Olympics and Politics

I am so proud of President Bush. I am dead serious. We need our leader supporting our athletes and he is over there. That is awesome. And plus he is posing with some beautiful women. GO USA!!!

Voting

Did you vote today in the Primaries? If so how do you go about the voting process? Do you vote your party all the time or do you mix it up? My philosophy is brilliant. I am sure I am not the first, but I like to think I am on my approach. During Primaries I always vote for the party I plan not voting for in the big election in November.

For example, if I was going to vote Republican in the big November election I would vote Democrat in the Primary. Why you ask? Okay, I do this because I want to vote for the person I think who would have the least chance of winning against the main Republican guy in the November election I want to win.

Sometimes this falls apart because i should have voted with my party in the Primary because they dont make it to the big November elections. However, generally the person I wanted makes it.

Sneaky I know!!!

Brad Paisley Concert

I am pumped for this concert tonite. Reading reviews of others he has done in the United States this year with with Julianne Hough, Chuck Wicks, and Jewel have been amazing concerts. This one tonite should be badass. I can not wait!!!

One problem is the girl I was going with backed out. So unless I find someone else I am going solo and will have to sell it. Oh well. I will have fun no doubt about it!

This concert is going to be awesome!!!! Even better if I can find someone to go with me.

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UPDATE

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Just got back and oh my gosh this concert was awesome. Julianne Hough, Chuck Wicks, Jewel, Brad Paisley. It was over a 3-1/2 hour concert tonite. I loved every second. Jewel is smoking hot. I forgot how much I lusted after her 10 years ago. It all came back tonite. Wow that woman is hot and she has some serious pipes on her.

Chuck Wicks seemed to appeal to the women. Looked like a pretty boy. Had a nice voice. He is mostly known for his hit "Stealing Cinderella". Julianne Hough, is just hot. I like some of her songs. but mostly though its her looks that does it for me.

Brad Paisley is phenomenal. 'Nuff said. What an entertainer he is. Gosh that was some good stuff tonite!

Sad part was I did not have any friends take me up on my offer to go with me. I went alone. The bad part for them was I was 10 feet from the stage and had probably the best view ever. Such an amazing time tonite. I just wish one of my friends would have went with, because that was a good memory to keep for awhile.

What do these teams have in common?

Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinatti Reds, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals......

These teams have all been stupid enough to acquire the rights to Jose Guillen.

Look I love the fire storm he causes. It is great for the media, but its bad for the Royals Clubhouse.

I love his production. He has 69 rbi's. 14 more than any other Royal. He has 14 home runs. He is a spark that Kansas City need with his bat. On the other hand, his fielding is questionable and he does not run nearly hard enough to the ball.

I was a huge proponent when the Royals signed this guy. Why was I so excited to see this knowing that it would end in disaster like it has now? I will tell you it is because the Royals Ownership and Management took a major risk piling money on someone. Risk brings the potential for far greater Return, but sometimes the opposite happens. Like what happened now.

People make big money on the stock market because they take big risk. Guillen was a big risk for the Royals. It did not pay off, but it shows the many other talented baseball players out there Kansas City will pay extra for your services.

What will be the 10th team for Guillen if he does indeed get traded?

What have I gotten into?

The folks at 24 Hour Fitness convinced me to train and run in a 10K race. WTF!?!?!

They said they will run with me which is good. I hate running. I will work harder at it. I run 1.5 miles a day on the treadmill. Guess I need to step it up a bit.

Crap. What have I commited too?!?!?!

Chinese Food

So for lunch today I was rushed and wanted to get something as quick as possible. I went to the closest place I could find. It was a Chinese Restaurant in Kansas City. I had never been in there. The place looked okay, the people looked shady. I was starving so I ordered some food. Took about five minutes for the food to get to my table. Right about as I am mid-way through my plate of food a Kansas City Health Inspector comes rushing in to do a "routine check up". Okay lets back up a second. I have never been here before, I am eating this food, and then a Kansas City Health Inspector rushes in to do a check up. As he is going to the kitchen area I ask nicely, "couldn't you have showed up about 10 minutes ago?" He laughs. I wasn't laughing. I immediately lost interest in my plate off shrimp fried rice, threw the rest away and now probably will never go back there again. I should have stayed to see how they fared with the Health Inspector but I wanted to run and buy alot of water really quick to try to flush out my system just in case.

