peeking in from radio silence to say that i went to the bruins game last night and MARK RECCHI FLIPPED ME A PUCK DURING WARM-UPS. it looks awesome on my bookcase here in my office next to the ball joe the security guard gave me at fenway last summer, the one pedey put into the monster seats during bp. last night my friend suzanne was like "can you smile at someone else so i can get one, too?"

pretty awesome.

hullo, friends.

i am certain no one will be surprised to learn i'm on a wee hiatus from lj these days, but i wanted to say it one more time: NOT DEAD.

i'm around via e-mail & PM if anyone wants to strike up a conversation.

be well. keep the place neat until i return, yeah? ::HUGS::

NOT DEAD. I SWEAR.

opened my visa bill this morning and was like "huh, where is my cable autopayment? OH SHIT THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY CHANGED MY EXPIRATION DAY I'LL BET IT BOUNCED FAIL FAIL FAIL." i think i fixed this, but i don't know. i'll be ready for you, late charges. (pah.)

work is worky - my boss is back and each day she's around i realize i didn't truly appreciate having her not be around. ;D christmas is shaping up to be wicked fun, though - four holiday hires for the bookfloor, the first of whom i helped train last night when my closing ASM called out sick. new guy is GREAT. i love this time of year.

so! baseball is dead to me, basketball is just heating up - i can only carry on a water-cooler conversation about the celtics, but that's still kind of fun - and the pats had a bye last week, so, BRUINS. mostly missed both weekend games after watching thursday night with dad (and hockeysnacks!) but we continue to be gloriously inconsistent. come on, boys. remember how much you love each other, ok? goal celebrations are fun! let's have more of them!

so, day off today then mom comes to visit tomorrow to take me shopping for my birthday (early). OH MY GOD YOU GUYS I AM GOING TO BE THIRTY YEARS OLD IN TWO WEEKS AHHHHHHHHHH.

bring it.

fall came and turned my neighborhood gorgeous.

my dad comes to visit this week, and the first thing queued is practice at the ice box on wednesday morning (assuming it happens; seems like it ought to).

work is really quite fun right now because we are all super psyched for nook - if you guys haven't heard about b&n's new e-reader, definitely check it out. hello, only thing on my birthday wish list. (hello, i'll be thirty in four weeks.) boss returns from her four-month leave tomorrow. it'll be weird to be supervised again. o.0

bruins won a wild one last night; hell of a time for princess david to score his first. pretty sure my fantasy team is firmly ensconced in last place regardless, and that's the way i like it.

notre dame beat boston college yesterday, too. that's the way i like it.

so, work then boston this evening, work tomorrow, work tuesday morning and dad tuesday night. wilmington for the boys on wednesday. poking around worcester for somewhere fun for breakfast thursday morning, hockey on tv thursday night. friday i scoot dad back to logan then go in to work. saturday is halloween. sunday is all saints.

and so it goes.

it is snowing.

unrelatedly, i get to have two sleepovers this weekend! one is here, tonight, with the wire and bruins vs. dallas, and my friend may even be here before i get home from work; the other is tomorrow in portland with friends from college, a pretend mini-reunion, the keystone of which is going to be watching nd/usc football at a bar. GO IRISH. BEAT TROJANS.

weird, long week. baseball freaking disappeared on me unexpectedly and i slogged through music inventory last sunday and the bruins did not heal me the way i expected on monday and so i've had to wait for tonight for more sports i care about. GO B's. work is still all about the slippery slope down to the holidays and the next major project for me is holiday managers' schedules. who do i want to hate me the least? the most? creating these is an exercise in logic puzzles of joy. o.0 also, my boss returns from her four-month (holy shit, has it really been that long?) medical leave on monday 10/26. i'm weirdly nervous, as i've adapted to having my interim boss and i'm not sure i remember how to act around my original. also, my management team is entirely different than it was when she left. (wish me luck.)

might need a beer after work today. ;D

my experience with last night's bruins game, a series of txt msgs from hockeysaurus:

