This Is Me

This is a survey that was on the original Dok's Office Webpage. Sitting here bored made me want to update some of it and post it here, so here it is:
Full name: Christopher Lawrence Doyle
Birthday: Oct 8/1978 (but I will accept gifts at anytime)
Hometown: The Black Side of Darkness...Miramichi, NB
Education: James M.Hill High School (graduated June 1996)
NBCC Woodstock (Radio Broadcasting Program, Graduated June 1999)
Employment: ICT: Aliant
Nicknames:Tiny, Dok, and CD
What's on my mouse pad: nothing
Fav Magazines: Blender
Fav Smells: Fresh Bread
Fav Sounds: The right song at the right time
Worst Feeling in the world: trying to decide of you've made the right choice
Best feeling in the world: when you know you have
First thing I think of in the morning: Do I have to get up now...
Roller Coaster, Scary or exciting: depends on my mood
How Many rings to answer the phone: Two
Future Daughter's name: who knows
Future son's name: see above
Fav Foods: Fish and chips, Mac and cheese, Chicken Wings
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Do I like to drive fast: I don't drive but I like to go fast
Storms- cool or scary: cool
If I could meet one person dead or alive, Who would it be: I really don't know
Fav Alcoholic Drink: Crown and Pepsi
What is my zodiac sign: Libra
If I could have any job I wanted what would it be: sitting beside Jim Ross on RAW
Ever been in love: Yes
Is the glass half empty or half full: Half full
Fav Movies: The Pelican Brief, Spiderman
Lefty or Righty: Lefty
Do I type with my fingers on the right keys: No
What's under my bed: Boxes of Books
Fav Number: whatever my bank account says
Fav Sport to watch: Wrestling on tv and hockey live

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Were you named after anyone? Nope
Do you wish on stars? yep
Which finger is your favorite? Who has a favorite Finger?
When did you last cry? Long time ago
If you were making a movie about yourself, what would the title be? Who Spells Phone with an F?
Do you like your handwriting: I like it....no one else can understand it ......but I like it
Who do you admire?: my friends
What is the #1 priority in your life? to have as much fun as possible
What is your favorite lunch meat: Roast Beef
Any bad habits? I play the VLT's a little too much
What's your most embarrassing CD in your collection right now? I really don't think I have one. I got rid of a lot of them
If you were another person, would you be friends WITH you?: Yes Because I'm cool
Are you a daredevil? sometimes
Have you ever told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell? yes :(
Do looks matter? not as much as a personality
Have you ever misused a swear word and it sounded absolutely stupid? damn yeah
Do you think there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? hopefully
Are you trendy? nope, I'm me
What do you do to release anger? Listen to loud music
Are you passive or aggressive? depends on what it is about
Who is your idol?: I don't know if I have one
Where is your second home? ICT

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Do you trust others easily? yes
What was your favorite toy as a child? WWF Wrestling ring and "Spot" the pound Puppy
What class in school do you think is totally useless? French.....10 years and I still can't speak a word
Do you like sappy love songs? Some of them
Have you ever been on radio or television? do you really have to ask?
Do you have a journal? Yes, You're reading it now
Do you like sarcasm? Do I like Sarcasm
Have you ever been in a mosh pit? Nope
Do you feel understood most of the time? yes
Do you know what 'sctief' is? This is a nonsense acronym found in a bogus feel good survey sent out on the web.
Could you be a vegetarian? nope, not a chance
Would you ever bungee jump? maybe
Do you untie your shoes every time you take them off? nope
What are you worried about right now? Some people around me
Do you ever wear coveralls? Nope
Do you think you are strong: is that the same as stubborn
What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Strawberry
What's your favorite colour? Red and black
What's your least favorite thing in the world? having people I care about mad at me
How many teeth do you have? All of them

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Parent's names: Pam and peter
Pets: There is way too many to meantion
Height: 6foot 2
How much do you love your job: I'd like the job if there were less stu...Not computer literate people to talk too
Been to Africa? no
Been toilet-papering? nope
Loved somebody so much it made you cry? yes
Car accident?: nope
Croutons or Bacon Bits: both
2 doors or 4 (on a car): 4
Sprite or 7 Up: Sprite
Favorite Holiday: Christmas.
Favorite Day of the week: whenever i'm off
Favorite Word or phrase: i see...
Favorite toothpaste: crest
Favorite Restaurant: Jungle Jim's
Favorite Flowers: whatever she wants me to buy:)
Preferred Type of Ice: in a rink
Best friend and why: Jessica....there is nothing that she doesn't know...and anything she doesn't all she has to do is ask.
Disney/Warner bros: Disney
Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Arby's
When was your last hospital visit? Blood Work in June/04
What color is your bedroom's carpet? brown
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? nope...and they will never catch me....haha
Which single store would you choose to max out your credit card? Future Shop
What do you do most often when you are Bored? go online
Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away: Dave
Most annoying thing? people who don't' know when to shut....the....hell....up when they have no clue what they are talking about
Bedtime: when I'm tired
The key to leading a happy fulfilling Life? remembering not to sweat the small stuff.....and let's face it...most of it is small stuff.

Vacation Update

-Yes I am on vacation and I love it, I'm not bored yet.

-It's amazing how much money you can spend without leaving the house. I got the Tickets for The Tragically Hip concert in Saint John; The hotel for the evening and then I decided to start my christmas shopping. Retirement Plan 649 can start anytime

-Wrestling fans NEED to find the Jim Cornette Shoot Interview; It's 4 1/2 hours long, but It's great and funny for all the stories that he tells.

*whuh...What a week

-OK, first things first. I've left the NAW. It's gone through a change of ownership and the momentium that we had fell off. I knew it was time to give it up after sitting in front of a blank WORD screen for 45 minutes. Nothing against the gang there, but it's time to put CD Lawrence to rest. Maybe he'll be reborn in another forum (Another one of those book projects I'm always thinking about)

-It been a busy week here in the Doyle Household. Last sunday, Mom threw a surprize birthday party for my grandmother, who today turns 80. Some of Gram's friends were here. She said it was the first birthday party she'd had. This was followed up by basically a week of celebrations, and people coming up to visit, along with a phone ringing off the hook with good wishes. Anyone who has Friday's Miramichi Weekend can see her pic in the paper, as we put in a birthday announcement.

-Also going on this weekend is the annual miramichi Dog show, which has mom and dad running around. I used to take part in this, but kind of fell out as the people that I knew did as well

-We took a trip to Moncton yesterday, so mom could pick up a dog from a friend of her's. Going down anyway, I decided to go into Future shop and pick up a couple of PS2 games. So I got NHL 2005 (with a bonus extra controller) and Def Jam: Fight for NY.

I really like NHL 2005, with the World Cup of Hockey feature. I've been playing that a lot. I also now know why they were giving the controller away. It's a little bigger then a regular one. It's going to take a little getting used to.

Def Jam is going to take a LOT of getting used to. I've had 15 fights and had my ass handed to me 15 times. But it's a great game. Can't wait to spend some time on it.

-Question: Future show has all these new TV screens for sale...Why do they still have the old green screens for the checkout's?

My new "Most annoying"

SF:I don't know what my password is, Do you know what it is?
Me: No, But I can reset it. What would you like your password to be/
SF: Can I have the same as it was before

We've both already had the conversation that neither of us know what the password is, so how can I reset it to the same thing it is now?

I really should drink more

Poker on TSN

Finally..TSN is going to start showing the World Series of Poker for this year starting Monday

5:30 PM Best of the 2003 World Series of Poker - Memorable Moments

Then Friday:
8:30 2004 World Series of Poker: No Limit Hold 'Em ($2000)

Saturday is going to be a great day for poker on TSN as it's 3 hours starting at 8pm.

8:00 PM 2004 World Series of Poker: Seven Card Stud ($1500)
9:00 PM 2004 World Series of Poker: No Limit Hold 'Em ($1000)
10:00 PM2004 World Series of Poker: Pot Limit Omaha ($2000)

I'm sure there is more to come. I can't wait till it gets to the main event, I've seen some of it but not a lot of it.

Random Update

-Yes...Carrie you are right. He would be a Whittiker, but half a Kenny :)

-Made my Preorder for WWE Smackdown! Vs RAW It's still over 2 months away, but I can't wait. Now I just need to clear enough room off the card for it.

-Bittorrent is great, I just wanted to say that. I've got WWF Superstars: The Past 10 years the past week. It was the last Syndicated WWF Superstars before the show was made into a clip show that eventually turned into The WWE Experience. Watching it (It's from 1996) I never realized now many of the people featured init we've lost. Mr. Perfect Curt Henning; Gorilla Monsoon; Brian Pillman; Davey Boy Smith; Yokozuna and Owen Hart, all passed on; most before their time.

-Song I like that I thought was going to be bigger then it was: Bachelor Girl: Buses and Trains

So much game My nickname should be ESPN

-There is a new Kenny in the world today. Dana and Dave had thier second child today, a boy, Tanner Joseph. Mom and Child are doing fine. I think I used this joke last time but Grandpa Joe already has the kid spoiled

-Willie, I hate it when people say they know something but can't say anything. That's really not right :)

-So I picked my new schedule today. There was NOTHING worth anything by the time I got to it, at least not what I wanted (early Morning with 2 days off in a Row) so I went with:

Saturday: Off
Sunday: Off
Monday: Noon to 8:30
Tuesday: 2:30 to 11pm
Wednesday: 3 to 11:30pm
Thursday: 2:30 to 11pm
Friday: 2:30pm to 11pm

The weekend off is nice with hockey season coming and just regular weekend things. It's just going to be a bitch getting turned around to that time of day.

