Sidney Crosby, We Love You.

- Posted in Randomness

Sidney Crosby is going to be okay.  He’ll play again.  We don’t know when.

Just seeing him made us feel so much better about the world.  Plus, this press conference is 100 times more informative than Bettman’s concussion speech at the All-Star Game.  They are hopeful but not blindly so, and confident.

A CBC reporter pointed out there is a chance that Sid could possibly never play in the NHL again.  I threw a shoe, but it missed since I’m 5 hours away.  Sid withered him with a laser glare and said, “Don’t bet on it.”

Damn. SWAG.

One of the doctors used the phrase “the cows are back in the barn.”  I trust these people and I want to hug them all.  Sid might get two hugs.

It’s also nice to see Sid actually saying something.  Nothing groundbreaking, but the robot autopilot is off today.  He usually recites the things Crash taught Nuke in Bull Durham, but today he’s moved toward the back of the bus.  He spoke about contact and regulating it in the game: “Guys have to be responsible with their sticks, why shouldn’t they be responsible with the rest of their bodies?”

And the money shot: Sid says it’s likely he’ll play this season.  AMEN.  Look at these two.  They get shit done.  You could make this a stained glass window and hang it in a church.  Now that you’ve stopped listening and are just admiring the gun show, you can make these plans.

We’ll see you around Sid, and we hope it’s soon.

ld

 

One of the doctor’s used the phrase “the cows are back in the barn.”never play in the NHL again.  Sid replied, “Don’t bet on it.”

Sidney Crosby Prayer Circle

- Posted in Newsies, Pants Loves

Something is up today.  I mysteriously turned off my alarm without knowing and was woken by a bird that sounded exactly like R2D2 just as I dreamed of crash landing in a swamp in the Dagobah System.

Then I poured OJ in my Cheerios.  Seriously.

It must be the event I’ve been trying to ignore all week: today at 12:30pm, Sidney Crosby will do a press conference from Consol.  You can watch it live on the Penguins website.

It could be good news.  It could be bad news.  I feel like we’re all hiding in the bathroom waiting to see if a blue line shows up on that stick we just peed on.

At 12:15pm, Gator’s going to have to come in here and hold my hand.  Or my hair.  At least I noticed my cereal was wrong before I ate it.

MY LIFE SO HARD

- Posted in Randomness

ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?  I know it’s media week but this is the best combo since drinking your Coke through a Twizzler straw!

Gator will be away and I have a work event… both of which should be cancelled immediately.  We should have the Nealmobile loaded up with snacks and gas and be speeding northward on 95!  I can’t believe we’re going to miss this.

E.P.I.C. F.A.I.L.

Who can go?  I mean seriously I might skip my work event and call in sick be completely honest with everyone and go. This is the only reason I wish I still lived in NYC.

New Season, New Hope!

- Posted in Dawn Loves, Hot Like Fire, Off-Season Projects

I'm sorry ... he's hot. he's perfect. he's a hockey machine. I love him!

This is what I’ve been up to (see below) in hopes of helping the Capitals win the Stanley cup – FINALLY! I was so excited when I read the big fall preview of THN issue that still puts the Capitals as winning the cup in 2012! With all their off-season re-tooling, high praise for GMGM and loyalty to BB for a lack lusture post-season run – AGAIN. Not so rockin’.

I just wanted out of Florida really.

But this year, we got Tomas Vokoun – and yes, SOME ONE frickin’ FINALLY heard  me peeps! All that screamin’ in Seattle  – and buggin’ my house, the bat phone to DC actually came through and though they protest too much, THEY GOT A GOALIE AND VARLY is gone. Am I dreaming? SRSLY?! I feel like I am swimming in a sea of rainbow skittles and Sasha Fierce has promise to actually play hockey this season – oh please – oh please don’t let me wake up.

they got caught coming out of Ihop ... nicky's mom is really disappointed.

But MG52 better have given Animal his walking papers over the summer. Or Pants is going to give her pouty face again.

Carlson and Alzner went to sleep away camp together for some more bonding time in the off-season even though it looked like one may not make the cap deadline. Luckily McPhee came through with the cash at the expense of another player but you can’t come between the bobbsie twins.

iCarly sneaks a cuddle with Ovi - who WOULDN'T!

