Monday, June 30, 2008

July 1st...Here We Go!

Ok, it is now just after midnight and teams are now able to negotiate with unrestricted free agents. Signings are allowed to occur at noon. Expect the worst, and hope for the best and make sure you make a wish upon a star for who you want the most!









Jimmeny Cricket helped turn a freakin wooden doll into a human friggan being. If you wish your ass off he could certainly bring Hossa in under the cap...right? Need your help here Walt.

Come onnnnnn Hossa

Noke's Back!

The Boston Bruins announced today that they have signed forward Petteri Nokelainen to a 2 year contract worth an average of $850,000. Nokelainen will make $800,000 this year and $900,000 in 2009-2010. This was an excellent move by Chiarelli to keep his cap hit under $1 million. The sidebar is updated with the cap hit and the available money left for the Bruins to spend on free agents. Just over 5 hours to go until it all begins!
Its hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone if your heart still does.


I went for first rehearsal ystr.
woke up late+took my own sweet time+ refused to take dad's car.
So i rushed down to aljunied to meet bestfriend& cabbed down to the studio.
they gave me the wrong address, & the cabby was going round& round trying to find the studio.
^&(&*(()v$#^T$&T$*&()#)#_+@@@@$%&,
bestfriend sent me up, & then left.
by then, i was alr 15-20 minutes late. BUT i wasnt the lattest(:


The guys were still practicising their parts, so in the end, i still had to wait.
My round has 4 models in total.
& omg, the route is like so &^*&#*&($)$)$ confusing i tell you.


TADAAA. of course, the width isnt so thick.
& on that day itself, the runway will be longer.


This is the runway, roughly, about there lah.
At stage A , there'll be 4 models.
So i'll walk from 1, Pose, to 2, pose, then cut over to 3, pose , and back to 4, pose
& so on...
& bear in mind,
when i'm walking,
the other 3 models will be walking too.
so there're like 2 directions on that thin stage B.


& then there's the second part which is slighly easier:

I'll be walking as shown by the arrows. & at the same time,
another model will be crossing paths with me, and moving to the black cirlces.
Again, 4 models on the runway.



So you see how &#($($(%&#^@ it is?
you'll have to think abt the path, the pose,
maintain a distance from the model infront & also not to bang onto the other model.
Oh & give respect to the audiences by having some eye contact.
STRESSFUL EH?
not as easy as what you see on teevee.
& all these are only for like 5-10 minutes,
after all that countless rehearsals, blisters, pain on your foot!!!!


For the guys, its so much easier.
No heels, easier to walk/pose,
no need to care if your hair covers your vision when you walk & etc etc.


So all in all ystr,
i spent about 4 hrs there.
Full dressed rehearsal agn next week.
HAIYAAAA.
stress stress stress.
plus, the choreographer isnt that nice also :(


so after the rehearsal, met bestfriend somewhere near the studio.
& had beancurd.
HAHAHAHA.
cos the bus took so long to come!
then we went to Kallang
& his Daddy picked us up.
Went to DempsyRoad's LongBeach to eat with his family


ALWAYS MAKE ME GO FOR THIS KIND OF THING ONE LEH.
DAMN AWKWARD YOU KNOW!!!



ohh, & i know why bestfriend's so <- -> ( HAHAH!) ,
cos whole day eat this kind of food!
not longbeach, then Jack's place right!
become like that <------- ------>, then you know.
lols.
hahahahaha.



so after dinner,
his Daddy sent me home.
Hahahahaa,
that's why i reached home superr early.
even before 9.
HEHH.



Its now 2.22 PM.
& i've got so much time to blog because i didnt go to school tday(:
hahaha,
& Shu called me this morning thinking that i was in school.
& just nice, at that P.O.T,
i was dreaming, and she was in it too.
hahaha.
so after putting down the phone,
i continued the dream.
LOLS.
continued dreams after being disturbed, are hard to come by okay!
hahahahahs.