-People that are landing here from the NavBar, if you don't mind, leave a note on the tagboard. I like seeing what people have to say. I looked at that NWA link that was left. I wish that there was a local wrestling company like that here in New Brunswick. Maybe soon...

Do you play Hockey?

Just back from my second live hockey game of the season as the Timberwolves are back in full swing with thier exhibition season. After tonights win, defeating the Campbellton Tigers 8-7, that puts them at 2 wins, one loss. It's a good basic team. I'd like to see a better goaltender and a couple more big defencemen.

I did see my first one punch knockout. Tyler Veary went to take on one of the Tigers and got tagged with an unprotected straight out shot to the chin that put him out cold before he hit the ice. Lance Woodmen stepped up his game with a pair of goals and a pair of Beauty fights. I like Marlin Joseph as a tough little player, who will drop gloves when necessary, and those that don't know that he's a southpaw, look out.

What is your life Rated?

My life is rated R.
What is your life rated?

Listening to Primetime

- I was not one of these people who thought that Canada did a horrible job at the Olympics. 12 medals for this country is good, espically for the Summer Olympics. I have no problem with the amount of money that we give Amatuer Athletes. If they want more, lets do something like having a "top-up" at some of the great corporate citizens, like if you go to Sobey's and the bill comes to 21.59, let's bump it up to 22.00 and give the overage to the athletes.

-I bought the Sons of Maxwell's new album "Sunday Morning". It's what you would expect from the boys, which is good but not great. It will get a spot in my stereo for a while.

-Who will get a contract first? Aliant or The NHL? Leave your thought on the tag board.

- The Halloween party is apparently in the planning stages. Now when it comes to the costume I will wear; I have no idea.

-I am just about a month away from Vacation...I go from October 2 to October 8 (Go shorty, It's my birthday) but with some creative scheduling, I don't have to go back untill the 12. I know that Dave is going to be in the province for some of that time, so I'm hoping to make it down to moncton to see him. Maybe go to F-city to hang around with the kid brother, we'll see.

-Speaking about F-city, it along with Saint John is going to get a visit from the boys of Great Big Sea. I'm a little disapointed that Northren New Brunswick is not getting a show, but that may be another reason to hold off and go down for the show.

-Speaking of GBS, Saw the new Video for "Shines Right Through Me", Who are the extra two guys and why is Sean Mccann wearing a cowboy hat? I know the drummer (Kris Macfarlane) was on tour with Crush, so have they added someone new or was it just a guy to fill in a spot in the video.

-I'm writing this post using Mozilla Spacephoenix, thanks to a plug-in in Firefox. The plug in renames the browser everytime that you open a new window. Totally useless, but fun. I don't think that I've done a full review of Firefox yet, and I won't tonight, but everyone should at least give it a try. IE does a good job with Service Pack 2, as I have not recieved a pop-up in the few times that I use IE since the install.

-Leo Laporte is back on the air on Tech TV Canada. It's a great show for the computer novices amongst us. Check your local listings on your digital provider. If you don't have digital television. the shownotes are available here

-As I was sitting here, CIBC called and wanted to know if I was happy with my service. I am, and the one on the line told me that I could pay less interest if I change cards. HBC rewards are not enough to make me want to pay 9% more interest.

-Then I am calling Bell to have the movie networks removed from my Bell Expressvu. Since I have had them, I haven't watched more then 3 whole shows, "What a girl Wants", "Chris Rock- Never Scared" and "Lewis Black- Black on Broadway". It's just not worth it.

-The NAW are back on the block this week with the first Saturday Night Rampage. CD is back in the main event, this time teaming back up with Gregory Maines to take on Damien and Theron in a Steel cage match. If any of the old gang from RAW or the ICWF come by here, drop me a line. We are looking for people to join up

If I was a Harry Potter character I'd be a ...

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I'm
a Gryffindor!

What I go through Everyday

I think this is as close as I can get to explaining what goes on with me at work when talking to the public:

In the essence of "Who's on first?"

ABBOTT (behind the counter at: Super Duper computer store): Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den, and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office and it has windows! OK, lets just say, I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W."

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "W" if you don't start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?

ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.

COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: If its a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 & 4. Can I watch them? ABBOTT: Of course.

COSTELLO: Great, with what?

ABBOTT: Real One. COSTELLO; OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?

ABBOTT: You click the blue "1."

COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?

ABBOTT: The blue "1."

COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue "W"?

ABBOTT: The blue "1" is Real One and the blue "W" is Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: But there's three words in "office for windows!"

ABBOTT: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world.

COSTELLO: It is?

ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.

COSTELLO: And that word is real one?

ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even part of Office. COSTELLO: Stop! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping, you have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled to my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?? ABBOTT: Click on "START".........

Just a few things

-I like the new navbar at the top of the page. I've been checking out a few other blogs from the "Next Blog" window

-I talked to Jimmy Rankin at work yesterday. He was having problems with his e-mail. He sounds like he's a pretty good guy

-I don't know what it is but I have been getting the "611" calls at work more. People, is it that hard to dial 6 then 1 and then 1.

-Played poker saturday night...didn't win..at all

Vegas

One of the Boards I go to all the time is the Thread APA~. ONe of the guys just got back from Vegas. This is his story.

Just a couple of things

-Had a good time saturday night at Gully's, had to slow down just a touch near the end of the night; but a couple of Ben's Sliders (burgers) made everything better

-This is the the reason I can't wait for the next PS2 WWE game; RAW vs Smackdown!

-The NAW is taking a couple of weeks off. I thought I came out strong this past week at No Guts No Glory; but I guess just not strong enough. It will be interesting to see what will happen when the hiatis ends; as Gregory Maines has joined CD Lawrence as what seems to be the only Faces in the whole company.

The Mother of all Updates

-So I went to the poker tournament last week in Chatham head. I wasn't the first man out, so I consider it a win. Although I didn't win anything., it was an experience

-A couple of new links, including the link to Trillion and the site that I kill a lot of time with at work, Tech Comedy

-So I have to start paying my student loan, Not that big a deal, I knew this day is coming. They were supposed to take the money on the 1st. Tonight, the money is still sitting in the account. To top it off, I get a phone call from the national bank, wondering where my payment is. In my very sarcastic voice. "It's still in my bank account, waiting for you to take it".

-I think I am to the point of disliking stupid people. I'm beginning to use my LART ( (l)user attitude re-adjustment tool) even more often then usual. Actual call today (My part in red):

"Yeah I was supposed to call 611"
"OK, you called 611 and they tranfered you to me" (Stupid, but not out of the ordinary)
"No, I didn't know how to dial 611, so I called you. How do I dial 611?"
(My head meets the desk at a slowly increasing speed)"You dial 6-1 and then 1"
"Oh Ok thanks" (disconnects call)

One of my co workers says "I love it when you get sarcastic without getting sarcastic"

-I'm beginning to thinh the official language of my workplace is "answering questions correctly and honestly, but the answer having nothing to do with the question asked"

-Who will have a contract first, the NHL or Aliant?

-Looks like there is a spot opening on my Fav. radio station...Oh you thought I meant the Sludge? No, fool, The Fan 590 out of Toronto, as some major changes are coming down. it’s looking like Gord Stellick will move to the mornings to partner with Don Landry. Chuck Swirsky could be the afternoon replacement for Stellick. In the drive-home slot, 590 has finally canned Damien Cox. McCown will likely have rotating guest hosts instead of a regular partner.

-Looking forward to the parties at Carrie's on Saturday night, I might even have a beer or two :)

It's not really like this... Honest

There is an update coming..soon but before I do:
There's always this

Welcome to the Vengeance Scale

ESPN.com: Page 2 - Welcome to the Vengeance Scale

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is as close to perfection as you will read this day...ni, this week

Also, Due to a screwup on Rogers end, my dokdoyle address is down, so use the e-mail link if you need to get a hold of me or cdlawrence@NOSPAMgmail.com (Just remove the No Spam)

Launch

LAUNCH: Music on Yahoo!

Well, Rogers has "merged" with Yahoo, to provide e-mail, among other things. One of those other things is Launch, which allows you to have your own Radio station. Mine is Here
I'll also place a link on it in my links list. If you're looking for something to listen to, here you go.

Monday Meanderings

-I think that's how you spell it.

-I never want my schedule to end. This Sunday/Monday off is great, the only thing I miss is anything that is going on Friday night, and really how much is going on Friday night that can't happen on Saturday?

-Speaking of Saturday night, Jess was home and babysitting so went down to the house and played a couple games of trivia. Jess and I defeated the considerable talents of John K and Tara. I think we were graceful in victory.

-I very much dislike it when people erase phone numbers from the call display and not tell anyone that they did it.

-After a year, a rebirth has happened. CD Lawrence has come out of retirement. It seems that most of the old NWF crew has got together in New Age Wrestling. So after thinking about it for a bit and being asked by both Willie (well, he tried but sent it to the wrong address) and Blackwing; I'm back. My first match is this week in a five way dance for the Vacant Television Title. We'll see what goes on with that this week.

-I did something I said I'd never do today. I legally downloaded songs for Puretracks. A really good album from Melissa McClelland called Stranded in Suburbia and the new album from a long time fav Sarah Harmer. My only complaint with puretracks is the fact that I had to use Windows Media Player to burn the CD's, but other then that it seems to be ok. Not bad prices either, about $20 for 2 CD's. Downloads were quick too. I can see me using this for Canadian artists that are hard to find anywhere else

Spider-Man 2 mistakes, bloopers and goofs - moviemistakes.com

Spider-Man 2 mistakes, bloopers and goofs - moviemistakes.com

In my own opinion, these people have way too much time on their hands.

The highways of our lives

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Where are you on the highway of life?

