Local Woman Lobbying to Become Canucks’ Official Blogger
To their credit, our local hockey team has a blog. They were doing all right, getting players to post reports from training camp, and so forth. Unfortunately, lately they’ve had Bill Ranford (former NHL goalie and, I think, Canucks’ goaltending coach) running a gamelog. It’s a somewhat abstract description of the game in realtime with some commentary. I’m not sure who it’s for, but not for anybody watching TV or listening to the radio.
Regardless, I read about Jennifer Good via The Vancouverite and Kitsilano.ca:
I’ve finally decided on the ideal job for myself. Blogger to the Vancouver Canucks. What I would do is follow them around, watch every single game and then blog about it–but the twist is, it will be from the perspective or point of view of a girly girl. I would lay on the “duh”. Kind of like…hockey is the new black - always in style. Instead of talking actual stats I would create my own. Instead of knowing how many goals they got in a season people will know their astrological signs, birthdays, favorite pick up lines, you get the idea. I will talk about all the puck sluts. I’ll mock the other teams. It’ll be great.
I think I’d vote for the actual stats and analysis. Regardless, Ms. Mrs. Good recognizes that a little skin goes a long way, which might help sway the skeptics. That’s a shoddy Photoshop job on the logo, though.
November 14th, 2005 at 11:11 am
Mrs. Good, not Ms. She’s married to Matthew Good, after all.
November 14th, 2005 at 7:55 pm
I just object to this idea on the grounds that she’s going to make all female hockey fans look bad. Congratulations to her for not being a puckslut, but I’d honestly rather have the real stats and analysis, not some dumbed down “female” version.
November 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
The mere fact of marriage does not indicate the use of Mrs, unless the woman has indicated a preference for the title.
November 14th, 2005 at 10:19 pm
Andrea: I wondered how long it would take somebody to point that out. If you do a Google search for ‘Mrs.’ compared to ‘Ms.’, you’ll see that I’m very consistent on the usage of the latter.
I just changed it as a bit of a lark. It’s a pity that this is still a subject one can’t joke about.
November 15th, 2005 at 12:24 am
No worries, Darren. I was needling Ms. Gillian, not you.
Also, I got another bank statement for “Miss Andrea” today. When I was 10, I know I checked “Ms”, not “Miss”. I’ve asked tellers to change it. I’ve written to the bank. No luck. The statement bugs me every time it arrives! Curse you, Scottish bank!