And Brooksy looks like he may be a Capital for life which is just fine with him. He may not ‘pump your tires’ but we know he’ll change them if it’s raining after a game even if he’s in his Armani suit – remember that ladies. I foresee many break downs outside Kettler Arena soon!

I may not pump your tires, but I'll change them, ladies!

And we can’t forget the most important pre-season date – 9/17. BEWARE. It’s all I’m sayin. Cause I’ve been saving for it.

I’ll be wearing my highest rated googled sweat pants and this on that day and every game there after … GO CAPITALS!

I needed an accessory to go with my sweat pants did I?

 

Oh and when the Caps aren’t playing and Mr. Cherrie let’s me watch the Penguin’s : I made this:

And yes, I do wear these.

 

 

Happy Birthday to Us!

- Posted in Chuck Loves, Dawn Loves, Pants Loves, We Love, We're Mental

What’s Up, Ya Sieve? turns 1 today!

Yea. Berfdai.

So you know what that mean…

Cake.

Mexican Coca-Colas.

Office Dance Party.

More cake.

Glitter…so much glitter…

and this…

Can't believe they're making me wear this...

365 days and here we are!

We’ve had almost 200,000 hits, which we can honestly say we never expected.  We thought we’d be lucky if we got 200, not counting the 195 hits from our moms.)

We’ve had so much fun with all of you this past year, building our own little place in  blogosphere, but we wanted to make it more fun-er. (As if that was even possible…)

We get the awesome power of evolution, much like Lady Gaga,  Madonna before her, and that Charles Darwin guy.

Hope you don’t mind but we decided to make a few little changes – ones that will hopefully help WUYS grow like the Galactic Empire and take over the galaxy…except without all the death, persecution of fuzzy woodland creatures, and giant planet-shaped weapons of mass destruction.

So here we go…

Change #1 – Goodbye wordpress.com.  Hello, whatsupyasieve.com
Ya, that’s right.  We’ve done gone and made our little blog all legit.  Our new web address is www.whatsupyasieve.com.  Bookmark that scriz.  Tell your friends.

Change #2 – Diamonds are forever.  But email comes close.
You can now email us directly!
chuck [at] whatsupyasieve [dot] com
pants [at] whatsupyasieve [dot] com

We also gave DawnCherrie one (dawncherrie [at] whatsupyasieve [dot] com) but forget about getting a response…unless your email includes photos of Alex Ovechkin in a speedo on the Black Sea.

Email us.  Show us the love.  Or the hate.  Links to videos of NHLers working out are always welcome.

Also welcome – photos of Mike Green’s hair, Tyler Seguin’s abs, and Patrick Sharp’s face.

So Happy Birthday to Us!  We’re totes not getting any work done today.  We’re gonna be too busy doing this…

Care to join us?

Birthday Boy: James Neal

- Posted in Birthday Boy, Pants Loves

Happy 24th birthday to the Nealmobile!  James Neal is 24 today.  And this season he’s going to score 250 goals alongside Crosby.

An exhaustive three minute Google search revealed that James like The Wedding Crashers, vanilla ice cream and music by Dierks Bentley.  I believe that’s playing in my car right now.

Hey, this video is from the game we went to, where I named my car The Nealmobile!  I’ve never seen it before. [link]

I wanted to get you all a present for James’ birthday, but I don’t have the video this gif comes from.  Maybe it’s because all these workout videos are threatening to break the internet.  Anyway, if someone finds this you know where to send it!

Centerfold

- Posted in Randomness

My wonderful and kind friend Mer wants you to have a great day.  So she found these.  It’s Friday, and if you’re American there’s no work Monday.  Go ahead and celebrate all the things in life that are fantastic:

This should be the backyard of a mental institution, because that’s where Dawn will need to be “calmed down.”

(Chuck, are you singing “Angel is the Centerfold” yet?  I am.  Oh the BU band.)

Cute Overload

- Posted in Dammit Geno, We Love

Yesterday, after a charity hockey game in Russia, Geno did this: Since we don’t have a picture of it, we’ll settle for only-slightly-less adorable pictures of him – this time with animals.

Geno with Sid and Duper.

