1) Damn the Spurs. Damn them to hell. Actually, the game was probably one of the best I've seen in a long time, an extremely close one right up to the final six minutes.
2) I got the Road Warriors retrospective DVD set in the mail yesterday, and, having forgotten how short the LOD's matches were, I ended up watching about seven matches before I even realized it. Among the best of the bunch that I watched so far: The scaffold match vs. the Midnight Express; the AWA title match vs. the Freebirds (featuring the 'birds in rebel flag facepaint and Terry Gordy in all of his methed-out glory); and, their Crockett Cup win over Magnum TA & Ronnie Garvin (sans Garvin Stomp, unfortunately).
3) Teams and matches for the Hennig Memorial will be decided within the week; already announced, defending champs from last year, the Sheik & Redd Foxx. The past two years have brought a cornucopia of death from both the wrestling and the comedian camps, so this should be another good year for lovers of poll-based online tournaments.
4) Welcome to my sleepless night:
+ Now playing: "Project Infinity" - Man or Astro-man? (CD). Much love for "Special Agent Conrad Uno."
+ Seeking on CD on my next trip to Greenville, SC: "Will Rap For Food" - Cunninlyguists; "Stay Sick" - Cramps; "Milk Me" - Beatnuts; "Creative Differences" - Living Legends.
+ Reading: "McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales," edited by Michael Chabon, featuring short stories written by Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, Harlan Ellison & Nick Hornby
+ Cant' wait to read: "Infinite Crisis," the upcoming DC maxi-series that is being pimped as the greatest thing to hit comics since pulp paper.
+ Watching: "Land of the Dead," this weekend. Yes, expect a review.
+ Wanting to watch: "Danger:Diabolik" on DVD, which I ordered from Deep Discount DVD. Was shipped on Jun 9, and has yet to arrive. Italian espionage thrillers are go!!
5) Nate brings the TNA love: PPV line-up for "No Surrender" in July:
+ Raven vs. Abyss (dog collar match; World title)
+ The Naturals vs. Team Canada (tag title)
+ Christopher Daniels vs. Petey Williams (!!!; X title)
+ Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin
+ AJ Styles vs. Sean Waltman (special guest ref: Jerry Lynn)
+ Monty Brown & Billy Gunn vs. 3LK (Killings/Konnan)
(I'm sure there's more to be announced/added.)
TNA has been putting out pretty solid PPVs since Lockdown; Slammiversary looked pretty solid, and this one looks good too ... maybe even worth a first-time order. In fact, the only shows that have been completely god-awful have been (according to my review of the recaps) Final Resolution & Destination X. I'm looking forward to getting "Against All Odds" from Highspots; a decent-looking little show, the Jeff Hammond pin on Frankie Kazarian notwithstanding, the show includes Elix Skipper vs. Petey Williams, AMW vs. Kid Kash & Lance Hoyt; a nice little garbage match betwixt Abyss & Jeff Hardy; and Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles in a 30-min Ironman match. (The sheer volume of wrestling on DVD I will be getting in the next few weeks makes me wish I had more friends that would come over to the house, split the cost of a pizza, and we could just watch wrestling matches all damn the day long. Those were the days, Will ... *sigh* Call me up, whegro.)
6) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that at some point in the next week or so, I hear from the counseling department at Lander University, where I put in a resume for a job opening. I'm very optimistic, not only because the paperwork and demands will likely decrease, but because that will also put me in line for an adjunct professor's position in the psych department. And if I can swing that, I can apply for my Ph.D. and actually be able to work on it.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Miscellany
3 comments:
I've been meaning to ask Nate this: what are your thoughts on the national story that came out of ol' Cocke County recently regarding the huge cock-fighting bust?
Re: the cockfighting bust, I read about it on the internet, and the story on the internet, found here, pretty much made the whole event look like a case of the vile government interfering in the life of the poor hardworking common man, that just happens to like watching chickens kill each other.
In the same story, this pearl of wisdom was dropped (look for the pic of the guy with the "antique roosters): "I can't understand why the FBI brought in all those guns and spent $400,000 to bust all these folks. Hell, one of the local deputies could of gone down there and said, 'Break it up, boys,' and everyone would have just gone home,"
Being here in Morristown, I've seen a lot of coverage of it in the local paper (dunno how it's playing in the Tri-Cities) and that's pretty much the angle that supporters of cock fighting are playing: Downtrodden, Oppressed Locals Demonized by City Slickers. Waaay too many people have defended it as "tradition" using variations of the words and phrases "papaw," "raises roosters," "in my family for years," and the big winner, "it's in their [the roosters'] blood." And "heritage, not hate," too.
Regarding the comment about sending deputies breaking it up, I'd be hard pressed not to imagine that local deputies were there, but not to break it up. I saw this article on the front page of the Tennessean at Food City and this line caught my eye: "There's not a person in the world that displays their honor and will to survive. What man with a broken arm or leg would continue to fight?" UFC, bitch. Get a satellite.
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