I walked 3.1 miles yesterday and hit my goal for walking 10 miles for the week. Today starts a new week and I may or may not get a chance to walk today. It will depend on how my afternoon pans out. I'm hoping to sneak in 1.5 to 2 miles with some luck and good planning though.
More Dungeon Defenders this morning. The game continues to keep me on my toes as I was attacked by my first boss this morning. It wasn't a huge disaster like the first ogre was though. I had a far better understanding of the game and my towers and the boss was taken down with relative ease. The game is now expanding to having to defend two crystals. I believe that this break provides a good opportunity for me to stop and grind a few levels. I think going forward at level 12 would be a good idea.
I went and visited my friend Justin last night. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing as we hadn't seen each other for several months. We live very different lives at this point. I'm married and working and he owns a store that takes up 100% of his attention. Justin has the right attitude about it though. He understands that life just gets in the way sometimes and that you can mean to text, call or visit all you want but sometimes it just slips by the wayside. I know I can always text and visit no matter how long it's been and we pick right back up where we left off.
Actually, those are the people I keep up with the most. Some friends really lay a guilt trip on me for getting busy and disappearing for awhile. That tends to lead to me just avoiding them because I'm busy and I don't need to hear it. I try to fit people in and sometimes that means some passage of time. I don't need to feel guilty about the fact that I have a life and I can't constantly be in contact with people.
Rant over there. It was nice to get out and hang out with a bunch of guys though. I work with all women and I'm married so I spend most of my time around women. Sometimes it's just nice to be around a bunch of guys and just let loose a little.
I'm going to try and visit my friend more. As I wrote about last week, I'm treating life like it's short and finite. That means no more putting off things like driving a bit to visit my friend at his store.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Warren Sapp files for bankruptcy
Click here to read the story.
This has been kind of a common trend the last year or so. Allen Iverson and Charles Rogers are in the same boat as far as their finances. I always have the same question when this comes up...
what the hell did you do with all of that money?!?!
The guy played 13 years in the NFL and he made at least 30 million dollars playing football. It's ridiculous to think that he couldn't live off of that money for a long time. I wish more of these guys would make better use of their money and hire a financial planner right off the bat. You can still buy nice stuff and be saving money for the future. I guess people will never learn.
This has been kind of a common trend the last year or so. Allen Iverson and Charles Rogers are in the same boat as far as their finances. I always have the same question when this comes up...
what the hell did you do with all of that money?!?!
The guy played 13 years in the NFL and he made at least 30 million dollars playing football. It's ridiculous to think that he couldn't live off of that money for a long time. I wish more of these guys would make better use of their money and hire a financial planner right off the bat. You can still buy nice stuff and be saving money for the future. I guess people will never learn.
Dungeon Defenders, Exercise and Stuff...
I took a 2.5 mile walk last night to bring my weekly total to 7 miles on the week. I also hit a new low on my weight to bring my weight loss total to 16 lbs. total. Sickness and a funeral made the transition from 15 to 16 take a really long time unfortunately. But I feel like I'm back on track and ready to start cutting into the other 72 lbs. that I have on the slate to lose over how long it takes. I'm currently trying to talk myself into a 3 mile walk today so I can retire this week at an even 10 walked.
My fitness level is in a really good place. I didn't even blink after my walk last night and when I started in January I was pretty winded after a mile. I'll never be able to run because my knees are trashed but I'm fine with walking and eventually biking.
A week or two ago I bought Dungeon Defenders off of Steam. It's a tower defense game with a lot of RPG elements attached to it. I'm not a huge fan of tower defense games. They always seem like a good concept but I never really find myself sticking with them. I think I hit that inevitable point where I just can't manage my defenses well enough to handle the mass of enemies coming at me.
Dungeon Defenders and I have done a dance for several months. I would see it on Steam, watch the trailer and like what I saw, then decide against it because tower defense games and I don't end well together. Finally, it was on sale for $7 on weekend so I took the dive and bought it. I've slowly added some of the DLC over the course of a few weeks too.