Okeydok,
i shall go do my own stuff noww.(:

Defensive Comparisons


Wade Redden, Age: 31, Last year's Cap Hit: $6.5 Million
80GP, 6G, 32A, +11, 4PPG, 12PPA, 60PIM

Brian Campbell, Age: 29, Last Year's Cap Hit: $1.75 Million
83 GP, 8G, 54A, +8, 5PPG, 28PPA, 20PIM

Dmitri Kalinin, Age: 27, Last year's Cap Hit: $2.25 Million
46GP, 1G, 7A, -7, 1PPG, 2PPA, 32PIM

Brooks Orpik, Age: 27, Last Year's Cap Hit: $1.075 Million
78GP, 1G, 10A, +11, 0PPG, 0PPA, 57PIM

Ron Hainsey, Age: 27, Last Year's Cap Hit: $900 K
78GP, 8G, 24A, -7, 8PPG, 15PPA, 25PIM

Mark Streit, Age: 30, Last Year's Cap Hit: $600 K
81GP, 13G, 49A, -6, 7PPG, 27PPA, 28PIM

After looking at the numbers and the strengths and weaknesses I have come to the conclusion that if the Bruins can not sign Redden or Campbell that they need to put in a strong bid for local boy (Bolton, CT/UMass Lowell) Ron Hainsey. He shows more offensive promise than Kalinin and Orpik by the numbers because the Bruins roster already has plenty of defensemen that can provide Orpik/Kalinin numbers/intangibles. As for Mark Streit, I'm not sure if I am sold on him or not. I do like that if things are not working on defense he can move up to forward. If he were to sign, I hope he isn't the only blueliner coming into Boston.

Hossa Comparison

With just about 12 hours until general managers can sign free agents I have come to believe that it could be impossible to sign Hossa due to his demands and the Bruins restraints. Do I want Chiarelli to sign Hossa? Of course I do. However, he could very well go elsewhere which in turn, would leave the team scrambling for a plan B. I have your plan B that could possibly equal production with a cheaper cap hit.

Marian Hossa, Age: 29, Last year's Cap Hit: $7 Million
72GP, 29G, 37A, -14, 8PPG, 21PPA, 36PIM

Radim Vrbata, Age: 27, Last Year's Cap Hit: $1.225 Million
76 GP, 27G, 29A, +6, 7PPG, 8PPA, 14 PIM

Ok, these guys are eerily similar when it comes to numbers and when you click on their names and look at their assets and their flaws it makes you wonder a bit. I can even explain the numbers as to why Vrbata is at a slight disadvantage to Hossa. Hossa has far more assists because of who he had to set up this past season (Kovalchuk, Crosby, Malkin, etc.). Vrbata had Doan, Mueller, Reinprecht, etc. Which grouping would you rather set up or get passes from (granted the first group is from two teams)? The Phoenix team plus/minus was -97 so it is amazing that anyone could be in the plus. Vrbata had the highest +/- among forwards for the Coyotes.

Coming up...defensive plan B...and possibly plan C

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Liles Resigns in Colorado

Well, change Liles in my previous post to any of the D-men I have listed on the right column. Oh well, Liles's previous season sort of had me turning the other way on him anyhow, so, all is well that ends well I suppose. Time's a tickin' here...

We Carry On



To them our footsteps sound too lonely in the lanes. And if at night lying in their beds they hear a man walking outside, long before the sun rises, they probably ask themselves: where is the thief going? [thus spoke zarathustra,p.5]


I thought of writing of the night, of this maddening trauma spilling from notre musique. I wanted to write of the theoretical look that lies under the perception of the book as substance, designating the work as disposable.

(understanding the worklessness that shines-forth the work, brings the syncope.)

what any metaphysical claim of understanding subjects us is of thinking the understanding as Darstellung. we must carry on the task of fragmentary demand.

