Sliding in on the coat-tails of the NHL Teams many of us idolize, my team goes into the playoffs in two weeks. We've pretty much locked our spot, now we just have the luxury of controlling who we will face. This will be my first playoff run with this particular group, and I am hoping that my reputation as a playoff goalie carries me through to another cup. This season was marred with ups and downs, and my last game had some severe looks coming my way from the bench. So its just the stage I happen to love; adversity from the opposition, perhaps some from within my own ranks...
...and the golden opportunity to show them all the hell up.
I used to hate the pressure of this position, and much like my idol Grant Fuhr I sought to defuse it internally by filling my veins with icewater, being impassive and just playing it out. But the waning years of my hockey career here are slowly spelling out to me that while I mimic my idol from a technical (as well as fashion) sense...mentally we are completely different. I am 10x more productive at everything I do when I am pissed off. Work, expressing myself, writing...everything. I think I need to tap that response a bit more on the ice.
Last night my girlfriend drove up to show me how her haircut looked. We were both a little nervous about this. You see, like many other women, Joann donated a large portion of her long hair to a charity called Locks for Love. This is an organization that makes wigs for chemo-patients, specifically children. Joann, a speech therapist who works with autistic children, waited for her hair to get to a proper length...but we were both a little concerned at how she was going to look. I have never been more pleasantly surprised! She looked absolutely fabulous, and this woman who cut her hair (for free, I might add!) has officially replaced her old stylist. =P
As far as the ol book is concerned, Pete and I laid out a schedule of "online internet meetings" which will interwine what we produce on a weekly basis. This should be tremendously helpful as we both seem to work better on short-term deadlines. He's putting some geography together now while I close the end of a lengthy chapter and prep the introduction of our new landmass. With my summer slowdown and his being outta class...we should get a shit load done, if not completeing it outright.
Stay tuned....
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