Thursday, April 12, 2007

WHY AM I STILL AWAKE?

I'll tell you why: LORD STANLEY'S CUP! Last night was the first night of the NHL playoffs and I found myself riveted to the TV, watching end-to-end hockey. Playoff time is especially intense because of the overtime rules; During the regular season, teams will play five minutes of overtime and then if the game is still tied, they will have a "shoot-out" to determine the winner. Nice and easy.

However, in the playoffs, all of that goes out the window. Now, if a game is tied at the end of regulation time, the teams will play 20 minute overtime periods until someone scores. So this could mean that a game will end quickly, or it may become a marathon and go forever. That was the case last night/this morning with the Vancouver/Dallas game. Game started at about 10pm EST. At the end of regulation, it was a 4-4 tie, which meant overtime. Now I love overtime because you never know if the next shot on goal will be the last; the tension is so thick, you can cut it with a knife. And this game didn't disappoint one bit. Shot after shot, hit after hit, the two teams kept going at it as if their lives depended on it.

Five hours (yes FIVE HOURS) after the game began, it finally ended, at almost 4am! And yes, I stayed up for the whole thing. And now I'm wired.

If this happened already and it's only the first day of the playoffs, I don't think I will make it to the finals.

The local "triad" (NY RANGERS, NY ISLANDERS and NJ DEVILS) begin their quest for the Cup tonight and we'll (of course) carry all of the action! Should be entertaining!

On another note: What is it with women and surveys? It seems that every time I turn around, some cheezy woman's magazine is doing a survey. The usual topics: love, sex, dating, sex, careers and of course, sex. For example, HEALTH magazine surveyed 1000 women about what "turns them on". Some of the questions that were asked:

Sexiest part of their bodies?
39% said their "curves"
15% said their hair
14% said their skin
09% said their legs

How do you feel about threesomes?
53% thought "It's Wrong"
30% thought " It's a fantasy, but I'd never try it"
10% thought "I've tried it"

What's the craziest place you've had sex?
26% said "car"
14% said "park"
14% said "beach"
10% said "office"
05% said "parents' bed"

Some people said they've had sex in:
-the closet of their husband's classroom
-a hospital waiting room
-a dressing room at the mall
-the woods while looking for a Christmas tree
-a van during a family reunion

At:
-Disneyland
-a hockey game
-the Colosseum in Rome

On:
-a trampoline
-on a barstool in front of everyone (sounds like our infamous restrooms)

The issue with all of the results of this survey hits the newstands on April 24.

LITE NITE THURSDAY ($4.00, all LIGHT beers) tonight!


nuff said