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Happy 4th
of July everyone! Feeling independent? Maybe spiritually?
First off,
Sonya is doing great. She recently had surgery to get a catheter implant
for chemo therapy treatment, which we'll be starting next week. It takes a
lot of mental strength to subject oneself to 6 months of taking this
poison, especially when you're told that the cancer has been removed. The
thing is-they give you a 50% chance of it returning when it's stage 3.
That's a flip of a coin, and a gamble we're not willing to take. Every two
weeks she'll be hooked up to a machine for two days at a time.
In the
mean time, she's incredibly awesome!
Sonya and I took a trip to the
Canary Islands for a pre-chemo get-away. I took a booking to get us there
and I wrestled 4 matches in four days. I have to admit, being back in the
ring didn't suck. I'm not ready to live full-time out on the road again,
but I'd like to see the NWE take off. Along with myself, the talent
consisted of Rikishi, Orlando Jordan, Chris Masters, John Heidenreich,
Ultimo Dragon, Juvetude, Vito and many wrestlers you might not know, with
many more stars on the way. After I left for home, Raven and Booker T hit
the shows. NWE sold out huge WWE size arenas and that along with the first
class treatment made me forget the things I don't enjoy about the
business.
This week we flipped our calendars to July, which means here
in California, it is officially illegal to talk on your cell phone while
driving- unless you have a hands-free situation like a head set or speaker
option. Now, this is something that everybody probably agrees "Sure, that
seems like a good idea." I know it bothers me to see some 16 year-old
driver turning across traffic at a busy intersection with a phone stuck to
the side of their head. Even more, sometimes I'm ashamed at being that
idiot myself. Have cell phones caused a lot of traffic accidents? I don't
know, but let's think this through, as long as we're giving up more
freedom. We should probably outlaw eating while driving, too. Wouldn't
that be at least just as dangerous? In fact, let's also ban putting on
chap stick or lip stick, definitely flossing, and probably smoking while
we're driving. Those of you who are saying " None of those sound like good
ideas anyway-except maybe smoking" let me remind you that we're not
talking about making judgement calls, we're giving up the right to do just
that. In fact, I was driving the day the law went into effect and wondered
if I would be breaking the law by plugging one ear with my finger. I drove
around for a few minutes with my one finger plugging my ear and I felt
extremely shady, like I must look suspicious as fuck! It shouldn't be
illegal to stick a finger in your ear, should it? Can they take that away
from you? I guess they can, since extending your middle finger is
prohibited. Believe it or not, I heard you can tape a phone to your head!
I'm just imagining all the new gimmicks that the phone companies can cash
in on now to capitalize on this situation. That means big money for big
businesses, and they keep us under their control.
The gays think they
have freedom, now that California is allowing them to get married. If they
have to find out what medical marijuana patients find out all the
time...the Federal Government doesn't give a shit about State laws. How'd
you like to be enjoying life with your spouse to find out one day that Big
Brother doesn't accept your commitment so they decide you're single all of
a sudden? At what point is it none of their fucking business? When we
blindly accept that things are either legal or against the law and use
that knowledge to base morality on, we are disconnected from
reality.
I'm sure you've heard that sodomy is against the law in many
official books, right? You might have even giggled about it. Have you ever
thought about the condoned and expected anal raping that would occur if
you were locked up for doing the same thing without their control?
On
the way back from Spain I couldn't help but notice the junkies, all over
the airports. In the rest rooms at the departure terminal, they're getting
their last fix before boarding an international flight. In the arrival
rest rooms, they're at it again because they can't wait until they get
outside at the bottom of the escalator. They know it's against Federal law
but somehow it's ok. Outside, as we walked from one terminal to another,
we literally have to zig-zag to avoid the bodies all over the side walk
using their drugs. Any hope of catching some fresh air is always quickly
put to rest as soon as those doors to the outside open and the cigarette
smoke rolls in. Mmmmm. Yummy! Doesn't reading this make you want a
delicious roll of cyanide and formaldehyde right now? Why shouldn't you?
As long as you're standing near 4 1/2 other people, they have just as much
of a chance as you do of dying from the smoke. Besides, you can't stop
because you're addicted, so what does anybody expect?
On a recent
episode of RVD TV, I discuss the power of the mind with Warrior and Chris
Nowinski. My position is that there is no mental addiction. It's just an
excuse for a weak mind. I realize this may inspire some argumentative
feedback from some of you, which is fine, but I doubt that you will change
my opinion. Physical addiction I can understand, although I do believe the
power of the mind can over come it. If your body chemistry is altered and
becomes dependent on a foreign chemical to keep in balance, and the
chemical is removed I can understand where some physical "freaking out"
can occur. Still, a strong mind has all the answers within it. Most people
that smoke cigarettes say that they don't want to, but the addiction is
stronger than their will power. I don't mean to offend, but I call bull
shit. It's socially acceptable to be addicted to something so you have an
excuse for being "out of control" of the situation. It's still bull shit.
