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Selling part of my life away today

As the title states, I sold part of my life today. I've been an avid comic book collector since about the age of 5. I'm faced with hard and pressing times concerning money right now, and I had to find a way to get money very quickly.   It sucks, but I'm a grown man, and I have to make sacrifices to make end's meat. And since I don't have steady employment, selling things is a short term fix while I locate employment.   Just in case you're wondering, here's what I sold:   Incredible Hulk # 181, 340 Giant Size X-Men # 1 Iron Fist # 14 Uncanny X-Men #'s 136, 137, 141, 142, 266, 282, 304 X-Men #'s: 25, 30, 150 Wolverine: #'s 10, 75, and a few others Daredevil: 1st apperance of Bullseye, death of Elecktra, and a few others   I also sold ALL of my graphic novels, such as: Weapon X, Daredevil Visionaries 1 - 4, Batman: Dark Knight Returns, Kingdom Come, Watchmen, etc.   All in all, a wonderful, and amazing comic book collection spanning 16 years.
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Zodiac

I am patiently awaiting the release of this movie. The director, Kevin Fincher also made Fight Club and Se7en, two of my top ten favorite movies. The preview alone has guranteed my viewing, let along Fincher directing it.
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Relationships

I'm very content with my relationship right now. As of February 2nd, 2007, I've been with my girlfriend for eight months. If you count the time we were hanging out, it's closer to eight and a half months. Yeah, not exactly the longest time to be with someone, but it's the longest relationship I've ever been in.   From the start, I knew she was different than the rest. I've been with my share of women, and none of them ever made me feel actually happy, except for her. She is everything I have ever wanted, and ever needed. There is nothing in this world I would not do for her, or am not willing to do for her. I am 100% completely devoted and commited to her.   We moved in together last month, on the third. Everyone said it was too soon, and that we wouldn't last a week living together. Well, we've proved them ALL wrong. I've never been so happy to wake up in the morning, and see her laying next to me. A long time ago, I used to not care if I woke up again, but that's all a distant nightmare.   I took things a giant leap on January 13th, and asked her to marry me. And, she said yes. It's on the wraps right now, because I haven't asked her father yet, I am very traditional, and so is she. Plus, I don't have the engagement ring to give to her yet. We are planning on making it official this summer, probably around our One year anniversary.   I love her! Totally, and completely love her.
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Starting things off

I'm certainly not new to TSM, but I am not very well known among the public of TSM either.   Welcome to my blog, if anybody is just so happening to read this, thanks for taking the time to do so, I appreciate it.   On to my first subject, the 2006 NCAA College Basketball Tournament. I didn't enter any competition, or any betting circles, nothing like that. I usually don't. And since I can't really actively watch all that much college basketball, let alone television, I don't see the point in losing money, or just getting mad over it. Whatever. I did, however fill out the brackets. Most of my guesses were based off of heresay, general knowledge, the teams stats and standings, etc.   Here's my sweet sixteen breakdown:   Duke, LSU, Iowa, Texas, Memphis, Kansas, Gonzaga, UCLA, Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee, Villanova, Nevada,Florida, and Ohio St.   Nevada has already been eliminated, so, yeah.   My Elite Eight:   Connecticut, North Carolina, Villanova, Ohio St, Duke, Texas, Kansas, and Gonzaga.   Final Four: North Carolina, Ohio St, Gonzaga, and Duke.   I then have NC and Gonzaga in the finals, with Gonzaga winning. Yeah, it's certainly a long shot, but I have faith in Gonzaga. They've pulled off upsets, and are a great team.
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Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA 12/2/2006: Review

