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When the sound of Nirvana pierces the morning at a crisp 7:45am, I'm up immediately.  This isn't like waking up for work, when I repeatedly use the handy +10minutes function on my cellphone alarm clock.  This is important.  The fact that I didn't get to sleep until around 4am is trivial at this point.  Coffee heals all sleep related wounds.

I stumble out of my bedroom to the kitchen where I plug in the kettle.  For some reason this infernal machine insists on shutting off before the water actually boils.  In South Korea, we don't drink tap water as a rule.  There's nothing dangerous in the water, but I sure wish my kettle would finish the job.  I blame my kettle for the uneasy feeling in my gut most mornings. 

As I wait for the kettle to complete its abortive attempt, I switch on the computer and pace for a minute or so, waiting for the password prompt to appear.  Once my secret information is entered, I walk out to the veranda for a quick smoke.  The kettle, though an underachiever, is slow and will afford me the time anyway.

This cigarette is one of few that I will actually enjoy over the course of the day.  Mornings on Jeju Island are beautiful in the countryside.  People with far more socially responsible tasks to complete than I are already out in the fields, tending their cabbage, broccoli and radishes.  The day is bright and clear; I have a nice view of Halla Mountain to the left and the small island Biyang-do to the right. 

When I come back to the computer room and load up my browser, I notice that I can't hear the kettle anymore.  Coffee time.

I come back to the computer and load up my brand new toy, NHL GameCenter.  This is a thing of beauty.  No more skimming Shabbs' Game Day Thread looking for links; no more failed attempts at finding a SopCast hosted game; no more justin.tv or adhte.net games that last seconds before I'm ousted for being in another country.  No more.  This is pure bliss.  

Smiling, generally an unlikely occurrence for me at this hour of the morning, I look at the day's crop of games that I can flip through during commercial breaks.  Pittsburg-Toronto should be a fun game to watch, if only to root on the Any-Team-But-Toronto.  Washington-Detroit will be a great game, especially if I get lucky and see some nice plays develop.  Anaheim-Philly should be a bruiser.  These are good tidings so early in the morning, but mere morsels compared to the buffet that I roused myself out of bed to see.  There it is.  OTTAWA-ATLANTA!!!  Everything is worth it now because....wait, what???

"There is no video feed for this game."

Worlds crash down around me.  Explosions and fire and pain the likes of which no man has ever had to endure are all-encompassing.  A tear escapes and runs down my cheek, hovering on my chin for a moment before dropping onto my keyboard.  

I sigh.  I open The Team 1200's site and listen to my beloved Sens and watch the Toronto game.  As I do so I smile. 

Kovalev just scored.

 

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