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So there were a lot of great titles that came out this year and I actually enjoyed playing, some that have been out for a while now and I haven't played because I'm still playing other good games, especially since I'm a PS3/360 and Wii owner.
Most people will say that GTA4 is the best game so far this year, but I'm not sure, I don't think I was so into It as I was In San Andreas, feels like there were more things to do in SA than GTA4, don't get me wrong I think It was a big step for Rockstar and they made good use of the new hardware, graphics improved a lot but with so many other good titles that released this year It just doesn't make my game of the year. With this being said you would know that Saints Row 2 wasn't really much of a big deal for me, I don't even know why it's nominated to game of the year.
I had never played gears of wars until this year when gears of wars 2 released, got to say, It's a good one, I actually enjoyed playing It, graphics are awesome and the online multiplayer just doesn't get better than that, I believe that after the Halo series, Gears of Wars is the second best title for the 360, so before making my final decision for my game of the year I did consider Gears 2 as a potential game of the year contender.
I love RPGs especially If you have the choice to make decisions that will affect the story later on the game; That Is the case with Fable 2, I didn't play fable 1 or fable:the lost chapters because I didn't own a xbox back then, this was my first time playing fable 2 and I got to say that I put a lot of time into It, I go to sleep everyday at 1a at the latest because I work early but while I was playing this game, I would go to sleep at 4-5a, that's how much fun I had with this game, the graphics were good and the amount of things you can do In this game is just crazy, and the choices you make are crucial especially at the end (which I won't spoil for everyone who hasn't played It) but I think It's the lack of challenge and difficulty that brings the grade down for this one, I thought a lot of quest were too easy. I can't wait for the new DLC and maybe a new one but I do hope they make It more difficult.
Now I was very amazed when Little Big Planet released, I didn't think It would be that good and fun, I thought It would be more like a game for kids but as you play through you figure It's not, and that It's not as easy as It looks, at least for me that's the case cause I'm one of those freaks that has to collect every item there Is to get a 100% and in this game that Is a very difficult thing to do so I love that Its challenging, I love the fact that there is always going to be add-ons from the PSN, I can't wait to get the new MGS pack, that should be fun so LBP would also be a potential GOTY contender for me.
There are several titles I won't mention simply because they are too new to be included in this year's nominations, I don't know why some of them are nominated, for example there's left 4 dead, mirror's edge, fallout 3 etc, don't get me wrong i'm not saying I don't think they're good, It's just that I'm stuck playing other games that I haven't got the chance to go and buy them, but they do look good, especially mirror's edge, I'm looking forward to play It sometime soon.
Other games that I won't mention Is either because I haven't buy them yet or I just don't have much to say about them, for example rock band 2, one of the most anticipated games for this year, It's awesome that's all there's to say about It, Rock band 2 would make a perfect "party game of the year". There's Resistance 2, which I haven't bought yet but will be doing soon, Bioshock for the ps3 which is an awesome game but It already made It to last year's nominations (and also won game of the year) and prince of persia which just came out and haven't even seen.
Yes yes I reviewed some of the greatest games so far this year, some I didn't mention, sorry but I am don't have all day to write about games unless I worked for 1up.com or any other gaming site lol. But now It's that time to talk about my game of the year for 2008, a lot of people will agree with me when I say that Metal Gear Solid 4 IS indeed 2008's game of the year, first one for the ps3 system and what an upgrade It Is, the graphics are beautiful, every single detail of It, from facial expressions to body movements (I liked the whole sneaking moves), the characters looks (Raiden looked the best), bottom line, the visuals were just perfect. The gameplay was sick, they introduced the camouflage ability which is an advantage in the game but only for a short period of time, since the enemy can also smell you and hear you, the weapons and target system were also fun, I think my favorite weapon was the sniper and shotgun or the silenced gun if I was trying to sneak my way through the level, I also found that very fun: you can choose how you want to play, If you don't care about being spotted and killed everyone around you, including the fact that there are always enemies, they just keep coming and coming; Or you can play as some kind of secret agent, sneaking behind everyone and using strategies around the environment which is very helpful, the difficult and challenge in this game are also a big one to me, enemies are very difficult to kill, especially the last 3. The cast and voices of the game are incredible especially snake's. and the best of all of the things I love about this game: The story, greatest in the series so far, I thought a lot of questions from previous mgs were answered and lots of shocking surprises (which I won't spoil for any of you who haven't played the game yet) overall this game deserves not only to win for best graphics but to me and a lot of people out there, game of the year. I cannot wait for the next MGS, I wonder what the story will be, If they are going to be bringing snake back (uh...most likely not lol) and If its going to be after the events of MSG4 or a prequel from someone else's point of view (liquid's or raiden's would be fun to play).


