I love my job.....NOT
The greatest picture ever has been removed since I think it was causing my internet to crash when the page loaded...SO sadly it is gone...But I will post a link to it soon so you can witness it in its glory.


I decided over the weekend that I need a new job..anything soon....I'm about to get extremely desperate.


I can't wait for this weekend. Friday night I plan on getting thrown out of the Philies game, saturday morning is shady maple breakfast and then I'm going up to visit my friends at school.....(Sorry I don't have the t-shirts made yet but I'm looking into it.)

Oh well back to That's So Raven....I love that Chelsea girl.....plus I admit it I like it...

This place looks like it needs some lists and maybe some more rants since the one last week was so well received....

- posted by Brian @ 8/31/2004 04:39:00 PM

 
And we rant in 3,2,1......
Every night I am bombarded with news reporta that begin with, "And now the latest on Jim McGreevey (sp?)." Then they proceed to go into several different stories pulling the guys life this way and that. I'm a little sick of it.

The guy came out in the press and announced that he had cheated on his wife with another man and that he was stepping down as Governor becasue of it. That should've ended it but of course it doesn't. Now there are reports that his lover was actually a guy he molested and the guy was going to come forth with a lawsuit which forced the governor to come forward. Then the republicans and democrats decide to fight over whether he should be allowed to resign when he said or should step down now. And Corzine (the guy his party wants to move in) continually says he would run for the position but doesn't wnat to seem like he is pushing the governor out. Then stop talking about it.

Would there be this kind of backlash if it was another woman he'd had an extra-marital affair with. No...(1997-98 proves that). Now some anti-gay activists are protesting the governor's office trying to force him out. People people people, this is not the 1950's---there are many that live their lives as gay women and men, and you know what, like Seinfeld said---THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT......Discussing the rights of gay people can be messy so let's not do that right now just to say I support the right to be gay and I support the right to be critical of it (without trying to impose your beliefs on people or affect normal standing--which is what's happening now) It's a matter of implied rights vs. expressed rights in the Constitution which is another messy discussion.

The protestors say that God would be appalled..Really? You think intergender sex is really his top priority...People are killing each other in this name, people are starving, and he is concerned about who is sleeping who. That kind of sounds a little too soap operaish to me.

What really irks me though is the people that quote the teachings of God and Jesus to support their cause. "It's in the Bible." Where in the Bible does it explicitly talk about this? What happens is people interpret the Bible to their own thoughts which is wrong also. The Bible is a guide--it is not the be all and end all of civilization....

Didn't God and Jesus teach us to love everyone like our brother...70x7...do unto others as you would have them do unto you......faith, hope, and love and the greatest is love...I seriously doubt that they would teach us that but then say shun homosexuals......Can you imagine that gathering in Bethlehem, "Come my children--except you queers..you stay away" I jest but, in all seriousness worry about your own damn problems and don't concern yourself with people's sexual orientation. It's not the breakdown of modern society--it's the evolution of it.

So people in this era of dishonesty in politics I welcome it as a breath of fresh air that a man stepped to a podium looked straight into a camera and told the world, a country, his state, his constituents that he involved himself in an affair and rather than rake his family through the mud he was going to be open and honest about it all and do his best to finish his term and step down....Honesty is it too much to ask

- posted by Brian @ 8/26/2004 06:09:00 PM

 
Another idea
Tonight I watched A Night at the Roxbury and got a sweet idea. Every Halloween I have a horror movie marathon. Usually just myslef watching horror movies for a day or over a week. I also have wrestling watching marathons once a year..Usually around Christmas, and I've been looking to branch out into the summer season.

So I've decided that next year I will have the first Saturday Night Live marathon in July. I will snap up every SNL skit turned into a movie I can find. Everything from Wayne's World to It's Pat.

I'll have to find a list and post the movies on here....Genius---Cheers

- posted by Brian @ 8/21/2004 07:14:00 PM

 
The Hansley Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Review of Miracle
Mark Spitz, Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug- The Summer Olympics are filled with many historic moments for United States Olympians. That's not to say that the Winter Olympics aren's. It's just that one moment stands head and shoulders above the rest as to the best American Olympic moment- the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team. A bunch of college guys and guys who would never amount to much in the NHL bonded together to try and win the gold in Lake Placid.