I guess I will never know the results, but I do know I will not go back even though I was enjoying my shrimp fried rice. Why couldn't the Health Inspector just show up before or after I was there. Not while I am consuming food from a place I had never stepped foot in before today!!!

Political Talk...

I am not one really for politics. However I am stoked that John McCain is going to go with Mitt Romney as his running mate. For the sake of the Presidential Election, I think Barrack Obama needs to pick Jim Webb. Webb has the military experience to compete with McCain. If Obama does pick Webb I might truly get excited.

However, I would much rather see McCain and Obama as the VP hopefuls and Webb and Romney as the Presidential candidates.

Oh well. Politics isn't my cup of tea, but its going to take alot of changes to fix the downward spiral our country is currently in.

In no chance in hell would I have guessed that I would still be unemployed with a Masters degree. Its horrible. I have options though; federal law enforcement, 2nd masters degree this one in theology, teacher, paramedic. The possibilities are endless. Regardless, with a MBA I should have a job by now. I blame all of the political heads. This all started long long ago and now its climaxed to what it is. OUR COUNTRY IS FALLING APART AND OUR LEADERS ARE FAILING US!

So many issues need to be fixed. Who knows where to start, but solutions in corporate america start by firing and layoffs rightly or wrongly. That should be an idea with our political leaders. We vote them in, we are shareholders we should have enough pull to yank their seat out from right under them.

I DO NOT HAVE AN OPINION ON MY PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITE, BUT WHO EVER IT IS BETTER START TRYING TO FIX THIS COUNTRY.

The Girl

So this girl i have been going out with for a month or so is pretty damn awesome. Incredibly pretty, smart, witty, all things that I look for. We both agree that due to things going on in our life at the moment and so best thing is to just stay friends for now. My head and my heart are in opposite places. My heart has this big attraction towards her, but my head says stay the course and just be friends. I'm listening to my head. For now. My attraction towards her builds though as we spend time together and talk more. Its been a long long time since I had a girl that I was close with that actually connects with me mentally, physically, and spiritually. I am definitely in no rush. I do have growing feelings towards her. But friends is okay until she wants more and I want more.

The Dark Knight

So I am the uber dork. I went to the midnite showing last night of The Dark Knight and personally I love love love this movie. Heath Ledger plays a perfect Joker. His henchmen dressed up as clowns look identical to the Cirque Du Soleil clowns I saw at Sprint Center earlier last night. Honestly, this Batman movie kicks so much ass. Its way different than Batman Begins because you do not have to introduce Bruce Wayne as Batman. We know all about Batman by now. This movie revolves around the Joker and Harvey Dent aka Two-Face.

Easy the best movie of the Summer for me.

Random Crap..

I go on date number 4 tomorrow night with New Girl. She is pretty rocking. Really smart, really funny, really damn cute. So far the conversations have have been wide-ranging from religion to politics to death penalty to gun control to babies to health care to favorite food to dating to pretty much anything that comes up. Its a free-sprited conversation which I fully enjoy. I'm a random guy who just talks whats on his mind. She seems to be that way too. Its pretty cool.

I hate what A-B did by selling to InBev. It does however now make the cool part of Missouri(Kansas City) have the largest brewer with Boulevard Brewing Company. I'm quite the fan of their product. Right after I finish off my Bud Light Lime brews I am calling it quits on Bud products until further notice. Microbrews will be what I drink in this house for awhile.

I am going to go back to school. I finished my Masters in Business Administration just this past May, but I am going back. I am thinking about getting in the Teaching sector or going to be a Paramedic. Paramedic schooling starts this coming August. I think that would be totally cool to get into. With my Business education and then with experience in the Medical field I think my credentials would rise drastically.

Okay well until next time...Peace =)

Exercise...