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That's the pain AMPE is inflicting today.
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You really missed the boat on what I was trying to say. I am a long investor but when I wrote that quote back in September, there was a small intra-day rally going on which I thought would inflict some pain to the shorts. Hence the phrase. I was not reflecting my position in the post. I detest shorts as well as they have cost me and the industry a lot of money of the years with sell-offs and bear raids at bad times.
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Explanation: It was a quiet day on the Sun. The above image shows, however, that even during off days the Sun's surface is a busy place. Shown in ultraviolet light, the relatively cool dark regions have temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius. Large sunspot group AR 9169 is visible as the bright area near the horizon. The bright glowing gas flowing around the sunspots has a temperature of over one million degrees Celsius. The reason for the high temperatures is unknown but though to be related to the rapidly changing magnetic field loops that channel solar plasma. Sunspot group AR 9169 moved across the Sun during 2000 September and decayed in a few weeks.
This beautiful image is courtesy of the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer. TRACE is a mission of the Stanford-Lockheed Institute for Space Research (a joint program of the Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center's Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory and Stanford's Solar Observatories Group ), and part of the NASA Small Explorer program.
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Beautiful picture of the Sun.
Beautiful picture! Did you know that some insects can see well into the UV range? I wonder if that was ever a useful ability on Earth.
This is a comparison of wavelengths visible to humans and bees.
The range of vision for the bee and butterfly extends into the ultraviolet.
The petals of the flowers they pollinate have special ultraviolet patterns
which guide the insects deep into the flower.
This doesn't contradict my earlier assertion that UV imaging must be done from orbit; obviously a little UV gets through. It's what gives you a tan (or sunburn). It's just that 99% of "soft" UV is blocked, and higher-energy "hard" UV is 100% blocked, as are X-Rays.
Same daylilies in UV light.
Although we can't be sure exactly HOW UV light appears to bees, it seems that the UV image above shows dark central regions in the flowers which guide the bee to the nectar.
To be honest, I had wandered off track and into a supposition about the stable atmosphere we enjoy today.
I vaguely remembered reading about a theory of Fred Hoyle's on the ability of Drosophila (I think) to see the very short (980 A)wavelengths of UV which, according to him, could never have penetrated the atmosphere during the time that insects have been present on Earth. Therefore, he believed they were under no selective pressure to develop such an ability. He also thought the insects could not have survived the light's mutagenic effects.
These assertions always seemed a little over-the-top to me since we've witnessed how much the atmosphere can change in just the few years scientists been studying it. The constant change of the "hole" in the ozone, for example. And although UV light is a mutagen, all organisms have some ability to repair the damage. It seems possible that, at one time, shorter UV rays were able to penetrate the atmosphere and the ability to see these wavelengths was used by those insects.
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I recently left a facility where I ran a soccer program for children severely afflicted with autism. It was a challenging position where I had to serve each child for capability while constantly influencing and keeping them engaged. I also coach 'typical' kids soccer, and I model on the side. Very happy with my work.
Days off I'll run a few miles and play soccer under the blazing sun or single digit cold (some people have said that this is not fun) I guess that's why I'm the only one in the park.
Love to go to the pub usually on a quiet Sunday afternoon for a bacon cheeseburger and pint of Guinness, or two, or three,
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I guess Europeans are good 'jugglers'? : )
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I used to be a hopeless, hapless karaoke freak (and I mean FREAK) Guys came up to the stage asking if I would sing in their band (hey ma', look I'm a rock star!)
My friend ran shows around Manhattan. Ever do karaoke seven nights a week on daily basis? I have!
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In the past fifteen years have had trouble reading books as they are grammatically incorrect. Anyone else out there find this?
Or is it just me? (again)
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As well this year we had elections for the Board. Bing Presidents it's an honor to me taking the chance to letting you to know about the changes in the board.
Exiting their offices in the ECTA Board:
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Skip to comments.Lindsey Graham Steps Up (Am I in a parallel debt ceiling universe???)
Posted on 07/21/2011 7:56:07 AM PDT by RummyChick
At a closed door meeting of U.S. Senators and limited government advocates in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, there was an unlikely attendee and an unlikely champion for the adoption of an uncompromising position on the ongoing debt ceiling debate.
His name? Lindsey Graham.
He was the most aggressive voice in the room, one of the meetings attendees told FITS.
Wait Lindsey Graham? The most liberal Republican in Washington, D.C.? The third Senator from New York?
Thats right for the time being, Graham isnt focused on his prior collaboration with U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) on energy tax hikes. Nor is he spending much time working on amnesty legislation with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York).
