The Tide Will Turn

Sorry

2009-10-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time. I don't have too much to say. So here's a picture or two.

Be Careful Rob

2009-05-24T22:54:00.000-07:00

Oh my, it's been a while... but I have been sidetracked on a different... um... journal thing I guess.

I ice skated today... the old creepy guy was there again... and he asked me about Mattia, I didn't even know he KNEW about Mattia!! And he hugged Christina...

I'm sore now..

Went and saw Night at the Museum 2 (Ricky Gervais!!) and I think that the second one is actually better than the first, but I like both haha.

Happy Memorial Day! Rob was the first person to tell me that, I had forgotten about it. I hope Rob is okay, I'm worried about him, I am so afraid I'm going to lose him. I love those Marines, but I fear for them too. Especially the ones in the worst part of Iraq... like Rob... Luv ya Bobby!!

Busy

2009-04-14T06:00:00.000-07:00

I know, I've been bad. Not blogged here in a while. Been focusing on school and hockey. And updating my other blog.

gear

2009-03-30T13:06:00.000-07:00

So i went to hockey giant and got my gear, here are pics of my new and old

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/elbowpads.jpg
New on top, old on bottom

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/skatesside.jpg
I love my new skate (top)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/gloves.jpg
New on top, old on bottom... my old ones are nice and worn

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/helmetside.jpg

New on top (love it!) old on bottom, u can see the differences in the ear covers

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/helmetfront.jpg

New top, old bottom

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/hockeypantsinside.jpg

Inside my pants, cheap new on top, expensive nice old ones on bottom

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/hockeypantsoutside.jpg

New cheap ones on top, my nice old ones on bottom

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/Jerseys.jpg

These are just jerseys i already have

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/shoulderpads.jpg

New, un-molded on top, nice heavy duty old on bottom

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/shinguards.jpg

Super cheap new shin guards on top, nice old ones on bottom

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Tolikblumoon/My%20Pictures/skatesfront-1.jpg

New on left, old on right

sigh

2009-03-26T20:15:00.001-07:00

I'm bored right now. I'm waiting for The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack to load. It takes forever on the desktop computer, we have too many files.

I played hockey today, Andy was there, I really heart Andy, he is freakin awesome!! The jackass Flyers guy was there again, gah, I really don't like him too much. He has a potty mouth, but at least I'm not on his bad side (I hope!) because he is about a foot taller than me. I tried to give him a little bump because he wouldn't get off my ass but I didn't realize how big he really was until I turned around and he was laughing at me and I was looking up at him. He picked me up and moved me aside... hmph. Well it was fun, aside from those two guys giving me those 2 breakaways and that goal.

Anyway, 3 more days until I get to go pick up my gear. I'm so excited.

What else was exciting that happened today? I installed a bunch of updates on my laptop... I was bored.

The last few nights I haven't been able to sleep very well. I'm not sure why, but I have two possibilities.
1. I'm just so excited for this hockey thing
2. The book I have to read for my History class is giving me nightmares, literally

I think it's a combination of both, and also because I think I haven't had my boy to tuck me in at night. He didn't really tuck me in before, but I loved talking to him before bed. It gave me something nice to think about and made me sleep a little easier. He knows I miss him. Hopefully I'll get to see him on cam this weekend before I get my gear. Muah. That's a kiss for him =)

He's alive!!

2009-03-24T22:32:00.001-07:00

OMG, Chris is alive!! The dork wants me to skate with him tomorrow morning but I told him I have class. He still wants me to go though because he knows I don't have class at 5:30 in the morning. I'm going on Thursday with Jason though. And I think I'm bringing my mom and my sister. It should be more entertaining because I will be on the ice the whole time (rather than being benched until it's my turn) and me and Jason and screw around and check each other. I wish Steve could go but he is working. He isn't afraid to rough me up a little. It would be the first time my sister has ever seen me play. It should be fun, and a time for me to get out my anger issues and frustrations... Hockey: my Anger Management.

Ricky & Elmo, yet again

2009-03-23T21:17:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry, but I have to post this video again. I can't stop laughing. Thanks 2 () `/ !!!!!

"High Four!!"
"Why do you wear pajamas to bed, when you're naked the rest of the time?!"
"Where did we lose this interview?"

Another thing, I thought this was cute... from Derren Brown's Blog..

Practicing for his big finale... he stole that trick from my boy!! Haha... He knows I luv him =)

Almost spring break

2009-03-22T22:25:00.000-07:00

If you noticed (but I doubt you did), yes, I deleted the post that USED to be here. I'm so glad spring break is almost here. I need it. Lately I have been getting to sleep late and having to wake up early, but I guess that's what [2()`/ does. In fact I'm making that boy late for work, and I feel horrible. I have a problem with letting things go. In this case, letting him go. I mean I know he's gotta work and I know I'm making him late, which is even worse!! I don't know how he has put up with me this long.

Oh, back to spring break.

One week from today marks the evening I get to go to Hockey Giant and get fitted for my equipment. Hmm, maybe I didn't post it, but I'm doing a women's workshop hockey clinic hosted by the LA Kings. I love the hockey classes Chris used to do and I can't even express how excited I am for this. For $450, I get 2 tickets to 2 Kings games, one of which I wanted to go to anyway because all fans in attendance get a free Ivanans poster, part of the Enforcer series. And the other game marks the first time that all 5 retired jersey members will be on the ice together to honor a retiring employee, which means I get to see "Lucky" Luc Robitaille and Wayne Gretzky!! I'm stoked to see them both. Back to the clinic though, I also get a full set of brand new gear to keep, skates, pads, bad, stick, everything. And I'm really excited I get my own Women's Workshop Kings jersey with my name on the back (I think).

So I get all that stuff next Sunday. On Tuesday is the game and I get to skate the first class on the Staples Center ice right afterward. I won't get home till 2am I bet, and we are leaving around 7:30am to drive to Las Vegas. We are staying at The Mirage and they have a nude pool, but you have to be 21 or older to get in, which means I either need a fake I.D. or I have to sneak in. We will be coming home on Friday, and Saturday is the next Kings game, then I go back to school on Monday.

I'm pretty satisfied with that.

Though I will be a bit bummed I may not get to chat with my boy as often as I would like. But hey, the car ride there and back I will bring my other phone, the one with Fring and Skype, so we can chat.

My boy is the only one that probably reads this, I hope he doesn't mind that I call him my boy, because he knows it's him by his partial screen name in there, but I don't want to share he name, I don't think he wants me to either. He knows I luv him though =)

Well, well, well. This is my first real post in a while I think. I mean, it's more than me going on about a hockey player or just posting videos. I'm proud of myself. =D

I wanted to be in bed by 10:30 tonight, that isn't going to happen, it's past that already. Maybe I'll give myself until 11:00 to write a little bit of my story. I would like to actually finish a story for once.

And me and my boy have this project going, he better at least try to stick with it. I have taken my picture for the day, if I had more time I'd post it, I think it's pretty nifty, I edited it all with my phone. This phone has the best and easiest photo editor out of all my previous phones. I can't complain. They advertise the LG VU on the tele all the time, but the Samsung Eternity is so much better. Better battery life by far, the screen is bigger, and you don't have to dig your nails in to press things. Also, the landscape QWERTY keyboard shows up automatically when u turn it for a text (or any other program you're going to type in) and it has other little quirks that make it fun, like the tumbling dice and the tilt for a SLIDE show. Check it out, way better than the VU, but a bit pricier.

So, goodnight for now. I'll be back sometime soon, possibly tomorrow, but hopefully sometime this week. Going on a hike on Tuesday and Christina wants me to go to Club Envy with her Wednesday night, it's an 18+ club. I can't dance, and I really don't want to meet any more SD guys, I'm through with them. I'll stick to my foreigners thank you very much. Have a good night.

xx

(haha, Bear Grylls always signs his blogs as such)

ps. I updated my Profile Info just below the videos on the right dashboard, take a look and laugh

Funny Clips

2009-03-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

I haven't done any real posts for a while... I have noticed some of my keys don't work properly. Sometimes my "f" doesn't show up so if I right 'or' 'rom' 'inished' or 'o' just assume there is an 'f' at the beginning (or end for 'o').

Next, I would like to post a few YouTube clips... some were sent to me from a friend, others I found on my own, but they are rather funny.

If you manage to get all the way down here, I have some more news, I'm playing hockey on thursday!! Woo hoo!! First time in over a month!! And then doing a public skate afterward with a buddy =DD

Oh, and Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Also, this is my 300th post!!

Mythbusters is on!!

2009-03-11T21:54:00.000-07:00

So I made a new friend... I like him, he seems nice. Reminds me of another friend of mine. We might hang out this weekend... We'll see how it goes. I really like him, but I'm not sure if he likes me the same... I haven't posted in a while, so I figured I'd write something... Not sure what else to say now... so umm... yeah...

**I'm aware the title has NOTHING to do with the post

It's Nannerpuss!!

2009-03-08T15:09:00.000-07:00

I made a smoothie for dinner the other night so I decided to make my own Nannerpuss... Nannerpuss is awesome... watch the original here...

Tip-A-King 2009... I was there!!

2009-02-24T09:45:00.000-08:00

Tip-A-King 2009!! Woo hoo!! So I went, it was awesome. I got everyone I really wanted and more (except Moller, he wasn't there, and Frolov's line was ridiculous, I waited until they kicked us out). Kopitar's line was probably over an hour and a half but the super nice ladies in front of me were funny, and they held my place in line and told me to go get autographs of everyone else I wanted that had no lines, because they knew it was my first time and wanted me to get as many as I could. My dad was sick, nearly fainted a lot of times, and spent most of the time outside in the fresh air or puking in the port-a-potty. He said they called the paramedics for him and he was put on oxygen, so I spent almost all day in lines by myself, trying to juggle my jersey, the wad of cash in my pocket ($1 for each autograph and $2 for each picture), the camera, my Ivanans 8x10 glossy photo, my Jack Johnson puck, and my sister Flip video camera all while figuring out which arm I'm going to put around the players.

Ivanans was the first person to sign my jersey... it was so cool... he touched me *squeals*

Oh and Bailey, the Kings mascot, he kissed me. We got it on video too, it was funny.

This is the general admission line when we got there, it was terrible as the day went on. We got near the front though. That's me with Kopitar on the left and Luc Robitaille on the right.

He was the first King I saw. We were waiting for the VIP session to end, and it was hot and stuffy in the tent (it was carnival style) and so Sean O'Donnell came out for some fresh air. He used to play for the Ducks... yuck! Derek Armstrong came out too and I bit my lip and tried not to squeal. I was standing near the open door so I could see some of the action inside. Then I saw Ivanans walked by and I got all giddy

See... my by the door, it was bright and sunny ok? That's why I'm making the squinty face. Plus O'Donnell was behind me and I was embarrassed because of my dad. Luc Robitaille was in there, I couldn't see him because it was dark, but I could hear him... yay!

Bailey posed for us, he was our entertainment while we waited in line. He is so awesome, everyone loves Bailey

Me and Raitis Ivanans. Like about 3 different cameras took a picture of me with him, including some professional cameras, so they might end up on the Kings website or letsgokings.com Look at the size of his hands... I'm 5'9" tall and I am as tall as Ivanans while he's sitting... yeah he was on a bar stool but still, he is huge!! And there is a funny story behind his ass, literally, after he was finished at the end of the day, he took off his jersey and he was walking around with the guys that were near my line (for Frolov, it was a great spot to be) and I always new his butt was big, but while he was standing there right next to me I made sure to remember everything about him... yummmm lol.

Bob Miller and Jim Fox signing my jersey. My dad was in the Kopitar line while he took the picture holding my spot. Jim Fox (the one in the black 19 alternate jersey) reminds my sister of Kermit the Frog for some reason, so she was excited to see this picture of him. We luv you Foxy!!

Bob Miller, me, and Foxy. They are announcers for the Kings now, but used to play.

Peter Harrold #5 and I on the couch. He was one of the players you visit when you are in the Kopitar line. He had just returned from a potty break... omg and look at that... I'm touching his leg... hehe.

omg, FINALLY I get to meet my Kopitar. It almost looks like I'm photoshopped in the picture but no, I'm really just that close to him. And that is actually a really adorable picture of him. I was right up against him and I had my leg against his leg. *Sigh*

Right before this picture he got up and ran to the bathroom. My dad was outside getting air when he saw Kopitar bolt outside and look around, then saw the port-a-potties and made a dash for them, even though the Security guy said VIP bathrooms were the other way. I also saw Kopitar's girlfriend there too. I didn't see her at this time, but later after he took off his jersey they were walking around together holding hands and stuff, they are cute together. I didn't get to see his little brother, I wish he would have gone to it this year. All I could do when ever Kopitar walked by, literally within grabbing distance, was stare, smile, and drool a little. Pathetic...

Ok, so the very first player I saw walk in to their autograph spot, was the blondie on the right, Jack Johnson. I just stared... I couldn't take my eyes off him. I don't know why but I'm just really attached to him. I don't think he is the cutest player (though he is cute) but for some reason I'm attached. While I was waiting in line, I was right in front of him for a good 15 minutes, and I just drooled and stared. The one on the left is Denis Gauthier, he's cool too. But ohhh Jack, Jack-Jack, you are a lot bigger and a lot cuter in person... Jack.... Jack!!!!!!! Oh, and these two were in the Kopitar bunch line too

Patrick O'Sullivan, he is such a cutie and no one was in his line! He is missing a few front teeth, so he doesn't smile or talk much, but he is oh so adorable

This is a very cute picture of Sully, I have gotten a lot of comments on it already

Erik Ersberg, one of our goalies, my personal favorite out of them all. From Sweden...

He doesn't smile much, look at all the pictures of him online, just kind of a smirk. He smiled when I said thanks and bye though =)

Okay, the dork in the bathrobe is one of the Kings. He was in the dunk tank (carnival style, remember?) and was still wet. The others are (from left to right) Wayne Simmonds, Matt Greene (behind Mr. Bathrobe), someone that I can't really tell who it is, and Jarett Stoll. Those two girls are bitches... I know because I ran into them later... Stoll is engaged, and Mr. Bathrobe is married (his kids were there, his kids are wild, never offer to babysit for him). More behind that story as the pictures come up

This is our conversation...
Tom: Did you stop by and say hi to Kopi?
Me: Yeah
Tom: Was he good?
Me: Yeah
(Tom looks at me playfully)
Tom: Was he mean?

Me: Nah

Tom Preissing is so super sweet. He is funny too. I don't think people appreciate him as much as they should. I have always had a soft spot for Preissing, I read his blog on http://www.lakings.com/ every time he posts a new one

He is so personable too. Really a fun guy. His wife was there too, she is pregnant but she was wandering around the whole time. They seem like a cool family. Tom Preissing and I

John Zeiler was sitting just to the left of Ivanans, in fact Ivanans reached over and hit Zeiler on the head with somone's stick. Both are fighters, but Zeiler has a temper and fights during unnecessary times occasionally. He is great with kids... he played some games of air hockey with them for a while

Me and John Zeiler. When I showed my mom this picture she really liked him. She thought he was cuter than Tory... I would argue that. Anyway, he held onto me a little longer than 1 second after the picture was taken. Usually they will hold you until they know the picture was taken ok, but after my dad put the camera down he was still holding onto me... I'm not complaining, it was cool to have a Los Angeles King put his face that close to mine. When I pried myself away from his grip and said thank you, I could have kissed him his face was so close

Jarett Stoll and I. Girls think he is the cute-cute one... meh, he's ok. He played a game of skee-ball with the little boy in front of us in line though. It was funny.

Wayne Simmonds, he is such a hard working kid, I really like him =)

Grr... my dad must have moved the camera and made it blurry

Ok, so this is Mr. Bathrobe... AKA Derek Armstrong (Army for short). He has the wild kids. Anyway, he was in the dunk tank, he had to dry off his hands to sign my jersey before this picture. Anyway, when I left, the bitches (from the previous picture I mentioned them in) they saw what Army did and they gave me this evil death glare. I don't know what their problem was, I gave them a "what the hell are you staring at? Are you jealous? Well if you had brought your own money and your own camera you could have gotten a picture with him too. By the way did you know he was married and has kids?" look

If you are able to see this picture bigger by clicking on it, you will see Kopitar's head in the back (far side) of the game thingy and Jack's on the opposite side.

That's Jack from behind... In all the dreams I have about him he is in a dark blue shirt... well later, I saw him pulling his jersey over his head, and he was wearing a dark blue baseball shirt with the dark blue sleeves. *Sigh* Jack makes me smile and bite my lip

I have figured out the order....

