Seriously...Grow the Hell Up

Season 6 is winding down. The last episode of The Ultimate Fighter is next week. I really don't know why they're rushing the final episodes. Unless they want to have the finale before the holidays. I was a bit disappointed with some of the guys on Team Serra. For some reason that was never explained, three of the guys from Serra's team didn't go to practice and started drinking. Before I continue, I have another story that kind of relates to this one. When my parents went to visit my sick grandfather in Florida in 2005, they left me in charge of the house. I wasn't into drinking back then. That didn't start until 2006. Anyway, I was talking online and watching wrestling at the same time. I was focusing more on the conversations that I was having than on the TV. When wrestling was over, I didn't bother changing the channel. The Ultimate Fighter came on right after. I wasn't a fan of UFC yet. While I was talking to my friends online, I heard two of the guys screaming at each other. I rushed over to the TV to watch the fireworks. It didn't last long. However, most of the guys were drunk and two of them were throwing all kinds of crap in the pool and basically being obnoxious assholes. After that, they provoke yet another fight with the guy from the opposite team. He chases after them and breaks a window and two doors. The next day, Dana White lays down the law. There would be no more alcohol in the house, the guys involved had to pay for the damages with whatever money that they had won up to that point and Chris Leban was to fight Josh Koschek the next week. I wanted to see Leban kick his ass, so I tuned in the next week and ended up becoming a big fan of the sport. The fight between Leban and Koschek sucked. Leban lost by decision, which is bullshit. Koschek just laid on top of him the entire time. The "no alcohol in the house rule" was still in effect until after season 2. Now, getting back to last night's activities. These three drunk kids start throwing crap THROUGH not AT, but THROUGH the walls. They tore up one wall pretty good. They were giggling like 14 year old girls the entire time too. They sort of reminded me of Seth's cousin Henry when he starts drinking. He's ten times more annoying. Throwing things through the walls wasn't enough for them. They decided that they should leave Team Hughes a little present. Team Hughes were practicing at the time. So, two of them walk into Team Hughes' bathroom and leave an "upper decker" for them. If you don't know what an upper decker is, it's basically when you take a dump in the top part of the toilet. Not only does it stink, but when you flush the toilet, tiny chunks of crap fill up the toilet. I think for the first time ever, I felt bad for Team Hughes. Well, they come back and the three drunken idiots are sitting on the sofa still giggling like a group of teeny boppers. Team Hughes observes the wall and a few of them talk to the camera about how childish and disrespectful that was. Mac almost got in a fight with Ritchie Hightower. Mac's hated that guy since Day 1. There's no love lost there. I'm glad that his team held him back so he didn't do something stupid that'd get him kicked off the show, but it got me thinking...Mac vs. Ritchie would be a good fight. I almost wish that they'd put that fight on the card for The Ultimate Finale. Anyways, that got defused quickly. Blake had to use the toilet. After he flushed the toilet, he discovered what they did. He pulled his team aside to let them know what the three guys from Serra's team did. I did laugh when Blake said to Mac, "Before I tell you anything, promise me that I won't have to hold you back." Mac's response was, "Are you sure that you really wanna tell me this?" Also, I give Mac props with the Fran Dresser comment towards Ritchie Hightower. Hightower does sound like her when he laughs. Anyway, Blake said, "I'll tell you anyways, they took a dump in the top of our toilet." Mac just shook his head and walked away without losing his temper. Blake called the other guys from his team and informed them about the toilet situation. J-Rock got pissed, broke the top lid off of the tank and kicked in Team Serra's door. He almost got in a fight with one of them and the rest of Team Hughes had to hold him down. As a result the two guys responsible for he toilet had to clean it up. I'm sorry, but I agree with Mac and the guys who said that they acted like 14 year old kids who got drunk for the first time and were acting immature and unprofessional. The fight that week was "Mini Hughes" (Tommy) vs. Ben. Mini Hughes won to no one's surprise but Ben's. After the fight, I realized that ever since my pick, John had lost, I could care less if a guy from Team Serra wins or not. I despise Hughes and was disgusted when he was gloating that his team is "2-2" in the quarter-finals. Hey Hughes, shut the hell up. You got rocked in the preliminaries 6-2, which means you have no right to gloat. Anyway, I want Matt Serra to beat Hughes in this competition, but Hughes may pull one out of his ass. My prediction is that the finals will have Mac vs. Tommy. Both from Team Hughes. I like both of them and I'm glad that Tommy only has Matt Hughes' style and not his personality. Next Saturday is The Ultimate Finale. The last two fights are next week. Hopefully, someone from Team Serra will make it to the finals.