From Go-Quiz.com

The Bottom line on The Great American Bash

WWE: The Great American Bash

Great American Bash

--Let's hope that the superb video package isn't the best part of the show. I like the wrestlers with the lasers behind them. Especially the Undertaker

--Torrie Wilson comes out in Timewaster number one, as the
Diva's are the "Hosts" of the show

--United States Title. It's fatal 4-way style between John Cena, RVD, Booker T and Rene Dupree. Cena starts us off making the obvious Navy Seamen joke at Dupree's expense along with a very "blunt" statement to RVD. Basic 2 guys in the ring at the time until RVD hits both Dupree and Booker with ***** frog splash, but Cena rolls up RVD to eliminate him first. Booker and Dupree work on Cena until Cena Pumps it up and hits Dupree with the FU. Booker takes advantage, hitting Cena with the scissors kick, then taking out Rene with a pinfall. Booker hits the Chinlock after 2 unsuccessful pin attempts. Cole has already made 2 WCW references as it relates to the GAB and were not 15 minutes in. Side slam by Cena, leads into the 5 knuckle shuffle, then another Pump but Cena gets interrupted in midpump, don't you hate it when that happens. Booker misses the axkick in to the FU and that's all she wrote

Winner: John Cena (Still US Champion)

-During the replay, Cole calls Cena a veteran. Tazz gets a chance to verbally bitchslap him before I get to. WCW reference count up to 4.

-Backstage, Cena gets congrats from Charlie Hass and hits on Miss
Jackie. Hass started hitting on her too, but gets interrupted in his mack on by professor Angle, as Angle wonders why Charlie has fallen so far. Let's see, Miss Jackie or Kurt Angle...I'd say Ol Charlie is trading up. This leads to a match being made between Charlie Hass and Luther Reigns, Next. Damn, it's a good thing Charlie has his wrestling gear on and is right beside the entrance.

-Timewaster number 2: Sable interviewing herself about her match
against Torrie tonight. I don't know if there's going to be another
American Pie movie, but if there is I know who can play Stiffler's aunt. For god sakes, get her out of the water, she's starting to wrinkle.

-Charlie Hass Vs Luther Reigns. Reigns is accompitied by Mr.
Angle, who gave him a slap on the way in the ring. If Luther was smart, he fall down and piss himself, he could own half of Smackdown, but then again for 75cents and a decent lawyer, I could own smackdown. Power match as Luther shows his methodical (ie: slow) pace. Luther shows he's better then
Tyson Tomko on RAW by not falling on his ass when he delivers
a kick to Hass's chest. Messed up Irish whip sends Hass outside the
ring. Back in the ring, we hit the chinlock. Luther hits a nice Gorilla
press slam. For a power wrestler, Luther is not bad. Cross half Boston crab by Luther, leads into a pin sequence by Hass who nearly gets his head taken off by a clothesline. Hass gets a nice
T-bone suplex into an Oklahoma roll for 2. German suplex into
another 2. Hass hits the post, leading into the 'Roll the Dice"
neckbreaker for the 3

Winner: Luther Reigns

--Notice Kurt's wheelchair, the part he sits in is American Red, White and Blue, but the back is Blue, white and Red, so maybe Kurt will be the next French sympathizer. Then again, Maybe not.

-JBL talks about tonight's bullrope match and says the same thing
he's been saying for the past few weeks. Some people around the
world might agree that he is a real American and not as a
complement.

-WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Chavo Gurerro vs Rey Mysterio. WCW reference number 5, as they talk about Chavo's experience in Great American Bashs. and then follows it up with number 6, talking about Rey's matches at previous Bashs. They jaw at each other in the middle of the ring, as Rey gets the Bandito pin sequence for 2 and chavo hits the ropes. Another waistlock in to a floatover and roll threw for another 2. Nice chain wrestling to start. Chavo hits the arm bar early, in to Cruserweight moves #3 with the addition of a kick by Rey, into a armdrag and armbar. Leapfrog by chavo who hits the mat as Rey dives through into a springboard moonsault armdrag and a cover for two. Both guys working in the arm as they work WWE cruiserweight style. Chavo gets a springboard dropkick with Rey on the top rope, causing Rey to catch his knee on the ring on his way down. Chavo throws him back to the ring and starts the cross legbreaker and jumping on the joint from the bottom rope. Chavo goes over the top rope from a kick.
Chavo does take advantage with a kneelock around the post. Both
guys on their feet in the ring, allowing chavo to get a atomic
kneebreaker then a half-liontamer. Rey gets out with a few kicks to the head into a Bulldog (called a DDT by Cole). Mysterio's Knee buckles as he gets sent into the corner. Nice suplex from outside in by Chavo. Nice kick by Chavo sends Rey around for a 180, then does it again. Chavo hits into a Stretch Muffler, that Rey turns into a armdrag. Chavo uses the ropes for some more knee work, but gets a kick to the face for his trouble, as he also gets hit with a hurracarana. Rey gets hung up to dry on the Tree of Woe (/Kevin Sullivan). Rey manages to pull himself up to allow Chavo to hit the post with the Arm that Rey worked on earlier. Rey takes Chavo out with a senton to the floor from the top rope. Both men, after some recovery, head to the top rope, with both men hitting a facebuster. Chavo gets an arrogant cover, but gets rolled up for two. Slingshot to the middle rope for Rey, who hits a dropkick. Crossbody block into a side Russian legsweep that chavo kicks out of at 2. Rey goes over the top and manages to get a seated senton for another 2. Lefts and rights by Rey stopped with a rake to the eyes. Attempted huraconrana by Rey into a Gorybomb for 2. Inseguri sets Chavo up for the 619 and a blocked West Coast pop into a single leg crab by Chavo. Rey almost gets to the ropes but gets pulled to the middle of the ring. Chavo sits down on it, but Rey gets to the ropes, but the damage may have been done. Attempted Gorybomb by Chavo into a snap piledriver gets the 3 for
Rey. Match of the night.

Winner: Rey Mysterio (still WWE Crusierweight Champion)

-Timewaster 3. Torrie Wilson in a hottub with Spike, Funaki and
Kidman. Kidman is a lucky bastard. Funaki saying "God Bless America" is Classic

-The Bronze Warrior Kenzo Suzuki Vs Billy Gunn. How the hell did Billy Freakin Gunn get a match on a PPV? Cole starts the verbal Bj on Gunn by talking about the 10 time tag team champion, Tazz puts him in his place by saying it's a singles match so tag team means nothing. Collar/Elbow tie-up as Gunn teases a crotch chop. He wishes he was still that over. Gunn gets the first 2 count with a
fisherman's buster in a sequence that leads to another 2 count after the neckbreaker. Nice Jujitzu throw by Kenzo, leading to a nerve hold. Hey , Kenzo, Yokozuna used those for a reason 10 years ago, HE WAS 600 POUNDS!!. A Kenzo Flop with a chop to the throat back into the nerve hold. Kenzo really likes those chops, but he needs to realize that all the scary facial expressions won't help him. Tongan Death Grip~~~, maybe it's the return of THE MONSTER MENG, or not. Enough with the nerve hold, as Gunn fights out of it to go on the offensive, and it's very
offensive .Gunn misses the Fameasser in to the a Kenzo
Shining Wizard that missed by a mile gets 2. Kenzo runs into a spin slam. Gunn calls for another Fameasser, but Kenzo heads to the
corner and hits Gunn with a low slap that leads into one of the worst reverse neckbreakers I've ever seen that gets the win

Winner: Kenzo Suzuki

-BTW, The neckbreaker was so bad they didn't even show a replay
of it.

-Backstage, we see Paul Heymen with a tied up Paul Bearer. For a
guy that's been kidnapped for a few weeks, Paul sure has a nice
starched white shirt and perfect hair. Could they not even
loosend his tie. Heymen keeps talking about Undertaker doing the
right thing. The "right thing" would have been to no-show and cancel this poor excuse of a story line. Heymen says that he may not do the right thing, even if Undertaker does.

-Sable Vs Torrie Wilson: WCW reference: 7 ,comparing
Torrie/Sable to Dean maleness and arm Anderson matches. If you've
ever seen one of their matches, you've seen this one too. Kudos to
Michael Cole for bringing up "The Tasmaniac". Sable hits a "Perfect"
neckbreaker and that's about the only thing resembling wrestling
we've seen so far. Nice forearm by Sable, that leads to a criss-cross choke. Tazz has given up on the show, asking who has the blondest hair, Sable, Torrie or Charles Robinson. I'd say Charles. Both "wrestlers" hit, ahem, "heads" or more in reality, they hit silicone. Sable is playing possum, rolls up Torrie, who's shoulders never touch the mat ,and gets the three.

Winner: Sable

-BTW,second match of the night with no Replay of the finish

-Backstage, They show The Undertaker, then a shot of the "Titan" cement truck. It must of been a mistake as no one on Smackdown is that clever. (For those that don't know, WWE's former corporate name was Titan Sports)

-Back to the hot tub, As Dawn Marie is interviewing Rene Dupree, about the fatal four way. Rene hits on Dawn Marie. The FBI make a PPV appearance, with a Foot size joke, as Nunzio manages to pick up Dawn Marie. Maybe he has some of her ECW money.

-Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly: This should be a stiff match as Hardcore is taking on one more of them damn rookies that haven't paid their dues (/Holly) mmmm, Bob, not everyone has to be Sparky Plugg. Funny side line, At the Hall of Fame ceremony, Pete Rose talks about only two sports that takes care of it's fans, WWE and Nascar. Guess who's on the screen right after the mention of Nascar? Mr. STP himself, Hardcore Holly. Mordecai starts with a pieface, that just angers Hardcore leading into Holly tieing Mordacai in to the ropes. Irish whips sees Mordaci hit the floor,
Holly follows, just to get thrown in to Mordacai's symbol. A lot of
punches and kicks by both men, with Mordacai getting the better
part of it. Kick to the side of Holly's head leads to two. After the kickout, Mordecai hits the chinlock. Holly reverses a whip in to a hotshot, causing a unique double head butt spot. Holly gets a pair of stiff clotheslines then a flying elbow from the top rope for two. Inverted DDT gets another 2 for Holly. Sitout spinebuster reversal gets 2 for Moradacai. These two are bouncing the momentum around. Alabama slam attempt leads into the splash mountain bomb for the three.