Kurt Russell plays coach Herb Brooks. Brooks is brought in to make sure the US team does not completely embarass the country hosting the games but he ruffles feathers when he doesn't want to take the players the committee suggests. Brooks instead comes in with his own list of guys and proceeds to take them to shape his squad.

He teaches the guys to play the way he wants them to, (believe in the system he is implementing, and do things his way), he gets them to buy into his strategies (beat the Russians at their own game), and he runs them ragged (highlighted by a marathon skating session after an exhibition game that the players were more concerned with flirting with ladies than playing). The squad has an exhibition game against the hated Russians before the games and get completely smoked also losing a key player to injury.

The Olympics start and the team upsets a heavily favored team in the opening round before heading to the medal round. There they encounter the Russian team and, not that I'm spoiling it, they get the victory that inspired a nation.

What's good is the actors performances. Russell nails his part and you are drawn into the passion his character has. There is little time spent on developing the players characters, but the ones that do get some extended time come through (Eddie Cahill and Noah Emmerich especially). Also the action is very well filmed so you feel like your on the ice. Also the event is still inspiring as even knowing how it would end, I still got chills watching it.

There is nothing overtly bad to say about the film except that Russell sometimes struggles with the Minnesota accent but that's a minor quibble.

Disney is becoming really good at these underdog stories. Miracle is a great followup to their previous movie The Rookie . It is a dramatized account of the event but the event is something special and will never be duplicated ever again since they've now switched to professional athletes. It also represents an event that was more than just a game it was cathartic for a nation that was close to all out Cold War. The movie is great and the DVD is even better. Gotta go full monty on this one....4 out of 4 cups

- posted by Brian @ 8/21/2004 06:44:00 PM

 
Bad Day (Hopefully good coming)
So first this morning I go to the fitness center for my normal routine of treadmill action and some Lizzie McGuire and That's So Raven watching. The fitness center didn't have ABC on this morning instead opting for Nickelodeon on CBS. Being unable to change the channel made it a long hour. Then I went to CVS to buy some things and I saw WaWa girl walk in and pass made with her boyfriend. So there goes some little joy I had in my head on Fridays. So it was a horrible start to the day..

Hopefully my day is turning around as I'm now watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off (The car just went down in the woods), my Red Sox are on Fox at 1 and I have a fantasy football draft at 2...So here's wishing a better end to the day...



P.S. Craig I got some great ideas for this porno. (Hopefully you're stance on porn isn't completely turned yet. Shouldn't have watched the Jenna Jameson special--Humanizing things is never good). We got to discuss a time to get things rolling. I don't think Sundays are gonna work for me since I have to get up for work the next morning.

- posted by Brian @ 8/21/2004 09:02:00 AM

 
Name my Porno
Warning: The following post may offend some readers. If you are easily offended please don't read this.



I came up with the greatest idea for a porno the other day. It's a knockoff of Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas. There is this guy who lives outside the hills where porn takes place. He hates sex and he decides to stop it. So he sneaks into town and steals all the "equipment" used to make porno. So he thinks he's stopped it and then he sees the porno companies start making videos right away and then he decides to join them in the end in one big orgy. The scenes will start normal like, Man on WOman and then get gradually more intense as it goes. The best part is---All the dialogue will rhyme stuff like

I stole all the jellies
I stole all the lubes
I stole all the condoms
and penis pumping tubes.


It is brilliant. Now I just lack money, women, and the time to film it.

- posted by Brian @ 8/17/2004 04:56:00 PM

 
The Top Country Songs on the Radio Right Now
See below post for explanation....I posted this backwards

