no clever title comes to mind: wait, is it really october 12?

so much and nothing has happened. they're back and it's better but it's also worse. this has been going on for well over a year now, and it had become just a sad part of life, you know? and then they went away for over a month and i honestly almost forgot about it. like, it was always there but without the physical daily reminder, i forgot what she looked like. i forgot what she was like. and the emails and letters were all upbeat and excited and you know... it was easy to fool myself into believing that maybe things were improving. but now they're back, everyone is fighting again, and a half a can of soup for dinner is a struggle. it's weird that this beast has so many heads, and once you manage to cut one off, the next one is just waiting to get you. fifty soups, half a soup, two sides of the same coin? it's fucking hard to watch, man.

but enough about that.

here was my wonderful view in vegas. i tell you, it was a lot nicer looking at the twinkle lights instead of a big ass air conditioner (my usual view).

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so... the kings. yeah, the first game of the season (the only one i've been to so far) sucked balls. it was one of the worst hockey games i've ever seen that team play. but after that shitfest, they have gone 4-0 and are kicking some major ass. they look so scary good. it's very, very exciting. and today, while i was at work, some of my lgk people informed that they won their game against the islanders (4 in a row, whoo!), were leading the conference, kopitar is tied for the points lead, quick was chosen as the #2 star of the week, and that the kings were ranked 3rd in the power rankings. and i was like omg:

that's a whole crapload of really good news. but you see, in all my years of being a kings fan, i've never seen them ranked that high and i've definitely never seen them start a season 4-1. that's hot. the last time that happened was 1992. i was seven and definitely not paying attention to hockey. oh, and some guy is giving me all his old kings tapes of classic games :D i'm going to pick them up when i'm in la in a few weeks. :D anyhow, who knows how long this burst of amazingness will last, but it has been fun. they're playing the rangers on wednesday and detroit thursday (that's one very brutal back to back) and i guess that will be the real test there. but man, i was doing backflips over the acquisition of ryan smyth and i am definitely not disappointed. that guy is phenomenal. i think the first line has combined for something like 22 points in 5 games lol. ok i'm done talking hockey. i have this paranoid voice in my head that keeps telling me that when i revisit this post in a month i'll be depressed because the kings will have gone back to being frustratingly mediocre.

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i'm really obsessed with moving out. it will probably happen fairly soon. :D

also, how great is all the halloween merch at target? i can't wait til nov. 1 because i plan on going to target and getting all kinds of great stuff 50% off. they have this shower curtain with these dancing skeletons that i want. 15 dollars? no. 7.50? yes! everyone at work is obsessed with me dressing up but i have no idea what to be. any ideas?

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i'm going through an all jack white, all the time phase. especially live white stripes. that is one very crazy performer. i reeeeaelly wish he'd stop fucking around with all his side projects and tour as the white stripes and squawk up everything from icky thump, because i haven't really heard that album live yet. and white stripes songs aren't complete until jack has made them all insane and squawky in a live setting.

i went to borders today to get that espn magazine, and the picture they used in the mag is different than the one i posted. it's more scandalous. i actually couldn't buy the magazine because i couldn't put that picture up. i blush just thinking about it. oh well.

i'm rambling. OH! i got the most amazing presents from europe! but i think my favorite thing is this nacho libre video game for my ds. it's really hard to play because i laugh the entire time. it has all the best clips from the movie and the games are really, really absurd. like, throw melons at nacho. hop over angry bulls. swat bugs as they land on el esqueleto. good stuff. AND while i was at work, i said something from the movie to my boss, and she goes "I KNOW HIM!" and it turns out that her brother's cousin is dating the actor who plays nacho's sidekick. she said he's hilarious and his boyfriend's name is toto and they live in mexico city. somehow his being gay makes me love him even more. i really wanna hang out with him and make him say stuff all day long. jellizz. i guess i need to go to mexico city.

ok i think i'm done.

wait, last thing, the kings have one of the ugliest first lines in hockey: