Hockey Stick to the Face!

Well apparently getting a hockey stick to the face means three things.
1) Makes for a cool looking picture (which was taken by my Dad)
2) You get a cool scar (hard to see and it is tiny)
3) You come back the next game and score a hat trick.
All of those things happened to me. I got clipped by a stick after a shot was taken which cut around my right eye. I was wearing a visor and to be honest there isn't much room between the visor and my nose which turned out to be a good thing. My nose took the brunt of the stuck and slide the stick off to the side some more. I'm pretty sure if my nose didn't take the brunt that I would have been cut on the eye and had some major problems.
My Father has come to watch me play as it has been awhile since he has seen a game. This all happened about 5 to 7 minutes into the game and he was messing around with his new phone so he didn't see it. With blood running down my face from my eye, I had to call my Dad over which wasn't easy because he was having fun fiddling with the phone.
So with blood on my face, helmet, gloves and stick gone I finally get the attention of my Father. He looks up and has the expression of "Fuck Kyle, what did you do?" We head into the dressing room and clean my face up and he thinks I need to go to the hospital to possibly get stitched up. I wanted to continue to play but the refs wouldn't let me back on the ice.
So we arrive at the hospital and I'm giving my info to the reception and I get asked "Your home situation is good? This wasn't caused there?" All the while I'm thinking in my head "You think I'd let this happen to me? If this was actually from abuse someone else would be in the hospital with me."
Anyways, two hours later I'm sitting in the back and the doc has already seen me and says he isn't going to do anything for the eye. Which is all fine as I didn't really want to go to the hospital in the first place but he says he wants to give me a tetanus shot since I don't remember ever having one.
I then have to wait another 20 minutes to get the tetanus shot from a nurse, a good looking one at that. She asks me how I got the cut and I said it was from hockey and that I didn't think it was that bad. She then said something like "Well you do look like a tough guy." and then injected me with the needle.
I just finished my next game back from getting the stick to the face and we played the top team in the league. I ended up getting a hat trick and we won the game 5-2.
I'll just end it there.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Okay so the title is a little misleading as I'm only taking a train but I tried to watch the movie but my eyes started to hurt from the movement of the train and trying to focus on the screen. So I'm on my way to Toronto (Oshawa) to stay with some friends for New Years. Should be a good time and it should only take me a little over four hours to get there. BUT I'm still pretty tired as I had to get up at 4:30 am to get to the train station and I'm now afraid to have a nap in fear that I will miss my stop and actually end up in Toronto and not Oshawa. I have to keep myself entertained and the trains wi-fi isn't really great for playing games online, so I decided to write a blog about it all.
Can't wait to see my good friends, although I see/talk to them a lot it will be fun as we usually (more like always) have a good time. I hope this New Years goes better than the last one as I was sick for that.
Also I have some observations about my travels with VIA. Aside from the wi-fi blowing balls (it will not let me on YouTube so just look for "Louise CK + internet" on it), I have noticed that every time I've been on the train, I always sit on the left hand side of the car. Another thing I noticed this time around is that they have not checked for tickets yet. I find that odd as they have come up and down offering drinks, etc but not to make sure everyone has a ticket. I also fear leaving my bag up at the front of the car as I always think someone will steal it before I get off at my stop.
I asked for a window seat when booking my ticket thinking I'd be able to look out and see some of the stuff that is passing me by. I didn't even think about it being 5:40 am when the train left and it still being pitch black out.
Oh well, time to listen to some music.

NBA You're a Joke

So Chris Paul has just been traded to the Lakers and they could STILL get Howard from the Magic. The NBA just had a lockout where they were all about small market teams getting to compete, what bullshit that is. What makes this even worse is that the NBA OWNS the Hornets, where Paul is being traded from, and then they send this kind of message by trading him to LA.
NBA you just proved why you are my least liked sport.

Christmas List

So my mother has been on me about getting her a Christmas list so she could do some shopping. She asked for it about two or so months ago and I kept putting it off. Even when my parents said they were going to the States to do some Christmas shopping I still put it off. Even though I'd buy stuff from the malls if I was there myself, I'm just too lazy to write anything down.
So finally I decided to start my list. I don't really need any more clothes (although some stuff did make the list), I really didn't know what to put on it. I named random stuff that I thought was cool. I asked for a cupcake mold that has them come out like they are brains. The idea of me munching on brains was too much for me to pass up, so it made the list. I don't even bake and I still put it on.
Some of the stuff on my list consists of stuff that falls into one of two categories (sometimes both). One being that of it is too expensive and my parents have already bought me some stuff so I wouldn't be getting that. An example is an SRL camera which I put on, some can go for $500+. And the second category being stuff my parents would never let me have. Those items include a dog, tattoo, etc but you get the idea. "Not while you live in this house." Is the phrase I get a lot when asking for these items year after year.
So in the list that is narrowed down by this it has basically become a list that has hats, hockey gear and the Back to the Future trilogy.
I should have just asked for a tree in Jerusalem.

