As soon as the idea to write this came about, that Eminem/Ozzy version of the song came into my head. It really is true, my life is about to undergo some pretty major changes....the main one being that 14 days from today I will be married to my best friend and pretty much the coolest most amazing person I know, my best friend and love of my life.
People keep asking me if I'm nervous or anything, and without a doubt I can honestly say I've not been nervous one bit about it....when you know something is perfect for you and you don't doubt that you did the best thing possible, you have no reason to be nervous. She's everything I could ever want or ask for. Since the day we had our first date(6 years ago the day we get married) I knew she was the one. I've never had someone who believes in me the way she does, and complements me as a person the way she does. She truly is the best thing to ever happen to me, I mean that more than I could ever explain.
The bond we have runs deeper than anything I've ever had with anyone else, and I thank god for sending me someone so amazing and beautiful every single day of my life. Without her I know I wouldn't be anything in this life...and it's with her by my side that I know I will amount to something in this world.
Stephanie I love you more than anything, and can't wait to begin this new chapter of our lives together in 2 weeks.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Let's get it started!
Just a couple of quick things here, just want to mention that starting a diet is HARD. Kudos to all of you skinny people out there for just being able to be skinny and not have to watch what you eat and drink just to look "good". Just wanted to try to lose a little bit of weight to feel good about myself and to look the best I can to make the trek into married life on August 27th.....I'm sure I'll be happy about all of this dieting when I start seeing results(I did lose 7 pounds in the first 4 days), but right now it's hard not being able to eat anything I want a little bit. Can't wait to get into the gym this week so I can at least eat a little bit more and be able to work it off. Anybody wanna help by working out with me to stay motivated?
Lima Warriors season kicks off tonight! Just wish I could go lol, but away games are hard to get to with my job making me work every weekend....but oh well, they're the 2010 National Champions, they can survive without this guy right? The first online broadcast for the defending HFL champions will be at 7:05pm on May 21st(just two short weeks) as we travel to Columbus to take on the Columbus War Eagles and new Offensive Coordinator and former Lima Warrior Head Coach BJ Queen. If you are in the Columbus area don't miss this one as it'll be a good one. Warriors start off their season against the high powered Michigan Gators tonight, and the road to repeat doesn't get any easier with the Detroit Ravens in Columbus next weekend.....Warriors have never beaten the Ravens, but some things are meant to change.
Stay tuned for game updates and previews as the season rolls along, or visit www.limawarriors.com for more info. THE best show in semi pro keeps on rolling toward another decade of excellence tonight.
WAR Wrestling's Beatdown At The Dogpound 2 is in just a few short hours and is where I will be tonight as Ripper Blackhart and myself do live commentary from the entrance ramp for this amazing night of warfare(pun intended). Working with WAR has been an amazing experience for me, both learning to call wrestling play by play, and to see a lot of what the wrestling business has to offer, some good and bad. The one great thing is that all the proceeds of this show go to benefit the Allen County Humane Society which is a no kill shelter and relies solely on donations from people like yourself to stay open and keep pets safe. If you can, please give them some money as it's a great organization I love and believe 100% in. We at War Wrestling aren't like the other promotion in town who pretend to be about charity....we actually are about charity. If you have one just get ahold of Tom Williams and he will probably be glad to try and help out.
Check out www.warwrestling.com for more details of upcoming shows and events(next one is June 4th at the UAW hall by 75).
Thanks for reading, let me know if there's anything you'd like covered here and I'll do my best to see if I feel like doing it for you haha.
BE GREAT TODAY.
Hopefully there's one more of these coming our way in the future Lima:
Lima Warriors season kicks off tonight! Just wish I could go lol, but away games are hard to get to with my job making me work every weekend....but oh well, they're the 2010 National Champions, they can survive without this guy right? The first online broadcast for the defending HFL champions will be at 7:05pm on May 21st(just two short weeks) as we travel to Columbus to take on the Columbus War Eagles and new Offensive Coordinator and former Lima Warrior Head Coach BJ Queen. If you are in the Columbus area don't miss this one as it'll be a good one. Warriors start off their season against the high powered Michigan Gators tonight, and the road to repeat doesn't get any easier with the Detroit Ravens in Columbus next weekend.....Warriors have never beaten the Ravens, but some things are meant to change.
Stay tuned for game updates and previews as the season rolls along, or visit www.limawarriors.com for more info. THE best show in semi pro keeps on rolling toward another decade of excellence tonight.
