The last few days have been dark and rainy. It looked like the sun was setting today at 2:15 – it’s been that dark. Maybe that’s what it feels like to live in a place close to the North Pole where they experience 20 hours of darkness a day. I found myself thinking about the shiny white brightness of my snowshoeing adventure last week. I need to go back up there again soon. Looks like there’s lots of snow up there these days.
I’m happy not be driving downtown right now. Mike’s got the next couple of days off, so I get a break from my Shaw Shuttle Service job. A couple of Mike’s co-workers live near us, and since we understand the indignities of taking public transit, we drop them off on the way home. One of the guys jokingly asked me if I’d still come pick him up even if Mike wasn’t working. Heh.
NO.
Mike and I spent the evening in and watched 3 episodes of the HBO Documentary about The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals. I was sorta interested, but frankly, kinda bored with the whole Ovechkin and Crosby adversary thing and I wasn’t really sure why I even asked Mike to PVR it for us. I wasn’t expecting much, but was definitely curious.
Within 15 minutes, I was fully engrossed and could not stop watching. Maybe I’m nosy, but I really love seeing day-to-day footage of really skilled people. I warmed up to all the players – especially the Penguins’ goalie, Fleury. I KNOW! No one is more surprised than me. The Capital’s coach is a bit tough to take, but whatever. Even Ovechkin had a friendly side to him – maybe it was that footage of him eating his mom’s cabbage rolls with his family? And the house where he was eating his dinner? Nothing like the gold house with the miniature giraffe commercial at all! Gah! Why are you making these guys so likable, documentary film makers?
Spoiler alert: Crosby TOTALLY SWEARS! He dropped the f-bomb! I always thought of him as a quiet/soft spoken soldier-type. Nope. Potty mouth. Actually, they were all pretty sweary – just like Slap Shot.
If you get a chance to watch the documentary, I highly recommend it. I think the camera people had full access, the cinematography and editing was great, and if you don’t know how the shoot-out works, they explain it in great detail. I know. I thought that was pretty straight forward, but they spent about 10 minutes near the second last episode on a Shoot-Out 101 explanation. Turns out I knew it all already.
I also enjoyed Evgeni Malkin’s English – I’m not making fun. I’d be in BIG trouble if I ever had to speak Russian to anyone, let alone to anyone in Russia. But when LoveJoy got hit in the head with a puck, Malkin consoled him by saying, “Girls love!” and patted him on the shoulder while pointing to his stitches on his face. Unfortunately Lovejoy’s head swelled up like the Elephant Man. OUCH. I hope he’s okay! See what this show did to me? They are real people! With kids! And they celebrate Christmas! And they play video games.
I have to say one thing, though, Pittsburgh seems like the team having the most fun. I’m sorry, Capitals, but that was my conclusion after the first 3 parts. Mike’s PVRing the last part. We’ll watch it on the weekend.
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