Juni

@belovedjune.bsky.social

Sad tomato; three miles of bad road; real woman child

“Okay, kiddo - so my friend is having a goth-themed birthday party. I’m going to get ready after I drop you off at practice, So I’ll just wait in the arena parking lot when practice is over. I mean, unless you want me to come in and pick you up looking all gothy?” “Mom, I will kill you. NO.”

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Tempo vs. Fever tonight. First WNBA game I’ve ever seen, after having generations of women’s college basketball players in my family. (Someone sitting near me has a trans flag and is mercilessly heckling Sophie Cunningham and I’m so here for it.)

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Gonna cross the streams a bit here and say that public speakers who’ve just finished delivering a long lesson/lecture/sermon could benefit from knowing about sub drop and aftercare.

Man, I love women’s recreational hockey season so damn much. Met some of my new teammates last week. And I’m playing with 7-8 teammates from prior seasons.

My oldest got home today and was like “did you see how people online are roasting Dundon for putting his kids’ names on the Cup?” And yeah, it’s incredibly, unquestionably, irredeemably stupid.

The Reverend June Joplin, Huge Caniac. I gave this a second thought, but then I remembered how we all caught Blue Jay fever last fall. And let’s be honest, if the Sceptres or Leafs won a Cup, there’d be a lot of parishioners in jerseys the following Sunday.

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Listen, I am going to be very happy for any team that makes Carter Hart, ugly cry on television and get John Tortorella canned. The fact that it was the CAROLINA HURRICANES… This might just be the chef’s kissiest moment of my whole life

There was a time when the highlight of my oldest’s Caniac life was getting a fist bump from Justin Faulk after warmups before a game that featured goals by Alexander Semin and Patrick Dwyer.

I have pics of my boys with Justin Faulk, Eddie Lack, & Steve Smith. We have a hat signed by Victor Rask and a poster signed by Calvin DeHaan & Trevor Van Riemsdyk. I once paid Leaf ticket prices only to see us lose 8-1 with Scott Darling in net & Ron Hainsey getting our only goal. What a ride…

In 2006, I had to travel about 2 hours away from my western NC hometown to find any Hurricanes championship gear. Sports Authority in Greensboro had one little rack of T-shirts. One of the sports bars in my home county was promoting “STANLY CUP GAMES” on their electronic sign out front.