Sycamore Huanted ship

This is one high quality costume, I was getting complements all night from every angle and had a lot of fun with it.

As you can see the pants were a touch too big, but aside from that it was a perfect fit.

Some of the kids wanted to know if I was the joker from the movie, to which I reluctenly said no but they still wanted to shake my hand and take picutres with me which I did so gladly.

There is another costume party tonight that I am going to go to, so you might see more of this handsome devil known now as the "Canadian Joker"

what you can get for $200 at the Shark Tank

Below we have a Sharks 20th anniversary t-shirt, its pretty cool in my humble opinoin. Its going to be a collectors item for sure some time down the road. Also I purchased pictures of 2 players I dont already have. Joe Pavelski and Danny Heatley. When I get home I am going to take down some old pictures and put these bad boys up. I may even frame them.

on the left we have offical NHL western confrence finals pucks. They were used during the pregame warmup by none other then the likes of Joe Thorton, Patrick Marleau, Danny Heatley, Rob Blake, Joe Pavelski and even the Chicago players such as Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa.

Below we have the most bad ass trash can I have ever owned. I really will have trouble topping this one off. I mean who else is proud of there trash can like I am? This thing is going in my bed room and I am going to clean it out everday and wash it like once a week. Nothing but the best trash bags go in that trash can. EVER.

Above we have the sharks pillow that looks like a jersey, it is the perfect size for my bed (small), and super comfortable. Please note that it even has strings like the real jersey does at the neck part. My ship mates are totally jelous, and to make up for it they kind of tease me a little bit but I know its just because they are jelous.

So I dont have pictures of the Christmas presents that I also bought while I was there, and also I didnt get pictures of the hockey cards that I bought while I was there or the sharks banner of playing in Sweden this year for the first 2 games of the regular season. Once I get my own home I am going to have a room dedicated to the Sharks and it will bu flying proudly in that room.

Thank you grandma and grandpa and mom for taking me to the sharks store, I really had a great time and I am already excited to go back to that place.

When your heart has been broken

Hello ladies and gentelmen of whom take the time to check and read my blog. Today I wrote a poem on what it is like to be heart broken. These are simply the feelings that a 20 year old male experianced when getting dumped (during a deployment none the less, but in all reality the timing probably wasn't too big a factor). It's a tad bit more on the depressing side so if you are looking for a pick-me-up I would suggest NOT READING IT. I wrote it because my best friend Alex said that I should embrace the emotions and feelings, not hide or ignore them. That being said if you do read it please enjoy.

When you're not hungry, your stomache doesnt want food
When you're not happy, your face doesn't want to smile
When your heart feels heavy and hard like a rock,
When your sleep gives you no rest
And your rest gives you no life
This is when you know your heart has been broken

The lights are dim,
The food has no flavor
The fire feels cold, and the flames are blue
This is when you know your heart has been broken

When you have given your everything
When your future is a jet black sheet of nothing
When your mirror shows you the face of failure
When you have these feelings my friends,
You are heart broken

Never again will I mock a heart broken man
Never again will I tease a heart broken woman
I will treat them with class
I will treat them with comfort

Now that I have felt the stomach that doesnt want food,
Now that I have had a face that doesnt want to smile,
Now that my sleep has given me no rest
And my rest has given me no life



Now that I have seen the dim lights,
Now that I have eaten the flavourless food,
Now that I have felt the cold blue fire,



Now that I have given my everything
And seen the future of black nothing,
And seen the face of failure in my mirror

Now that I have had my heart broken,
Now that I have had my heart broken,
Now that I have had my heart broken,
I am living a half life
I am only living a half life because my other half has left me,
But before she left,
She made sure that I was heart broken

My first ink has a joke behind it

Yesterday I got my first ever tattoo, it's placed on the top right part of my back. I think that its a great place for it and am very happy that I didnt get it on my arm as I was originally thinking.






I think that it turned out great and that I will enjoy this tattoo for the rest of my life. One part that I am not enjoying that much right now is the fact that it was suppose to read "King of Kings" and "Lord of Lords". Key word in that sentence is SUPPOSE to read. Matt forgot the last "s" in the Lords part and so it turns out that wearing my "Comnedy of Errors" t-shirt wasnt that good of an idea after all....