FREE HUGS!

Is this even real?

I have a special dance lined up for the moment Geno takes the ice this season.  It’s a little bit like the Elaine from Seinfeld, which is how I picture Malkin dancing, mixed with some Time Warp.  If Sid’s there I will throw in a kick circle.  Just you wait.

Hurricane, Not Hockey

- Posted in Pants Loves

Excuse me while I go off-topic for a minute here.

You may have seen CNN, Good Morning America or other news coverage of the Upstate NY and Vermont towns devastated or completely destroyed by Hurricane Irene.  My hometown area was one of the worst hit:

Windham and Prattsville, NY

It’s the mountains, in the country.  We don’t do flooding.  I’m talking about towns with as few as 800 residents and one traffic light.  No one predicted this and no one was prepared.

If you are inclined toward charity donations (tax deductible!) or even have a bag of old clothes and blankets that was going to Goodwill, please consider sending it here instead: http://www.windhamrebuild.org/.  My parents, brother and house are fine, but there are a lot of people who could really use the help right now.

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Thanks.  Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Work. It. Out.

- Posted in Newsies, Off-Season Projects, Pants Loves

I… I, er…. um…  what?  Oh.  Here at Mike Green World Domination HQ, I had two thoughts immediately upon seeing this.

I even think spelling "defence" with a C is adorable.

1) Sweet baby Jesus in the manger.

2) Should have saved that HP joke, because it’s better here: I just died so hard I turned Mike Green into a horcrux. 

Alas, you know the truth.  There is another dimension where I really do control the universe and this slipped through the cracks: Mike Green Workout Video [link].  He talks about overcoming last season’s injuries and expectations for this year.  There’s no jumping, but we all know Mike has a tendency to fall down a lot.

Intern Jeff Skinner is walking around with earmuffs on because the high-pitched squealing is deadly to boys.  He even gave up on that girl-speak dictionary from last week because it doesn’t have a section for “colorful language.”

Mike also talks about Alex Semin and the comments from Matt Bradley – very diplomatic, Mr. Green (in the library with the candlestick).  He simply says that if you’re not committed, you’re not wanted.  No stubborn defense of Sasha Fierce?  I am impressed.

But really just look at this.  Every single individual strand of his hair is perfect.  His eyebrows make the Korean ladies at my salon weep with joy.  I should worry about a guy who uses this much product at the gym, because you know it wasn’t just for the interview.  But I can’t.

I don’t think my one pull-up workout routine (Intern Jeff Skinner is my trainer) is going to cut it here.  The Eric Staal-lookalike at my gym is not impressed.  Good thing I have all these workout videos for inspiration!  There’s a second interview with Mike [link], quads not included.

Fall Down, Go Boom.

- Posted in Hall of Shame, Off-Season Projects, Randomness, Summer Lovin'

Well, folks, it was bound to happen.

Stanley is a little banged up, thanks to former Bruin Michael “Cool” Ryder and a flimsy Nova Scotian card table.

To which my friend Fatty J exclaimed, “Jesus Michael!”

Dios mios indeed!

What is that table made out of anyway?  Paper mache and matchsticks?

You’d think that they’d be able to find a sturdier table to hold the Cup, you know, to prevent that from happening.

Luckily, the Cup is okay.  Just a little dent.

Can’t say the same for Ryder’s pride though.

Welcome to infamy, my friend.

Man Down.

The New Black

- Posted in Newsies

Power at my house could be out till Friday.  If I had anything this orange I wouldn’t need lights.

This is hard, and it hurts.  It also looks like the place Harry Potter wakes up half-dead next to fetal horcrux Voldemort.  You can stay there Max, but you can choose to leave.  This doesn’t have to be the end.

Mikey Monday

- Posted in Mikey Monday

Did everyone survive the hurricane okay?  We still don’t have power in Annapolis, so we’re going to have to eat all the food from Mr. Pants’ restaurant for dinner.  Hugs and good vibes for everyone!

So we’ve had an earthquake and hurricane in DC this week.  Crazy.  Next the Titanic will resurface and sail into National Harbor, then I really will find that National Treasure.  Can we just get back to a time when this was the most random thing in town?

