Hockey is Good for You!

I got the assignment yesterday, and I've already spent two nights researching for my HHOF Presents paper!! ^_^ It's so exciting! My topic is: "Through the years, various National Hockey League teams have undergone a series of metamorphoses with their sweaters, logo and/or colours. Select a team that has undergone such a visual facelift, trace the changes, and assess the impact of these changes on the team, its city and the NHL."

Surely you can all guess which team I'm doing? =P (The Canucks, just so you can be certain!) So far I've gone through two e-indexes, come up with 19 articles, Google'd my way to a couple of webpages, and have enlisted Steph to skim through some books available at the UBC library for me. ^_^ I'm also planning on contacting the (Canucks') Authentix store to see if I can get some sales figures for the various jersey/logo merchandise sales--heritage and current. And I'm trying to put together a survey (well, two short ones, actually) too, but I haven't had the chance to sit down and really think about it yet.

So anyway, the point of my subject line is that I really feel that this course, and hence hockey, is revitalizing my passion for learning! In first year I was so excited to go to class, to listen to lectures and to learn, but since then I've been growing more and more indifferent to my studies. This year, more than anything else, I just tried to "get through", which is not what I want from my university experience! Even though it's a lot of extra effort/hassle on my part, and on the part of my family (my dad's picking me up from class every week), I think it's worth it to feel this happy about learning again! And I've NEVER EVER started a project this immediately before, so that tells you something too!