Hockey: FAU vs. UCF
Well the last two nights we played against the UCF Ice Bulls. We played hard but with only one practice a week we really can’t be expected to play as cohesive as we should be.
The guys from UCF aren’t individually as talented as we are, I think, but they make for that and then some with how they work the puck around and how they play together.
On Friday, Bents played, and even after a weak first period, we came out strong in the last 2 and came away with a 5-2 loss.
Saturday was my turn and I was ready to kick some Bull ass all by myself. I came out strong and made some critical saves to keep my guys in it during the first half of the first. However, the guys from UCF worked the puck around and got some quality shots that resulted in a few goals. I’m not sure if I didn’t stop them because they were genuinely good shots or because I have been to a single practice all season; regardless, they were good enough shots to get past me.
I stayed in it until the end, along with a few of it teamates, and we did the best we good.
Overall it was fun game even though we didn’t come away with the W.
Here are some links to some video from the game:
FAU vs. UCF – Part 1
FAU vs. UCF – Part 2
FAU vs. UCF – Part 3
Adrian gets laid out trying to make something happen:
Adrian always gives it his all
November 27th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Sometimes people need to learn to work together and cooperate. This is called sharing. They teach it to kids.
We learned it while growing up on Watchpoint.
Uncle Brian used to say “Learn to share or I’ll eat you.”
Aunt Karin used to say “Share and share alike, but do it better than the other kid.”
Here’s an example of getting along in a workplace environment:
For instance, you need to use the copy machine, and another co-worker, (who is huge and dumb as a musk oxen and works in accounting) is already using the machine to photocopy a picture of a girl with a surfboard from a magazine.
When I find myself in this situation, I become like the Governator from Terminator 1 and have these 3-4 choices pop up on a screen inside my human head.
The choices might be:
1) Stop what you are doing now and let me use the machine because I am your superior in every way.
2) Use a dragon pinch on his Carotid artery and cause him to collapse. (Jump back! Don’t get trapped under there!)
3) Yell out, “there’s a box of day old donut holes in the kitchen and they’re going fast!” as a diversion.
4) Say, “Excuse me, Corey, but I have some very important Assistant Theory Manager photocopying to do and as soon as you can possibly finish up, I would ever so greatly appreciate it. So, whenever you’re done… “
So, assuming that I’m not forced or goaded into a dragon pinch ™ I would opt for the polite, civil and beneficent option 4.
That is called working well with others.
We have recently had a situation at the Weston branch of Theory (which rules, by the way! It will always be #1. Yeeehaw!) in which some of the cast-offs from West Palm have been sent over to work with us, or work under us as the case may be.
People ask me all the time, ‘Kevin, how did you get to be what you are.’ And ‘How do you always, get to the top of the heap’ and ‘Is there any more of that Marmalade?’
I answer, “First, establish dominance. Second, show everyone who’s boss. Third, use humor and or sexuality to get what you want. Fourth: Get to work earliest. Fifth, Don’t let anyone see your flaws. Sixth, ‘ABC’ Which stands for ‘Always Be Closing’. Seventh, don’t let Dave beat you at anything. Eighth, remember that ancient Celtic war chant, still used at many school sporting events, ‘Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive! Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!”
I hope that has answered some of your questions.