2009-02-19T16:56:00.001-08:00

Wow, it's been a while huh. Just thought I would drop by and leave a note. I'M GOING TO TIP-A-KING ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah, if you don't know what it is, its a meet the players party to get pics and autographs with the Los Angeles Kings. It's a 4-day early birthday present =D and I have made my list of players that I really want to see and the first 3-4 are players that I need to see, in the order they are written.

Anze Kopitar (Kopi)
Jack Johnson (JMFJ)
Raitis Ivanans
Alexander Frolov (Fro)
Oscar Moller
Patrick O'Sullivan (Sully)
Erik Ersberg
Tom Preissing
Kyle Calder
Dustin Brown (Brownie)
Jarret Stoll

So yeah, I need to also decide what I want them to sign, I'm thinking about taking my Kopitar Jersey, and also I want Jack to sign my Jack Johnson puck, and Ivanans to sign my 8"x10" glossy photo I have. But I also have my Kings iPod, that would be cool to have signed... And I don't know if I want to wear my jersey and have them sign it while I'm wearing it, or if I should just wear my Kopitar t-shirt and hand them the jersey to sign. I really want to be wearing whatever it is they are signing (either my Kopitar jersey or t-shirt) hehe, I did that when Jimmy signed my Speedway shirt, then they have to touch you =D I'm terrible, I know. I really hope I can get Kopitar's autograph, but I need Jack's (autographs also include my dad taking a picture of me posing with them). I don't know why but I'm really attached to Jack, it's odd. Plus I have had numerous dreams about getting to meet him (whether at Tip-A-King or in some other situation) so it would be nice to put those dreams to rest by actually meeting him, and getting a hug would be awesome. Same with Kopitar and Ivanans. I'm overwhelmed I'm so excited... its in 3 days, oh my gosh, I actually counted, it seems farther than 3 days... I'm stoked!!

**sigh**

Anyway, here are my boys in order...

Anze Kopitar

Jack Johnson

Raitis Ivanans

Alexander Frolov

Oscar Moller

Patrick O'Sullivan (the big kid, not the little one)

Erik Ersberg

Tom Preissing

Kyle Calder

Dustin Brown (and wife and son)

Jarret Stoll

I can't close my right eye... it's numb... I need a patch, feel like a pirate, arghh

2009-01-29T17:35:00.000-08:00

Me and Dad

Me, Dad, and the Italian guy (hearing his accent was nice because it reminded me of my nice times with Red)

I'm tired =P

Dane, Dad, Baldy Bowl, Me

We made it!

Dane, Me

It's been a while since my last post. I don't really have much to say though. I went hiking on Tuesday, and ironically came across a guy from Northern Italy but lives in Temecula like me. Dane went with me and my dad.

Today I had to get 2 fillings. I was numb up to my eyeball (which is normal) but this time from a different angle so I wouldn't close my eyelid... I taped my eye closed with clear hockey tape when I got home because I couldn't blink and my eye kept watering. But I guess the filling on the far back tooth was deep but not wide. It went straight down and he had to drill almost into my nerve =( My tongue is numb, well, half of it is, so I talk funny. It's beginning to go away though so I probably sound a little more normal now.

Chris is starting to really worry me. He hardly ever comes on Skype and when he does, I don't talk to him because he usually ignores me. But last night around 9:oopm he signed on. I ignored him like usual but he sent me a strange message:

[1/28/2009 9:13:21 PM] Chris: awesome drunken

[1/28/2009 9:13:28 PM] Chris: i love you gotta go!

(Usually it shows his last name but I deleted it once I put it on this post. I don't like using last names)

I tried to text him but no response. I'm beginning to think maybe he got a new phone so I don't have his correct number anymore. I will try to email him tonight.

Oh, yesterday there was a car chase, a lady took off with a U-Haul moving truck. It was dangerous but really funny. Please watch this clip of the end of the chase, the driver is swerving trying to slosh the remaining gasoline around to get more out of it, but it runs out and she makes a run for it... Really funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6kQYPaAE08

One more note, I keep having dreams about Jack Johnson (from the LA Kings, not the singer). So you know what that means? It means I have to go to Tip-A-King and meet him and get his autograph and a picture with him. I have to. My birthday is coming up, so if you still haven't thought of anything to get me, get me tickets to Tip-A-King, preferably the $300 VIP ticket, if not, the $85 General Admission one it fine.

Oh oh, one more note. I want Derren Brown to get me to hallucinate like these people, but instead of forks, something a little more entertaining, like a hottie walking into my bedroom in the middle of the night, haha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NTyU6_WO-8

Oh Jack, Doctor Babe, and my Killer Nerd

2009-01-15T16:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jack, I realize I'm posting it late but I remembered it on your actual birthday, January 13. You're 22 years old now! And you will probably never read this either!

Kill Jack Kill (JMFJ, Jack MuthaFuckin Johnson)

My Tomato (Oscar Moller) and Lemon (Jack Johnson), the Grape (Teddy Purcell) is good too

Mmm, oh Jack... I wish you played Fear Factor and hung from my ceiling at my house every night

I talked to Mattia last night, we were both kind just blah I think. I had to text him to get him to come online and say hi, because he was ignoring my emails. He can be so thick sometimes.

I have been having some really strange dreams lately... and they have all had Chris in them, please, I don't want anymore of those bad-ending premonitions. he first one I had dealt with him losing his dog in the middle of Arizona and or some reason I was driving through there with my dad (and sister possibly) and we almost hit him while he stood in the middle of the highway looking for his dog. I got out of the car and me and him hung out in the rafters of an old steel structure and he told me he was joining the Army and i was crying and begging him not to go, and the weird part was that after we kind of hooked up, and we hugged for a really long time, a tight hug... so weird.

The second one involved being at the rink, but the rink was inside Costco (weird!) and he was there in the skybox doing stuff, I'm not sure what but he was running around, anyway, he had a friend coaching the class and I think it was supposed to be Jordan, but it didn't look like him. This guy had dark brown hair, but I guess Jordan's body, very strong and fit. And there were a bunch of old people, I'm talking 50-70 years old, taking the class. Afterward, the Jordan-like guy was flirting with me and I left for a while, but came back later and it's like nothing at changed at the rink, the old people were just getting changed again, and the Jordan guy pulled me into a hug and I had my arms hugging his torso. There was also mention about Prom, but I'm not sure what that was about because Prom was in high school, that's over with. And everyone was telling me that the Jordan guy liked me and all that, but I'm not really sure what happened in the end.

I was looking at nicknames that people call their boyfriend/girlfriend and I ran across a nickname generator. It was spot on when it said Mattia is Mr. Smarty because it's almost an oxymoron sometimes. He is really smart, just a bit airheaded at times. I had another friend that was Killer Nerd and one I thought was a little kinky was that Raitis Ivanans was Doctor Babe.

To try out the nickname generator for yourself visit this site.

Yay Will and Andy!

2009-01-10T14:50:00.000-08:00

Got up bright and early this morning to play hockey... Well, more like dark and early. I left at 5:30am and got there at 6, and it was still pitch black. And it was windy all night long, really windy. When I was walking into the Iceoplex it was blowing my equipment back over (it has wheels so I can roll it). I played pick up, Will and Andy were there, and the guy I thought was named Ted is actually named John (or maybe Jon, I'm not sure). Oh, and Steve met me there too. Will was teasing me with the puck, and after 30-45 minutes of play he finally realized it was me he was playing against, and once he realized that he gave me a good whack to the butt with his stick. And apparently I was playing a little more contact than I thought because I got Will against the boards and locked myself between his legs to get the puck but he was able to kick it away... but then I got it. Steve noticed and was shouting to me from the bench "follow through with your check!" After that I started to notice I was getting a little physical.

I also ended up sharing a locker room with Steve and 3 high school boys... one of which liked me because when I sat next to him on the bench he was staring at me and smiling. And in the locker room he sat with his shirt off and his hand inside his hockey pants, um, moving it... and I wasn't even undressed! I was wearing all the bottom half of my gear and shoulder pads and elbow pads. I didn't even make eye contact with that kid when I was in my shorts and sports bra. The kid wasn't even good looking. In fact if I would have seen him out in public I would never have guess he even knew what hockey was. Ugh... creeps me out a little.

OMG and I finally saw Andy in street clothes... totally not the dude I imagined he was... Let's just say I like him better wearing all his hockey stuff with his legs across my lap.

Ooh, I got a donut and chocolate milk for breakfast. And then I made some tea, but I for got about it as it soaked, and 20 minutes past the time I was supposed to take out the leaf catcher thingy, I remembered. I was expecting it to be super bitter, but it was actually really good! A surprise for me.

What a Wrap-Around! sigh

2009-01-05T15:09:00.000-08:00

So the morning skate failed... but the morning skate worked! (yeah yeah, there are 2 morning skates, 5:30am and 11:30am, I went to the later one). My new stick feels amazing in my hands, it is so light and handles great. I love it. Chris showed up super late because his dog ran away. Rob was there, we worked on passing, he says I have a really nice pass, right to his tape nice and hard. I haven't really worked with him for a long time.

Then I played 3-on-3 with a kid about 16yrs old and his little brother, about 12yrs old. Later when Chris showed up he was put on my team, screaming "SHOOT!" and "USE YOUR BODY!! HIT HIM!!" so he wanted me to check the other boys. The only one i really got was Rob and the 12yr old. Chris was pretty playful with me, gave me lots of taps on my shins and butt and punches to my shoulder,. After our chat the other night I think he feels a little more comfortable with me to screw around (I think he is starting to get tired of Christina's wild behavior). Plus Christina wasn't there so I was really his only target : We should have gone to Pinkberry's after... dang... Oh and I was playing when I noticed this guy walk up to the glass, good looking... familiar... He had a shaved head, big strong muscular arms, and a tight t-shirt. I skated over to Chris as fast as possible and said "You brought Jordan!" and Chris just said "No, he was at the gym working out." (I want Jordan to dress me up in his goalie gear so bad. I think his pads are too big for me, but it would still be fun).

Rob was really good at supporting me... always congratulating me or complimenting me. I felt like the goalie was giving me goals, that pissed me off. I did get one really really nice wrap-around goal all on my own, it just slipped in between the post and goalie pads on the left side. I got glove punches from everyone and a punch and tap on the head from Chris. It was an amazing goal, it felt awesome, just like a Frolov move. Wow, I wish I could have recorded it on video. It might be sounding very full of myself right now but I hardly ever score (maybe 1 time?) and NEVER score like I did this morning. =)

I only fell once, the hockey pants work well. I lied in front of the goalie on my back and Chris skated to me and I thought he was going to help me up but instead he just leaned over me and said "What? Am I too hot for you?" and skated away.

Oh, by the way, Chris got his dog back, don't worry. It took him a while to tell me that part like it did for me to tell you. :

And we get fried chicken for dinner too! Mmm

Here are some pictures of my new stick...

Gee, thanks, Chris...

2009-01-03T23:23:00.000-08:00

Wow, so I went to Hockey Giant... got my stick and socks and shirt and game and pucks... and got home... same ole same ole... and then Chris came on Skype and we actually started talking... i was happy to hear from him, but began to cry when he said i might move back up north over summer... until he called me and I thought it was an accident... until he did it again... "answer the damn phone" he told me... so I did. Apparently I was his guinea pig so he could test his hi-def webcam. It was funny... and he showed me his doggy... and complained he (Chris) was getting fat because he didn't skate for 3 weeks. And i will never think of a certain Skype smiley the same way again... thanks Chris. So I ended with a laugh... not to mention the Kings beat the Flyers. Yay!

What a great turn around for me

2009-01-01T11:50:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year. I was really depressed last night... I missed Mattia so much, I actually broke down and cuddled up with his jacket he left here. I haven't even touched it since we split. But then about 11pm he was online... and the first thing he said to me was "Hi my sweetee," so I was so happy. He stay up with me for New Years and I got to give him my first kiss of the year, and we spent the next hour together after that too. It made me feel good to read the words "I love you too" at the end and to see him tell me I'm beautiful so many times. We talked about a few other things as well that lets me know he still loves me, you know? Just a few comments I will not mention here because I don't think you need to hear it, it's sort of personal. But I'm glad that we worked out the awkward kinks. Anton was right, he is right about a lot of things, I can't wait for him to come to the west coast, he spent New Year's in Time Square this year, lucky!

Anyway, Happy New Year again, I'm glad mine turned from super depressing to very very good... it's going to be a good year I think. year of 09, exactly like what Mattia wears when he plays hockey =P

13 Reasons to Date a Hockey Player

2008-12-31T17:01:00.000-08:00

13 Reasons to Date a Hockey Player

1. They always wear protection.
2. They have great hands.
3. They are used to scoring.
4. They have great stamina.
5. They find the opening and get it in.
6. They never miss the target.
7. They know how to use their wood.
8. They have long sticks.
9. They know when to play rough.
10.When they fall down they pop right back up.
11.They are masters at many positions.
12. There quick on their feet.
13.Because baseball, basketball, and soccer players only know how to play with balls.

Christmas Day

2008-12-25T16:34:00.000-08:00

So, it's Christmas day. I got some nice stuff. Nike Bauer ONE70 ice hockey pants, and the ITECH shoulder pads I wanted and my grey RBK practice jersey... and an NHL hockey Foosball table thing. It's fun because I'm yelling things at my uncle (who was helping out on my team) telling him "cycle!" and "down low!" and "in the slot!" and he was screaming at me "English please!" It was funny.

I really want to go skate now, I mean, I wore my hockey gear all morning and it's raining out so I can't do much until tomorrow, but tomorrow my mom wants to go shopping at the mall, yikes! There's gonna be a lot of people o_O.

My sister woke up late this year! 6:40am... grr... and she made me get up too. But I didn't get to bed until midnight because my uncle was acting like a two-year old kid playing with all the toys in the loft next to the air mattress he was sleeping on and I was laughing too hard and didn't fall asleep until about 1:30am.

I got a voice message on my phone though from someone completely unexpected. A buddy of mine that I very rarely actually talk to called to just say hi and that made me pretty happy. I fell asleep smiling I think, or at least laughing. =)

I'm trying 3.8... wait... I don't like it...

2008-12-22T14:36:00.001-08:00

I'm trying Skype 3.8 again... maybe I can mess with it to get it to look the way I'm used to it looking... I just don't really like the two separate windows, I'm used to it all being together

So I'm trying the 3.8 version... it's the one that most people use i think... I don't like it!! Okay, I officially don't like it... you can't see the little pencil thing at the bottom like I'm used to!! I'm switching back to 4.0 Beta 3

Grrrr....

Too many Skype 4.0 Betas!!!!!!!

2008-12-22T13:58:00.000-08:00

So, after getting woken up multiple times during the night by someone named Fateh, I made a friend of mine that knows how to speak French deal with him and then I blocked him. I hate blocking people, but this guy was really bothering me.

My laptop crashed 3 times within 5-10 minutes of rebooting every time. I found out the problem though, it's the USB driver that my cam is plugged into. So I read the troubleshooting thing and I just downloaded driver updates on the HP site for my HP cam on my HP laptop.

Then I proceeded to downgrade my version of Skype back to 3.8 because I had been using 4.0 Beta since it was the only one that would work with my old cam. But after installing it, i hated it. So I went back to the site to get 4.0 Beta again, but they have made a new version this month, i had 4.0 Beta 2 but now they have 4.0 Beta 3 so I had no choice but to get it... I got it, and I hate the way it looks. It's pretty similar to 4.0 Beta 2 but the font is tiny (though adjustable in the chat portion) and it doesn't show the last time my buddies were seen (logged in) like 4.0 Beta 2 did and 3.8 did. *Sigh* oh the drama... And the smiley drop down box is on the opposite side of the chat box!! Ahhh!!!!!! (Phew) at least the up arrow to edit still works! I'm gonna have to either just get used to it or go back to 3.8 and suffer... The problem with 3.8 is that I don't think it has the notifications that the Beta version does, and the chat opens in a new window, I don't like that. Ugh... I'll go make gingerbread cookies now or something, I don't know, I'm bored.

I wanted to play roller hockey today, but I mentioned when I woke up that it was supposed to rain and then I couldn't play... but what didn't know and that I was oblivious to was that it was already raining when I said that... I must have been a little preoccupied to notice =P

Please Don't Poke Fun

2008-12-21T19:46:00.000-08:00

I told you I'd be back (read my post before this first, you'll understand).

