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I'm playing on Pro difficulty now. I'm gonna increase it next season. I only started winning big for the last month or so of the season. I was behind the Pens for the #1 seed for most of the year, but then just caught fire late. I didn't have any one big breakout star on my team. Despite finishing #2 in GF(behind the Pens) my highest scorer was Afinogenov with 76 freakin points. It was a complete team effort. My moves this year: traded Miller for Brodeur (as was mentioned above) when Miller demanded a trade, traded Paille for LaPerriere, and Boston OFFERED me a trade of Axelsson for....Stafford, I think, so I was all over that. I also signed Roenick as a free agent, and he helped me out big time in the early part of the season, when nobody could fucking score. (I had 5 goals in the first 7 games) My lines right now are: Hecht - Connolly - Afinogenov Vanek - Roenick - Pominville Axelsson - Roy - LaPerriere Gaustad - Mair - Kotalik Depth. I got it.

I'm in my playoffs in NHL 08. Playing as the Sabres, but about midway through the season, Ryan Miller demanded a trade. No, really. So, in my panic, I jokingly offer a trade to the Devils, Miller for Brodeur, and to my shock they actually ACCEPT it. I go on to win the President's Trophy with 122 points. So who do I meet in the first round? The Devils, of course. Game 1 was a freakin CLASSIC. Afinogenov scores with just under 2 minutes to go to tie the game up and send it into OT, where Connolly then scores the GW with 9:15 left in the second overtime. Miller made 58 saves to try and keep the Devils in it, but their offense wasn't clicking at all. Game 2 also goes into OT, but I pull it out 2-1, but once again Miller plays like a fucking madman to try and keep me off the scoreboards. If the Devils had any offense, I'd be so fucked in this series. Edit: just played Game 3, and that was the definition of a "You've got to be FUCKING kidding me" game. Devils finally find some offense, and are up 3-0 at the 7:14 mark of the second period. I start thinking game over already, but Miller finally collapses! Sabres are up 4-3 by the end of the period, 5-3 late in the third, and the Devils get a PP on a bullshit tripping call. But PK Specialist Adam Mair(lead the league in SH goals. Had more SH than even strength goals) comes through with another shorthanded goal to put the Sabres up 6-3! But then I fail to kill the rest of the penalty. 6-4. 6-5. 6-6 with SIXTEEN FUCKING SECONDS LEFT. After 8 total goals scored in the last approximately 8 periods, we score TWELVE in regulation in this game. Thankfully I pull it out after Afinogenov scores the game winner on a breakaway in the first OT. Three games, three OTs, after I was winning games by an average of 3-4 goals per game to end the season.

That's an Eggo at that point, which is a bad example to put up against the home made spongey goodness of a pancake. EVEN an eggo is better than fucking pancakes. Pancakes suck. You need to find some halfway decent pancakes, Eggo? EGGO? Eggo is a step above cardboard. I know. But that's STILL better than pancakes. You're missing my point.