This is my first review / play-by-play.       "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA 12/2/06 NOAH - Yokohoma Bunka Gymnasium - 3,800 Fans   Handshake of respect is given. Danielson works over the arm for the beginning of the match, a very lengthy feel out process. Danielson is so good at tearing down body parts, rendering them completely useless. Kenta tries to do some of his own arm work, but Danielson will have none of it using a back bridge and then a dropkick to get Kenta off of him. Danielson leg scissors Kenta's head, which Kenta gets out of and slaps Danielson in the face, heelish prick. Danielson doesn't take to it too kindly ripping into Kenta's arm again, and then slapping him in the face.   Kenta with elbows, Danielson with stiff european uppercuts. A very quick whip and drop sequence follows with Danielson pulling out a neat combo of hip toss followed directly with a sweet armbar, Kenta reaches the ropes. Danielson does the classic armbreaker over his shoulder, and then between his legs, and my favorite, putting his arm resting on his wrist on the mat and stomping it. Danielson gets a one count for his fantastic arm work so far. Kenta comes back with some swift, stiff kicks to Danielson's chest, and then his back for a one count. Kenta with a side headlock on the mat, for a while. Danielson gets to the ropes, no clean break for him as Kenta kicks him in the chest, and then hit him with a slow swinging neck breaker for a 2 count. Kenta now puts danielson in the head scissors, and in a funny spot, with Kenta on his stomach, they both start screaming and Danielson pops his head out between Kenta's leg. Wow. With Kenta on his stomach, Danielson goes for the surf board stretch, but Kenta refuses to give him his hands, so in an awesome spot, Danielson grinds his knuckles into Kenta's kidney area. Now that he has control of his arms he prepares to swing back with a "whoa...whoa" which is funny. As soon as he falls back he puts him in the dragon sleeper for a quick second, and then a one handed push back choke.   Danielson goes back for a surf board, but just jumps stomping both legs in the process. Danielson with another swank european uppercut, over the shoulder arm breakers. Kenta gets fired up and dishes out a quick couple elbow shots and knees to the midsection, and then tries to suplex Danielson who blocks it with a takedown armbar. Kenta cannot reach the ropes for a few seconds, Danielson holds on even though he's told to break, and then tells the ref he has until five. That was awesome. More over the shoulder arm breakers and then a back suplex for 2. Back to the dragon sleeper, with an added twist, putting Kenta's right arm inbetween his legs and sitting down. Kenta reaches the ropes. Danielson with another european uppercut, and a couple of Benoit style head butts. Danielson with a butterfly suplex into a armbar. That was cool. Damn, more over the shoulder arm breakers. Danielson whips Kenta into the corner, charges, gets the boot, Kenta runs off the ropes and get floored with a back elbow. Danielson goes for a suplex, but Kenta floats over and Danielson runs the ropes into a powerslam by Kenta, no cover.   Kenta with a running yakuze kick. Kenta with an elbow smash, charges d\Danielson gets a boot to the face, Danielson climbs the ropes and dives at Kenta, and eats a cutter (diamond cutter) for a 2 count. Kenta with strikes, spin kick, springboard dropkick for another 2 count. Backs Danielson into the corner and gives him some elbows. Whips Danielson into the other corner, and Danielson runs the turnbuckle does a backflip over Kenta landing behind him, Kenta charges and takes a nasty push down backbreaker. Danielson with the stalling diving head BUTT for a 2 count. A quick pin sequence follows, sunset flips, roll overs, etc, all for 2. Danielson tries to sunset flip Kenta, but gets slapped in the face yet again, and then gets a fisherman buster for his troubles for a 2 count. Kenta climbs the ropes and mocks Danielson, he'll soon regret that, Kenta dives and eats Danielson's boot. Danielson looks pissed. Kenta has rolled onto the apron, and Danielson tries to suplex him back into the ring, but Kenta counters and suplexs him out of the ring to the floor. Kenta tries to baseball slide, Danielson side steps and gives Kenta a LARIATOOOO~! knocking Kenta over the guardrail. Danielson gets back in the ring and shows his flying skills clearing the guardrail nailing Kenta with a springboard crossbody splash. Danielson landed badly, hurting his left knee. Kenta looks pretty shaken up as well. Danielson is having trouble standing at this point. Ref is counting. 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 Danielson is in 19 - Kenta is in.   Danielson with a top rope dropkick. He kips up and screams in agony hopping on one leg, yet charges at Kenta at full speed giving him a diving elbow. Danielson goes for a top rope move, but Kenta hits his leg and pushes him off, and Danielson charges back and gets a boot to the face, and then a spinning ddt over the ropes. Kenta spring boards at Danielson, who ducks, and botches a german suplex. Looked like he wanted to do a release, but Kenta doesn't do the necessary flip. so, Danielson quickly covers up the mistake and makes a bridge and gets a slow 2 count. Danielson runs the ropes and get a calf dropkick to the side of his head, Kenta follows up with a texas cloverleaf. Kenta must be watching Dean Malenko lately. Danielson reaches the ropes and takes a german suplex for two, still holding his knee. Kenta with some strikes, and goes for a spinning chop, Danielson ducks and gives Kenta a bridging back suplex while underhooking his left leg for a two count. Danielson ascends the turnbuckle, Kenta gives chase jumping right up to him, Danielson in yet another sweet spot slips through Kenta's leg and gets up behind him and gives him a top rope back suplex for 2 3/4. Danielson wastes no time and locks Kenta into the cattle multilation. Kenta is in the hold for about ten seconds before he reaches the ropes and Danielson releases the hold and immedaitely grabs his knee. Nice sequence of spots.   Slugfest time, Danielson's european uppercuts vs. Kenta's elbows. Danielson then does a running head BUTT, and Kenta with a running yakuze kick, Danielson with another running head BUTT, and then another. Those looked sick as hell, especially the last one.   Danielson now with the crossface chicken wing. Kenta with a leg takedown using his leg, which is cool. Kenta puts on the texas cloverleaf again, but small pakaged after a few seconds for a 2 count, and a round of aplouse. Slapping contest, and a kitchen sink by Danielson, followed up by 20 elbows strikes to Kenta's neck, yes, twenty. Danielson gets the cattle multilation on again, but doesn't like his positioning, so he releases, rolls Kenta over with a spinning headlock and reapplies the cattle multilation! That was incredible. Kenta reaches the ropes again, and is selling his neck. Danielson does the Benoit cut throat. Danielson goes for the tiger suplex, Kenta counters and goes for the go 2 sleep, Danielson counters and hits the tiger suplex for 2 3/4. Danielson goes for the cattle multilation again but Kenta rolls with him and pins Danielson for a 2 3/4 count. Wow. Double running yakuza kicks, Kenta with a flapjack lift into cutter again, Kenta with a combo of strikes and a Busaiku Knee Kick for 2 3/4. Kenta starts running the ropes going for it again, but Danielson moves and victory rolls with a bridge for 2, school boy for 2. Elbow strike fest, Danielson with a rolling elbow, Kenta goes for rolling elbow, but Danielson ducks and goes for the backslide, Kenta flips over and gives Danielson three Kawada style kicks to the head, and then hoists Danielson up on his shoulders, GO 2 SLEEP~! Danielson takes it to the chest, and is out on his feet, cover, 1 - 2 - 3! WINNER: KENTA in 25:21.   Wow. That was a great match. Felt like a AJPW 1990's heavyweight match, with the big moves, solid mat work, good heat, pretty decent selling at times, and them busting their asses for over 25 minutes. A very solid, re-watchable match. ****1/2   They (NOAH) should really consider having Danielson tour more often, well, once he returns from his injury. Danielson is easily in the top ten, possibly top five wrestlers in the world right now.
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Employee of the Month

