Tag: Canadiens

Sunday Night Stuff

I’m watching the Bruins play the Canadiens right now. We are down 1-0, six minutes into the second period. This needs to change immediately. The Canadiens, despite their playoff success last year, or maybe because of it, are awful right now. The Bruins haven’t exactly been stellar, but they are good enough that they should murderize Montreal. Gentlemen, let’s pick it up, shall we?

So I put together the mini-shed thing, and played some guitar, and wrote some music. I have not made Bellana’s bed, after washing her sheets yesterday. I still need to do that, but she won’t be here until Friday, so I have time.

I watched more Futurama. Lots of it. Not as much as yesterday, but still lots of it. Take it as given that it is one of the best shows ever. Is it better than The Simpsons? I think it might be. I don’t know.

I also started watching Foundation. When we were kids, Mike the Bass Player used to push me to read two books. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Foundation. I was in my 30’s before I finally got to Hitchhiker’s Guide and holy crap was Mike right. I still haven’t read Foundation. One review of the TV show that I heard was that if you read the book you’ll hate the show, but if you haven’t read the book you’ll love it. Okay, that works in my favor. Another review, from someone who loved the books, was that if you pretend the name of the show is something other than Foundation it is okay. I’ll take that.

Sticking with the TV theme, it’s Sunday and that means it’s Walking Dead spin off night. World Beyond is still kinda bland but mostly okay. There are only four episodes left (I think) and then the series comes to an end. It certainly doesn’t feel like a show that’s four episodes away from ending. (The Bruins just tied the game, 1-1 with 11 minutes or so left in the second) As for Fear the Walking Dead… the hate watch will continue. It has to be the worst show on television. I can’t imagine anything worse than this getting the green light to air. It’s atrocious and last week’s episode was so bad it was actually insulting. Two people having a conversation 10 feet away from a leaking, unexploded nuclear warhead without suffering any radiation issues. They are both twins. Sort of. One of them admits that she’s not really a twin. She and her brother were born on the same day but she’s adopted (hey show runners, I saw This is Us too!). The other guy hears this story but then tells her that because she’s a twin she has super powers and can tell when her twin is in trouble… but she LITERALLY just told the guy she’s not actually a twin. I mean… I usually don’t really proof read my blog posts, but I would still expect someone to proof read the scripts for a major television show, right? Plot holes and continuity errors (and leaking, unexploded nuclear warheads) are things to be avoided, right?

Changing the subject. I still have 17 minutes of exercise left to do. I don’t think I’ll finish before Fear starts, but I think I’ll stand up and pick off a few minutes right now. A perfect week is at stake!

Dumpster Recap in Pictures

We rented a dumpster for the cellar/garage clean up. It was delivered on Friday. On Saturday morning (after using a crow bar to pry the damn door open) it looked like this:

On Saturday evening when my legs and back couldn’t take anymore and the cellar clean up was put on hold for the night it looked like this:

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On Sunday afternoon when the cellar and garage were as done as they were going to get, it looked like this:

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Now that the all of the storage spaces in the cellar are completely empty, the next job is to take all of the stuff that can’t be thrown away but needs to be stored some place and re-fill up all of the cellar storage spaces. After that it will be time to clean the holy hell out of the floors, walls, and ceiling, with a focus on getting rid of the dust and spider webs and making the whole place as unappealing to garter snakes as possible. Then we can look into figuring out why two of the light fixtures don’t work. If turning on the lights actually lights up the whole cellar instead of just part of it, then it will be more appealing for the family to use. There is also the question of getting cable hooked up so Robbie can watch hockey in the cellar while the kids watch on demand in the living room. The Bruins vs Montreal second round series should be starting sometime this week after all.

RPM Challenge Day 7

Nothing much new to report.  Last night I mentioned finishing one of the unfinished song project thingies and coming up with a possible guitar/vocal only song.  That was about it for yesterday.

Beyond that, I did something very unusual for me.  This morning before work I wrote and recorded lyrics and melodies for two verses of one of the songs I posted yesterday.  Normally I take  a day off from work and crank out all of the horrible lyrics and horribler vocals in one day.  Telecommuting gives me an hour and a half or so worth of home-alone-before-work time on Thursdays.  I only worked for about 20 minutes, but it’s a start.

Still thinking positive.

Oh, and the Bruins beat the Canadiens last night 2-1.  Seguin tied it a few seconds into the third period just as I was posting last night, and then shortly after the B’s took the lead for good.  I do so love beating the Canadiens.

The Lockout is Officially Over

Both sides signed an agreement yesterday that officially ends the lockout.  The union ratified the deal after a 36 hour internet vote.  11 players failed to vote, and 12 voted no.  Lets hope that those 23 players all play for Montreal so that I can hate them even more.

Training camps start today.  The season starts on Saturday.  The Bruins will open against the Rangers at home.  26 of the 30 teams will play on Saturday.  How would you like to be one of the four teams that has the wait last an extra day?

I’ll probably watch some of the game, and I’ll feel like a dirty hypocrite doing it.  I’m resolved not to spend any money though.  They don’t get a dime off of me.

Go (broke) Bruins!