3. Big and Rich- Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

(intro)
DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DE-DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DAA-DAAAAA
DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DE-DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DAA-DAA-DAA-DAA-DAAAA!
Well, I walk into the room
Passing out hundred dollar bills
And it kills and it thrills like the horns on my Silverado grill
And I buy the bar a double round of crown
And everybody's getting down
An' this town ain't never gonna be the same.
(Chorus:)
Cause I saddle up my horse
and I ride into the city
I make a lot of noise
Cause the girls
They are so pretty
Riding up and down Broadway
on my old stud Leroy
And the girls say
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Everybody says
Save a horse, Ride a cowboy
Well I don't give a dang about nothing
I'm singing and Bling- Blanging
While the girls are drinking
Long necks down!
And I wouldn't trade ol' Leroy
or my Chevrolet for your Escalade
Or your freak parade
I'm the only John Wayne left in this town
And I saddle up my horse
and I ride into the city
I make a lot of noise
Cause the girls
They are so pretty
Riding up and down Broadway
on my old stud Leroy
And the girls say
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Everybody says
Save a horse, Ride a cowboy
(Spoken:)
I'm a thourough-bred
that's what she said
in the back of my truck bed
As I was gettin' buzzed on suds
Out on some back country road.
We where flying high
Fining, whine, having ourselves a big and rich time
And I was going, just about as far as she'd let me go.
But her evaluation
of my cowboy reputation
Had me begging for slavation
all night long
So I took her out gigging frogs
Introduced her to my old bird dog
And sang her every Wilie Nelson song I could think of
And we made love
And I saddled up my horse
and I ride into the city
I make a lot of noise
Cause the girls
They are so pretty
Riding up and down Broadway
on my old stud Leroy
And the girls say
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Everybody says
Save a horse, Ride a cowboy
What? What?
Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy
Everybody says
Save a Horse Ride a cowboy.

2. Trace Adkins- Rough & Ready

Mudgrips - white-tip
Cigar stickin' out of my face
Earnhardt racing sticker on the window
Banged up fender
4x4 - straight pipe roar
Primer and rust all over the door
Scarred up knuckles, Mack belt buckle
White t-shirt - Ain't afraid to work
Got a "what-are-you-looking-at-asshole" smirk

Cold beer, hot wings
Wranglers, Skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack, ball cap
Don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy-toy
I'll rock you steady
Rough and ready

Work boots - one blue suit
Size too small - don't wear at all
Unless somebody kicks - gets hitched
That's a bitch - makes me itch
Up with sun - off on the run
Makin' money money - cause I wanna have fun
5 o'clock whistle - off like a missle
Got a hot date, girl named Kate
Think's I'm cool - 'cause I shoot straight
Ain't one thing about her fake
She's long and tall - and she goes great with

Cold beer, hot wings
Wranglers, Skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack, ball cap
Don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy-toy
I'll rock you steady
Rough and ready

Well you are who you are
And that's all right with me
Well I am who I am
And that's all I can be

Cold beer, hot wings
Wranglers, Skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack, ball cap
Don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy-toy
I'll rock you steady
Rough and ready

Rough and ready
Yeah...me and my buddies are all alike

1. Tim McGraw- Live Like You Were Dying

He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how's it hit you when you get that kinda news
man what'd you do

and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named BluManchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.

He said I was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn't
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin wasn't such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look at what I'd do if I could do it all again and then

I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named BluManchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.

Like tomorrow was a gift
and you got eternity to think about what'd you do with it
what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it'

Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named BluManchu
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I watched an eagle as it was flying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying

- posted by Brian @ 8/11/2004 04:51:00 PM

 
The Best Non-Country Songs on the Radio Right Now
From time to time I like to mention some songs out that I love on the radio I love the ones that sell themselves just by reading the lyrics....But it is worth finding the songs somehow for a listen.......Here are the top 3 non country songs....(caution a long post)

