winners all 'round

17512 we went to watch the Czech vs Sweden Quarterfinal hockey game in old town square. it was pretty crazy, the game was tied till the last 30 seconds when the Czechs put one in, everyone went nuts. for a second, it didnt matter that i was a student from the US, or the dude next to me was a tramp holding a puppy, or the girls drinking behind us were clearly 15, the Czech National Hockey team is going to the Semis of the International Ice Hockey Federation championship, its time to jump around and scream, possibly light off road flares, and pop smoke grenades and sing Queen. it was a good time, the crowd cleared pretty quickly and the drunkeness did not lead to anything beyond gibberish and cheers, and we wandered around a bit, some cats found their way to a bar, i went home, showered, and bout to sleep.