Back in Black

Today started out well. Bert and I headed over to the gym for an early cardio work out. Recently I've been doing cardio more frequently b/c i'd really like to go to the beach this summer and i dont want to be ashamed of myself. My physique has always been a problem for me. Either i was too wimpy looking with my string bean arms and a lanky frame or i had a gut that would only be admirable with a red and white suit on December 25th... but i've been putting in some time at the gym so hopefully its a different story this year. As it is i'm the most out of shape out of all my friends (or all that would go to the beach) so i need some extra work. Anyway after a quick half hour work out where i almost drowned in my own sweat i came home to do some errands. Ran to the bank, went food shopping, took my mom to physical therapy, etc.

My day took a turn for the worse when i found out that one of my boy hood idols had passed away.I really felt like a large part of me had died.  I believe i might have actually written about him on here once before. His name was Chris Candido and he was the original No Gimmicks Needed. He was a profesional wrestler in every essance of the phrase. He wasn't all about catch prhases or about high risk maneuvers, instead he wrestled. He did the little things that some how get over looked by most in the business but not by me. I admired his work ethic and his ability to be himself. He was never a main eventer but when his music hit (ac/dc) he would always strut down to the ring as if he was the highlight of the night. Not for any other reason but b/c he believed he was. He'd wrestle from bell to bell and then he'd go to the back allowing all the other wrestlers to cater to the crowd. The man was all business and thats why i loved him. I adopted the sn and the attitude. He certainly will be missed not only by me but by the world who lost one last true person who didnt pretend to be something he wasn't. He was who he was... with no gimmicks needed.

It really is amazing how many wrestlers have passed away at a young age. Candido was only 33!! Brian Pillman, Owen Hart, Ravishing rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Big Dick Dudley, Crash Holly, Pitbull #2, British Bulldog, Dino Bravo, and Miss Elizabeth are all prime examples of famous names in the wrestling bus that are wRESTling in peace (lol), what i mean is they all died at an early age. It's upsetting how wrestling has become the leading cause of death amongst young males.

Back when WNEW was the shiznit i used to listen to that station from morning till night. From sports guys to Ron and Fez..i'd listen and laugh all day long. Throught the years the station has gone through more make overs than Rupaul and it pretty much disposed of all quality radio. So I bought Xm radio just cuz of Opie and Anthony (the funniest show in the world). They were the corner stone at WNEW before they got fired and the reason i'd run home from school every day. Now I am extremely happy with my purchase of XM  however i kind of was a little upset at what sirius has to offer.  I'd gladdly take O&A over Howard Stern but i like Jim breuer and the radio chick (who is a former WNEWer). Xm offers some alternatives like Chris Jericho and such but nothing else big. That is until today!! well kind of. I heard rumors that Opie and Anthony are bringing the band back together. If this is true ROn and Fez will be on XM RADIO and i'll never be happier!!!

I'm going to the yankee game tomorrow. it looks like the weather is going to suck and they have a chineese rookie pitching but im still looking foward to it. It's my first game of the season but best of all i get to go with my brother who i barely spend time with. He's not a ynakee fan but he won tickets and had no1 else to go withlol. It should be a good time though..or if past history serves as any indication we will have an awful time, come home pissed off and at each others throats. Either way it will be an eventful day.

SO i was upset to see that the BSB are back together. Those bastards ruined my bid for a shot at stardom.  But its just further proof of my theory. Boy Bands = $$! Thier new song sucks but its tearing up the charts b/c the little ladies are starving for eye candy. It could have been me..damn it!!!!

A Fair Jury

It's been kind of a busy week for me.  I went to Hofstra's job fair a couple of days ago. Let me tell you, it was one of the most intimidating experiences i've ever had in my life. I walked into this big room and i saw all these suits and potential employers looking at me. I stepped off to the side and pretended to look through my folder of resumes but i was just stalling for time until i was able to regain my composure. Once i gained enough courage i walked up and down the aisles trying hard not to make contact with these people but just getting a guage of what companies were there. After scoping out the area i stopped by a few jobs but i dont think anything looked too promising. I didnt expect the job search to be easy so im not gonna let this discourage me at all. I have plenty of time to find the right job.