Instead, Graham is meeting regularly with Tea Party leaders like U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) urging them to stand their ground against raising the debt ceiling from $14.3 to $16.7 trillion without concessions.
While our sources declined to elaborate on the specific debt ceiling strategy that Graham advocated at this meeting, they said that he gave an impassioned speech that in no uncertain terms recommended calling U.S. President Barack Obamas bluff.
Jaws were on the floor, one of the meetings attendees told FITS.
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scrnnews SC Radio News Team Congress GOP holds press conference today asking Senate to follow House in passing Cut, Cap, Balance. Includes Lindsey Graham, Jim DeMint.
Linsey is ready for his close-up, Mr DeMille
Are the cameras running?
I'd say that Lizzy can KMA, but she just might!
No, you're in the universe where the Republicans now have their own compromising photos of Lindsey.
Okay..what's happened???
"While our sources declined to elaborate on the specific debt ceiling strategy that Graham advocated at this meeting, they said that he gave an impassioned speech that in no uncertain terms recommended calling U.S. President Barack Obamas bluff."
"Grahams South Carolina consultant, Richard Quinn, says that Graham is firmly committed to the cut cap and balance proposal that cleared the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. That plan calls for the adoption of a balanced budget amendment and a cap on the growth of government in future years as well as modest immediate cuts."
Will he convert because of this:
"Locally, it impacts what is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated electoral battles in South Carolina history. In 2014, Graham is likely to be challenged by S.C. Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort), the leading fiscal conservative in the S.C. General Assembly."
Or does someone on our side have better blackmail evidence than the Dem side??
It's just too weird.
Maybe the spell was broken when Kennedy died.
This is a sham. Lindsay is the appointed democrat in the room like Specter used to be so the democrats know what the republican plan is.
"I can be anything the mathter wanth me to be . . ." whispered the oiled catamite from the bath house shadows.
"No, you're in the universe where the Republicans now have their own compromising photos of Lindsey."
Really. We must have caught him with a live AND dead boy.
"Its just too weird."
Yeah and I don't trust Graham any farther than I could throw him...
She's more than ready...
Obviously he heard I was moving to SC and is afraid.
He is going to be on Hannity tonight to discuss it.
Although I never watch Hannity anyway, I never watch any show with Lindsay Graham on it. Not a single word out of his mouth should be listened to by anybody. He's an opportunistic democratic schill.
Every now and again 'lil Lyndsey gets it right, and when he does, he usually does a great job. The other 99% of the time, he is a complete embarrassment and disaster.
"Its time we bring discipline to the way Congress spends. Now is the time to insist on a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution before our country becomes Greece.
Simply stated, no more borrowing until we agree to balance."
Had to be a prayer or a promise, perhaps, or a bribe?
He's just posing for sound-bite pics for re-election . . . no to worry!
Dang..Graham getting on Iran's case, too
Letting Iran get Nuclear weapons is emptying Pandora's box.
and this:
Our problem is we made a big deal about this for three months. How many Republicans have been on TV saying, Im not going to raise the debt limit. You know, Mitch [McConnell] says, Im not going to raise the debt limit unless we talk about Medicare. And Ive said Im not going to raise the debt limit until we do something about spending and entitlements. So weve got nobody to blame but ourselves.
We shouldnt have said that if we didnt mean it.
I think Little Boy Lindsey is worried about reelection..and it is still years away.
Hannity isn't so bad. But the show Fox replaced Beck with — "5 at 5" — is unwatchable. Whenever Beckel opens his mouth, my cats start screaming. What was Fox thinking?
He's just posing for sound-bite pics for re-election . . . no to worry!
And low the senator doth sleep and dream. and a vision appeared, in the shadows on the wall. And a voice was heard deeply and resonately speaking in the hollowed sanctuary. " Senator, doest thou seeketh another term?"
then there was a light and there on the wall was revealed writing..... "cut....cap....balance "
You hit the nail on the head. Lindsey is taking a page out of the McCain playbook for re-election. Pretend to be a tea party conservative.
I applaud Sen Graham for getting this one right.
He said something last week that if we draw a line in the sand, we ought to mean it. Apparently, he has figured it out - we can stand up to Obama and get the deal we want, if we hold firm.
Call your Senators.
There will be a Saturday vote on Cut Cap and balance.
we need 50 votes in the Senate - every Republican and 3 Democrats...
Rush said something like all he needed to know was who was for the Gang of Six and that Demint was against it. He knew it wouldn't pass.
Demint is tweeting about the Gang of 234
A feminine, limp trap.
But a trap nonetheless.
Hatch has been talking like a tea partier too.
What a shock—US Senators value their re-election over their, er, ah...principles?
"The Republicans now have their own compromising photos of Lindsey."
