23 January 2006

RAW Choice Cut: World Wrestling Entertainment - John Cena - "My Time Is Now"
"It's the franchise, boy I'm shinin' now. You can't see me, my time is now." - John Cena

In what might be a first for the RAW column, I'm about as happy as you can get. I'm not waxing poetic over a girl. I'm not sad from graduation. I'm not missing my friends (well, I do, but you know what I mean). I'm not depressed from a shitty job. I'm not upset over plans not working out to perfection. It's almost as if I've paid my dues and now things are falling into place. But, I say almost. There's still a long journey down a long and winding road ahead. Right now I'm just at a rest stop on the highway of life. This is the point where you get out, stretch your legs, and smell the flowers before going forward.

"Don't look at me that way. It was an honest mistake." - The Bravery
Life's full of mistakes. Over the past few months I've met a lot of new people. Mostly from my job, but also from other sources such as acquaintances or friends of friends. Either way, there's plenty of points in life where you just screw up royally. Marrying to young. Marrying the wrong person. Taking the wrong job. Moving to the wrong place. Making the wrong friends. And you know what, I've noticed two groups of people. People who sit and wallow in their failures. Crying over spilt milk if you will. And people who get over it, laugh it off, and tell their stories of failure only at the bar in a game of "Top This."

"Put us together, how they gonna stop both us? The '03 Bonnie & Cylde" - Jay-Z
I met a girl on one of my recent trips to Cleveland. And she was all types of awesome if just for the fact she was good and fiery. She was Hispanic too, but that's an added bonus. Anyways, its been a while since I've had someone I could spar off against or someone who'd correct me when I stuck my foot in my mouth. Almost two years. A nice little blast from the past if you will.

"Damn it feels good to be a gangsta." - Geto Boyz
Progressive might be a company I could stay at forever. Very well organized. Very well managed. They LOVE rewarding their people. And their training program is awesome. I've been there for almost 2 months and all I've done so far is train. And I like it. Because when go-time comes I'll have no excuse for not knowing what I'm doing. Big difference from Carolina Culinary when was definitely a trial by fire. Not that I didn't succeed there, but almost having my face burned off (seriously) was something I could have done without.

"Sometimes you can't make it on your own" - U2
I feel like I should go to church more. No major thought process or anything behind that. Just making a statement. I tithe like I'm "supposed" to, but I think it'd be better if I just went more often. Tis good to give thanks.

"That's Slim Shady. Yeah baby, Slim Shady's crazy. Shady made me." - Eminem
Yeah, Piddy's all but gone. No grandeur. No flashy exit. Well, I guess getting tossed through the French announce table would count as being kinda flashy. But yeah, he's been kinda low-key lately.

That being said, as much as I like to pretend like I have no control or say over my alter-egos I can turn them on and off at my leisure. They're more of a mindset than a lifestyle. And even though life's pretty great right, now is the (hopefully last) time I have to reach back and grab the SCM Heavyweight Title. The time is right & I've got 3 things (maybe 4) that gotta complete before the end of the year and truthfully out of my 3 b-sides, Piddy's the only one suited for the job.

So yeah. If over the next 4-5 months I regress a little bit and become a complete jerk, heavy on the sarcasm with a taste of conceitedness on the side, deal with it. It's more of a means to an end…

Unfortunately, some of you realized that firsthand before I was able to give an explanation. *shrugs*