So my friend and I won this trip to Wrestlemania and it was pretty awesome. I don’t even really know how to write about it. I mean, it just kept getting better and better as the week wore on. The first night it was drinking in the bar with legends like Vader, Sgt. Slaughter, Dory Funk Jr. and Jim Ross. Drunk Vince saying things to the Uso brothers and Santino Marella that made them think I wasn’t that cool. Drunk Vince striking up a conversation with a stranger and finding out he is the CFO of WWE (!). Then the next day having lunch with Mick Foley and having WWE.com write a story about how lame Graeme and I are. Then Saturday meeting some new Canadian buds then going to the WWE Hall of Fame hammered and drunk dialing my parents to tell them I love them (complete with tears). THEN Wrestlemania. THEN having lunch with four WWE divas who, btw, died for my pictures of Nolan. Oh, and then going to Raw and having a legendary night with my Brotherhood of Broskis. It was… awesome, crazy, legendary, amazing, everything.
I can’t even begin to write a recap of it, but I think this about sums it up.
Oh, and also this:
Best in the world!!!!
Tags buds, cfo, dory funk jr, first night, Hall of Fame, jim ross, legendary night, legends, lunch, mick foley, nolan, parents, santino marella, saying things, sgt slaughter, stranger, Wrestlemania, wwe hall of fame
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December 20, 2011 – 8:04 pm
Tags alpine valley, Costa Rica, fishing, girlfriend, jason mraz, miller park, milwaukee brewers, money in the bank, nolan, Seahawks, summerfest, TURNING 30
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September 13, 2011 – 6:33 pm
My line throughout the year has been that I had kind of a crappy summer. There were big, sweeping changes in my life that made me think this and to a point I was right to think this. Of course, not every big change in your life is a bad one and sometimes the things that feel the worst are actually some of the best things for you. I didn’t like that I got fired from my last job and I didn’t like that I didn’t get unemployment, but in the end that was the best thing to happen to me for my future. A dead end job isn’t where I belong. Now that fall is here I’ve been thinking a lot about my summer, a summer that I thought I “wasted”, and I realize now that it was actually a pretty damn good one.
Here’s what I did:
- Saw Martin Lawrence. That was in May, does that count? He so crazy!
- Went to Ring of Honor. It was okay.
- Took my girlfriend to SummerFest for the first time and saw Jason Mraz. The show was “meh”, but the day we had was awesome.
- Went to CHIKARA in Chicago with my dad and nephew. The most fun I’ve ever had at a wrestling show in my life.
- Met Colt Cabana and Mike Quackenbush at that show. Didn’t take my picture with them or anything because be for real, but it was cool meeting them and just saying what’s up since I spend about two hours with them every week. (Art of Wrestling/Grizzly Bear Egg Cafe podcasts.)
- Went to WWE’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view, the greatest WWE pay-per-view of all-time and watched CM Punk walk out with the title in one a crazy moment in front of an INSANE crowd. (Since this show I’ve not been able to keep myself interested in wrestling. It’s like I reached the apex of my fandom and there is no point of continuing.)
- Saw almost every movie I wanted to see this summer (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tree of Life and Bridesmaids being the ones I wanted to see but missed). Saw Harry Potter 7p2 surrounded by people dressed up at midnight. Another good time.
(SUMMER MOVIE RANKINGS: Thor, Super 8, Captain America, HP7p2)
- Took Nolan fishing for the first time. Took Nolan camping for the first time. Went on bike rides with Nolan. Took Nolan swimming for the 10,000th time.
- Reconnected with some old friends and realized that I’d been being stupid keeping myself locked up all the time.
- Met some new friends who made me realize how awesome I can be to hang out with when I want to be.
- Two Brewers games. Not an ideal number of games for a guy like me, but you have to make some sacrifices when you don’t have a lot of money. Really enjoyed the two games I did go to.
- Went and saw Pearl Jam both nights of their 20th anniversary show which is something I wanted to do since the day the concert was announced and I’m glad I got to do it.
- Also saw The Strokes at the show which was awesome because they are one of my favorite bands. Julian Casablancas acted like kind of a douche between songs, but they were still good.
- Ran a restaurant. Working a 70 hour week is not exactly what I’d call fun, but it was a good experience.
- Got a new iPhone. Got a new laptop.
- Started eating right and losing weight. Feeling good about myself.
Maybe I didn’t do everything I wanted to do and maybe everything didn’t go how I planned, but I do some fun stuff and I had some good times. It wasn’t a great summer, but it was a good summer and sometimes that’s enough.
February 18, 2010 – 3:37 am
I have a curious form of writer’s block going on lately. I think of an idea. I totally flesh it out and know the idea in and out. I even run the idea by other people and see if they like it. If they do, I get prepared to write about it. Then when I go to write about it I just can’t do it. I get nervous, self conscious or suddenly end up hating the idea. It’s weird and I don’t really know what to do about it. It’s pretty infuriating actually.
I do have an idea though. Ideally, this writer’s block is caused by a failure to concentrate. Why am I unable to concentrate? There could be a lot of reasons for that, but the one I choose to blame it on today for the purpose of this post is that I have too many thoughts. I can’t focus on a single thing because I am trying to focus on a lot of things. Basically, I have too much on my mind to properly concentrate. How do I solve this? Well, I just sort of spit it all out. RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW. Sounds fun, right? Well, let’s get to it. read more »
January 14, 2010 – 3:03 pm
So the other day my son Nolan sees a pictures of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, points to it and says to his mom “that’s dad!” On the one hand, it’s nice that my son is thinking about me when I’m not around. On the other hand… COME ON! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
I mean, I just don’t see it.