My favorite photoset is "Lindsey + Larry (Sinclair)."
The tried and true is to record Cavuto at 4:00 and watch at 5.
Cavuto is the best there is and has really great guests.
The ignorati here, that is all the Fox bashers who are like the Rush bashers who never listen, have never watched Neil
Neil is the best of the best
Liberalsy Graham so destroyed his credibility with me that if he takes ANY position, I am instantly against the position.
Like any good suicide bomber he has to get up close to his targets before he pulls the pin...
Check out this group doing a dance of American Pride
"Okay..whats happened???"
He knows it won't make it through the Senate and he's posturing to look like a re-electable conservative.
What's going on?
"He is going to be on Hannity tonight to discuss it."
Yeah, he doesn't think it has a chance- rooting for it will give him cover when he jumps for a "bipartisan compromise".
Meanwhile he'll milk it for all the conservative color he can get.
Gosh, look at how many Freepers are missing the Kabuki aspect of this.... probably just haven't had their ration of coffee yet... still groggy!
Isn't Graham from South Carolina, the target of the Obama administration union battle over Boeing???
Oh, Obama is targeting South Carolina in other ways, as well.
Patty Murray has Obama's third stimulus bill sitting in committee, waiting for the debt ceiling to be raised and spending green lighted once again. The bill (S, 942) is an grant for transportation (rail/port projects) called "Gateways". South Carolina happens to have one of these Gateways, but all it lacks is funding for dredging the port. Graham has been working on getting this funding for about three years. Patty Murray's bill specifically denies money for dredging.
Graham is spitting mad.
Wow! Thanks for posting. That was pretty amazing.
Maybe Graham has realized what everyone reading this has known for a month: the VAST majority of Americans want to take the tough approach.
Polls (real polls, not the spin ones) show nearly 70% of Americans don't want to raise the debt ceiling. Even a majority of self-identified Democrats don't want to raise it.
The one thing RINO's have in common is they are "sensitive" about swing voters (aka moderates). It looks like the message has finally gotten through to the RINOs, even the moderates want to go the tough love route.
And there it is. Graham's taking this stance in hopes it will open up the Constitution for the compete raping and pillaging that liberals have been salivating for.
"The third Senator from New York." Well, I'm glad to know who now holds Bob Packwood's old seat. A fitting successor.
Let's not forget that it was Lindsey Graham who double-crossed us when we impeached Clinton. He's the main culprit who stood in the way of removing him from office after pretending to be on our side all the way. This didn't come out until months after the fact, long after we "honored" him at the House Managers' Dinner in DC).
I wouldn't trust him (or any of the other "ruling class" RINOS), any farther than I could throw him. He and McCain both are snakes.
You got that right!!! bttt
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I love the walnut oil fluidity in the paints, and i really like the wide caps, so easy to use!
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Good paint: good quality, good tinting strength, good consistency (creamy, not stiff) and always consistent.
I love M Graham paint!
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Recently you offered a great packaged deal....4 tubes of M Graham oil paint plus walnut oil and a walnut medium.This is the absolutely PERFECT little travel kit for me.I am heading back to the east coast to paint the fall colors, and this will be the ideal little paint set to take. I won't need anything more than this!!.... And all for a great price!!
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Amazing, buttery oil paints that have smooth consistency always. They are deeply pigmented and rich so my paintings look luminous now. I absolutely adore M. Graham oils! I've tried other brands of oils like Gamblin but this is what I'll ever use from here on out! They give me a way to oil paint without concerns because they use a walnut binder which makes it much more workable so I can just thin it out with a bit of walnut oil or an alkyd. I can keep my studio solvent free while working with my dream medium!
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Gradually, I've been replacing my tubes with M Graham paints. I like their consistency and coverage. When I see the prices of some of the "higher end" brands, I'm satisfied that Graham oils are a tremendous bargain for a really good paint.
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As I strive for a solvent-free studio, this is the brand of paint I use 95% of the time. I find the texture to be fantastic. It does have a tendency to separate in the tube. Working the tube with your fingers with the cap still on can help a little. I do wish better quality tubes were utilized as a couple of mine have leaked. I also like the fact that it's manufactured in the Pacific NW (which is where I live). Although, you can buy less expensive oil paint, I believe this is the best quality for the money. It's virtually odorless.
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Well, with 2010 on the horizon I thought it'd be a pretty good idea to look back on 2009. I have to say, for the most part 2009 has treated me pretty decent.
