Tuesday, March 15, 2011
What If You Could Stop Him?
Monday, March 7, 2011
Explosion of my Ovaries
I officially have no life. This is what I do everyday: Wake up, get ready, go to school, walk home, do homework, practice piano, eat dinner, sit at the computer staring at pictures of Sidney Crosby, watch my programs, take a shower and go to bed. Not even kidding. I do this exact same routine day in and day out. So going on the Pittsburgh Penguins website and seeing "New: Sidney Crosby interview" I freaked out.
Of course, it wasn't anything about his concussion. Sidney's too reclusive to talk about that. It was actually better. The Penguins hosted a practice and a lunch for 30 children from the Make-a-Wish Foundation today. It broke my heart seeing these children who are sick meeting their favourite players, they just looked so happy. I really wish certain people would realize that hockey players aren't big, stupid, vicious lugs who do nothing but fight. Sure, some of them are, but the ones I saw in this video had compassion for children and truly cared about them. Sidney actually sat at the tables of every family there and got to know them. One little girl asked to take a picture with him, and he hugged her afterwards. My ovaries exploded.
Of course, it wasn't anything about his concussion. Sidney's too reclusive to talk about that. It was actually better. The Penguins hosted a practice and a lunch for 30 children from the Make-a-Wish Foundation today. It broke my heart seeing these children who are sick meeting their favourite players, they just looked so happy. I really wish certain people would realize that hockey players aren't big, stupid, vicious lugs who do nothing but fight. Sure, some of them are, but the ones I saw in this video had compassion for children and truly cared about them. Sidney actually sat at the tables of every family there and got to know them. One little girl asked to take a picture with him, and he hugged her afterwards. My ovaries exploded.
Friday, March 4, 2011
"We are the true north, strong and free and what’s more is that we didn’t just say it, we made it be.
I woke up this morning aching. It wasn't the Charley horse that I received the second I stepped out of bed, which made me think I was going to die. It also wasn't the excruciating stubbed toe I got from falling over my chair. I didn't realize what I was aching from until I went downstairs and glanced at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic DVD my parents bought me for Valentines day. That's when I realized what I was suffering from, at full force: Olympic withdrawal.
As I popped in the disk, I couldn't help but remember Alexandre Bilodeau's gold medal run, or Joannie Rochette's brave, bronze medal skate. Watching the opening ceremonies, I got a little teary eyed. The beautiful version of "Oh Canada" made me stand up with my hand on my heart. The killer whales that swam across the arena made me want to go whale watching, and the kilt wearing fiddle man made me want to take up highland dancing again. It wasn't until I saw Wayne Gretzky running with torch that I actually started crying. I miss waking up every morning in February, listening to Brian Williams voice tell me about how we were doing. I miss cheering "Loouuuuu!" every waking second of the hockey games, even if Canada isn't playing. I miss how they could bring a country together and I miss no one making fun of me when I walk though the halls of Westdale wearing my Team Canada Crosby jersey; I miss that one more than you will ever know.
The memories of ice dancing gold, Patrick Chan and the Golden Goal came flooding back to me as I hugged my stuffed, Quatchi mascot. Whenever I look at something, I'm reminded by the Olympics. Ice, snow, gold and even the chair in front of the television that I sat on as the Golden Goal was scored remind me of them. But the Olympics were so much more than the medals we won or the legends that were born. It was about coming together as a nation and realizing what we could accomplish. It was about realizing that we were more than just fishing, Tim Horton's coffees, beavers, zippers and ice hockey. Realizing that we were more than polite people, curlers, mounties and maple syrup tappers. As I was listening to the speech by Shane Koyczan, I understood that the Olympics were about realizing we should always, no matter what the circumstances are, be proud to be Canadian.
As I popped in the disk, I couldn't help but remember Alexandre Bilodeau's gold medal run, or Joannie Rochette's brave, bronze medal skate. Watching the opening ceremonies, I got a little teary eyed. The beautiful version of "Oh Canada" made me stand up with my hand on my heart. The killer whales that swam across the arena made me want to go whale watching, and the kilt wearing fiddle man made me want to take up highland dancing again. It wasn't until I saw Wayne Gretzky running with torch that I actually started crying. I miss waking up every morning in February, listening to Brian Williams voice tell me about how we were doing. I miss cheering "Loouuuuu!" every waking second of the hockey games, even if Canada isn't playing. I miss how they could bring a country together and I miss no one making fun of me when I walk though the halls of Westdale wearing my Team Canada Crosby jersey; I miss that one more than you will ever know.
The memories of ice dancing gold, Patrick Chan and the Golden Goal came flooding back to me as I hugged my stuffed, Quatchi mascot. Whenever I look at something, I'm reminded by the Olympics. Ice, snow, gold and even the chair in front of the television that I sat on as the Golden Goal was scored remind me of them. But the Olympics were so much more than the medals we won or the legends that were born. It was about coming together as a nation and realizing what we could accomplish. It was about realizing that we were more than just fishing, Tim Horton's coffees, beavers, zippers and ice hockey. Realizing that we were more than polite people, curlers, mounties and maple syrup tappers. As I was listening to the speech by Shane Koyczan, I understood that the Olympics were about realizing we should always, no matter what the circumstances are, be proud to be Canadian.
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