Hitherto our arguments for showing that the question must be restated have been motivated in part by its venerable origin but chiefly by the lack of a definite answer and even by the absence of any satisfactory formulation of the question itself. One may, however, ask whayt purpose this question is supposed to serve. Does it simply remain -or is it at all- a mere matter of soaring speculation about the most general of generalities, or is it rather, of all questions, both the most basic and the most concrete? [Being and Time,p.29]


let us think this "thinking.. unheard demand" [Nancy] within (which Buck-Morss calls:) a global public sphere in which creation of the "as" structure of langauge bring worklessness. where translation [benjamin] of the "absurd insanity, the curse of existence"[blanchot] of speaking-mouth from night into the daylight brings malheur. where the question is not about the content but of the path of thought.

I could have done written a Bourdieuan analysis of the field of intellectual field where I can mark out the power field and unevenly distributed forms of capital; the sens pratique which makes us revolutionaries, translators, writers; the symbolic violence that exposes us to the sovereign's terror. I stop here. [actually I've no breath for any word, to write this down I've gone berserk]

this blog will continue with a different policy which I derived the criteria from the debate. there'll be thematic dossiers (I'm looking for co-editors on various topics, mail me if you want [there we have alrady a french feminism issue by Majene Mafe]). (I'll start posting in a week)

I want to thank all of you who wrote (and ones who mailed to me) the wonderful readings of the question. you -certainly- changed my life. if there is a question to be asked, we must get rid of all "if"s that makes us forget the being-there of the question. Blanchot writes in Awaiting Oblivion:

As if their words were searching for the level where, even with each other, they would allow silent evenness, the one that comes to light in the end, to be established between them. (p.80)


thanks.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

McKeon's Realistic Dream Team

I mentioned in a previous post that July 1st feels like Christmas right now and considering that signing day is here I am starting to let my mind run wild of the gifts that Santa...er, Chiarelli will bring. I'm thinking about what I put on my "list" and I am thinking about "toys" that I "need" that will make life more tolerable. I'm not doing a Spezza-Crosby-Ovechkin-Lecavalier line (yes, I know there are four there) because a hobo doesn't ask Santa for a plasma screen, a PS3, and a blackberry. Why? Because he has no place to plug any of that swag in. Holy metaphors. Anyhow, here is the line-up I am hoping to wake-up to realistically on the morning of July 1st.

Sturm-Savard-Hossa
Lucic-Bergeron-Kobasew
Axelsson-Krejci-Kessel
Schaeffer-Sobotka-Thornton
Depth: Nokelainen, Reich,

Chara-Wideman
Liles-Ward
Stuart-Alberts
Depth: Hnidy, Ference

Thomas
Fernandez
Depth: Rask (but in the AHL)

Development Camp Roster


I know this is a bit tardy but, I wanted to get a post up to get you through this rough Saturday before what will hopefully be a thrilling July 1st free agent signing day. This is the group of guys that will be at the Bruins practice facility in Wilmington, MA for the second annual Developmental Camp July 8-12.

Zach Hamill------------Joe Colborne
Maxime Sauve --------Michael Hutchinson
Jamie Arniel-----------Nick Tremblay
Mark Goggin-----------Jeff LoVecchio
Jeff Penner------------Matt Marquardt
Andrew Bodnarchuk----Adam Courchaine
Tommy Cross-----------Alain Goulet
Jordan Knackstedt------Brad Marchand
Mikko Lehtonen--------Adam McQuaid
Levi Nelson-------------Kevin Regan
Dennis Reul

To make this slightly interactive, who are the three guys that you are most excited about on this list? You can put your answers in the comment box.

Friday, June 27, 2008

HELLO HELLO.
YAY.
today is friday(:(:(:
& today had a relief faci for math.
& yeah, it was quite slack,
cos he was somehow more lenient and all,
as compared to the _____ module's faci.
heh.
oh& *nancy's issue.
Wah, i feel damn mean leh!
whole day keep disturbing disturbing.
tsk. haiyooo!

GAH GAH GAH.
Cell later.
RAHHHH.
no comments.