February brought Valentine's Day. Dustin isn't a huge celebrator of the holiday and I used to love it but have kind of lost that love over the years. I've never had a really FANTASTIC Valentine's Day. However, this year was kind of amazing. First off, Dustin bought me FLOWERS (among other things). He never buys me flowers. In fact, the only other time he has was when he proposed. It it was pretty monumental. Needless to say I was a pretty happy girl. We had dinner than night with some of our favorite couples at Buca's, which was AMAZING and so much fun. I have to say that Valentine's Day is really best spent with LOTS of people that you love. This Valentine's Day definitely went down in the record books as one of my favorites.
In March we celebrated my sister in law Taryn's 21st birthday. Oh my gosh. So much fun. First of all, I have to say that I am darn lucky that I ended up with a sister in law like Taryn. I hear all these stories about people not liking their in laws and it always made me worry that the same thing would happen to me. Fortunately it didn't. So for Taryn's 21st I wanted her to have fun. We went out to dinner with a bunch of Taryn's friends at Pier 500 in Hudson and then afterwards went to downtown River Falls for more drinks. It was almost weird having Taryn down at the bars with us but it was SO nice not having to leave her behind anymore. Then again, Taryn being 21 makes me feel VERY old. Yikes!
April brought Monte into our lives. And it's funny because we weren't even planning on getting a puppy. I remember telling people that we were not getting a dog until we own our own place. And truly we were going to stick to that. We were planning on going to the movies the day we got Monte. And we were early. So we decided to go to the pet store in town to look at the puppies. And that's where we saw this little toy poodle who was ON SALE. What?? How on earth do puppies go on sale? Oh was a little too old and not selling. And we asked to hold him. He was so sweet and cute and cuddly. And that was it. Rather than see a movie that day we went home with our new puppy, who we eventually named Montego (after Montego Bay, Jamaica). Monte is seriously the best decision we have ever made. Would not take it back for a second.
May was one of those months where nothing huge happened but it was also a good month. We went up to my parents' for Mother's Day weekend which was super nice and relaxing. Ryan, my brother, was up with his girlfriend Sara too. We spent the entire day Saturday just hanging out and spending time together. We all went to the movies together and to dinner. And Mother's Day we had brunch out at Famous Dave's. It was fantastic and every time we're up in Hayward I wonder how I could ever have hated that town! We even managed to go out on the pontoon that Sunday before we left. It was freezing, hence the sweater that Monte's wearing, but fun. That's my mom and Monte hanging out enjoying the water!
In June Dustin turned 26 and my brother turned 24. Yikes, that makes me feel old! We celebrated Dustin's birthday by going out to a Twins game and then going downtown for drinks. The Twins game was so much fun and I love that it's something that Dustin and I enjoy doing together. The bars were… interesting. That was the night that some random girls were trying to hook up with much older guys. Yuck. ANYWAY! June also brought the first time that Dustin went out of town for work. He was gone for two nights and it was a little weird. Dustin and I don't tend to spend a lot of time away from each other because we LIKE hanging out with each other. But it ended up okay and, in the end, I kind of liked having a little time to myself. Well, a little time to myself with the pets, of course.
July brought proposals, weddings and house hunting. In July I found out that my good friend, Tim, proposed to his girlfriend LeAnne. FINALLY. Tim is one of those people that you just can't help but like. He's an all around good guy and when we first met we had all these conversations about dating and hating it. Needless to say, things have changed a little bit since then and I'm so happy for both Tim and LeAnne. They're an awesome couple. We also went to a wedding in July, my cousin Jason married Maggie. So much fun to go to family weddings because, well, I come from an amazing family. AND Dustin and I made the decision to start looking at houses. We looked at a ton of townhomes and even found a few that we really liked, including one that I hope one day we'll go for. It was a really interesting experience and, in the end, we decided to put off buying a house for maybe a year. However, it was good to see what's out there and hopefully we'll have our own place soon. Especially if it's like the townhome I was with the AMAZING master bedroom. Eep!
August brought ANOTHER wedding as well as a fairly monumental birthday for a friend of mine. First was the birthday. My ex, Rich, turned 30. It was a little bizarre at first, the idea of driving out of the cities to help celebrate his big birthday. At the same time, despite our bad breakup Rich and I have been there for each other and in the end I consider him a really good guy. So D and I went and although it was a little dramatic, it was still fun. Also in August was the wedding of two of our good friends, Morgan and David. They've been together longer than we have and it was awesome to be attending their wedding. Dustin was a groomsman, which was a little weird for me but I ended up making new friends, including Lindsay, who is amazing, and it was a really fun event! This is a pic of Morgan, the bride, with her sister and another friend of ours, Steph.