I laughed my ass off watching this movie last night.   It's gotten horrible reviews, and didn't do so well at the box office, regardless of all of that, I throughly enjoyed this movie last night.   Dane Cook is hilarious, a comediac genious. Jessica Simpson is absolutely gorgeous, and plays her part fairly well. Andy Dick is awesome as the legally overly blind co-worker / weird and estranged friend, and Dax Shepherd plays his crazy cashier role to a tee.   Most won't like this flim, however, if you want a good laugh, watch this movie.
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Stolen from kkk's blog

This is fucking ridiculous to say the least.   Okay, a person died. People die every day. I had to look this up, but per 1,000 people, the death rate is 8.26 daily. Not so bad, eh? But considering the United States population (as of July 2006 est) of 298,444,215 that 8.26 / 1,000 comes out to: a whole lot of fucking people (Math is my subpar subject).   Very quickly, the country known for freedom is going to become a country not known for freedom. What's next? Walking and talking, walking and blinking, seriously.   Don't get me wrong, I see the point they are trying to make, but banning something because of a few deaths is absurd. Why not ban fast food? You know, since America outranks any other country with heart disease and obesity, as well as suicide related deaths, depression, incarceration rate, total number of incarcerated / under correctional supervision, over 300,000 homeless, cannot protect our own borders yet rebuilding a country we're at war with, gas prices crippling the non-rich popullation, having no middle class, etc. Why not fix those problems?   Or is it just baby steps right now?
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Interest in wrestling

Since January 3rd, 2005 my wrestling watching has gone from a solid 100% down to 0. I never watch wrestling anymore. Not because I've lost interest, or don't like wrestling anymore. I don't have a VCR player, or a very good television. But, I've been compiling a list of matches and shows I want to get ahold of, mostly older 80's NWA, and old AJPW (pre-split).   NWA from the 80's and 90's AJPW are the greatest periods of wrestling, that I have seen. I'm gonna try and get into Joshi, again. I was turned off by it the first time, the screeching of the women is so annoying to me, eh.
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Eh, looks like my tournament dreams are over.....