So anyway,
met JustinFatKoh(HEH!) aft school ystr @ woodlands,
& trained to yishun to eat Macs & watch the Zohan movie.
Yepyep.
So after that, to my condo.
& took justin-looking-dumb pictures.

TADAAA. see his idiotic face!
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Starbuck –Wouldn’t You Like It/Maňana


Starbuck –Wouldn’t You Like It/Maňana –Belter 08.363 (1973 Spanish issue)

Brian Engel and Martin Briley camp it up to the max on Wouldn’t You Like It, but the track doesn’t quite reach the ridiculous “heights” of Do You Like Boys or have the sheer class that permeates Heart Throb (check out the April 21st post). This Howard/Blaikley track is not without its own particular charm or duck sound effects for that matter…
Brian: They (Howard/Blaikley) had run out of good ideas and soppy innuendo titles by this time and were resorting to gimmick sound effects ...I honestly remember a duck quack on this single…..but I don’t remember it being released...
Maňana is like DDBM&T covering Rag Doll and plays it more straight in a commercial pop vein. Brian: Maňana was an old Bay City Rollers song (I think we did it either first or round about the same time). Now that was a good pop song…International appeal, a catchy song with a chorus that you could sing but didn’t need to learn…Na na na Na na na na na -if you could remember those lyrics you’d got the song”

Wouldn’t You Like It is probably the 2nd Starbuck single (RCA 2350 in the UK 1973) as Heart Throb on Bradleys came out the following year. It seems that there might even be a fourth single released as Starbuck: “Excerpt From A Skateboard Symphony” on Axle Production which ties in nicely with the later Slick Willie single (see review June 5th)

Thanks to MJ and Brian

Click on title for an edit of Wouldn’t You Like It/Maňana

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Deep Thought, By: Jack Handy

I have deep thought before I run out the door to the DMB concert at the Tweeter. Last year, Al "Big Al" Jefferson was one of the hottest young commodities that the Celtics possessed. When the Celtics traded Big Al to Minnesota for KG people were up in arms about trading away such a promising prospect. The Celtics won the World Championship because of that trade, even though Jefferson had outstanding numbers on such a poorly framed team.

So, I would have to say that Phil Kessel is last year's Al Jefferson on this off-season Bruins crew. The reason I bring this up is because I have seen Kessel's name rumored in trades to help dump salary for a nice free agent splash. If winning a Stanley Cup (or making a very strong push) means moving Kessel and him still becoming a great player elsewhere, would you do it?

You all better say yes.

I am wearing a black t-shirt and a backward Portland Sea Dogs hat if you are there.

See ya!

[Josef Shafer] The Valley, Yosemite National Park, California





Yut!  June 15th, 2008.

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Posted By M. Josef Shafer to Josef Shafer at 6/18/2008 07:44:00 PM

If you do, let me know&show me so. If not, i'm trying to gently let you go.


HELLOOOO.
yepyep, i've changed a little of the blogskin& layout,
& this took quite some time ystr.
Cos i was deciding on how i should change it.
& actually, i'm still deciding if i should modify it further.
lol.


Woke up this morning,
& RAHH,
i felt lazy agn. :(
I didnt feel like going to school.
SO FAR! & SO SLEEPY&TIRED!
booo!
but i still did, cos there's UT.
siannnnnnn.

Oh& i've counted,
I've alr skipped 4 days of school in total.
&i can only skip another 6 more days.
& there's only 6 more weeks of school till the 3 weeks of VACATIONS.
YAYNESS!
i'm skipping school on the 11th,15th and probably the 16th,
in preparation for Hair Show, Hair show itself, and a self-declared-break-after-hair-show. (:


Anyway, i reached home uberly early today!
Okay, maybe 6.45pm isnt that early,
But its the earliest i've ever reached home since starting of Poly!,
i think.
hehh. & hmmm,
i did feel a teenyweenylittebit of satisfaction when i reached my door&saw the timing(:(:(:
&&& i ate dinner at home today! WHAOO right. lols.