And yes, September brought another wedding, along with our 1 year wedding anniversary AND my 26th birthday. September is always a packed month. First and foremost was my 26th birthday, which was spent with good friends. Can't ask for anything more than that! Then there was the wedding of Dustin's cousin, Shawn, and Julia. We lived with Shawn for 2 years and it was just awesome to see him and Julia so happy. The wedding was TONS of fun. Finally came our one year wedding anniversary. How does time fly so fast? We went up to Duluth, MN and spent time at the aquarium, the beach and going to some of our favorite restaurants. It was so relaxing and a perfect way for us to celebrate one year of marriage.
October was one of those months in which not much happened but a lot of little things happened. We went up to my parents' for the weekend and had one of those fantastic CHILL weekends that I love having up in Hayward. I got a really weird phone call at work that reminded me that giving your name out to every random stranger may not be the world's best idea and that some people take their beliefs way too far. I also found out that it's going to get harder and harder to be friends with people at work and that I really need to work hard to separate work from personal life if I want to move up in the company. AND we dealt with the first time that Monte was pretty sick which was kind of scary. It's never fun to see a pet in pain, especially when they can't tell you exactly what's wrong.
In November I participated in NaNoWriMo 2009. This year was my second year participating and I came up with a plan that really, really helped me. I basically tried to write 1667 words every day, doubling that on my days off. I took a few days off throughout the month but near the end of the month I won, my second year in a row. It's such a great feeling and NaNo reminds me how much I love writing and how one day I'd love to somehow find a profession doing the thing that I love. Also in November was a very low key, chill Thanksgiving with my inlaws and a really crazy Black Friday that made me realize that I NEVER want to work Black Friday again. And finally in November, I got bangs! Not a huge thing but I LOVE them! I don't think I'll ever have long bangs again.
And we are finally to December. This month has been so good. Okay, and a smidge bad. We won't mention that flat tire or the mean customer. In December I reached my 200th entry with this blog which is HUGE! I have the habit of getting bored easily and I want to say that this is the longest I've stuck at a blog address. It's home. I also helped my good friend, Ash, celebrate her 23rd birthday and made some pretty great and totally doable new year resolutions. Finally, Dustin and I went to Illinois for Christmas, Dustin's first Christmas with my side of the family. Hopefully we didn't scare him TOO much! It was amazing to finally have him there and to spend such an important holiday with some of my most favorite people. Although all the dogs were kind of crazy it was a fantastic Christmas.
All in all 2009 has been a pretty fantastic year. I'm lucky to be surrounded by friends and family that I love and who love me. I'm so lucky to have Dustin, who is such a fantastic husband as well as my best friend. And I truly cannot wait to see what 2010 has in store for us.
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For Mike Angelidis, one of the strengths of the Syracuse Crunch is its ability to remain positive.
Down by a goal in the third period to the Norfolk Admirals at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday, the Crunch captain knew if his team poured on the pressure, it would find the game-tying goal.
Syracuse outshot Norfolk 23-4 in the third, finding the equalizer midway through the frame and and ultimately winning the game, 3-2, in the shootout. The Crunch has won five straight and seven of its last eight.
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Dustin Tokarski allowed 2 goals on 20 shots before stopping 2 of 4 shooters in the penalty shot session to secure the win.
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Second Period
NOR Palmieri, (12) (Holland), 2:32 (PP)
NOR Palmieri, (13) , 7:34 (PP)
SYR Gauthier, (4) (Conacher, Killorn), 15:57
Third Period
SYR Labrie, (8) (Korobov, Angelidis), 13:16
NOR- Holland, Etem
SYR- Wyman, Palat, Nightingale, Panik
Jared Nightingale and Danick Gauthier were the game's first and third stars. Both may be called on to shoulder a bigger load with the NHL lockout over with.
Those looking for clues on who might go up to Tampa for the abbreviated training camp got very few from tonight's lineup. Perhaps tomorrow's game against Rochester will help yield a better picture with camps around the NHL set to open on Sunday.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
In possibly their last game together as a group, Syracuse gets a win...
Dustin Tokarski allowed 3 goals on 31 shots for the victory.
First Period
SYR Connolly, (14) (Gauthier, Korobov), 10:25
RCH Mancari, (9) (Porter, Finley), 13:14
Second Period
SYR Panik, (18) (Palat, Cote), 6:50
SYR Angelidis, (6) (Killorn, Taormina), 10:54
RCH Adam, (8) (Rankin, Brennan), 19:26 (PP)
Third Period
RCH Flynn, (11) (Tarnasky), 11:25
SYR Gauthier, (3) (Connolly, Devos), 12:20
SYR Wyman, (3) (Killorn), 18:11
Brett Connolly and Mike Angelidis were the game's first and second stars. If Lightning camp does indeed get going this weekend, tonight may have been Connolly's last in a Crunch jersey.
Richard Panik (pictured) is just 1 goal shy of his total from all of last season, and the Panik attack might well be deserving of at least an abbreviated training camp look.