Lazyness caused me to not post this until today, but here goes: Yes, I went to one of the at least dozen federations in the Carolinas to use CWA as their initials, but unlike the rest, this one isn't a variation on Carolina Wrestling Alliance/Association, this CWA is "Champions With Attitude" Lame name, but it was actually quite a good show. The night started off on a really fucked up note, with the ring announcer coming out and deciding to just screw with the crowd. Yes the ring announcer was playing heel. Kinda. Picking out the regulars in the crowd and making fun of them, until he stopped at the Box Boys who got a big pop from the crowd. I don't understand at all. It's just two guys in the front row...with a cardboard box. BUT WAIT! On the other side of the crowd, we have a new upstart group of Box GIRLS! Oh noes! Audience rivalry! Then the announcer gives away a bunch of free shit that the crowd doesn't really care about, until he gives away the cardboard box that the stuff was in. The Box gets a monster pop. Once again...I just don't fucking get it. The show starts up proper and they dissapoint the hell out of the crowd by saying that Sabu is injured and won't make it. CWA World Champion Raven comes out(with Lodi) telling the crowd that Sabu has a legit injury and didn't just decide to no-show. "The Universal" Phill Shatter(basically he looks like a Chris Masters type big-man) comes out with his manager Joey Nuggs (big fat guy dressed like a purple pimp) and says he wants a rematch with Raven for the world title, because apparently he was "this close" to winning it last night. Somehow they wind up signing a 3 on 2 handicap match for Raven's title with Raven and Lodi taking on Shatter, Nuggs, and whoever else they pick. Oh, and somewhere in here Raven ends up making dick jokes about Shatter. Read that again. RAVEN making DICK JOKES. What the fuck is going on here? Opening match: Gluteus Maximus (big fat guy in gladiator attire) and "The Man Scout" Jake Manning vs. Leroy Greene (maybe? something Greene) and The Black Panther. Basic tag contest, nothing really too exciting. Maximus pins Greene after a diving headbutt. Since this is a really short writeup, I figure this is the place to point out just how impressed I was with how professional everything looked. They actually had an ENTRANCE SET, plus lighting, music and entrance videos. The first indy fed I've gone to that actually gave a shit about their presentation. Second match: Johnny Swinger vs. "The Lucha Style Gangsta" Amien Rios vs. the CWA Carolinas Champion Josh Magnum in an elimination triangle match. I'm not really sure if Magnum's title was on the line or not, but it doesn't matter since he won the match after pinning Rios with a 450. This was easily the match of the night. Yes, for the only time in his career, Johnny Swinger actually participated in a match of the night. Well...half of a match of the night, as he was gone early on after Rios pinned him with a rollup. Biggest highlight of the match was Magnum throwing Rios into the crowd, about five seats away from where I was at, and then hitting him with a TOP ROPE Asai Moonsault. Other highlight was Magnum doing a suicide dive right into a chair, and on very minimal padding. Magnum was easily the breakout star of the night in my eyes. Third match: Nu Skool (Danny Dollar/Zack Salvation) vs Team Macktion (TJ and Kirby Mack) in a return match for the #1 contendership to the tag titles held by...I have no idea. Team Macktion always brings the goods, and Nu Skool seemed pretty good themselves. Macktion won in what I'm assuming is a botched finish, because it was simply a sunset flip, and everyone looked confused afterwards. Fucked up ending aside, it was a pretty good match. Intermission at this point, where the announcer pulled numbers out of a hat, and whoever had that number on their program got free tickets to a future show. It took him about 10 minutes to get a winning number, because NOBODY bought a damn program. Fourth match: "The Insane Lumberjack" Timber vs. Mikael Judas (a complete Kevin Thorn clone) This was the "crazy brawl" match of the evening. Once again action spilled out to the crowd, and once again it was RIGHT beside me, as security came around and made us all back up. Then half of the chairs in the first two rows got used as weapons, including mine...I think. It was all so scattered by the time they left I just grabbed a cheap plastic chair and used it to sit in. Highlight of the match was the crazy guy sitting in front of me that kept following Timber around trying to get him to use his chair. Timber wins by DQ when Judas chokeslams the ref. Another good match, with a lame finish. Main event: Raven/Lodi vs. "The Universal" Phill Shatter, Joey Nuggs and "The Hawaiian Assassin" Kimo for the CWA World title. Kimo er...the best way to put this? He looks like Kratos(from God of War) with furry boots. This was the weakest bout of the night. Everything was just slow and plodding and seemed like it was put together at the last minute. Raven basically turned it into a comedy bout, stealing Nuggs' hat and putting it on (which the crowd then chanted "Johnny Polo" for, causing Raven to ask whose side they were on) and putting the claw on Kimo and complaining when it wouldn't work. Match ends when Raven pins Nuggs with the Raven Effect. Overall, despite the lack of Sabu and only 5 matches, it was still a REALLY good time. I was really shocked at just how hot the crowd was, even though they only had about 300 people, it was their first ever show in Fayetteville, and were over 3 hours away from their regular "home bases." I'd go again definitely if there was another one near me. If anyone is in the Orangeburg or Columbia SC areas, I'd recommend it completely if you haven't gone before. .....God this is the spammiest post I've ever made. And why the hell did I waste this much time on an indy fed writeup that only about 6 people are gonna read?