OC Transpo Does It Again

With regards to the incident between an OC Transpo bus driver and Matthew Taronno, I cannot help but feel that the union will try to sweep this under the rug. With the stuff that has come from the union it just seems like they will be covering for one of their own. They tried to pull the “a driver cannot be filmed on OC Transpo property,” but that just made it seem to clear in what was going to happen. Then came the “It will be dealt with internally and cannot be revealed to the public.” Which, granted, is better than the first one but people should be able to read between those lines as well.

True, there are good and bad bus drivers out there in almost every major city. But this incident seems to have gone over the top. Threatening a passenger with physical harm is not okay and shouldn't be tolerated. Plain and simple, this act that was caught on film is a form of bullying. The bus driver belittles Matthew and threatens him. If this had happened in a school, one would be calling for some kind of justice and not be swept aside. With the latest news about bullying going around and of the outcomes that come from that people should be thinking about what they say before they speak. I know, easier said than done but it seems that it needs to be said again because some people just don't get it.

I can't see ANY reasonable explanation that would put the bus driver in the “right” here. If said bus driver felt so strongly about what had happened that he “spoke up” and threatened Matthew then why didn't he just call for the OC officers to come and help with the situation. There has to be some sort of protocol for situations where other OC Transpo staff that are trained to deal with these issues have to be called. But the bus driver decided that he would take matters into his own hands. And the union is now saying that the whole thing could be related to stress or other problems. I'm sorry and I'm on the page with the others that have said this as well, but if you can't control yourself while doing a job that serves the public than you shouldn't be doing that job.

The fact is that Matthew Taronno stood up and took responsibility for what he did, on the bus and in the media. The bus driver, well it seems like he gets to continue on with his job as if nothing had happened on that bus that day.

Submitted to: The Ottawa Citizen

Stupid S Key

Don't get me wrong, I love my Blackberry but sometimes my S key doesn't register when I hit it. Do you know how annoying that is? Try typing anything and not having an S in it. (Like that sentence right there.) There is a reason why Wheel of Fortune use the letters R S T L N E. I still wouldn't trade in my Blackberry for an iPhone though. My Blackberry helps me do a lot more than an iPhone would.

Fantasy Hockey

Forwards:
Evgeni Malkin (1), Sidney Crosby (2), Bobby Ryan (3), Henrik Zetterberg (4), Patrick Sharp (6), Joe Pavelski (8), Phil Kessel (9), Jason Spezza (11), Ryan Callahan (12), Jason Pominville (13), Patric Hornqvist (16), RJ Umberger (17), Jakub Voracek (18), Andy McDonald (20)

Defence:
Lubomir Visnovsky (5), Brent Burns (10), Mark Giordano (15), Joni Pitkanen (19)

Goalies:
Martin Brodeur (7), Jaroslav Halak (14)

I think I did pretty good for myself this draft. My only downfall is that I selected goalies too late in the draft (round 7). I was tempted to draft Pat Dwyer of the Canes because of my buddy but I couldn't bring myself to do it as I needed players to fill out my roster and there is a stupid waiver wire period which seems like it wouldn't be ready for the first game. Anyways, that is enough about my fantasy team.

Just for my own fun this is how I would set up my lines
Forwards: (LW - C - RW)
Bobby Ryan - Sidney Crosby - Evgeni Malkin
Patrick Sharp - Henrik Zetterberg - Phil Kessel
RJ Umberger - Jason Spezza - Jason Pominville
Andy McDonald - Joe Pavelski- Ryan Callahan
Extras:
Jakub Voracek
Patric Hornqvist
Defence:
Lubomir Visnovsky - Brent Burns
Mark Giordano - Joni Pitkanen
Starting Goalie:
Martin Brodeur
Back-up Goalie: 
Jaroslav Halak

Thanks for reading about my fantasy hockey team. Yes I know, lame but whatever haha.