"Not bitter or mad, just proving I'm bad
You want a hit give me an hour plus a pen and a pad"

- L.L. Cool J


Not much to say just felt like getting rid of my last journal entry. Listening to the new Atmosphere album, "When Life Gives You Lemons...Paint That Shit Gold." and the new Coldplay cd.

Bit of a contrast I know.

Nevermind...I decided I didn't like the poem in my last journal.

So here are some lyrics that I love.

Word is born
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D the E the F the I the A the N the C the E
Mind of a revolutionary
So clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The land of the free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy

Son of Man

Let me try for a minute to get just a little poetic
And speak out on things that make my mind go hectic
It's the darkness inside of me, a land of hypocrisy
When there's nothing but contempt in the heart and the mind of me

Like steel burned in fire, I've got to get this ire
Off my chest, I'm blessed, but I'm getting tired
Take a look around you, what do you see, and nothing's gonna end this
Written pages by madmen, kings and their ruling agendas

Pray to the sky, look for answers, there's no extra chances
To hope for the best and wish for heaven's advances
The gates don't open, the fruit wasn't forbidden
It's this hate, our fate, on the words that they hid them

It's America's demise because the President lies
And puts his faith in an invisible friend we should give up in grade school

Like the Sunday school teacher, the molesting preacher
The priest, the prophet, and the malevolent speaker
The talking snake, the garden, and the sacrificed son
Not the cross, not the hammer, not the nails, not the blood drawn

Love him above all else like a state of submission
It's the proof in the truth that I've been given
I'm not a prophet, not a saint, I'm the clay that can be built
Into something that will eventually lead people to truth.

Never created in 7 days, not Adam's ultimate plan
I'm the million year old, built from dust, proud son of man.

I'm in Montreal! So far so fun. Here are some pics from the first day...

The view from my hotel


Some other scenic pics



We ordered some food from this restaurant and while it was very good (roasted chicken and baked potato) they put a hamburger bun on the plate for no apparent reason. Made me laugh so I took a pic


Canadian BEER!!!




And some pics I took at the UFC 83 press conference today...
Georges St. Pierre


Matt Serra


Rich Franklin


And that's all for now. I'm sure I'll post more as time is available!

New Journal Time (It's a Journal Not a Blog!)

I refuse to call it a blog, I'm sorry. Anyways...

1) My radio show is now on iTunes...check it out if you get the chance. Just go to iTunes and type in MMAWeekly and you can subscribe to our podcast. We put up the shows pretty regularly so download it and let me know what you think!

2) Hell City is approaching quickly and I'm trying to finalize an idea for what work I'm getting done while in town. I have a few different things I'm thinking about, but I need to get a final plan so I can send the pictures off to my artist to draw up and have ready for the convention.

3) Traveling and moving over the next couple of months. Heading to Montreal in April for UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2. Then going to New Jersey at the end of May for the Elite XC card there. Columbus in May as well for Hell City of course. And then moving at the end of May also! I'm gonna be super busy the next couple of months but that's how I like it!

4) We need more SG activity in Pittsburgh.

5) Okay, this has ended up being a kind of boring post...but leave me comments so I feel better about it.