So, living in a warmer place now has not spared me from my semi-annual sinus-infection/ chest-cold/ my-head-is-exploding-and-my-chest-is-on-fire,-whatever-this-is thing. I usually got something heinous like this every spring (and sometimes in the fall, too) when I lived in NY - it was always a combination of the obnoxious spring weather (50's one day, below-freezing again the next) and it being that time in the semester when I was super-stressed-out and exhausted and I was just ready to quit school and go live as a hermit in the mountains somewhere. I got a wretched sinus infection (think: extreme vertigo for weeks) which knocked me on my ass the first spring I lived in Syracuse, and ever since then, feeling miserable all through spring has been a constant of my existance.
I was expecting I'd manage to skip all the usual mess this spring, though - less because now I live somewhere warm (tho' I thought the consistency of the weather here might help - 80 degrees and sunny every damn day, whether I like it or not), and more because I am not in school right now, and not at all stressed out. I am totally housewife-ing it right now. I don't have to leave the house all day if I don't want to. I don't even have to put on underwear if I don't want to! I never see another living soul all day long. It. is. great!
Except somehow I managed to get sick anyway. It's been like, two and a half weeks now, and I can't seem to shake this. I have been trying to rest a lot, but when you don't really do anything all day long to begin with, it's hard to chill out more. I finally went to a doc this week, and he prescribed some awful thing for me... which I'm not taking (with the blessing of my doctor mom, who thinks I can beat this on my own). I don't think I am that sick right now, really. I go through these periods like that running gag in Monty Python's Holy Grail: "I'm not dead yet... I'm getting better..." But then the thing comes along and clubs me again, and I feel terrible again the next day. Why can't I just have a nice, steady progression toward wellness? What's with this two-steps-forward, one-step-back thing? I am getting a little tired of it.
Speaking of tired, I'm off to bed now. Just three more posts to go and that <10 blogs thing will be off my pic! Yay!
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04/04/2007 23:24 #38751
sick.Category: health & fitness!
03/25/2007 23:37 #38619
more ties to BuffaloCategory: family
So (in a completely non-hockey-related post, for a change) my brother-in-law is going to be attending UB starting in the fall.
He's got the same thing going that I have: late twenties, still in school, still trying to figure out what the heck to do with your life.
Anyway, I'm going to tell him to get on this site, so he can meet some ((e:))peeps before he moves to town. Who knows if he will listen to me, but he oughta! I know what's good for him!
He's got the same thing going that I have: late twenties, still in school, still trying to figure out what the heck to do with your life.
Anyway, I'm going to tell him to get on this site, so he can meet some ((e:))peeps before he moves to town. Who knows if he will listen to me, but he oughta! I know what's good for him!
03/25/2007 23:19 #38617
more blathering about hockeyCategory: hockey
(e:metalpeter) said, in the comments to my last post:
That brings up another Point Where do the Carolina Huricanes and Carolina Panthers play cause there is no such state as Carolina. There is North Carolina and South Carolina. but isn't carolina as one state or area pre civil war. I really know the reason they name them that is so that fans in both states will like them, just busting balls a little bit.
Well, a lot of the reason teams would choose a name like that, aside from trying to rope in as many fans as possible, is that they don't actually play in a big city, but rather in the outlying suburbs of a big city, because that's where there was room to build a big new sports arena.
Take the Florida Panthers, for instance. If they were to be named after the biggest city in the area, they'd be called the Miami Panthers. But they don't play in Miami. They don't even play in the same county as Miami - their arena is in Sunrise, FL, which is a far-flung suburb of Ft. Lauderdale. But Ft. Lauderdale is definitely not a big enough city to support a hockey team, and besides, they don't really play in Ft. Lauderdale, either. So what do you call them? The Sunrise Panthers? No one outside this area knows where Sunrise is. The Greater Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Metropolitan Area Panthers? That's a bit wordy. Naming them after an entire state is kind of dumb, I agree, but given the situation, it was probably the best option.
If you look at the other teams not named after cities, you'll see the same sort of thing. The Newark Devils? Ehh, no. The St. Paul Wild? Not so much. The Raleigh Hurricanes? Well, Raleigh is not really the part of the state known for facing hurricanes...
The two that kind of surprise me are the Colorado Avalanche (they play in Denver, which is a big enough city) - but didn't they try to have a hockey team in Denver once before the Avs and it failed? So that's why they went with "Colorado" for the name there, I think... But the San Jose Sharks? It's not like San Jose is really a big, well-known city, at least not relative to nearby San Francisco and Oakland. That's one place where I would've figured they'd go for a more regional name.