3. Black Eyed Peas- Let's Get Retarded

Let's get retarded, in here...
And the base keeps runnin runnin and runnin and
runnin and runnin and runnin and runnin and runnin and
runnin and runnin and runnin and runnin and runnin and
runnin and runnin and runnin and...
In this context, there's no disrespect, so
when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks
We got five minutes for us to disconnect
from all intellect collect the rhythm effect
Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition
free your inner soul and break away from tradition
Coz when we beat out, girl it's pullin without
You wouldn't believe how we wound shit out
Burn it till it's burned out
Turn it till it's turned out
Act up from north west east south
[Chorus]
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it
Get stupid
Get retarded, get retarded, get retarded
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Yeah
Lose control, of body and soul
Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow
Don't get ahead, just jump into it
Ya'll here a body, two peices to it
Get started, get stupid
You'll want me body people will walk you through it
Step by step, like you're into new kid
Inch by inch with the new solution
Train's been hit, with no delusion
The feelins irresistible and that's how we movin
[Chorus]
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it
Get stupid
Get retarded, get retarded, get retarded
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Yeah
Runnin runnin and runnin runnin and runnin runnin and
runnin runnin and...Come on ya'll let's get...Oohhoo
Aha, let's get oohhoo... in here (right now yeah)
Cookoo, ah ha, let's get, cookoo, in here...Cookoo, ah ha, let's get
cookoo, in here...ow, ow, ow...
ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya...
Let's get ill, that's the deal
At the gate, we'll bring the bud top drill (Just)
Lose your mind this is the time
Ya'll test this drill, Just and bang your spine (Just)
Bob your head like epilepsy, up inside your club or in ya Bentley
Get messy, loud and sick
Ya'll mount past slow mo in another head trip (So)
Come then now do not correct it, let's get pregnant let's get hectic
[Chorus]
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it
Get stupid (Come on)
Get retarded (come one) get retarded (yeah) get retarded
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here (R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D)
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded (woah, woah, woah) in here
Yeah
Oohhoo! Ah ha, oohhoo... in here...
Cookoo, ah ha, cookoo, in here (R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D)
Cookoo, ah ha, let's get, cookoo, in here...ow, ow, ow...
ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya...
Runnin runnin and runnin runnin
and runnin runnin and runnin runnin (fade)

2. Modest Mouse- Float On

I backed my car into a cop car the other day
Well he just drove off, sometimes life's OK
I ran my mouth off a bit too much, oh what did I say?
Well you just laughed it off, it was all OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on anyway, well
a fake Jamaican took every last dime with that scam
It was worth it just to learn some sleight of hand
Bad news comes-don't you worry even when it lands
Good news will work its way to all them plans
We both got fired on exactly the same day,
Well, we'll float on, good news is on the way
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on
No, don't you worry, we'll all float on
Alright, already, we'll all float on
Alright, don't worry, we'll all float on
[Alright! already!]
and we'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on
Alright, don't worry even if things end up a bit too heavy
We'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on OK
Don't worry, we'll all float on
Even if things get heavy, we'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on [alright!]
Don't you worry, we'll all float on [alright!]
We'll all float on, all float on


1. LOS LONELY BOYS- Heaven

Vamonos!
Save me from this prison, Lord help me get away
'Cuz only you can save me now, from this misery
I've been lost in my own place and I'm gettin weary
How far is heaven?
And i know that I need to change my ways of livin
How far is heaven?
Lord can you tell me?
I've been locked up way too long in this crazy world
How far is heaven?
And I just keep on prayin Lord and just keep on livin
How far is heaven?
Yeahhh Lord can you tell me?
How far is heaven? (Cuz I just gotta know how far)
How far is heaven? (Yeahh lord can you tell me?)
Tu que estas en alto cielo
Hechame tu bendicion
Cuz I there a better place than this pace Im living
How far is heaven?
And I just got to have some faith and just keep on giving
How far is heaven? (YEAH! lord can you tell me?)
How far is heaven? Cuz i just got to know how far
Yeah lord can you tell me?
Cuz i just gotta know how far!
LORD can you tell me?
How far is heaven?

- posted by Brian @ 8/11/2004 04:35:00 PM

 
Be Prepared to be Jealous
OK.....So a few months ago I was checking the dvd release page I go to regularly to see what was coming out in the coming months. August 10th caught my eye as I saw something on the radar I never thought I'd see. So last night I went to Wal-Mart and dropped down the 30 dollars to purchase this sure to be hit dvd release. It was quite possibly my favorite show as a kid and they released the first season on dvd... That's right folks it's:::







ALF!!!!!!!!!!!

- posted by Brian @ 8/11/2004 04:19:00 PM

 
Fame strikes me again
As I mentioned months ago I am a big wrestling fan and subscribe to the Torch newsletter. This past week I attended a wrestling event presented by Ring of Honor (by far my favorite promotion) and I sent in a report to the torch website...Sure enough a few hours later there it was on the main site.....Since you probably can't access it here is what I wrote and even if you aren't a wrestling fan it is a great read to see how at 2:30 in the morning all regard for grammar goes out the window with me....Enjoy!!!!!!!