I workout at 24 Hour Fitness. I have a 3 year pass and well I want to get as much use out of it as possible. So for the past month or two I have been going 5 days a week. In my 3 year deal I got a Personal Trainer with the deal. I'm thinking sweet. I bust my butt hard enough, but what would it be like to have a trainer who knows what the hell they are doing? So i've had this trainer now for about 8 sessions. Either 2 or 3 times a week. Just varies. He really really kicks my ass. I find it ironic that I am paying someone to kick my ass, when he should be paying me since I am allowing him to kick my ass.

Either way, I definitely see results in my diet and from my exercise routine. It hurts like hell, but I can surely see some great results.

One other ironic thing. People in the parking lots driving all around trying to find a spot to park, when instead they could just drive 50 yards further to another parking lot and park there. They are going to exercise, seems logical to me to park a little further away from the entrance. That is unless you just want to save your workout for when you first step foot in the gym. If thats the case I totally understand. No, not really. Still very much confused. =)

I am working out so I can lose 40 lbs, build up my cardio, and come out looking like a top-notch guy when its all said and done. So far I've lost 10 lbs, my cardio workouts are going longer and more difficult and I am starting to get alot more definition on my body. Its the damn stomach though! I work hard at trying to lose the little pot-belly, but its not wanting to go. Waist size is going down, pounds are getting lesser, stomach is getting firmer, burning tons of calories and not taking in as many... But still got the noticable belly. Oh well.

I'm 6'9", 300 lbs. I'm not a little framed skinny tall guy. I'm a big guy. Not fat, just big. Hopefully the more I keep at it the gut will shred away. I'm nearing the 2 month timeframe. I can't wait to see what the 2-1/2 and 3 months will be bringing me.

Finally, I truly believe exercise is both a mental and physical game. I honestly believe its way more mental than physical. You have to actually push yourself to goto the gym. Once you are there, its all just simple routine. At least its that way for me. How about you?

Movies I have seen so far this Summer...

and my grade between * and *****... if you see a ***** that means the movie is totally awesome and a must see! if you see a * i will say save your money and wait for the dvd.

Iron Man- GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!! BEST ONE SO FAR. ONLY ONE I CAN SEE BEATING IT IS THE DARK NIGHT. =) *****

Speed Racer- I dig the animation, but come on... are you serious? **1/2

What happens in Vegas- Stupid! DVD. No mas *

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian- I saw this one before I saw The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. Yah I know. I'm a dummie. I thought this was the first movie. Show's what I know about Narnia. Sorry CS Lewis fans. *****

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- Its Indiana Jones. 'Nuff said. Go see it!!! ****1/2

Kung Fu Panda- Very very fun movie with awesome animation! ****1/2

You Don't Mess with the Zohan- Prolly one of the best Sandler flicks in some time. ***1/2

The Happening- I ilked this movie a great deal, whereas my buddies hated it. I'll compromise with their feelings and give it a solid score. Not the best M Night Shylaman movie, but quality nonetheless. ***

The Incredible Hulk- Much better than the first Hulk movie out a few years back. Still not up to par with the Spiderman, X-Men, Iron Man, and Batman flicks. ***

Get Smart- Steve Carell has done some great movies I think. 40 year old virgin, and Little Miss Sunshine. Both great flicks and this one is right up there in my mind. Carell is known for his Office tv show, but this is a good movie to go see! ***1/2

The Love Guru- Save your money and watch on DVD. Mike Myers is funny, but its fart jokes and I can watch any Myers film for those. *

Wanted- Oh my... Great great movie! ****1/2

Hancock- Its Will Smith. What type of movie you expect? ****

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Yes I see way way to many movies, but hey, not much more to do in the freetime except go out on some dates and go work out. The movie I am most expecting to see comes out on the 18th and that is The Dark Knight!

Yup I am a comic book dork and love love love the new Batman. Much better than that cartoonish character we saw in the 90's and on the cartoon.

I'll post some reviews later for you to check out. But oh man. The deceased Heath Ledger will win an Oscar for playing a comic book character!!! The Joker baby!!! =)

Fourth of July Festivities

and Fiasco...

