1/8/10 SharkTeal Girl

Well, I'm not really a Hockey fan. I've watched a few games and it is exciting but I really don't want to divide even more of my sports attention from football, baseball and basketball. It makes a full year already. But I do see why people like it. Except for the cold part. Brrr.

SharkTeal Girl is a San Jose Shark fan. In fact, her own description goes as follows: "I'm a huge San Jose Sharks fan." That's it. I guess it's safe to say that 38 year old Emily Hall from Berkeley, California is a Sharks fan. Well, this song was written by her in response to the Sharks losing in game 6 to the Dallas Stars in last year's playoffs, sending them home to watch the finals. It is a parody of Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" called, "Wake Me Up When Hockey Begins." Now that we are half-way into the 2009-2010 Hockey season, let's see if she is awake and happy this year... With the second most points in the NHL right now, I'd say SharkTeal Girl is skating high right now.

So here's SharkTeal Girl with "Wake Me Up When Hockey Begins":

Lyrics
The season has gone so fast.
Expectations rise then pass.
Wake me up when September ends.

Like the playoffs of before,
a couple rounds and out the door.
Wake me up when September ends.

Here comes that pain again,
this time from the Stars.
Entrenched in R shame again.
This is who we are.

Highlight moments fade to black,
but we never forget what we felt.
Wake me up when September ends.

(music break)

Summer has come too fast.
Who and what will be recast?
Wake me up when September ends.

Wring out the coach again,
and enter ex-Wings McLellan.
Wake me up when September ends.

We pray for some clarity
a new system can bring.
If they play in solidarity,
the Sharks can be the real thing!

As new members settle in,
the "special teams" work must begin.
Wake me up when September ends.

(long music break)

The new season will start again.
Expectations high again.
Wake me up when September ends.

Like the seasons of before,
we want Stanley even more!
Wake me up when September ends.

Wake me up when September ends.
Wake me up when Hockey begins.