A view from the center face-off circle
After my team’s victory over the first-place Charlotte Checkers (3-1), the Cedar Park Center opened the rink (or technically, the sheet) to the public…after signing a waiver. Good move on their part, I fell down which I haven’t done in over a year. I’m good, only my pride was hurt. My elbows remain bruised but I’ll get over it with some commercial-level painkillers.
The open skate was another opportunity to test out my new iPod Touch’s camera. Its panaroma ability is nice yet I wanted to go for the whole 360 (as shown yesterday with Cheapo Records). I did achieve this without falling on my ass. If you click on the picture above, it opens to show the whole thing in a larger format.
What I call my lucky seat because I caught a puck there
Then I cautiously skated over to the corner where our season-ticket seats reside. I want to emphasize the adverb cautiously thanks to idiotic teenagers not wearing skates, running around like dicks. I was a moron as a teenager too, I just knew I was accident prone so I usually avoided stunts that could give me a concussion. Too bad I didn’t succeed every time.
It was good exercise, casually skating around. I need to hit Northcross more often and replace one skate’s laces due to the aglet fraying. Maybe buying a helmet is the next wise step to keeping my aging brains intact.