And with the INSANITY that is the Tampa and Columbus game, I am out of the work bracket. the only guy still in is the gentleman who has never watching a hockey game in his bloody life.

There are also various signs up for the Leafs, and my favourite work & hockey buddy (she's always got the Leafs full schedule as her desktop background) has printed pictures of Marchand with a big red X on him. I've been joking that this is workplace harassment

But there was a solid 20 minutes at work today where we all just stood there and just did this:

I am still furious about Kadri. Not even for hitting DeBrusk, but 5 suspensions and all for the same hitting people in the head...he could really hurt someone. And he's clearly not learning because he did it this time last year to one of our players.

And a part of me is mad that I live in this city, and I would LOVE to see what happens if the Leafs won the cup. And each tie he gets so damn mad he just wholly loses control, he might be costing the Leafs so much more than just the suspension for the rest of the games.

I didn't see any of the Pitt series, apparently they were just wretched the whole time?

Kadri is such a rat. The way he dives and watched for the ref so he can start writhing is just insane.

And that shit with DeBrusk was sooooo dirty.

Best part? I actually had a severe migraine that day and went home sick so I slept through the game and didn't know what happened until I was at work the next day and had to deal with so many IMs from snarky Leaf fans

Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of Marchand hitting 100 points

I was so relieved about having everything intact, and it was just the usual seal being just done. It makes sense looking back, I always had to use a bit more force than I thought was necessary to turn it on and off. No damage done anywhere, just a simply 15 min fix.

And my other half finally got ahold of him around 11-ish, and he was very cool about it. But it's a bit of a wake up call that we're not renting, and we own this so we need to learn how to do small repairs. All I can do is snake drains and that's a very limited skill lol

It's been a big boost for the career self esteem. I came into my job partially through luck and a stupid amount of dedication but there's always that imposter syndrome that makes you feel like you don't know how to career at all.

Would you team be the Rockets? Oh god I forgot the other worst part was one of the kids on the Peterborough team pulled a Tort's style "if you don't block shots, you don't play" and unfortunately used his mouth Also, Gens beat the Petes, so we're going to round two and I think it's Niagara this time? Not sure if we can make it much farther than that.

The kid was hilarious, he was really upset in the second period that we were losing, and kept turning around to tell me this, but I think it was 4-1 at that point? I was confused, but realized he was under the impression that second period meant the score had reset.

Nice victory against the Panthers! I have no hopes of us ever beating Tampa lol

SO. The reasons I've taken my sweet time responding to everyone:
1. Our shower broke. Called a plumber that has worked in our building before, and he starts talking about knocking the walls down. This was a simple cartridge failure, and since we have the ability to turn off the water in our unit for the bathroom, the fix was simple. My dad popped round and did it in 10 minutes after watching a Youtube video. Knocked down wall my arse.

2. Then the plumber would not answer our calls, cancelling the appointment. I had to work from home on the Monday to make sure he didn't try to come by.

3. Work was insane. Massive tech failure that resulted in me trying to fix it, calling and trying to soothe furious lawyers and despite coming out of it looking like some sort of computer rock star... I walked home Wednesday just doing this

4. Because of broken shower, went to see my parents for the weekend and didn't bring laptop or PS4 obviously lol

5. Began panicking that I messed up my game and messaged everyone on my page (you included) to see if I bombed.

6. Got sick.

BUT did get to go see the Oshawa Generals utterly stomp all over the Peterborough Petes on Sunday. And watched a 2 year old eat popcorn off the arena floor because his dad was too invested in the game

You managed to beat the Sabres!!!!!!!

If I hadn't actually been watching the game, I would have called you a liar. How can you lose to a team that barely has 50 points?!

So, how do you feel about that copy of MGSV sitting in your pile?

Going to send allllllll the thoughts as a PM since it would just be a giant wall of black for spoilers!

Nice! I'm looking forward to it!