Ehh, whatever. Team naming is weird.
That brings up another Point Where do the Carolina Huricanes and Carolina Panthers play cause there is no such state as Carolina. There is North Carolina and South Carolina. but isn't carolina as one state or area pre civil war. I really know the reason they name them that is so that fans in both states will like them, just busting balls a little bit.
Well, a lot of the reason teams would choose a name like that, aside from trying to rope in as many fans as possible, is that they don't actually play in a big city, but rather in the outlying suburbs of a big city, because that's where there was room to build a big new sports arena.
Take the Florida Panthers, for instance. If they were to be named after the biggest city in the area, they'd be called the Miami Panthers. But they don't play in Miami. They don't even play in the same county as Miami - their arena is in Sunrise, FL, which is a far-flung suburb of Ft. Lauderdale. But Ft. Lauderdale is definitely not a big enough city to support a hockey team, and besides, they don't really play in Ft. Lauderdale, either. So what do you call them? The Sunrise Panthers? No one outside this area knows where Sunrise is. The Greater Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Metropolitan Area Panthers? That's a bit wordy. Naming them after an entire state is kind of dumb, I agree, but given the situation, it was probably the best option.
If you look at the other teams not named after cities, you'll see the same sort of thing. The Newark Devils? Ehh, no. The St. Paul Wild? Not so much. The Raleigh Hurricanes? Well, Raleigh is not really the part of the state known for facing hurricanes...
The two that kind of surprise me are the Colorado Avalanche (they play in Denver, which is a big enough city) - but didn't they try to have a hockey team in Denver once before the Avs and it failed? So that's why they went with "Colorado" for the name there, I think... But the San Jose Sharks? It's not like San Jose is really a big, well-known city, at least not relative to nearby San Francisco and Oakland. That's one place where I would've figured they'd go for a more regional name.
Ehh, whatever. Team naming is weird.
03/09/2007 02:36 #38407
while I'm on the subject...Category: hockey
I'm sorry, I don't mean to flood the Latest queue with postings, but I just want to get this out while I'm thinking about it.
My favorite hockey teams
1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes (tie)
7. Buffalo Sabres
8. Detroit Red Wings
Honorable mentions for the Penguins, the Caps, the Sharks, the Ducks, and the Oilers... if they get Ryan Smyth back.
Hockey teams I love to hate (in no particular order)
Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche (I hate the team, but love some of their players), Florida Panthers (my new hometown team - feh). Oh, oh, and the Atlanta Thrashers. Man, they bug me.
There is no rhyme or reason to my dislike of most of these teams.
Ok, that's all I have to say for now (aren't you glad?).
My favorite hockey teams
1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes (tie)
7. Buffalo Sabres
8. Detroit Red Wings
Honorable mentions for the Penguins, the Caps, the Sharks, the Ducks, and the Oilers... if they get Ryan Smyth back.
Hockey teams I love to hate (in no particular order)
Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche (I hate the team, but love some of their players), Florida Panthers (my new hometown team - feh). Oh, oh, and the Atlanta Thrashers. Man, they bug me.
There is no rhyme or reason to my dislike of most of these teams.
Ok, that's all I have to say for now (aren't you glad?).
lizabeth - 03/25/07 22:40
Well, where I am from, the Hurricanes are the closest thing to a hometown hockey team I've got (well, I'm about equal distance from them and the Washington Capitals, but between those two teams, really, which would you pick?), so that's why I like them.
Nashville I like because Nashville is a cool city, and my friend Meg lives there, and she's a big Preds fan. If I didn't have a connection to the place, I probably wouldn't like them all that much, either.
They really are doing well this year, tho'.
Well, where I am from, the Hurricanes are the closest thing to a hometown hockey team I've got (well, I'm about equal distance from them and the Washington Capitals, but between those two teams, really, which would you pick?), so that's why I like them.
Nashville I like because Nashville is a cool city, and my friend Meg lives there, and she's a big Preds fan. If I didn't have a connection to the place, I probably wouldn't like them all that much, either.
