Off to North Carolina today to see Loup, LK, Sidney, MAF, and of course watch JStaal administer a beatdown to EStaal.  :D  Back next week, but I’ll probably be around FB.

I was paying too much attention to hockey and missed out on this piece.

Am I alone in finding Shaun White vaguely kinda hot?  He reminds me of a lil’ bitty Kip Winger, except wholesome?

Or mayhap we should call this “Drive-by Scotting”?  Too cheesy?  Yeah.  Anyway, this place still needs more Scotsmen, so here is their King.

Been a long time since we’ve seen darling Ewan in anything that wasn’t utter shite.  (I truly believe that fate placed a curse upon everyone who had anything to do with the SW prequels.  See also, Neeson, Liam.)  But he’s battling back with a starring role in a critically-acclaimed Polanski pic, Ghost Writer.

Also, he has I Love You Philip Morris opening soon.  *siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigghhhhhhhhhhh*  Ewan makes a gay love story and they cast Jim Carrey as his love interest.  In other news, the Universe hates me.

More Scottish mood music fer ye ta gae wi’ Ewan…even wi’ translation…

A very hockey-oriented week in the works.  I hope I don’t get burnt out, that’s always a risk this time of year.

Anyway, we’re expecting Whistler over to dinner tonight so I suspect we’ll end up watching the Pens.  Then BW and I have nosebleed tickets to Sunday’s home game.  But the best part is that exactly one week from tonight we will be in good seats at the RBC Center in Raleigh, sitting next to Loup and LK, rooting for JStaal over EStaal, and Crosby uber alles.  W00t!

So psyched to go!  We leave on Tuesday morning, spend a day or two running around North Carolina finding fun stuff to do, Pens v. Hurricanes game on Thursday night, then home.

If things seem a little extra-boring around here, it’s because I’m a smidge under the weather and don’t feel up for creativity.  BW has had a bad head cold, now I have the weaker version:  no symptoms, just an overall feeling of malaise.  :P  That seems to be as sick as I ever get anymore.  I rather miss true, bed-ridden illness…at least it gives one an excuse not to do anything.

Anyway, belated Bday wishes out to Mr. Asian-By-Marriage.  Hope he had a nice par-tay!

CROSBY SHOOTS AND SCORES!!!

This is what it means to be a Hero.

This is the stuff of Myth.

This is the fulfillment of Legend.

This is Arthurian in its cosmic Rightness.

This is what Joseph Campbell was talking about when he said,

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

and

“We have only to follow the thread of the hero path.
And where we had thought to find an abomination,
we shall find a God.
And where we had thought to slay another,
we shall slay ourselves.
And where we had thought to travel outward,
we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought to be alone,
we shall be with all the world.”

OMFG

OMFG

OMFG

This is so much better than the Stanley Cup!

CROSBY SUCKS! 

You know what we need more of up in this place?  Scotsmen!

Stand back, James McAvoy is about to bring the pasty.

NOM.  That’s one tasty morsel of buttery shortbread.

“There’s no place like home,  There’s no place like home, There’s no place like home….”

*click, click, click*

Come ON, dammit!  Stupid slippers.

Maybe if we all listen to this while we gaze at James, we will be teleported to Scotland at least in a virtual sense…

Calls for a visit from my lil friend.

Or:  Leo DeCaprio & The Olympians: The Sanity Thief…

The snow and such has been messing with my movie-screening schedule, which means that I’ve gone to the theater twice in less than a week…completely unheard of!

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I really doubted that I would; but we are finally in possession of our new sofa!

We ordered this thing on November 19.  I won’t trouble you by going over all of the many trials, tribulations, and delays, but suffice to say it was an enormous drag.  If it wasn’t for the amazing sales lady we had, I would have molotov-cocktailed Macy’s a long time ago.

But I really like it; it’s so clean and compact and not-squishy and I don’t have to fluff and re-shape it every time I get up.  BUT, it is not as uncomfortable as you may think it looks.  It was the best compromise of sleek style and acceptable comfort we could find.  Yay!

Happy Birthday to my lil bud!  May your 13th be very lucky for you!

Couple of tidbits before the weekend gets here:

• Saturday is Whistler’s birthday, so if you see him around give him a pinch to grow an inch!
• My new sofa (which we ordered in November!!!) was delivered yesterday.  Sheesh. Luckily, I still love it.  Pics to come.
• Don’t miss the Team Sidney vs the USA hockey game on Sunday. Get pumped for it with some Hockey Slash.
• Went out to see Percy Jackson/The Lightning Thief with Agent Asian last night.  Review to come next week.

In general, I hope everybody in the North East enjoys being able to leave the house for the first time since…um…I forget.