WAR Wrestling's Beatdown At The Dogpound 2 is in just a few short hours and is where I will be tonight as Ripper Blackhart and myself do live commentary from the entrance ramp for this amazing night of warfare(pun intended). Working with WAR has been an amazing experience for me, both learning to call wrestling play by play, and to see a lot of what the wrestling business has to offer, some good and bad. The one great thing is that all the proceeds of this show go to benefit the Allen County Humane Society which is a no kill shelter and relies solely on donations from people like yourself to stay open and keep pets safe. If you can, please give them some money as it's a great organization I love and believe 100% in. We at War Wrestling aren't like the other promotion in town who pretend to be about charity....we actually are about charity. If you have one just get ahold of Tom Williams and he will probably be glad to try and help out.
Check out www.warwrestling.com for more details of upcoming shows and events(next one is June 4th at the UAW hall by 75).
Thanks for reading, let me know if there's anything you'd like covered here and I'll do my best to see if I feel like doing it for you haha.
BE GREAT TODAY.
Hopefully there's one more of these coming our way in the future Lima:
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Things I'm proud to say
I decided to write this a couple of weeks ago, but am just now getting around to it. I want to take a few minutes to explain how proud I am to be a part of two wonderful organizations in the Lima area that a lot of people may not necessarily be aware of, so here goes:
Earlier this month I got the chance to go to Homestead, Florida(about 40 minutes south of Miami) to call a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. Now that may not mean a lot to some people as it's "just semi-pro football", but to me and the men lucky enough to continue playing the game they love it meant a lot. All you need to know about the game itself is that even through all the technical problems we had for the broadcast, and bullshit surrounding the leadup to the game, and the fact that it was probably the worst offensive performance of the year for the Warriors, the defense balled out and helped bring home the trophy to the Lima area with one of the best defensive performances I've ever personally witnessed...capped off by 5 interceptions in the 4th quarter. We had a lot of issues with the trip and leading up to the game itself, but like I said, we stuck together and got it done as a family, and were crowned 2010 AA National Champions.
I gotta be honest here for a second, a couple of years ago when my best friend Aaron Matthews first got involved with the Warriors and told me about it, I didn't really get it....I had heard all the bad stigmas about semi-pro football and some of the thuglike mentality that took place at the games, and to be totally honest did not give it a chance or the respect it deserved...two problems that were quickly solved when I attended my first Warrior game at Lima Senior and saw the level of play these men put in every weekend. After that, I was hooked....and was lucky enough to be a part of the Warrior family the next season when my friend asked me to be a part of the broadcast team with him as the color guy. Since that day I have become the Warriors play by play guy with Aaron stepping into the coaches box this past season, and have never been more proud to be a part of something as I am to say I am part of the Lima Warriors.
As we roll off the high of winning the National Championship and our 14-3 season, and into the defense of our HFL title as well, I am asking that anyone who reads this who has never been to or listened to a Warriors game online(and I hope I have done a good job to those of you that have listened in), to come to or listen to a game next season and see just how amazing the Greatest Show in Semi-Pro really is to be a part of. It's a high I can not put into words that would do it justice....I just wish more people in the Lima area gave it the respect it deserved and gave it a shot.....get ahold of me and I'll even pay for your entry.....and if you need a testimonial about what just one Warrior game can do, look up Ben Sherman and ask him about the power of one game...it'll hook you, this I promise you.
Another company I am proud to say I am fortunate enough to be a part of their family is a group called WAR Wrestling run by a great man in Big Tom Williams. Wrestling in general gets a bad rap imo, but Tom and the amazing performers he brings in have been working to change that with a good and affordable show every 2 months. If you aren't busy on Saturday Feb 5th, I hope you can make an effort to come see a great lineup, and all for about 10 bucks too, where else can you get that?
Wrestling has been one of my favorite things for as long as I can remember, and much like the Warriors stigma about Semi-Pro football, I didn't attend an Indy show(for those of you who don't know, it's what non-wwe/tna shows are called), because I was always told it was "low brow" or "not that good", but started when my buddy Sean Lyle(or Peachy Rodriguez) got trained and started working in the business....after that I was once again hooked. For a long time I was nothing but a fan who just loved the product Big Tom and his amazing performers put out, but then I was lucky enough to start helping with the show running sound with a hoodie....and eventually get a chance to do play by play on dvd's(which along with football pbp is one of my dream jobs), and garnered a whole new appreciation and love for what WAR stands for. I've once again been lucky enough to become a part of the wonderful family of not only great performers, but also great people the likes of Matt Mason, Dusty Dillenger, Sherman Tank and even Ripper Blackhart, but also to meet some "names" in Jerry Lawler and Andrew "Test" Martin(may he rest in peace) to name a few.Where else can you see a wrestling show that sells out the UAW hall on a regular basis? WAR also helps out charities like the Allen County Humane Society, which no matter what they say no other wrestling companies in the area do.
