josie

I have this problem, but I don't play hockey. I'm just built wrong. All thighs, no waist. But not what the kids call thicc. Just... ungainly and squishy and average. And I can't afford to have anything tailored. I didn't know people actually tailored their jeans unless they were really wealthy. But I guess if I was a pro hockey player, I could afford to do that. I feel like I remember there being a company around for awhile that marketed its jeans to hockey players and weight lifters specifically... I see they mention GongShow but I thought there was another one...

Officer Bob is NOT on the case apparently... turn in your badge, sir

Mine just shows of my sociopathic side that sits around reading about disasters. I'd just finished a really solid book about the Donner Party. You hear all the jokes but you never really hear the whole story. Speaking of tragedies and random, just about finished another book about the sinking of El Faro, a container/cargo ship that went down in Hurricane Joaquin in 2015. Which leads to me lying in bed reading wikipedia thread after wikipedia thread about varying maritime disasters... I need help.

Dammit Dave I was literally typing mine when you beat me to the punch. THat's what I get for being a long winded waste of bandwidth

Donner got to lead once. He led his party of reindeer into the snowy Sierra Nevada in hopes of reaching the homes in California and well... no one knew reindeer were cannibals until the tragedy of Donner's Party happened. They tell you they hired Rudolph for his shiny nose, so they could see their way in the fog... they don't tell you about the blizzards. Donner doesn't lead anymore. ..."fun" random fact... one of the spots where part of the Donner Party perished is where the Sugar Bowl ski resort is, due to the large amounts of snow that fall there.

Luckily there's not a TON he can do about that just yet other than bloviate and cause a fight because... that's what he does, since he clearly doesn't actually know how laws are enacted or how bureaucracy functions. He can slow it down, but money has already been allocated because of the Stafford Act and will continue to flow for awhile. Once you declare an emergency, you cannot un-declare it- the act follows through with allocated funding until depleted or no longer necessary. But he can screw things up down the line assuming nothing checks his actions. Should all the folks still living in shelters and cars need more (which yes, they probably will), it won't be there. and oh.. it's hardly "billions" of dollars. I believe it's more around 50 million. sort of unrelated, but I wonder how Puerto Rico is doing, since they're American and all... 43 billion estimate I think, in damage. Plus a population dive as people leave.

Bio, you should go to the concert with your mama, then get on a plane, fly here, enjoy some bourbon with dark and I at some of the fancy places downtown I never have time/reason to go to, see as many games as you can in 3 days (beauts bandits sabres whatever else), then go back to Colorado, with me stowed securely in your carryon luggage (I'm bendy) and then set me free in the mountains.

A better metaphor would be the donkey at the bottom of a well. Paraphrasing but, make it two to fit the parable. A team of donkeys fall into a pit. They bray and bray and the town comes out and stares at them pitifully "there's no way to save them, I guess bury the poor things and put them out of their misery". As the dirt falls onto them, shovelful by shovelful, one donkey sinks to its knees, braying pitifully, and succumbs to suffocation. The other donkey continuously shakes the dirt off, stepping up on the newly made ground until it walks out of the pit, a survivor. Of course if you know animals and drive ot live you know that's BS too because the doomed ass would follow the smart ass out of the pit... and the humans around the edge burying them alive are cruel and idiotic in their own right. So we need a really good smart ass and some smart supporters who may be helping by hindering and... ah screw it Hooray metaphors!!

Who wants mouse butter anyway chunky AND squeaky

oh for f's sake picture's a couple years old (painted it on his bday in 2017). They're longer now, I promise. Now they crack and break and tear constantly on the aerial equipment I work with and I can't rock climb with them, but I grow them out because between strangers and Carter's dad, I'm so sick of hearing about it. I'm an anxious wreck and chewed my nails for pretty much all of my life. Now i just rip my hair out and tear my skin apart instead. People don't comment on it as much. Gotta make sure the damn nails are pretty. They were slightly longer than this picture and I went to get my first manicure ever. Owner of the salon made fun of me the entire time, tut-tutting at my hands and saying "no man will ever want you with hands like that". Then he stole the tip I gave to the non-english speaking terrified nail tech.

Who's sticking their nose in my what now

Y’all need a frickin beer or six

Yada yada backlash uber offended people etc etc, it's existed since the dawn of time, keyboard warriors and college kids are no new development that are hurting shock comedians any more than anyone ever did. Pendulum swings, but it really doesn't change much overall. What it comes down to is, if you're going to be an ***** with edgy content, be a funny ***** with edgy content. And right now the delivery is exasperated and smacks of desperation. Any username69 on the internet can go "hm, what's the edgiest thing I can crack a joke about and really "go there" with?" and then fade into the goingtohellforthis or cringeanarchy reddit threads and circle jerks. CK looks like he's going through a period that he would've made fun of viciously were he watching himself. I'd feel pity for the guy if I felt he cared about improving. If you're going to make searing comedy on the oversensitive/changing culture, which can be important, be innovative and don't just grab the low hanging fruit that's been meme'd to death for 4 years straight already. Course, most of the backlash is due to CK turning out to be a major idiot, and that makes audiences quite a bit less willing to give him back his career and status. He just went full old-school ranting uncle at thanksgiving on top of it.

