Players start with 8 random facts about themselves. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.

1. I have a large collection of rusty/corrosion covered photos on my computer at work. I work at a water restoration company and have become their part time photographer. I actually enjoy taking photos of crusty pipes. They are a very interesting subject to photograph. There are a lot of different colors and textures to them that make each photo different for the last.

2. I really want to go to Boston. I have been wanting to go for some time now and have talked my friend Cris into going with me. We are planning a trip out there next July. I have been doing a lot of research on the city and have found out a lot. There is a lot of shopping, eating and historic places to go to. The only problem with doing all this research (and budgeting) is it is making me want to go even more.

3. I always sleep with my bedroom door closed. It just feels wrong to me to have the door open when I sleep.

4. My dermatologist encourages me to go tanning. Now this is because of my psoriasis. I greatly enjoy going tanning. I love being in the bed getting all hot… I find it very relaxing. I guess it must be close to going into a steam room.

5. My favorite color is orange. I don’t know when this happened but I love the color. I have all kinds of stuff that is orange and people keep buying me orange stuff

6. I like to write. However, in this day of age I still like to write a first draft (or at least a start of a rough draft) on paper. I do not like to just sit in front of a computer and start my story. I don’t know if it is a way to proof myself or what but I still need my notebook and pen to start my writings.

7. I have wanted to learn how to play guitar for a few years now, but haven’t done it yet. Maybe some day I will buy one and take lessons.

8. I collected elephants while growing up because my kindergarten teacher told the class that he had a pet elephant in his bath tub. I still have a few elephants and still look at elephant things when I am out shopping.

Chris Pronger, who plays for the Anaheim Ducks has to go. He had a dirty hit on Tomas Holmstrom during the Detroit series and he just had another dirty hit to an Ottawa player. Plus he is just a whiny player that the NHL could do without. I have never been a fan of his and he is only making his case worse. Even if the Red Wings had a major lapse in judgment (and I do mean MAJOR) and brought him to our team I would still feel this way about him. I don’t think that the punishment he got for the Holmstrom hit was enough. Now the NHL needs to take a good look at this hit and come up with a better punishment. I think the NHL really needs to get a lot more aggressive against repeat offenders. I think I may start a petition to have Pronger removed from the NHL (and if the Ducks win the cup I would like to see if we could get the NHL to not put his name on it). I know I have a few people on my side like my mom.