Friday With Frisby (part I?)

I never did make it to a game at the Rawk last season, so as soon as the 2008-09 season schedule was announced, I started making plans. It's always interesting to meet people that you interact with over the Internet, so I sent an email to the two lovely ladies at Interchangeable Parts to see if they would be interested in going with me to the home opener. Fortunately for me, they said yes. I then called my usual exchange fan host to see if she wanted to go and perhaps procure the tickets. The stars must have been aligned because she also agreed. The last thing to do was request for vacation time, which was granted. Things were going too smoothly, "the Devils must be destined to lose" kept playing through my mind.

The journey of 873 miles begins with packing up the truck. For some reason I waited until after work on Friday October 3rd to do that. That only took about an hour, and then I headed east, stopping about midnight for a three hour power nap somewhere in West Virginia. The majority of my family and friends live in Maryland, so that's where primary destination was. I spent the week there visiting and chowing down as many crab cakes and cheese steaks as humanly possible. I also managed to get some footage to prove to myself that I'm still not too old to ride a skateboard. Before I knew it, it was Friday October 10th and time to head to New Jersey. Despite a traffic circle and an imaginary road on google maps, I was able to find Stately IPB Manor.

We went, we saw, the Devils conquered.

The good news is that Pookie and Schnookie are just as congenial and funny in person as they are online. The oft mentioned Boomer is also a delight to meet and shame on the ookies for keeping her locked in the basement (or was it the attic?). In case you missed it, the ookies did announce that we would be there, and plans were made for bloggers and commenters alike to meet during first intermission at the giant puck. Fret not if you missed us though, Friday with Frisby Part II is in the works.