Thursday, May 19, 2011

Traffic Light was canceled.

So I just found out Fox isn't bringing Traffic Light back for another season. I enjoy this show, and am sad it won't be back. I guess it holds with Fox's history of canceling quality shows after a season, though. It wasn't the best show on TV, but it was my favorite show on Tuesday nights. It was also on the level with ABC's Happy Endings as the best couple comedies on, which is something the networks have been pushing, many are pretty crappy, but Traffic Light was one of the good ones, it and Happy Endings are the only ones I enjoy. That's enough complaining about something I have no control over for now, though. I will hope another network picks it up, and if not, oh well, I will find ways to spend my Tuesday nights other than watching television.


Monday, May 9, 2011

Writing to Write

So I haven't blogged for quite some time, and for some reason I just got the feeling to write. No one will probably read this anyway, and that's fine. I'm just writing to write.
The last time I wrote one of these, I was probably talking about the Denver Nuggets. Their season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs losing in 5 games to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They were the team I most feared in the Western Conference, and I believe whoever wins the OKC/Memphis series will win the West and most likely the Championship, although Dallas is playing the best basketball I've ever seen their current team play so I won't close the door on them yet(Dirk is playing like a big man should, and probably wants a ring while he's still in his prime).

With the NBA Playoffs in full swing, I also decided that I should get an autographed Charles Barkley Suns jersey, frame it and hang it (I may never get around to this, but we all need goals), as he's been my hero since I was a tyke. Chuck Klosterman says whoever your hero is when your 9 is your hero forever, and I agree with this as Sir Charles is still my hero, though, I'm sure younger NBA fans see him as nothing more than comic relief. I even had a crush on a girl in the 4th grade because she had a Charles Barkley jersey, I later found out she was not even a big basketball fan and it was her brothers, but she will always have a place in my heart. When I was a kid, no one thought the Round Mound of Rebound was a good role model, not even him. He had a whole NIKE ad campaign about how he wasn't. My mom didn't think he was either, but she still bought me his jerseys and poster which I am thankful for. Personally, I think he was a good role model. He taught me honesty and to stand up for myself, and that effort and passion are a big part of basketball, and of life.

ANYWAY, that's enough about NBA Basketball for now. Lately I've been feeling pretty great about everything, I'll soon be leaving my crappy job, keeping my resume building job, and going back to an old job where I know people and will get more hours thus more money, not to mention I'll be working overnights so I'll be more comfortable with my schedule, I'll take very late nights over very early mornings anytime. In starting a new (old) job, I took a pre-employment drug screening today (a piss test). Whilst in the waiting room of the hospital, I thought a webshow about a hospital waiting room would be fun (anyone interested in making one, I'm open to collaborating on that project).

I've also been working out a lot lately and eating healthier. I'm motivated to better myself right now, even though I believe I'm a pretty awesome dude, I just need to look like it. Working out makes me feel a lot better about myself and gives me more energy and leads to me doing more things and enjoying life more I think, and enjoying life is what I want to do (One of my goals is to be next in line as The Most Interesting Man in the World). Working out also gives me something to do and enjoy, living in a small town you need hobbies.

I also started playing guitar again, something I'd been slacking on for awhile (due to my ex not liking it as much as she thought she did, and not much feeling like it after the breakup). The weird thing about this is, I like to write songs as a hobby, it helps me get out my thoughts and all, sort of like a journal, I guess. But I've been listening to a lot of rap lately, if you guys don't know Childish Gambino, check him out, he's fun and great and he makes his own beats and sometimes samples good indie songs. Listening to rap is good, I believe it helps raise self-esteem, but it creates a problem when you're used to writing crappy acoustic songs. So I've been writing some crappy acoustic songs with more swagger. I've also been writing raps a bit, but they're horrible, I'm sure.

This year I also decided to attempt to half-ass follow Major League Baseball, as I haven't for a long, long time. I can't watch baseball on TV because I have a short attention span and get very bored; for the most part, I can watch basketball no problem, but not baseball. I have however been to two games already this year and I had an amazing time at both. The first was the White Sox vs. Tampa Bay in Chicago. The White Sox are my favorite team because they were my favorite team as a child (until i lost interest in baseball). Frank Thomas was the man, and always will be in my world of baseball. The White Sox lost the game, and have been losing a lot this year, but they can go out knowing they got a fan back this season (even though I probably won't pay as much attention as I aspire to, I'll most likely lose interest). The other team I follow is a National League team, The St. Louis Cardinals. I've been a fan of them for as long as I could consider myself a fan, too. They are the closest team in proximity to me, and they have a strong tradition and fan base. The game I went to was against the Florida Marlins, and it was fun, we had bleacher seats in the first row behind the Marlins bullpen and a good crowd around us. The Cardinals won the game and I had a lot of fun. So I'd like to welcome baseball back into my life, even if I don't care about you as much as others, I don't feel like you care about me much, either, but we're cool.

So that's where I'm at in life right now. This seemed like an odd collection of thoughts, but that's where I am, in the midst of the upswing of a renaissance in my life. Sorry for the overuse of parenthesis, hopefully it was slightly enjoyable for anyone who wasted their time reading it, and if you did, thanks (you even made it to the end!).