Winner: Mordecai

-This ends what Dave Meltzer calls the three worst back-to-back-to-back matches in PPV history. That last match was also Mordecai's last win as he was squashed by Rey Mysterio the next week on Smackdown and the character was killed off, sending Kevin Fertig back to OVW for seasoning. More on that in the future.

-An ad for Summerslam airs..umm..Isn't Vengenance next?

-History package for the JBL-Eddy Gurerrero Texas bull rope match.

-WWE Championship Match: JBL Vs. Eddy Gurerreo: Texas Bullrope
Match: JBL gets absolutely no reaction, while Eddy gets a great
pop when he comes out. Each post has a light on it to show the corner has already been touched, as the match goes when all four corners have been touched in succession. Eddy gets a low dropkick to start, followed by a veil with the rope out of the corner. It's a rope choke. JBL gets the upperhand with a lowblow follow by some clubbering in the corner. JBl hits the first two corners but get stopped with another dropkick. Eddy takes over with a
backdrop and starts heading to the corners and gets two before JBL hits a clothesline and elbowdrop. Cowbell and rope whip to the back. Hangman's choke by JBL followed
by a shot to the forehead with the cowbell. Eddy gets hung up in the corner with the rope around his neck as JBL goes to the outside and pulls back. JBL heads to the Spanish announce table and pulls Eddy out to ringside and the English table. Eddy counters a powerbomb on the table with the rope around JBL's leg, taking over with some mounted punches and cowbells off JBL' s head. JBL off the post. Eddy roll in to the ring and out the other side, pulling JBL in to the post shoulder first. JBL pulls Eddy over and throws him into Michael Cole's lap. As JBl goes to get him, Eddy gets a chair and busts JBL open. Back in to the ring, Eddy gets another chairshot, hitting 3 posts, coming within less then a
foot of winning. Nick Patrick waves off the lights so Eddy starts again, getting 3 before JBL gets tied up in the ropes. Patrick waves off the lights, as the two wrestlers trade blows, JBL nailing Eddy with a kick to the face, leading into a DDT, getting 2 corners before eddy gets a lowblow and 3 corners before JBL whips him down. Eddy goes for the hattrick suplexes, nailing all three, Eddy goes to the top and hits the frog splash, getting 3 corners
before JBL rolls to the floor, causing Patrick to waive off the
lights. JBL to the stairs, as Eddy then tries to pull the larger JBL over the top rope. Bradshaw comes to the apron of the ring, then nails Eddy with the cowbell, with Eddy straddling the ropes. JBL veils Eddy off the ropes by the bullrope right to the Spanish announce table, that for some reason, does not break. The crowd now getting into it with a "Eddy" chant. JBL finally breaks the table with a powerbomb. JBL picks up Eddy and throws him back into the ring, heading for the corners. Tazz says that any part of the body can hit the corner for it to count, really? That's weird. JBL gets three corners before Eddy stops him. A JBL cowbell shot gets 3 but Eddy pulls him back and gets another lowblow to stop the momentum. Eddy starts whipping JBL with the bullrope with a choke. Eddy hits the corner, but JBL hits behind him, as he does on the next corner. JBL hits a clothesline, knocking them both in to the next corner for a 3-3 score. Eddy jumps over JBL hitting the corner, but JBL hits the corner as well with his back. Eddy starts celebrating, but here comes Kurt Angle, showing the finish, showing JBL hit the 4th corner. Kurt announces JBL as the NEW WWE Champion.

Winner and new WWE Champion: JBL

-Eddy gets a standing ovation as he leaves the ring. I think we can
thank CNBC for that title change, as JBL took one for the company,
getting canned by CNBC. Let's just hope Eddy gets it back at
Summerslam.

-Ad for Fanatix series:Diva's in the south pacific.

-History package for the Concrete Crypt Match, originally called the
Do or Die match. They changed the name, because WWE doesn't do murder.

-Concrete Crypt Match: The Dudleys vs The Undertaker: The
Dudley's accompied by Paul Heymen, who stops at the crypt to
control the lever. Funny,l they never seem to show the crypt when the Undertaker comes out. turns out, whenever they show Paul Bearer, it was a pretape from the afternoon that leaked on to the internet. They couldn't show Paul Bearer when Undertaker came out because the lighting wouldn't match. Heymen starts to fill the Crypt before the match starts. going to Bearer's shins. Bubba wants 'Taker to lay down for the three. D-von leaves the ring and Bubba starts talking smack, and gets caught with a choke, D-von comes in and they both get caught, but while 'Taker gets distracted by Heymen, take over with some bodyblows, but
drop their heads too early on a back body drop attempt, leading to
Bubba getting kicked in the chest and D-von getting sent outside the ring, Bubba right behind him. Bubba goes to the table ,as D-von
goes to the post in a hammerlock. D-von goes back into the ring,
and Undertaker goes to the top rope for old school, as Heymen
pulls the lever taking the concrete to the bottom of Bearer's chest.
The Dudley's take over on 'taker, who plants Bubba with a DDT.
D-von comes in and gets a sidewalk slam for his troubles. Undertaker starts going to the back but gets attacked by The Dudley's. Heymen pulls the lever, sending the cement to Bearer's shoulders. D-von takes over in the ring with a chin lock on taker, who comes back with some body punches, but gets caught with a flying elbow. D-von makes the tag to Bubba who drops a series of elbows for the first 2 count of the match. The Dudley's now tagging on a regular basis, with some doubleteaming. Bubba nails 'Taker with a part of the announce table, throwing him back into the ring for a D-von two count. Bubba comes back into the ring, with punches to the head, but 'taker starts throwing punches
back, going one for one till D-von comes on, but Bubba gets a
sleeper, that's countered into a back suplex. Bubba makes a tag,
but D-von gets hit with snake-eyes and a boot to the face. Right hand into a legdrop by 'taker on d-von. Bubba gets met on the way in with a punch, as Undertaker hits them both with splashes in the corner. Arm ringer on Bubba leads in to a second attempt for Old School, that connects. Tombstone attempt into a low blow. Reverse neckbreaker on 'taker, no followup. Undertaker gets the zombie sit up. Chokeslam on Bubba. Tombstone on D-von for 3

Winner: Undertaker

-Heymen heads towards the cement mixer but one of those
indoor lighting bolts stops him. Undertaker goes towards the crypt
and bows to Paul Bearer. But Taker is staring at the lever, as Taker walks towards it, and pulls it as the cement goes over Paul Bearer's head. That's never shown. as a long shot takes The Great
American Bash off the air.

-Paul Bearer's death has been upgraded to severe internal injuries from the weight of the concrete, including damage to his lungs and trachea due to inhalation of the toxic material. So while they don't do murder, apparently attempted murder is fine.

From the Ice glass:

-It's really frickin warm out today, getting up to about 35C. We've been waiting a long time for this. Hope you got out to enjoy some of it.

-I think he needs a new mouse

-I again found out why I only play sports games on the PS2. I picked up Soul Caliber 2 for a few days at blockbuster. I put it on for a few minutes and became totally frustrated until I shut it down. I put in Hot Shots Golf and beat another course, so now I feel better.

-I also picked up Showdown: Legends of Wrestling. It's the third in the series and not much better then the first one, a game that almost made me swear off PS2 for a year or so. The controls are jerky and hard to use, the audio has a tendeacy to skip and the hit detection is totally off. The only good thing is the amount of legends that have made it. From The Original Sheik to Eddy Gurerreo, Randy Savage and The Road Warriors. Too bad the WWE wouldn't do a legends game.

-I have The Great American Bash downloaded, I'll be watching it tonight and tomorrow. Reaction afterwards.

-I watched Fahrenheit 9-11 over the past couple of days, and while I don't know how much you can take to heart, with Michael Moore's history of "Creative editing", but it is a very interesting movie, and worth watching, even if you wait till the DVD.

-I got a call from Bell express-vu offering me the Movie channels for $5 a month for 4 months. I thought I'd give it a try. Haven't noticed much yet, but I am looking forward to checking out Six Feet Under and the comedy specials.

J.K. Rowling names new Potter book

J.K. Rowling names new Potter book

Ok..so we have a name, now we just need the DAMN BOOK!!!

Supertot?

MSNBC - Genetic mutationturns tot into superboy

Maybe X-men could become a documentary?

Hall Of Fame

-recieved the WWE Hall Of Fame DVD from Amazon today. This is a must pick up for the long time fans among us, but if for no other reason then Bobby Heenan's acceptence speech. I laughed so hard, I cried and my stomach hurt. The extra's look interesting as well, but I haven't had a chance to look through them yet. also picked up "No Way Out" and "Backlash". I was looking at my collection and including VHS, DVD and VCD, I have every PPV the WWF/WWE has produced (events) since Royal Rumble 1998.

-One of the surprises that I have picked up in my downloads was Big and Rich's album, Horse of a different Color. I'll admit that I only downloaded it to bring up my ratio on torrentbits.org. This is not a novelty act. Recommended songs are:
1. Six foot town
2. Deadwood Mountain
3. Holy Water

-Work is going well, other then the fact that it is still super dead. I ended up keeping my shift of 6am to 12:30pm with sunday and monday's off.