People these days make such a big deal out of meeting people online. I don't see what all the fuss is! The only difference is that you don't see them in person. There are a lot of people that are paranoid about it, like my mom, but as long as you don't give out your address and SSN you are fine, you know? I bring this up because I have met some really nice people online. They are great to talk to for a few reasons:

You can talk to random people and tell them your problems without having to worry about facing them in person.
They can be good for a one-timer if you're into that =(
It's just another place to get a second opinion about something
Also, they can help you learn languages and cultures

I have found a few people across the world that I have been talking to an a pretty regular basis, a few times a week, but one person really stands out. This person has been there for me since the beginning (of Mattia) and is still with me through the end. I don't care what people say about meeting people on the Internet because if you find the right person you can really form a great friendship. Yeah yeah, that sounds cheesy, but you know what? It's true. At first you are sketchy, just small talk and getting to know each other. Then you start chatting more then just once a week, and you tell each other about how your day went. For me, it started, well, Skype won't open up the conversation history, but it started a long time ago it seems.

I'm just saying, if you ask someone "So where'd you meet your boyfriend/girlfriend?" and they answer "I met him/her online" do me a favor, don't laugh, please.

**Remind me that I need you to say something for me if we chat tomorrow (you know who you are)**

It doesn't matter where you meet someone if a great friendship is formed. I feel like I'll go crazy if I don't have my buddy to talk to. I can share everything with this friend and I really want to give him a hug, a really long tight hug, that's all I honestly need, anything else that may blossom, let it grow as it is. I'm going to make it a goal in my life, not only do I want to get out of the USA for a while, I want to go to Europe, and visit some countries (not ALL of them though), and maybe I can really give him a hug. And if he is really truly as great in person as he seems to be since I've known him (which I believe), maybe he'll let me stay at his place instead of getting a room at a hotel =P He is the one I could cuddle up with and watch a movie without worrying about if he is going to try to get with me in the middle of it. He would go to a scary movie with me and keep me safe, although I can imagine him getting scared and needing me for protection. And I could see us hanging out together having a really good time, sincerely. Please, if you ever come to my state, and close to my city, you have to make arrangements to say hi. Maybe at the coffee place or Jamba Juice =)

Anyway....

So sometimes these surveys are fun to read... I have filled out a few:

Turn on, Turn off, or Don't care?
Wears a grill: Turn off
Dresses Gangsta: Turn off
Dresses Preppy: Turn on
Dresses Athletic: Turn on
Dresses Emo: Turn off
Dresses hick: Turn off
Has green eyes: Major turn on
Has brown eyes: Don't care
Has hazel eyes: Turn on
Has blue eyes: (depending on which color) Turn on
Drinks alcohol: Don't care (as long as it's in moderation)
Smokes Weed: Turn off
Smokes cigs: Turn off
Plays sports: Turn on
Smiles a lot: Turn on
Has blonde hair: Don't care
Has brown hair: Turn on
Has black hair: Don't care
Has red hair: Don't care
Has no hair: (depending on his age) Turn on
Good dancer: Don't care
Wears jewelry: Don't care
Tattoos: Turn on (only if it's one or two)
Laid back: Don't care
Plays guitar: Don't care
Plays drums: Don't care
Plays bass: Don't care
Raps: Don't care
Bites your bottom lip when making out: TURN ON
Can draw: Don't care
Has a lip ring: (hmm...) Turn on
Has a tongue ring: (hmm...) Turn on
Nipples pierced: Turn off (I don't want to rip them out by accident!)
Hugs you: Turn on
Hugs from behind: TURN ON
Creative: Don't care
Calls you just to hear your voice: TURN ON
Religious: Don't care
Goes to church: Don't care
Kisses you on the neck: TURN ON
Brutally honest: Don't care

"If I was your boyfriend" - You know who you are, because I think if you had the chance to be mind you would grab it in a heartbeat
how many times a day would you kiss me? All day
how many times a day would you fuck me? Depends on how many time you can handle
would we fuck everyday? I'm sure at the beginning we would
how many times a day would you just want to hold me? All day
would you take me places? Of course
would you love me? I think I could
if we went out on a date would u have me pay for it? I wouldn't MAKE YOU pay if that's what u mean
would you take me anywhere special? Yes
If I was sick... what would you do? Care for you, keep you company in bed or on the couch all day and bring you anything you want.
If one a my friends tried to get with you what would you do? I would run away and go to you, kiss you hard, and tell you what happened
would u tell me? Yes
would u listen to all my problems and help me solve them? Always
Would u introduce me to your mom/dad?Uh... maybe after we were together for a while... because, well, the age difference might be a problem, but then maybe not.
Would you care about what i wore when we out ? As long as you wore SOMETHING I would be happy
Would you go to the Club with me? I don't think either of us like to go clubbing
If your friend tried to get at me what would you do? I would want to rip out all her hair and body check her straight into the boards
If someone tried to fight with me in front of you what would you do? Who would want to fight with you? If they did, i would totally stick up for you!
If a girl/guy tried to talk or dance with you at the club what would u do? Scooch away back to you and dance close with you and kiss you
If i cheated on you would you take me back? I don't think you would cheat on me
Would u give me your myspace password? I don't know... I guess I trust you with it, but I don't think passwords are the best things to be sharing
If i gave you mine would you read all my mail? Only if it looked like it was from a horny girl
If i said i loved you would you say it back? I can't yet, you know why

Just for my friend...

2008-12-21T18:18:00.000-08:00

So it's been a while from my last post. Mostly because part of me has been busy, worried about Mattia, or chatting with friends. I don't want to explain it again (I have explained to too many people) but me and Mattia (oops... i think up until now I have referred to him as Red... well, now you know his name) aren't boyfriend and girlfriend anymore... not because we don't like each other, because we do! But things are just hard right now...

On another note... A friend of mine requested this post. A friend of mine that doesn't live in Algeria like all my others. He knows the best English out of everyone so that's a reason why I am posting... because I actually understand him.

I guess I can talk about some thing that have happened lately... I had my last hockey class with Chris yesterday, but he is starting it again after New Year's, if he isn't too drunk to stand. And this morning, after waking up, chatting, showering, and brushing my teeth... I went downstairs because I was expecting a yummy breakfast, but instead I found... nothing. Hmm, I don't know why I was expecting a big breakfast, I guess it must have been something I saw when I woke up this morning that made me hungry (you know who you are).

I ate some cookie dough earlier... I still need to make my gingerbread cookies though. Oh! And I have gotten out of Jury Duty!! That made me so happy because I really didn't want to go all the way to Murrieta/French Valley and waste my day there when I could have been doing something productive, like surfing the net, watching reruns of Home Improvement, and Skype.

I have recently fallen in luv with this guy... Jeff Dunham, yeah, that dorky ventriloquist that argues with himself. Peanut and Achmed are the best though. The shortened versions of Jeff Dunham's performances are here but look for them on YouTube because they are the full length ones.

"Oh Jeff-fuh-fuh oh Jeff-fuh-fuh, Without me you would suck-ka-ka" - Peanut

Now I need something to actually be productive about. I discovered today that I am even more easily amused than I was already aware of. Apparently the worst jokes (not the ones that are so bad they are good) crack me up. I have been given permission to use this one... I laughed at it, how about you?

A friend of mine went to the worst zoo in the world recently. He said there was only one animal in there. A dog!It was a Shih Tzu!!!

Then I read this joke: A pregnant Irish woman from Dublin has a car accident and falls into a deep coma. Asleep for nearly 6 months, when she wakes up she sees that she is no longer pregnant and frantically asks the doctor about her baby.
The doctor replies, "Ma'am you had twins! A boy and a girl. Your brother from Cork came in and named them."
The woman thinks to herself, "Oh no, not my brother... he's an idiot!" She asks the doctor, "Well, what's the girl's name?"
"Denise", replied the doctor.
"Hey, that's not a bad name, I like it! What's the boy's name?"
"Denephew."

And then I was told this: "you're fun, you laugh at anything"

I'm not sure that it's a good thing or a bad thing... but I'm glad someone gets entertainment from me. Oh wait, it gets better... Have you ever seen this before? If not, you really need to check it out, seriously, give it a try.

This entry just keeps getting longer and longer with no point... I really want to prove that I can pick a topic and stick with it. This is turning out to be very difficult. I feel even lamer (if that's a word) than I did before. Props to you Roy for doing something actually constructive and insightful with yours.

I thought of something! I just looked over at the table next to me and saw my empty can of Wild Cherry Pepsi. Why do all of our soda companies make "Cherry Flavored" drinks? I mean, who decided cherry was the best? I know plenty of people that like apples, why not make it like a Green Apple Pepsi? Because if you think about it, we have Cherry Pepsi, Cherry 7-Up, Cherry Dr. Pepper, Cherry Coke, and then the Shirley Temple and the Roy Rogers... why so many cherry drinks? Even Mountain Dew has Mountain Dew: Code Red. I think we should boycott cherry drinks and complain to all these soda companies that there needs to be more Blueberry, Raspberry, Apple, Strawberry, and Watermelon flavored sodas. I mean, if we are going to turn bubbly sugar water (which is basically what soda is) into liquid fruit, we ought to do more than just cherry, strawberry, and orange (and lemon-lime as well). Jones Soda's are cool, they have so many things to chose from, but some are rather sickening... the Turkey soda, gingerbread man soda, pumpkin pie and all those other things. But hey, at least they are unique, right?

Okay, I think this is enough. But I'm sure I will think of something else to write about later and I will come back for another helping of Blogger.

Finally shirtless Kopi

2008-10-20T20:34:00.000-07:00

I have been waiting for a picture like this for a long time now... I am so happy to find this. I dont need my imagination anymore =P cuz the real thing is better...

One week late but I have them... pics

2008-09-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

7 1/2 hours at the ice rink is awesome! I'm totally gone mentally, lol. Chris demonstrated what would happen if you didn't trust your edges... meaning, he threw himself down on the ice. It was great. I played catch with him... but in a hockey sense, with sticks and pucks and ice... he was confusing me because he couldn't keep the order straight and was running into me. I got one shot on goal during pick-up in a breakaway. All I hear is Will screaming at me "SKATE! SKATE! SKATE!" and i didn't even want to look back. I helped coach the min-mites with Chris and Christina. Later we watched a bit of the Gulls bantam team... and kept Chris from hibernation until spring by texting him mercilessly. I freeskated until 2... for free =) and the same creep from La Jolla was there!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! After i went home and we met Chris for roller hockey and stayed until 7:30pm, poor guy, we tortured him so much... but we have a great time with Chris, and we really luv him... deep down, you just can't tell =P At least now he knows what to have us work on next Saturday, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing yet... hmmm... Oh! and the guy with the ponytail accidentally checked me today! It was funny, along the boards, we both fell on the ice on each other and i was more worried about whether he was okay, because I was fine.

Okay, you want to see pictures from last week now?....

Christina's goalie cam shot

There's our boy! That was an interesting morning...

Chris says we learn ballet! J/K this was pick-up

Down to the other end!

I think it's possible I have the puck!

The teams were light this day... I just ended my shift... i was out of breath and my lungs hurt

Practice was funny (and today I marry Red)...

2008-09-13T13:30:00.000-07:00

Hockey clinic started up again. I was actually excited about going to play pick-up and i couldn't wait! The guy in white was excited to see me and when I walked into the dark side benches he was waving to me! I dont know where he is from... I might guess Russia but i might guess wrong. And Will came over and sat by me and we talked for a little while. I love the attention I get from those guys... usually when Will knocks my stick out of the way, or when he playfully slashes my shins with his hockey stick. I ran into the excited waving russian (if that's even what he is) and i twisted my wrist a little... it's not sore at all though.

I was giggling with Christina all during practice... partly because it was Chris out there and partly because she lucked out and the guy in Bright Blue (been there EVERY time i have gone) had an extra helmet to spare and Larry had gloves for her and the guy with the ponytail in green let her use his extra stick.

I was teasing Chris earlier in the week and he claimed "im gonna make you work on saturday" and guess what... it wasn't too bad. He did through in lunges, forwards, forwards faster, and backwards... at one point i just let myself slide on the ice right passed him and he just looked at me and said "good job katie" and laughed. it was all good though...

Christina got some pictures... I'm excited to see them, I will post some when I get them.

Red has a match today... it's also the day we are getting married... Chris completely freaked when I told him that. It was sooooo funny... I love teasing that guy... and i might start helping out at the Mini-Mite practices and games... which Chris takes a part in i think... we (christina and I ) can't wait to surprise him =D

(BTW, [heehee, i think of Chris when I use stuff like that] me and Red are not really getting married, it's an inside joke)

Chris is going to make me pay =D

2008-09-09T19:13:00.000-07:00

And I don't mean pay as in... pay for the clinic... I do that anyway. I spent all afternoon talking to him and we were bored so i started messing around with him and teasing him. Oh my god it was hilarious. He told me "Im gonna work you on saturday!!" I shouldn't have told him I was going to his clinic... Haha, he is great entertainment when I can't talk to Red.

Chris did tell me a few things that reinforced my feelings for Red. I guess when I took him back to Chris's place for the last time, Red made me drop him off a block away because he was crying and needed to compose himself before Chris saw... When I told that to Chris he said even when Red got there, he was still so broken up and that he had never seen Red so in love with a person before... It was crazy. I told Chris about how Red told me that with his last girlfriend he didn't even feel what he feels with me... I give him something that he has never felt before and never felt to good about... Well, Chris said that Red had told him the same thing... Chris says to me "he is really gaga and in love with you!"

Hearing that really makes me feel extra good about Red because, sure Red tells me this and says he tells his friends but I never really knew for sure other than just trusting him... So hearing it from Chris and having his perspective on this situation without Red being there to influence him... It's awesome... I love Red so much!!!!
I see this and Red knew I was going to be jealous... I am jealous of Chris... haha

He put his underwear on his head

I love you Red!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-01T16:52:00.000-07:00

I love my Red. I love him I love him I love him... but what else is new, right? Actually it's new everyday because I love him more and more. And I'm trying not to bite my nails anymore (I don't do it a lot, but I still do occasionally) because he wants... well, me and him know why =) but I want to hug him right now, and kiss him too... especially today because he's not feeling too well and he had a terrible day dealing with the bank. I miss the sofa days sitting on the couch and chillin' watching Wild Hogs (and thank God I read the "Up Next" caption on the TV so I knew it was The Wedding Crashers even when we were paying not attention to it, but more to each other)

=)

I love you boy!
I love you my Superman (who has a new fear of spiders with me)

Guess who I ran into this weekend!?

2008-08-17T19:25:00.000-07:00

I just got back from LA today... we only spent one night but I was looking forward to today anyway. We got to go to the Team LA store and the Hollywood Farmers Market. I knew Nathan Lyon has been there and works there but I was totally doubting he was going to be there the day and time we went... I was wrong...

Me first talking to Nathan... that's his fiance back there in the white tank... I was completely shocked and stunned that he recognized and remembered me, from Myspace of all places, and could even recall certain pictures he must have seen on my profile too because he mentioned some...

I think he was more excited about me meeting him than I was, and I was really excited... He kept saying how cool it was that I was there, which made me smile :P

I don't know why Lindsey got in there

He used to work at the Staples Center!... He was taking me around and picking things out for me that he thought I would like and we were just talking kinda like friends, it was really cool. He even recalled the last time we conversed with each other (through email which I previously posted about probably around Sept. 2007). And I don't care what Kaplow said about me thinking he was so friendly through his emails, because it really is true... if it wasn't for those emails this moment would never have happened... so screw you Kaplow... I'm happy

Red at the Sea

2008-08-12T16:56:00.000-07:00

The sea that my Red is at

Red has been spearfishing the last few days. I told him I've never done that and he told me that is another one of my excuses to go to Italy =) I got a webcam so earlier I was talking to him and testing it out but both of ours were pretty slow because I don't think he had a great connection, but his wireless card is working now, so I think we are both really happy about that. I think tonight he might help keep me awake because I have to stay up until midnight so I can get classes... He has to leave at 6am his time to spearfish some more but after that I think we will talk... when I wake up in the morning... He sent me some more pictures though!!!
He plays the guitar

Spearfishing (well, he's driving the boat here)

His best friend.... I think my mom and sister would really like his best friend... I have to say he's not bad, but I love Red

My Red =)

2008-08-11T22:29:00.000-07:00

Oh my god my Red is such a cutie... I got a Skype account and linked it to my Myspace and so I changed the settings so he could look at it and he old me I only had one problem... it still said I was single. So I changed my relationship status to "in a relationship" and it made him happy =) he was really cute about it.

And I was able to hook up my phone and use it as a webcam for a 3 day trial for free so two nights ago we stayed up on MSN and viewed webcam to webcam... it doesn't matter what he does I still think he's cute. When we aren't sharing on webcam we send each other pictures, he likes the ones I took when I'm cuddled up with his jacket, he thinks it's cool. But yeah, that's about it for the update...

This is how we entertain each other if we aren't teasing or making faces at one another...

Haha, this is my dork :P

He was working out at the same time he was talking to me... I went to Christina's to pick up my towel and he went to take a shower... he wanted to show me how sweaty he was...