Alex Killorn has 5 multi-point games in his last 10 outings. He's another one who might deserve a look.
Good to see Ondrej Palat back after getting banged up in the first game in Norfolk over the weekend. He is one of those guys who is the straw that stirs the drink.
Things get interesting now. The team has a game against Norfolk in Syracuse on Friday night. Speculation around the league earlier this week had most training camps opening on Saturday. Head Coach Jon Cooper made a comment about possibly losing a lot of his current roster to the NHL, presumably for an abbreviated camp as the Lightning evaluate whether it's smart (I think it is) to add a couple of these AHLers who have been playing well and don't have any rust to shake off. Watch the transaction wire the next couple of days, because you might see callups from Florida of the ECHL that signal what's to come.
Crunch sweep homecoming weekend in dramatic fashion.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 3 goals on 25 shots for the victory after Jon Cooper chose to pass over Riku Helenius for the start and keep the same netminder for the back end of the two game set. We'll see if Riku goes on Wednesday or if Cooper has evoked the "stick with a winner" selection process.
Second Period
NOR Kurtz, (3) (Vatanen, Rosehill), 2:54
SYR Killorn, (13) (Wyman, Gudas), 3:48
NOR Maroon, (10) (Vatanen, Sexton), 12:28 (PP)
SYR Namestnikov, (2) (Labrie), 17:58
Third Period
SYR Panik, (17) (Connolly, Cote), 3:46
NOR Palmieri, (11) (Vatanen), 11:39 (PP)
SYR Connolly, (13) (Killorn), 2:21
Brett Connolly was the game's first star. He's been pretty consistent all season, statistically. If you look at his last 22 games, for instance, he was only held off the scoresheet in 6 of those games. That's got to make Coach Cooper, and Guy Boucher for that matter, smile.
Richard Panik is now just 2 goals shy from his total of all last season. The Panik attack has lit the lamp 4 times in the last 3 games.
Vladislav Namestnikov is also consistently finding the scoresheet since his return from injury. He got his second pro goal tonight and he has 2 goals and 3 points in the 5 games since he came off the shelf.
Alex Killorn had his 4th multi-point game in his last 9 outings. He was chipping in singles in the early part of the season, but now he's starting to really pick up steam in his rookie campaign.
Syracuse moves on Wednesday to face Rochester.
For tonight, Tic and the Crunch are still the Kings of Norfolk.
Dustin Tokarski (pictured) stopped all 22 shots he faced for the shutout. The comfort of the old barn? Extra concentration going against his old uniform? Whatever it was, he put up the forcefield tonight in the Crunch players' return to the scene of many of their greatest career triumphs.
First Period
SYR Panik, (16) , 2:28 (PP)
SYR Johnson, (20) , 14:50
Second Period
Third Period
SYR Aulie, (3) (Killorn), 17:04
Tyler Johnson, Tokarski, and Richard Panik were the game's three stars. On January 4th, TJ becomes the first Syracuse player to reach the 20 goal plateau. The Panik attack, for his part, is now just 3 goals shy of his total from all of last season.
Vladislav Namestnikov checked first pro goal off his list recently, and tonight he had his first pro fight. So, that's all the low hanging fruit. Now he's got to move on to first pro multi-point game, first pro hat trick, etc. Right?
Let's be honest: there was no way in hell the Crunch were losing this game. They held Norfolk to just 11 shots on goal through 2 periods and it was pretty clear how focused the team was. They weren't going to stub their toe in the homecoming game. It just wasn't happening. Credit to the Admirals, they clearly wanted it badly, too.
Now, tomorrow night holds some intrigue. Presumably Riku Helenius will go in net and he doesn't have as fond a set of memories about Scope. It'll also be interesting to see Riku go against his teammate from last season in JYP, Sami Vatanen, who was a stellar defenseman in the SM-liiga. They won a championship together last season. But, that was last season.
Panik brings the fireworks on New Year's Eve.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 1 goal on 19 shots for the victory, completing 2012 with a solid performance that will hopefully set the tone for 2013. He came within 2 seconds of a shutout.
Second Period
SYR Panik, (14) (Connolly), 16:53
Third Period
SYR Panik, (15) (Johnson, Palat), 0:33 (PP)
WBS Smith, (11) (Dumoulin), 19:59 (PP)
Richard Panik, Tokarski, and Brett Connolly were the game's three stars. Panik's 15 goals are already just 4 shy of his total from all of his rookie campaign last year.
Syracuse heads to the old barn, Scope in Norfolk, for a 2 game set starting Friday night. The Admirals are currently last in the East Division, while the Crunch finish 2012 in first place in the Eastern Conference. That's pretty good for a Crunch team that has yet to achieve the consistency that last year's Calder Cup champs had in the second half of the season and the playoffs.