-Despite saying that I woulden't do it, I ended up going to see Nazereth, for awhile anyway. See, what had happioned was Jess was home and we were looking for something to do, and the concert came up. Crush was great, and apparently went to Mike's and played the rest of the night. We stuck around till midnight listening to what sounded like the same song over and over from Nazereth. Good thing Crush was worth the price of the ticket.

G-mail invites

Welcome to Gmail

OK, People

I've got 5 g-mail invites to give away. The first 5 people to leave a comment on this post with their e-mail addresses can have one. All I ask is if you have a website that you link back to here.

If you know someone who wants an Invite, Let me know

Like Harry Potter, Dude

If it ever really happined, It would be the funniest thing ever...the sad part is I could see it on the WB:

From Here:

WB Launching Americanized Harry Potter Series In Fall 2004

The WB network has announced it is launching a new series in the fall based on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

"We're very excited about this addition to our lineup," said WB co-CEO Jordan Levin. "The Harry Potter books have proved wildly successful when transferred to film, and we think a TV series is the next logical step for this franchise." The WB is owned by Warner Brothers, which has produced the first three Potter films.

The series, provisionally entitled "HP," will be an Americanized adaptation of the original books, more in keeping with the typical teen dramas which are the trademark of the WB.

"The first two movies did okay, but the third one [Prisoner of Azkaban] has been much better received. And do you know why? Because the kids are becoming teens," said Levin. "We think a teen Harry Potter drama really has potential to connect with our prime demographic – especially once we tone down the British cultural references."

The network's controversial decision to Americanize the series and re-imagine Hogwarts School of Wizardry as a high school in Malibu has incited an uproar from Harry Potter fan communities. The WB has expressed confidence that viewers will change their minds after the pilot airs in September, but critics are not so sure.

"The prime-time soaps aired by the WB are beyond awful," said television critic Gregory Vinson. "They're filled with ludicrously attractive twentysomethings pretending to be teenagers and sleeping around at the drop of a hat. The very concept of "Hogwarts 90210" makes me want to retch."

The decision to cast the muscular, six foot three Smallville heartthrob Tom Welling as Harry Potter has already sparked a storm of discussion on fansites worldwide.

"We think that Tom has already shown the brooding intensity you need to play Harry," countered Levin. "I mean, he's already got the dark hair. A pair of glasses and a little scar, and it'll be like Harry walked out of the book."

Fellow WB star Alyssa Milano, who has played a witch for years on the cult favorite Charmed has been cast as Hermione. The part of Harry's pal Ron Weasley has not been cast yet, but the network has confirmed rumors that the role is being "tweaked" to better resonate with American audiences.

"J.K. Rowling's books are extremely British," said Levin. "America's a much more diverse place than Britain, and we really needed to introduce a more urban element to the very provincial original. So it seemed logical to cast an African-American in the role of Ron."

Rowling herself has not officially commented on the new series, and there has been no mention of the series on her website. However, in an online chat over the weekend, she did offer the following enigmatic advice in closing:

"Make bloody well sure," she noted, "you always, always, always read the fine print when you sign something."

Funnies

User Friendly the Comic Strip - The Daily Static

That one is for the rest of the people that are angry about the change of Tech TV.

On that note, it looks like Leo Laporte is going to be back on Tech TV soon, only in Canada. TechTV Canade has picked up the "Call for Help" concept for a show that will start sometime this summer. Keep it here to find out when. If people are wondering about PC's and want to learn more (Gully, I'm looking at you :) ) This would be the show.

For Bloggers Everywhere

User Friendly is my first stop every morning. Some times the Linux jokes can go over my head, but It's always good for a laugh, espically when Dustball starts singing to popular songs like here :)

And Again Here we are

--OK, So I screwed up. Joe Schmo 2 starts tonight. Seems like spike TV pushed it back a week, as they were runningads for last week, but it was changed...or I just screwed up, one or the other

-Had a good time over the weekend, as I went to a wedding for Paul and Lisa. It was a fun and best wishes go to the both of them.

-I haven't watched Bad Blood or RAW yet, as I am DL them both. I am in the process of watching the WWF PPV from December 1996, It's Time.

-Seems like "The Man, The Myth, The Legend Himself" Darren Macdonald , fresh off the radio, has moved to another media as he has a new article in the Moncton Times & Transcript every saturday. Good on him.

-After not downloading any music for a while, I'm back on it, with the New singles from
D12- How Come
The Blackeyed Peas- Let's get it Started
and MA$E- Welcome back

All are worth a download.

Schmo Blog

Schmo Blog

One of the best Reality shows on television is back starting tonight. Joe Schmo 2. It's a reality show parody where everyone knows is a fake, except the schmo's.

In this case there is two of them and it's a parody of the dating shows that seem to be everywhere.

And keep an eye out for Johnthan Torrens of "Street Cents" , "Jonovision" and "Trailer Park Boys" as one of the housegests.

It starts tonight on Spike TV!

My Days work

Winamp Generated PlayList

So I decided to put together a new playlist of stuff on my PC for my Winamp. Give it a look

.vob sites suck

piece of advice, check what kind of file you're downloading before you start.

I downloaded Harry Potter and they came in on .vob files, which apparently are DVD files...only problem is I don't have a DVD burner and everything I tried didn't work. I could get the video but no audio..so off I go to Download again...this time .rar files, which I know what to do with

who would have thought Dl movies would be so hard :)

Stuff, Things and assorted whatnot

- Well, It looks like one of Willie's dreams has come true. No, he hasn't been in a room when Kim Possible has a wardrobe malfunctionCreed has called it Quits. While I did enjoy some of the bands music, I can't say that I'm sorry to see them go. Now the countdown starts until the reunion tour.

- I'm in the process of (ahem) acquiring the New Harry Potter movie, but I may still go see it in the theatre anyway. the copy I acquire is for my own use..yeah that's it.

- In my stereo right now, Avril's new Album "Under My Skin", Carolyn Dawn Johnson's "Dress Rehearsal" and Great Big Sea: Something Beautiful.

Avril's album is what you would expect, except she shows that she's not the same girl that recorded "Let's Go" with a voice that has matured. Songs that I always play more then one is "My Happy ending" (the second single) and "Nobody's Home". I give it a 3/5 for a great POP album. Death metal heads need not apply

One of the VERY few county artists that I have become a fan of over the past few years is Carolyn Dawn Johnson. "Room with a view" which included "Georgia" and "One day closer to you' made for an album that, while it didn't have a permanent spot in my stereo, was a frequent visitor. "Dress rehearsal" on the other hand could take up some space for a long time. Songs like "Simple Life", the very simple "Die of a Broken Heart" and the album closing and very touching "I'll let you go" make for an album that a lot of people will enjoy for a long time 3 1/2 out of 5.

As for GBS, "Something Beautiful" is not quite a step backwards, but a running in place album. The first single "When I am king" goes back to the "Goin Up" days and anyone who doesn't like "Helmethead" is not a GBS fan. "Sally Ann" and "Let it Go" make for an album that fans will enjoy, but I'm not sure any people just coming to the kitchen party will get it. 3/5

-It's been over a week since the change over of TechTV to G4TechTV and may I say F*(# COMCAST!! They took one of the channels that I had the dish for and watched a lot and turned it into something that I don't like even having on my list. It's now all video game shows; and while I enjoy the occasional "X-play" or "judgment Day", it's too much.

-A song that I've enjoyed lately is Twista's "Overnight Celebrity", not for the usual reasons but it's the first time I can remember hearing a live "hip Hop Violin" fromMiri Ben-Ari. I would love to hear her go Fiddle for Fiddle with Natalie Macmaster

Come Together

cometogether.swf

Drugs not included

Woo to direct Clancy's 'Rainbow'

Woo to direct Clancy's 'Rainbow'

This is great, as Rainbow Six is one of my favorite Clancy books. Now if we can just get "Debt of Honor" and "Executive Orders" done, all would be right in the world

More Random Stuff

Not excatly Public enemy any more, but it's been good going lately.

-Nice to see the Willie Top 40 make a return at Willie's Blog. I noticed Jay-Z's 99 problems is on it. There is some stuff I don't know, but check it out. The link is on the list.

-Over at Jessica's Blog, I noticed that she is not a big fan of Vin Diesel. While I'm not his biggest fan, and I don't know his preference of Ladies, He has had one movie that I have enjoyed, A Man Apart. I will admit that The Chronicles Of Riddick looks like absolute dogshit.

-I just finished watching "Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story". It's a fery powerful story, that shows that Eddie has lived through it all, having lost his Family, Money and Career in a haze of Drugs and Alcohol. For a guy that always seemed to be able to turn it on in when the Red light comes on, it hard to believe it was a guy that was going through his personal hell. I hope that he is enjoying his success, he deserves it. If you can find it at from your local download dealer, it's worth a watch (or wait till it's released on DVD, The extra matches should be Great)

-New timekiller: Zuma

-While I'm happy for the Calgary Flames and hope to see them win the cup, I think it's a little early to call them "Canada's team"

-I hope that this Aliant strike will end soon, but it's not looking good. The worst part is when they finally get back, it's still going to be a month before things get back to normal. Maybe stories like this will get Aliant back to the table.

-One Hit wonder:Big and Rich- Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

Owen

Owen

It's hard to believe it, but it has been 5 years since we lost Owen Hart.

I remember watching the scramblevision of the "Over the edge" but not really intently, as I was flipping back and forth between that and "The Jesse Ventura story" on NBC. I knew something had "happened" but didn't know the real story until the Newsbreak that the NBC station broke in with.

I really don't know what to say. I just thought I'd mention it

Public Enemy #1 and other things

Well, It was an interesting day at work. One of my calls this morning was from a guy that asked me to speak up and when I did, apparently thought that I was being rude to him. There's a couple things that was brought up that I can't talk about here because they are work related, but the bottom line is that I ended up with a long weekend because I wouldn't call him back and apologize for apparently offending him.