I'm actually really enjoying the game. The tower defense portions are really played down in this game. You have your character, one of four classes in the regular game but you can add probably 5-6 classes through DLC. You set up your defenses and then open the gates. The difference here is that you can use your character to also battle the invading enemies. So if your defenses fail or aren't enough you still have your character to defeat the enemies that broke through.
It also has a lot of loot drops during the missions which I like. Most of it is useless but you get one or two useful pieces of equipment per mission. You can also level up your gear as time progresses as well. Usually a new piece of useful gear means sitting there and thinking about the merits of it over what you have. I like the strategic thinking involved with your equipment in this game vs. the obvious choices other games presents tuo you.
The game does keep you on your toes. The first time an ogre showed up I was not prepared for it and it cost me the mission. The second time, I approached the mission with the specific purpose of beating the ogre and I pulled it off. I'm looking forward to putting some more time into the game.
My fitness level is in a really good place. I didn't even blink after my walk last night and when I started in January I was pretty winded after a mile. I'll never be able to run because my knees are trashed but I'm fine with walking and eventually biking.
A week or two ago I bought Dungeon Defenders off of Steam. It's a tower defense game with a lot of RPG elements attached to it. I'm not a huge fan of tower defense games. They always seem like a good concept but I never really find myself sticking with them. I think I hit that inevitable point where I just can't manage my defenses well enough to handle the mass of enemies coming at me.
Dungeon Defenders and I have done a dance for several months. I would see it on Steam, watch the trailer and like what I saw, then decide against it because tower defense games and I don't end well together. Finally, it was on sale for $7 on weekend so I took the dive and bought it. I've slowly added some of the DLC over the course of a few weeks too.
I'm actually really enjoying the game. The tower defense portions are really played down in this game. You have your character, one of four classes in the regular game but you can add probably 5-6 classes through DLC. You set up your defenses and then open the gates. The difference here is that you can use your character to also battle the invading enemies. So if your defenses fail or aren't enough you still have your character to defeat the enemies that broke through.
It also has a lot of loot drops during the missions which I like. Most of it is useless but you get one or two useful pieces of equipment per mission. You can also level up your gear as time progresses as well. Usually a new piece of useful gear means sitting there and thinking about the merits of it over what you have. I like the strategic thinking involved with your equipment in this game vs. the obvious choices other games presents tuo you.
The game does keep you on your toes. The first time an ogre showed up I was not prepared for it and it cost me the mission. The second time, I approached the mission with the specific purpose of beating the ogre and I pulled it off. I'm looking forward to putting some more time into the game.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Opening Day Tomorrow!
Well, technically the season started last week as Oakland and Seattle played a 2 game series in Japan. Plus Miami and St. Louis square off tonight. I have the day off work tomorrow and I plan to gorge myself on baseball to kick the season off right. I invested in the MLB.tv package so I get all of the games on my PS3 in HD for the affordable price of $125.
I started my baseball season off last night by watching the first 5 innings of the first Seattle/Oakland game from Japan. Felix Hernandez started a little slow but the Oakland offense was too inept to really take advantage of it. What did I take away from the 5 innings of play? Seattle and Oakland have really bad offenses. Which kind of surprises me on the Seattle front. They've had offensive woes for years and years now. Really, I don't think their offense has ever really been the same since A-Rod left almost a decade ago. Seattle has kind of been the masters at throwing a ton of money at the wrong players. Oakland, who knows.
I plan to watch the second game of their Japan trip and Miami/St. Louis before the season kicks off tomorrow. I'm fairly excited for the Miami/St. Louis games because the teams have had a lot of turnover since last year.
Of course, the main event is the Cincinnati Reds tomorrow.
I started my baseball season off last night by watching the first 5 innings of the first Seattle/Oakland game from Japan. Felix Hernandez started a little slow but the Oakland offense was too inept to really take advantage of it. What did I take away from the 5 innings of play? Seattle and Oakland have really bad offenses. Which kind of surprises me on the Seattle front. They've had offensive woes for years and years now. Really, I don't think their offense has ever really been the same since A-Rod left almost a decade ago. Seattle has kind of been the masters at throwing a ton of money at the wrong players. Oakland, who knows.
