Game for the Ages

Tomorrow night at 8:00PM will mark one of the single greatest hockey moments of my life. The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Detroit to take on the Red Wings in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, the ultimate winner-take-all slugfest of the sports world. The Penguins are looking to become the first road team to clinch a championship in a Game 7 on the road since the1979 Pittsburgh Pirates did it in the World Series. This would also mark the Pens first Stanley Cup Championship since 1992 when they defeated the Blackhawks in 4 games. This would be the Red Wings 2nd straight Stanley Cup Championship and 5th in the past 11 years. It marks only the 15th Game 7 in Stanley Cup Finals history (5 of those have taken place since 2000). I get chills when I begin to even think about the Penguins holding the Stanley Cup high above their heads as they parade around the ice at Joe Louis Arena for all to witness and envy. There is a lot of work that will need put in tomorrow night, but I am so very confident that this amazing group of athletes will pull together, put in the effort and get the job done. I am not over-exadgerating at all when I say, that if that occurs, I will probably cry haha. I have waited for this moment since I was 10 years old, and hopefully will have to wait no longer than about 28 1/2 hours from now to bare witness to it. Nothing in life is certain or given so you have to go out and take it. That's what I feel the Pens will do....go out and take the Stanley Cup from the Red Wings on their home ice and bring it back to Pittsburgh for a celebration. I will be a total nervous wreck all day tomorrow, and if you're a hockey fan and you aren't pumped, then you really aren't a fan at all, you're a poser. These are the moments where careers are defined and lives are changed forever. This series has been incredible and really could change the perception of the NHL around the United States, and a Game 7 on national television may also open up a whole new world for a young child out there tuning in for his first ever NHL game. The game effects more than just the athletes on the ice, it touches a captive audience all across the country. I know this from personal experience after watching the Penguins win the Stanley Cup against Minnesota in 1991. I may not know much in life, but I know this: I am ready for this game. I am anxious for this game. I am nervous for this game. We will win this game. Yes we can. Lets Go Pens!

Welcome Back Bitches

So as I sit here at work, I decided that maybe while I have some down time I could possibly post up a new blog.  What the hell, here goes nothing!  Today is going so slow at work and I'm absolutely exhausted as I sit here and type this.  I haven't had a single phone call all day back here in the Commercial Department and the paperwork has been scarce so far as well, which is totally fine with me.  I really, really wish I was at home right now curled up in bed watching either O' Brother Where Art Thou? or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, although both would more than likely lead to me falling asleep due to the said exhaustion (pay attention folks).  Tonight the Penguins will return to the comfy confines of Mellon Arena to take on the Capitals in Game 3 of the best of 7 series in the Eastern Conference Semi Finals.  We REALLY need this win.  It is so rare for a team to come back from an 0-2 hole that 0-3 would be just devastating.  Ashley and I have tickets to Game 4 so I pray we have at least one win under their belt going into that game so we have something to really cheer for!  Work has started to pick up finally but I am trying to write as much as I can here so the post is a little longer than some twitter/facebook update I could put up instead, but those aren't as much fun duh!  This weekend is Ashley and I's 1 year anniversary and we're going to The Carnegie Museum of Natural History and its going to be so much fun, I can't wait!  We're also going out to dinner at Olive Garden and exchanging our gifts that we got each other.  She is going to absolutely love her gift, I'm so excited to give it to her.  I can't say much else about it other than this, its the shit...enough said lol.  Yesterday I bought two new CD's at Target and both are awesome.  I got the new Ben Harper and the Relentless7 album, as well as the soundtrack for O' Brother Where Art Thou?.  I highly recommend both if you get the chance, they are excellent, but now I have the sudden urge to watch the O' Brother movie lol.  I also got The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on blu-ray which I'm really excited to watch but its almost 3 hours long so it will have to wait till tomorrow at the earliest since the Pens are on tonight, and we all know that other than Ashley, nothing is as important as the Pens in my life haha.  Anyway, I know I'm going in a random order on some things here but I also sent out a nice email to Ashley this morning with a comment from one of my previous blogs so that will make her smile I think.  I'm trying to do some small suttle things for her that aren't too over the top but will remind her of the days leading up to when we first got together a year ago this coming Saturday.  Well, I'm going on break in a little bit here so I'm going to stop writing and start to get a little bit of work done so the afternoon goes smoothly.  Have a good one folks.  Love you Baby Penguin!

Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, Get Me the Brandy

So I'm not 100% if everyone is aware or not, but the Stanley Cup Final is taking place between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins as I type these words. Right now the series stands at 2-1 in favor of the Wings (douches) but hopefully that will change tomorrow night at Mellon Arena. Collins and I have tickets to the game and it should be an absolute blast. This is the very first Stanley Cup Final game I will have ever been to, and I'm excited beyond words. The NHL Hall of Fame is going to have trophies such as the Art Ross, Calder, Norris, etc on display at the arena and also they will have interactive games setup outside the arena for everyone to play. It is going to be an absolute blast! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if my brother, cousin and girlfriend also could have got tickets for the game, unfortunately that is not the case. Anyway, I will have a full report of the game (eventually posted here) once I get home. In other news, my girlfriend and I have been together for 3 weeks as of today and I'm not gonna lie, its been the best three weeks ever...absolutely amazing. She's incredible in every way, and we're perfect for one another. Also figure I will mention that other than the Stanley Cup and my fuckin awesome girlfriend, the dek hockey playoffs start tomorrow. My team plays at 1:00pm vs Cummings Coffee Shop. We should trash them and move onto round 3 which would be played Sunday against an undetermined opponent. The Aztecs are looking to go balls deep into the playoff bracket this season. Well, thats all for tonight....I promise I will try to post a little more frequently once the NHL playoffs are over, but until then, this baby is no the backburner. Have a good one kids.

Where Have I Been?

Alright, so I finally got off my lazy ass and have garnered enough motivation to actually write another blog. Actually, the real reason I am writing this is because I'm not hanging out with my girlfriend and am extremely bored because of that, and decided to heed the advice of one Shawn Collins and write a new blog. Its been an exciting two week period for me. The Pittsburgh Penguins are kicking some serious ass (fuck you Filthadelphia!) and have made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals, I have tickets to Game 4 on 5/31/08, my girl and I have been together two weeks (woooo!) and she and I will be going down to Mellon Arena on Saturday to watch the game on the scoreboard. Its going to be awesome. Its basically been the best two week span of my life, I'm not even gonna lie (I've been as happy as Mark Messier in this picture), so if you see me driving my truck and singing, you'll know I'm in a damn good mood! My dek hockey team has a bye this weekend since we finished second overall in our conference, and we look forward to absolutely shit-stomping someone next weekend as we make our run at a championship (would be my first since the ancient days of The Blades....aka....the best dek hockey team ever assembled in human history). I also have just noticed that I use parenthesis WAAAAAY too much, so please excuse all of them that have been used in this blog up until this point, I went a little overboard there. Tonight at work, all our phones went down, so that pretty much rocked because I didn't have to listen to inbreds, assholes, douche bags and others bitch about their bills or order service for almost 2 hours. It was awesome. The only thing that would have made it better was if the fuck heads I work for would finally give me the raise they gave EVERYONE ELSE HIRED AFTER ME!!!! FUCK!!!....breathe Matt, breathe....sorry about that folks, but I've been highly irritated at work over the whole pay rate ordeal I've been waiting to talk to my supervisor about tomorrow. I'm also debating about whether to look for another job or not, the only reason I may not, is just because I know what I'm doing, and the free cable really does kick major ass, but other than that, I really hate dealing with people on the phone and the only thing that forces me into work each day is seeing Ashley's smile at work when I first get there, and when we move our cars at 7pm. I'm really stoked to see the new Indiana Jones (anyone wanna go Sunday?...damn parenthesis....) because it looks awesome....hopefully it is, or I'm going to be highly upset. Anyway, I'm gonna go watch Strange Wilderness for the 3rd time in two days because its hysterically funny. Have a nice weekend everyone, hopefully I write again in the next few days.

You Make Me Smile...and News on My CD

So I know that in all our lives we have heard the following about relationships and meeting that certain someone: "something will come up when you aren't looking," or "it will happen when you least expect it." Well folks, I am here to say that phrase is true....and I mean 100% true, people. When I absolutely least expected it, I met one of the nicest, most beautiful (she has incredibly beautiful eyes), most amazing girls I have ever had the privilege of knowing. How the hell did it take me this long to get to know her?!?!? I would probably assume its because I'm an idiot...or at least that would account for 80% of the reason I had never mustered up enough courage to talk to her at work. I do know this though, the very first time we had an in depth conversation, I was so happy and excited that I could not sleep, and as it stands now, probably wouldn't be able to sleep without text messaging her before I fall asleep (and when I wake up...and at 11:11)....my guy friends are going to vomit after reading this blog btw....oh well fuck it, they feel the same about other people so I'm allowed to voice my emotions here. OK, I will end this portion of the blog right there because anything else I would like to say about her, will just have to stay between us. I will however mention a few more things. First of all, I FINALLY got a copy of the There Will Be Blood soundtrack in the mail. After having to threaten a dispute online with one seller and getting a refund, I actually found another seller on Amazon who was cheaper, and had it here within a week of ordering it. The music on this disc is amazing. I can't stop listening to it. You can just sense the emotion in each song and each song is very intense sounding. Everyone needs to check out this soundtrack. The last thing I would like to mention here is FUCK YOU FLYERS!!! LETS GO PENS!!!

