brain plasticity. |
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[Apr. 13th, 2009|10:44 am] |
Eastern Conference Quarters
1. Boston
8. Montreal
Boston in 5: Sans Markov for any games means Montreal doesn't have a shot.
2. Washington
7. New York Rangers
Wash in 7: Hank steals a game or two, but eventually the Rags can't keep up the scoring pace.
3. New Jersey
6. Carolina
NJ in 6: Marrrtttttyyyyyyyy
4. Pittsburgh
5. Philadelphia
Pittsburgh in 5: Pitts playing very well. MAF playing well.
Semis
1. Boston
4. Pitts
Boston in 6: Too big for the whiner
2. Wash
6. NJ:
Wash in 7: Ovechkin's coming.
1. Boston
2. Wash
Wash in 6: Wash forces Boston into a finesse game and Thomas hasn't won a playoff series in his life...now he's going to suddenly win 3 or 4?
Western Conference Quarters
1. San Jose
8. Anaheim
San Jose in 5: Ducks suck
2. Detroit
7. Columbus
Detroit in 6: Columbus MAY pull this upset...I don't have enough guts to say it though
3. Vancouver
6. St. Louis
Vancouver in 5
4. Chicago
5. Calgary
Calgary in 6
1. San Jose
5. Calgary
Calgary in 7
2. Detroit
3. Vancouver
Detroit in 5
2. Detroit
5. Calgary
Calgary in 7
Calgary vs. Wash
Calgary in 6
Bring the CUP home to Canada! Theo isn't winning a Stanley Cup.
Montreal Boston can be the best series because it's the only deep seeded rivalry in round one. Markov needs to play for the Habs to have a shot. Rangers pulled a bad match up for them IMO. They can't score and they get the team that does nothing but score. Somehow they'll make t 7 games though because on Lundqvist. I just want the cup to go to Canada so I'm picking Calgary. |
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[Mar. 24th, 2009|10:55 am] |
Ultimate list of shit to do....
Find Internship placement for next year.
Find field work II placement for summer.
Neuro psych paper.
3 more evaluations plus reports.
8 session counseling plan.
Individual class lesson.
Counseling process notes. |
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[Feb. 22nd, 2009|01:11 pm] |
Things to get done this week: Request inter library loans on article for my neuro psych paper 6-10 sources...
Things to possible start: 8 session counseling plan for group therapy on students experiencing parental divorce. |
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[Feb. 16th, 2009|12:22 am] |
Im quickly discovering that counseling kids, especially the first session, is the most awkward part of my job. Specifically kids who view me as punishment rather than help.
So..to get around the tension, I've decided me and my two individual counselees will be doing 'Me Collages' next week. Basically cutting out shit from a magazine that defines you and then saying why.
I think I went in too deep, too quick with each of them. Time to take a step back and build more rapport. |
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[Jan. 6th, 2009|08:59 pm] |
Tomorrow I'm going to MSG for the Rangers/Habs game. Habs are going to lose. They always lose at MSG. I always get pissed off. And I always say I'm never going back.
Montreal will be playing without: Koivu, Tanguay, Higgins, Price and of course Big George Laraque. Very little chance at victory. So I should go and just have a good time. A bunch of people are going..a mixture of fans...Jenn, her brother, her brother's friend, Yvon, Pierre, Eric (this dude who played in the AHL and could totally own AJ's gay out-in move in adult league hockey) and me. 3 Ranger fans, 3 Habs fans, and a QUebec Nordiques fan (eric-he'll cheer for the rangers out of hab hatred).
I still have nightmares over that 4-1 debacle last time I went. |
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[Jan. 5th, 2009|03:04 pm] |
My guitar decision has reached another speed bump.
Both guitars are schecters.
Blackjack ATX w/ Floyd Rose
Hellraiser C-1 FR
Here's the main differences: Blackjack has an ebony finger board, and the new Seymour Duncan Blackout pups, cool Black satin finish and cream binding...that's all good..the one bad is it only has ONE inlay on the 12th fret and its kinda retarded looking.
Hellraiser is rosewood finger board and EMG 81/89 tw...
Both have original floyd rose trem systems and mahogany body. EVERYONE is saying the Seymour Duncan Blackout PUPS are the future of metal and the EMG 81s are the past. I haven't tried the blackouts yet. But they sound amazing in video demos. They supposedly pick up more of an original sound than the emgs which all sound the same. So basically the blackouts act like passive pickups but actually have more output than the emgs...Doesnt make sense to me, but all reviews say this. Listening to videos of each the blackouts sound chunkier with more mid and much better cleans. I think it makes sense to go with the newer, better metal pick ups.
But that dumb looking inlay on the blackjack is msssing me up. It's a little homoerotic lightning bolt. But the pickups are just better. I wish I could try them out.
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[Jan. 3rd, 2009|10:47 pm] |
All crap aside--I'm in a pretty good mood! My internship starts in a week. I'll be able to take my chosen career out on a test ride. I can do anything a school psychologist does under clinical supervision by my advisor and my field work supervisor and be able to fuck up without any real consequences. I bought basically a new 'professional' wardrobe today. Or, welll...A part of a professional wardrobe. I kinda look like an 'education professional'...Sweater vests...dockers...polos...dress shoes....matching my shoes and belt. Hopefully I wont hate it too much since I did put a lot of time, money and future plans on being a school psychologist.