I am sure that this is an easy fix though, adding a "s" shouldnt be too exspensive and when I go get my next tattoo (probably related to hockey) I will have the artist add the missing "s".

Montreal or Philadelphia? Its just too hard to say

So in the eastern confrence we have what no one could have expected: Montreal winning a best of 7 series against a Washington Capitals team (the Caps scored 101 more goals then the Canadiens) followed by beating the defending Stanley Cup champions. The thing is Montreal is playing like they just cant be eliminated. Playing NOT to lose, the way that Vancouver did when they first acquried Roberto.

Then there is Philadelphia who has just made history by over coming a 0-3 playoff hole. The last time a team did that was 35 years ago. 35 years ago my mom wasnt thinking about me that much...if at all. So despite the fact that these 2 teams are not the cream of the crop as far as regular season success goes you can expect an extremely good series against these teams and whoever makes it to the finals is going to give the western confrence a hard time.

Of course that team is going to be the San Jose Shark, as they will beat Chicago in 6 or 7 games :)

San Jose Sharks vs Chicago Blackhawks, this is going to be worse then Detroit

So my beloved San Jose Sharks are going to be playing in round 3 for the second time in franchise history and its going to be against a very dangerous team. How dangerous you might ask? Ask the fans of the Vancouver Canucks who just got defeated 4 games to 2, in a series that they never really looked like they showed up. Henrick Sedin who lead the league with 112 points in the regular season didnt even lead his team in scoring through 12 games, the title of top scoring Canuck during the post season belongs to Mike Samuleson.

The thing is during the Blackhawks 4 good games agains Vancouver they dominated the Canucks. Out scoring them it seemed by at least 3 goals to 1. The Blackhawks had 2 hat tricks in the 6 game series. You are going to be going far in the post season when you score a hat trick every 3 games. They looked like the grittier team in the series and thats not something that I say often. In Vancouvers defence (no pun inteded) I think about half of their top 6 defence were out with injuries during this series.

For the Sharks to win this is what must happen: 1) Nabokov must be the Sharks best player for the 7 or less games agains the Blackhawks. Nabokov has been extremely good in the playoffs this year but he is going to have to elevate his game even further against the Blackhawks. 2) The Sharks must stay out of the penalty box, this hasnt been a problem for the Sharks for the first 2 rounds but they need to keep moving with their feet and playing with energy. 3) The team must put defence first. Ever forward and defence man must play their best ever hockey in their own zone. Winning defencive faceoffs and getting the puck deep into the Blackhawks zone is going to be key to winning this best of 7 series.

So there you have it, my prediction is that the Sharks will win in 7 games.

Also the Montreal Canadians have just beat the Penguins in 7, so I am going to say that in the next series (against either Boston or Philly) they will win in 7.

To the Western Confrence Finals they go!

I am extremely happy to say, that after watchin an extremely close game between the San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings it was the Sharks who again emerged victorious and are heading to round 3. The Western Confrence Finals. The final score was 2-1 and both of the goals that the Sharks scored were largley due to Jumbo Joe dominating the game they way we know he can. Winning 10 of 14 faceoffs in game 5, scoring 3 goals in 5 games agains the defencively strong Red Wings and setting up Patrick Marleau for 2 game winners which included the O.T. winner in game 3 and the series clincher in game 5.

Joe Thornton was simply the best player in this series, its probably the first time in his 12 year career that some one can say that. It's the first time in his 12 NHL years that he will be playing in the 3rd round which I think is mind boggling due to his skill level. He is averaging a point a game this year in the playoffs.

Patrick Marleau and Evegni Nabokov have also been as good (even better at times) their regular season selves. Nabokov faced probably the most difficult screens that he is going to have to face in the playoffs in this series and came away with a 4-1 record. The next team that Sharks will face is most likely the Chicago Blackhawks but we can't count out the Canucks yet, with Loungo you are out until you win 4 games.

These Sharks have won close games all these playoffs, they have rebounded with a win after every time they lose and they are 7-1 in their past 8 games and havent lost on home ice since April 14th. They also have not lost a game yet when scoring the first goal of the game, or going into the second or third period with a lead. These are obviously statistics that can change in the next 2 rounds but with the way these Sharks have rebounded I dont think that it will matter.