August has been pretty busy month of fun activities that I've gotten to do. Not last week but the week before I went to the Missouri State Fair. Main reason was to see Jason Jones perform and secondly it was two dollar Thursday. Saw your usual State Fair type stuff. Got my favorite mesquite chicken to eat and lots of free goodies. The interesting thing I found was a like this matted David Cook college that was selling for 15 bucks. I didn't have any cash so I didn't buy it.
Well as we walked around and it started to get closer to time for Jason Jones to perform on the Bud Stage it started to get clouded and it looked like it was going to rain. So my mom and I decided to head over and sit down where he was going to peform. I went to the restroom and came back and they were still doing their sound check then about a minute or so later. It started to down pour big time. Here we are sitting under a tent in the front row in metal folding chairs, which weren't to comfortable, right next to a huge metal pole that was holding the tent up.
Jason came on and he was awesome. I really enjoyed this show better than the last time, maybe because this time I was close and I could sit down. Hopefully I got some good pictures. He only played for an hour, which sucks but I couldn't come for the nights he was playing for longer. After he performed I went and had him sign a picture I took of him from the American Royal Rib America Festival I went and I got a picture with him and a hug. To say the least I was very happy. Top that off with the fact that it had stopped raining so when we went to leave and headed back to the car we didn't get wet. It was awesome it rained and I didn't even get remotely wet.
Now this past weekend I went out to Topeka, KS to see TNA Wrestling. This was the first time I've ever went to a live event of their's and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Normally I do not watch TNA. I tried when we use to have access to satellite channels to watch it on Spike, but I just never could get into it. So you are probably wondering why they heck would I pay to go see something I don't really care for. Well I had recieved an email about a presale to this event from the Kansas Expocentre, probably because I've gone their three times for WWE events in the past. Well on the day of the presale I went to see what kind of ticket I could get. Well to my amazement, and this was like 30 minutes or so after the presale had started, I got a first row ticket. When I saw that I was like well at least people won't be standing up in front of me or having some huge ridiculous sign up so I can't see, So I purchased the ticket.
The next day after I bought the ticket I found out one of my favorite bands were going to be in town the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and I got mad at myself. However,after attending the TNA event this past Saturday I can say I'm not as mad. I haven't enjoyed a wrestling show like this since a year ago When RAW was in Topeka before Survivor Series and we got one of the best RAW shows in a long time with a line up of the Hardys, HHH, Rey Mysterio, Batista, and the Undertaker all on the same card. Anyhow the show itself was great, it consisted of actual wrestling matches and not some 6 minute matched that really served no purpose.
I was very impressed with that fact the women's match was an actual match and no some little short little bit and that fact that crowded really seemed it. In fact it seemed like everyone in attendance were really into all of the matches. The thing that impressed me the most was after the show was over a lot of babyfaces came out and signed autographs and took pictures with fans. I've never been to any wrestling show where they come back out and do this. Also if you had $20 you could get your picture taken with Samoa Joe and AJ Styles in the ring. If I had just had some cash on me I so would have done it, especially since these were the two wrestlers I was really interested in watching besides Taylor Wilde. Overall TNA has won me over when it comes to live events. Next time they come nearby I'm so there.
WWE should probably take a lesson from TNA when it comes to house shows. Maybe fans would enjoy them more if some of the wrestlers actually signed autographs and acted like they cared about the fans instead of just showing up going through the motions and leaving and ignoring fans when they leave the arena. The TNA wrestlers I saw this past Saturday seemed to care about what they were doing and the support of the fans who paid the money to see them. Maybe one day WWE wrestlers will be like that, but I won't hold my breathe.
Well that's it for now. This week is the big American Idol Live weekend. I got a ticket for Friday's show and I'm going to try to snag one for Saturday. I'm going to be volunteering for the David-Cook.org foundraiser for the American Cancer Society at the Power and Light District that after from 3-5pm you should come down, there will be some live music and some raffles and etc. And if you wish to donate to the American Cancer Society and help me reach my foundraising goal click here
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Is It Just ME or Am I INSANELY Lazy?
I've been sitting pratically all afternoon just sort of doing nothing. I've come to the conclusion I'm insanely lazy. I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm not proud of it but that's what I am and is probably why I am in the place I am at in my life at this moment in time. I've tried to be motivated, but motivation only seems to work for a couple of hours and then in slowly fades. Or I do something and then I lose my train of thought and move onto something else.
So I seriously am going to try to change this. I'm going to pick a day and I'm going to try change my lazy ways along with some other things about me I'd like to change.
One of the things I'm going to do is be more involved with charities and causes I feel passionate about. What got me started with this was the way everyone started to rally around any efforts about supporting education and prevention of cancer one people found out David Cook, a guy who was two years behind me high school, brother had brain cancer. So I figured if a fellow alumus can cause so many people to take action to help out the cause that maybe I should finally instead of just donating should try to motivate other people to make donations and to help the cause. So I've joined David-Cook.org for the sport your support challenge where donations will be made in David's honor to the American Cancer Society. Here is my link to give donations for the David-Cook.org Sport You Support Challenge Even if you could only donate a penny still go over there and make a donation. Any amount helps and I'll greatly appreciate it either way.
