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by Alanah McGinley on 08/19/08 at 04:43 PM ET
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The Predators dancing girls have their own blog. And it’s brilliant, perhaps even inspiring. For instance, here’s yesterday’s good times:
I definitely have to send a big thank you to Ron’s mom, who sent him with three bags of homemade cookies (Ron works with the Preds and helps Adam coordinate a lot of our events). The cookies have been a big hit!
XOXO
Taylor
Goal Girls
Gosh, she sounds so sweet…
And life really is just a big ol’ sweet bag of cookies when you’re a Goal Girl.
Today, for example, is enough to make me question my own career path:
I had my photo shoot this morning. I had to be ready at 3:30 am morning. That’s a little too early for me to get up, so I just stayed up all night on Monday. I’m definitely going to need to take a nap here in the afternoon. It’s good to be out on a beach!
Okay, sure, I’m inclined to barf a little. But man!!… I’ve been looking my whole LIFE for a job that I could set up with a schedule like that.
I bet someone even brings her margaritas with those fu#$ing cookies…
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Everybody is NOT created equally unfortunately. maybe in your next life.
Posted by chungkithit from hongcouver on 08/19/08 at 05:06 PM ET
Well, I have no delusions I’m qualified to actually do the work that she does (a scary thought) but I’ve got a freakin’ Ph.D. in staying up all night, drinking margaritas all day, and hanging out at the beach. 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 08/19/08 at 05:21 PM ET
...my form of dancing resembles that of Elaine on Seinfeld…
I’d pay good money to watch that...assuming, of course, that your nickname is the same as Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ was among the Seinfeld cast...Little Yum Yum.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 08/19/08 at 05:25 PM ET
Being a decorative airhead is work?
Wonder how that looks on the ole’ resume when she gets laid off for gaining five pounds.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 08/19/08 at 06:20 PM ET
Being a decorative airhead is work?
Ugh. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There’s NO CHEERLEADERS in HOCKEY! There’s blood and guts and Hanson brothers.
(grumble, grumble… freaking dumb cheerleaders… grumble.)
Posted by Jennifer from the back of the Hasek car drinking heavily on 08/19/08 at 06:50 PM ET
haha not cheerleaders! They’re IceGirls, duhhhh
;-p
Posted by underthechestnuttree from LaSalle, Ontario, Canada on 08/19/08 at 11:57 PM ET
Ugh. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There’s NO CHEERLEADERS in HOCKEY! There’s blood and guts and Hanson brothers.
(grumble, grumble… freaking dumb cheerleaders… grumble.)
I might have to turn in my testosterone members’ club card for this, but I...agree. I don’t go to the rink for the entertainment provided during TV timeouts!
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 08/20/08 at 01:08 AM ET
When the LA Kings announced they were getting ice girls, someone asked if they were going to increase ticket prices again because of that.
I figured of course they were going to increase prices, because they figure that men have tiny, simple little brains, and as long as they have a little bit of eye-candy to titillate them from time to time it doesn’t matter that they are paying more each game for mediocre hockey.
I mean, an attractive airhead has to cost less than a goal-scoring winger, right? And if it makes (most of) the fans just as happy, then it would be silly business sense to invest in a more expensive item when the cheaper one will give the same end-result as far as fan satisfaction is concerned.
It’s all entertainment, right? And that means boobies!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 08/20/08 at 12:07 PM ET
And that means boobies!
You’ve struck on the solution to all things B!
I agree; get the cheerleaders outathere. I want Mo Cheese! and one more exclamation mark!
Posted by Osrt on 08/21/08 at 01:18 PM ET
I’m with Osrt on this one...If there’s between-the-whistles entertainment, I want it to be fun and entertaining for the entire crowd, not just the guys who want to cop an oogle.
Attending a hockey game is supposed to be fun, exciting, and intense on the ice. In between the whistles, let Mo have a turn or show a replay of a great play, and let the “ice crew” do its work minus fanfare. The Wings have a statuesque 6-footer skating out there, but she wears the standard dress for a Detroit “ice girl/guy"--an oversized jersey and baggy pants, because the Wings pick their ice crew from the Little Caesars’ hockey ranks, and they simply aren’t the attraction out there. The hockey is.
Save cheerleaders for beach volleyball and the delight that is a Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey Devils game, where at least something on the ice has to be entertaining. The rest of the league doesn’t need it.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 08/21/08 at 02:06 PM ET
This cracks me up! I am so keeping an eye on their blog. I remember the days where I’d stay up all night instead of going to bed early if I had to be up before the crack of dawn. And I have the wrinkles to prove it!
Posted by DC Sports Chick on 08/22/08 at 07:52 AM ET
Why did checking the goal girls blog make me wonder what FIN would look like in a bikini?
Nevermind.
Posted by Terry from WestVan on 08/22/08 at 04:21 PM ET
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Sure sounds like a sweet gig… until you put on 5lbs or get a wrinkle, and then you’re done for. I’d rather have a job where the performance of my brain matters more than the condition of my body.
But then, my form of dancing resembles that of Elaine on Seinfeld, so who am I to talk.
Posted by Karina on 08/19/08 at 04:28 PM ET