Living in a Canadian/American household, the tension is pretty high right now as Canada leads 2-1 in the third period of the last match of the Olympics. No matter who wins, however, this has been a pretty great game to watch, and I’m not usually a hockey fan.
Update: Overtime! 2-2!
Update 2: Sudden victory! Canada wins 3-2!
Rufus is a married, 36-year old graduate student completing a dissertation in Early Modern European and Mediterranean History, who lives in Canada, studies in the US, and researches in France.
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wow OT…..wow
Yeah, in the last minute! Holy Moses!
GOAL!
congrats Canada
WHY THE FUCK IS THIS BLOG CELEBRATING CANUCKISTAN?
Ah, my wife is Canadian, so it`s a matter of marital bliss.
YEAAAAAAH! GO CANADA!
That second US goal almost gave me a heart attack. Thank goodness for Crosby and Iginla.
We now have more gold medals in a single Winter Olympics than ANY OTHER COUNTRY EVER! Canada rocks!
Woohoo! Have a beer and a cigar!
YEAHH! GO CANADAA! SO BIG AND COLD!!11
Cold? Did you see the last two weeks in Vancouver? Mid-February, and it felt like April. Meanwhile, Washington DC had blizzards.
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