sleepyTP and a prospect are gone for Mark Bell. I have a personal attachment to TP. I was going to marry him and we were going to be really boring together. *sniffle* I do think Mark Bell is a very good player, though, and even better, he's a left wing! It would be so nice to see what he can do on a line with Joe and Cheech.
Someone in
sjsharks referred to him as "this bell mofo" and I think I'm just going to refer to him as that forever!This trade is still sinking in for me, all aspects of it (TP going to Ottawa, Marty going to Chicago, and Bell coming to San Jose). I haven't even really thought about Thorty, Alyn, Brown and Grier all that much yet. I guess on opening night, I'll suddenly burst into tears, screaming, "My team! My team!" (If my roommate isn't at home.)
( Candy Days, Part 10 )
I may text message you that, regardless of whether or not your roommate isn't at home. ;)
I know how you feel. The trades have sunk into me, but I'm already getting the "where's my team?" feeling. I know it's part of improving, etc, but I think we're in for more changes before the summer's out, and I feel that even if the heart of the team is too big to be encompassed by one small set of individuals, it at least has a hole in it that the band-aid of new, good players can't quite cover yet.
Hello my dear, ten parts :) yay!
Hey there! I thought I commented in your post, but... apparently not. So happy to see you back in civilization. Was kind of fearful that you were going to disappear off the face of the earth. :P
Thank you so much for the postcard, it was really lovely. :D
Do you get any hockey over there? I can send you DVDs next season, hehe.
I barely have any attachment to him and *I* was sad and rewatched all the Shark Byte epis you have of him.
Who are the Sharks going to go to for guidance now? :(
And and and I loved the end of Candy Days but I will tell you later because I am being rushed off my own computer AAAH!
Hee, thank you so much!!! :)
And I also have to admit, I read all of Candy Days and loved it, but I was horrible about commenting. Heh.. not exactly a good way to introduce one's self, huh? I really did love how you ended it too. For so many reasons.
And thank you so much!!! I'm glad you liked. :) Oh, and I wrote a sequel to Making the Band, with Alfie replacing Marian after he was traded. *giggle*
Supernova - I don't know why I hadn't read this before. (Actually, I think I had a reason, and I think the reason was Darcy Tucker. Heh. But I sort of got over that when I FINALLY read A Long December. Hee.) But...SLAJKHSAJGDSJKHDJKD. Mae. I LOVE the juxtaposition between the feelings of the boys and their homophobia. I really love how the situation and issues are handled; I love the way that it gives a glimpse to what could be, but isn't because they keep holding themselves back.
And drunken conversations about reincarnation; this story's got it all!
Candy Days - Your Petr is a fantastic narrator. I like the difference between the relationships of Petr and Jason, and Petr and Andy;
it's like learning to finally break away to something familiar and broken and trying something shiny and new for the first time - it's bittersweet but ultimately really lovely. The ending isn't necessarily sad - in fact, it's one of the most realistic and true to life endings I've read in awhile - and while the narrator grows from his experience, it's sad that he doesn't really get his happily ever after: you sort of get a glimpse of what could be, but not really.
I got in line and watched him go, and I thought, I could have loved him.
:( I think I might secretly be a romantic at heart.
What I'm trying to say, in my long-winded, book report-ish feedback, is that I really enjoyed those two pieces. Thank you so much for writing and sharing them.
Eee, I'm glad that came through, I wanted to kinda' contrast the two relationships. And yeah, I think all of us, as we get older accumulate "what ifs" and it's kind of nice to think about them, and also a little bittersweet sometimes.
Thank you again. *beams and hugs*