3-0 isles in the 3rd. BOO.
savvy made it 3-1? :/
BITZY makes it 3-2!!!!!
TIE GAME MATTY FROM BLUELINE!!!!!!
OT TIIIIIIIIIIMEEEEEEEEEE
Savvy and wheels score in shootout, bergy misses. WE. FUCKING. WIN.

and lo, my night at work became AWESOME.

not dead! i swear!

something bad is going on with my red sox. i think they know i care more about the bruins right now. I AM SORRY BOYS I WILL PAY BETTER ATTENTION PLEASE DON'T LET THE SEASON END TOMORROW. even though i'm acting all nonchalant about this, i am not ready to say goodbye to baseball, so, um. yes. WIN PLEASE.

something crazy is going on with my bruins. saturday win, two thursday losses. munch wishes they'd opened up on the road (kinda sorta) and savvy seems to be growing some sort of fuzzy goatee. (i think d-mo put him up to it.) hockey jesus and the isles come to town tonight and i'll be at work. fail. GO B'S.

so far my fantasy hockey experience has been the shitshow anticipated. AWESOME. krejci and some dudes are dead last thanks to saturday's failboatery. so! in some ways, they are right where i want them. in others, because they are MY BOYS, this sucks. exponentially.

in other news, work is ... work. october is this bizarre, month-long transition and i'm not managing the process very well, but glenn beck's signing in my store last weekend was intensely successful so we've earned a bit of a reprise for the moment. close tonight, close tomorrow (hi, music inventory, whee) then off for columbus day (and off both days next weekend, which is bitchin'). the focus of the moment is WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER and while i'm on board with the idea, i suck at getting others to do what needs doing to make it happen. (whee, opportunities!)

i'm going to go enjoy my coffee and do some more paperjournaling and try to figure out where i spent my money in august and september. THRILLING SATURDAY.

you guys didn't miss me, did you ... ? ;D

a treat, for opening day:

david garrett is an incredibly talented violinist. i am sharing his cover of thunderstruck - yes, you read that right and yes, i am absolutely in love with this version of this song - because every time it came on on in-store play at the bookstore, i felt like i was back at the garden. tonight i will be.

had a great time at ristuccia this morning with savvyfan. said g'morning to bish on the way in, and the guys - EVERY LAST ONE (except kes wah i miss him) - were on the ice for 1 1/2 hours of good, hard work. lots of fast-paced drills, breakout work, powerplay and penalty kill stuff, some net-front work involving three-on-ones, a tiny batch of shootout attempts. tuukka rask was puck bitch/milkcrate kid, much to our epic amusement. (yes, he threw the milkcrate when he went to first pick it up. NO LIE.) the best part, though, was the krejci was on the ice, and so, of course, were wheels & munch. savvy was yappin' and looch was kind of a crabby patty - do not get in the way of that kid's slapshot when he is pissed off! - and at one point hunwick and krejci were deep in conversation and vladimir sobotka looks just like he belongs with the big kids. boychuk, too. everyone looked ready for the season to begin. wheels looks more grown-up (gah) and his shaggy hair suits him. stevie b and d-mo fit right in. i for one am WICKED EXCITED for the season. can't wait for thursday, can't wait to get back to ristooch.

hockey hockey hockey. DO WANT.

survived six-in-a-row. always do. ;D

northampton tonight for friend birthday joy, ristuccia tomorrow with savvyfan for hockey joy, work tomorrow night and wednesday day, then i'm off thursday for the bruins home opener.

laundry, groceries, calling mom, making sure my krejci jersey is ready for thursday (even if krejci himself is not). these are the small things that fill up my little life. bwee?

drafted another fantasy team last night. tommy gilbert gets to stay -bloomington, minnesota REPRESENT - and i picked up kaner, too, because the team is called boat made of fail. krejci, of course. turco & hiller will be in nets. no staals for me; i did draft one for sarah, though. ;D should be fun! i had second pick and did not take ovie, mineral, or crosbyface. take that, world. ;D

quiet is good. i'm going to go find some for a little while.

