All Star BOREDOM
off the top:
I might tune in for a bit tomorrow to see some of the skills competition, but I've lost all interest in watching the AllStar game now that only Alfie's playing in it. My bets are he'll be benched for most of it anyway {Pat Quinn hates him}, so it's not going to be a real thrill-ride.
the score:
Who the fuck cares? It's not real hockey, anyway!
off the ice:
Stuff to keep you entertained until the next game:
Looking around Ebay one day, I came across this, a Marian Hossa PEEWEE trading card.
NICE MULLET!
So, even Hawks fans, forever introspective, have noticed that a muppet leads the Sens in scoring. I got this from
Hockey-Humor.com
More goalie talk went on today. This dude in the Citizen said exactly what I wanted said about Super-K. I applauded over my Cheerios. Anyway, and I was looking at old Blueline comics and I found
this one about Patty's troubles last year. It's just fitting, because I know they'll be exactly the same ones this year.
in other news:
Let's get interactive here . . .
I'm doing this project for my Intro to Culture Studies class. It's a media project, and it's supposed to be based on some aspect of culture. Rather vague. So, this is my plan. I'm drawing, with my limited artistic skills, a hockey comic. HAHA, biiiiiig surprise, Ally. Anyway, what I've noticed is that, in Canada especially, you can pretty much explain any life situation using a hockey analogy. So, through this crude medium, I plan to outline various hockey situations that symbolically represent real life circumstances. I have five main characters, which you can see in my preliminary doodle in the top right. They're all loosely based on NHL hockey personalities. There's Neil [Chris Neil], a cheerful ragamuffin who spends most of his time in the penalty box. He's the dude with the boxing gloves and the Canadiens touque. There's Kerry [Kerry Fraser], Neil's younger brother, who is too young to play, but acts as the unofficial referee for the group. However, being only a child, he often gets distracted and misses important calls, which is greatly annoying to Ty [Tie Domi], a short man with an inferiority complex, who spends most of his time getting his ass kicked by Neil. When the boys (men?) aren't fighting, they're shooting pucks at Marty [Martin Brodeur], who has a perfect save percentage, purely by virtue of the fact that he is so chubby, the rubber can't get past him. He's always tired, despite his sedentary position, and would rather be down the road at the bar, adding to his gut. The only member of this little shinny group who can actually play is Mar [Marian Hossa], but he often doesn't get the chance, as he spends most of his time breaking up arguments and being frustrated by the inadequacies of his "teammates," who compensate for their lack of skill by tackling him every time he moves.
Essentially, it's a group of stupid guys being stupid. You know the type. I'm sure you either know, are related to, or ARE somebody just like these boys.
The people who annoy me are going to be blue, or have blue things on them (like Ty), in deference to the hated Leafs. The people I like are going to be red, like my Ottawa boys. Where this gets interesting is in the two brothers, who wear both colours. I think that's because I still can't decide how I feel about the Habs. Partly due to the fact that I can't draw people, the boys are sticks, as you can see. However, that's more than just a result of my lack of skill. I need them to represent the Everyman, a result of cultural influence. So, the backgrounds and articles are all going to be fully detailed, right down to the way each individual tapes his stick (and I'm actually going to research this. I know how Marian and Marty tape theirs, and I'm going to match 'em up), but the individual himself is going to lack a little bit of individuality. You'll be able to tell them apart from the stuff they have, not from what they actually look like. Sort of a Nature vs. Nurture meets Marxism kind of thing.
Here's where I need your help, though: I need situations to hockey-fy. Situations like the collapse of a relationship, politics (Canadian only, of course), beer, weather . . . Every day sort of stuff. The project's due at the end of March. I look forward to your opinions.
Posted by Ally at February 7, 2004 12:00 AM
