Sabres Game VS Preds
February 28, 2008
Filed under Games, Places, Sports
Tags: sabres game preds fight score goals trade
Usually I go to a Sabres game now and then with my pops, but today he was feeling ill and I had a pair of tickets all to myself. I took my friend Adam and got a ride to HSBC Arena from my buddy DJ who brought along my other good friend Jon. He got the tickets from his folks as a birthday gift. I also had the pleasure of meeting up with my friends Tom and Paul, who by the way, has written a solid total of two blogs. Way to go Paul! Woo!
Today was the first game for our new player, Steve Brenier (I hope I spelled that right). He was traded to us from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defesman Brian Campbell. At first I thought this was a very unfair trade, even with Soupy’s contract expiring at the end of the season, but with the way Steve played today it could end up as an even deal. He ended up scoring two quick goals in the first period and made his presence felt on the ice. One game does not make a season or a career for that matter, so let’s hope he keeps this up.
The game itself was great too. Lots of action, tons of goals, and lots of fighting. The Sabres and Predators really did not get along too well throughout the game. Punches were being thrown left and right. The goals never let up either, which all got the crowd pretty pumped up. I also didn’t make my friend pay for the ticket I gave him, but I did make him pay for parking and my two hot dogs. Boy they filled my tummy good and keep me full for remainder of the third period.
The score ended up being eight to four with a solid victory for our Buffalo Sabres. Overall it was one of the best games of the season.
Hopefully the Sabres can build off this great game and head upon a nice winning streak. With the races for a playoff spot so tight in the Eastern Conference they will need every point the can muster. Nothing would make me happier than to see our team play in the playoffs and into the summer.
Super Bowl Weekend
February 5, 2008
Filed under Food, Friends, Games, Sports, Telivision
Tags: super bowl ads funny
Well if you have been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, the Super Bowl occurred over the weekend. On Sunday the New England Patriots faced off against the New York Giants. The Patriots went undefeated during the regular season and were strong favorites against the G-Men. I believe they were 12 or 14 point favorites before the big game began. I was a strong believer that we would witness another terrible Super Bowl in which the Pats would simply blow out the Giants. Boy, was I wrong.
The Giants came out fighting right away holding the ball for majority of the first quarter, which led to a field goal. Eventually, Plexico BUress scored what became the game winning touchdown which followed a miraculous scramble from Eli Manning and an even greater catch by a guy who had more tackles than receptions during the regular season. The Patriots, who are well known for their unbelievable game winning drives were unable to capitalize and the Giants pulled off what was the second greatest upset in Super Bowl history, behind the Jets when Broadway Joe Nammoath defeated the Baltimore Colts many years ago. Not to mention that it ruined the Patriots run of perfection, which made me happy.
I was very happy to see such an entertaining game.
Well enough about football. Super Bowl Sunday is great for many other things as well. Spending time with a group of my friends laughing and cheering is always a great time. Not to mention the food is good too. Chips and salsa to start off, and then a big sheet pizza for everyone to share. Its like heaven in your soul after eating all that stuff. I was very pleased with the quality as well. The pizza place was so busy that people were lined up out the door for their pickup. I figured that they would have rushed my pizza and it would have came out terrible. Kudos to Pasquales for providing myself with such great food to eat.
The commercials were also very entertaining well. That Godfather remake where the guy finds the front of his old car in his bed made me giggle. Then the advertised that new Audi R8. What a beautiful car that is. I had chills when the engine started and the car drove off. I was also very happy to see Danica Patrick in the GoDaddy.com ad for obvious reasons. She looks very pretty. Will Farrel always keeps me laughing. That commercial which covered his new basketball movie and Bud Light was very funny stuff. As much as I hate Justin Timberlake’s music he really seems like a funny guy. After seeing that episode of SNL which he hosted I figured he would never do anything funny again, but that Pepsi commercial was pretty good. Andy Samberg should never put on a blond wig again. I felt very violated after they showed his face and revealed that it was him and not a hot blond. Honorable mentions include the dancing lizard commerical, classic immigrant Bud Light commercial, and the House ads.
The Super Bowl is pretty much a national holiday in the United States. It’s just too bad that the Bills haven’t gone to it since that Imfamite 4 straight loses over ten years ago. Sorry I had to bring that up, but I would just love to experience having your favorite team play in the big game.
Bills Lost, Good bye Playoffs
December 17, 2007 
Well as I am sure you and all of the fellow Buffalonians already know the Bills lost earlier today eight to nothing by the Cleveland Browns. This dashed all hopes for the Bills to make a spot for themselves in the playoffs.
