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Ooh I do NOT know how I feel about that. I don't think I like it. The numbers in their usual spot break up the color blocking on the sleeve so they don't look like hockey socks stuffed up the arms... but on the other hand, on the shoulder, they're more visible from more angles... Feels very football. Or a vest over long sleeves. Think I'm a no on it.

Ya hear that, dark? I'm still in the INTRIGUING range!!! and to the bolded, I am so, so sorry. But it was that or in the back of the Model A, and that well.. that could get cramped.

Hello it is me, your female friend/forum colleague...

That bathtub is what dreams are made of. I love baths- epsom salt soaks are nearly necessary with my circus stuff. But I barely fit in ours, and it always get all gyucky afterwards with whatever moisturizers are in the bath stuff I use. I have two unnecessary luxury items I'd love in a perfect world: a small greenhouse and a standalone bathtub like that. Something I can actually submerge into.

Oh man, this brings back memories of having a food photographer as a roommate... the things they do to make the photo look appetizing... Actually, not a bad thought. We talk about the effect the low unemployment rate is having on our industry (staffing/recruiting) at work a lot. Def. scraping the bottom of a barrel sometimes. But I think there's probably more to it than that. With bartenders, if they're anything like most of the ones I know, they're working several gigs and sidegigs and trying to keep them from overlapping too much. ANyways, not to get too serious, back to the gross food stories!!

Just think, if we hadn't skipped that one practice, we'd be undefeated so far and the Atlantic Division juggernauts headed straight for Stanley!

God that's so awful. I'm so sorry. There have been so many deaths affecting my coworkers lately- there's just this pall of sadness hanging around the office. Seems like everywhere I turn right now, there's another tragedy. So whatever astrological phenomenon random planet in another one's house BS that's going on, knock it off, eh?

Kind of dark but, two friends of mine have lost friends/family in separate incidents this weekend on the road. Drive safe and put down the phone.

Took today off and painted a quick one of Shannon Szabados.

God, most of my high school class. All income levels have been slammed by it, but the wealthy double doc/lawyer parents kids were the first to go down. Had the money to play that game I guess. Since neither complaint thursdays or fantastic fridays threads were opened this week, allow me a quick vent, oh random internet friends. My dad isn't well. He finally went to Cleveland Clinic for extensive testing. Docs still don't know what's wrong. He's been to so many for a couple of years now. The positive is they ruled out cardio-pulmonary hypertension. But otherwise no clue. He turned 72 last week. I don't think an hour goes by that I don't worry about it, or a day where I don't have a near panic attack collapse. I feel like we're flying towards this horrible mountain range. How long do we have, before the rest of it all crumbles. And then I feel selfish. But I guess I just hoped/assumed I'd be able to get married and maybe even have a kid and enjoy some of those youngish adult life things before all this happened. I have many friends who've lost their parents young, but I'm having trouble coping with the idea of nursing homes and hospitals and funerals for my parents already, and then worrying about my sister. If he goes, I could see my mom going, and when she goes, my sister already has said many times she'd just off herself because she'd have no more reason to live. I would have no more family, save my uncle and estranged cousins I've mentioned in other threads. I'm not ready. I'm just not ready. But we don't play the game of life by our own rules. Control is an illusion.

Vegas had a Cirque du Soleil aerialist drop down a silk and hand the puck to the Golden Knight for their opening. So... let's do that. But instead of a graceful descent to handoff the puck, a portly gentleman in a fading tie dyed Bills shirt and Sabres colored Zubaz plummets down a bungee cord and smashes a folding table, whilst a puck falls out of his pants. A deluge of wing sauce follows, spattering the team captains a la getting Slimed via Nickelodeon. If Philly can embrace Gritty, we can embrace this.