Alrightos, i'm gonna check out the movie timings for tmr(:

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Chomsky Interview - Healthcare is cheaper

Chomsky: USA people are irrelevant for their Leaders


Chomsky says the US can learn something from Bolivia's democracy [GALLO/GETTY]
Noam Chomsky, the renowned US academic, author and political activist, speaks to Avi Lewis on Al Jazeera's Inside USA.

They discuss whether the US election this year will bring real change, the ongoing conflict in Iraq and why Americans should look to their Southern American counterparts for political inspiration.

Avi Lewis: I'd like to start by talking about the US presidential campaign. In writing about the last election in 2004, you called America's system a "fake democracy" in which the public is hardly more than an irrelevant onlooker, and you've been arguing in your work in the last year or so that the candidates this time around are considerably to the right of public opinion on all major issues.

So, the question is, do Americans have any legitimate hope of change this time around? And what is the difference in dynamic between America's presidential "cup" in 2008 compared to 2004 and 2000?

Noam Chomsky: There's some differences, and the differences are quite enlightening. I should say, however, that I'm expressing a very conventional thought – 80 per cent of the population thinks, if you read the words of the polls, that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves not for the population [and] 95 per cent of the public thinks that the government ought to pay attention to public opinion but it doesn't.

As far as the elections are concerned, I forget the exact figure but by about three to one people wish that the elections were about issues, not about marginal character qualities and so on. So I'm right in the mainstream.

There's some interesting differences between 2004 and 2008 and they're very revealing, it's kind of striking that the commentators don't pick that up because it's so transparent.

The main domestic issue for years … is the health system - which is understandable as it's a total disaster.

The last election debate in 2004 was on domestic issues ... and the New York Times the next day had an accurate description of it. It said that [former Democratic presidential candidate John] Kerry did not bring up any hint of government involvement in healthcare because it has so little political support, just [the support of] the large majority of the population.

But what he meant was it was not supported by the pharmaceutical industry and wasn't supported by the financial institutions and so on.

In this election the Democratic candidates all have [health] programmes that are not what the public are asking for but are approaching it and could even turn into it, so what happened between 2004 and 2008?

It's not a shift in public opinion - that's the same as before, what happened is a big segment of US corporate power is being so harmed by the healthcare system that they want it changed, namely the manufacturing industry.

So, for example, [car manufacturer] General Motors says that it costs them maybe $1,500 more to produce a car in Detroit then across the border in Windsor, Canada, just because they have a more sensible healthcare system there.

Well, when a big segment of corporate America shifts its position, then it becomes politically possible and has political support. So, therefore, you can begin to talk about it.

But those aren't changes coming from pressure from below?

No, the public is the same, it's been saying the same for decades, but the public is irrelevant, is understood to be irrelevant. What matters is a few big interests looking after themselves and that's exactly what the public sees.

And yet, you can see people agitating against the official story, even within the electoral process. There is definitely a new mood in the US, a restlessness among populations who are going to political rallies in unprecedented numbers.

What do you make of this well branded phenomenon of hope - which is obviously part marketing - but is it not also part something else?

Well that's Barack Obama. He has his way, he presents himself - or the way his handlers present him - as basically a kind of blank slate on which you can write whatever you like and there are a few slogans: Hope, unity …

Change?

Change. And it does arouse enthusiasm and you can understand why. Again 80 per cent of the population thinks the county is going the wrong way.

Chomsky: Understandable that Obama is generating "enthusiasm" [Reuters]
For most people in the US the past 30 years have been pretty grim. Now, it's a rich country, so it's not like living in southern Africa, but for the majority of the population real wages have stagnated or declined for the past 30 years, there's been growth but it's going to the wealthy and into very few pockets, benefits which were never really great have declined, work hours have greatly increased and there isn't really much to show for it other than staying afloat.

And there is tremendous dissatisfaction with institutions, there's a lot of talk about Bush's very low poll ratings, which is correct, but people sometimes overlook the fact that congress's poll ratings are even lower.