8/7 ROH in Essington, PA: Aries vs. Danielson, Joe vs. Acid, 2 Cold Scorpio premieres

Aug 8, 2004, 10:24 PM


ROH live event report
August 8, 2004
Essington, Pa.
Report by Brian Hansley, Torch Subscriber

Ring of Honor returned to Essington, PA in front of probably about 500 fans for an event that will go down as housing the possible Match of the Year.

(1) John Walters over Nigel McGuiness to earn a Pure Wrestling Title Shot on 8/28. The beginning of the match was marred by the fact that the lights kept going on and off and the crowd was mock cheering when they would return. A pretty even back and forth match but it seemed awfully rushed as they weren't building to any near falls. That is something Ring of Honor is doing better every day.. Not all matches need to be 20 minutes long especially the opening match. Walters won with a roll up.

(2) Roderick Strong pinned Izzy of Special K in what basically amounted to a squash match. Izzy had some early offense until he tried for a huracanrana to the floor but was caught on Strong's shoulders who then proceeded to whip Izzy into the ring railing and then the ring. After that it was all Strong who showed off more of his collection of backbreakers before securing the win. After the match he began laying out members of Special K and then turned his attention to Becky. She was saved by Angeldust possibly setting up a future encounter. The less Special K the better for me though.

(3) The Carnage Crew over B.J. Whitmer & Dan Maff. Allison Danger came out before the match and announced the Carnage Crew and said if they couldn't get the job done she might have to call on Mick Foley to teach Maff and Whitmer a lesson. Devito told her to shut up and said we fight for ourselves. This match was super stiff as could be expected and they fought all over the ringside area. The burning hammer was teased a few times but it was escaped every time. The ending saw Maff climb the ropes but Danger ran out behind the ref's back and tripped him up leading to a spike piledriver for the win. The Crew then tried to convince Maff he slipped off the ropes.

(4) Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal, Ace Steel, and Too Cold Scorpio in an outstanding Four Corner Survival. Shelley started off with some mic work saying, "Flash you are soooooooo funky." The crowd loved that one. There were many subplots in this match but it was mostly three guys trying to take revenge on Generation Next through Shelley. The ending saw Scorp and Steel laid out and Shelley hitting the "Shellshock" on Lethal for the win. After the match Scorpio put over ROH saying it's, "The Real Deal" then tried to get Lethal to dance with him. Then both Scorp and Lethal exited the ring in classic Scorpio fashion to a huge pop.

It was at this point Gary Michael Cappetta came out to announce on October 2nd in Philadelphia the Midnight Express would reunite in Ring of Honor. Jim Cornette, "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, and "Sweet" Stan Lane would be there with a Q & A session scheduled during an afternoon card.

(5) The Briscoe Brothers beat Homicide & Low Ki in a very physical contest. I was expecting a split reaction here but the crowd was pretty solidly behind the Briscoes. Ki and Cide worked over Jay for most of the match before he hot tagged his brother in and he proceeded to dump both Rottweilers on their heads with some vicious suplexes. He also blocked the Ki Krusher with an overhead suplex. Then with Ki going for a submission move he was surprised out of nowhere with a small package for a Briscoe win.

After the match Low Ki kicked Jay, in what was supposed to be a "legit" kick... Then Samoa Joe came running out and began assaulting Ki.. The Rottweilers then attacked Joe bringing out CM Punk to help Joe... Then the locker room cleared to help break everyone up. During this, Ki began throwing chairs and one caught ref Paul Turner in the head. He was knocked cold and they carried him to the back immediately. Julius Smokes then got into it with Punk as guys took turns squaring off in the melee. They all brawled to the back knocking down a portion of the curtain and spilling outside the Ramada and leading to intermission.

(6) Rockin' Rebel beat Cloudy of Special K in a quick squash. After the match The Embassy attacked Special K bringing out Dunn & Marcos to the strains of "We're Not Gonna Take It." They cleaned house and brought the crowd back to life after the Rebel mess.