I was told that I did nothing wrong as far as the supervisors could tell, but if I didn't call him back, I would be suspended till Tuesday. I once again stated that I did nothing wrong and took the weekend.

I'm not angry, relieved is more of it, just for the fact that I got a few days off and while the cash is good, it's not worth it to say I did something wrong when I did not. I'm wrong enough that I don't have to take the heat for things I'm not wrong about.

I'm mostly disappointed that after two years, that I wouldn't have the support of the people there to back me up. I guess that's what happens when you piss off "The Clique". I made the mistake of actually standing up for myself and we can't have that, so let's knock him down a few pegs. If anyone from there is reading this,
remember, Karma's a bitch, and I'll sleep well tonight. I'll even get a chance to sleep in on Saturday.

--Just finished the second season of the West Wing last night and If there is a better drama on television, I don't know what it is. The worse part is it's going to be at least 8 months before Season 3 comes out. I've said it before but I think that the best hour on television was/is the season end episode Two
Cathedrals. When Martin Sheen (playing President Bartlett) starts "ranting" at God in Latin, it can send a chill down your spine.

--Speaking about chills, This past Monday night on RAW, when The Rock's music hit, it was obvious that it was going to be a moment. Him and Eugene made for a "Must-see TV" moment, even if you are not a wrestling fan. The WWE needs to keep Rock under contract no matter what the cost. In 15 minutes, He made Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore a star.

--I've got judgment Day downloaded but I haven't watched a lot of it yet. Looks like I got some time this weekend, so I'll take care of it. I'm not looking forward to it, but I'll at least watch John Cena, Mordacai and the main event.

--I upgraded my internet yesterday as well to a 5mbit connection. It pretty much doubled my speed.Before and After. It seems to working great, let's hope it stays that way.

E-mail survey

I saw this at Jessica's Blog and thought I'd steal it.

1. What is your name? Chris
2. What time did you go to bed last night and wake this am? Bed at 10pm and woke up at 5am
3. What did you do last night? see previous post :)
4. What did you do today? Worked, came home and watched some of the second season of The West Wing
5. Fave day of the week, fave month? Friday and December
6. Fave alcoholic beverage, and non alcoholic beverage? beer and Pepsi
7. Fave type of music/artist? I like almost everything, but my "Fave" artest would have to be my boys in Great Big Sea
8. Fave colour? any combination of Red and Black
9. Fave snacks? popcorn
10. Morning or night person? Morning
11. What are you listening to right now? Jay z - 99 Problems
12. Do you have any tattoos or piercings? I already have enough holes in my head, I don't need to add more
13. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? Someone in newfoundland who had a problem getting their e-mail
14. Do you believe in love at first sight? I didn't used to but..sometimes I wonder
15. Who did you last receive e-mail from? John-a-tan
16. Last time you cried? a fall sunday morning, 3 years ago
17. Ford or Chevy? does it get me from point a to point b? then who cares
18. Fave TV show? The West Wing
19. Do you wish upon the stars? No
20. How often do you read a book? I go through 3-4 a week most weeks
21. Who inspires you? People who give so much of themselves, almost to the detrement of their own self-image

A maybe not so popular view

So 2499 of my closest friends and I spent the evening at the exhibition building last night. I don't think the building knew what to do, as 2500 people haven't seen the ex buildings in years, even during the ex.

All (or at least most) jokes aside, I went to a meeting to show my disapproval with the current rumors of bed cuts and loss of regional status for our 8-year old hospital >check it out here. I must say that I was impressed with the turnout, as usually the fact that people from Newcastle and Chatham would agree on anything more serious then if the sun will rise in the morning. The only thing people on the river will agree on more then their dislike for the other side is the fact that they are tired of getting screwed by the people in Fredericton.

It came to me as I was eating supper and reading the paper. We've lost St Thomas University, CFB Chatham, 2 Nursing programs and the very idenity of our own areas in amalgamation. It seems that when anything needs to be cut by the governments, it always Miramichi that gets looked at first. Then when it's time for the jobs to come back, they go to Moncton, Saint John or Fredericton because Miramichiers are nothing but fat, EI-cheating people who don't want to work anyway.

That seems to be the attitude of some of the elected officials from other parts of the province. Hell, one even spoke of it in the Legislature. It's ok to screw around Miramichi, they'll just sit there and take it anyway. I think that last night's rally showed that we will not be screwed around with anymore.

I think that the attitude comes from our old friend, Language. Miramichi is one of the few places in the province that English and French live together in something that could almost be considered harmony. To boil it down, Miramichi is too English for Moncton and too French for Fredericton.

At last official count 8 buses will be heading to the capital tomorrow morning, along with hundreds of people in their own cars (just for a second forgetting about the $1 a liter gas prices) to voice their displeasure with the trial balloon that the Lord
government sent up to see the public response. I think that they have seen the response...and I'm not sure that they like it.

You have a response...Leave a comment or use the tag-board

Funny Link

I think when you click on it..it will speak for itself

Well, Look what I see

Apparently, Blogger has done a major update, and may I say that I like it. One of the new features is comments is now supported in an easy fashion. Hopefully it will be working with this post. So now Jessica, I have no reason to move to Lj :)

What in the blue hell?

ok..I have a question..How is that supposed to make me want to see a movie?

Weekend update

It's been a beautiful week, sunshine wise. It's too bad that the wind is too cold. The impossible even happened at work a couple of days ago, I got cold. It was amazing to the people around me. If the wind would just go down, it would be great.

-So I did something else I said I wouldn't do, I got myself a webcam. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, bit I got it and it's all set up on the pc.

-Went to M&M meat shop in Douglastown on Thursday night to look around. OH MY GOD!! This is the store of my future cardiologist's dreams. All for a decent price. I highly recommend their bacon wrapped Filet Mignon, leave it on the BBQ for about 20 minutes over warm coals ( for medium well, how I like my steak) and it will change your life. Take that, Mad Cow Disease.

-Speaking of BBQ, Word has come down that the world famous Willie Pub Crawl, has been put down for a year as there is a BBQ going to go down in the 'chi. I look forward to having, maybe 1 or 2, maybe a few more beers in celebration of the day that it was brought to the earth, and things have never been the same again. I'm sure that more details will be made available on Willie's Blog, so be sure to take a look if you are so inclined

-As most of you know, I am a big fan of the TechTV network, trying not to miss an episode of the flagship shows "The Screen Savers" and "Call for Help". So it was with great sadness that I came across this story.
Comcast is going to be combining TechTV with it's G4 Gaming network, but it seems that they are not interested with doing it with the TechTV staff. Some of the younger hosts may make their way to the new network, but it looks like my favorites, Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton won't be making the move. It's too bad, as why I enjoy Kevin, Sarah, Jessica and most of the other crew over there, they just don't seem to have the combination of tech knowledge and TV smarts that Leo and Pat have. Hopefully, G4 will prove me wrong and bring these guys back but I'm not holding my breath

Ouch

This must be the most painful video I've ever watched, next to Freddy got fingered

And another thing

SO it's been an interesting few days at work as we are the only department in Aliant that is working at anything close to 100% as the rest of the company has decided that it would be a good time to go on strike. In their place we get these idiots that may or may not be managers talking about "All we can do is take the information and call them back" BULLSHIT, what you do is screw things up long enough that you piss people off then transfer them to me so that they scream at my 10.40/hour making ass while the guy that should be taking this crap is sitting on the picket line becouse he dosn't think that $20/h is enough. Do my job which is harder, for half the money, see how you like it.

Noticing today that if you are on Aliant high speed and using anything other then Outlook Express/Internet Explorer 6, then you are shit out of luck, which also means that they have dropped support for win 95. Hopefully, we'll do that on the dial up side soon.

--Did something I didn't think I'd ever do again yesterday. I actually paid for software, as I purchased the pro version of Trillian. It's got some nice plugin's and is really worth every penny.

--I'm falling out with some people again. Although we say it won't, it happens more and more often these days

--featured songs: Great Big Sea- Helmethead and Arrogent Worms- The assumption song

Unwarrented shot to Ottawa

Too Bad for those Ottawa Fans among us

Too Bad for those Ottawa Fans among us

G-mail and Other Stuff

Welcome to Gmail

SO as I decide to log in to make some changes to the look of this thing..I notice that I have a different option, an option to sign up as a beta tester for Google's new E-mail program, G-mail. 1GB of storage!! No need to delete anything, I'm going to try it for a while, see what it's like. It's not out to the general public yet, but you can get more info on it at the link.

-The People have spoken as the gang down at Tech TV has come to it's senses and come to a contract with Leo Laporte for Call for Help. It goes to show that a group of fans can make a differnece if they talk long enough. NOw as long as we keep Tech TV in the merger with G4.

-GO HABS GO!!! I was flipping between the game and RAW last night because I got nervous everytime the Bruins came down the ice, but it's nice to see the Canadians in the 2nd Round. Now if we can just get rid of the Leafs, the playoffs will be a success.

-I downloaded a movie that came down as a bunch of .rar files. When I went to extract them, it was a .bin and a .cue file. Now, Nero won't find the .bin files. Can you help? leave a message on the tag board.

-Fav song right now: Seether Feat/ Amy Lee- Broken (from The Punisher Soundtrack)

Other stuff LAter

View On Backlash

I have just finished watching something that has put my faith back in the WWE.

I just finished watching the 8-man tag main event from RAW. As a wrestling fan since Wrestlemania 3, that match is one of the few that has brought me out of my seat. I will say that i spent the last 2-4 minutes standing in my living room

It was a match that I want to show people when they ask me why I am a wrestling fan. That match had the past (Flair, Foley, Michaels), the present (Benoit, Triple H) and The future (Benjamin, Orton and yes, Batista, who can be great as a silent monster). It's the closet to 5*'s that I can say that I have had the pleasure of watching.