In fact all institutions are just not trusted but disliked, there's a sense that everything is going wrong.

So when somebody says "hope, change and unity" and kind of talks eloquently and is a nice looking guy and so on then, fine.

If the elite strategy for managing the electorate is to ignore the will of the people as you interpret it through polling data essentially, what is an actual progressive vision of changing the US electoral system? Is it election finance, is it third party activism?

We have models right in front of us. Like pick, say, Bolivia, the poorest county in South America. They had a democratic election a couple of years ago that you can't even dream about in the US. It's kind of interesting it's not discussed; it's a real democratic election.

A large majority of the population became organised and active for the first time in history and elected someone from their own ranks on crucial issues that everyone knew about – control of resource, cultural rights, issues of justice, you know, really serious issues.

And, furthermore, they didn't just do it on election day by pushing a button, they've been struggling about these things for years.

A couple of years before this they managed to drive Bechtel and the World Bank out of the country when they were trying to privatise the war. It was a pretty harsh struggle and a lot of people were killed.

Well, they reached a point where they finally could manifest this through the electoral system - they didn't have to change the electoral laws, they had to change the way the public acts. And that's the poorest country in South America.

Actually if we look at the poorest country in the hemisphere – Haiti - the same thing happened in 1990. You know, if peasants in Bolivia and Haiti can do this, it's ridiculous to say we can't.

The Democrats in this election campaign have been talking a lot, maybe less so more recently, about withdrawing from Iraq.

What are the chances that a new president will significantly change course on the occupation and might there be any change for the people of Iraq as a result of the electoral moment in the US?

Well, one of the few journalists who really covers Iraq intimately from inside is Nir Rosen, who speaks Arabic and passes for Arab, gets through society, has been there for five or six years and has done wonderful reporting. His conclusion, recently published, as he puts it, is there are no solutions.

This has been worse than the Mongol invasions of the 13th century - you can only look for the least bad solution but the country is destroyed.

The war on Iraq has been a catastrophe, Chomsky says [AFP]
And it has in fact been catastrophic. The Democrats are now silenced because of the supposed success of the surge which itself is interesting, it reflects the fact that there's no principled criticism of the war – so if it turns out that your gaining your goals, well, then it was OK.

We didn't act that way when the Russians invaded Chechnya and, as it happens, they're doing much better than the US in Iraq.

In fact what's actually happening in Iraq is kind of ironic. The Iraqi government, the al-Maliki government, is the sector of Iraqi society most supported by Iran, the so-called army - just another militia - is largely based on the Badr brigade which is trained in Iran, fought on the Iranian side during the Iran-Iraq war, was part of the hated Revolutionary Guard, it didn't intervene when Saddam was massacring Shiites with US approval after the first Gulf war, that's the core of the army.

The figure who is most disliked by the Iranians is of course Muqtada al-Sadr, for the same reason he's disliked by the Americans – he's independent.

If you read the American press, you'd think his first name was renegade or something, it's always the "renegade cleric" or the "radical cleric" or something - that's the phrase that means he's independent, he has popular support and he doesn't favour occupation.

Well, the Iranian government doesn't like him for the same reason. So, they [Iran] are perfectly happy to see the US institute a government that's receptive to their influence and for the Iraqi people it's a disaster.

And it'll become a worse disaster once the effects of the warlordism and tribalism and sectarianism sink in more deeply.

B's & Avs Swap AHLers

The Boston Bruins sent defenseman Matt Hendricks to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Johnny Boychuck. Both spent the majority of the 2007-2008 season in the American Hockey League. Boychuck had a line of 8-18-26 in 60 games with Lake Erie and lead all Lake Erie defenseman with 17 power play points.

McKeon's Take: Haven't seen much of this guy but, it looks like the scouts saw something in Boychuk that they like so I am going to trust them. It sounds like a future move to me (Oh, no kidding McKeon!)