Lets start with the fiasco. The Royals are getting pounded by the Tampa Bay Rays and its hard to fatham because just one or two years ago the Rays were in the cellar like the Royals. Well, the Royals continue to maintain the cellar pace, while the Rays are quite possibly the best team in baseball. They are doing anything and everything right while, you guessed it, KC is doing everything wrong. So it seems anyway. Dayton Moore is doing great as the GM and Trey Hillman is taking the talent Moore gave him and slowly making wins. Whats the deal though that the Royals progress so much slower than the Rays? Is it Royals Ownership, or lack of? David Glass promised the Royals and the Royals fans that he would pack up and move to Kansas City. That has yet to happen. He still lives in Arkansas and still is involved with Wal-Mart. What is going on? I'll tell you. Tampa Bay Rays ownership actually care wholeheartedly about their team, while David Glass and family treat the team and the city as a easy way to make millions every year. Pay cheap salaries all while collecting revenues from other major league teams. Brilliant! No. Pathetic. Oh and the Rays are currently on a 6 game win-streak and JP Howell, former Royals pitcher, is pitching fantastic.

I'm embarassed sometimes David Glass' name is on the business school that I attended at Missouri State University. Lets hope he can fix those issues with the Royals and fast!!!



now Festivities...

My mom turns another year older on July 6. Mom and Dad both are all I have and I am very excited to be able to celebrate and spend time with them on my mom's 30th (she says) birthday.

Also, I went out with a beautiful gal on the 4th of July. Incredibly smart too, much smarter than I could ever thing of being. It was loads of fun. Basically two dates in one day! Lunch and then Fireworks later in the evening. It was a great time! Hope I get to go out many more times with her.

Okay, well i'm off to drink a cerveza and see if there is anything worth watching on tv. Prolly not, but there are great flicks at the theater. Go see WallE! Its great for kids and adults. I'm just a big kid so its awesome. I highly encourage it for those who get away from their computer.

Ciao!

Your 2nd Amendment Rights...

I have long been a strong advocate of gun awareness, and believe wholeheartedly guns do not kill people, people kill people. Many people are scared of firearms and the subject often causes an uproar among many for and against the 2nd Amendment.

I grew up around firearms and think a little bit of education is what people need. Do not fear something you do not know. Educate yourself on the laws of firearms and by going to a gun safety class. Education is what many people lack.

If you want to know something go to a firing range and test as many firearms as possible. But before you do that, ask question after question on the firearm. Look in the phone book for a NRA certified instructor that can train and teach you on the proper use and handling of firearms. When you get to the range, do what I said and shoot as many as possible.

I believe firmly in both conceal carry and open carry. However, know the laws of each city and state you want to carry in. If you are in an open carry state, even though you are in the legal rights do not do what this guy did...



He is well within his legal boundaries, but there is also tact involved. Both him and the bearded one did neither in my mind. Everyone should be educated on the laws, but that simply is not always the case. Check this article out about open carry in Virginia. So many different stories that can help educate the individual on gun laws and gun use.

Odd that laws are different for both open carry and conceal carry. For conceal carry you need to get certified thru the state to carry. That is not always the case for open carry.

Either way, if you are for or against firearms, I highly encourage you to educate yourself in every way possible. Your outlook will change the more you know.

It is all very interesting. Exercise your 2nd Amendment right by learning them inside and out.

This is Funny...

KMBC Channel 9 needs to screen their callers a little bit better next time.



In case you were wondering why this is so funny, "baba booey" originates from the Howard Stern show. From Wikipedia, ""Baba Booey" as a term has become a mantra for fans of the Howard Stern Show and is often used as a tag for crank calls to live network television or radio broadcasts."

Hilarious!