so i miss colorado and my week has been kind of a fuck-up and ( tmi ) but then matty hunwick did an interview shirtless and eleanoraq and i are writing again and i've finished four of my six-in-a-row workdays and it is dinnertime and FUCK A-ROD JUST WENT YARD OFF JONNY LESTER d'oh.

still, i'm ok: the sox magic playoffs number is three and i will be at the garden for hockeys in less than one week and it is THREE MONTHS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

BRING IT.

hi honey, i'm home!

my travel day monday was kind of a mess, but i was pretty zen about it all. the short version of the story is that i left greeley with sarah around 7 am MDT and - three flights later - finally hauled my suitcase up the stairs into my apartment at 1:30 am EDT tuesday. LONG DAY.

work yesterday contained all sorts of fun surprises, the best of which was my boss - hi, district manager - waiting for me when i got in. bwee! she had nice things to say about my store, though, and seemed to be understanding about the fact that i was just returning from nearly two weeks away.

work today - who wants to run my 8 am meeting? - then boston tonight. i love having things to look forward to.

goes without saying: i miss my gf.

hi from denver international airport.

i am flying away from my heart again.

I HATE THIS.

but she is so, so worth it.


eta: emo level considerably less now that i have a bagel. still waiting for my plane to show up, but there is so much to be grateful for. one last day not at work! so much good time with sarah! free wifi to help me kill four hours here in denver! working on bits & pieces of hunwick/wheeler with grandmas reading over my shoulder! life really is awfully good. really.

you guys? I LOVE MY GIRLFRIEND. here, go read this where she waxes philosophic on kes leaving us, and lo, it is eloquent, and lo, it is sound.

in other news, DO I SEE YOU, RED SOX MAGIC PLAYOFF NUMBER OF EIGHT?

last time with this icon before it is retired. badalice, make me a new one? with less kes not-telling-the-truth? D:

pretty good weekend here, what with denver insanity (hi, drunk) and a visit to the mountains on a not-snowy day. i took the kes news pretty hard, but sarah reminded me that this means koby/bergy/reccher is intact, so, i'll keep that in my back pocket. i love line chemistry.

red sox magic playoff number is down to 9. this is me, knocking woods. I SEE YOU, OCTOBER BASEBALL. also, i love you.

OH HEY. SPEAKING OF OCTOBER. GUESS WHO WILL BE AT THE GARDEN ON 10/1? UM, ME. I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT YET. want. want want want.

in DNW news: last day in CO, i fly home tomorrow (thanks, stops in houston and nashville). then tuesday it is back to work. ACK. BUT: whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger. looks like it is time to test that again.

eta: NEW ICON. NOM. (ty, prettybird_icon). nomnomnom.

i think i talked about this in the spring, but i got a wee bonus at work when the fiscal year rolled over, and i earmarked that money as "hockey money." i spent most of it on bruins playoff tickets - went to four games! - but there was about $200 left over at the end and i said then "this is for a jersey. i want it to be a kes jersey, but i want him signed first. so! as soon as kes signs, i will use this money to buy a kes jersey."

now, we all know the current state of things. even if kes does stay - DO WANT - the way things feel right now, it will not be long-term staying. sarah keeps reminding me money not locked up in kes could be savvy's money next year - DO WANT - so i'm not being quite as faily about all this as i otherwise might.

(you guys, i really freaking love kes. I CAN'T HELP IT.)

long story longer: i have jersey money. i own krej already - NOM NOM NOM thank you pyrric - and kes seems like maybe not such a great idea anymore. i absolutely LOVE the winter classic jerseys - even though the whole rest of the world besides my darling gf seems to be yelling FAIL at them - and i kind of really, really want one. the question, though, is who? should i do krej again? (DO WANT.) should i do savvy, even though he is only currently signed through 2010? should i do someone else? is WC jersey-ing a dumb idea? help me!

LET'S PLAY POLL!

