War of the Cakes.

So far so good on the training tip.

I saw War of the Worlds this ID4 (hah! get it?). Loved it. Go see it. Repeat: Go See It!! I'm a spielberg fan through and through. From fucking Jaws chomping through shit to the AI aliens, the whole bit. AI in all it's overblown grandeur nailed it as far as I'm concerned. Minority Report is a helluva lot better than you remember. I guarantee.

War of the Worlds is fucking gut-wrenching, nail-biting tension. I've never been so tense in a movie for so long. I was along for the ride and running for my life. All this to say, it needs to be seen in theaters. This is a theater movie if ever there was one. Go see it.


The day before I saw Layer Cake. It was great. Daniel Craig is great and apparently doing well for himself from rumors of the next bond to having a big role in the next spielberg movie. The guy's charming as hell and fun to watch. Personally, I'll take Matthew Vaughn's realistic smart characters over Guy Ritchie's quirky cartoon-like crooks, any day. Not to mention it's nice to be free of Ritchie's stereotypical black characters bugging this shit out of my conscience.

Look out for the apparently random beating in the middle of the movie. It was one of the more intense beatings I've seen in a while that churned my stomach. Fun british-crook movie all the way through the twisty-turvy ending. Oh and also the assassination scene: my gosh, so cool.

both feet off the merry-go-round

Well if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk and in 4 and a half months I'm going to set out for the sport that took my knee and destroy it.

I like me.

In an email to a friend:

"I really like books. A good meaty book goes a long way with me. Even short-stories are hard for me to get into. Sun Also Rises is my favorite, hands down. I read it about every-other year and fall in love with it every time. This is why I can understand the attraction of poetry without necessarily feeling it myself: I can't tell you why I like Sun Also Rises. I just do. It's not the most well-written. It's not the most compelling. There's just something about it, you know? That's what I appreciate about poetry it's allusions to and attempts at grasping for something that cant necessarily be put directly into words."

I like googling: friends.

That's my friend Jon....athan lying to a bunch of people he doesnt know.

Man I love the Ninja Turtles...

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo

The Y.

Haunted by dreams of the past. Tortured by realities of the future.

I had a good time catching up with my friend Sarah, saturday night. It'd been a long time. It's nice to know some things never change.

Man I'd sure like to hear that new Kings of Convenience CD. All I have is one of their remix albums. Am I a true fan?

I should be asleep by now. I go to work and sweat. I go to wrestling practice and sweat. I go to sleep and sweat. She's still cold as ice. And I'm so hot...

Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street never gets old.

My hands are starting to look like the way I imagined they'd look when I got old. Knuckles are scarred. Lines in my palm are deeper and more pronounced. I've got man hands. They used to be soft.

I've fought and won. I've loved and lost.

The following quote is from a Pitchfork Media review of the rerelease of DJ Shadow's Endtroducing:

"And he also knows how it feels to be in that bin, like all of us on the way to our own graves, where we'll be trapped with all the other goners-- hoping someone will see something a little different and special in us, that might pull us out of the pile." -Chris Dahlen, June 10, 2005

I wish I had a wrestling partner my size.

saving lives..

This news that Sigur Ros' is bypassing there Dallas stop on their tour like the do most of the time. Reminds me, when I saved my friend Derik's life. Well some might say.. There was this weird thing of people inexplicably passing out at Sigur Ros' concerts. I was hanging with a good size group of friends till it seemed like one by one they all slowly withdrew into their places throughout the crowd. I backed away to get a better view of the band and ran into my friend Derik and his girlfriend Mae. They eventually wandered a little bit ahead of me. I noticed Derik kind of swaying then Mae had this really scared look on her face. So I ran up there and caught Derik just as he was falling out. I carried him to the nearest exit and he regained consciousness. Derik claimed he was unusually sober that day only having had 2 beers much earlier in the afternoon. Then Mae went around telling everybody that I saved his life. That was strange, since I hadn't. Quite frankly I was more interested in finding out the details of Derik's passing out as I had read of this strange phenomena occuring at Sigur Ros' concerts, previously.