He's at the sea right now, a cop stopped him because he was parked illegally and he was telling me I should put in a good word with my dad, lol. His wireless internet card isn't working correctly right now and he just bought it so he can still talk with me when he is at the sea so he is trying to fix it... He was pub hopping to charge his laptop and to use the Wi-Fi just so he could talk to me for 10 minutes... it's important to him. He said he has some pictures to send me but he has to charge his laptop battery and figure out different sources for internet connections until he gets the card working.

Red had to leave =(

2008-08-04T20:46:00.000-07:00

Red flew back up to San Jose today so he can leave from San Francisco to go back to Italy tomorrow. It was very sad to have to say good-bye, it took an hour, and we both were crying. I got to spend a nice day with him though for the last day :) Might I mention... he likes to bite =D it's really cute though, and he doesn't bite hard... he just nibbles, lol

Me and Red together...

2008-08-02T11:51:00.001-07:00

OMG I have had the best two days ever with my Red! Especially yesterday we did a lot of stuff together. Hockey at 10am, me and Red against Chris and Christina, and Chris grabbed an orange pylon from the construction area and we used that as goal... Amazingly I got all the goals for my team... Red... maybe one, lol. But it was so frickin hot we all went to the pool afterward and then later on I picked up Red from Chris's house and brought him home... omg, he had on a shirt like Tory's and I swear he's got to be wearing the same cologne... it has to be... I would know, it's a familiar smell to me because I have a sample of it and love it.

We went to see The Dark Knight and it was cute because he put his arm around me and hugged me and held me and I leaned back and cuddled up against him... the whole time he was stroking some part of my visible skin with his fingers (mostly just my arms and by my neck) and omg I could have just fallen asleep right there, it was so cozy. And every so often i would feel him kiss the side of my head. It was a very good day and night.

This morning I saw him again at the class with Chris and he was still not all there because of a few drinks the night before and lack of sleep. We were doing a drill and I was kind of out of it too because I only got 4 hours of sleep but he snaked his hockey stick around my leg and got me in a hook and took my right foot out from under me. He was playing around too when it was the two of us at one end in the group... he would smother the face cage of my helmet with his glove and then I would punch him in the arm, it was all very playful.

We gave him a ride back to Chris's house because he wanted to sleep and not wait around until 11 or 12 but he left his jacket in the back of Christina's car when he tossed it back there so I have it now and still need to give it back to him before he goes back to Italy...

Time for a nap now... He was having trouble sleeping earlier because I wasn't there and he drank a cup of 'shit coffee' (that's what he said) beforehand

OMFG my Red is coming....

2008-07-30T23:08:00.000-07:00

Ohhhhhh my goooooood... You know how I was upset about not getting to see Red again? Guess what!!!!!!!!!!! I GET TO SEE HIM TOMORROW AND FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is flying down here tomorrow morning and I'm meeting up with him at the rink because Chris can't bring him up here... but Friday I am spending all day with him here, doing the rink, the house, the movies, as much as I can with him. He told me if I get cold at the rink tomorrow he will hug me and keep me warm =)

I will try to sleep know........

Hysterically gone crazy

2008-07-28T22:42:00.000-07:00

Okay, this might sound hysterical and crazy, but that's pretty much the point I'm at right now. Red was going to fly down here this week to see me... spend that extra money to be able to hang out with me for one last time before going home... I thought my parents were going to be okay with it, letting me see him and also I wanted them to meet him, but my plans completely backfired. It's so hard for me to get them to understand and so hard for me to tell Red to not bother with making any plans, especially when he asked if I was sure. It hurt.

He knows how upset and angry and frustrated I am and he is so sweet. He tells me "I know you are sad but I..." and then he sent me a picture... he finished with "... but i hug you and kiss you." I was crying a tiny bit before but when I saw this it was like the flood gates let lose. Just for me he got a picture of himself as if he were really hugging and kissing me. I can't look at it again... I will start up again.

And then the things he tells me after... I loved hearing it, it made me feel so good, yet to bad at the same time because I couldn't do anything about it. I know I am only 18 and have only come across a small handful of cool guys in my life, but I truely think, from the very first time I ever saw him, that he could possibly be the one. Maybe it's my emotions right now or maybe it's just that I want to see him so badly right now, call me crazy and call me a boy-crazy 18 year old teenage girl who met this amazing guy from Italy, but that's what I think, the only difference between me and him, I haven't admitted that to him yet, while he has.

I hope he forgives me for this, because I don't know if he wants his pictures posted on the internet, but I want to share just one. I haven't used his name so it's not like any random person could find him. I think he took this one earlier today. And he was wearing this shirt the first time I spoke with him... I absolutely love the shirt, and Christina liked it too. Well now we can never forget it...

Shark Week!

2008-07-27T22:16:00.000-07:00

Okay, a few things.... SHARK WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah! I was kind of zoning out through the new Mythbusters (I know, unthinkable of me, right? lol) but I was also IMing my Red. I still am now so that makes for a 6 and a half hour chat now. I can't stand it, he gives me butterflies like crazy. So many butterflies and tingles it almost hurts... I love it. And he sent me some more pictures today, haha, very nice pictures I might add. Ashley liked one of them (granted she didn't know who it was at first) and my mom didn't mind either. Of course my sister can't stand him, I think she is just giving me a hard time though. He wants me to fly up there to see him so badly and I just feel sad because I know I can't. Like as I am talking to him now... I told him I was probably going to have some interesting dreams tonight and he said he would too. I said I would share mine if he shared his but he said he has his dream now. And when I asked him to share and he got my reaction he just keeps pleading me... saying 'come here... please come here now.' I was teasing him saying 'you want me there right now?' and he says 'yes... a lot.' He is so adorable in so many ways I can't not love him.

And on the Mythbusters new Shark Week episode Tory was the bait for most of the myths and everyone, including the narrator, was saying things like "the sharks will get Italian dinner tonight" and I also saw an interpretation of Tory's death by shark attack =( I can't even begin to tell you how adorable and lovable and huggable Tory was during those two hours (that I was paying attention to). I love my Italian boys, they are the greatest =D

So Cute

2008-07-23T12:49:00.000-07:00

Alright, so my Italian friend (he has a name but I'm not gonna share) is so cute! We have been emailing each other and we are in the process of trading pictures. I got a few of his and 2 videos, and I sent him some pictures and 1 video. When we were talking after hockey last Saturday morning he was telling me about how he spent like $100 on junk at Spencer's (so I'm assuming Chris took him to the mall, lol) and he told me how he got one of those football helmets that hold a can of beer on each side, well, he sent me a picture of him wearing it down on the floor like he was in the tackle position. OMG, it's classic, I love it. The video of him at the rink was adorable too, so cute, I can't get over it =)

Update on Red: second edition

2008-07-20T21:18:00.000-07:00

Okay, so after texting him yesterday, he wanted to meet up with me because he was coming to Temecula with Chris for a while before leaving. Of course I wasn't allowed out of the house but I got over it. I emailed him just before our hike earlier today. When I got home and after I showered, I logged onto my laptop to look at the pictures from the hike when I get an IM from an unknown user. I was almost going to close it because I thought it was more spam, but for some reason I had this feeling I should at least read it. When I opened it, it was him. He was on his friends computer IMing me. From 6:30pm until 9pm we IMed each other, it was great. He really knows how to be cute. I don't know if he is trying to be or if that's just how he is but it's adorable. Like Massimo from The Wedding Planner, so so cute. I want to go into detail but it would take way too long. OMG, I can't believe it! =)

Update on Red

2008-07-19T18:50:00.000-07:00

OMG, so remember how I gave that guy my number? I honestly thought it would be trashed but I got a text message about 45 minutes ago from him! And he says he looks forward to my email! I'm just so psyched right now! He is really such a cutie =)

Remember Red #17?... haha, well...

2008-07-19T11:59:00.000-07:00

Okay, I just got back from my second hockey class. The same people were still there from last time. Including Red #17. I was actually really looking forward to it, to seeing him again so when I saw him watching me playing pick-up on the other rink I was stoked. But when I got off the rink to actually go talk to him he was already gone, back to the other rink. I pulled Christina off the pick-up ice and we went to the other ice for class.

We warmed up and really soon after me and Red made eye contact again. It was exactly the same as last week, he was in our line and every time he passed me he would look at me... not any of the other girls there, or any of the other guys, all his focus was on me and Christina. And it wasn't just like he skated by and looked at everyone, he kept his eyes on us.

Oh, by the way, I didn't mention that one of Christina's friends, Will, whose wife is almost about to have their baby, he helped me out on the ice during pick-up and a Dutch guy was giving me tips too...

Anyway... so after we changed, we wanted to watch the mini-mites game because they were just so cute and adorable. We decided we were going to take the goalie home with us but there was simply no more room in the car with all our gear AND the little goalie. I realized then that the guy that I wasn't sure was Red that was hanging out watching was the same guy (it's hard to recognize people when they aren't in their gear compared to when they are). I had put on my red Kings (Center Ice) jersey and me and Christina were just watching the game and I kept looking over at Red and it was still the same... looking and smiling. Then when I had my back turned to him, he came over and touched my arm.

I looked over my shoulder and saw him and turned to face him. He said a few things but his accent was so heavy I couldn't understand him. Then he told me I was wearing his colors and that my face was as red as my shirt. I covered my face and Christina was cracking up. Once it paled out again, I could tell I had the look and I couldn't hide it. He told me he was from Italy, from Florence, and that he wanted to say bye to us because he was going to be going up to Monterey and then San Francisco and then back to Italy. He was friends with Chris, our coach, and this was basically his last day. I first noticed his beautiful green eyes, then I found out he was Italian (authentic dude! Yeah!), and then to hear him tell us he was sorry is had bad English because of his accent (me and Christina were both think 'I really don't mind the accent... accents are adorable') and then he wanted to tell us bye. I could have just fallen into his arms then. I didn't see him say bye to anyone else, not other guys, no other girls (or ladies rather, me and Christina are the youngest girls out there by 15 years easy). I couldn't believe what was happening.

But then I felt really sad because he wasn't going to be back. He said he played inline hockey in Italy so coming here he tried out the ice (and he was still really good). I really didn't want him to go because he was too adorable... he was the perfect height for me... Tory's eyes (I'm a total sucker for pretty eyes)... AND HE PLAYED HOCKEY!!!! It is like a Tory and Anze hybrid!!! So I wanted him to remember me...

After he said good-bye we knew he was still gonna hang around for a while and take the dog for a walk (we thought he was crazy at first, but Chris really did bring his dog apparently). He wanted to take us out to the car to see the dog but we got distracted.

So to have him remember me, me and Christina went into the little cafe and took a napkin. We spent like 5 minutes trying to find a pen, and we are stupid because they were right under our noses on the sign up table. I wrote down my cell number and on the way out he was sitting on the bench so I handed him my number. He smiled and then tore off a piece and said he was going to give me his email. He went back inside, took a pen, and then wrote it down. He had to come over to me and read it so I could understand what he had written. We hung out a little bit longer until we had to go and then said good-bye. As we were walking away he shouted to me something like "make sure you send me an email!" because he still wanted to keep in touch with me.

I am like in la-la-land right now, I don't know where those guts came from but they came from somewhere. I can't believe that happened. I thought it was all in my head, that he wasn't really interested in us, but after this morning, I think I have changed my mind. Damn! I don't know how old he is, in his 20's, but probably mid to late 20s... he was so adorable though, I can't get over it =D

My First Hockey Class

2008-07-12T15:42:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been a while since my last post...

I went to my first hockey class this morning with Christina. It was so much fun! A few of my other friends I made last time were there, the lady with her husband, who was much better I must say. And then this one guy kept eyeing me the whole time. And I think when we were checking in at the end (yeah, I had to pull Christina off the Pick-Up hockey rink so we checked in AFTER class), the same guy that kept looking at me nudged our coach and said something about remember to get the number, but he had a heavy accent from I dunno where, and then he looked at me... so I dunno what was going on. He seemed cool though... at least I think it was the same guy, my dad thought so because he was really good, but then he wasn't sure, so I have no idea... but the guy on the ice for sure kept looking... and the one after we changed said bye to me... so I dunno, I'm confused now.

Same ole locker room... #4 all the way at the end

Yay! My new skates are awesome!

We had to go through a pat down, lol, j/k, but the guy in red with #17 was the one that kept looking at me (he could have given me a pat down though, lol)... and the big guy in blue right next to him (not 66) was a friend of mine from last time... he was there with his wife... and I was on the left of him, so he was between me and the other guy, and then Christina was to my left... Our coach was actually teaching us a technique for better skating, yeah, it's hard to believe with out knees and toes pressed against the boards and our butts hanging way out there...

Our coach is standing right in between me and Christina, so it's hard to see us, but I'm looking at the guy and he is looking back (red) lol... and the guy way on the left with the pretty bright blue helmet has been there every time I have been there... that's 3 for 3

A new cutie...

2008-06-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

Okay so this is a cutie, but not a new one. It's Kopi's little brother, he'll be 16 in August. His name is Gasper and plays for the Jr. Kings

I think this kid is just adorable

Can you tell who they are waiting for? lol
This is Gasper at one of Anze's practices, watching from the other side of the glass... picture credit goes to the guy's name at the bottom of the picture

Okay, so this new cutie of mine stretches funny...

But has nicer and tanner legs and lines than most guys...

And even though sometimes he doesn't dress right for certain activities :P ...

His team mates love him...
And I think he is absolutely adorable...
Evgeni Malkin plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is a year older than Anze so he will be 22 in July, and he originates from Russia :D

I used to not be able to stand him but I dunno, things change... I read somewhere that someone compared him to Kopi, and that made me mad, now it's alright because they are both adorable... One thing Anze has going for him, he knows english very well, lol.

Stick Time: First Saturday and first time Alone

2008-06-21T16:17:00.000-07:00

I went to the rink again this morning... but I didn't fall asleep until after 1am and i had to get up at 4am. I was supposed to go with Ashley and Matt and his friend Jake but Matt is a dork and loaned out all his hockey sticks and never got them back... and I think it would be hard to track them down at 12:30 at night. But I still went anyway. 2 guys were there from last time, my friend Steve wasn't there, and I only stayed until 7, the rink was packed. And I made friends with this lady and her husband, who was only trying to focus on staying up on his feet like me. And there was an older guy there who worked with me on my passing and wrist shots :D

People are always so nice there, but you will always get your asshole... this time he was on the other rink but didn't want to share the goal with me and I got his with one of his pucks in the leg, I don't know what he was aiming at because I was nowhere near the goal when it happened. One guy was talking to my dad, the guy was wearing a Minnesota Wild jersey, and said I need to keep my knees bent but that I looked promising.

I went back to the other rink and stayed at one end for most of the time, the other end was owned by these 2 Russians. A man that looked like Sean Bean and his son, somewhere near my age or a little older. They were on the bench when I went over to get a drink from my water bottle and I heard them speaking to each other in Russian... It was pretty awesome... but me and the lady who came straight from work both agreed that the guy has to have played pro before, and by the looks of his jersey, loaded with sponsors, could have been a really good player in Russia or perhaps even played for Team Russia. Both of them were pretty hot, the hottest guys out there :) but too intimidating to talk to.

I got the locker room to myself! I was also the only girl, other than that lady and her husband, but I guess out of all the like 35 guys there, including 3 goalies, with only 8 locker rooms they didn't want to share a locker room with a girl, lol, I don't really care, I don't strip down naked.

The guy back there in the middle with the blue and white jersey was the one helping me with my passing and wrist shots

I have been told I look happy here, lol, I was getting tired and my eyes are closed and I wasn't there much longer after this...

My Sweet Deal On My Lastest Hockey Gear

2008-06-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

Christina went with me and we went to Play It Again Sports and luckily Nick was working. We chatted for a while and he hooked me up with the rest of the gear I needed. If I were to buy what I needed for Stick Time I would have had to pay over $80 for only the pants and shoulder pads. He gave me the pants (new CCMs) and shoulder pads (used Eastons) together for only $35. I also got two ice pucks and a royal blue practice jersey and all together it cost me only $48. In a typical sporting good store, I would have had to pay probably well over $100.