There was a lot of hype put into this game. Like I said, a victory would put the winning team in great in a great position to make it to the playoffs. The weather also played a factor in the game as well. The news providers were referring to the game as “The Snow Bowl” and “The Battle of Lake Erie.”
Both teams were huge long-shots at the beginning of the season to even have winning records by the end of the season.
The Browns always seemed to be perennial losers, but that changed this season after week one. They, like the Bills, had the odds stacked up against them as well. After benching their starting Quarterback after week one, and the releasing him to another team, having their coach on the verge of losing his job, and being totally disregarded as a good football team before the season started, they sure overcame some diversity. They became one of the league’s best offenses, and even though their defense usually does terrible they came up big against the Bills. Hence, that big goose egg of a zero the Away team, Buffalo, had under their name on the scoreboard.
To be quite honest, I did not think that the Bills would win more than five games this season, but they did in dramatic fashion.
After Kevin Everett’s injury topped off with a heart wrenching lose to the Broncos, a Cowboys lose with just seconds left on Monday Night Football, to our leading tackler in Paul P. (I am not going to bother trying to spell his last name) going down with a season ending arm injury, along with 7 others put on injured reserve, plus 12 other players that were hurt. The odds were really stacked up against us to even make a push to the playoffs this late in the season. According to my standards I am satisfied with the outcome on the Bills’ season, which still has two games left to be decided. We could possibly end up with a record of nine wins and seven loses. Not to shabby, even though we will not be heading to the post season.
Next to the Arizona Cardinals, the Buffalo Bills hold the longest current streak of not making the playoffs. That’s not a statistic a Franchise would want to be part of.
Like the saying goes, There is always next year.” And if you are a fan of Buffalo sports, you have pretty much said that your entire life.
I hope the Bills can make a few off season moves to make the team better. I have high hopes for them next year.
Now we can all root for the Sabres to make a run to the playoffs and hopefully surprise a few teams in the post season. Who knows, maybe they will even end up with a Stanley Cup. Hey, you never know.
It’s My Birthday
November 12, 2007
Filed under Family, Food, Friends, Holidays, Places, Sports, Telivision
Tags: birthday 17 food family cake friends party
Well today is my 17th Birthday. Over the weekend I spent most of my time hanging around with family and friends to celebrate it.
On Saturday I went to my uncle’s place for my cousin’s Birthday party. He turned seven. He was born on the exact same day as I was, so naturally when we celebrate our birthdays we share the celebration. It was also the first time I had seen my uncle and some of my other relatives in almost a year, so it was really great to see all of them. We played poker, watched the Sabres lose, ate tons of food, blew out the candles on the cake, and opened gifts. My cousin got all these toys and I received a bunch of checks. I was very grateful cause I have been broke for a while now, so they pretty much made for the perfect gift. Seeing my family was probably the best part of the evening though cause I had not seen them in a very long time.
On Sunday I spent pretty much most of the day hanging around with my friends. We got to stay out late becuase we didnt have school the next day. Pretty nice Birthday present if you ask me, a whole day off from school. (Special thanks to all of the troops that served in our country’s defenses). So we ended up just hanging around and goofing off. We drove around looking for something to do and ended up at a party. It was good time and a nice way to spend time with some of my good friends.
So today, Monday November 12th, is officially my Birthday. I hope Mrs. Skotnicki does not realize that I wrote this blog about twelve hours late. I spent most of the day watching SportsCenter and the Fast and the Furious movies on the telivision. I did not have any chores to do and I was allowed to own the coach and the teliviosn all for myself for the entire day. I spent pretty much my entire Birthday being a coach potato. It was a great way to spend the day. Eventually my mom took me to pick out a Birthday present. We went to the mall and I picked out a nice chrome weight set and a new hockey stick. We headed back home and I went back to being lazy. My friends called me and asked if I wanted to go for dinner with them. I asked if they were treating me to a free meal and they said of course, it’s your Birthday. So of course I said yes to going. How could I turn down a free meal? I asked where they were going to be taking me and they said Hooters, but unfortunatly the only location that was around our area closed, and closest one is located in Pennsylvania. So we decided to scratch that idea for the sake of gas and time and looked for another place to eat at. So for now I am working up a big appetite so I can get all the food I want and make my friends pay for it.
So far it has been a really great Birthday.
Life Without Running Water
Well what an interesting way to end my weekend. I come home from a long day of work and watching sports to find out that my house is out of water.
