Let’s hope that we are talking about an end tonight. Stars vs Red Wings. I want it to end with a win for Red Wings in Dallas so this scary semi-final thingy can be over and done with.
I realize that I have to confess.
Yes, I have succumbed. I have strayed from the path… the path of the teams from Canada and the beautiful Maple Leafs… To the only other team one can root for as a Scandinavian expat, namely the Red Wings (no, that very short infatuation with a certain hockey team from the south last year doesn’t really count). The Wings has like 7 Swedes… the Mule being the one who are missed dearly at the moment. Come back tonight!! Play with the guys!! And WIN FGS!
I am ashamed for switching allegiance, don’t get me wrong. This is not something I am too proud over… and I have lost sleep and I did blush when that Red Wings shirt was found on my body that other day. However, my teams (the dear Leafs and Canucks) are not in the final rounds so… I am not really betraying them. I do acknowledge that it might be considered cheating… but just a bit… like a stolen glance on the side… or a little innocent flirt ending with a kiss on the cheek… or – ok since you twitch my arm about it – behaving maybe a tad little bit like a hussy* but I mean, what is a poor hockey fanatic to do when there is a final to be played and a team to pick?! And the favorites are missing out since they didn’t qualify and therefore leave me totally alone?!?!?
However, the main concern for me at the moment is “Where will I be able to watch this very important game tonight at 8 ET?” And maybe more important for the discussion above, “What am I willing to pay in order to see the game?” (No, I don’t have the only TV channel that shows it and the few people I know with the channel are – you guessed it – men…. )
Pah, I’ll wait and see if something shows up from the bottom of a good hearted person before I even contemplate the other options.
*(as someone said in another fora…)
ps. I feel the need to clarify that I would never ever leave my bacteria for something else, some other microbes like fungi or the field of immunology or likes like that. Never! I am faithful to the G+... and have only used the G- to produce smaller data dots and constructs so there is no need for you to worry about my real commitment. It’s just that the Red Wings has a good line up and they do really win… and the logo type isn’t too bad either.
2 comments:
Looking forward to the final now?!
It's OK to cheat on your team as long as they're not playing. I'm English but support Scotland too, unless they're playing England of course!
Hell yeah! (as the boys say here in the South :) ) I bet 4-1 in games, to the red wings, if Franzén plays.
I have already made plans for the first of the final games :) Which, silly enough, is the only one I know for sure I can watch in my own house (since it is Saturday aka 'weekend' and NBC shows the games).
Thanks for not calling me names. I felt a little bad for not keeping up with the whole "lovely leafs" "i don't like hockey" since I DO! what about the sitaution in Vancouver, will there be any watching the games?!
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