This is weighing much more on my mind than the other shit going on. Deservely so. One step closer to a career and a life. |
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[Dec. 25th, 2008|02:58 am] |
or This 
or This 
Any opinions out there? Even if you don't have a clue about guitars feel free to opine! I'm not good at making decisions. I've narrowed it down to two.
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[Nov. 28th, 2008|03:22 pm] |
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_29596.aspx
wow.
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| Mecca of Hockey |
[Nov. 26th, 2008|11:32 pm] |
I'm making my second pilgrimage of my life to the Mecca of Hockey, Montreal, Quebec Canada...the Bell Center. If you claim to be a true hockey fan, your duty as a fan of the game is not complete until you see a game there. The Garden is fantastic. Hockeytown USA is probably superb. Toronto is historic. But Montreal is better. Winning a Stanley Cup in Montreal is like winning a World Series in New York; it's one of the greatest feelings a professional athlete can possibly feel. And I'm going. Not just sitting in the rafters, but because my Aunt has a husband who is blinged out, I'm sitting in the Prestige section $200 loaded seats.
First, I will tour the Bell Center hours before the doors open and gaze at the amazing banners that eclipse the roof of the arena. Then I will proceed to drink copious amounts of Molson Export on Crescent St.. Then I have dinner reservations at a Montreal restaurant that I could never afford and is far too classy for me to ever be there again. Then finally, I will sing and chant, and OLE OLE OLE until I lose my voice. And after the game I will gaze up at St. Patrick Roy's #33 in the rafters and realize that no other goalie can match his greatness.
After the game I might have one of these ahhhhhmmmaahhhzing Smoked Meat sandwiches from Schwartz' 
Or the famous Poutine (god it's so good) from La Banquise 
And I'll certainly wash it all down with one of these 
And I'll do all this more happily if this guy plays like he did tonight! 
Finally, I'll come home and try to explain to my friends who have yet to make their pilgrimage how it is like no other experience...Saturday night in Montreal..Hockey Night In Canada. And they will not understand because they have yet to have 'the experience'.
Go Habs Go. We have the best hockey city. The best hockey fans in the world. And the best atmosphere for a hockey game in the NHL. And it's not even close.
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[Nov. 3rd, 2008|01:59 pm] |
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Remember to vote no tomorrow on question 1 to all the CT residents out there. |
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[Sep. 16th, 2008|12:52 am] |
As the cold draws near, I grow increasingly excited about hockey.....Especially since Montreal is easily top 3; maybe they even have the best, forward core in the east from top to bottom. Maybe they don't have an Ovechkin or a Eric Staal..but they have insane wing depth and now a solid center core.
A. Kostitsyn-Plekanec-Kovalev
Tanguay-Koivu-Higgins
Latendresse-Lang-S.Kostitsyn
Laraque-Lapierre-Kostopolous
Very nice in my opinion. What's great about it is that 7 of the 12 are homegrown talents. Something is working in terms of drafting and scouting. And with the big left winger, Max Paccioretty on his way in a season or two, The Habs should be solid for a while if they can lock up most of their talent after this season. Long live the Kostitsyn brothers as well. Who WILL be more talented and productive than the Sedins.
Defence:
Markov-Komisarek
Hamrlik-O'byrne
Gorges-Bouillion
Good enough for the east. Not good enough to compete against Western teams.
Price and Halak in nets. Probably the best young goalie 1-2 tandem. But only one goalie at a time can play so it really amounts to how well Price can continue to develop. We've seen flashes of top 5 goalie in the league, we've seen flashes of mediocrity.
For the first time in a while I come into an NHL season with excitement. Hopefully I wont be disappointed. Happy 100th Le Tricolore! |
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[Jul. 10th, 2008|09:48 am] |
Stole this from Mark. Basically you start with the year you were born and for each subsequent year to present, you write in your favorite album for that year. Depending on your music tastes, some eras will be much more difficult than others. As you will notice, the mid 90's to late 90's are pretty miserable for myself.
1985- Slayer: Hell Awaits
1986- Iron Maiden: Somewhere back in time (HM: Master of Puppets, Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?) These are possibly 3 of my favorite albums ever in one year.
1987- Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (I'd be remiss not having this influential metal album)
1988- Metallica: ...And Justice For All
1989- Skid Row: Skid Row
1990- Megadeth: Rust In Peace
1991- Nirvana: Nevermind (I chose this over Metallica's Black Album. I think you can easily argue these are two of the most influential albums ever)
1992- Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power
1993- Nirvana: In Utero (Terrible year. Plus Bruce leaves Maiden)
1994- Soundgraden: Superunknown
1995- Iced Earth: Burnt Offerings
1996- Iced Earth: The Dark Saga
1997- Hammerfall: Glory to the Brave
1998- System of a Down: System of a Down
1999- RHCP: Californiacation
2000- Iron Maiden: Brave New World
2001- System of a Down: Toxicity
2002- Lacuna Coil: Comalies
2003- DragonForce: Valley of the Damned
2004- Mastodon: Leviathan
2005- Black Label Society: MAFIA
2006- Iron Maiden: A Matter of Life and Death
2007- Megadeth: United Abominations
2008- Judas Priest: Nostradamus |
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[Jun. 5th, 2008|10:14 pm] |
The worst feeling in the world is to care so deeply about another person on so many different levels, and never experience anything that approaches reciprocity of those feelings from that person.
If I didn't talk to you for a week, or two, or even three, would you even care? It seems like you wouldn't. |
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[May. 13th, 2008|12:15 am] |
This is my counseling/professional philosophy I developed. Read on if you're interested, which you probably are not!
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