I also attended jury duty on monday. Man was that ever a giant waste of time. I've been to so many boring classes but imagine a long day of doing nothing but waiting for ur name to be callled, thats exactly what jury duty is. I got there at about 8 and after like a hour or so of waiting they show this gay ass video of how the justice system was back in the day and how much we have evolved. Then they showed us another video of how juries are selected and why its important to serve. Its all a bunch of garbage, they know it sucks to be there but they are trying to numb our brains with this idioisy. Anyway after all that drivel, some dude gets on a mic and called for all non- US citizens, ex cons and college students to go into a seperate room. I was like "sweet jesus, this is my ticket out of jury duty!" but they said they they could only delay it so i said nah with that..i'll take my chances.. so then i had to go back and wait. While waiting a judge gets on the mic and tries to be funny..but he wasnt. I hope to God that he's better at serving justice then uplifting the crowd because the place looked like the emergency room at a hospital once he left.  Then they got some chick to talk about donating blood. When all that was over I waited for a few hours until 12:30 when i thought they were gonna release every1 for lunch but instead they let every1 go for the day and asked us to come back the next day. SO there i was the next day bored out of my mind until about 3 o clock when my name was finally called along with a host of others. We all found our seats when a woman came in and told us the good news. "we were no longer needed". I didnt even get called to a case which was sweet but a waste of time for sure. As of right now im done with jury duty for atleast 6 years.

I went to Chilis on thursday for a coworkers b-day. I have the rep at work as the anti-social kid who never makes an appeanace and its true. To be totally honest i usually hate work related events cause i cant help but feel left out and dont have muych in common with a lot of people. I decided to go to this one b/c bert was going and i had no other plans. I expected the worst but it was actually pretty fun. The food was good, a drink a little bit, and even the waitress was looked good. After chillis we went to a couple bars and just kicked back. All and all a pretty good nite. We were gonna go out another night to but plans got scratched so i just wound up chilling at home.

I have been driving with an outdated inspection sticker recently. i dont know how i forgot to get it inspected but im gonna just head down to my mechanic tomorrow and see if he can squeeze me in.

A Killer Smile

These past few days have been anything but uplifting, i'm actaully failing a finance class and my work load has doubled in size for the the final month of the semester however, for some reason unbeknownst to me my mood has been pretty damn chipper. Now granted i'm a pretty happy guy for the most part with a car salesman like smile from ear to ear and constant giggling but i also have those "south oaks moments" as i like to call them where i wanna gut myself.  But recently its been all smiles and the only thing i can attribute that to is the beautiful weather. i'm def. not in love and i have no hobbies so thats gotta be it. Anway, I've been humming songs at work and ROCKING OUT in my car to songs that are down right embarassing but at the same time some-what therapeutic. I never knew i memorized the words to songs by Jewel, and O-town but if u would have seen me on Hempstead Turnpike you would have thought i was the lead singer for a cover band. Which by the way has got me thinking i missed my calling. I shouldn't be a marketing major, where's the money in that? Where am i gonna go with that useless degree, instead i should be a pop singer. So im extending an open invitationm to any1 within my reach..if u wanna start up a boy band let me know. The world has been missing a good boy band since the untimely demise of n'sync and with a little help i think i can start a revoultion. Even if i have just 1 hit song thats all i need. Look at hanson they were on top of the world for a couple months until the world realized they were awful and they have been living in the lap of luxury ever since.

"Do u realize that dropping a grape into a pool of wine is equivalent to dropping a dead body into a pool of blood." This thought provoking quote was given to me by a classmate of mine.At first glance i thought the kid was a nut bag but after lengthy conversations he's actually quite intelligent. He's got the skin head look, equiped with army pants and a backback with a "tool" patch strategically placed in the center. He's always got something funny or interesting to say (although an example escapes me at the moment) when u ask him a question and thats such a difference from myself. I look at myself as a talking magic 8-ball. I give the shortest answers with not even a hint of detail. Come to think of it I'm james' worst nightmare. He's a talking machine and when its my turn i retort with 1 word answers..ehh maybe he'd prefer that. who knows, who cares..its prob too late for me to change anyway.