I was originally planning on going to the June 7th(not 8th) show in Orangeburg, but I'll be out of town for other reasons instead. Hendersonville is a 5 1/2 hour drive so..fuck that. Not gonna go that far. I'm hoping to go to the August 8th show in Columbia though, just because I'm a Daffney mark. I'm hoping to not have to work that day.

That's an Eggo at that point, which is a bad example to put up against the home made spongey goodness of a pancake. EVEN an eggo is better than fucking pancakes. Pancakes suck.

Real men pick up waffles WITH THEIR DAMN HANDS.

........ Who the fuck uses a knife on Waffles?

Sex and The City was a fuckin wildcard to me. It could have opened to $10 million or it could have opened to $75 million, and neither one would have surprised me. I fully expect SATC to retain a lot of its audience next weekend too, because I don't see the SATC crowd being lured away by Kung fu Panda or Zohan, and the fact that the SATC audience is the type that would gladly go see the movie multiple times (assuming the movie didn't completely rape what the show was about.) I am, however, shocked at how well The Strangers did. I had it pegged at $15 million, tops. Iron Man is now the top non-Spiderman comic movie of all time, impressive. Oh, and because it just can't be said enough: LOLSpeed Racer.

LO-freakin-L. In the College World Series regional round elimination game today, UNC-Wilmington scored ELEVEN runs in the top of the 9th to knock out Elon. Now they have about an hour to celebrate until they have to try and beat the Tar Heels twice in a row to survive. The same Tar Heels that shut them down and allowed them to just get 3 hits yesterday. *shrug* still rooting for em. Go Seahawks!

That's just crazy. I haven't paid more than $3 for a book in YEARS.

Truthfully though, there is one pick that I'm STUNNED hasn't been made. If I was in this thing, it probably would have been my third round pick.

Waffles. This wasn't even a contest. Anyone who answers pancakes has no idea what they're talking about. Seriously, you might as well ask "Herpes vs. $10 million cash"

$30 for a book? Whaa? Who the fuck pays anywhere CLOSE to that for any book? (other than a book for school, obviously) Be patient and pick it up for like $5 in a used book store in a year or so.

This draft seriously sucks. I can't believe nobody has picked yet. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

Tsung would just turn himself into Sonya and never leave the mirror.

I'm not seeing what the problem is. I could maybe see not liking it but "fucking gay" is such an over statement it makes you seem ridiculous. This is TSM. Where extreme overstatements happen.

. . . ...godDAMNit, they found the ONE way to GUARANTEE that I'll actually watch their stupid show EVERY fucking week. Woulda been better if they brought her in as Shark Girl.

It's seriously so fucking gay and out of place.

Don't we have a thread for bitching about ESPN anyways?

I might just have to pick this up. I currently have it on rental from Gamefly, and it'd probably just be cheaper to send it back and get it for $10. The game's biggest strength is also it's biggest weakness. If you play on hard difficulty, everybody plays TOO realistically. Meaning of course fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, etc. Well, that, and the fact that it's FUCKED in updating the number of people remaining in the tournament. At the beginning it'll track players remaining fine, but once you get about 30-50 hands in, it'll only update number of players remaining once someone from YOUR table gets eliminated. So it'll be stuck on 80 remaining for 30 hands, and then jump down to 45 players remaining once someone from your table gets eliminated. It wouldn't be a big deal, but whoever gets eliminated from your table (including you) automatically gets put on the BOTTOM of that pile. It really fucks you if you're short stacked and just trying to stay alive long enough to reach the money.

You shoulda gone with the frog shaped ice cream bar with the bubble gum nose. You fail.

A couple of years ago, a waitress at a restaurant actually fucking went into a couple minute long speech about the differences between Pibb and Pibb XTra(and no, I didn't bring the topic up. She just went into it all on her own.) I was too busy staring at her tits to remember what they were.

I dunno about OCD, but I thought (and still kinda do think) I had ADD as a kid. They gave me a little 3 page pamphlet back in school to read about the signs of ADD, to help self-diagnose if I had it. I never finished reading it. I think that says something on it's own