Yeah, like totally, my brackets are beyond fucked up, it's gotten so ridiculous. I usually do pretty well at this stuff too, heh.   My sweet sixteen, elite eight, final four, and the championship game rounds have been altered, a lot.   Missed the sixteen: UNC - Ohio St. - Kansas - Nevada - Iowa - Illinois   Eliminated from the eight: UNC - Ohio St. - Kansas   Not going to show up for the four: UNC - Ohio St.   Unauthorized absence from the champ game: UNC   Eh, looks like I'm waiting for next year.
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A lot of everything

Hmm...where to start this time.   A little about my current status. I am still fucked up. Most of you aren't familar with what's wrong with me. I suffered a heat stroke last August in a field operation at Camp Lejeune. I had been operating off of no sleep, little food, and piss warm water to drink. It was really hot and humid this particular day, lucky me. I was in full combat load, around 120 pounds of gear on my person, and I was running full throttle for close to three miles. My body couldn't take the pressure, and I collapsed. The heat-regulaters in my body couldn't handle the overload of heat, and it shut me down, litterally. I woke up two days later. When I awoke I was told I was very lucky I was alive, and that I was severely and nearly gravely injured. The stress from the heat stroke caused some serious damage to my body. The entire lest side of my body was crippled for one of the days I was unconscious. A large hole was ripped into my heart from the stress as well, since strokes attack muscles, and your heart is a muscle. It didn't stop there. After the hole was ripped, it formed an anuyersm. That continues to fuck me up to this day. My body also can no longer regulate temperature. If I get too warm, I'll black out. This happens all of the time.   Currently, I am pending a medical seperation from the United States Marine Corps. I have accepted this. I'm looking forward to my future, and I have many opportunities ahead of me. I want to go to college and become a school teacher.   I've been listening to a lot of Incubus, and Alter Bridge as of late. They've really grown on me. I think they're really good bands. Our Lady Peace continues to be my favorite however.   I've been watching more, and more wrestling. I'm getting back into the thick of things. I just wish there were more options on television when it comes to wrestling. I've never been too impressed with TNA, and I like the WWF, but there needs to be more variety.   Ever since I turned 21, I've been getting drunk every night, and I love it. Plus, I'm on leave right now, so I don't have to be up before the sun is up.
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Recently watched movies

The Departed: Martin Scorsese - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 93% - I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I waited nearly two weeks to rent, since it was out every time I went to the movie store. I'm not a huge Dicaprio fan, but he was pretty fucking brillant in his role, as was Nicholson as the absurdly calm, yet insane mob lord. Matt Damon is eh, as is Wahlberg, regardless of their performances this movie is Highly recommended. The ending is a twist I never thought I'd see coming.   The Prestige: Christopher Nolan - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 74% - I definitely do not agree with the RTR, I really, really liked this movie. Bale and Jackman were superb in their roles, and you could feel the hatred between the two men, the revenge, the race to see who was the better man / magician. I loved the ending, I thought it was going to end a different way, but the twist was perfect. Again, highly recommended.   Babel: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 68% - I'm indifferent towards this movie. I hugely disliked anything with the Japanese deaf / mute girl, and the Mexican babysitter. I realise the connection between them, however it was absurd the amount of time they received compared to Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchette. This is dubbed as Pitt's "best film performance" my response: go watch Se7en, Fight Club, and Troy before making those claims. Not recommended.   Marie Antoinette: Sofia Coppola - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 53% - I thoroughly hated this movie. The fiancee wanted to watch it, so instead of hearing her complain about how we never watch the movies she wants to watch, I watched. Dunst isn't even that nice to look at, and I'm pretty sure that's not how it really happened. Fuckin' hollywood and it's lame ass alterted movies.
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Wednesday + Thursday = greatness

Indeed.   Wednesday: Valentine's Day. My fiancee got me a red rose, a gorilla w/ boxing gloves (teddy bear), my favorite gum, and a heart shaped baloon. My best Valentine's Day to date. I didn't really get her a present considering the food I bought for us for dinner, I did get her a romantic card though. I cooked two lobster tails, one was a 13 oz, and the other was 9 oz. I also cooked Two pounds of King Crab legs, and shrimp, along with a baby spinach salad. Dinner was amazing, with candles, the mood and atmosphere was out of this world! One of my fondest memories, and happiest times ever. We went out to the bar, and she got drunk, and I waited to get toasted until we got home, I decided to be the DD last night.   Thursday: Had a job interview at Red Lobster. It went fantastic, I was immediately offered a position, at $8.50 an hour, which is a $1 pay cut for me, HOWEVER, I'll be working full-time, AND far less wear and tear on my car. I don't even need to drive to work, considering it's right across the street from me. Ten minutes ago, I called my father, he told me I had some mail at my old house, and I asked him to open it up and read it to me. I'm going to college for State Corrections, and the MDOC sent me an interview request for March, 7th. I am psyched. Things are starting to look great.   And on a lesser note, I've been watching a ton of pre-split AJPW, and it's amazing.
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