Bad News, Good News

Thanksgiving was kind of boring. A guy that works with my dad hung out last Wednesday and we drank a little, but not enough to get us hammered. The rest of the week was just boring. I even missed The Ultimate Fighter last week and I still don't know who won the last two fights. Speaking of which, I just read some bad/good news. The bad news is that Matt Serra suffered a herniated disc in his back and will not be able to put his belt on the line against Matt Hughes. The good news is that George St. Pierre will take Serra's place. It gets better. Matt Hughes' right to face Matt Serra for the Welterweight Championship is on the line. I'd much rather see George St. Pierre get the title shot than Matt Hughes. I like George St. Pierre, but I'd like to see Matt Serra's reign as Welterweight champion continue. No matter what though, I'd be the real winner at the end. Matt Hughes wouldn't get his shot at the title. That would be the best Christmas present this year. Still...there's a part of me that really wanted to see Matt Serra put Matt Hughes in his place. I was really looking forward to that fight. I don't really buy too many UFC Pay Per Views. The first and only one that I've bought so far, was Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock 2. I think I was the only one happy with the outcome of that fight. I had $25 riding on Ortiz winning. The fight was only about 1:18 long. People wanted to see a war out there. The ref was horrible. His name is Herb Dean. He did stop it a little too early. Ken Shamrock only took eight or nine elbows on the ground. Ortiz and Shamrock HATED each other. They'd get under each other's skin without even trying. My guess is that the ref felt that if they got the chance, they'd attempt to seriously hurt the other. Their third encounter was a little longer, but not by much. I think it was 1:26. Ken shook Tito's hand and they buried the hatchet. He also announced his retirement from UFC. Getting back to the Serra/Hughes situation, I was going to buy the PPV, but since I really don't want to watch Hughes fight anyone other than Serra, I get to save $40. I have faith that George St. Pierre will do the same thing he did last time they fought. He'll knock Hughes out and put him in his place. I wish Matt Serra a speedy recovery and hope he's back in action soon.