The always-awesome Ms. Rabbit sent me the Canadian-edition of Sports Illustrated Olympic Preview (on which Sid was rawkin’ the cover)…finally got here yesterday!

The content of the mag is pretty much the same, and the article about Sid (which made me cry, btw) was identical except for one…small…extra…

Wait for it…

Ready?  Hang on to yer Timbits.

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Sid & MAF shove off to beautiful Vancouver today to start playing at the Olympics!  So exciting…it’s like they’re packing off to Summer Camp together.  You boys have a nice trip….don’t forget to write…and have a s’more for me!

Happy Valentine’s Weekend

from all of us at TarsierJungle!

And now…

a special Valentine for you all…

Handcrafted by me with love and perversion.

The Uni reopened today, and BW had to attempt to go back to work.  If he makes it, he’ll probably turn around and come back because nobody else will be there.  Still, it will be nice to have a first-hand report about conditions in the Outside World.

Still no effin’ mail.  That is my only weather-related gripe.  I have the Sid Crobsy-covered issue of Sports Illustrated being shipped to me from Canada, and if it gets lost heads will roll.

Tomorrow my mom is scheduled for surgery to remove a herniated disc.  Originally planned for Wed., they rescheduled because of the snow.  Travel conditions still aren’t exactly ideal, so its been a stressful time.  Please send your good thoughts.

U of Pitt has been closed for THREE DAYS now!  :D  BW won’t have to go to class tonight, whooo! I’m sure there is going to be behind-the-scenes hell to pay when this is over…the Pitt execs reaming out City of PGH execs for making them have to give out 3 free vacation days to staff.  It’ll be ugly.  But:  Not My Problem.

BW managed to get our taxes done in all his free time.  I’m still working on those Valentine’s cookies.

Speaking of V-Day, here’s our household’s one and only concession to Valentine’s Day decorating:

And nothing brightens up a room like a little Jude Law.

Better!  Enjoy your snow day if ya got one…we did!  This is unbelievable.  The U of PGH has some message up on its website saying how their students’ and staff’s safety is their top concer.  HAAAAA!

Translation:  The state threatened to fine their asses bigtime if they kept on defying state-issued States of Emergency as they have flagrantly done over the past 20-odd years.  So home we sit again today.  :)  Yesterday we were able to get out to Costco and Target.  Today more snow is expected so I need to dash to the ban.  Apart from that, am thinking of making some Pens-themed Valentine’s Day cookies.  Maybe it will snap the boys out of their slump.  If not, only Sidney and BabyJ get to have a cookie and the rest have to stay behind and clean the blackboards!

I’m sure you all know that the Snowpocalypse ‘10 hit PGH pretty hard.  It’s been awesome! I’ve been catching up on all sorts of movie and Northern Exposure viewing, and it made Nutella Day all the sweeter.

Even more awesome: BW’s work was cancelled today!  The last time that happened was 17 GODDAMN YEARS ago!  Sort of makes up for that morbidly depressing hockey game on Sunday.  Sheesus.  Sidney and JStaal HAND you guys a huge victory, and it gets pissed away.  Must they do everything for you people?!?!  This is why I hate team sports.  I was so much more even-tempered and happy when I was a tennis fan.  :( 

Anyway, back to Nutella Day.  The cookies were pretty dang good, I will try to post the recipe when I get the chance.  But the Nutella French Toast was incredible! No recipe needed, I don’t think.  Just make French Toast as you usually would, but spend the money on some extra-good bread…brioche or something…toast it lightly in the oven so it doesn’t get too soggy, then make Nutella sandwiches, dunk in your egg/milk mixture, and grill.  Oh, a splash of Grand Marnier in the eggs n’milk is highly recommended.

Doesn’t that look scrumptious?

Happy World Nutella Day!

In order to celebrate this day, you need exactly one thing:  a jar of Nutella.  Spoon optional.

But if you really want to get fancy about it, you should make something out of the Nutella.  I found a recipe for Triple-Chip Nutella Cookies that I’ll be baking later today.  If they turn out to be nommy, I’ll post the recipe.

Also thinking about making a weekend out of it and cooking up some Nutella-Stuffed French Toast for Saturday brunch….or maybe for Pens Game lunch? :)  Nutella-Stuffed French Toast?  You KNOW that would get the Marc-Andre seal of approval.  Probably makes a batch whenever he gets a lazy weekend morning….MAF puttering in the kitchen with his Nutella and his Grand Marnier…sipping on a mimosa while Sidney sits around playing Wii in his jammies.  *ssiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhhhhhh*  I love those two.

Whut?!  You people have no imaginations, that’s your problem.

Recipes to come next week.