I plan to watch the second game of their Japan trip and Miami/St. Louis before the season kicks off tomorrow. I'm fairly excited for the Miami/St. Louis games because the teams have had a lot of turnover since last year.
Of course, the main event is the Cincinnati Reds tomorrow.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The mystery of life...
Okay, not really. I just couldn't think of another title for this post.
Kelly discovered a bike trail near our house over the weekend and we decided to do a little exploring tonight. We walked 1.8 miles and crossed a bridge over a sizable creek and there was also a cemetery off the trail but we decided to not put in another mile worth of walking tonight. That puts me off to a good start this week as I've walked 4.5 miles thus far and it's only Tuesday.
My fitness level is up and I'm easily logging 2-3 miles of walking compared to what walking a mile was in January. My weight loss stalled because of a sickness followed by a death in the family but I'm still going strong. It's April, I'm in good shape and I'm ready to tackle even more weight loss in the coming months. I have a long way to go but I've got my body ready to do it.
As a follow up to my post yesterday, this is what my wife wrote on her Facebook fitness group page Virtual Workout Buddies:
As you can see, we've both kind of caught the carpe diem fever after last week. I half jokingly told my wife after our walk that it was hard to not turn this blog into a blog about seizing the day. So I might to a degree. It's kind of my new mission in life. Last week was like having my eyes opened for the first time to what I was doing wrong in life. You can hear those seize the day words a million times but it really takes something extra to bring those words home to roost. I received my message loud and clear.
Today I seized the day and went for an adventure with my wife. Now I plan to go outside and read and watch the rest of the As/Mariners game from Japan last week.
Kelly discovered a bike trail near our house over the weekend and we decided to do a little exploring tonight. We walked 1.8 miles and crossed a bridge over a sizable creek and there was also a cemetery off the trail but we decided to not put in another mile worth of walking tonight. That puts me off to a good start this week as I've walked 4.5 miles thus far and it's only Tuesday.
My fitness level is up and I'm easily logging 2-3 miles of walking compared to what walking a mile was in January. My weight loss stalled because of a sickness followed by a death in the family but I'm still going strong. It's April, I'm in good shape and I'm ready to tackle even more weight loss in the coming months. I have a long way to go but I've got my body ready to do it.
As a follow up to my post yesterday, this is what my wife wrote on her Facebook fitness group page Virtual Workout Buddies:
My family suffered a tragedy this week. The lesson was clear. We don't have tomorrow, we have today. That's it. I want to be proud of all of my todays.The year is a quarter of the way over. What have you accomplished? What are your goals for the next three months? I am going to be getting my April goals ready this week, please share yours as well. We can do whatever we put our minds to, so it is time to get to it. At least for me.
As you can see, we've both kind of caught the carpe diem fever after last week. I half jokingly told my wife after our walk that it was hard to not turn this blog into a blog about seizing the day. So I might to a degree. It's kind of my new mission in life. Last week was like having my eyes opened for the first time to what I was doing wrong in life. You can hear those seize the day words a million times but it really takes something extra to bring those words home to roost. I received my message loud and clear.
Today I seized the day and went for an adventure with my wife. Now I plan to go outside and read and watch the rest of the As/Mariners game from Japan last week.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Dreaming, Life, etc...
Lots of life events happened for Kelly and me last week. Most of them were negative as there was a death in the family and we spent from Tuesday till Saturday dealing with the initial ramifications of that death.
This death for me really hit on some cords that had been swirling around in my head for a couple of months previous. Namely, I gave up on dreaming and aspiring a long time ago. I tend to think this happened when I started working full time. I started making some money and life was comfortable. I had friends, a life of sorts and money to buy and do things with. Dreams kind of went out the window as I became comfortable and complacent.
Now, don't get me wrong. I went out and achieved a modest amount of success for myself past that. I bought a house, I jumped from a blue collar to a white collar job and I of course married my beautiful wife Kelly. All of this was good and I'm proud of where I've gotten in life. Not everyone ever achieves what I've pulled off at 31.