Grow the Hell Up

Drama returned to Candor this weekend. Friday went pretty smoothly. However, Saturday was when all hell broke loose. It started when this manipulative bitch called Seth up. She wanted him to move in with her. He doesn't have a job, a license or a car. She said all of that didn't matter and was all taken care of. So, he was all for it. I don't really like her that much, because she uses men to get what she wants and then tosses them aside. She said that I could move in with her too. I just don't get it. When I don't like someone, I'm extremely rude to them. No matter what I say or do, the people who I can't stand, don't hate me back. It was explained to me (Thank you, Robin) that they don't think I mean to be an asshole. Believe me...I MEAN IT! Anyways, Seth told his parents that he was only going to stay there for a couple of days. That was B.S, because he got all excited that she wanted him to move in with her. Let me explain Seth before I finish the story. He still acts like he's 6 years old. He sleeps until 3:00 in the afternoon and watches soap operas. The only thing that interests him at all is baseball and pro wrestling. He's in no position to move out on his own. His mother hit the roof. His step-father didn't say anything to him, but when him and I were alone, he expressed his feelings. Later that night, Marcy started feeding me shots and had both of us playing Monopoly with the rest of the family. As you know, I swore off hard liquor. Well, so much for that. Also, Seth's little brother and step-brother had their friends up. For their entertainment, they decided to jump us. His step-brother and I used to rough house all the time. Him and I are cool. I ended up putting him in a real naked choke. He left me alone for the rest of the night and tried jumping Seth. At one point, he called a time-out. Then, he aimed a picture-perfect kick below the belt. It was a good shot, but hitting someone like that is just wrong. Seth put him in a choke hold after laying on the ground for ten minutes. Marcy called both of us out to do another shot. Seth tried using the low blow as an excuse. I told him to stop being a pussy and just say that he didnt' wanna do shots. That's what I did. Well, he got all pissy and hit me below the belt UNPROVOKED! I slapped him upside his head and he went to come at me. That is until he saw that I was ready to start throwing bombs. He kept saying that I didn't wanna fight him, because he almost killed a guy before. I said bullshit and kept calling him a pussy and like a pussy, he backed down. If he ever does something that low again, he will be in great amounts of pain. As all of this was going on, his brothers and their friends were trashing his room or more specifically a board game that I brought up there that we play all the time. When we went back in, the game was all messed up and someone put a guy's sack on his computer. I left his room to go out and laugh at their creativity. They really didn't do any real damage to anything. Well, while I was out hanging out with everyone else, he was apparently throwing a tantrum like a little baby. Basically, throwing things around and shouting that he "couldn't wait to get the hell out of this house". First off, his mom and step-father's house has about five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a bar downstairs, a huge living room, and a decent sized kitchen. Second off, he doesn't do much of anything around the house. His mom does all the stuff he should be doing himself. He doesn't really have it bad at all over there. Hell, I'd trade places with him in a heartbeat and I don't have it all that bad either. The sad part is that more than half of his family that live in the house want him to move out and stop freeloading on them. Marcy even told him that she'd love it if he moved out, so she'd be able to use his room as another guest room. I asked if I'd still be invited. She looked at me as if to say: "why wouldn't you be invited" and said yes. Bottom line is that he really needs to grow up. I need to grow up too, but I'm farther along than he is. Overall, this weekend had some high points and low points.

Making A Comeback

Matt Serra was faced with a difficult situation last night. Because his team did so well in the preliminaries, Matt Hughes only has two guys left and if they were to lose there would be no need for Matt Hughes to be on the show. Apparently, Dana White saw this as a problem. Matt Serra wanted to finish Team Hughes off in the quarter-finals. In fact, when him and Dana were discussing possible fights for the quarter-finals, Matt Serra asked if it was possible to have the two fighters on Team Hughes fight each other. Matt Hughes told the camera if his team were pitted against each other, he'd throw a fit. Grow the hell up, Hughes. Your team sucks anyways. What does it matter if teammate faces teammate? Only one figher's gonna win this thing. Anyways, Matt Serra and Dana asked the fighters who they wished to fight and why. Then, a problem arose. Matt Serra had 6 fighters advance to the quarter-finals, Matt Hughes only has 2 fighters advancing to the quarter-finals. Dana told Serra that two of his fighters had to go over to Team Hughes. Matt Serra and his team weren't happy at all. The team's concern is that Hughes can't really teach them anything and they're right. His team is 2-6 against them. Matt Serra just wants to finish off Team Hughes. Matt Serra said it feels like a punishment and I agree with him. Last season, there was one teammate vs. teammate fight. No one coached anybody. The coaches just watched silently. Why can't they do the same thing here? Anyway, Matt Hughes had that stupid grin on his face. To his credit, he had Dana flip a coin. Hughes offered to pick for Serra, which I thought was an asshole move on his part. The asshole was really loving it. Serra turned down the offer and a coin toss decided who was going over to Team Hughes. The two guys that were sent over asked to talk to the coaches on Team Hughes. Basically, they wanted to make sure that Hughes wasn't gonna dick them over. Hughes told the camera that he felt that the "meeting" was unprofessional on their part. WHAT AN ASSHOLE! I'll bet anything that if the roles were switched, Matt Serra wouldn't find the meeting unprofessional. Hughes basically told them that he was here to coach. He wasn't there to make friends or anything else. Then, he got up and left without shaking their hands or anything. The guy's a dick and I'm counting down the days when Matt Serra smashes his teeth in. Mac and my pick to win the entire thing faced off. I don't have a problem with Mac, but I picked John to win it, so that's who I was pulling for. Unfortunately, Mac won the fight. I don't switch horses after one has lost, but if I were to guess who's gonna win the entire thing now, I'd pick Mac. If I were asked who would be his opponent, I'd guess Ritchie Hightower. He reminds me of Joe Stevenson from Season 2 without the cocky attitude. Right now, it looks like Hughes is making a comeback. However, the first Preliminary fight was won by Mac and then Team Serra dominated for the most part. Could lightning strike twice?

