Hockey: more canucks have been named to various national teams for the 2006 Olympics. tonight the Flames are in town – puck drops at 7:00pm.

Hockey: Tonight we’re going to kick back and watch the game. Hopefully the Canucks can get out of this powerplay/penalty kill funk they’ve been in lately. Also – I hope Auld was able to shake off the last game and those 7 goals against.

This morning we went over to mediaco for brunch. they’re such a great company and it allowed me to catch up with my old boss/coworkers and john was able to get some more face time in with the potential employer – keeping in touch and networking is always good.

People: Tomorrow my sister’s family is coming over for a gift exchange with Laura – Lolo’s so sweet, all the kiddies get a present from her (that she actually bought weeks ago), she’s so thoughtful.

Tomorrow night, after Lolo heads to her parents’ in North Van and Jen & family head back to Surrey – we’re going to take a walk and come home for a nice dinner.

Anne is in town this weekend (from Toronto) but we probably won’t see her and Gerry until New Years. Remind me to get her a bday/xmas present. She’s a Christmas baby and I have to make sure to get her two gifts, once for each occassion, it’s only fair.

My mom’s family is Catholic so they’ve been trying to get John and I to come out to midnight mass with them tomorrow night. It wouldn’t be too bad except going from Surrey to downtown at 1am Christmas Eve isn’t the best idea. I think we’ll stay home and head out there Sunday morning.

It’s a shame we can’t see John’s family but there we’ll be sure to make up for it in the year ahead – and everyone’s always welcome over to our place, anytime (just give us a bit of notice first 😉 hehe)

I don’t work again until Wednesday so I probably won’t have much time to blog so…

Best wishes to all, however you celebrate the Holiday season.

Merry Christmas!! (I’ll throw that in there for my mom)

MSNBC’s photos of the year, Readers’ Choice and Editors’ Choice.

The COC has approved the Team Canada olympic men’s hockey roster – there was a bit of speculation re: Bertuzzi but it seems as though the past is the past.

“See the poster that won the Hockey Day in Canada contest. The winning team will spend Hockey Day in Canada with your Vancouver Canucks and CBC Television!”

Also, here’s a Holiday e-Card from the Canucks (in .pdf) and a link to a site with an Earth-wide holiday calendar.

There are some upcoming events in the city, including MANY places to go on New Year’s Eve (if you’re not on our invite list for the ‘bash’ at our house :p) I found out yesterday that Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger are going to be at the CCC. The last show I saw there was probably Less Than Jake in 1999…. my friend Michelle interviewed them for the Ubyssey right after. I’ve seen them the most of ANY performer(s) besides Matthew Good. Runner up would be David Usher (Moist) and then rounding out the top 5 (err 6), Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Gob. I can’t wait to get out and see more shows. The focus has been on hockey lately but there’s also a LOT more going on in this city. I’ll have to keep my ear to the ground and hopefully find some tix to a good show John’s looking forward to – I still have to make it up to him for bailing on the International Noise Conspiracy show… sorry – but my sis only turns “24” once 😉

Edit: oh yeah – and what’s with Google’s pic today (and yesterday) – could anyone let me know? sorry if i’m being completely ignorant about something here… hmm

And now for Team Canada – Men’s Hockey Roster – I don’t have the womens’ yet but they deserve just as much recognition and support.

now i’m not much of a baseball fan, but i lived in boston for a while and know a thing or two about the red sox by osmosis. Damon’s gone over to the yankees… i mean just him being traded is bad enough but to the yankees? ouch.

although, if you’re in a rather ‘open’ relationship in Canada, there’s some good news for you today. and watch out if you’re in a city participating in Santarchy – crying children in the streets, santa claus peeing in an alley – boozin it up and running amok around the world. oh boy!

Thanks to…The Vancouverite who linked to Gawker who linked to You Tube… I’ve got my mitts on the “Lazy Sunday” vid from SNL that I mentioned yesterday. Click to watch 🙂

I feel sorry for the 24 Hours and Metro folks out there. They’re standing on corners for hours handing out free papers in the rain, sleet or snow. When it’s raining they have to hold an umbrella so they just have the papers in one arm, offering them to you…balancing delicately on that free arm… they need a lil patio umby or like them umbrella hats, ya know? Stylin’. And what’s with the guy who came into my building and shook out his umbrella on the carpet at the entrance 😐
I have no idea what some people are thinking….

The game last night wasn’t the best… it went to a shootout and we lost, not getting a single shot past Garon. JR was playing like he had a rocket up his butt – could have been fueled by the fact that he was left off Team USA for the olympics. The Canucks seemed to completely break down during the penalty kill and even giving up chances when THEY were on the powerplay. Although the Brothers line combined for some points, Hank’s 7 game scoring streak ended.

Predictions are in for who will make Canada’s olympic team – the announcement will be made Wednesday @ 2:00pm PT in Vancouver.

Also, as reported last night, unfortunately, Gretzky’s mother has passed away. It makes me think of many things… she had lung cancer, she was a mother, she was Canadian and apparently never even really liked hockey that much – she just wanted her kids to be happy. Hockey in Canada is much more than just a sport. It’s a legacy, it’s a part of our national history and identity. For some reason while writing this I thought of the story – The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier. You can wiki it, you can look it up on Amazon, it’s a great little story and worth checking out.