When it comes to Backlash, I can not wait for this show. Benjamin Vs Flair is the classic passing of the torch match. Flair seems to have gotten his 16 wind, just as everyone was counting him out again. As for Shelton, I see this guy and see dollar bills. I guarantee ,He will be a world champion in the next 2 years.

With Foley vs Orton, Randy has the chance to make his hardcore bones, to pay a whole bunch of dues in one night. To survive a hardcore match with Cactus Jack is something that can make you a superstar overnight. Randy Orton is one of those guys that piss a lot of people off, as he's got a lot too soon. This match can prove why.

As for The Final encounter, We have Triple H, who politics aside, when he is motivated can be one of the best guys to ever step in that ring. Shawn Michaels is out to prove that he still deserves part of the spotlight. and throw in Chris Benoit, trying to prove his championship is his for the long haul. A pressured Benoit + a motivated Hunter + a rejuvinated HBK = a match of the year candidate.

These are reasons why I am a wrestling fan.

Who Would Win? Cat or sunroof?

Find out here

Tech Tv loses a great Host

The Laporte Report: End of Line

I started watching Tech Tv when I got my dish about 3 years ago and one of the first people that I saw was Leo Laporte on The Screen Savers. I was disappointed when he left that show but knew that I could still see him on Call for Help.

Imagine my surprise this evening when I check out the website and realize that he has left the channel totally. Back when I was even less computer savvy, Leo made me want to learn more, as he didn't talk over my head, in as much real english as was possible.

I'm sorry to see him go, while I understand why he did. I can only hope that the new owners of Tech TV, Comcast, will look to this knowledgeable man as they begin merging G4, a video game channel not available in Canada, with Tech TV.

LAter,
Dok

Another addition

I've come to a conclusion..any one who does not use Java is screwed on this website :)
I've added a tag board, It's a little different then the guestbook. Feel free to use it, just to leave a quick message...

Later,
Dok

A response to PV

Willie's Lo-Fi Emporium

So, I guess we can go back to one of my favorite pass times. Talking Music with Willie. Be sure to read the latest PV at his blog to get the gist of what I'm talking about..Don't worry, I'll wait.

Everyone back...Great.

I don't think music is turning in to the Jr High dance. I think that pop music was always that way. There has always been singers that are too young to get into the bars that their music is played at. Elvis Presley got his first gold record at 21 and what age was Michael Jackson when he started with the Jackson 5? Bobby Brown was a star with both "New Edition" and a solo artist before his 20th birthday.

When it comes to all the Disney stars that get recording contracts, I see that as just good business for the company. Hillary Duff and Lindsey Lohen have both released their singles for "Hollywood Records" which is owned by Disney, who also owns ABCFamily, The Disney Channel, ABC, Touchstone Pictures, Live with Regis and Kelly and maybe you and I. They put out these albums because the kids that watch "Lizzie Mcguire" (Well, their mostly kids) and go to the move "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (No, I didn't know it off the top of my head, I looked it up) will go buy these albums, along with the posters, lunchboxes, special edition Ford Explorers and "my first contraceptive" kits just because it has the face of Hillary on it. Hell, She's even selling her "Stuff" at Zellars.

The whole Muchmusic thing is kind of weird to me too. Willie, I don't know how to tell you this, but when it comes to the programmers of Muchmusic, we're old. At the very most, they are looking for people under the age of 25 and we're not under the age of 25. They are looking for the teenagers who have the OBSCENE amounts of money to spend on every little nicknack that they can find. So it makes sense to play what those people want, not necessarily what we'd like to hear.

When it comes to Talent, I think we can all agree it's subjective. I enjoy Avril's last album, although I'm not all that excited about the new album. Hillary was good for a couple of singles, but the album was terrible. Same with Fefe, who latest single "Everything" is the best song on the album, which earns the "Dok Dogshit" award. I don't think I've heard Lohan's yet, so I'll wait to pass judgment.

I think Christina is still popular because she still has the chops to back up the hype. The album "Stripped" had a couple of songs that I think showed that, Beautiful and The Voice Within. Not to mention, Michelle Branch, who has had 2 great albums "The Spirit Room" and "Hotel Paper" as well as Vanessa Carleton, who is working on a new album.

All is not lost, Mr. Williston. The pop music industry will go on for many years to come. I heard George Strombopoulous (I think I'm close) say that The Backstreet Boys are back in studio working on their next album.

Oh yeah, I can't believe you missed the Disney Teen star that doesn't have a record deal. Christy Carlson Romano, The voice of Kim Possible

LAter,
Dok

Update

Hello, again. It's been a vacation week, alright. I have done, well, not nothing, but as close to it as you can.

Friday night, went up on the fan bus to Campbellton for the Timberwolves game, that that lost. It was a great hockey game, as the T-wolves were in it right up to the last second, losing 2-1. It was a great trip and coaches Jamie Henderson and Billy Riley poped on to the bus after the game to thank us for coming up.

The team is going to be losing a bunch of twenty year olds, but Riley seems to have contacts all over the country, so it will be interesting to see who he picks up for next season.

sunday night, I decided after supper that I wanted to go to the movies. As it was a last minute thing, I just went myself to see Hellboy. I thought it was a great movie, if you go in expecting a superhero movie. It's worth a look. I guess the DVD release is supposed to be another cut of it, so we'll see if that gets a little darker.

I've found the wonders of e-bay. It's been a while since I used it and then it was just for a PS2 game. Now I've picked up a couple of DVD's that I was missing in my WWF/E collection and a really nice messanger bag. I like having a bag to carry stuff to work in but the whole backpack looks too "schoolish". It's nice and you can find ANYTHING.

That's it for now. IF you haven't already sign the guestbook and let me know if there is anything you want me to talk about.

LAter

The Plane ride from Heck?

WWE Lawsuit on the Smoking Gun

I know it's a disturbing image, But I still think it would be funny to see Ric Flair strutting down the aisle in his robe. I think the best part is on page 4 when they are talking about ownership of RAW by Ric Flair in a story line as evidence that he is an owner in real life. I call bullshit on the entire lawsuit.

BTW, Timberwolves won tonight 2-1 in overtime. Great game. Let'd hope that they can pull it off friday night in Tigertown. Gerry and Paddy have the call on The River, and if all works out, I'll be there live.

The Blackjack game

For some reason, the game starts with a hand at play. SO before you start..click "stand", then deal the cards. I'll be looking for a fix.

Also if anyone sees a jave script for poker..let me know.

Thanks

A few random thoughts

-So I went to work today and was home by 10:30 as the yearly "absolutely SFA going on" time period has begun. That's OK, for now I guess.

-Latest Downloads
-Wrestlemania 3: The show that started me on my Wrestling fandom. With the "Biggest Match in history" as the Main event, and Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage on the undercard, it still holds up as one of the best supercards of all time

-The Punisher Soundtrack: What I'm listening to right now, as a matter of fact. Seether Feat Amy Lee of Evanescence is the best song on it. Also on it is Finger Eleven- Slow Chemical, a song that wrestling fans will recgonize as Kane's theme song. Ben Moody, formally of evanescence also has a song on the soundtrack. It's worth a pick up. I think the movie should be pretty decent as well.

-Another movie that I'm looking forward to is Hellboy. While I haven't heard of him before the ads for the movie came out, I think the movie will have just enough comedy and action to keep me entertained. Then again I thought League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was a great movie, so what do I know. BTW, My desktop right now...Yep, Hellboy movie poster

-Best joke that I've heard in a while, from last nights "Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Talking about a police officer in the states who has just completed a sex change operation from a man to a woman.

What's the biggest cut when having the surgery from man to women? The cut in salary

I didn't say it was a PC joke, I said it was a funny one.

-Went to the timberwolves game last night, where they defeated Campbellten last night 3-2, only because Goalie Todd Veary stood on his head in the 3rd period. Game two on The River tomorrow night followed by a Saturday night Game three at the Civic Center. Rum Row lives again.

Well, that's all for now. Don't forget to check out the links on the side of the page. Let me know what you want to see and if you're new, sign the guestbook, just like Willie, Wayne, Gully, Chucky and a few others have done

until next time,
Dok

Very Interesting

Couple of things,

First..You'll notice a countdown at the top of the page. That is how much time I have left before I head out for a weeks vacation from ICT. What am I dong and where am I going? As of Yet, I don't know, but just something that I'm looking forward to.

Second, A couple of months ago I purchased a PS2 from futureshop. After that I saw a copy of NHL2K3 at Blockbuster, so I picked it up. After starting a season with the Canadians, I was wondering how to get into a fight. I'm near the end of January in my first season, when I got in to my first fight, with me as Brian Berard. My Opponent (who picked up the instigator)?

Todd Bertuzzi

Another Weekend down

Hello, People

Well, survived another weekend, as we made it through the OH. There was a dandy crew, and with the exception of one communications screwup (Sorry again, Lori) Everyone had fun.

Didn't spend too much time on the floor, it was more of just a hangout night with the gang. It's not very often that the amout of us get together. Ah well, guess that just means that we're getting old ;)

Back to work tomorrow as the Job shadowing begins.

Updates

Seem to be getting a few people stopping by, which is great. Keep it up people.

So I went to work this morning, when I noticed on the bulletin board that the schedule had been posted for shadowing for the job I had applied for. I was first on the list, so I'll be shadowing Monday and Tuesday. One problem, I was supposed to be off monday. So I worked a few hours and decided that I would take the rest of the day off.