This journal is like Fight Club in the sense that the only rule is never to talk about it in public. It's embarassing enough that i have a journal but i dont want to answer questions to those who didn't know i have 1 or find it gay or stupid. Not that there opiniuon matters to me but why waste my time answering questions to hypocritical people, u know? Thats the primary reason i left a link of this on my homepage and have never said a word about it to anyone. I'm not the guy wo posts it on their away message or anything b/c im not trying to get readers, in fact when i write this stuff my intent is to speak freely so the less people i know that read this the more free i am to talk. Don't get me wrong i like getting feedback and it makes me feel good when people think the stuff i write is comical but i like to keep it strictly on the DL. The only reason i havent completely blocked every1 is that i know a few people actually look foward to it and i know i could never say anything bad about them anyway.

Keeping with movie related opening sentences, I saw Amityville Horror last night..and it was pretty suspenseful. Scarier than what i originally thought and def. scarier than most horror films. It's still not a jump out of ur seat and hide behind the fat guy in the third row type of film but overall pretty good. Scarier than the Ring 2, Cabin Fever, White Noise, Constantine, Freddy vs. Jason, and every other recent suspense flick. Not as good as sin city but all and all a good movie. Ryan renolds' character was sick and he was surprisingly jackedddddd. It must have been from working out with Triple H during filming of Blade 3...but then agian i think wrestling is the answer to all questions... After the movie we drove past the actual house but nothing cool happened. I was hoping for something cool like a light to flash or something but the house just looked ordinary.

I got selected for jury duty and i have to appear monday at the court house. I hate that shit. Thats one of the reason i didnt vote in the past election but they got me anyway. So lets hope i get out of it...i also got summoned to appear for the speeding ticket that happend over a year ago.Those of u who don't know the story, dont worry there isnt 1... I was cruising along and i get stopped cuz it was a school zone...hopefully it gets pleaded down and i just pay a fine and ill be on my way.

Thats all for now. Enjoy the beautiful weather.

Game Time

Last night I experienced my first basketball game ever as me, james, ant, and Simeone hit up the Continental Airlines Arena to watch the Knicks battle the Nets.  It wasn't much of a battle as the Nets pretty much pissed all over my beloved knicks but i still had a pretty good time. The highlight of my nite happend soon after we arrived at the arena. After checking out the lay out of the arena, Mike pointed out that we were extremely close to where the knicks enter the court. Once mike mentioned that the wheels were turning and I kind of convinced them to take a walk over there and see if we can see any of the players and get some autographs. Now lets briefly rewind to before the game while waiting for the trian, me and ant were talking about basketball and he mentioned that he met michael sweetney- who is my my favorite player. He is this chubby looking guy (resembles fat albert) and he doesnt look quick but hes actually pretty damn fast. Anyway i told tony that other than him i like "the junk yard dog" Jerome Williams, "Penny" Hardaway, and Trevor Ariza. Now fast foward back to when we were at the arena. i'm standing along the rail amongst a sea of 10 year olds (which shows how sad i am) while the guys are just sitting down chilling. All of a sudden i see the Junk yard dog doing some streches. I immediately start barking b/c thats his call. He hears the bark and barks back!! Now by this time the little kids are screeming his name and beggin for an autograph. I jumped on this oppurtunity like an olympic gymnist jumps on a balance beem...full throttle baby lol.  With marker in hand i got Jerome to sign my Knicks hat (thanx Gina) then Trevor ariza comes out and i get him to sign it too!!! I was happy as a clam at this point. Its childish but for some reason it really makes me so happy  to get autographs. So being that i got two of favorite players' autographs i was set for the nite...then i saw Walt Clyde Frazier. Walt is a legendary knick who announces all the games on TV. I hada get him so right before the game started i got close and got his autograph!!!! It was awesome!!! Most of the autographs didnt come out clear but it doesnt matter cuz its not like id ever sell them Things like that represent a memorry and thats worth more than money. Sooo other than that the knicks let me down as they only played hard for about 10 minutes but whatever- they have nothing to play for they aren't going to the playoffs so i guess it doesnt matter. All and all the game was enjoyable.

