Author Archives: Kara

Good ol’ hockey game

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You could possibly call me a typical Canadian, but there’s something about watching a hockey game that gets me excited.

I love the fast pace of it, the fans are crazy and the athletes are talented.

A lot of my girl friends don’t quite understand the game or why I love the Vancouver Canucks. To be honest, I never really watched hockey until about Grade 7. My (not really) step-dad is a crazed Canucks fan and so the game was always on.

Right now, I’m in hockey heaven. The Canadian World Junior team is doing very well in the IIHF World Junior Championship, the Canucks are managing to keep their socks off during their games, and the Olympics are coming up in just over a month, which we’ll hopefully see both the men’s and women’s hockey teams bring home gold medals.

There may be many other countries that excel at the game of hockey, but I don’t think any country shows as much passion for the sport as Canadians. If there’s one thing that brings us all together, it’s hockey.

What about you? Is there a sport that gets you excited? Do you enjoy hockey?

Passive Aggressive

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New Year’s always seems to be a time for moral dilemmas with parties and get together coming at you from every direction.

Usually I opt for staying at home and celebrating with a few close friends. I’ve done so for years now, so when people ask me to come out with them, I’ll tell them that I’m just going to stay home. I don’t leave people hanging and waiting for my answer.

I don’ t like knowing that I’m someone’s back-up plan if their “better” plans fall through. If you don’t want to come over because you’d rather go to the bar or rowdy house party, tell me that. I really think it’s rude when someone has told you they would come over but change their minds for something better in their eyes.

Other than people dicking around with decision making, I’m looking forward to having a nice little gathering at home. We’re going to play boardgames and have drinks. It should be delightful :)

Do you have any plans for New Years? What are your thoughts on people who leave you hanging until the last minute or ditch you for better plans?

Quiet Time

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It’s interesting when you’re home by yourself and you realize how much quieter things are.

Kyle’s away for the evening, visiting his dad and grandma in our hometown and while my roommate is home, things are awfully quiet without Kyle here.

Usually the television is on some random channel or a video game is being played, but when Kyle’s not here, you could probably hear a pin drop. He gets anxious almost when it’s too silent in the house and there’s always some sort of background noise, so when I’m by myself I like to just listen to the whirl of my laptop and hear my dogs snore.

Of course, when I’m by myself I always get paranoid that someone is going to attack me in the middle of the night, but thanks to my “alert” dogs (they wouldn’t hurt anyone, only bark to let me know if someone’s here) and my secret ninja skills, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t happen.

Anyway, it’s calming, sitting here in the piece and quiet of things. I wonder if I’m weird for just shutting everything down and letting the thoughts in my head process for once. I would imagine not; I mean, who could live with constant noise? I suppose some people could.