poor kings, poor me

first, i'm waaaaay sleep deprived. but tomorrow i wrap up comm 175, since that's when i turn in this paper i just finished writing. it's not a good paper. i'm scared to see what i get on it, considering i got a B+ on a paper i worked really hard on and which the TA had nothing negative to say about. and then our group gives our presentation in comm 150... so that's almost done. final report is due monday, but we pretty much have all the pieces, just need to put it together. but game theory... i've kind of been neglecting that class because the final isn't until next week and i have so much going this week. this is probably a big mistake because it's getting really complicated with discount factors and sum of this and that. i just figure once i finish up with everything else tomorrow, i can re-watch the last few lectures and just study really hard. i think i'll be ok. i hope i'll be ok.

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second, after i finished my paper i decided to clean up all the stuff i've saved on my dvr. obviously, i've saved many hockey games. i feel for the kings. here is this team trying to rebuild, and they're stuck not only in the western conference, but in the pacific division. there's no argument that the western conference is by far the better one, but i'm willing to argue that the pacific division is the best division in the league. (northwest is pretty good too). dallas has been so good this year, we all know the ducks are great, and the sharks have been consistently good. even the coyotes have silently been coming on as of late. when you look at the kings' record vs. eastern teams (5-4-1, the only area where they're above .50), it's clear that if they were in the east, they'd probably be playoff bound right now. or at least in the thick of the race. but having so many games against the top teams is just... it's almost not fair. everyone talks a lot about amazing rebounds and rebuilding efforts in the east: penguins, caps, flyers- sure, it's great, but let's see how effective those same teams would be in the pacific division (ok, maybe just the caps and flyers... nobody can argue that the penguins are way solid). so my point is that they're going to have to be that much better in order to climb out of the embarrassing position they're in now and get taken seriously. they've got all the goods (kopitar, cammalleri, brown, o'sullivan, frolov- they'd all get so much more attention if they were playing out east).

second, why the HELL didn't they sign bryzgalov? this is something i'm never, ever, ever going to understand. watched him for a bit against anaheim tonight. he's spectacular. if only the kings had solid goaltending, they'd probably be in the exact position phoenix is in right now. because i think the kings are actually a better team.

third, on a more positive note, i'm really glad rob blake opted to stay. he's fabulous. please don't go anywhere :(


k bye.