My point is that when people say there's nothing to do in Lima, I think they're dead wrong.....these two companies are overlooked by the Lima area in my opinion, and that is a damn shame as both give back to the community in not only monetary ways, but also in sheer joy of bringing something good to the area in every way they can.
Please if you get the chance check out www.warwrestling.com for the next show in Lima(which there are plenty of, even at the fair this summer), or www.limawarriors.com to see the two in my opinion crown jewels of Lima that not a lot of people know about.
Thanks for reading, any input appreciated.
Earlier this month I got the chance to go to Homestead, Florida(about 40 minutes south of Miami) to call a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. Now that may not mean a lot to some people as it's "just semi-pro football", but to me and the men lucky enough to continue playing the game they love it meant a lot. All you need to know about the game itself is that even through all the technical problems we had for the broadcast, and bullshit surrounding the leadup to the game, and the fact that it was probably the worst offensive performance of the year for the Warriors, the defense balled out and helped bring home the trophy to the Lima area with one of the best defensive performances I've ever personally witnessed...capped off by 5 interceptions in the 4th quarter. We had a lot of issues with the trip and leading up to the game itself, but like I said, we stuck together and got it done as a family, and were crowned 2010 AA National Champions.
I gotta be honest here for a second, a couple of years ago when my best friend Aaron Matthews first got involved with the Warriors and told me about it, I didn't really get it....I had heard all the bad stigmas about semi-pro football and some of the thuglike mentality that took place at the games, and to be totally honest did not give it a chance or the respect it deserved...two problems that were quickly solved when I attended my first Warrior game at Lima Senior and saw the level of play these men put in every weekend. After that, I was hooked....and was lucky enough to be a part of the Warrior family the next season when my friend asked me to be a part of the broadcast team with him as the color guy. Since that day I have become the Warriors play by play guy with Aaron stepping into the coaches box this past season, and have never been more proud to be a part of something as I am to say I am part of the Lima Warriors.
As we roll off the high of winning the National Championship and our 14-3 season, and into the defense of our HFL title as well, I am asking that anyone who reads this who has never been to or listened to a Warriors game online(and I hope I have done a good job to those of you that have listened in), to come to or listen to a game next season and see just how amazing the Greatest Show in Semi-Pro really is to be a part of. It's a high I can not put into words that would do it justice....I just wish more people in the Lima area gave it the respect it deserved and gave it a shot.....get ahold of me and I'll even pay for your entry.....and if you need a testimonial about what just one Warrior game can do, look up Ben Sherman and ask him about the power of one game...it'll hook you, this I promise you.
Another company I am proud to say I am fortunate enough to be a part of their family is a group called WAR Wrestling run by a great man in Big Tom Williams. Wrestling in general gets a bad rap imo, but Tom and the amazing performers he brings in have been working to change that with a good and affordable show every 2 months. If you aren't busy on Saturday Feb 5th, I hope you can make an effort to come see a great lineup, and all for about 10 bucks too, where else can you get that?
Wrestling has been one of my favorite things for as long as I can remember, and much like the Warriors stigma about Semi-Pro football, I didn't attend an Indy show(for those of you who don't know, it's what non-wwe/tna shows are called), because I was always told it was "low brow" or "not that good", but started when my buddy Sean Lyle(or Peachy Rodriguez) got trained and started working in the business....after that I was once again hooked. For a long time I was nothing but a fan who just loved the product Big Tom and his amazing performers put out, but then I was lucky enough to start helping with the show running sound with a hoodie....and eventually get a chance to do play by play on dvd's(which along with football pbp is one of my dream jobs), and garnered a whole new appreciation and love for what WAR stands for. I've once again been lucky enough to become a part of the wonderful family of not only great performers, but also great people the likes of Matt Mason, Dusty Dillenger, Sherman Tank and even Ripper Blackhart, but also to meet some "names" in Jerry Lawler and Andrew "Test" Martin(may he rest in peace) to name a few.Where else can you see a wrestling show that sells out the UAW hall on a regular basis? WAR also helps out charities like the Allen County Humane Society, which no matter what they say no other wrestling companies in the area do.
My point is that when people say there's nothing to do in Lima, I think they're dead wrong.....these two companies are overlooked by the Lima area in my opinion, and that is a damn shame as both give back to the community in not only monetary ways, but also in sheer joy of bringing something good to the area in every way they can.
Please if you get the chance check out www.warwrestling.com for the next show in Lima(which there are plenty of, even at the fair this summer), or www.limawarriors.com to see the two in my opinion crown jewels of Lima that not a lot of people know about.
Thanks for reading, any input appreciated.
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