The March is on!!

Tomorrow is March, which can only mean one thing...

No, not that. But good guess.

It's the Road to Wrestlemania 25. If you pay attention to WWE, you know that the two main events have esentially been set. It's going to be John Cena/Edge for the World Heavyweight title and Randy Orton/Triple H for the WWE title.

And I'm SO looking forward to it. Not those main events so much, but all the possible match ups on Raw and Smackdown over the next month. Among the potention scenarios:

• Cena vs. Triple H (face vs. face)
  
• Orton vs. Edge (heel vs. heel)
  
• Cena vs. Orton (challenger vs. challenger)
  
• Triple H vs. Edge (champion vs. champion)
  
• Cena and Orton vs. Edge and Triple H (challengers vs. champions)
  
• Cena and Triple H vs. Edge and Orton (not only would it be faces vs. heels, it's a reunion of Rated-RKO)
  
• Cena and Edge vs. Triple H and Orton (World Heavyweight vs. WWE)
  

I'd also like to see some DX vs. Rated-RKO, or maybe some Edge and Christian action, perhaps a six-man tag action with wild cards like Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, The Big Show, the McMahons. That'd be awesome.

Will it happen? Anything's possible. I'm smart enough to see most things coming when I watch WWE programming, but not everything. I'd like to believe that the WWE is also smart enough to get me what I want, but that can be hit-or-miss.

I dunno. We'll just have to wait and see.

More questions than answers...

What really happened to Vince?

What did Edge do this time?

And why did John make another film?

Overkill

You know, I love the guy, I really do. John Cena is the main reason I've been following the WWE for the past two years. He's the absolute best right now. The fire, the passion, the ability, the charisma, the looks, the skills.

And now that he's out with a torn right pectoral tendon, I miss the guy. I really do. It's weird to watch Raw and not see him in the ring. Or without his WWE Championship belt.

However, the WWE is really milking this for everything it's worth. Honestly, I think that's like the sixth video they've posted on their website detailing the injury, surgery, and recovery process. We don't need an update every two weeks. I'm not THAT in love with the guy.

Can't they just wait until after Wrestlemania to hype up his return? I think it can. Leave the guy alone and let him rehab.

NNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Now I know why they call him "The Heartbreak Kid"...

Watch this

Why, Shawn Michaels, why?

Student of the Game

As previously mentioned, I've been watching some WWE lately. And with Wrestlemania 23 just around the corner, I've been wondering, "If I was out there, how would I do it?" Well...

My persona would be a geek-like "Student of the Game". The first few weeks I appeared at the live events, I'd have a variety of tech gadgets (laptop, video camera, etc.) or just a simple notepad and pencil to capture and record data on various matches. Then break down each and every move and match. Gather up a big stack of stats. I'd also ask other wrestlers for advice. Listen to them, learn from them. Know every competitor inside and out. Before performing in my first few matches, I'd share my knowledge with a few guys, each time directly leading them to victory.

I think I'd be a babyface (good guy). Very polite and respectful. Gracious for being given the opportunity to work for the WWE. Depicted by some as a "nerd" for my approach, I might need a bodyguard. Some muscle to protect a guy of my relatively smaller stature. Maybe John Cena (for my similar "hustle and respect" demeanor) or Triple H (aka "The Game", under his tutelage I literally WOULD BE my persona). But I think I would want the only man that would be crazy enough to follow me into pro wrestling.

John Breneman.

With JB, we fight all the way up the ladder to become Tag Team Champs. And we'd hold those belts for a very long time. Say about a year. Then, and I know it would be coming, I just don't know when.... BAM!! He assaults me after a match and turns heel (bad guy). From there, we constantly battle each other. My scientific approach versus his power game. Brains v. brawn. And in an epic, mammoth, historical Wrestlemania main event, I win the WWE Championship.

Totally awesome.

Sigh. If only he was still in Fargo, we could play this out on his XBox 360.

Return of the Fritz

Well, I guess I'll make this official. I'm back.

I've been debating it for a few weeks, but have no had enough desire to take to time to sit at my keyboard to write.

Here's what happened since Dec. 2005:

1. I let World of Warcraft consume my life. Big mistake. Sometimes 6, 8, even 10 hours a day. I never should have accepted the promotion to Guild Master.
2. Parents moved from Hawaii to Colorado. They came to visit twice. Each occurrence was a Thurs.-Tues. weekend.
3. Moved to application development at Phoenix International for about 3 months, before finally getting rolled over to full-time desktop support technician.
4. Improved my Linux-y skills, thanks to my guild website.
5. Preparations to sell my parents' house and move into an apartment.
6. I'm starting to recruit golf buddies for the upcoming summer. I would have picked up golf last summer, but I couldn't spare the roughly $300 investment for golf equipment as a temp.
7. Bought a laptop, so I can sit in my recliner and surf the 'net.
8. Watching Scrubs, Star Trek: Voyager, Adult Swim, House, and WWE Raw. Yes, I know it's fake. That doesn't make it any less entertaining. If you have a problem with that, I got two words for you: SUCK IT!!

I guess that's about it. No guarantee as to how often I'll blog in the near future. Oh well. *shrug*

Come down on the street and dance with me

A big thanks to Rivers Cuomo for unknowingly letting me use one his song lyrics for the title of this post.

You ever seen a shaving commercial? For shaving gel or disposable razors? The guys in those commercials always appear to be shaving with the grain. Now, I do it too. But aren't you supposed to shave against the grain? Tell me about it, 'cuz I'm questioning my own beliefs here.

I can understand not giving idiots who run out onto the playing area at a sporting event the satisfaction of appearing on television, but it's so entertaining when players start beating the hell out of them. Those moments give us some great highlights. Like that time Dick Butkus leveled an idiot at a Bears game. Classic.

Why do they even bother having refs in Pro Wrestling? No one listens to them. They serve no purpose. They can't keep order, especially when more wrestlers join the fracas.

The perfect muffin would be large. Like a half pound or something. Crunchy texture on top, but light and fluffy inside. Sweet and buttery. Warm. And plain. If they make plain muffins... Fruit fillings, like blueberry, are OK if used sparringly. But they usually just get in the way and don't taste so great.

Speaking of which, I just found out that the state muffin of Minnesota is blueberry. Why, oh why, did they need a state muffin? If you're a Minnesotan, you should be ashamed of yourself. Damn kids.

God, they even have a state mushroom. Good lord...

Learn this and other fun facts at Wikipedia. I find it to be a very educational, interesting, and enjoyable site. Learning can be fun. And knowledge is power.

If I threw my unopened bottle of soda out the space shuttle's airlock, what would happen to it? Would it explode open because of the carbon dioxide gas trying to equalize the air pressure on the inside and outside, or explode due to the increase in heat. Would the side of the bottle not facing the sun cool off, like nearly freeze?

Ah, it doesn't matter. I prefer cans. Conversely, beer should be stored in glass bottles. It tastes better, and you'll never know when you need a weapon to defend yourself with in a bar fight.

The person who downloads the 500 millionth iTunes song will win, among other things, 10 iPods. Who came up with this stupid idea? Why would anyone ever need more than 1? Hell, why even give away an iPod at all? If you're buying iTunes, you've probably already got one to begin with. The winner would be better off with $5000 cash. Save him the time from putting them up on eBay.

No need to thank me, I'm just doing my job.