Bruins Extend Stuart

The Boston Bruins announced today that they have signed defenseman Mark Stuart's to a multi-year contract extension. Per club policy the terms were not disclosed.

McKeon's take: Good move by Peter Chiarelli. I've always liked what Stuart brings to the table and he is still developing into what will be a very solid blue-liner.

Red Bull Big Tune Competitors Just Announced!

Here's the list of 12 finalists! Who will win???

I ain't gonna play favorites
(but my money is on Picnic)
.

Drewski
Lab Ox
S1
Sound Mob
Chinky P
Picnic
T Ward
Anwar Mack
Neon Collars
EQ
Desiac
Mr. Rogers

See y'all tomorrow at VENUE! Flyer below.

The Deadline Is Upon Us

With the July 1st deadline looming, the mere fact that "the answer" could be coming to the Bruins line-up quite soon is making me itch...or is that the rash I have. I'm not talking about Allen Iverson, though it can be neither confirmed nor denied that Iverson was actually playing for the Bruins prior to last season's promising black and gold waltz. What I am basically trying to convey is that the Bruins sucked prior to last year and those of us who have been on the regular diehard wagon have been waiting for the answer. It started with Chiarelli. It very soon became Chara, then Savard, then Kessel, then Julien, then Lucic to add to Thomas and Bergeron. However, last season, this team was one or two pieces shy of a legitimate contender.

Here's the chance to find, "The Answer." A chance to open the eyes of the league, a chance to make a statement to say that this legendary franchise is back. Ideally, this team could use Marian Hossa and a defenseman like John-Michael Liles, Ron Hainsey, or Brooks Orpik. The biggest reason why not getting Hossa would hurt more than usual would be that he could potentially go to Montreal. It would be great to add a player like Hossa AND keep him away from Montreal, all in one motion. Only time will tell.

There's a buzz around the boards and in the sound of the voices who actually talk Bruins when they are not playing a rival in the playoffs. The diehards are excited, and maybe, on July 2nd the Northeast division and the rest of the league will do a double take like you do when you see that little bikini on that hottie you have been crushing on for a long time, big jugs and all. Kind of like in Caddyshack when Judge Smails's niece, Lacey Underall, walks by everyone at the pool and everyone stops. Am I dreaming? Probably. However, it would be outstanding to get some scoring in front of Thomas/Fernandez and keep their nightly shots-against in the mid-twenties.

July 1st is Christmas....or Hanukkah...or Kwanzaa or what have you. We are either getting socks, or the most fabulous gift you could possibly imagine...tools to achieve Stanley Cup immortality!

Over the top? Maybe. I'll let you decide.
Hellohello.
i decided to give school a miss today(:
&that was after i washed up& all.
so i slept all the way till abt 12pm(:
HEH.

anyway, went to bugis with Shu ystr.
&then met up with Justin.
& i reached home @ arnd 11pm.
Which also explains why i decided to skip school today(:

&&&, my mummy left for overseas ystr.
err, i don't really know where though.
But i know she's gonna do water rafting, with RAPIDS!
rahhh, i want!

okeydok.
pictures from long ago&ystr:
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@ Bestriend's grandmama's bday
FATFLURRY! :
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HOLIDAYYYYYYYY:
i think nice, like so classy(:
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&i love nice bathrooms. This has a jacuzzi(: :
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Possible reason for delay&turbulences:
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& while i'm waiting for the pictures to be uploaded,
i'm talking to Bestfriend on the phone.
& he's telling his friend abt himself, coming to hougang all the time.
YALA YALA,
whole day come hougang lah. TSKKKKK!
yala-yala, no bus home no bus home,
must take cab take cab.
okayokay i've heard it manymnay times!
study lah! still playplayplay.
Later flunk your exams then you know!
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Okay, uploaded.

Ystr's photos.
Sorry babySHU, hahahahah(:
Justin's fault! :
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&Justin irritates people to the extent of...:
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yay, pluck WHITE HAIR!!:
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