Lonely

I've just realized that I have no friends. That's needlessly melodramatic, and of course that's not what I mean. But I used to have very close friends who I could (and would) tell everything to, and we'd discuss things into the wee hours. I've realized that I don't have any of those types of friends anymore.

I have plenty of friends -- we're making new friends all the time in Toronto, which is fun. But even the old friends I'm reconnecting with are people who I don't have much history with, so I don't feel close to them yet in that "baring your soul" kind of way.

And my very close friends from the past I know I could easily reconnect with again given the opportunity, it's just that our lives have taken us far apart and the connection has been reduced to little updates and occasional visits, rather than having all the time in the world like we did in university or in high school.

I'm just venting really. I'm not in any way suggesting that any of my friends has not behaved the way they should have.

I just miss it. My parents once told me that as we age, we spend the entire time disconnecting from friends rather than staying connected. That is to say, I'll end up with a much smaller circle of friends than I have now. Kinda depressing. What about all my work on Facebook? -- I have 198 friends, for crissakes. Of course, when you have someone on your friends list and you can't answer the "How do you know _____?" question, that probably says something about the depth of connection.

I don't remember where, but I read once about kids replacing friends in your brain and your life. Except we don't have kids, just cats, and they're not the best conversationalists.

The Ottawa Senators have won ten Stanley Cups

In 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1923, and 1927, the original Ottawa Senators (a.k.a. the Ottawa Silver Seven) won the Stanley Cup. This ties the Senators with the Detroit Red Wings for number of championships won, with Montréal (24) and Toronto (13) ahead, and Boston (5), NY Rangers (4), and Chicago (3) rounding out the Original Six.

Unfortunately, the current Ottawa Senators, who started playing as an expansion franchise in 1992, don't get to claim this history as their own. While I understand the idea of a franchise remaining in operation for 80+ years being different than a franchise that took sixty years off, it's still a bit annoying. Other teams have changed owners, arenas, logos, and players, but still get to claim they're the same team. Toronto, for example, last won the Cup in 1967, but that 41-year-and-counting* gap is always going to be less significant than the unfortunate Depression bankruptcy of the original Sens.

Oh well. In my heart they've won plenty of championships, and we'll see another one pretty soon**.


* They missed the playoffs this year, so it's already at 41 years. And let's be serious -- it's not going to stop at 41.
** Soon does not necessarily this year, but I can dream.