(7) The Havana Pitbulls beat C.M. Punk & Colt Cabana to win the ROH Tag Team Titles. Ace Steel came out and said in light of recent events Colt didn't feel right to come out to AFI or Barry Manilow so he came out to "Superfreak" even dancing and wearing shades the whole time. This was my first time seeing the Pitbulls in person and they were very impressive. They worked over Punk's arm heavily throughout the match. At one point Punk got one member in a surfboard while Cabana cut off the other member and then Punk told him to put the guy in the surfboard. Colt acted like he didn't know how to do the move then stood on the guy like he was riding a surfboard. One of the Pitbulls went for a small package on Cabana but Punk held on to him so they couldn't get it. Then the other Bull knocked Punk away leading to a small package win for the Pitbulls. (They might have overused the small package for the win tonight.) The switch shocked the crowd but it was probably good cause Punk should be going for the main titles, and Cabana is to much of a comedy act.

(8) Samoa Joe retained the ROH Title over Trent Acid. Acid was greeted with chants of, "Joe is gonna kill you." Acid tried to stay away from Joe's power at the start but was eventually caught. He avoided a lot of Joe's offense but then was met with a stiff kick to the back and the fight spilled to the floor. Joe hit the Ole! Kick and then threw Acid back in the ring where they rushed to the Muscle Buster for the finish. Then the ref threw up the dreaded X sign. Acid apparently badly sprained his ankle and brusied his heelbone. As he was carried out the crowd chanted Acid.

9) Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson in an amazing contest by a score of 2-1 in a best of 3 falls match. Before the match they announced that all the falls had 60 minute time limits and both men planned on going long so if anyone got up to leave they would not take offense. The first fall started out slow but it was purposeful. Both men started working over various parts of the others anatomy to set up for their finishers. Danielson was especially aggressive working over the back and shoulders of Aries. The crowd was split pretty evenly until Danielson started using heel tactics like grabbing the top rope while having Aries in an abdominal stretch. At the 35 minute mark the near falls started picking up and the crowd was getting hotter after watching the opening parts in a seeming awe of the competitors. Aries reversed Danielson's attempt at the Cattle Mutilation and applied his own version of it forcing Danielson to tap in about 43 minutes....

The second fall saw Danielson become even more aggressive in working over the back and showing off some impressive submission moves including applying a sharpshooter without using his hands. Danielson attempted a tope to the floor but got caught between the ropes and face planted at ringside. The ref quickly got some water to revive him and both guys got what was a mich needed breather. Aries opened up his assault and got several near falls trying to sweep the match. Eventually though he got caught in the Cattle Mutilation and tapped at the 21 minute mark.

The third fall saw some spots from the First fall come back into play with Danielson hitting a belly to back off the top, which he tried to do in the first fall but Aries almost reversed it into a pin. The crowd was now actively behind the match and they popped big when Aries hit the 450 splash at the 13 minute mark to win the match in what amounted to about 77-80 minutes of in ring work. The thing that sets the match apart was the psychology involved as their were efforts to work on body parts and they were sold for extended periods of time. Plus like I said spots from the first fall came back to play in the third fall and Danielson even got a nice pop when he went for the same submission that got him the win in the previous encounter.

The crowd was amazingly in the match the whole time and there were only a few times were idiotic hecklers tried to ruin the match. Mainly the guys behind me who got on Danielson's case yelling, "Too pale for the big time." They did get most people to laugh though when they yelled at the 5 minute mark of the first fall, "2 hours and 55 minutes to go." I saw some wrestling writers who were also shocked by how into the match the crowd was throughout. The match did get "Match of the Year chants" and the crowd chanted "ROH" afterward. It was an amazing sight to behold live and while some people did leave at times more than 4/5 of the crowd remained at the end.

Side Note: Joel Gertner sat two rows behind me and seemed very happy to be recognized and was friendly to anyone who stopped to talk to him.
- posted by Brian @ 8/09/2004 04:00:00 PM

 
More from Seth
I loved Family Guy. It's quirky sense of humor and its frequent off-the-wall pop culture references cracked me up....(Brian the Guide Dog describing The Blair Witch Project---"Ok some kids are going on a trip...Nothing's happening, nothing's happening, nothing's happening...the end")

The website I found for the show has a preview of the first episode and it is good but not great..however gien some time to find its footing (something Family Guy was just starting to do when it was canceled) it could be really good.....The fish and alien are way out there even by Family Guy standards...