Monday...Holy Fuck

Holy fuck I hate Monday...and I know everyone who reads this will feel the same. Monday has no place on this Earth, although I suppose if we didn't have Monday, we would all despise Tuesday, and thats certainly not Tuesday's fault, so lets not heap that burden on him OK? Speaking of Holy fuck, how about them Pens?!?! We are witnessing something special here people. This team has what it takes to go all the way and bring the Cup back home to Pittsburgh, and I can't think of a better way to do it, than going through Philly at some point. I hate them more minorities hate legal citizenship (ouch! just kidding...I meant to say legal jobs!). Well, now that I got that stereotype out of the way, and bashed the Flyers, lets move on to bigger and better things. My day was a god damn roller coaster ride of fun and mental anguish. First, I had a test in Java Programming (again), which I think I did well on, it was just a lot of thinking that I would otherwise not do prior to lunch, especially on a Monday (holy fuck!). After my class, I switched majors at BC3 from Computer Technology: Transfer, to Computer Technology: PC and Network Specialist, I figure I might as well get an actual Associates Degree while I'm there and go back to school for the Bachelors once I find a real job. My evening went a little downhill because you see, there's this girl....very nice girl, very pretty, very fun to talk to, but I think I upset her at work, although she won't admit this, my gut tells me I'm right, and if that is the case, I'm very sorry (if she's reading this tonight). I will say nothing more on this subject because its no one else's business(doesn't that defeat the purpose of a blog though?!?!)...and she makes me smile, 'nuff said. Before I finally finish this post and go away for the evening, I feel compelled to tell everyone of the hero that is Stephen Wiles (and myself to a certain extent). With our dek hockey team down 4-3, with our team shorthanded, I hit my brother cutting across center dek with a pass that couldn't have been any more perfect, sending him on a breakaway to tie the game on a nasty ass deke that left the 1930's style goalie's jock strap somewhere on Sawmill Run Road. This all occurred in the middle of a monsoon, which the aforementioned female had braved in order to watch our game :-)....of course 1 minute later my defensive ability was called into question, when rather than fucking someone's day up in front, I allowed the winger to cut right to the net and score the game winner....fuck me I felt like trash, I let the whole team down on that play...the only good thing that came from it is this: I will NEVER allow that to happen again, and will knock someone's teeth out in front of the net before I allow them to score like that (if anyone needs dental work let me know!). Well, I can't think of much else to say so I'm going to let everyone get on with their lives and stop reading about the lameness that is Wiggidy's World.

Mr. Iraqi

As you may have noticed from previous editions of this blog, that the titles of my actual entries have very little, if anything to do with what my mind comes up with when I put my fingers on the keyboard and go to town. This title is dedicated to Ashley "Baby Penguin" Conklin who, at work tonight, classified a customer as "Mr. Iraqi" because she couldn't understand what language he was speaking on the phone. I thought it was hilarious, and therefore added it as the title to this entry. Today was another uneventful day in the life of Wiggidy Wiles, other than my There Will Be Blood soundtrack NOT coming AGAIN. I'm really starting to get irritated and I've tried to contact the seller three times no with no response. I'm going to fly out to Washington state, find this mother fucker and kick him/her in the penis/vagina. There is no way it should take a CD two weeks or more to get here, when every other item I have purchased from sellers on Amazon comes within 8 days. I may just send it back when it does get here and go buy it from someone else, just so this prick doesn't get my money. Can you tell this has touched a nerve? My new digital camera shipped today from QVC, which means in theory, my camera (ordered on Sunday) may actually arrive before this CD that was ordered on 4/15/08. Ok, I'm going to stop bitching about this CD issue. I bought Grand Theft Auto 4 this week, and I must say, its a highly addictive video game that everyone would enjoy....especially the jackasses at Fox News who feel the game is ruining our country. No, I'll tell you what is ruining this country, its the holier than thou, Bible thumping, extreme religious right who have run the country for the past 7 1/4 years and ran the economy into the ground and got us stuck in a war that will NEVER end....but I suppose Grand Theft Auto may play a part in that though. Sorry I've gone on a few rants in this blog, but I have nothing else to talk about, but before I end this post I will say this..



GO PENS! F*CK YOU RANGERS!