10 Things I hate about my team

First off, let me say this, I'm a die-hard Phoenix Coyotes fan. I've had season tickets or a partial package since their second year. I've got jerseys, hats, t-shirts, etc... I'm not the type that hangs posters or paints my face, but I'm pretty serious about my team. My mood is even somewhat based on their performance. Win and I'm good, lose and I'm down, lose bad and I'm pissed.
That said, there are a few things that really bug me about my team. So in no particular order I present the 10 things I hate about my team:

10. They still play that damn pedophile song after goals. You may know it as "The Hey Song" or it's proper name "Rock and Roll, part 2". I call it the pedophile song because of the guy that wrote it. Gary Glitter, also known as Paul Gadd (his real name). He was a glam rocker in the '70s, that has been convicted and served time for possessing child pornography and then committing lewd acts with a minor in Vietnam (they tried to get him on sex with a minor but the girls wouldn't testify). For more info try Wikipedia.

9. Howler, the loveable mascot. Except he annoys me. He's a stupid looking cartoonish dog with what look like cartoon dracula teeth. Now they have him dressing up. At the first pre-season game, he wore his normal outfit you see here, a karate outfit during the Sumo hockey intermission, and a white disco suit. At least he skates on the ice now. The last one barely did anything. I hope the kids love him, I can forgive that if they're getting more kids interested in hockey. But I hate him.

8. Announcing a penalty for the opposing team then this "and your Coyotes ARE ON THE POWER PLAY" Um, I know it's a power play, you don't need to announce it to me. Second, if there's a game with a lot of opposing penalties, do you think that the mic would short out from all the spit flying at it?

7. The disorienting powerplay graphic on the 360 LED board around the arena during power plays. It makes me dizzy, maybe that's why the power play is so bad.

6. They still play that damn pedophile song after goals. (Cont'd from 10) This started last season when they decided that they didn't want to play "Werewolves of London" anymore. Sure, we're Coyotes not wolves, but the song was cool and it has the howl that they edited. It was unique to us. I guess they needed something that the simpletons of the world could clap to. So instead of having a classy artist who passed away of cancer and honoring him (who was also very impressed when he came to sing the national anthem years ago and was given a jersey with his name on it), we get to pay royalties to an imprisoned pedophile.

5. It's too early to tell, but this reason may finally be fixed. The organ idea is cool, because it's traditional. Old time hockey. But the last two guys to play it must have been hitting the bong pretty heavily. Everything was off key, they'd fudge notes. It really sucked. At the first pre-season game, it was significantly improved. So we'll see.

4. I have to pay for pre-season games. This is a national complaint of every season ticket holder in every sport. It is what it is, I guess.

3. The team isn't that good. This year we picked up an old guy, a broken guy, a goon, and an actual star with at least a couple good years left. Still, we're just not that good. Maybe a middle of the pack team. This is another we'll see I guess.

2. Black nets. Appropriately, the NHL decided that there would be nets on either side of the rink to protect from 100mph slapshots that got deflected into the crowd. This is good. Some people just don't pay attention and kids shouldn't have been there before. Some teams use white, some use clear. The Coyotes use black. Supposedly research showed that black nets were better. And they would be, if the surface was some other color than white. It makes it look like we're staring through a dirty window.

1. They still play that damn pedophile song after goals. To be fair they still use "Werewolves of London", but based on last year the pattern is, first goal, pedophile song, 2nd goal, Werewolves, 3rd goal and after, random, usually the pedophile song. Oh, and they play it after wins too. There's at least a dozen songs that could be used, but they use that one. The New York Rangers have their own song, it's called "the goal song". It's on their website somewhere and it rocks. It's got an Oh section and a hey section. They don't play it much because the Rangers suck, but it's still cool. And it's theirs. Oh, and one other thing, the NFL banned that song, not really banned, but requested that all its member teams not use it. Good move NFL!

By the way, if you're still not convinced about the pedophile song being bad, maybe you don't care who wrote it. Think of it this way, everytime it's played, he gets money. He being the guy that wants to have sex with your kid.

This is him:

OH MY GOD!!!! IT'S AN UPDATE!!!!!

No way, really, could it be. Did I actually just sit down and start typing. Yes, I believe it could be, it's an update. Of course it's kind of sad (to me at least) that my life can be summed as this: watch sports, play hockey, work, sleep-but not enough, concert, rinse, repeat. I had some grand plans for this space, I was going to use it as a political sounding board, spout my opinion on society, give reviews of various popular arts (music & movies), or become a poet and have something really poignant to say. Ok, I guess not. My mind moves in a complete spew of unintelligible subjects that go and twist and change. I can do something coherent, but that takes and effort, and frankly, recently all I've wanted to do was sleep. I still have some plans, though. I'm going to try to do a solo act, acoustic guitar and me. I figure this would be a good place to list some of the songs that I'm working on, all covers of course. I have found that I'm not really poetic/lyrical. Well there was this shining example of prose:

I like beer
I like chips
Get them here
All at Skip's

Yeah, I think it sucks too.

I actually have a notebook of various lines, most of them better than that last part, such as:

Now my disease awakens my soul
Blissfully stricken I'm under control

It might be about drugs. Or maybe love, or a good blow job, I'm not really sure. That was a year ago I came up with that and never did anything else with it. I have tons of stuff like that. Turns out, I really like the word soul, it means something and rhymes with a lot of other words.

Here's some more crap:

Empty Lot filled with morning sky
The Birds come down to rest
Something comes this way and away the fly
Searching for somewhere to rest

or

I'm stuck with a useless ticket
Nothing more than an expensive bookmark
Should I throw it away or keep it
Doesn't matter, the building went dark.

Ok, enough of my poetry. What else? Oh, I've gone through my annual spring peaking of desires. That's where I really want to ask someone out. (I have always been, still am, and always will be single) It's not that I don't want to try, I don't want to try because I know I'll fail. Last year, it got the better of me and I did try after 8 1/2 years. I was trying to hit ten. Almost did it again this year, but I talked myself out of it. All for the best. People say you shouldn't date someone you work with, and while I don't work with her, she's in the company. Second, for you astrologers out there, I'm a scorpio, she's a leo, I think, and those don't go well togther from what I've read. And finally, she wouldn't have said yes anyway, she's out of my league.

I think that's it for now. I still need a band. It's been a year since the last one and I'd really like to do it again, someday. Also on the music front, new Pearl Jam: 10, new Tool: 8.5, new Wolfmother (trio from Australia): not sure, I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but the first 4 are good, reminiscent of '70s rock, like Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin. Oh, and Sirius kicks serious ass. The sound quality is a bit lacking, like a heavily compressed mp3, but the content is so good, I mean sooooo good, I'm keeping it. The music channels blow away anything I've heard in any city.

Signing off...(for today, I'll be back, and sooner than 5 months)