Yesterday was a long day with little time to spare.  i missed my first class on purpose cuz its just a waste of time and credits. I was also stressed cuz i had 2 tests to study for and i didnt complete an assignment..so whatever i skipped it. Then i took a test which turned into a group test with the whole class exchanging answers and the teacher giving us hints. it was the most fun i ever had while taking a test. The next class we did group work and discussed a case study and fianlly in my last class i took a test which i dont think i did particullarly well but thats nothing new this semester...i just wanna graduate!! So after the test i rocketted home to try and make the 4:30 deadline to the train station which could of happend but didnt cuz the plans were in disarray so we went to seaford and rushed around the city but we made it there with plenty of time.

I like to pride myself on a few things. One thing is to always be prepared as was the case at the b-ball game where i brought a marker and 2 seperate hats (one for each team). Another example of this is when it started pouring out and i was the only 1 to have a hood..but in cases of bad weather im always prepared with gloves or whatever else. In the event of a tornado i'm sure ill be prepared for it...Another thing i pride myself on is the care i take in things i own. I like to keep my car pretty clean, i like to have my computer running smoothly and above all else i like to have my cell phone working in tip top shape. I'm not the type of guy who plays hackey sack with his phone or breaks off the antenna. So when i lent anthony my phone and he told me it wasnt working i was a little pissed off. Not at him cuz i know its not his fault but just pissed in general. My phone has been acting funny recently. Its been shutting off automatically and yesterday the pin was locked or something. So i spent much of the 3rd quater of the game trying to hack the code until i finally gave up. During this time James was being so annnoying. He kept tellin me to watch the game and making stupid jokes but i was already pissed and his comments nearly drove me to violance. I love the kid but at times i just wanna smack his oversized head with a huge frying pan (and thats putting it nicely lol). I know i was missing the game but the knicks were down 20 points and my phone is important to me! I know i dont answer it but in case of an emergency i like to have it handy.  After the game tony called up nextel for me and got the code so it had a happy ending.

Sidebar: I LOVE Aunt Annies Pretzels! I'd marry that woman in a heart beat if she promised to make me a pretzel a day..i'd even settle for 1 huge batch a month. I dont care if shes 90 yrs old and has false teeth... as long as she makes delicious pretzels i will love her till the day she dies.

I dont wanna bore u guys with more sports related stories so ill keep this short and sweet. Wrestlemania was all that i had hope for and a little more. In some parts it let me down but in others i was more entertaining than i had originally thought possible lol. Good times.

Today i was washing cars like whoah. My family has 6 cars between the 5 of us and 4 out of the 6 were washed today. The 2 remaing cars will probably be washed tommorow but i wont be around since i'm working from 8:30 till 3. Thats a lot of numbers so u may wanna reread that to make sure u got all that down.

Dilemna Dilemna

Yesterday was the benefit for James and Anthony's Uncle Steven. I dont have the numbers but i thought on a whole, it was a huge success. Uncle Steven (if i may call him that being that he isnt my uncle) was very gracious and deserved everything he got. Speaking about deserving what they got- we made out like bandits. If that was the benefit we were the benefactors. The Mirenda, Lipani, and Simeone family swept the categories and I didnt do too shaby either. I won Reebok G-Unit sneakers, as well as a duran duran dvd, a miami heat warm up jacket and a phil eagles hat. But the crem de la crem was the 4 ny knick vs new jersey net tickets that i also won. These are 100 dollar tickets but the only snag if u can call it that is that its this thursday in jersey!! It doesnt matter though cuz in the words of those McDonalds commercials...baad bah bah bah..IM LOVIN IT!... hahah u know u just sang those lyrics!!! But the innitial love i had was kinda short lived when i realized i hada choose who to bring. Now it was killing me all night...luckily i dont have that many friends but still a tough decision. So here is my thought process. I definately had to pick mike cuz hes the biggest nba fan out of all our friends and he desperately wanted those tickets. So now its me and mike and i need 2 more peeps. Well I got Bert, Brad, Anthony, James, Scott, Gina, Boye, and even Wildes to consider. So now i try to widdle down the choices.  Wildes and boye are out due to work obligations. Brad has school and he and gina already went to a game this yr which coincidentally knocked gina out of the thought processas well. Scott isn't exactly a sports fan and if he was im guessing basketball would not be his first choice(BANB). Bert doesnt like basketball too much although he knows his stats and hes heavily into college hoops. But with that said i chose anthony and james not just do to process of elimination but b/c  i think they are good choices. Being that anthony likes basketball and james says he follows the knicks although he says a lot of things lol..plus if it wasnt for thier uncles benefit i wouldnt have gotten the tickets. I tried calling every1 to make sure they were ok with the choices but i dunno somehow i feel like people are gonna be a lil upset or feel left out and id hate to be that guy. I'd honestly give up my ticket rather than have some1upset about it- u know?