Poll #1459323 JERSEY'D
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

Jenny should spend her leftover $200 on a Bruins jersey:

If yes, this jersey should be:

She should get this player:

The Winter Classic jersey is:

FOR YOUR TICKING PLEASURE

avs vs. avs (avs won! in a shoot-out!) in colorado springs last night was pretty great. even better were the fun car times with sarah and packt who, despite being A RAGING YANKEES FAN, is totally awesome. i cheered on the avs in white because they had the superior goal song. also, future of the franchise matt duchene. he is wee and highly nom-able. relatedly, i have decided my av is actually #46 matt clarke (whom, upon further research, seems likely to not make the big team; oops). I AM GOING TO LOVE EVERY #46 IN THE LEAGUE. i am awesome like that.

sarah is bringing me JIMMY JOHNS for lunch. happy jenny is HAPPY.

ps - the next story in the wheeler/hunwick saga is 21,452 words long already. WHOA. o.0

so time with sarah continues to be amazing. saturday's hiking expedition in rocky mountain national park was AWESOME. it SNOWED. this meant some of the stunning vistas were differently stunning than on a clear day, but the low clouds and the swirling snow were totally gorgeous and amazing. i was on VERY GOOD BEHAVIOR and did not make inappropriate grabbyhands at sarah at all too much. we also saw elk locking antlers! very cool. watched a bit of the notre dame/michigan game from a bar in estes park then came home to find out the irish had lost (FAIL). it was awesome to climb into a hot shower and then a warm bed for naptime, though. it was just like a football saturday back at school: game, shower, nap, RALLY TO GO OUT. sarah and i didn't actually make it back out, though we did do some drinking here at home instead. saturday of win, really. (except for the faily notre dame part. SIGH.)

yesterday i lost my fantasy hockey draft virginity and IT WAS AWESOME. you all saw my BRUINS-RICH roster. i am a happy camper. (i'm glad i have phil kessel--thank you, spookshowbaby, for your generous tradery--because i'll get to care what happens to him wherever he lands. SIGH.) also watched a bunch of football, and spent an excellent amount of time in bed. sunday of win, too!

today i really need to catch up with my paperjournal (oops). also should call mom while sarah is all studious. apparently the patriots play some football tonight, too. i like football!

you know what i love, though? VACATION.

... AND I HAVE ANOTHER WEEK OF IT. :D :D :D

my fantasy team, aptly called KREJCI & SOME DUDES:

- david krejci (c)
- marc savard (c)
- milan lucic (lw)
- marco sturm (lw)
- blake wheeler (rw)
- michael ryder (rw)

- matt hunwick (d)
- tommy gilbert (d)
- brent seabrook (d)
- luke schenn (d)

- marc-andre fleury (g)
- scott clemmenson (g)

- patrice bergeron (c)
- shawn thornton (lw)
- phil kessel (rw) <-- only benched until he is off IR (and, um, signed somewhere ... HOPEFULLY IN BOSTON)
- mark stuart (d)

AS THE BRUINS GO, SO GO I.

FTW.

peer pressure says MEMETIME (most recently from hockeysaurus):

my username is jennyagain because i used to have a different lj, and i bailed on it, and when i came back, i was me, again. ps my name is jenny.

my journal name is "kessel - phil kessel - what?" because I LOVE THAT LITTLE FUCKER and everyone is all-over hate for him now, what with the contract wibblings and shennanigans. sigh.

my title is "um ... i kinda maybe think you're sexalicious" because eleanoraq used this as a stand-in line from wheeler to hunwick when we were fic-plotting and i laughed and then i swooned because OH WHEELS. hee.

my subtitle is ... none currently, as my style does not support the display of one.

my friends page is "we can get there from here" because i need a motto, yo. this works. optimism ftw.

my default userpic is the one I have up right now: krejci, looking shy-ish, from a pic by blinding_voip WHO HATES ME. i find this hilarious. ps i love love love david krejci.

AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU KNOW THIS NOW.

watch this space for my awesome, awesome fantasy hockey roster. NOM.