Yes, I had to do it... It's a Myspace picture, I know. But hey! I'm not in the bathroom and I'm fully equipped in all my hockey gear, minus the ice skates and helmet, those are in the garage :) Otherwise I have on the shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, jersey, shin guards, hockey socks, and the hockey pants (or shorts, whatever you want to call them, cuz they are technically shorts, I call them breezers)

Now the breezers are so cozy, you have no idea if you've never worn and played in any. You cannot feel anything when you fall on your ass so that's really nice. Basically I believe these are the same ones I got (in the picture below) and in case you don't know how to wear them, the strap tightens around your waist, so the pads in the back go up higher than you would think if you've never played. Kidney pads is what some of it is. Still, I find them so absolutely comfy

Awesome shots

2008-06-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

Took this with my phone... Pretty sweet pick of my hockey gear if I may say so myself

This one is cool too, also straight from my new phone

"The WOrld is Just Awesome" wallpaper

2008-06-04T16:02:00.000-07:00

I have been having a lot of weird dreams lately especially about space shuttles, I think it's because of all the commercials on Discovery Channel and Science Channel for that show about our first space launch or something. Anyway, I decided to make a wallpaper for my laptop out of it so I took this picture and turned it into the type used for the new Discovery Channel commercials... it was just the picture in the background but I added the logo at the bottom right corner and all the text... It looks kinda wide but that's because it is set to my screen size, 1280X800 because it's widescreen.

Stick Time: My first session

2008-05-26T14:08:00.000-07:00

So I got up at frickin 4:12am this morning and Christina came by and picked me up for some Stick Time at the Iceoplex. It was so cool, but I was also really nervous. I made some new hockey friends, another Kings fan that couldn't get the hang of a hockey stop like me :) and a few middle-aged men, lol. But I loved the breezers, totally saved my ass, literally. I was forced into a pick-up game... but loved it. It felt so awesome being out there, and the older guys there really helped me out a bit too. I do need my own pair of breezers and some shoulder pads and ice skates that fit though for the next time I wanna go back. I wish someone could have been there to take pictures, it was so awesome, I can't even begin to explain. Hopefully I'll see my new Kings friend again, he was just starting out on ice as well, but had a little more experience.

More Speedway pics

2008-05-18T19:14:00.000-07:00

More pictures from Speedway that my uncle took

Jimmy signing for me

My uncle went back into the pits, Jimmy was checking out his bike about the flames, lol

Yay! Shirtless!

This is from when his bike caught fire at turn 2... right here they were putting out the fire, that's why the smoke
Me and Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell during the rider's parade :-D

40th Anniversary Opening Night at Costa Mesa Speedway

2008-05-18T13:16:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to the 40th Anniversary Opening Night at Costa Mesa Speedway. Jimmy Fishback, aka Lil' Animal, was there signing autographs by himself because he was the Rider of the week. I wore my Lil' Animal t-shirt so when I got there I got him to sign it for me. I showed him the shirt and everything and I think he liked it :D he is just so cute. His leathers changed a little from last year, but they are still bright greenish/yellow. He did really well on the first race, totally smoked everyone, and I even got some of his dirt on me, lol, but the rest of the night he kinda got screwed over. I think there was a leak in his fuel line because when he was coming around to the starting line, he jumped off his bike and started patting it, like it was on fire, but since it runs on methanol, it's clear. They got out the fire but it started up again at the tape, so they patted it out... we all thought it was finally over because he got on his bike and started it up at the tape and was just around the 2nd turn when he took it wide, slowed down, and then his bike caught fire again... and it was BIG fire... he jumped off and was trying to put it out and then they got the hose and the fire extinguisher and got it out, making a big ball of smoke. I'm glad he was alright, and he tried to race in the next round but as the announcer said, they got the barbecue going again, lol... he was pissed off, and done for the night. Another guy got a severe compound fracture to his right arm because he went into the wall and they had to take him out in an ambulance. My uncle got a cool picture of Jimmy's bike on fire so when he sends them I will put up some of his pictures too

Jimmy signing my shirt

Me with Jimmy's bike BEFORE it caught fire

Jimmy with Spiderman behind him... this was his good race i think

Spiderman signing autographs

He is out of his leathers, but his leathers are a complete Spiderman outfit... (his real name is Mike Bloom by the way)

Lil' Animal's autographed picture he gave me

Spiderman's autograph, all the little kids love him. He's the only one to personalize them too

Nathan Lyon Cover and Bear Grylls book newly released to the US

2008-05-13T18:41:00.000-07:00

I went to Barnes & Noble today so I could pick up a magazine but as soon as I walked in the doors I saw a new Bear Grylls book, that's when I remembered one of his books was finally being released to the US in May of 2008... and guess what... IT'S MAY OF 2008!!! And after checking out www.beargrylls.com i read his blog which was literally posted today and he said it was released THIS WEEK... so that's pretty cool I got it the first week out.

The magazine I wanted with Nathan Lyon (from A Lyon In The Kitchen on Discovery Health) and it has a whole article right in the beginning... so awesome! Also I tossed in my new Bear Grylls book, it's a really nice hard cover PLUS I got it for 20% off!

This picture of Nathan Lyon totally reminds me of a hike I have been on a few times with my dad... it looks like the same place, even though it's not... it's still cool though

I saw this picture of Nathan and was like "myspace picture!" lol... too cute

Little Update on Lil' Animal

2008-05-08T18:32:00.000-07:00

My uncle called me today, for a little update on my Lil' Animal. Same similar colors I think, same number, but he said he really spent a lot of money tricking out his bike. He got a new pair of leathers too, but fairly similar it sounds... and it still says Lil' Animal on his hip :) Maybe I'll get to go to Opening night at Costa Mesa! I want that shirt my uncle designed... "I like boys that slide" with a speedway rider and bike sliding in a turn in a Hawaiian theme

Some pics of new hockey equipment

2008-05-04T12:36:00.000-07:00

My hockey friend came back today, I missed him so much. Unfortunately he is starting to get sick so he's resting. I'm going to the Sports Park rink today around 3 and am going to meet up with Kopitastic's younger brother, who, btw, is still older than my by I think three years.... any way, he's an aspiring goalie so since his sister can't make it he says we'll just have a shootout, lol.

I got an Ovechkin stick yesterday too. The guy threw in the white hockey tape for free too, which was cool cuz otherwise it would have been another $2. So I'm bored a little that's why I'm posting. I took a few pictures of some of my new stuff. I know I said I'd put up a picture of my socks when I got them so here they are, in all their shining glory, lol...

They make my legs look really big when I don't have any upper body pads on... the shin guards are under the socks, in case you didn't know...

My net in my garage. It looks ridiculously large but it's regulation size

Dad's stick is left unwrapped, then my Peter Forsberg Easton Synergy stick wrapped with black hockey tape and my Alexander Ovechkin CCM Vector stick wrapped in white tape... the blade is wrapped in white too, cuz that's how Ovechkin's stick really looks

See? Ovechkin on top, then my dad's KOHO, and my Forsberg stick

THERE HE IS! MY ADORABLY CUTE RUSSIAN ALEXANDER OVECHKIN, native to Moscow Russia....

My Cutie Pies

2008-04-24T20:50:00.000-07:00

I found some more absolutely adorable pictures of Lubomir Visnovsky...

My Ladislav Nagy and Lubomir Visnovsky

Awe, he's so cute

Nice legs, lol
So cute!

He looks so young

And this is my cutie pie goaltender Erik Ersberg in all his gear

My own Visnovsky

2008-04-23T15:46:00.000-07:00

Lubomir Visnovsky on the far right :)

I went to the rink with Ashley and her boyfriend and his two friends last night. There were other hot hockey guys there too, maybe in their early 20's. The second I stepped out into the rink with all my gear the one hot shirtless guy yells "Kopitar's on my team!" I froze and looked at Ashley, who said I looked like I just saw a ghost. I cannot believe they wanted me to play (they called me Kopitar because I was wearing his jersey). I never did, even though they all were like "come on, throw your stick in!" but I wasn't quite prepared mentally for a scrimage game with like 8 other 20-year-old hot hockey players, lol. Ashley got hit in the face with a puck... even though technically it was only a lub. She shouldn't have been sitting in the corner of the benches like that... it was screaming 'hit me!' and she thought it was a good shot because it went over... if she watched hockey she'd understand it happens ALL THE TIME... I got the REALLY cute guys' attention though when I made a comment about my missing front tooth, yeah... they all looked at me to try to see it but unfortunately I have a fakie now, otherwise they would have thought it was cool. And Kopitastic and I agreed that one of the guys, the one in a black polo shirt and black and light gold basketball shorts with his gloves on looked like Lubomir Visnovsky. So when that guy came in to the benches for a drink I ask if anyone has ever told him he looks like Lubomir Visnovsky... he was like "is that a good thing or a bad thing?" and I was like "oh, it's definitely a good thing." and then i was discussing his play this year and was like "not that I noticed or anything," and he was smiling and laughing with me, teasing me and making me giggle "yeah, not that you noticed or anything." Haha, it was great.

I skated with Nicklas Lidstrom this morning! LOL

2008-04-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

Alright, so Ashley and I were planning on going to the rink around 10 this morning, but then i found out my dad was making pancakes... and I can't pass up pancakes because Kopi loves them. But then there were scrambled eggs too! So I ate really fast and then went to the rink. There was a game or practice at the Sports Park so we went to the secret hidden one that few people know about and use (if I told you were it was, I'd have to kill you). So... I took my new net and threw all my equipment in the back under the net. There was no one there for a while and Ashley actually shot a few pucks (oh! I found another one! It's green, but the glider pins are worn flat... I almost have one in every color of the rainbow now). Then Ashley points to the hill and there is a group of 3 people wearing Detroit Red Wings jerseys. A man, a lady (probably the wife or girlfriend), and a kid around my age... but he wasn't related to them. The guy had a Nicklas Lidstrom jersey and so I went over to Ashley and was like "OMG! Now I can say I've skated with Lidstrom!" I was giggling like crazy. They were better than me... but they have actually played on a league before. Besides, I was starting to get a tiny bit frustrated so it actually turned out that I was shooting extremely well (for me). Anyway, the reason I even mentioned this was because Nicklas Lidstrom has AMAZING eyes. I first saw him when Kopi went to the All Star Game. They announced his name and when they showed him coming out I was like 'wow...' and I kinda sighed... after being startled at first. Here's why...
It just seems like he's got this look like he is going to kill someone... but it's super hot.
Yep... made the Playoffs, what else is knew, right? lol, but yeah... I love his eyes

Anze is amazing

2008-04-19T18:19:00.000-07:00

I found some amazing new pictures of Anze! Yay! I miss him... we're not even on the same continent right now... but i don't mind, he's playing hockey, it's what he loves. Anyway, the other hockey fan I've been talking to is sooo funny. He's awesome. We crack each other up. I saw Juno last night... HILARIOUS! and a little hockey is involved... a bathroom key is attached to a Mini stick (goalie stick if you want to get specific), and there is one part where a kid is wearing a Minnesota Wild jersey. If you haven't seen it yet, I suggest you go rent it... or buy it. It's buying-worthy. Here are some more pictures of Anze below, it's a bummer that they put the big ugly watermark on them though

Awe, cute
He looks so innocent
or is he?
Haha, one of my absolute favorites
And this one is even more amazing. Either he's in street clothes and no one knows he's a pro hockey player, or he's in uniform... but he doesn't look as adorable... so here is a combination of both... absolutely amazing... i could drool over this one... He's so hot!

Got my net and a new hockey friend... another

2008-04-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

So I got my net on Monday. Steve delivered it first thing in the morning for me so it wouldn't get damaged. I had trouble putting it together because the PVC wasn't going in all the way, so I put cork grease on the ends to grease them up a little... it worked! It's so ridiculously big, I love it. I haven't gotten a lot of use out of it yet because I've been kept inside because of the load of homework I have this week.

Yesterday I played Dominoes on Pogo.com for two hours with the Islanders fan. He was making me laugh so much, and we decided he'd adopt me and we'd basically kidnap Rick DiPietro so we could share him. Also, he said he'd even let me take slap shots at him :) We were laughing so hard, it was great. He was on earlier but his computer is having problems and I think it crashed.

I was watching the Rangers vs. Devils game earlier with him, but now my dad put on the Capitals vs. Flyers game. I heart Ovechkin so much. And I also forgot the Jaroslav Modry, a former King, plays for the Flyers now. I haven't actually seen him yet, but I want to... I miss him. And Philly's goaltender made an adorable save... it's like he was making ice angels on the ground.

New Friend!

2008-04-13T19:42:00.000-07:00

I finally met up with the girl I had been talking to online. I finally figured out that I know her younger brother and she lives on the street behind me... what are the odds right? Anyway, we met up at the basketball court by our house and she's super cool. I finally have someone to be able to talk hockey with and to play hockey with. We spent almost 2 hours up there. And she has a killer slap shot. She's better at shooting while I'm a little better at skating, so put us together and we're pretty good.

I should be getting my net tomorrow so that'll be cool. I need to practice my slap shots. Also, I got new neighbors across the street. Their names are Bo and Monica. Me and my dad met them, but he wanted to shake my hand and I happened to be wearing my hockey gloves at the time so I hope I didn't gross him out too much with my probably sweaty hands. And me and Josh was to get together a street hockey team, maybe 4 on 4 with no goaltender, no full body checking, and no real rules. Then if everybody pitches in a few bucks we can get a set of practice jerseys so we can distinct teams

Socks! Socks! Hoceky Socks!

2008-04-11T18:53:00.000-07:00

I got my socks today! Steve delivered them while Lindsey and I were playing Pirates Life. They are my size but they are huge! I need to fatten up my thighs or get the padded shorts or something, otherwise they fall down... unless I wear the pads on my thighs too. They are so cool though. I'll take a picture of my actual socks over the weekend and post it.

Yeah, I'm outta here. Anze flew out to Slovenia on Wednesday and my mind is kinda out with him. I hope he doesn't lose teeth this time, he did last summer. And one thing I was worried about was the idea of the Playoff Beard if the Kings ever made it while Kopi was there. I just watched a video and he was asked about the Playoff Beard. He said he's got a bald beard, so he probably won't get one, which I'm extremely happy about. I just can't picture him with a beard... blah

Hockey Junk Update

2008-04-08T19:35:00.000-07:00

I thought I should do an update on some of my hockey gear. I just ordered the 72" (4'X6') PVC goal with the Pro-style top shelf, made by Mylec, as shown below... I should be getting it in around 2 weeks.

Another thing I just ordered is a pair of hockey socks for the new shin guards I picked up (to be talked about shortly). I could have gotten a solid-colored pair, but for the same price why shouldn't I get Los Angeles Kings colored ones. I would have preferred the white and purple away socks to go with my jersey but they didn't have my size, and they didn't have practice socks to go with my practice jersey, so I opted for their home socks. The black with the purple (not the purple with the black). They are the back pair in the picture below. The black and white ones are from when Gretzky was there...
Below are the same shin guards I got. Kopitastic bought some of her gear at Play It Again Sports so I dragged Ashley with me and we checked out their prices. The guy there, Tod(d), was super helpful and he actually knew what he was talking about. He sized me and fit me to the right pair and size and unfortunately I'm a 14 inch... and that's where the price jumps. I'm right in the bottom of the Adult sizes. If I was just one size smaller for just about everything I could fit in the Junior and prices would be lower. I also talked to him about whether he's hiring. He was real cool about it and told me just to type something up on Microsoft. So that's what I did, I just need to take it in.

They are really cozy and keep my legs warm too! It's fun to wear them in the house and slide all over the carpet. They'd be great for Mini Shini in the house :) Along with the pucks below. I picked up 3 orange ones in Utah. They are rubber but they are hollow and air-filled or cotton-filled. They still hurt though when they are wrist-shot directly at your collarbone.
Kopi leaves for Slovenia tomorrow. He has a grueling 13 hour and 35 minute flight, plus a 9 hour time jump. So if he leaves tomorrow at 2:45 pm on April 9th, he will arrive in Ljublijana around 1:15 pm the next day. I will miss him being in SoCal with me, let alone the same country or continent.

Tory to the Bahamas again

2008-04-07T17:00:00.000-07:00

Tory got to go to the Bahamas again! But this time it was for Shark Week 2008 set to be aired in August I believe. You can see above that Tory is teasing the sharks with another little one, or maybe its a fishy... I dunno, but the look on his face is cruel
Yup, he does a few of these types of pics every time he goes...