Another heavy decision that has weighed on my mind like a hundred pound sombrero is this...As many of you my love life consists of Hilary duff, sports and wrestling. It's pathetic but its pretty much all i have. So what happens when 2 beloved obsessions force you to make a choice? I'll tell you what happens..heart ache. This sunday im forced to choose between Wrestlemania aka "the grand daddy of them all", the pinacle of sports entertainment which is by no coincidence the one time of year that i feel complete and total nirvana, AND Opening night of baseball which consits of the single greatest team rivalry in sports..Boston Red Sox vs the YANKEES. How is a man to choose? How can i miss the nonstop excitement of wrestlers fighting on the grandest stage competing for 1 reasona nd 1 reason only but to give me (the fan) the best show possible. On the other hand how can i not watch a team that i have lived and died with though thick and thin, battle their arch nemisises. Its a choice of been contemplating for about a week and i still havent made up my mind. I am leaning towards wrestlemania but by no means am i thrilled about my decision. i'm hoping for more rain to push back the start date of the game but God likes to give me the finger sometimes so i doubt it.

These dilemnas makes Nelly look like a pansy!

Anyway at the benefit I showed up wearing a white buttoned down ambercormbie shirt with light blue stripes and a hint of pink..daring but not gay... and i must tell u i got a lot of compliments which certainly bumped the shirt up on the rotation. I wasnt afraid to roll up my sleeves though when james asked me to help bar tend i was all over it. The way i looked at it this was as close as id ever become to be compared to tom cruise. I was pullin down the levers on the keg like it was a slot machine and i loved every second of it...well most of it..once and a while a crazy lady would come back and talk to herself and im not gonna lie it made me nervous but whatever.  I didnt even get to eat really and i grabbed so much food too. I got a slice of pizza, a hero, a hotdog, and some stuffed shells but i only got to eat the slice of pizza cuz i was in demand. i really wanted a donught too but for health and wieght reasons i just couldnt do it.

I dont know if i mentioned it but the prank at work went of smooth as silk. She (the niave yetsomewhat retarded victim) was none the wiser and the finale was brad riding on berts front bumper and crashing into a fense. If i didnt know it was fake i mite have believed it myself. Good times.

The power went out twice tonite and once the other nite. I dont know what Lipa is doing but whatever it is they suck. CON ED for life lol.

Movie Picks: I havent been to the movies as much as i'd like but i did see Sin City and it was Sin-Sational lolol. That was gay but u know ur gonna read that in Newsday or something. I liked it so much i made it my new screen saver. For those of u that arent in the know, Sin city is based on an old time comic book. The movie is black and white with certain colors mixed in..it doesnt even feel like a black and white movie. I said this before but i'll say it again.. the storyline is so good it makes "Kill Bill" look like "About Schmidt". ..Another movie i wanted to see but havent is Guess Who. I heard it wasnt too funny and thats disappointing considering Bernie Mac (and all black comedians for that matter) like to make fun of white people and Ashton Kutcher is 1 dumb ass cracker so the movie had serious potential...I did manage to see Robots and i wasnt too happy with it. I have become an animation and kid movie expert since my friends started working at the movie theater and this movie ranks down at the bottom..sorry robin williams but u just didnt do it for me.