I did love the "Pretty sure I asked for pecan sandies part"......Check it out here



- posted by Brian @ 8/05/2004 05:18:00 PM

 
The Reason is.....Hoobastank sucks
Nothing much to report lately so that has led to the dearth of updates.


Friday night I went to the Kimberton Fair and it was the first time I was there. I played my usual games at the carnival. However, the King of the Soda Bottle Ring Toss failed miserably the other night. I only walked away with three sodas and it was after I won 6 the other week....So that stunk....Then I went to the candy wheel. You put a quarter on a number and if that coems up you win candy. I put one quarter on my birth month and it came up so I won some Peanut Butter Cups. The animals there were cool and I like to see farm animals.

Then I was treated to a free show at the big obstacle course but that's all we'll say about that. Last night I had a graduation party to go too and we threw horseshoes but me and my cousin got beat bad (Team BS failed)..

Before that I went to Movie Gallery to buy some videos since they are cleaning the shelves out. I used my credit card and the guy didn't give it back to me so I had to run back over to get it.....For those that wonder I bought Permanent Midnight, The Late Shift, and another movie.....Matthias should consider himself lucky cause if I'd have found it he was getting Troll 2.....All they had was Troll 1.....which isn't bad at all...

Today we had our baseball party for the kids and it turned out good despite a lot of people not showing up. My team won and I had very little to do with it...other than getting the game winning hit of course.....So I rule.....


That's it..have a good one and stay tight......


BTW I also bought Los Lonely Boys cd this past week and it is great

- posted by Brian @ 8/01/2004 03:54:00 PM

 
The Hansley Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Review of Along Came Polly
There is a certain likeability to Ben Stiller. He plays pretty much the same role in every comedy where he is the main lead. He is a guy who is kind of a pushover that eventually does or says the right thing to win the girls heart. He did it in There's Something About Mary, he did it in Meet the Parents and he tries his hand at it again with the movie Along Came Polly. This time however the movie comes out with mixed results but is it too much of Still in one role or is it the fault of the script.

The movie starts with Stiller's character, Reuben, marrying his lovely bride (Debra Messing) and preparing for his honeymoon. Reuben is a professional risk-analyst and all-around anal-retentive neurotic person so when on his honeymoon he decides to let his wife go scuba diving by herself (with the instructor, being played by Hank Azaria, that has a big package) it ends up backfiring as he walks in on the two of them going at it. He goes through a period of mourning and then at a function runs into an old high school acquaintance and decides it is time to get back on the dating trail. The thing with with this lady, Polly, is that she is completely unconcerned with planning anything. She loves to let it all hang out and do what feels right. This of course means they are opposites and opposites of course attract.

After the first half hour of setting up the premise we are treated to a standard issue "romantic comedy" with the will they or won't they get together format. It's works for a lot of things but you got to find a way to make it new and exciting. They try with a different ending but in the end it still feels kinda tame.

What works is the acting mainly.....Jennifer Aniston is incredibly cute, and is becoming quite good at being a movie actress. She is the only friend who has a shot in the mainstream movie scene. Also the supporting actors in this film are top-notch. Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays maybe the grubbiest character he has ever done, (which is saying something). His comment about "sharting" had me laughing for a while. The movie is stolen by Alec Baldwin though, who is making a career of that. He is in the single funniest scene of the movie when he goes into the bathroom with Reuben. Stiller is good in his role but it feels kind of like same ol, same ol.


The script is tame and has no balance to it. The first half hour is absolutely hilarious and then it feels like it takes 4 hours for the next hour to pass. In a comedy that can't happen and then they come to a false climax twice before hitting the final one. And the ending , while different, seems odd--like it was added on long after the film ended.

I like Stiller, I like Aniston, I like Hoffman and Baldwin. They do the best they can with some shaky material but in the end it falls flat and doesn't dredge any new ground for the genre. I'll give it 1 1/2 cups out of 4......I'd love to see all of them get together again for a better written film.



- posted by Brian @ 8/01/2004 03:32:00 PM