Haha, I love this one. This is his 'intelligent face.' Yeah, that was my reaction too. I didn't know anyone could possibly make that face... until now. He's so cute, I love Tory. Go to his Myspace to see more pictures

I'll Miss You Thorty!!! :(

2008-04-06T17:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the last game of the season for the Los Angeles Kings. Every time I actually needed to pay attention someone was either standing in the way or talking really loud so I couldn't hear... or both. I found out that it was probably Scott Thornton's last game and after he was retiring. They just kept talking about how he was taking in the surroundings for the last time... talking about how it was the last time he'd be in his jersey, and going on and on. I just about started to cry every time. It was especially sad at the end when everyone was giving him handshakes and while all the Kings were doing the "Shirts Off Their Backs" thing, Thorty's wife had come down onto the ice. He was so surprised and just kept kissing her and she got his jersey. "Shirts Off Their Backs" is when after the game, lucky audience members were chosen at random and they came down to the ice and the players took off their game-worn jersey for that game, autograph it, and give it to one of the fans. I watched an interview this morning with Tom Murray and Scott Thornton and when he was asked about his emotions, Thorty started to talk, but then his eyes got watery and he kept trying to wipe away tears but he couldn't. It was so sad to see this 6'3" 220lbs hockey player crying. I'm really going to miss him. And I was just beginning to really luv him. Thinking back to the MadTV skit he was in, I wanna cry. "Sean's the fighter, me and Thorty are lovers..." (Thorty raises his eyebrows at Kostopoulos) "Not together!" Thorty corrected him. Here are some final pictures of him.
Cammy (my size! 5'9") shakes hands with Scott Thornton after his final game

Thorty awaiting his final game

Thorty made Alternate Captain, Blake made Captain, and Cammalleri and Visnovsky made Alternate Captain. Now that one of their Alternates is retired (note: Thorty only just turned 37, he's a year younger than Tory), who will get his spot? I hope possibly Kopitar or Frolov, though O'Sullivan and Brown I think could be candidates too. Jack Johnson I think needs another year or two.

I'll miss you Thorty, you had the best number ever! But now it's up for grabs, I want it (Scott Thornton #27)

Falling for Jack

2008-04-03T14:35:00.000-07:00

I've been meaning to go to www.rbk.com and test out the customizable shoes so I finally did. Here is my Los Angeles Kings shoe I designed. I believe it is just a couple dollars over 100 so I think I could get a pair with my birthday money.

I couldn't help it :) Kopitar wouldn't fit (it was 1 letter too big) so I could have either put Anze or Kopi... you can see which one I went with.
I also "iced" the bottom, so now it actually says LA Kings in their font. I like the little NHL logo inset at the bottom, that may be my favorite part.

Sully and Jack in the background. When I first saw this picture I thought it was Photoshopped but it is only the lines of the building in the back that make it seem so.
Ladislav Nagy! When I see Michael Johns on American Idol I immediately think of this guy. Sometimes I don't even remember Michael's name because I always call him Nagy. Bummer I didn't get to see Nagy at my game because he is injured but he did skate a little at a recent practice. I dunno how he got injured, I just know it was around Christmas time I think.
I love this picture of Scotty. Pictured left to right is Scott Thornton (Thorty #27), Rob Blake (Blakey #4), Michael Cammalleri (Cammy #13), and Lubomir Visnovsky (Lubo or Visna # 17). Cammy is my height and is actually shorter than Lubo.

I'm so proud of Anze. He has made it so far since the start of LA Kings Madness, just look at how many rounds he has won. Now he is in the final 2 and is against Luc Robitaille. I heart them both and I'll be happy no matter who wins, but you know I have to vote for Kopi all the way.
Okay, I'm getting sucked into the Jack Johnson thing. I am finding myself falling more and more for him and I dunno why. I don't know how I even really started to like him, I swear I can't remember. Though I do know what has been a big reinforcement for it... Fear Factor Live, February 24, 2008. Haha, yeah. And Giuliano too :)
#21 Brian Willsie. He was the first guy I paid attention to when I focused on my first hockey game (on TV, it's the one that my sister went to). I only saw the Will- on it and was excited that there was someone with a name close to Willits. I mean, Willits, Willsie, they are close. Anyway, here he is with his son who is currently occupying himself by sticking his fingers in his dad's mouth.
Dang Jack... I think this is right from when he was drafted. He came from Michigan... Jack is on the left, Blakey on the right, I dunno who that is in the middle.
Jack sure looks like he wants to get into that cold water... it is the middle of November 2007.

Anze and Gasper

2008-04-02T20:16:00.000-07:00

Kopi with some friends. He is so cute here. I was checking the pictures that I gave to the Anze Kopitar Fansite page and read the comments that some people posted. I was surprised at how many people think Gasper is cute, or even hot. To me, calling him hot is still a little weird, considering he is only a sophomore and will be 16 in August. I will say he is cute though, he is really starting to look like his amazingly hot brother ;) Here is a picture of Anze and Gasper from a year or two ago.

Just by the look of Anze above and below, I think maybe, just maybe, he scored a goal. But one thing I don't know is why his KINGS helmet says 52 and his jersey say 72. He was never even number 52 for the Kings ever, as far as I'm concerned.

Stupid April Fools article almost made me pass out... literally

2008-04-01T16:22:00.000-07:00

I was watching the games that I had missed while in Utah and the one that had shown Erik Ersberg's parents (he looks just like his dad by the way) also showed that Gasper and Matjaz were at the game too (Kopitar's little brother and dad). I first looked at Gasper because he was chewing his gum like a cow, I knew he had o be related to Kopi (yeah, I say they chew gum like a cow but it's adorable... Kopitar does it when he gets really happy or excited and it appears that Gasper does it when he is bored). I had a picture that I thought was him from the morning practice and I saved it, later to confirm it was him. Kopi is 2.5 years older than me and Gasper is 2.5 years younger than me... he looks a lot older though. And watching the video footage from the game, he is really cute too. And they look a lot alike.

This is the picture of Gasper from the morning practice. He plays for the Jr. Kings. He's pretty cute

Kopi spent Friday at Redondo beach with some of the other guys helping clean up the beach. Jim Fox was there and he was so cute (for being Kermit anyway). Kopi is above shaking someone's hand wearing his "Heal the Bay" shirt that everyone got... He is soooooooooo cute. :)

And one more thing. Today is not a good day for some hockey fans. Particularly the Kings... Particularly Kopitar and Frolov. The guy that runs the LA Kings Hockey myspace page generally posts the new news articles and gameday previews so when he posted what looked like an official article, everyone flipped. Basically he said that Kopitar thinks the Kings suck and he is going back to Sweden to play for the Swedish Elite Team and even used quotes (which, by the way, sounded nothing like anything he would say). Here's the article below... and after the dozens of angry emails, including my own, he let us know "April Fools." It was a sick joke... (sorry about the giant paragraph, it's just the way it was copied)

"Tuesday, April 1, 2008Kopitar To Leave Kings; Frolov Might Follow EL SEGUNDO, CA — Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi’s grand rebuilding plan suffered a major blow on Tuesday when star center Anze Kopitar announced that he will return to Europe play in the Swedish Elite League next season.It's also rumored that right wing Alexander Frolov is also considering returning to his team in Russia next season, but has not yet reached a decision.Kopitar, 20, will play for Södertälje, the team he played for before coming to the Kings.During a conference call with reporters, Kopitar explained that his frustration with the Kings’ progress has become too much for him to bear.“We’ve been way, way out of the playoffs the last two years, and Dean said rebuilding is still the focus for next year,” said Kopitar. “I don’t think I can take another year of this. It is so hard to play when you’re looking up at everyone else from the start of the season.”Kopitar has improved upon his 2006-07 numbers when he scored twenty goals and added 41 assists for 61 points. This season, Kopitar has thirty goals and 44 assists for 74 points in 79 games.“I’ve improved my play, I know,” said Kopitar. “And I know I can be even better. But the situation here is beyond discouraging and I don’t want that to mess up my mental game. That could affect my play for the rest of my career. I’m only twenty years old and in just my second year in the league.”To be sure, the Kings have not improved over last season, when they finished the year 14th in the Western Conference and 28th in the thirty-team National Hockey League with a 27-41-14 record, good for 68 points.Through 79 games this season, the Kings are dead last in the NHL with a 31-41-7 record, good for 69 points.“I can’t begin to put into words how frustrating it has been for me this season,” Kopitar lamented. “We started the season so badly—I think we only won fourteen games before January and we were out of the playoffs well before Christmas. I don’t think I can go through that for a third straight season.”Kopitar said he has been mulling over this decision for months now.“I’ve been thinking about it since January,” he explained. “I know that the NHL is where I want to be. This is where I want to be for a long, long time. But like I said, I’m only twenty years old and in just my second year in the league. I can’t afford to play in a losing atmosphere for a third year in a row. I’m afraid that it will mess up my head permanently.”Kopitar also said that he discussed his decision with his teammates.“I’ve been talking about this with Brownie, Cammy and Blakey [Dustin Brown, Michael Cammalleri and Rob Blake] over the past few months,” said Kopitar. “They all said that no one really can tell yet how things could turn out for next season, and we probably won’t get a good feel for it until training camp opens. But since I need to make a decision before that, they said that I should do what I think is best for myself.”“The guys have all been very supportive,” added Kopitar. “I know they’d rather have me play here, but they said they would support whatever decision I make and they are sticking to that. I really appreciate that.”On the bright side, Kopitar said that he could return to the Kings whenever he wants, just like other NHL players who have played in European leagues.“The contract I’m signing with Södertälje will allow me to return to the Kings whenever I want,” Kopitar explained. “If I see things headed in the right direction, I’ll definitely come back.”But on the other side of the coin, the Kings have lost their best player—maybe two of their best players who they were building their team around. This is certainly a major blow to their rebuilding efforts and will almost guarantee yet another year of floundering among the also-rans of the NHL.There has been no comment from Lombardi or any of the Kings’ players or coaches yet, but Lombardi and head coach Marc Crawford will speak with the media during a conference call this afternoon.It would seem that the one bright spot in all this is that Kopitar said that any contract he signs with Södertälje would have a clause that will allow him to return to the Kings at any time. But there is one other bright spot, and that is the fact that this news came to light on April 1."

I hugged a hockey player

2008-03-29T16:50:00.000-07:00

If only it were actually Anze... It was funny because his thigh was nice and warm and his opposite hip where I was holding was ice cold. More pics later, I am going to be dropped off to ice skate soon. No one else wants to so they are leaving me and going to spend an hour at Wal-Mart...

Up in Utah... boys are cuter

2008-03-27T21:42:00.000-07:00

It's 10:43 pm right now in Utah and we just got back from dinner. In fact, I have a fork full of key lime pie in my left hand while I'm typing. Also, I'm listening to the Kings game on my computer and they just scored! Anze has three points already in the game (1 goal 2 assists). Amazing! Kopi it sounds like has a lot of playing time, I can't wait to see the game once I get home (TiVO). The picture above is a statue at the ECHL Utah Grizzlies stadium across from where we are staying. They are the AA team for the NY Islanders. My dad got me a brochure. There are a lot of hot guys here. Including two that my cousin knows. One game everyone 50% off our dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. One was Daniel and I dunno the other guy's name. Anyway, yeah... we are going skiing/snowboarding tomorrow and Kopi may be spending time at the beach!

My snowball fight with some of my Kings boys

2008-03-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

My dad showed everyone this site called jibjab.com and you can put in people's heads and they get put into a various assortment of videos and parodies. They are so great! So below is a free one I made with Raitis Ivanans, Me, Kopi, and Frolov and Ashley. It's great, watch it. I need to fix my mouth though because it doesn't line up just right.

Don't send a lame Holiday eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!

Hitman!!!

2008-03-25T18:26:00.000-07:00

I ran some errands with my mom today while my sister went to her friend's house. I got a clear case for my iPod at Wal-Mart, and I got this DVD. It has a second disk with the digital version of the movie meant to be uploaded to iTubes or Windows so you can put it on your iPod. I thought that was brilliant, because I spent 30 minutes this morning looking for it on iTunes but to no avail. I think all the DVDs should start doing that! I spent most of the rest of the afternoon watching the special features. The one on all the guns was pretty cool and I was shocked to see a gag reel on here as well. Hitman is an amazing movie... I'm gonna watch it on the plane to Utah. Also, I got nails and it is going to take a while to get used to typing with them on... but they are purple and white... Go Kings!

Speaking of Kings, I was wearing my Kopitar away jersey over my purple tank top and when I was going into the salon to get more volumizer, I heard a familiar whistle and turned around and saw Jaime. We talked for a few minutes until she had to get her coffee before going to school (cosmetology school, Tuesday through Saturday).

Yeah, so now, I think I shall go ahead and type some more of my story. I thought I was at a stuck-point until I couldn't sleep one night and remembered the All-Star break! And one more thing, I thought of something to add to it that is completely fictional by watching a Mastercard commercial... those adorable little kitchen knives! Heehee

Pee Wee Card Came!

2008-03-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

I got my Anze Kopitar PeeWee card in the mail today... finally! Though it did come from Canada... I saved the envelope and whoever wrote it has really sloppy handwriting. I was so excited, it cam in a plastic sheet and a nice hard-plastic case. I have the eBay pic of it and then the picture of the back of the card I had to scan myself

It's so cute! and for 12 years old he was 5'3" and weighed the same as me now! Even though according to Mrs. Wells scale for the balloon lab it said I was 60 kg, Anze is 59 kg. Still, he has always seemed to be pretty much a big kid. I was playing with a weight converter and Anze has doubled in weight since then. Previously at age 12 he was 59 kg (129.8 lbs) and now at age 20 he is 100 kg (220 lbs)

I got my hair cut today. It cost $98. Then I went to the mall and got clothes... then I went to Kohls, and then I went to Michael's with Ashley and we spent like a half hour in the candle aisle sniffing all the candles, it was fun.

Utah in a few days! Yeah! I'm bringing my laptop though, so I will be able to stay updated. I hope we get to go ice skating in the indoor hockey rink in Park City, then I could totally say I skated on the same ice as retired Los Angeles King star Luc Robitaille! That would be so awesome. Nicky G. has a jersey autographed by him! He hopes if he decides to ever sell it it will be for a lot, but then again Nick's cousin-in-law is Kings current Captain Rob Blake. He's so lucky!

Sharks Bite No Longer

2008-03-23T09:10:00.000-07:00

March 21, 2008 at 19:00 was the 1-month anniversary of seeing Kopi in person! Just thought I'd let you know...

Now, let's see. It was crazy yesterday. I had to drive my mom all these places and there were so many people! To make matters worse, I drove the truck... the GIANT truck. As Andrew told me once when we were out getting ice cream, "It's like a driving test all in itself." I would definitely have to agree, but if it was your first time behind the wheel, you would be very stressed.

I started making a Kings-colored bracelet with embroidery thread... I'm still working on it. Instead of the boring diagonal line pattern, I went with the chevrons.

The Kings came back and totally bit the Sharks' ass. They tied and then went on to beat the San Jose Sharks all in the 3rd period. Awesome! And I watched the Rapid Fire session during the first intermission and Heidi was with Cammy. Now, I can't remember if it was with Cammy or Army, but one of them was asked about Alexander Frolov and they said "goofy Russian." I thought it was hilarious and totally true. They talked about how funny he was and that he could make everyone laugh. Like I've said, it the kids' constant need for attention. Ha!

One other thing I just thought of... I printed out my story so far... it barely fits in one of those black pinchy clippy things. I made the font smaller so I wouldn't use up as much paper... it was originally 50 pages size 12 font Times New Roman. And the good news?... I actually have an ending in mind! So it might be actually completed! (Which is very rare for me...)Raitis Ivanans and Michal Handzus in yesterdays game.

One last thing for now... I promise. The next set of brackets were announced and Anze Kopitar beat Anlexander Frolov for the All Time Most Favorite player. I knew it was going to be a tough one but I thought Fro would have won it. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Anze won but I luv them both so I kinda feel bad for Fro. Here is their bracket so far (one of four, also there is the Black, Silver, and Purple bracket. This is the Gold):

Little Lubo and Pretty Grey Eyes

2008-03-20T18:11:00.000-07:00

Only one more day of shit!!! It's gonna feel like a long day but luckily my last two classes after lunch aren't doing anything productive. I wore my Fro jersey tee today and I saw Little Lubo (that's what I'm gonna call him now, he looks like him anyway... just smaller) and there was a silent understanding between us when I passed him at break and he saw my shirt. Just a smile and nod is all that's needed. Kings play the 'Yotes today, I hope the Kings win, we need to catch up the Tampa Bay. We only need two wins (for four points) before they get anymore and then we won't be the worst team in the NHL anymore. I'm psyched to get a whole bunch of days off where I can just go down to the rink early in the morning and skate during the weekdays. I need to get Alleruzzo's number so and can text him to meet up with me sometime. And "The Official Kopitard" (not me!) is getting her equipment together so maybe she can join in. Also, I really want to go ice skating when we're in Utah. I really want to go to Park City to skate, because then I can totally say I skated on the same ice as Luc Robitaille! That would be sooooo awesome!

Raitis tellin' Brownie a few things... I think he ought to listen

I wish I could make snow with my skates... but rubber wheels on cement don't really do much :(

Kopi wants everyone to pay attention to his ass. I hope he's not their target for slapshot practice, and if that's the case I hope he's well padded.

When I actually viewed this picture large and up close, I noticed how amazing him eyes look. The look sooo crystal clear and sparkly. Sometimes they are grey, sometimes they are blue, but they are just so amazing. And Ivanans green eyes are really pretty too.