They really are doing well this year, tho'.
metalpeter - 03/09/07 18:04
1. Sabres
2. Penguins
I'm not your typical Buffalo fan Who hates the leafs I guess if your going to like a team from Canada they are the team to like. But I'm sorry unless you are from the Area How can you Like Carolina and Nashvile they are both like really new. That brings up another Point Where do the Carolina Huricanes and Carolina Panthers play cause there is no such state as Carolina. There is North Carolina and South Carolina. but isn't carolina as one state or area pre civil war. I really know the reason they name them that is so that fans in both states will like them, just busting balls a little bit. I really can't say to much I've always been a Penguins and Steelers Fan and never really been to Pitsburg. Glad to see that you have decided to keep posting.
1. Sabres
2. Penguins
I'm not your typical Buffalo fan Who hates the leafs I guess if your going to like a team from Canada they are the team to like. But I'm sorry unless you are from the Area How can you Like Carolina and Nashvile they are both like really new. That brings up another Point Where do the Carolina Huricanes and Carolina Panthers play cause there is no such state as Carolina. There is North Carolina and South Carolina. but isn't carolina as one state or area pre civil war. I really know the reason they name them that is so that fans in both states will like them, just busting balls a little bit. I really can't say to much I've always been a Penguins and Steelers Fan and never really been to Pitsburg. Glad to see that you have decided to keep posting.
vincent - 03/09/07 10:41
GO LEAFS GO!!!!
GO LEAFS GO!!!!
03/09/2007 02:15 #38406
hockey in the B'loCategory: hockey
Ok, I'm posting, 'cause I'm sick of having that <10 blogs thing on my userpic.
What'd y'all think about the Sabres this year? My husband is convinced they're going to the Cup finals. I am not so sure, but even if they are, if they're playing Nashville, I'm going to have to root against them again. Sorry.
I want to like the Sabres, but I just keep running up against little things that kind of annoy me about them. I will say this, tho' - Ryan Miller has been great for my fantasy hockey team this year. Hasek posts better numbers, when he plays, but he is old and creaky and therefore does not see nearly as much ice time as Miller (and Hasek's hurt right now, anyway, which is why I am trying to get rid of him).
Of course, now that it is almost fantasy-playoffs-time, and I'm counting on him more than ever, I get something like this from Miller:
Argh. I know it's not all his fault, but man. They're going to have to do better if they really want to be in that Cup final this year.
I'm also mad that I didn't grab Paul Stastny while he was still free in our league, but that is a post for another time.
What'd y'all think about the Sabres this year? My husband is convinced they're going to the Cup finals. I am not so sure, but even if they are, if they're playing Nashville, I'm going to have to root against them again. Sorry.
I want to like the Sabres, but I just keep running up against little things that kind of annoy me about them. I will say this, tho' - Ryan Miller has been great for my fantasy hockey team this year. Hasek posts better numbers, when he plays, but he is old and creaky and therefore does not see nearly as much ice time as Miller (and Hasek's hurt right now, anyway, which is why I am trying to get rid of him).
Of course, now that it is almost fantasy-playoffs-time, and I'm counting on him more than ever, I get something like this from Miller:
Argh. I know it's not all his fault, but man. They're going to have to do better if they really want to be in that Cup final this year.
I'm also mad that I didn't grab Paul Stastny while he was still free in our league, but that is a post for another time.
There are some excellent points made in that post. But there is one factor that I forgot about, that might be a factor. Say the Florida Panthers (no idea where the play) decided to move then they wouldn't have to change the name. A good example is the Raiders I have lost count of the times the have moved between LA and Oakland. The names that bother Me are the New York Giants and Jets neither team plays in NY state. That is right the Buffalo Bills are the only NFL team that plays in NY State and a lot of people don't know that. I also wonder if name new teams after states is a way to try to get the college fans into the game. The reason I say that is a lot of teams are named after the state like the Florida Gators.
Best of all- the New England Patriots. New England isn't even a STATE, let alone a city.
I have no idea why the metalpeter link didn't work... sometimes punctuation complicates those automatic links so I've started leaving a space before and after each one, but I can't rightly figure why yours didn't work.
As for team/city names, it's even worse than your post suggests! For example, the New Jersey Devils would actually be the East Rutherford Devils (or more generously, maybe, the Secaucus Devils -- pronounced "SEE-caucus"), definitely not the Newark Devils. And the New York Islanders should be the Uniondale Islanders (pitiful), the Nassau County Islanders (worse?) or most accurately the Long Island Islanders (duh).
Buffalo should be pleased that the Sabres literally play in the city of Buffalo. It's a good thing.
Hey, can anyone tell me why my link to metalpeter didn't work up there? :(