Patsy Stone on Politics

Politics. Royals. Hockey. Not necessarily in that order.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Smyth's Gone... Messier Jersey Retired...

It has not been a good few hours, dear reader. The last time Patsy cried this much was when the liquor store across the street ran out of Bolly....

Today was a pretty good day, but it went downhill fast when MWR uttered those awful six little words: "did you hear about Ryan Smyth?"

When my pal Haley mentioned that she'd heard a rumour about the Oilers possibly trading Ryan Smyth a few days ago, I dismissed it out of hand. The Oilers would never trade Smytty, the heart and soul of the Oilers for more than a decade. They just wouldn't. Well they did. And I cried. And cried some more.

And on the day that Mark Messier's jersey was raised too. Mess will always be my favourite player of all time, but Ryan's a close second. I would have been emotional just watching them raise that Number 11 jersey tonight, but considering the trade news, there were a whole hell of a lot more tears. This sucks.

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I think this calls for a Long Island Iced Tea...and considering that Ryan's headed for Long Island, I guess that's a pretty good choice. Oh the irony.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Bloggin' Oscars...

1) 7:25 p.m. MT -- Not another bloody dance number... come on! Does ANYONE enjoy these? I know cutting them would mean putting Debbie Allen out of a job, but it would at least trim 15-20 mins from the show...

2) Terrific surprise having Alan Arkin win for Best Supporting Actor. I enjoyed "Little Miss Sunshine" the most of any movie this year, and am pleased to see Arkin get the award. If you haven't seen it yet, go... his crotchety grandpa is awesome!

3) Loved Rachel Weisz's dress...

Bloggin' Oscars

Dresses... what do I love so far? My fave (as of 6:15 MT) is Emily Blunt in a beautiful sapphire blue, sequined dress. Gorgeous! Nicole Kidman - that woman is TALL! in a red column. Helen Mirren is stunning as always. Cate Blanchett (my favourite actress ever) is always flawless. Jada Pinkett Smith's gold dress is beautiful against her dark skin...

More later.