Thursday, June 22, 2006

Fear and loathing of success?

So Allan Muir, lead hockey writer for SI.com, has predicted that the Buffalo Sabres will win the Stanley Cup in 2007. He thinks that we'll build on our success this year—we reached the Eastern Conference finals this year (and I'm aware that I used "we")—and given our youth and likelihood of at least keeping our most important players we'll be the faves.

I should be happy and proud, especially given that much of the post season I bitched and moaned about a lack of respect as opposing players, fans and writers from out-of-town newspapers claimed to have played better than the Sabres even when they lost. But now that we have some respect I find myself almost mortified. As much as I railed at Scott and Jon not to be Buffalo sports fans and to have faith-a faith-a faith-a, suddenly I'm THE Buffalo sports fan. DAMMIT.

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In other news, I've discovered a great new band (thanks to pitchfork), The Pipettes. They are without a doubt the most fun-sounding band of 2006. And it's late and I'm exhausted hence the really amazingly written sentence describing this trio of young women from across the pond who blend melodies, upbeat rhythms and sass to create a defy-you-not-to-listen-and-move sound. Check 'em out at www.myspace.com/thepipettes and listen to "Pull Shapes."

1 comment:

machiko said...

myspace. pshhhh