Your Backloggery theme? I was making Zelda's face when I checked the score Yup! They have a good chunk of Finnish and Canadian players, and I'm super biased toward those two places.

My big thing was a WW2 shooter beta called Day of Defeat. It was hilariously, because I was so into the game and I was pretty good, and when they actually released the game, I remember hating it and never playing the official version. I always remember people being pretty decent about the whole "girl on the server" thing. But as an adult, and seeing how much the environment has changed, I don't think I could deal with the toxicity. Most of my female friends purposely refuse to play online. I think the best moment for me was at a Toronto Fan Expo, a guy refused to believe I knew what Castlevania was. Just kept accusing me of faking it.

Man, the second Palace was a bit of a pain. I think I was a tiny bit underleveled and the bullshit where Madarame kept turning himself back into paintings and I only had one person with a persona that had an 'attack all' function but those plot bombs. Both times, its served as a brilliant motivation, and makes me want revenge so much more.

I joke that I was channeling my inner goon, but I'm still not super proud of it.

I'm worried that is going to be me and Persona. This is a game that's just done everything perfectly, and my one criticism is that I don't like the English voice acting, and I just learned I could have downloaded the language pack but I'd already beaten Kamoshida. But everything else is jut perfect. And since my other half is playing Smash tonight at work, it means I can play Persona as soon as I'm done work. Also worked from home today, so the 'commute' is just to turn on PS4 and go

I've never done a winery tour, so I'm honestly excited to drink and maybe look at some nice things as well I would love to see the beehives, I've never seen that sort of thing up close (doubt I will get close) but seeing how mead is made should be awesome!

It was incredible. And since I hope to have the same friends come and visit my new place, I'm trying to think of some new ways to ruin everything with Smash

Aww that so cute! I think having a partner who understands why gaming is important and not just "for children" is so important. Otherwise you just have someone rolling their eyes each time you fire up the console.

Arizona. You got shut out by ARIZONA. What is it with your team and Arizona!? I checked my phone yesterday since it gives me all game information for the Bruins, Leafs, and Wild and it was 2-0 Coyotes and I thought "eh, not done yet, they'll pull it off. And just about died...and then began planning who I need to bother at the office on Wednesday when I'm back in, and online (you).

I used to play a lot of fps online when I was in high school, mostly Quake, and a beta WW2 shooter I was really good at. But I sort of lost interest and when I came back to it in uni, it felt much more toxic and I also didn't like the idea of playing the same thing forever. Other half is currently playing Destiny 2 as I type this, it's been the funniest part of us together since the games are so radically different. But he's really invested in watching me play Persona 5

As for the woman, I think she wasn't paying any attention because she wasn't slowing down and was honking when we were trying to cross. Her looked horrified and clapped her hands over her mouth. I blame a bit of an adrenaline high on this because I am NoT a ballsy person, but I banged on her window and screamed "what is wrong with you!?". And my walk is half an hour, and the whole time, my fitbit had my heart rate at 110

It's one of those games where it becomes almost an immediate obsession. There's a small number I jokingly admit to getting weird about: Fire Emblem 7, all the Danganronpa titles, Breath of the Wild, and now this.

It's the 25th, so this weekend is the fam jam celebration. Last weekend we went axe throwing, which was awesome, and once the melt happens, partner and I are going to a winery and apiary because I got free wine flight samples and I have had mead in so long either!

I'm not super great at Smash, but I do like setting up "jerk battles" with friends. It's a joking tradition, where I get to pick people's characters, CPUs, and the difficulty level. So after axe throwing, it was partner and 2 friends that actually know how to play Smash and the rest was level 6 CPU Pichus, and one level 9 Wii Fit Trainer. And everyone as the Piranha Plant, which was hilarious.

I also never thought to ask, is your significant other a gamer as well?

Happy Sonic ring day

Zelda looks like she's in pain

Happy Ring Day!!!!

Your theme is a glorious nightmare, and I love it.

Happy Backloggiversary!