I walked home from my friend’s place and in the distance I can see four or five real huge dump trucks with yellow lights flashing and lighting up my entire street. When i finally reach the pavement of my street I find myself standing in a huge pool of water and as I get closer to my house the water becomes deeper. When I reach the front yard of my home I see a bunch of guys digging a big hole into the sidewalk of the house across the street. Apparently while my neighbors were out enjoying the Bills’ game at Ralph Wilson Stadium the main water pipe in front of their house exploded causing a huge flood on my street. Not to mention that all of the neighboring houses were completely out of water as well.
So when I arrived at my home I continued on with my normal Sunday afternoon schedule. Basically what I do is I will exercise for about an hour, take a shower, and have a snack. What I didn’t realize at the time is all three of these activities usually require water for me to do them. When i exercise I prepare myself a nice cold water bottle. When you take a shower you pretty much need water, common sense really, and I usually prefer a tall glass of water with my snack.
I figured that I could go on with my Sunday schedule without water. Simple enough right? Not quite. I pretty much forgot that the water was out about four different times. I would keep on walking up the sink during my exercising, grab a cup, and try to turn the faucet on. Basically what happened was the sink would make a very loud and strange noise, which was a rude reminder that the water was still not working. I felt like an idiot every time I did that. Yet I continued on with my afternoon activities. I figured that the longer i exercised the more time it would give the guys working on the broken pipe outside to get the water fixed for me to take a shower after. So i exercised a little bit longer than usually and went to the nearest sink to test it out and see if the water was working. Of course, not a single drop of water came out of the sink. Plus, now I had to go to the little boys room to take care of some business. Well without any water the toilet doesn’t flush. So I trekked myself outside and picked out a nice pine tree next to my garage to tinkle on. So this is what life was like way back in the day huh?
Well here I am now. At least the electricity is working. I have not showered since yesterday morning. Since then, I have gone ice skating, worked in a parking at at the Bills’ game, hung around with my friends, and did some exercise. Lets just say I don’t smell very terrific and I just feel dirty. Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow and have the water running. If not I just won’t go to school. I figure nobody will want to be around me if I have not showered in over two days.
Parking Cars at the Bills’ game
I’m a senior in High School so naturally i am low on cash. A friend of mine offered me a job to help park cars in a gravel lot near Ralph Wilson Stadium during the home Bills’ games. He said it would pay ten bucks an hour and that i would work about four to five hours on a given Sunday when the Bills were playing at home. He also said I would even get to be home in time to catch the last three quarters of the game. How could i refuse? Ten bucks an hour to wave a little red flag in the air and tell people where to park their cars. And i get to be home in time to catch most of the game. Sounds easy to me!
It pretty much is the easiest job in the World. I basically pick a nice place to plant my feet, wave my little red flag in the air, and send the cars in the direction my boss wants them to park. Could it be any easier? I mean they could have a monkey stand there and do the exact same job i do and it would only cost them a banana for the monkey to eat. Instead they have me stand there with a red polo on and point cars in the direction where they should park with my trusty red flag in my hand.
Today i pretty much goofed off before the large crowd of cars piled in. When someone asked me where to park i would reply and say, “Just park between the lines or park between those two rocks over there.” Pretty sarcastic of me because the entire parking lot is made up of gravel and rocks and there isn’t a single chaulk line for parking. Nobody really took my remarks too seriously. Actually, the people i told those statements to got a good laugh when they realized how dumb the statements really were.
Most of the people there get really into the tailgating. While I’m standing around waiting for a car to come they’re having a blast getting all hyped for the Bills’ game. Let me tell you its torture when you haven’t had any lunch and the people next to you a whipping up some BBQ chicken.
If there’s one thing i love about Buffalo its the people that live here. There are over 80,000 people at the stadium to cheer on a team that hasn’t gone to the playoffs since before the turn of the new millennium. They are so united and absolutly love there Buffalo sports’ teams, and i will admit i love the Sabres and Bills too. Year after year they break our hearts but we always come back to root for them a again the next season. They people there are also really nice, except when it comes to fans of the other team. Sometimes they’ll offer me a beer or get all up in my face and scream, “GO BILLS!” A group of fans took an old Willis McGahee jersey and burnt it. All around the people there were having a great time. Not to mention the Bills won the game which sent them all home happy.
Maybe for one of the upcoming Bills home games i will buy tickets and take a day off from parking cars to enjoy the tailgating experience for myself.