For the people in the Miramichi area, There are a few of us heading to the Opera House tonight so come on down and say hi in the land of Barley and Hops :)

I would be remiss if I hadn't meantioned the Miramichi UPM TImberwolves who have had a great season and are moving on to the second round of the playoffs. I just wish they were starting tonight and not wednesday night. Mesed up my whole schedule. Campbellton is in town and I can't wait to get back to the rink.

I've updated the Link to Willie's Blog and have also added a e-mail link as well. I'll be adding some more through the next few days.

Untill Later

Extra Links

If anyone has any links that they think should be included on the links list, just post them in the guestbook and I'll post them up for the world to see

Where it all begins...Again

So I've been talking about it all beginning again and here it is...For now. Thanks to Matthew, I've run in to this service that allows free domain names. So from now on it's no longer at the blogspot address. The address to the blog is dokoffice.ca.tt. It seems to be working out well so far. Don't forget to check out the links on the side as well as signing the guestbook. It would much appreciated.

Speaking of where it all began...Again (Have to put the three dots or it doesn't have the same effect) Wrestlemania 20 has come and gone, and after kind of falling off the wagon when it comes to watching wrestling, it's the show that has brought me back. The Eddy-Angle match is something that had everything that you need, some great mat wrestling and that classic Eddy~! cheating.

John Cena's opening match was just the right way to bring the crowd back into it and he actually managed to get a decent match out of The Big Show. For all the John Cena fans, I managed to get a look (Thanks to suprnova.org at the John Cena DVD: Word life and while it's not a Wrestling DVD, it's got a lot of his better pre-match freestyles including the little seen one from the HEAT before Wrestlemania 19.

Also worth a pick up is The Monday Night Wars. Some of it is very interesting to not only wrestling fans but also people who are interested in how much a war story can change when the winner tells the story.

Now back to Wrestlemania, The Goldberg/ Brock Lesner match was interesting, but not so much for the action in the ring as the reaction of the crowd. With their chants of "You sold out" and "This match sucks", it sounded like the old ECW arena. The rest of the show was pretty much a mix of the good (Christian Vs Jericho, Evil Trish~!), the Bad (Either of the fatal 4-ways) and the Ugly ( The Playboy Evening Gown Match, that had to be paired down due to Sable's breast implant leakage) For What I think is the best review of the event that I've read go Here

Now in my world, I've now got a schedule that is going to allow me to have somewhat a life as I'll be off Sunday and Monday, meaning I'll be able to go out on Saturday night if the urge strikes me. I'm hoping to kick that off this weekend, but I guess that depends on other people (Ain't that right, Gully :) )

At work, things have been going alright lately. It's starting to get very quiet, so a little time has been spent off the phones (Having carnal relations with the canine species or as it's not so politely known, F&@%ing the dog). Next week, I guess I'll be "Shadowing" for a senior support job, so we'll see how that goes.

Well..I hope you enjoy the new lay out and come back often, as I hope to have new content, maybe not every day, but at least a couple of times a week.

Till Next time,
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Firsts
First job: Working for NB Trails
First screen name: dok97
First funeral: Grandfather
First pet: Dog, Buddy
First piercing/tattoo: none
First credit card: Visa
First kiss: Miramichi Rural Dance
First enemy: wow, I have no idea
First favorite musician: Didn't every canadian child love Mr. Dressup?

Lasts
Last car ride: Last night, coming home from the hockey game.
Last kiss: too long ago
Last library book checked out: Something for a project in college
Last movie watched: Bruce Almighty
Last beverage drank: The Nector of the gods, Pepsi
Last food consumed: Grilled Cheese for breakfast
Last phone call: talking to my neighbor about a job he is up for
Last time showered: this morning
Last CD played: Three Days Grace
Last website visited: my blog dokdoyle.blogspot.com

Now
Single or Taken: way too single
Sex: Male
Birthday: Oct 8/1978
Sign: Libra
Siblings: Brother- James/Jamie
Hair color: Reddish Brown
Eye color: Brown
Shoe size: 12
Height: 6'2

Right now what are you...
Wearing: 842 t-shirt and black jeans
Drinking: nothing
Thinking about: nothing really
Listening to: G-unit-Stunt 101

Well, I guess it is time for another update here in the office. Seems every time that I update I say that it’s going to happen more often, but it just doesn’t seem to happen that way. Well, let’s get to the news.


The character of CD Lawrence is dead, at least for now. After a good run in the NWF, RPW and a not so successful run in the ICWF, I decided that having to sit down and write RP’s were getting to be just a little too much like work. So instead of killing the character more then I already had, I decided to stop. It’s a character that I’m sure that I will go back to in one medium or another eventually. I think the character is ripe for at least a book, so maybe I can get working on that. Maybe this new wireless keyboard and mouse will get some use after all ?


On the work front, I’m still slaving away at ICT. On the phones most of the time, but just spending enough time off the phones to make me keep my senses together. It’s getting to the point where I am enjoying the phones more as there seems to be more stress off the phones. The breaking point for a lot of people seems to be around the corner. I know what it looks like, because I was there. I think it was good news for a lot of people that I ended up taking two weeks off when I did.


Those two weeks I did nothing except watch TV and play Smackdown: Here comes the pain on my new PS2 (That arrived on my second day off, how’s that for timing). It was great not having to worry about the next absolutely idiotic piece of “brilliance” (/sarcasm) that was going to come from the office around the corner. Some people amaze me with their talent of walking upright with their head up their ass.


On the social scene, it’s been rather quiet as I’ve been working mornings at 6am so I can get out of there early. I figured if I still have to be there, the best thing for me is to get out of there as early in the day as I can so I have to spend the least amount of time with…never mind, I was getting off on a rant about work again.


Let’s try this again, shall we? The social scene has been a little quiet, as I’m spending as much time as possible trying to get some rest. Watching the Miramichi UPM Timberwolves has become almost a given when they are playing at home. It’s a great team this year, clinching the division title and heading to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. It’s been a while since I was to the Opera House, before Christmas I think. It just dosen’t seem to have as much of a pull as it used to. Maybe it’s the crowd that gets in there on a Saturday night.


Speaking of crowds, I was at the Nickelback concert on Thursday night along with over 6,100 of my closest friends. It was one hell of a show with The Trews and Three Days Grace opening up. The 4-hour show was worth every penny that I paid for my tickets. That’s my one concert this year, but with a Great Big Sea tour expected in the fall, where they say that they will play any hockey rink. Bar or rec room that their equipment will fit into, maybe I’ll hit to concerts this year ?



CD’s I’ve actually bought lately include:

Great Big Sea- Something Beautiful* This is an album that takes a few listens to begin to understand, but it grows on you. Does it measure up to the greatness that are Up or Play? I don’t think so, but it goes on my list ahead of Turn, the CD that I consider to be the weakest of the GBS catalogue.


Five for Fighting- The Battle for Everything. More of the same for John Ondrasik, and there is not a thing wrong with that. “100 Years” was a good choice for a lead single.


Three Days Grace- Before seeing these guys in concert, I don’t think I’d of gone across the street to get this album. After seeing them in concert, I don’t think that the CD will leave my stereo for a while.


I’ve also got the Mick Foley DVD from amazon.ca and was impressed by the great WWF/WWE matches that were on it. However, I was a little disappointed by some of the choices that were made in the WCW/ECW matches. Where is the powerbomb match from WCW Saturday Night? The Funk/Cactus Jack Match from ECW when The Public Enemy got covered with chairs. I’m hoping for a volume 2


I managed to get a copy of the Monday Night Wars DVD from supernova. Without the extras, it is one of the best DVD’s they have come out with. The WWE was very fair when it came to WCW, which was a lot of what people were worried about.


Some websites to check out:

http://www.nationstates.net

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php


Well, I guess that’s enough for now. Keep checking back, you never know when I’ll be back.


CD/Dok

So I'm in a Royal Rumble Pool at the Seadawg's Forum. I got Number 3

1988- Butch Reed (First Person Eliminated)
1989- Andre The Giant (Eliminated Himself)
1990- Marty Janetty
1991- Greg Valentine
1992- Ric Flair (Won The Whole Damn Thing)
1993- Papa Shango (First Man eliminated)
1994- Rick Steiner
1995- Eli Blu
1996- Bob Backlund (First Man Eliminated)
1997- Razor Ramon 2 (First Man Eliminated)
1998- Tom Brandi (First Man Eliminated)
1999- Golga (First Man Eliminated)
2000- Headbanger Mosh (First Man Eliminated)
2001- Matt Hardy
2002- Big Bossman (First Man Eliminated)
2003- Christopher Nowinski

So out of 16 rumbles, I've won it once and been the first man eliminated 8 times.

Pro Wrestling Torch - News Leader Since 1987

Test

TheSmartMarks Forums -> Replying in Crash Holly passes away

First off and most important, RIP Crash, I always enjoyed the 24/7 and the super Heavyweight gimmicks.

Now, I've read through all the posts in this thread and have this to say.

Wrestlers get into this business to wrestle. If giving them two months off were to happen, all that would mean is some independents would have some great shows for those two months. Some would take the time off, but most would take the oppertunity to moake a few extra dollars. It's just not going to happen.

It's not Vince's fault that this is happening. You cannot watch that amount of people 24/7, as others have stated. It comes down to choices that people make. Vince is not standing over them throwing pills down their mouth or buying them a bottle of rum. If they choose to take those pills or have those drinks. It's on thier own head.

With Steroids, It's almost an occupational hazard, but as long as there are people who want to see the "super Human" bodies and people who are willing to do whatever it takes to get themselves there, they will be a problem. No one takes them without knowing what could/will happen. Once again, it's a choice.

Regulation is not going to help, commissions and inquirys are not going to matter. The only thing that is going to change what happens in this business that we all love is changing the type of people that decide to make thier living at it.