New hockey buddy! (who happens to resemble Kopi at times)

2008-03-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

Seniors got basically got a free hour break today while the underclassmen had to go to election speeches. I saw the Anze kid eating an orange 50/50 bar, so I got one too. There was an ice cream truck there giving out free ice cream at 9 in the morning... yeah, smart. Duffy was "on a roll" today in Art History "like butta." I couldn't stop laughing. Marcus was really edgy all during 6th and was bugging the hell out of me when he kept pushing my desk around with his feet. I talked to Christian though and found out he played ice hockey as a little kid... funny because he reminds me of Kopi in this one picture I have of him signing an autograph. I told him we should meet up sometime and he suggested we play a little 1-on-1 game at the rink. We'll see. I can't wait for spring break... but hockey season (at least for the Kings) is ending soon... I'm bummed about that. And I am bummed that Jack Johnson won't be playing the rest of the season because of a non-displaced fracture in his foot or ankle. He was hit with the puck on the instep of his boot last night against San Jose Sharks :(

Also, during second intermission, Heidi did a Rapid Fire session with Anze and a few of the things cracked me up. Like when the strangest thing was watching Jack drink that Fear Factor smoothie and he really hates bad drivers and talks to himself when someone cuts him off (like me!) only I think we know what he means by 'talking to himself.' Also, the best meal I would definitely agree is "mashed potatoes and a good steak." Yummy!

Sully's Heartbreaking Story

2008-03-18T18:12:00.000-07:00

^^ Patrick O'Sullivan^^

I was updating and sending pictures to the Kopi Fans myspace page when I saw a post about the Patrick O'Sullivan story. Apparently, and I just read about this today, CBC did an article about Sully and the abuse he suffered as a child from his father. It was heartbreaking to read and to find out about the tramatic childhood he had. Here is the link to the article which was released a few years back: http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/whoselifeisit/story.html

ESPN Magazine has a feature in its upcoming issue about Sully and I think an update about the former topic. He still just throws away letters he gets from his dad, who is trying to convice Sully to end the restraining order he placed against his father. I need to find out what stores around here carry the mag.

Another thing, I saw the most amazing photoshop background ever! Yes, it has the Ducks on it too, but it is sooooo amazing.

^^Phoenix Coyotes--Dalla Stars--San Jose Sharks--Anaheim Ducks--Los Angeles Kings^^

Hot hockey player at my rink!!!

2008-03-16T17:53:00.000-07:00

I went to the rink this morning, well, around noon. I wanted to get up early, like 7, and go down for an hour or two but I didn't even wake up until 9:30. Anyway, when I got there (Ashley didn't want to go), there were 6 or 7 guys in their twenties that were just finishing up a scrimmage. But I wasn't quite sure so I asked them if there was a game and they said no. They were in spandex-type outfits with t-shirts (A lot like Kopitar below). They totally reminded me of the group in the picture below. It's immediately what I thought of.

Yeah, that's basically the bunch I saw. Too bad Kopi wasn't there. But one of the guys didn't leave with the rest of them. He stayed at the rink and was extremely good. He was flicking the puck around like it was nothing, and he was really hot. He had Tory's hair, kinda an Ivanans face, and Kopi's arms. He was totally showing off the entire time, and the second I stepped off the bench, I was making my usual warm-up lap, when I fell flat on my ass. I sat there for a few seconds, and luckily the hot guy didn't see it. But generally when I fall (which I don't surprisingly do often), it always looks something like this (scroll down).

Exact same layout whenever i fall... and I think I make a similar expression on my face, and me and Jack both fall on the same side of our asses. But it's all good. I didn't actually talk to the hot guy, but when I was leaving, I was walking right outside the boards near the corner when the hot guy slapshot-ed his puck straight at the boards where I was. It scared the shit out of me, and that's not the first time I've been purposely scared by a puck on the boards.
I found this picture of Nagy. I miss him playing, there are only a couple of guys with numbers in the 40's right now, and I already have my 41 (Ivanans) but I want my 47 (Nagy) back! He's congratulating LaBarbera here because the purple team won. The white team had to do sprints because they lost.
I love this picture. Lubo is always so happy. He never looks angry, sad, or upset. No matter what he is always smiling. And his eyes are amazing (they are a bright blue).
This guy is Scott Thornton, number 27. Now, I know he looks old, but he isn't actually that old. I think he's younger than Tory, he just looks old because of the beard. Anyway, he has an awesome body. I saw him shirtless when MadTV did a skit involving a few of the Kings (I mentioned it in a previous post). I just thought I share this picture. I liked it, I think because of the shoulder pads and the way he has his stick
Another example of Alexander Frolov's constant need for attention. I think it'd be really fun to hang out with him because he's got so much energy. And I can't help but think how adorable he is... and I totally saw his brother at the game! That was pretty awesome...

One other note... HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY BRIAN WILLSIE!!! (Kings forward #21)

Brian Willsie and a fan...

Various pictures and just whatever

2008-03-15T19:37:00.000-07:00

My Anze Kopitar PeeWee Card will be coming in the mail really soon... all the way from Canada!

I'm so glad we only have a week of school left and then two weeks of Spring Break! Yeah! I'm not going to the beach or anything, instead i'm going to the snow, up in Utah.

Yesterday, when I was recalling my day, I forgot to mention what my dad did at dinner. We went to Red Robin and there was a 10 minute wait so my dad put our name in. He was trying really hard not to laugh when he came over to us and he said we had to wait to find out why he was laughing... well, when it was time for us to be seated, they called "Kopitar, party of 4" and my dad was laughing. It flew right over my head and I was like, 'oh, that's not us, how many more people are in front of us.' I realized what my dad did when he followed the waitress after they called 'Kopitar.' It was so random, he never does stuff like that... He said he was hoping I'd get all excited and think that Kopi was at the restaurant. I didn't, I knew it wasn't him because he was on a plane flying from Tennessee to Minnesota.

I ran across this picture of Jordan Staal when I was searching for pictures of Anze. I liked it, so I saved it. He's on the cover of one of the NHL video games and was named the MVP of the All-Star game.

^^ Jordan Staal^^

This was too cute to not mention. Sully (Patrick O'Sullivan) with a fan. They are both missing the same teeth, only, the kids' will grow back

Captain of the Detroit Red Wings, best team in the NHL and has clinched a playoff spot. He's one of the hottest team captains out there... next to Sidney Crosby, who is only 17 days older than Kopi (Sidney 08.7.1987 and Anze 08.24.1987). Nicklas Lidstrom (above) has amazing eyes. I noticed them first either when the Kings played Detroit or in the All-Star Game

Here's a picture of Sidney without his shirt on (Google his name under images and there are quite a few different pictures of him missing his shirt)

I found another one. This is Ladisalv Nagy #47 who is out with an injury (probably groin, but I haven't checked) I really heart Nagy and I'm bummed i didn't get to see him at the game :(

My A. Frolov

2008-03-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

I had a busy morning. I woke up to hear my neighbor across the street whistling for his dog, which I didn't really mind. I got up, showered, ate breakfast, and met Ashley to go to the rink. We saw Steve the UPS guy before we left, around 9:45 am and he was confused because Ashley had her backpack but there were skates in it. He wasn't sure if we had school today, but we cleared things up for him. Anyway, we went to the rink, I didn't find a puck this time, but the cool ocean breeze felt good on my sweaty skin. Of course I did my groin stretch on the rink before I actually skated. Ashley tried to copy it but had problems because she didn't have any knee pads. As soon we got back we went to the pool and I was happy to find out that it was 5 1/2 feet deep! So we stayed there for about an hour, and I got a little sunburned. Then I had to help put up crown molding and then i went up to the basketball court to skate and play Around-the-World. Then we went out for dinner, I picked up a new pair of sunglasses (since mine officially broke and the lenses fall out), and got a new shirt. I wanted this one at the TeamLA Store but they didn't have this name and number. See the picture below.

Mine is actually white, but it is still Fro. I also want a Kopi and a JMFJ one too, but I think those'll come later.

Even though I stretched beforehand, my lats are still sore and my arms are a little too. But I'm alright with it, it builds muscle.

Pee-Wee Pictures of some of the Kings

2008-03-12T15:32:00.000-07:00

Dang, I love it when Kopi stretches like that on the ice :)You've got to be pretty flexible to play hockey and get around on the ice quickly. I've done this stretch (minus the ice, making it 100 times harder) and it stretches well. Here Anze is chatting with Brownie. Kopi looks so much smaller here than he really is, maybe it's just 'cause he's down low.

I found the cutest things ever last night. Pee-wee league hockey pictures from some of the Kings. They are so cute, and only (roughly) 12 or 13 years old! I think Kopi might be the youngest out of all of them. Here are some 'then-and-now' pictures.

Anze Kopitar

Jonathan Quick (Prospect)

Mike Cammalleri

Kevin Dallman (we have the same b-days!)

Best Goaltender Ever! Jason LaBarbera (I heart you mucho!)

My cute Nike boy

2008-03-11T15:21:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad it's a short week this week. I woke up and was like "it's too dark to go to school!" And somehow in my sleep I took off my jersey and it ended up on top of my bed (I had slept in it after the game last night). I tried really hard to remember when I took it off but i just can't. But I do remember the dream I had last night. I think I had it because I watched the Tip-A-King video with Heidi Androl during 1st Intermission. They talked to Jack Johnson and asked Kopi what he thought about Jack and Jeff and Peter in those spandex shorts. He really had no comment other than the talk they give the three in the locker room.

My first reaction when I saw this was "awe, he is sooooo cute." I've never seen this picture before and it's always nice to come home from school and find new pictures of Anze. Especially when they are this cute. That's just so adorable, I wanna kiss him! (but what else is new?) So I wanna kiss him more! :)
That boy has a great sense in choosing numbers. Maybe that's partly why I luv him. The only bummer is, he's hurt, and pretty bad apparently :(

Like during last night's game. He was checked out at the blue line in the middle and the dude's shoulder hit Kopi in the face. I freaked for two reasons. 1. I was concerned about his teeth, knowing now that they aren't real... and 2. His helmet flew off and he was completely dazed. He kept shaking his head even when he got back to the bench just trying to shake it off. He was visibly disoriented after the hit.

Me and Kopi's Sexy Audi

2008-03-10T18:22:00.000-07:00

I finished my essay, and my math homework. I also know some of the Kings favorite brands of cars. Kopi happens to like Audi, so I went online and found our future car. Now, normally I can't really seem to say that cars are good-looking, but dang, after seeing this car, I love it. I changed the color from the one you usually see in the commercials. I dunno if Kopitar likes this particular one, but I like it :) It's an Audi R8

I love it! Raitis Ivanans likes Mercedes, Army likes Range Rovers, Brownie likes Lexus, Nagy likes Mercedes and BMW, Visnovsky likes Ferrari's (which totally suits him), Handzus likes BMW, and Wilsie likes Lexus too.

Found a fucking puck

2008-03-09T15:42:00.000-07:00

Army's flipper looks exactly like mine!

I've had a bummer day. I had to get away from the house so thank God Ashley went with me and we escaped to my new favorite place to be... the rink. We stayed until it was dark and didn't get home until 7:30. But, because of the time change, the rink lights didn't turn on, but some little skater kids watched for a few minutes while a smacked away at the pucks. I found a new puck while I was there, a black one with glider pins. That was pretty cool, free puck!

I was going through Youtube last night looking for any Kings videos that might be good. I found a MadTV one by accident. It had Thornton, Avery, and Kostopoulos. It was hilarious! She made Thorton take off his shirt, very nice by the way, and he has tatoos on both arms, and then she wanted the guys to teach her how to hockey fight. And someone hit a slap shot at her while she was in goal. The Kostopoulos says, "Sean's the fighter, we're lovers" and he was referring to himself and Thorty. And then Thorty was quicky to say "but not with each other!" It's really great.

There were a few other videos, and I got a few pictures from someone who actually got to see part of the Royal Race. They are so goofy I luv them.

He chews his gum like a cow when he gets excited

I believe he may be getting a pb&j sandwich out to give to the guy doing the charactiture, you have to see the video to understand the whole idea of the Royal Race (similar to the Amazing Race)
Not sure what he's doing here either, but they gave the guy a ton of Kings stuff. That's Army sitting back there, they were drawing him.
Raitis Ivanans and Lubomir Visnovsky watching (Name on Rice was the guy video-ing, it's not actually written on Lubo's jacket). Visna is taller than me and look at how short he is compared to my Raitis! Raitis is just freakin big, and that's perfectly fine with me. And Kopi is listed as an inch taller than Ivanans! I'd love to be able to feel tiny standing between them (Ivanans and Kopitar).
Kevin Dallman is the guy that looks like he has a shaved head back by the camera man. Dallman is awesome because we have the same birthday, only he is 9 years older than me

After today, this goes to Kopi.

"I Need You Tonight"

Open up your heart to me

And say what's on your mind, oh yes

I know that we have been through so much pain

But I still need you in my life this time

And I need you tonight

I need you right now

I know deep within my heart

It doesn't matter if it's wrong or right

I really need you tonight

I figured out what to say to you

But sometimes the words they, they come out so wrong, always they do

And I know in time that you will understand

That what we have is so right this time

And I need you tonight

I need you right now

I know deep within my heart

It doesn't matter if it's wrong or right

All those endless times we tried to make it last forever more

And baby I know

I need you I know deep within my heart

It doesn't matter if it's wrong or right

I really need you, oh

I need you tonight (I need you, oh I need you baby)

I need you right now (It's gotta be this, it's gotta be this)

I know deep within my heart

No, it doesn't matter if it's wrong or it's right

All I know is baby

I really need you tonight

Kopi continues the feistiness and I love it

2008-03-08T15:48:00.000-08:00

Alright, Kings lost to the Canadiens today, but it was still a good game. Kopi has been really feisty lately, two fights in this game and one in Thursday's game. It's cute and makes me proud of him 'cause usually he never makes contact with anyone. If he got checked really hard, like when he went head first into the glass at my game, he did nothing about it. Generally they would fight back, but no... Kopi is a little gentler. That's why I'm so hyped about him getting some action recently.

I don't really have any pictures of Kopi from today's game, but Montreal hasn't uploaded their game photos yet. So instead of always being Kopi Kopi Kopi, here's a funny picture of Army (Derek Armstrong) I got.

He's blowing a bubble. You don't see too many game photos of them actually blowing bubbles, just chewing the gum. And supposedly Dallman likes the purple kind.

Emergency Post!!! Kopi has missing teeth!!!!!

2008-03-07T20:04:00.000-08:00

I just watched a video on youtube 2 Minutes with Anze and some guy was interviewing him about his summer. The description of the video caught my eye because it said something about his summer and his missing teeth. Immediately I watched it and I was shocked. He was asked how it happened and he says it was a swing and a miss by another guy. It was a bad experience. Then he was asked if he was wearing a mouth guard. He said no but it didn't matter because it was his bottom teeth anyway. I was so shocked. he lost his teeth when I was getting min put in. So much for being proud of him having all his teeth... but see, I never noticed he had missing teeth... I guess he's got them now... I think. I'll have to check pictures from this season.

And you all think I'm weird for wearing my basketball shorts with skates and gloves... I'm not the only one, look who i take after!

These are pictures from the video, that's why the poorer quality. It must have been from this game (if not then definitely from the summer of 2007).

Haha, cute. Was he eating something? If he was, we aren't far off from each other. I mutilated a burrito the other day while skating and holding my plate. I had sour cream all over the place

My Anze got a little action last night!

2008-03-07T18:57:00.000-08:00

I can't get over how cute it is when Frolov wants attention. Here we see (from left to right) Brian Wilsie, Alexander Frolov the cheater, and Anze Kopitar. I call him the cheater because... well... look at where his left foot is placed. I sure hope Kopi noticed before he went anywhere. And now to what happened last night...

I was so proud of him! I was?... no, I am proud of him. Sully went down, Brown gave a punch, and Kopi threw himself in there. Normally, he stands back and holds other guys from getting in the brawl, but this time Kopi dove right in. I was screaming i was so happy. Now, he wasn't exactly throwing punch like Ivanans, but still, the refs had to go in and pull him off the other guys (plural), but they had a little trouble because he was bigger than them.

I have never seen him get in there like that to fight. It was really cool and he even went down to the ice! That's my boy! I've got the whole thing recorded on my TV.

Kopi's jeans and Ivanans playful side

2008-03-06T19:58:00.000-08:00

Geez, games are so much more stressful to watch on TV than when you're actually there. At least when your there you can control where you look. When it's on TV you only get to see what the camera is focused on.