Another organization that I have a lot of respect for is Cancer Action. This organization my family didn't find out about till near the end of my father's life was a tremendous help to our family and we wish we would have found out about them much sooner. They deal more with helping cancer patients and families get through the trying times. Which I think until cures our found should be more of a priority.
I mean American Cancer Society is great, but there will never be a cure for cancer until the Goverment and in particular the FDA get their butts in gear. Plus if we get doctors,Phamacutical companies and insurance companies who have the mentality to make money instead of actually curing things instead of treating them and making them managable so that you continually have to go back and pay more and more money until they drain you dry. I'm sorry that might sound negative, but I've lost a lot of faith in the medical community in general.
Now jumping to a whole other subject. I think later this coming week I'm going to go into CVS to go get my wrestling pictures from May developed finally. I hope they come out good. I was four rows away so they should come out half way decent. As people who know me, know I love taking pictures and I always am hard on myself if they don't turn out they way I thought they should. I still use a 35mm camera and people tell me I need to get a digital but anytime I use a digital they come out super crappy. Until I can find a kickass digital that has amazing zoom and doesn't get pictures blurry when I'm taking them and is also affordable maybe I'll get a digital until then I'll stick with the 35mm camera.
I'd like to get these rolls in the process of being developed before I take more pictures like when I go to the State Fair on Thursday to see Jason Jones. Who is Jason Jones? Well he is a country singer I saw at the Rib America Fest a while back and really enjoyed. Hopefully this time I can buy a CD and maybe a shirt. Maybe I'll have him sign one of the pictures I took at Rib America Fest.
Plus then I have TNA Wrestling and American Idol concerts I'll be going to later this month that I'll definately be taking tons of pictures at both. I'm excited for both. I've never really gotten into TNA so maybe seeing it live it will be more interesting to me. I think maybe it's the Octagon ring I don't think to highly of. Also I've never been to an American Idol concert, even though I love Kelly Clarkson. When KC won I was still in Cali so I didn't go to the AI tour because I didn't want to go to the Anaheim Pond by myself. I'm excited about the AI concert even though I'm only going to see David Cook and he's only going to be like singing 5songs but I just wanted to see him get to fullfill a dream of his by playing at the Sprint Center. Should be a cool moment.
So I seriously am going to try to change this. I'm going to pick a day and I'm going to try change my lazy ways along with some other things about me I'd like to change.
One of the things I'm going to do is be more involved with charities and causes I feel passionate about. What got me started with this was the way everyone started to rally around any efforts about supporting education and prevention of cancer one people found out David Cook, a guy who was two years behind me high school, brother had brain cancer. So I figured if a fellow alumus can cause so many people to take action to help out the cause that maybe I should finally instead of just donating should try to motivate other people to make donations and to help the cause. So I've joined David-Cook.org for the sport your support challenge where donations will be made in David's honor to the American Cancer Society. Here is my link to give donations for the David-Cook.org Sport You Support Challenge Even if you could only donate a penny still go over there and make a donation. Any amount helps and I'll greatly appreciate it either way.
Another organization that I have a lot of respect for is Cancer Action. This organization my family didn't find out about till near the end of my father's life was a tremendous help to our family and we wish we would have found out about them much sooner. They deal more with helping cancer patients and families get through the trying times. Which I think until cures our found should be more of a priority.
I mean American Cancer Society is great, but there will never be a cure for cancer until the Goverment and in particular the FDA get their butts in gear. Plus if we get doctors,Phamacutical companies and insurance companies who have the mentality to make money instead of actually curing things instead of treating them and making them managable so that you continually have to go back and pay more and more money until they drain you dry. I'm sorry that might sound negative, but I've lost a lot of faith in the medical community in general.
Now jumping to a whole other subject. I think later this coming week I'm going to go into CVS to go get my wrestling pictures from May developed finally. I hope they come out good. I was four rows away so they should come out half way decent. As people who know me, know I love taking pictures and I always am hard on myself if they don't turn out they way I thought they should. I still use a 35mm camera and people tell me I need to get a digital but anytime I use a digital they come out super crappy. Until I can find a kickass digital that has amazing zoom and doesn't get pictures blurry when I'm taking them and is also affordable maybe I'll get a digital until then I'll stick with the 35mm camera.
I'd like to get these rolls in the process of being developed before I take more pictures like when I go to the State Fair on Thursday to see Jason Jones. Who is Jason Jones? Well he is a country singer I saw at the Rib America Fest a while back and really enjoyed. Hopefully this time I can buy a CD and maybe a shirt. Maybe I'll have him sign one of the pictures I took at Rib America Fest.
Plus then I have TNA Wrestling and American Idol concerts I'll be going to later this month that I'll definately be taking tons of pictures at both. I'm excited for both. I've never really gotten into TNA so maybe seeing it live it will be more interesting to me. I think maybe it's the Octagon ring I don't think to highly of. Also I've never been to an American Idol concert, even though I love Kelly Clarkson. When KC won I was still in Cali so I didn't go to the AI tour because I didn't want to go to the Anaheim Pond by myself. I'm excited about the AI concert even though I'm only going to see David Cook and he's only going to be like singing 5songs but I just wanted to see him get to fullfill a dream of his by playing at the Sprint Center. Should be a cool moment.
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