Waking up this morning, it took a mere glance at the calendar to get me up out of bed. I rushed downstairs to get my morning coffee and make sure that today was today and that I wasn’t actually dreaming. And to my joy and delight, I wasn’t dreaming. Yes it’s that time of year again, time for speculations and predictions. A time where history is made, questions become answers, and homework is not done. Time, once again, to dust off your jerseys and start up your fantasy pools. It’s a time of ups and downs, highs and lows, hot streaks and slumps, triumph and heartbreak. Yes, it’s time for the 2011-12 hockey season to begin…almost. Now you may be thinking “Jon, the regular season doesn’t start for two weeks, why are you writing about hockey?” Two words my friend: pre season. Ah the pre season, a chance for those who are question marks to prove they belong in this league. A chance for fans to catch a quick glimpse of their team after a long, hard, training-camp-filled summer. A time for “rookies” to become “sophomores”, for “sophomores” to become “veterans”, and for “veterans” to…stay old. What the pre-season offers us loyal hockey fans is a chance to behold the spectacle that is the greatest sport to grace this planets surface after three and a half, hockey deprived, months. If you’re anything like me (and if you are, may god have mercy on your soul) then you would have been looking forward to this day since the Stanley Cup playoffs ended. No doubt you had spent your summer days following signings and trades, keeping up to date on NHL.com and TSN, and patiently awaiting the arrival of a new season. Yes, it’s a joyous time of year, so joyous in fact, I felt I had to share it with all of you. So what are my predictions for this pre season? Who cares?! It’s the pre season!
P.S: This was written on Sept.19th, just in case anyone was confused
P.S.S: Ms. Cat, the homework thing doesn't apply to me; I’m actually very diligent when it comes to homework J
P.S.S.S: Avs vs. Caps = Stanley Cup finals...nuff said
Hi Jon. Great entry. It has a lot of momentum and energy.
ReplyDeleteI would really like for you to focus on paragraphs though. it's fine for your first draft to lack this kind of structure but when you publish, please consider paragraphing. It really helps readers follow your train of thought!
and lastly...save your ps's for comments on people's blogs' rather than attaching them to your entry. Your entry should stand alone for anyone to read and understand:)
i can't believe you haven't posted anything since the hockey season began. Perhaps you can blame the leafs for your poor blog mark? :(
ReplyDeleteI wish you would have posted some more blogs Jon, I love the tone of your work.
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