But, where are my greater dreams. I've always wanted to write a book and continue putting it off. I want to travel and see the world. Why did I suddenly give up on those dreams? Why is it that when my wife asked what my dream job is did I just stare at her stupidly and not have an answer? I honestly don't know and I'm slowly trying to weed through it all in my head.
On top of that, I've been taking being alive for granted. I think we as humans tend to think we have more time on this Earth than we really do. We measure our lives in the metrics of years and decades. That leads us to put things off because there's always tomorrow or next year. This also leads us to let the little stresses of day to day life overwhelm us and we forget the now. How many times have I had a bad day and shut myself off from Kelly or the dog or my family in general? My honest answer is, more times than I'm comfortable with.
Now I see how I should view life. Life should be measured in days and seconds. You can do all the exercise you want, you can eat all the right things, you can be rich or poor but the truth of the matter is... none of it matters. Those things effect your quality of life but none of them will save you when your time comes. Your time is your time and it could come at any time. I could live to be 90 or I could die when I'm 32 of some unknown disease hiding within my body.
The moral of this story is. My life is short. I don't necessarily have those decades that I anticipated having. I might only have days or weeks in reality. I need to live my life as though that's the case. I need to chase my dreams with the fiery passion of someone that has a limited time on this planet. I need to get off my ass and write my book. And I need to remember that my job is just there as a means to feed myself and keep the lights on. My wife Kelly, my family, my friends and my passions are why I'm here. My job is just a place I go for 8 hours a day to fuel my true reasons for living. I'm not going to sweat the small stuff anymore. Life is too short. I have places to go, dreams to find and a beautiful wife to walk the path of life with.
This death for me really hit on some cords that had been swirling around in my head for a couple of months previous. Namely, I gave up on dreaming and aspiring a long time ago. I tend to think this happened when I started working full time. I started making some money and life was comfortable. I had friends, a life of sorts and money to buy and do things with. Dreams kind of went out the window as I became comfortable and complacent.
Now, don't get me wrong. I went out and achieved a modest amount of success for myself past that. I bought a house, I jumped from a blue collar to a white collar job and I of course married my beautiful wife Kelly. All of this was good and I'm proud of where I've gotten in life. Not everyone ever achieves what I've pulled off at 31.
But, where are my greater dreams. I've always wanted to write a book and continue putting it off. I want to travel and see the world. Why did I suddenly give up on those dreams? Why is it that when my wife asked what my dream job is did I just stare at her stupidly and not have an answer? I honestly don't know and I'm slowly trying to weed through it all in my head.
On top of that, I've been taking being alive for granted. I think we as humans tend to think we have more time on this Earth than we really do. We measure our lives in the metrics of years and decades. That leads us to put things off because there's always tomorrow or next year. This also leads us to let the little stresses of day to day life overwhelm us and we forget the now. How many times have I had a bad day and shut myself off from Kelly or the dog or my family in general? My honest answer is, more times than I'm comfortable with.
Now I see how I should view life. Life should be measured in days and seconds. You can do all the exercise you want, you can eat all the right things, you can be rich or poor but the truth of the matter is... none of it matters. Those things effect your quality of life but none of them will save you when your time comes. Your time is your time and it could come at any time. I could live to be 90 or I could die when I'm 32 of some unknown disease hiding within my body.
The moral of this story is. My life is short. I don't necessarily have those decades that I anticipated having. I might only have days or weeks in reality. I need to live my life as though that's the case. I need to chase my dreams with the fiery passion of someone that has a limited time on this planet. I need to get off my ass and write my book. And I need to remember that my job is just there as a means to feed myself and keep the lights on. My wife Kelly, my family, my friends and my passions are why I'm here. My job is just a place I go for 8 hours a day to fuel my true reasons for living. I'm not going to sweat the small stuff anymore. Life is too short. I have places to go, dreams to find and a beautiful wife to walk the path of life with.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
World Championship Wrestling 1-28-89
Back again as we finish up the month of January for 1989. Just a side note, I've acquired the Clash of the Champions shows and the PPVs for 1989 so I'll throw those in as they happen too.