If we rank 31st on in-game experience we'll get first pick at the Dallas Stars' best jumbotron writing intern

Pretty poetic to frustrated fans and a floundering franchise - you don't have to go home but you can't stay here

It wasn't good, but I also think expectations were, as always, higher than people like to admit. With Dahlin, Eichel (though I'm among those wondering if that faith is misplaced) and a young roster and all the veritable offseason tweaks I think a lot of people have been going "alright, this is it, moving up, maybe even bubble playoff contender" whether they're vocal about it or not. We're going to really suck here and there this year no matter what. Last night was not fun, and we may be in for another soul crushing slog to next Spring. But we might be mid 20s in the standings rather than 31st. Which no one wants but... I guess I'm just steeling myself for it. No one's injured yet- at worst that's healthy trading fodder. At least our home opener wasn't the Bruins' home opener...? 0-7 (admittedly to the defending champs)? 4-0 ain't pretty but...

No complaints and no fantastic fridays ? womp womp

Yeah, they play on the perimeter like I do- a 140 pound girl with questionable skating skills trying not to get slammed in D level beer league, not a 6' something physically fit NHLer who's been playing hockey their whole damn life...

Good complaint thursday contribution sabres, good job all 'round

Aw sh!t I had a whole thoughtful reply typed out, went to hit Submit Reply just as an alert for a reply popped up- clicked that instead, and lost it. So i'll try to grab the garbled remnants of my brain here: In short- it's a visual business. It doesn't hurt to have a catch to keep you in people's minds. Women aren't as common in sports. Women with a great talent, less common. Good looking young women with a great talent are rare, and noteworthy in a market populated by a majority of straight guys. People in general go bonkers over young people with great art. When I was growing up/starting my career, a HUGE selling point I kept getting was "you're SO young omg". She's going viral on a bunch of different aggregate sites- and I hope she sticks with it. I am friends with a few other lady hockey artists- we found each other on IG and Twitter when our various pieces took off a bit. It's fun to watch them grow and go through college and such (I'm the old fart of the group haha). Kinda interesting- female artists seem to do the portraits while the men tend to go for design/graphics. Just something I've noticed over time. But yeah- being young and attractive won't hurt. Well.. it'll hurt her DMs probably. Her art alone could carry her without those two extra boosts- and she's only going to improve if she keeps at it! But yeah, a marketing person in need of a freelancer would remember a cute young blonde with amazing art over a mid 30s mom with amazing art. Ugly truth bout everything, honestly. But more importantly than me feeling my age, genetics, gender and rustiness- I want to point out that PK is really awesome about promoting art- and I really dig that.

Traditional medium plus young and cuter than I ever was- she'll go farther than I ever could Plus I never have time to paint anymore. Paying the bills and working 3 jobs has taken over actually pursuing what I want to do. PK was the last one I painted... two playoffs ago. I'd be lying if I said I haven't pretty much given up on ever making it with my portraits.

Gritty has a Roadhog (from Overwatch) style bellybutton. also, kudos to whoever is dressed up inside the madness there- they're doing a great job.

Oh man, it kinda hurts that in nearly every clip we're trailing or tied....

I don't like it but it's not too horrible yet. When it gets to be a patchwork mess of squeezing logos in until the ice is no longer clear, I'll leave it up to some wily players to make a stink. "Sorry ref, I ran the goalie by accident- I couldn't make out the crease from the Lowe's logo and the pipes just kinda blended in with the Hampton Inn logo behind it and I guess I just got dazzled, you know?" "Sorry coach, I keep getting thrown out of the faceoff because I can't find the damn dot!" "Sorry Captain, I can only make left turns, all the ads are bringing on powerful NASCAR associations... vroom vroom"

I dig their video Good 'n simple and none of that annoying font they're so enamored with lately

I need to redesign this guy now (or at least repaint his damn face- not my best)

Y'all this is really stupid I'm sure they'll be bag skated till they come together and beat the Russians Herb Brooks style when they fail to show up, don't you fear Those damn kids, man, never gonna learn, show 'em no kindness, worthless weak wimpy losers! Season over! Rabble rabble rabble