Mixed Martial Arts on CBS

I have no real feeling for this sport, other than I really have no clue what they are talking about. I guess its like hockey when they try to tell me what icing is, but MMA is entertaining. Honestly, the fights Saturday night were really the first time I watched it all completely thru. I do not think MMA will gather very much fan support long-term. I could be wrong, but to me MMA is complete streetfighting in a cage. That is why Kimbo Slice is such a popular figure because of his brawling skills on the streets. He is enormous and has fists that can just bust thru a wall, but come for MMA to tell me he is the next big thing? I read reports comparing this guy to Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan who dominated their sport. Kimbo Slice was a homeless man who fought on the streets. Youtube has a bunch of his street fights if you want to check them out. I do not have a Youtube account that allows me to do that. Regardless, I think its fun to watch MMA and stars like Kimbo Slice, but I really do not think the general public will treat the MMA as a bigtime sport. Hell Kimbo Slice is a smoker. Who in their right mind is a big time athlete who smokes? Do not say John Daly! Kimbo Slice did say he needs to train a lot more, "I’m still a baby at the game, I’ve got a lot of room to grow. I won’t be smoking as much, because I’ve got a lot of training to do." MMA is like Professional Wrestling. It will attract a certain niche market, but not nearly the market of a real olympic sport like Boxing. Boxing still reigns supreme in my book.

Oh and I just finished watching Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup. 3 Overtime game! Amazing. I do not even need to know what icing is to love this sport. I could google "icing" to find out, but you get my point. Hockey rules! Just imagine Kansas City could have had the Pittsburgh Penguins. That was so close to becoming reality had the Pens and Mario Lemieux not struck a deal for a new arena in Pittsburgh.

Kansas City has Hockey!!!

at least for one night. st. louis blues vs. los angeles kings in september. i can't wait for it. kansas city has long showed it has interest in hockey. simply saying the kansas city scouts did not make it does not work with me. they were only here for 2 years. not near long enough time frame for a sports team. the kansas city blades have worked and every nhl exhibition in kansas city has had great attendance figures. there is no reason the nhl would not survive if given the chance.

The Funniest Comedian....

The list is debatable of who the best is. It could take a great deal of discussion. Right now instead of watching the Royals most likely extend the streak to 10, I am watching HBO. They are replaying a 1982 comedy routine George Carlin did at Carnegie Hall. The man is a damn genius. I bet a great deal of his routine is ad-lib. He is the funniest stand up comedian I have seen in a long long time.

Right now Carlin is giving the audience a list of words that sound pretty clean, but just have way to many different meanings. Hilarious stuff. Pussyfoot, woodpecker, beernuts, cottonballs, cocktail, bangkok, peacock(a female peacock...a peacunt). The man is hilarious. However, dirty and perverted. But damn funny.

Here watch this skit found on youtube. This is the same 1982 skit done at Carnegie Hall I just watched on HBO. Its on Cats.



Some others that come to mind that I love watching their acts include; Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Don Rickles ... Way to many good ones.

However I have to put Cosby and Carlin above most others, but they are both 1A and 1B in my book. Yes I am leaving off a ton of great comedians. These four are all just off the top of my mind.

So who is the funniest comedian in your book? What say you?

The Streak

I was holding off on posting for a few days hoping to post something positive about the Royals and for awhile last night I thought Kansas City might pull off. However they lost in the 12th inning to the Twins. The streak is now at nine. Yuck! Come on Kansas City Royals show the fans that the Ownership and Management want to win. Give me something positive to write about our professional sports teams.

Tonite Zach Greinke (5-2, 2.82 ERA)is pitching, so I still hold off a lot of hope. He seems to be our only chance right now. Its been 10 days or so since Joakim Soria was signed to his big contract, and I do not think he has played very much. No reason to use him when we are losing as bad as the Royals have lately. He closes games out when we are winning. I do not see much of that lately!

Maybe we should try to get Soria in the starting rotation now?

Your thoughts?

royals losing streak

What is going on with this team? The Red Sox are just way to dominant at home to win against lately. Red Sox had Dice-K on the mound today. He is now 8-0 on the season. How unreal is that? Royals even put up 8 runs against the Sox. Oh well. Royals are still in 4th place, however the Detroit Tigers are charging after sweeping their opponents. They are now just one game back! It truly is a great thing that baseball is a 162 games long. If it was like football, I would be pulling my hair out and any hair I would have left would be gray.

Am I worried about this 4 game losing streak by the Kansas City Royals? Not at all. They have proven enough through the 2 months of baseball that they are going to play with everyone for a good while. I just truly hope the bats stay hot and the pitching revives itself by leaving Boston.