Sandbar.

I miss the beach...more than you can imagine. I'm getting dark in my arms from time spent in the sun at work and play. But my torso is pale (somewhat). It's a weak shield for my burdened heart. I left something out there in the dunes and the neverending waves.

I worked out the ending of Tussle a little bit more. Took away the big stunt for a smaller one. Check it out. Lemme know what you think.

My membership at the UTA gym has expired, I'm considering working out at Metroflex. A wrestling buddy of mine works out there who is training to be a body builder. He wondered if I wanted to come and work out with him. My only hesitation is that this is a hardcore bodybuilding gym. There'll be plenty of meatheads and steroids. Ronnie Coleman one of the most successful bodybuilders in history works out there. But I'll probably be the strongest I've ever been if I do. I've yet to decide.

It seems like friday night was the night to get drunk. Many have reported of debauchery on high levels that night. I know I was drunker than I have been a long time.

Nostalgia surges.

...fresh from battle.

Well due to weather and lack of willing participants, I didn't play paintball this weekend. So to still my battlelust I just finished launching a full-on assault on my mom by flinging left-over paintballs at her while she was cooking my dad's lunch. Then I cleaned up the floor so she wouldn't smack me.

If you're a Grand Prairie resident you can check out the GP section of the Dallas Morning News, sunday edition to see an article on my team and a team picture.

Friday night was our end of season pool-party, I was presented with a nice color team-picture signed by all the kids...and a wet crotch from the kids shooting me with water-guns repeatedly in my bathing suit area. I was not however wearing a bathing suit.

Here's a picture of me in the background, about to puke from the excitement:

Is it in yet?

The state tournament was this past weekend and marked the end of the freestyle/greco wrestling season. So my tues & thurs evenings shall be freed up for more working out. And my saturdays for being lazy or something.

Things are looking up for next season. I found 3 more coaches for the program I may or may not head up in the fall. It came by a chance reunion with a guy who wrestled for my school after I graduated. He just happened to be looking to put together a team for mansfield along with two other former Martin wrestlers. So it looks like a possible total of 5-6 Martin Warrior wrestlers will be bringing wrestling to mansfield.

In other news I'll be using my newly reacquired weekend time to step production up on Tussle part 1.

I'm also getting back into my old hobby of paintball. I got together a few Black-Eyed Pea people to go and we had a blast. I would like to soon start a 3 or 5 man team. Anyone interested? please email me.

So my force-powers must have been working overtime yesterday as our attempt at the first showing was sold out. We came to a later showing where I ran into the former wrestler. The new Star Wars movie is great better than episodes 1&2. Not perfect but lovely and intriguing. I must say though Hitchicker's Guide to the Galaxy's planet factory was more awe-inspiring than anything the New Star War's movies had to offer visually.

David's beautiful nostalgic trip must be noted and viewed here.

So I just gotta start figuring out how to fit school in here somewhere and everything will be on the up and up.

I'm really excited about my reentry to the world of wrestling. The coach at South Grand Prarie High School has already said he want's me to work with his new heavyweight. I also might be working out with the UTD club team. Apparently they have some heavyweights. The knee may or may not continue to be an issue so we'll just have to wait and see.

For those readers out there this should mark the beginning of more frequent entries.

rumble

No the blog's not dead... the movie's not dead..I'm just very bust for the next couple of weeks.

Mon Wed and Fri I work 11 hours workout for about one then sleep.

Tues and Thurs work 11 hours then wrestling practice for about 3 hours then sleep.

Most of Saturday is taken up by a tournament. Then a healthy night of drinking for old times sake and a bit of a hibernation on Sunday...

goodnight more later...

Spreading The Faith.

"Sometimes in one's walk one will find oneself unable to keep the faith therefore one has no other choice than to spread it."