This is the part I’ve gotten fairly cynical about. I’m totally for a few kid oriented things in a game, something to help junior remember his or her first experiences with hockey as a fun time with family but yeah... the “family friendly” focused kinda drives me bananas. We don’t need wasted, vile epithet spewing idiots hollering like elephant seal bulls on the beach (just go to a Bills game for that I hear) but everything is just so... cartoony. I want style, not bubble letters. One “aww” moment a game where some dude interviews a shy kid who accidentally scream mumbles into the mic. Not every damn break. Let the kids enjoy a hockey game for hockey, not distract them with games every 30 seconds. So marketed to. Sabres, the app! Now streaming! They can’t even afford those 13 dollar beers yet! Wonder if that’s something that’ll improve as we do. I’ve been thinking about this topic in general since I went to my first Bandits game last Friday. That old college hockey feel was there. That place was pretty well attended and the crowd was FEELING it. It was also “family friendly” but boy... it didn’t feel pandering. Maybe it’s the constant music. Even had a couple f bombs in there! Oh no protect the kids! (Who were so into it and calling for blood like the little thunderdome initiates they are). The stop start of hockey music (does anyone know why, btw? Not like lacrosse guys can hear any better than hockey players on ice) kinda jolts you in and out if the play is lacking, so they string it together with Disney-esque cute factor. Dunno. I’ve never disliked being at a game, but after the constant roar of the NLL game (which took me totally by surprise) I see the lacking more and more. Are other NHL teams so kid focused? It seems pro teams have become geared for the family and the college teams is where you go for a more uh... adult/traditional/old school piss on Eddie shore hockey feel.

Good lord y'all I'm gonna have to bust out a GDT illustrated infographic at this rate

I have 3 hours of aerial teaching and practice tomorrow night- I will not be tuning in. And I'm stupid and superstitious, so maybe that's a good thing. I've watched or listened to the last few. Hmpf.

This is how I feel about a lot of the people I know from Ringling and RIT. Any major movie with CGI in it- guarantee I know a few of the artists. Any Pixar or Disney movie- same thing. Girl I used to work with did a bunch of concept art for the new Spyro the Dragon game, former male coworker had a lot of work in the new Spiderverse movie and hob nobs with all my artistic idols (he's a bit of a jerk or I'd reach out more haha), got some friends working on Overwatch/other Blizzard things... they all "made it" or are financially stable through art and I never really did. It can be maddening, but you just have to find your thing and effin' go for it. I get discouraged super duper easily (my whinings on this forum are proof enough)- you just gotta do it if it makes you happy. I think most people just really dig authenticity. ---- Anyways, back to Bills stuff!

Here's my Kyle. He's taking off on twitter right now... never underestimate the love for a good man/player.

Current one for Sunday... god, I should take time off more often. Suddenly I just want to paint a bunch.

If something goes wrong tonight, blame me, I painted Skinner.

I’ve drank more in the last 48 hours than I have in the last few months combined. Coping mechanisms- Politics and semi rural Ohio- hooray! raise a cup of cheer (if that’s your thing) and best wishes to you all. Merry Christmas y’all- be good to each other. And have a bugout bag ready if others aren’t playing by the same rule haha

I see it. The blue bow’s curve makes an R in my quick glance and the brain fills in the rest of that sound. Should’ve gone with round bulb ornaments.

Unless you're Chara and play with a stick of rebar stolen off a local skyscraper construction site...

My personal gripe is that there are too many games. By the time we get to the Final, the teams are beat-up and tired and I've found the hockey to often be more lackluster than expected for the Best Of The Sport. Best of 7 is just too many for the first couple rounds. Best of 5, then maybe 7 for the final... I mean sure, you get that incentive to sweep so you get a break, it's all about endurance, travel will suck either way, blah blah but I like good, energetic hockey. And a half injured, exhausted team slogging it out in round 2 just makes it look hard and arduous rather than powerful and awesome. but everyone else is talking seeds, so ignore if I'm off topic

I've always tied my skates that way. I needed the flexibility- I learned to skate in an ancient pair of figure skates that had zero stability through the ankle, and I simply become a wooden cigar shop statue if I lace 'em up fully. But I also spiral fractured my ankle in that exact spot when I caught a bad rut in the ice sooo...... I personally see that bolded correlation pretty clearly... and to that point, I remember the ankle injury Eichel got a while ago- I got several texts that day from beer league buddies going "Eichel did exactly what you did omg" but somehow he just sprained it all over snapping bones. Maybe he tied 'em looser than me haha