No, not like the DTs.  I mean, like leaving.

I'm not leaving GS permanently, by any means.  Just that you may have noticed that I rarely post here, outside the hockey forums, anymore.  Part of that is time.  Part of that is the realization that I have better things to do than to waste my time on video-game message boards, like play video games.  And part of it is that I've just plain run out of things to say.

I mean, I used to be a semi-regular at Goose's Garage.  Now?  The place is dead, and the discussions are largely following the same paths they have for the last two years, and it becomes tiresome fast.  I don't enrage like I once did, and I no longer need to release like that.  Most things, I either don't care about, or I can't be bothered to argue about yet again.

So, yeah, if anyone's still looking for me (assuming everyone didn't disappear after the month-long downtime: that's what did it for me), NHLT or NHLU.

I got 19 loonies, toonies, and quarters in cards (because I'm turning 19--get it?), Super Mario World (GBA), Far Cry (PC), and a belated NHL 2K6 (Xbox), thanks to the loveliness of Amazon's free shipping. I also bought myself an Oilers home jersey, which I wore to my first day of school in Calgary. Somehow, I got more cheers than jeers.

Good day all around. KFC, cake, family, banter, all that good stuff. Not as exciting as turning 18, since Alberta is an "18 province" (for drinking/bars/whatever), but otherwise good.

http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/327/12/

I'm insanely happy with this draft, especially given it's the first time I've ever done FH, anyway, anyhow, anywhere. Only one flub (in the 18th round ) which will be rectified by the start of the season. I didn't get every big-name player I wanted (at 15th pick, it's kinda hard), but I got nearly every littler-name player I got, and even a few names I hadn't even heard of, but seemed good on paper. Also, watch out for Brad Boyes. He'll have 50 points, I guarantee it.

And so kick it old-school I will, with the vintage 1943 Habs jersey in my avatar. Bow before me, for I am root!

In other news, it turns out I have four more years, counting this one, before Student Loans tells me to screw myself. Let's all give a big Ken and Gerard "Yaaaaay!" (Crowd: "Yaaaaay!") The Amazing Race 3 really did own, except for the final-episode standings, which should have been reversed.

And finally, I am both nervous and excited about fantasy hockey. Amazing the kinds of things you notice once you're tuned into them, if ya know what I mean.

Why? Simply because I wasn't planning on buying one until it hit C$200 anyway.

Basically, just an update to say that work is finally (finally) getting somewhere, and I may yet have that first-draft manuscript done by the end of next week like I'd anticipated. It'll be a breakneck week, and will likely result in a lot of late hours. So for those boards I frequent, don't be surprised if I drop off the face of the planet for a week. In fact, be surprised if I don't.

Oh, and Az? BOOYAH! And just for good measure, NYAH! and w00t! (Ah, the one advantage of cheering for three teams. And yes, I know that last one kinda sucks, but it's Rexall Place. Trust me.)