-Me

I started a new schedule at the warehouse I work at. M-F 6:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Being a wrestler has it's advantages as my boss's love for the sport is surpassed only by his size. So I got a cushy schedule but am expected to perform with all the hardwork that is expected of wrestlers. I was also expected to make an appearance at a wrestling tournament last saturday. As of today I can confidently say I have held up my end of the bargain. It started thursday after a rough day at work I showed up at South Grand Prarie High School the "other Warriors" that were in my region but not my Alma Mater (Arlington Martin), with expectation to merely help a few young kids get ready for the tourney. I get informed that they need people to help move mats for the tournaments. Wresling mats are big and heavy. I dont know how heavy but, they generally cost around 10,000 bucks, brand new to give you an idea of what kind of product this is. 4 hours later (mind you after my 11 hour workday), the mats are set up and I cant walk. FF: Next morning still cant walk without causing concern to anyone who sees me. Saturday sit down keep score of little kids throwing each other around (Tons of Fun, no sarcasm) for half the day, load mats another 4 hours.


...details. I run into my old teammate, Matt Harrison also a coach for the kids I'm working with; the Grizzlies. Matt Harrison was our 112 superstar my first and 2nd year of wrestling. I inherited his position as captain and fan favorite of the '98 Martin Warriors. We talked about how much we missed the sport and the fun we had together. The more mats we moved the more we talked about how we should have our own team. After soaking my shirt with sweat our old coach showed up. I pulled him aside and told him how I caught the bug. How my first kids demo going off, was like winning my first tournament all over again. He said he'd be back in the area for good in June and we'd all have a sit down.

So for now I will be spending my tuesday and thursday evenings with the Grizzlies. I will be making my transition from mere acolyte to disciple. The Grizzlies are merely a training ground probably until my mentor is back in town. Then I'll be following his directions but the plans are as of now with my boss to start a Mansfield program in a year or two that will eventually force wrestling into the high schools there.

So for now here are my colors:

Gorillaz strike back!

So here's the new Gorillaz single. Albarn's the mainstay of course. But on the hip-hop tip, Dan and Del are gone for the very timely king of remix Danger Mouse on production and some guy named Trugoy droppin rhymes. Danger Mouse is good sounds better than his Gray album. Trugoy is also good but no Del his flow just dont compare, but I think he fits the character better.

In other hip-hop news just when you thought Kanye West was settled in a dual producer/rapper role he goes out and makes a fucking great video for Common's "The Corner."

Have I ever mentioned how much I love this video:

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Drool!

There was a time I was spending a lot (too much) money on shoes. But I still reap the benefits. I'm putting together a little getup and out of my shoe-pile tumbles just the perfect pair. Most recently I rediscovered the last pair of shoes I bought for waiting tables. I bought them cheap at Ross. But then the other day I sported them with the only pair of Levi's I own and was like woah. It doesn't hurt that they're made by Reef who has the best surf gear ass- I mean ad campaign:


I've absolutely fallen in love with these shoes:


I always like to keep a good pair of wrestling shoes around. Asics makes the best. And I got turned on to the Onitsuka line of Asics by Raygun. I always wrestle in the most basic shoe because they always seem the best. The ones with pivot points and the like never work as well for me. I think because so much of wrestling is being out of position. There's a certain way to execute moves but if your wrestling a formidable opponent you have to be able to come from any angle. I must own these shoes soon.

Yeah.

Who is Spike Jonze?

Well it's good to know when Spike Jonze isn't making a really crappy Ludacris Video he's making a really cool Adidas tennis shoe commercial. Well I guess I shouldn't be too cynical those Adidas tennis shoes are pretty cool. I wouldn't mind a pair myself.

Two points to whoever tells me who's the musical artist featured my best guess is Hope Sandoval but I dont know.

If you look to your right ----->

You shall see I've just posted my del.icio.us page. It's nothing special except basically a site where I post all the cool links I come across. It's cool for me because I've lost so many cool boomarks over the years and now I'll have universal place to access them. Cool for you so you can see all the cool shit I come across on my all too much time spent on the net. I first saw this over on Dan's blog. He always knows about all the cool shit first.

The moment you've all been waiting for.

Honey Looks
Originally uploaded by hevyw8.

Honey Rose makes her Internet debut.