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this weekend, I:
1. Learned that Harry Styles apparently has a thing with Judaism? DON'T DO THIS TO ME 1D FANDOM. I do not need to be drawn in via this.
2. Read a memoir about hockey which was, hey, at least an actual book instead of just reading fic, so it's almost as if I expanded my horizons.
3. Watched The Sound of Music for the first time in at least 15 years. When I was a kid Christopher Plummer was always old and mean and unattractive and watching the film now my mind was blown at the fact that he is hot and sarcastic and witty, WHO'D HAVE THUNK. He's pretty mean but in a... deliciously cynical way. How is this movie still so enjoyable. Also, I want a Sound of Music AU in pretty much every single fandom I've ever been in, but ugh especially now, I would totally read a Kaner/Tazer futurefic where Tazer was a mean embittered single dad with kids both old and young and Kaner is the hockey player/nanny that --
--shit just realized this already exists in real life in the form of Danny Briere and Claude Giroux carry on.
(I still totally want the Kaner/Tazer version though. Could be minus the age difference I don't mind.)
4. Got no writing or primering done :( :( :(
5. But uh, thought a lot about the fic I want to get done?
6. Slept a lot.
7. Marveled at the new video ad of Patrick Kane stickhandling because jfc:
On that note I'll mention that if you're not a hockey fan and you watch that video, I would love to know if it looks impressive or not. Because to me right now it's like O_____o holy shit but I think perhaps two years ago I'd have looked at it and completely shrugged it off? I am lacking any kind of objectivity here.
...Two more September holidays to go. Hope I'll be more productive then?
2. Read a memoir about hockey which was, hey, at least an actual book instead of just reading fic, so it's almost as if I expanded my horizons.
3. Watched The Sound of Music for the first time in at least 15 years. When I was a kid Christopher Plummer was always old and mean and unattractive and watching the film now my mind was blown at the fact that he is hot and sarcastic and witty, WHO'D HAVE THUNK. He's pretty mean but in a... deliciously cynical way. How is this movie still so enjoyable. Also, I want a Sound of Music AU in pretty much every single fandom I've ever been in, but ugh especially now, I would totally read a Kaner/Tazer futurefic where Tazer was a mean embittered single dad with kids both old and young and Kaner is the hockey player/nanny that --
--shit just realized this already exists in real life in the form of Danny Briere and Claude Giroux carry on.
(I still totally want the Kaner/Tazer version though. Could be minus the age difference I don't mind.)
4. Got no writing or primering done :( :( :(
5. But uh, thought a lot about the fic I want to get done?
6. Slept a lot.
7. Marveled at the new video ad of Patrick Kane stickhandling because jfc:
On that note I'll mention that if you're not a hockey fan and you watch that video, I would love to know if it looks impressive or not. Because to me right now it's like O_____o holy shit but I think perhaps two years ago I'd have looked at it and completely shrugged it off? I am lacking any kind of objectivity here.
...Two more September holidays to go. Hope I'll be more productive then?
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I can't shrug it off, but I can't sit in awe, either. More of a quiet murmur of appreciation for sportsmanship and skills in which I have no inclination or interest beyond a moment's observation.
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On the other hand, I'm not exactly a naive observer on matters of dexterity and precision physical skills, or overall body-handling.
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Were you a gymnast or something? You seem like you might have been a gymnast.
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Which sums down to a high body awareness, martial-artist-level knowledge of kinesthetics, and enough experience to know how much work goes into things.
So in this case, I went !!wtf at the speed and dexterity of handling the stick and the - puck, right? -(because shit that was fast and it's wet and long sticks are clumsy tools for precision-work because basic physics), at the overall body posture (indicating overall strength, body awareness, and body-management on a very minute level; also indicative of some psychological factors) and, lastly, the planning that goes into the legwork.
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..................dude, I want you in this fandom so much *__________________________*
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-J
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Speaking of which, do you have any hint yet who your Oilers are? I could spam you with all of them but that would be unpleasant for no one. If you have any hints, though - young, old, rookies, family men, etc - I could spam you in a more... focused way :-)
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-J
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So in short: ... a thing.
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Actually, if I saw that before I was in hockey fandom, that might have pushed me over the edge.
This doesn't really apply to the video, because he's not also skating very hard, but what impresses me now about hockey in general and Kaner in particular is having that level of precision when also being in an anaerobic state from sprinting. That's freaking amazing.
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ANYWAY. I think I would have thought it was impressive as hell, but I wouldn't have recognized that this was impressive within hockey - like, I'd have thought wow, that's amazing, but also would have assumed that probably all professional hockey players can do that, that that's probably just the level of expertise they have... and tbh probably wouldn't have realized just how difficult it is, hockey being so out of my regular scope to begin with.
After watching this I looked for other impressive stickhandling videos, and actually saw Sid stickhandling around Mario's kid for the first time, which is also pretty amazing; similar skill, but with someone trying to take the puck away from you. And then to think, yeah, that they do this while sprinting, while having other people try to take the puck away from them, with contact. What is this sport even. Also I really want more videos of Kaner and Tazer just playing keepaway with each other, idk.
ETA: God it's like WATCHING PUPPIES
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My lips are sealed. But yes :D
It is like watching puppies! Now that video I think you have to be a hockey fan to appreciate. BUT IT'S SO CUTE!!!! Thank you for finding it!
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