They'll tell you you're a victim. You have a disease. That's why you cheat
on your spouse, you're addicted to sex! Don't blame yourself! You're
addicted to sabotaging good things in your life, you poor, helpless
victim. Personally, I have gone months and months of doing massive amounts
of recreational drug use and still quit on a dime when I wanted to. I have
gone more weeks then a calendar year consuming cannabis 24-7 and still had
no problem taking time off when I decided. It's in the mind. We have a
good friend who insisted for years that she couldn't quit smoking and was
willing to "try" anything. She just didn't want to quit. If you light up,
it's because you want to. I have friends who tell me they enjoy smoking
cigarettes and have no desire to quit. I can respect that. I don't care
what anyone else tells you-you are in control. The minute our friend that
couldn't stop smoking found out she was pregnant she stopped smoking-just
like that. They will tell you that you are addicted so they can control
you and you'll let them because it's easy. It's big business. Get sent to
rehab for any other issues and find out how quickly they will get you
hooked on cigarettes while you're there. In rehab! You will get hooked on
nicotine, the most "addictive" drug we know of... in rehab...while you're
sent there to find out why you enjoy porn so much.
Are you comfortable
with them in control of your life like that? I'm not.
So, back to
Warrior. You may have heard some rumors about me training him recently.
Here's the scoop. He called with that request, and I was honored to get
the call. He hadn't been in the ring for ten years or so and he said he
would be honored if I had the time to help him out. Because of our
situation with Sonya's health, I was only able to get in the ring with
Warrior one day. We didn't do a lot- mostly running the ropes, locking up
and talking about what made Warrior so exciting to watch back in the day.
I was ready for my outrageous Warrior moment. I had cameras standing by
ready to capture the craziness that everyone has come to expect but
instead, I spent the day with a hell of a cool guy that I shared a lot
with. He showed me nothing but respect and appreciation, and at the end of
the day I was amazed by how much we had in common. You may have seen the
video I recorded of me imitating the Warrior on you tube. I knew that
people would see right away that he has a sense of humor, which is
probably way different than your previous opinion. I have had nothing but
good things to say about Warrior from my experiences with him and if I
told you something bad, I'd be lying-which I don't do. I remember watching
that WWE video on him just like you did, and it just made me remember how
exciting and intense he was. I listened to the WWE'ers claiming that
Warrior was just detached from reality and couldn't do a promo to save his
life and I just thought " How could that be true? I used to buy tickets to
go see this guy so I know what he did worked!" It's cool how things come
around full circle and I'm glad we connected on a professional and even
more so, a personal level.
Send your positive vibes to our boy Justin
"the Insane One" McCully. He's been in fight mode for awhile in
preparation for his big return to the UFC octagon on Saturday, the 5th.
His match with Gabriel Gonzaga isn't scheduled to be broadcast, but from
what I understand, if the fights run short on time we might still see the
match so keep your fingers crossed for some quick knock-outs! Kick ass
JMC!
While in Spain, I finished Brett Hart's autobiography. Damn good
book! Ever time I picked it up, I wanted to keep turning the pages to see
what was happening. I had a hard time pulling away from it and when it was
all over, I feel like I understand a friend much more. I'm amazed at how
much I have in common with Brett, seeing as how he comes from a family of
wrestling and I just followed a far-fetched dream to get into the
business. He prides himself on things that I pride myself on and shares
the same views on specific wrestlers, wrestling moves, and the
ingenuousness of the whole industry, not to mention life. No wonder we get
along so well. We sat in the same dressing rooms at different times and
saw the same shadiness. Read his book.
I am planning to be at Comic Con
in San Diego. I told some people that I wouldn't be there but plans have
changed so check the "news" page on this site at the end of the week to
get the signing schedule.
Damn, this blog is long. Guess I should hit
it more often. In the mean time, let me kick this out of my head. Did
Santa deliver my Weeble Wobble Playset? Did the Son of a Virgin walk on
water? Did an inventor attract lightning with a key tied to a kite? I have
no f*cking idea. It all sounds worth questioning, though- and if you
wonder about shit like this or anything else that you feel you're not
supposed to think about it...I don't hate you. I think you're fine. Bye everybody. Live as if it was your birth right to enjoy each day to its fullest - because it is.
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