 

Break out your Nautical Themed Pashmina Afghan.

- Posted in Off-Season Projects, Randomness, Summer Lovin'

This summer’s been pretty awesome for the Bruins. Winning the Stanley Cup pretty much guarnetees that.

The celebration tour has taken the Cup all over the world, but one place it’s been quite a bit this summer is…

ON A BOAT!

Nautical themed pashmina afghans and flippy floppys for EVERYONE!

Stanley has more than earned his sea legs these last few months.

So, where’s he been exactly?

Well, he was…
At Niagara Falls – ON A BOAT! (Daniel Paille)
At the Jersey Shore – ON A BOAT! (Dennis Seidenberg)
In Vancouver – ON A BOAT! (Milan Lucic)
In the Welland Canal – ON A BOAT! (Adam Creighton, Bs Scout)

But you know what boat we REALLY want to see Stanley on? This one.

With Seguin and Marchand too.

from bruinsunite.wordpress.com

Kings of the world, on a boat like Leo.

It's Baaaaaack! BOTB's New Season.

- Posted in Dawn Loves, Fauxnadian

If I could photoshop a unicorn coming out of this, I would. I'll work on that.

Freshly pressed … like that ex boyfriend that won’t go away or that itch you know where or that imaginary BFF you keep  inviting to events and telling all your other friends about but she never shows? YES – THAT’S BACK! In all its sparkly, bedazzled-oh-so-tight, spandexy, oh-no-they-didn’t-just-say-that-madness-glory.

The twist - guess which one is the HOCKEY player?

No Russians this time out so you out there who think I don’t like ‘those who shall not be named’, get ready because this time out they have a US player in the line up so I can start my flag waving early – I’M KIDDING! I love everybody. I’m an equal opportunity ranter – I’m about fairness and this show is about charity for some of the best ones in Canada so let’s keep it foremost in mind. Everybody’s a winner!

But they’ve added a twist. What’s that you say? A chick hockey player – hell yeah! The sisters are doin’ for themselves! But I’m calling Brad May as the winner early because I love him and I want to scream MAY DAY at the TV for the duration of the season.

Please – I’m shallow and I’ve looked over the cast, and quite honestly, he seems like the hottest one. That truly was the only reason I rooted for Val last year. He turned out to be quite talented to boot but it had nothing to do with him being Russian. He looked good in those ridiculous costumes!  A feat all by itself!

I anoint you winner of BOTB season 3 simply because you're hot.

Hockey Players

Wade Belak – Canadian

Bryan Berard – USA

Tessa Bonhomme- Canadian – CHICK

Boyd Devereaux – Canadian

Cale Hulse – Canadian (looks like a serial killer if you ask me)

Curtis Leschyshyn – Canadian

Brad May – It’s May Day! I am going to be screaming that at the TV every time. You can believe that. (Canadian)

(One more to be named) – Who will it be? Wayne Gretzky would be AWESOME and then paired with Johnny Weir! Totes Spectular!

who said unicorns don't exist!?

i have no words

Figure Skaters

Violetta Afanasieva

Tanith Belbin

Elena Berezhnaya

Marie-France Dubreuil

Marcy Hinzmann-Harris

Anabelle Langlois

Kim Navarro

David Pelletier

So tune in on Sunday,  September 18 for booty camp and Sunday September 25 for the first round of elimination to see who does the skate of shame first! It will keep you warm until Hockey season starts! Let the BOTB count down begin! Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

I’m just sad no JR this year. Kurt Browning … REALLY? At least maybe he and Ron will consumate their love. It kills me watching them yearn for each other from afar!

Tweet, Tweet Love

- Posted in We Love

I promise before the season starts, we’ll do a whole list of players and personalities that you guys should be following on Twitter.  Can we take a moment to appreciate the Tweet Beauty of Ryan Whitney?

Foxy Friday: BioSteel Sports Camp

- Posted in Foxy Friday, Summer Lovin', We Love

Okay, they earned it. Videos and photos and… thank heaven for this week.  And for Alyonka Larionov (person I am most jealous of in the world!)’s Twitter photos.  Who said something about Seguin wearing the heck out of a suit? Did you ask for a t-shirt?

That sound you hear is Chuck's lifeless body hitting the floor.