It was a night of firsts for the Syracuse Crunch.
Vladislav Namestnikov notched his first professional goal and Cory Conacher registered his first Gordie Howe hat trick Saturday at the Onondaga County War Memorial.
But unfortunately for the Crunch, the firsts didn't stop there.
The St. John's IceCaps registered their first victory of the year after trailing at the first intermission, as the Crunch blew a 4-0 lead in a 5-4 overtime loss.
"I wish I was a little happier about it," Conacher said of his achievement. "Maybe sometime down the road I can get it and get a victory out of it, too."
Crunch's epic collapse ends in overtime defeat.
Riku Helenius allowed 5 goals on 33 shots for the overtime loss in his first start since returning from Finland over the holiday break. A goaltender of his caliber should not be coughing up a 4 goal lead, and goaltending remains one of the big question marks of this Syracuse team.
First Period
SYR Conacher, (12) (Labrie, Barberio), 15:50
SYR Killorn, (12) (Oberg), 18:25 (PP)
Second Period
SYR Aulie, (2) (Killorn, Conacher), 5:20
SYR Namestnikov, (1) (Connolly, Palat), 7:40 (PP)
STJ O'Dell, (5) (Mouillierat, Klingberg), 8:31
STJ Postma, (6) (Clark), 11:15
Third Period
STJ Gregoire, (6) (O'Dell, Maxwell), 1:53
STJ O'Neill, (1) , 7:32
STJ Chiarot, (1) (Maxwell, Macenauer), 4:40
Cory Conacher was the game's second star.
Congratulations to Vladislav Namestnikov on his first goal as a professional.
This loss is going to leave a sour, sour taste in Syracuse's mouth. They built a 4-0 lead and looked to be cruising before the wheels started coming off, particularly in a third period where they were outshot, 10-3. Along with mediocre goaltending, the tendency to only play 40 quality minutes of hockey rather than a full 60 has been a big bugaboo for this team. And, if Syracuse is going to try to grab a championship this season, those are two things they desperately need to remedy.
Syracuse is at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Monday, where they'll try to vindicate themselves after tonight's performance.
As the Syracuse Crunch took the ice for warmups, they looked across the ice at something that gave them a range of emotions.
It was different. It was weird. It was somewhat-familiar.
It was the same bright blue, yellow and red Norfolk Admirals uniforms that most of the team wore last year during their amazing winning streak and ensuing run to the Calder Cup championship.
"You step out and you're skating around and you see them coming out of their lockerroom, and you're like 'Jeez, those jerseys look pretty familiar,'" Crunch defenseman Mark Barberio said. "After that, it comes down to you're playing hockey and they're the opposition."
Syracuse, the new affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, scored three power play goals in a 4-2 win over Norfolk, the former farm team, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday.
TJ and old Admirals beat down new Admirals.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 2 goals on 18 shots for the victory. He's won his last 2 starts, but his save percentage has dwindled all the way down to .901 after being at .913 to start the month of December. It's absolutely a cause for concern.
First Period
SYR Barberio, (6) (Connolly, Johnson), 9:42 (PP)
SYR Killorn, (11) (Namestnikov, Oberg), 12:12 (PP)
Second Period
NOR Palmieri, (10) , 7:19
Third Period
SYR Palat, (4) (Taormina, Johnson), 5:00
NOR Vatanen, (4) (Maroon, Wagner), 10:54
SYR Connolly, (13) (Panik, Palat), 16:15 (PP)
Tyler Johnson (pictured) and Richard Panik were the game's first and second stars. Panik attack y'all. Johnson's tied for 3rd in the league in scoring and is 2nd in goals. Unfortunately, given that 3/4 of Edmonton's NHL team is playing in Oklahoma City during the lockout, it's probably going to be tough for him to catch Jordan Eberle. Still, 3rd in the AHL in scoring during a lockout is damned impressive.
After giving the red light a one game holiday vacation, Alex Killorn scored yet another goal. That's 8 in his last 10 games. He's one of several guys, with Ondrej Palat also on that list, who might be playing themselves into contention for NHL jobs if the lockout ever lifts. It's an honest question the organization would have to ask itself: do you get more from a Tom Pyatt or a B.J. Crombeen than you'd get from a Killorn, Johnson, Conacher, Palat, Panik, etc?
Congrats to Vladislav Namestnikov on picking up a helper in his first game back since going on the shelf 2 months ago.
Syracuse faces the St. John's IceCaps tomorrow, with the Baby Thrasher-Jets still reeling from last year's Eastern Finals sweep and in dead last in the Atlantic Division.