Results:
Michael P.S. Hayes and Junkyard Dog d. Max McGiver and Bob Emery when Hayes pinned McGiver with the DDT
Butch Reed pinned Alan Kensey with a side headlock
Kendall Windham pinned George South with the Bulldog
Eddie Gilbert pinned Agent Steel with the Hot Shot
Mike Rotunda and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams d. Trent Knight and Mike Jackson when Williams pinned Knight with the Oklahoma Stampede
Ricky Steamboat pinned Russian Assassin #2 with the cross body block
Dick Murdoch pinned Mike Justice with an elbow drop
Lex Luger submits Jerry Price with the Torture Rack
Midnight Express d. Rick Allen and Keith Steinborn when Eaton pins Allen after the Veg-O-Matic
NWA Television Champion Rick Steiner pinned Eddie Sweat with the belly to belly suplex
NWA World Tag Team Champions Road Warriors d. Randy Hogan and Bill Holliday when Hawk pins Holliday after the Doomsday Device
Ivan Koloff submits Gene Miller with the Boston Crab
Overall Thoughts:
Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone were really pushing the Road Warriors as heels during this show and it's still not working. The Road Warriors are doing the exact same act that they were doing as good guys. Why would the fans boo them? Just because they're beating up faces too now? I mean, it's really in character for them to go after anyone that got in their way. Thankfully, they stop this nonsense really soon.
Ricky Steamboat's "I'm doing this for my family" act isn't really working. It makes him seem lame when it should be getting the fans behind him. This act is especially tough to pull off when you're standing across the ring from Ric Flair. Flair's the bad guy here but he flaunts being a bad boy and you kind of grudgingly respect it. As this progresses you'll see how this dynamic really starts to work against Steamboat.
Windham and Flair took out Gilbert this week. It was a nice bit of brutality as Windham held him face down on the cement and Flair dropped a knee to the back of his head.
The Kendall Windham match was hard to sit through. He really just did boring arm work for several minutes before hitting the Bulldog for the win.
Results:
Michael P.S. Hayes and Junkyard Dog d. Max McGiver and Bob Emery when Hayes pinned McGiver with the DDT
Butch Reed pinned Alan Kensey with a side headlock
Kendall Windham pinned George South with the Bulldog
Eddie Gilbert pinned Agent Steel with the Hot Shot
Mike Rotunda and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams d. Trent Knight and Mike Jackson when Williams pinned Knight with the Oklahoma Stampede
Ricky Steamboat pinned Russian Assassin #2 with the cross body block
Dick Murdoch pinned Mike Justice with an elbow drop
Lex Luger submits Jerry Price with the Torture Rack
Midnight Express d. Rick Allen and Keith Steinborn when Eaton pins Allen after the Veg-O-Matic
NWA Television Champion Rick Steiner pinned Eddie Sweat with the belly to belly suplex
NWA World Tag Team Champions Road Warriors d. Randy Hogan and Bill Holliday when Hawk pins Holliday after the Doomsday Device
Ivan Koloff submits Gene Miller with the Boston Crab
Overall Thoughts:
Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone were really pushing the Road Warriors as heels during this show and it's still not working. The Road Warriors are doing the exact same act that they were doing as good guys. Why would the fans boo them? Just because they're beating up faces too now? I mean, it's really in character for them to go after anyone that got in their way. Thankfully, they stop this nonsense really soon.
Ricky Steamboat's "I'm doing this for my family" act isn't really working. It makes him seem lame when it should be getting the fans behind him. This act is especially tough to pull off when you're standing across the ring from Ric Flair. Flair's the bad guy here but he flaunts being a bad boy and you kind of grudgingly respect it. As this progresses you'll see how this dynamic really starts to work against Steamboat.
Windham and Flair took out Gilbert this week. It was a nice bit of brutality as Windham held him face down on the cement and Flair dropped a knee to the back of his head.
The Kendall Windham match was hard to sit through. He really just did boring arm work for several minutes before hitting the Bulldog for the win.
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