I got an e-mail from a Kopitar fan that I recently added to my friends list. Apparently i didn't read her info and she sent me a message saying "It's cool to meet another Kings fan from Temecula." So I now have a friend that appreciates it as much as me! She was pissed that she had to miss tonight's game against the Senators because of work... bummer, I'm watching it now and it's first intermission and they just showed the locker room cam... haha... Ivanans was in the shot without his jersey on and was re-wrapping his blade. He had some weird rhythm going the way he was wrapping it and it was hard to follow. His super tight shirt showed off his arms though :)

New pictures I found... Kopi drinking water, I can't get over how adorable he is

Haha... I like this one, can you figure out why? (and not because of the kid) Anze is generally awesome at picking out a nice pair of jeans, like here ;)
Marcus looks kinda like this when you squeeze his knee, only his mouth is closed a little more. He's extremely ticklish

Dude! He looks so fun...
Just look at this kid... lucky! I've never seen Ivanans this playful. I could get used to it

The ref is holding him from fighting more... you can already tell Ivanans apparently didn't have his fight strap down... 'cause his jersey is off

Kopi! I heart you! And I like your sweatshirt... and your hair looks nice

How far and Army throw Kopi's stick? They're watching to find out... it must have been good, they all look like little kids. (Kopi, Cammy, and Dallman are the only ones I recognize)

Justin Timberlake is the LA Kings star player... say what!?

2008-03-05T19:45:00.000-08:00

After school today I went to pick up Johannes and we went to go see Semi-Pro. But during the previews, there was one that I freaked out about because they showed hockey ice and Blake #4 in a Kings away jersey. The move is called The Love Guru with Mike Meyers. So if basically features the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings... only, Justin Timberlake was cast to play the Kings star player... but hey, at least they got Blake right (but he's their Captain, so who can really turn him down?).

Then Andrew and I went to Pinkberry, which is like an Asian frozen yogurt place, it's like retro, modern Tokyo inside, and there are pebbles glued to the ground. Anywho, Andrew bought my ice cream and I got Fruity Pebbles in mine. Andrew got Kiwi, Strawberries, and chocolate chips. He ate some of mine (because he said he always wanted to try it with the Fruity Pebbles) and he let me have some of his Kiwi (I've never had it before) and let me eat the last piece.

My mouth is still numb with cold.

Sexy Fuckin Ivanans... I could melt

2008-03-04T20:00:00.000-08:00

Okay, so while I was watching the game (up in my room, I was overruled downstairs), I was looking at other fans' Tip-A-King pictures and whatever else Kings stuff they had and I came across the most amazing picture of Raitis Ivanans I have ever seen. I knew this particular kind existed with Sully, Kopi, Brownie, and I think Cammy, but not Ivanans... until now...

You see, I have seen this picture before (below) and was always like 'whatever,' but I did notice his arms are HUGE!!!!! but not very attractive...

But when I found this one (below), I fell in love with it... so much better, and not to mention extremely amazingly hot... okay, that's an understatement. I think I can easily say this picture is fuckin sexy. And that was pretty much what flew out of my mouth when I saw it, luckily no one else heard it. So please, enjoy :)
Oh my God, I can't get over how much I love it. I might bump my favorite picture of Kopi as my wallpaper for this for a while... seriously! I need to print it... it would look amazing as an 8X10 glossy... I think that's what I'm gonna do, before my dad gets home. His reaction "so that's where all the ink goes"
And when I saw this one, I thought there was blood all over his shirt at first... but it's only a design. It would have been startling if it was actually blood... and I always love his expression. One person says he always looks confused. I have to agree with this picture and a few others, but mostly I think he just looks mad. This one reminds me of a face Jeff would make a lot... I think that's why I like it so much

Understimulated is an Understatement

2008-03-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

Yeah, today was pretty boring. My Myspace status has said 'understimulated' for a few days now. It's pretty much an understatement. I just changed it to 'sore' due to my sore inner-thigh muscles and mild tendinitis on the inner portion of my elbow on my right arm. Kopi's fault...

Johannes stopped me today at break. I haven't talked to him in forever! He has today, Wednesday, and Thursday off, so I think Wednesday we're planning on going to see Semi Pro with Will Farrell. I've been wanting to see that movie anyway.

No pictures really today, but perhaps an update on my story... 41 pages (times new roman size 12 font) and over 23,000 words. I'm not done for tonight so I'll be over 41 pages for sure.

One more thing, I watched the movie Mystery, Alaska last night. The funniest hockey movie I've seen. And it has tons of my family's favorite actors... and real hockey commentators... LIKE JIM FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And he still looks exactly the same. And there's an Ivanans dude, a JMFJ dude, and a Visnovsky dude. Oh, and it's really cute because the goaltender takes his stick everywhere he goes and sleeps in his helmet... it's really adorable.

New Nike Bauer Helmet

2008-03-01T13:53:00.000-08:00

I went to Big 5 this morning with my dad and picked up a new helmet. The only other ones I had were a dark green BMX/Skateboarding helmet and a full-face BMX/MX helmet, and both look really stupid with hockey skates on... especially the full-faced one. Besides, the ones at Big 5 were the cheapest ones (compared to online) and they had Nike Bauer helmets! I took a few pictures, it came with a face cage as well (it was a comba set) but I took it off. It looks extremely similar to the ones the Kings guys wear.

Front view without the cage

Side and back

I kinda attached the cage for this one, I didn't actually screw it in

Yes, i had to put the awesome box in it

Here's my practice jersey I got last weekend. I didn't have a picture so here's one now.

Haha, Kopi in his practice jersey (like mine!) and his Nike Bauer helmet (like mine too!). And I am aware that our helmets are not exactly the same. My model number is 1500 and his is probably an 8500. Those have the loose ear loops (unlike mine) and come in a variety of colors... and they're $100

Here's another one where you can see his helmet

Crowded Rinks, Angels socks, and stoner kids (all while getting to see the most adorable goaltender ever!)

2008-02-28T20:05:00.000-08:00

I kinda talked Ashley into going to the hockey rink to skate around for a while. When we got there, there was a lady on hockey skates with her three boys and the the second to the youngest was fully dressed in the goaltender attire and was in front of a little goal. It was sooooo cute. And there was also another boy, maybe a freshman in college, wearing a shirt that said 'Michigan Hockey,' that was in roller hockey pants and the other pair of skates I almost got. Later, his friend came and was fully dressed in goaltender attire with his own personalized (club) jersey and pads. Later, my cousin Chris showed up to give me a post-christmas and belated birthday present... the Angels socks that I wanted that he gave me dad and uncle for christmas. He aslo told me I would be the first to get the Angels slippers once they were in. Anyway, I gave him my spare stick and we slapped around the two pucks I brought for a half hour until I had to leave. It was starting to get dark out and the lights were on in the rink and it reminded me of night time band practices with the stadium lights on... oh yeah, there were stoner skateboarding kids there and I was hitting the boards with the puck so hard that when they walked by on the outside of the boards, one kid jumped out of his skin and ducked. It was funny.

Frolov shoving the blade of his stick up Armstrong's practice jersey. Frolov absolutely loves attention, and it's adorable... he's like a child!
Wow, Jeff Giuliano and Jack Johnson... wow, that's all I can really say. Everytime if happen to think of you, it's this picture :) And knowing Anze is still bigger! And Giuliano os only 5'9" and 200-something lbs.
Damn! Hottest goaltender I've ever seen... Dan Cloutier, and I got to see him in person :) I have personal pictures
I got this picture of Kopi on an iPod skin. Ashley got it for me for my birthday and it's totally awesome!
What did I say about the attention?... I just can't get over how adorable he is though. I really tried to get a picture of him at the game but he was moving around too much. I hope his groin injury gets better... I don't want him to have surgery after the season! :(

Neon 'Kopi-ing" and Kings in tight spanex shorts!

2008-02-26T16:34:00.000-08:00

Kaplow brought my gift today... and I had to explain it to almost my entire 1st period class. "I Kopi With Anze" wow... and it's purple! and Neon! yay!

lakings.com posted some of their Tip-a-King pictures today in the "Best of Tip A King" album. I found these two pictures following and I cracked up. Hopefully more will be posted soon! I wanna see Kopi!
You can see Jack Johnson (tallest one, 3rd guy from the left) up on stage doing one of the Fear Factor Live stunts at Universal Studios Hollywood. I wish I could have been there to see it. Also, Jack is about 2-3 inches shorter than Kopi and 19 lbs less, there's a reference to his size... One last thing... they're all in spandex and harnesses... lol... I LOVE IT! Haha (if you get why)

I have never seen Raitis so happy like this before! I thought it was adorable. I think it's Dan Cloutier there with him. He looks short compared to Ivanans, and Dan is 6'1" and 195 lbs. I would be tiny next to Raitis Ivanans!!! Damn, Dan Clouiter is cute! He has a 'Tory' smile here :) And to think I saw him in person and got some pictures!!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glowing jerseys and Raitis looking amazing!!!

2008-02-25T19:21:00.000-08:00

I went to Sport Chalet with my dad this weekend to pick up a Kings practice jersey. They didn't have my size at the Team LA Store. I got the black one (note there are white, grey, and purpley ones too) and I finally figured out why in the following picture Anze's jersey was glowing. I thought I was some weird neon photoshopping but the grey stripes along the arms are actually reflective strips. I understand...
Looks kinda cool! I wanna play hide-and-seek in the dark now wearing this jersey. The one he is wearing abpove is the exact same one I have.

I thought this picture was cute. I haven't shared it yet... it's Raitis Ivanans when he played for (and please excuse and mis-spelled words) Montreal Canadiens (not Canadians)

Okay, tell me he is not hot. Sidney Crosby, Captain for the Pittsburg Penguins and totally drool-worthy. One of my hockey friends named her Siberian Husky puppy after him.

Oh my gosh... Kaplow's Alexander 'Apple' Frolov loves attention. Can't you tell from these Kings practices? The girl who took this picture is a great photographer if you've seen any of her other pictures of the team
Haha, Frolov cracks me up. He is sooooo cute. And I think I totally saw and ate in the same restaurant as his almost-twin brother!!!

Okay, I just found this picture of Raitis Ivanans today. He actually doesn't have an evil look on his face (okay, well maybe it looks a little suspicious, but I think it is my most favorite picture of Raitis I have). I love the look he's giving. Very um... yeah ;)

I went to the Kings Game!!! We won!!!!!!

2008-02-22T15:49:00.000-08:00

I went to the Kings and Blues game last night and didn't get home until after midnight. Surprisingly I wasn't really tired at all at school today, but I am sick and that kinda made me a little lethargic. Anyway, back to the game

When I first saw Kopi come out onto the ice, I was so excited. I was extremely quiet at first and then I called Ashley and the more I saw Kopi and the closer he came I started to cry, I was sooooooooo happy to get to see him in person. He is adorable in pictures but he's even more amazing in real life... and he's huge! I mean, I knew he was big but actually seeing him right there in front of me (especially when he came to the boards in front of us) was absolutely amazing. Ivanans was big too, especially next to Dallman, it makes Dallman look like a child... and Dallman is 5'11" and 195 lbs. Thornton got in a fight, which was really cool too see, and Ivanans looked completely evil (but in a hot way) when he was jabbing his stick into the others guys' gut. He's so hot though, even without his front tooth. The guy at the end of our row proposed to his wife on the Jumbo-Tron and Frolov got a hat trick. I also correctly predicted the Kings first goal... Second period and I kept saying 'Kopi's gonna get a goal! Kopi's gonna get a goal!' and a few second after that, Anze tipped it in. I screamed I was sooooo happy. He did a really cute liittle victory dance thing too on his skates. Anyway, that's just some of the stuff that happened. I have some select pictures posted below.
Anze Kopitar taking the face-off

Lubomir Visnovsky!!! Sooo cute in person

Handzus taking the face-off, also very big

I wanted my dad to take this. He was like "all you're going to see is his butt," and I said, "so?"

He might be chewing a little on his mouthguard. It gave me the chills whenever he looked at me through the glass. I could feel like that forever... *sigh*
Brad Stuart (#6) and Kopi fighting for the puck

Ivanans... this was near the time when I noticed the size difference between him and Kevin Dallman
I was in a hurry to take this, I needed to be prepared for a check right here... prepared because they hit HARD
Dan Cloutier, amazing goaltender and pretty cute

Giuliano, this isn't that bad of a picture considering he was skating by

Visnovsky with Ivanans talking to the referee

Ivanans in practice taking shots on goal

I like the mob of Kings in the back :)

St. Louis Goaltender Manny Legace... he played in the All-Star Game!!!

Giuliano, Army, and Kopi

Preissing and Kopitar

Ivanans stretching in the background

Kopitar down on the ice... he was stretching but I think here he is talking to someone on the bench

Stretch dude!

Trees near the Staples Center

Yay! Finally there! We kept going in circles

First time seeing the ice!
View from my seat...
You can see me sitting way down there in my Kopitar jersey

Modry traded

2008-02-20T15:54:00.000-08:00

I was upset to hear that the Los Angeles Kings' Jaroslav Modry was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesdays for a 3rd round 2008 Draft pick. I was really bummed and couldn't understand why they wouldn't keep him at least until tomorrow... :( But I'm glad the rest of the guys (esp. Kopi) are feeling alright. I myself feel like I might be starting to get something because I woke up and the right side of my throat hurt. I thought it would go away later (sometimes my retainer does that to me) but it never did. It didn't get worse though. I dunno, maybe it's because of the drastic weather changes here and what feels like the constant rain. Gr...

New skates!

2008-02-18T17:57:00.000-08:00

So for my birthday, I could either have gotten a game-used Kopitar stick or nice hockey skates. I was stressing over it for a while, but I knew my chances of a stick weren't the highest. Plus they are super expensive and there isn't even a guarantee that they even have one from Kopitar. So I opted for the skates, I'll get more use out of them and they resembles Anze's roller hockey skates, only mine are CCM brand and his are Nike Bauer. I took some pics of them below. They are going to take some time to get used to, especially with the standard High-low wheels, but for $109 they are really nice.

On my feet

My new skates, the box, and my stick

Here you can see the high-low wheels... 80 mm in the back, two 76mm in the middle, and a 72mm in the front. It's supposed to help keep you from falling backwards and keeps you on your toes!

Old skates (technically my dad's) without the laces. Mine came with the black ones but I switched them out for the old white ones.

Nice aluminum wheel chassee, makes them a whole lot lighter

My skates vs. Kopi's. They are similar (that's why I liked them) but not the same.

Another note (for my Kopi)... I hope you get well really soon. I don't want you to be sick. If you miss tonight's game in order to get better, please do. I don't want you out for Thursday. Please, please, please, please get well very soon. All us Kings fans are hoping you (and the rest of the guys) battle through this quickly. I don't wanna miss you on Thursday.

Kings and Flames review

2008-02-16T16:27:00.000-08:00

Kings played Clagary Flames last night. It was a really good game and the Kings won it 6-2. Kings scored, then Clagary, and Kings came back, but them Calgary came back! Until Kings came back again. Kings were winning 3-2 at the end of the first. Then in the second, the Kings scred 3 more goals, Kopi scored the 6th one. Calgary got two penalties dealing with Anze. The first one scared me so bad. The guy was called for high-sticking. He smacked Anze right in the mouth really hard with his hockey stick. Anze went down on his knees on the ice and was holding his mouth and it looked like his eyes were watering. It looked extrememly painful, but the first thing I thought was "does he still have all his teeth?" because he is one of the few that have all of his teeth still and don't need to wear flippers. I know what that's like. But he was okay. He wears his mouthguard so that's was saved his ass. (I'm so glad he wears it, mouth guards aren't mandatory I don't think. He also has the partial eye shield on his helmet, which isn't required either but it definitely saves him)

Army, Kopi, and La Barbera (I heart you, La Barbera! You're the best goalie ever!)

New Pics of Kopi

2008-02-15T21:27:00.000-08:00

I was searching deep on Google and found a bunch more pictures of Kopi. I havea few below, and it's kinda funny because they were from some sort of playboy affiliate site. None of he pictures are like that though. I just think it was funny he was on there.

Haha, he's holding a sandwich, well, so are some of the other guys.

And another thing, Army has an "A" patch on his jersey now. I'm confused and my battery is gonna die, but Kopi made a goal and almost lost a tooth

Boredom = This...

2008-02-15T17:07:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I was bored after school... at least until the game starts at 7:30. The Boys Are Back in Town baby! I'm glad we didn't go up to Calgary yesterday... nevermind. So yeah, I got bored so I took pictures. I have small shoulder pads on (or as Kaplow calls them 'fiberglass hockey bras') but you can't really tell.

The skates are actually my dads...

Ack! My legs look so skinny compared to the rest of me! Then again, I have no pads on my lower body...

Haha, the little, tiny, whimpy goal behind me.