the ship.

i'm supposed to be writing a paper on adolescent development right now. gross. i'm not a psych major, nor do i want to be one. why is this a youth min class? [end mini-vent session].

some of you may know that i have drastically reduced my mountain dew consumption over the past month. i was averaging a good 40-50 ounces/day over j-term and decided to cut down. i'm now at about 2 cans/week. for reals. i must say however, today has been quite the day. for no other reason than sheer lack of motivation, i have been guzzling the jesus juice to no end. i'm currently in the 30s of ounces. and it's not even four o'clock. don't tell my sisters - we're in this together and i just screwed us all over. my bad. thanks weather. thanks karen mckinney. thanks LF hockey team. thanks ensuing vacations. thanks ANYTHING that is preventing me from caring about bethel.

tomorrow night the flyer hockey team is playing the first round of the state hockey tournament. in 4 consecutive trips to the state hockey tournament, we have only won our first round game once. we have never been seeded (1-4) and have definitely never won the 'ship.

hello 2009.

can i talk about our section final game for a little bit? ok thanks. we played our rivals up in alex for the third time this season, and it was bound to be an intense game. while LF was undefeated headed into the game, alex had only lost 2 games all season - both to yours truly. and we'd only beat them by one goal each time. they were out for blood.

i will tell this game in words and photos. [that i stole from some random girl's facebook that i'm not even friends with] *signal hands in the air, i don't care what you think.

period 1: alex scores first. we score next. 1-1
period 2: alex scores again. and then...

tie game.
alex scores again [first shorthanded goal we've given up all season]. we are down 3-2 going into the 3rd period. this would be the first game all season that we've trailed going into the final period.

YIKES.

3rd period: ben hanowski whips a goal in mid-period to tie up the game. the remaining 8 or so minutes sent my blood pressure through the roof. LF killed a few penalties to send us into sudden death overtime.

exhausted to the max, the flyers take a couple minutes to prepare for the biggest 5 minutes of their season.



flyers were kind enough to seal the deal pretty quick into OT with a 1st line goal scored by wesley waytashek.




pretty awesome.

in about 25 hours the flyers will hit the ice against virginia (who we beat 1-0 in our season opener in december). it will be televised on KSTP - you should watch it, it's gonna be sick.

i'm pumped.

tune in next, when we discuss my upcoming graduation from high school.