So last night we got to see our first hockey game of the season in person. My friend Rand's company has season tickets again this year: four seats one row off the glass, down by the goalie. Very nice seats. The game yesterday was the Coyotes against the Lightning. For many years I really loved the 'Yotes. I have two jersies of theirs and an assortment of other items. There's a list of silly reasons that I made them my team years back. The thing now is that every member of the team is totally different now and the only players I know of - at all - are the couple people who used to play here for the Lightning. They also changed their jersies to a really ugly white/red now (bleck) and they just feel like a totally different team. I hadn't had a chance to see them play live for years because they hadn't come for a game in Tampa. So...they don't feel like "my" team anymore. Anyway, I ended up rooting for the local boys (who went on to win 5-1) since at least I know our players. Not to mention, my fav player over all - the Lightning's netminder, Khabibulin - used to be on the Coyotes and I was a fan of his back then. It's nice to be able to root for your fav player. Now that he's local to us, it's even better. People know now what I've known for like five years: he's an EXCELLENT goaltender.
Anyway, the game was on the Sunshine network. And I recorded it just for the heck of it. At one point in the second period, my Love and I even ended up on the Jumbotron. *grins* That was the first time I'd ever been on it. When I skimmed through the recording, that wasn't on it, but there was another shot of us when one of the Sunshine annoucers was talking - we were right behind him. *lol* Plus, anytime the play came down to that end, you'd see the backs of our heads. Kinda cool in a really silly way.
I love hockey though. It's just so much damned fun. And it's awesome that his company has the season tickets because those seats carry a $107 box office cost to them, each. Oy. Normally we get our tickets from scalpers when we go that's not for free so we never spend that much, but still. It's also a little harder since the Lightning were the Southeast Division Champions last year - they're getting a little more attention and fan support (making the tickets a little more sought out.) This was only the second game in their season though (both solid wins) but hopefully it's a good sign of the way the season will pan out.
Real Life Jerry Springer Meets Yo! MTV Raps Meets Cops
We've been having all kinds of issues with our neighbors. I've mentioned in the past that we feel like we're living in a real-life episode of Jerry Springer: peirced, pregant, ex-con trailer escapees drinking, yelling, fighting on a 24/day, 7/day a week schedule - all outside their apartments and causing all kinds of noise and disturbance. I called the cops on them a week or two back because it was 1:30am on like a Tuesday night and a half dozen people were drinking, yelling and throwing bottles everywhere. Well, last night, as I watched through the recorded game at like 3am, they start up again. Rap music is just BLARING out of one of the apartments across from us, people are just yelling and laughing and screaming to each other (not talking, but full-volume YELLING), throwing stuff, stomping around up and down the stairs, all along the 2nd floor level (back and forth over and over - one of them in high heels), opening and closing the door over and over, etc. etc. 3:00am....3:15am....3:30am....and then...I hear someone knocking on one of the doors. Knocking for a good couple minutes. It's about 3:45am and I realize that the music has stopped. I peer out my peephole and see a cop. I go to the sliding glass doors and glance out towards the parking lot. Sure enough, two cop cars. They're taking one guy in handcuffs and talking to a group of others. Words like violating your parole and underage drinking added with scolding like you're being disrepestful to your neighbors, they have jobs, families and responsibilities and you can't be making this much noise like this.... Go cops! I'm pretty sure they put another guy in the other car (one guy starts in with saying how he doesn't live here, he lives in another city 20 minutes up the road, but he doesn't know his address 'cause he just moved - yeah right, cop's going to buy that one) and they cleared everyone up.
I tell my Love about this today and he calls the apartment complex and bitches them out. We were utterly conviced that they had switched to being a "low income"/section 8 housing type place and she was quick to say no no no...not at all. Yeah well, we live in the ghetto building then because these people are just trash. Anyway, we also find out that our lease expired (no one bothered telling us) and that technically we're on month-to-month right now. He bitched at her for that and said we sure as hell weren't going to be paying MORE rent since no one informed us of our lease ending. Anyway, now we have the big pressure to hurry up and find a place to move to and get everything in order for a move. Ugh. I dread moving but things just keep getting worse and worse and worse. There's no way you should pay this much to live in this kind of environment. No way. So the race to find a new apartment officially begins. *sigh* but at the same time, I can only HOPE we find a nice, quiet, NORMAL neighborhood to move into.
Alright, long post and I want to go get dressed so I'm going to close. Don't forget, I still have SEVEN PAIRS OF CUSTOM, HAND MADE HORNS FOR SALE ON EBAY RIGHT NOW!. Only a few days left for auction. With Priority Mail (2-3 day delivery time), you WILL get these on time for Halloween if you are within the US (and possibly Canada, I'd need to find out from the USPS about it) Also, remember, I CAN and WILL make a custom pair - in a different color or style - if you see something you like for auction, but want slightly different. I've made three custom orders so far and it's a day turn-around time. Same prices as the pairs for auction.
Out for now. :)
~ flowers bloom near Memory and Dream
at 10/17/2003 02:29:44 PM ~
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