And Stamkos showing off (approved):

There's a "throw me up against the wall" joke here...

I obliged Intern Jeff Skinner and did a single pull-up at the gym yesterday.  Almost popped my shoulders out.  I can plank and run and lift… but not like this.  I get woozy just thinking about it.  Not enough BioSteel in the world to get me through 1/10th of what these guys do.

Impressed yet?

He doesn't even look tired.

What you really want is video of Biz doing yoga in his unders.  You got it.

And hey, look who got 10 seconds of camera time?

Frankly, this is not enough.

So that’s Foxy Friday – the boys working it out because they can’t wait to get back together with you.  Now if this hurricane really takes us all out, at least you saw Biz in his skivvies.

Sign Already – Damn it! I Command You!

- Posted in Dawn Loves, Hot Like Fire, Newsies

Ok – so MelTing sent me this last week and I have been ‘in dispose’ as of late. Sorry sweet Mel – partner in DDTBG crime.

You won't be smiling from the sidelines....

But it doesn’t change two facts: ONE: Drew Doughty STILL hasn’t signed with the LA KINGS and TWO: it’s true that SOME HOW he got hotter over the summer. I don’t know how he did it. Maybe he’s been working out with Kris Letang. But Sweet Baby Jesus on a glazed donut with spinklies – he is looking toned, taut and super duper tasty lately – ladies.

But no matter how hot lookin’ he may be, if he doesn’t have a hockey contract, it won’t be doin’ him no good come October. So by the power of Grey Stoke, I command you Drew Doughty – SIGN ALREADY! You may say it’s not up to you but I don’t think it’s your managers playing hockey the last time I watched so make like Nike and DO IT. You’ve done the work now pick up the pen and sign on the dotted line and put a pretty X for your name. I wanna see some action in October from that nice hockey butt you’ve worked on, some jacked up hits I know you’ve got in you and some sweet yammerin’ from those lips.

I Can't Take It Anymore

- Posted in Newsies, Pants Loves

If I ignore this long enough, maybe it will just go away.  It’ll be October and he’ll be out there and everything will be right with the world.  I don’t care if you hate Sid and the Pens or rainbows and cupcakes and money.  You cannot want to see a premiere player out of the game.  Hell, I’d even miss Ovi.

We all know Crosby is non-contact practicing and may not be ready for the start of camp.  Or the start of the regular season.  Or my birthday party, which is gonna be really lame then because who will jump out of my cake?!

Seriously though.  The Pens finally announced he’s seeing specialists all over the country [link].  Everybody’s asking and it’s eggshells everywhere.  People are really getting down.  On Monday, Toronto Star columnist Cathal Kelly suggested Crosby should retire.  I want Sid to be well more than anything so I cannot disparage some of her reasoning.  But listen lady, you’re way ahead of yourself.  You need to STFU.  And if Troy Crosby’s tired after calling ESPN Radio himself back in March, he can tap out and I’ll take over.

What we need is the Power of Positive Thinking!  Stamkos has it:

“Sidney’s a great player, he’s a great ambassador for the game,” [Stamkos] said. “Hopefully, he’s back 100 per cent at the beginning of the season.” – The Hockey News [link]

We need to have a prayer circle and be patient and try to hold it together.  Whenever the time comes that The Kid is back, you know there will be goals galore and WUYS pandemonium.  We’ve been saving up.

Intern Desk: You Want More?

- Posted in Randomness

Not enough, eh?  

Intern Jeff Skinner here – still working out.  I’ve been working out for DAYS.  Hey Pants, where’s Logan Couture this weekend?  Oh right, hosting golf.   You weren’t invited?  Maybe I’ll send you a ticket to the gun show.  Heck, two tickets and you can sit next to my Calder Trophy.

Of course, the better I get the more Stamkos hogs the video by doing twisty things and almost showing his long hair.  Then cue the squealing again when he starts doing squats.  (Seriously, someone hold Gator’s hand.)

On lunch break, over wheat germ and Power Bars, I made a deal with Pants.  Continued BioSteel Camp videos if she does a pull-up at the gym tonight.  Just one.  In return I will steal every hat Stamkos packed.  Wish her luck.