People Are Amazingly Stupid

I didn't drink at all this weekend, which isn't really a big deal, but it is uncommon. Friday, I went to an Independent wrestling show. That was a lot of fun. It helps when you have a second row ticket. At least the wrestlers can hear you scream at them. They're coming back February 23rd. I'm buying front row tickets this time. I showed up an hour and a half early for this show, because the thing said reserved tickets rows 1 or 2. I thought that meant first come, first served. However, the tickets read: Row 2 section D seat 15 and 16. It was still a lot of fun. Saturday, I helped my friend's grandmother clean out her basement. I would've done it for free, but she paid us anyway. I heard a story that really pissed me off while I was there. Apparently, during her birthday, we all pitched in to help her paint the house and clean the yard up a little bit. My friend's asshole cousin said in a low voice: "Grandma better be paying us, because I'm not doing this for free." Even though I was there, I don't remember this story. Apparently, I heard him and took a swing at him. The only thing that I remember is all of us helping his grandmother and he was being a horse's ass. If he pulls something like that again and I happen to be there, there will be consequences. It just amazes me how stupid and inconsiderate people really are. I use the college's computers because mine doesn't have internet. I like to listen to music while I'm doing this, so I bring my headphones so that I don't disturb the people around me. The guy next to me had a Sean Paul song up at full volume with no headphones. It's actually a rule to not listen to anything without using headphones. It didn't take long for someone to say something. How stupid can you really be? It's common sense to put on a set of headphones when you're around a group of people who might be writing a paper or studying. Maybe the guy was trying to provoke a confrontation. Then again, maybe he really was that ignorant.

Too Little Too Late

Matt Hughes finally picked up a win over Team Serra. Unfortunately for him, it's still too late for him to be able to help pick the quarter-final fights. The guy who won reminds me of Matt Hughes in style, but not in attitude. He doesn't really say anything at all. Hughes was a little frustrated with him, because he wasn't showing any emotion. So freakin' what? Not everyone's an asshole like him, thank god. Anyway, the fight itself was pretty intense. Matt Serra's guy almost won with a rear naked choke. Hughes' fighter was bleeding pretty good, but it wasn't affecting his vision, so the fight continued. Anyway, Mini Matt Hughes won the fight and advanced to the quarter-finals. How did Matt Serra respond to the loss? He responded professionally. Then again, he controls the quarter-finals. Matt Hughes only has two guys that advanced to the quarter-finals. However, they're pretty tough. I'd pick Mac to win the entire thing if I were asked. He's like the unofficial leader of Team Hughes and the first one on the team to pick up a win. Personally, I want John from Team Serra to win the entire thing. He's just happy to be there and plans on making the most of the opportunity. We'll just have to see how he does in the quarter-finals.

Friends

I hung out with Scott Hoyt on Friday. It was pretty boring actually. Also, when I become overly tired, I become more irritated than I would normally. We went to the Cyber Cafe for a little bit and then we went to Denny's. The Cyber Cafe is alright, but I hate Denny's. I think the food sucks. Also, I didn't really fit in with that crowd. I ended up making the same friends that Hoyt did when we came to BCC at first. We have different interests and he ended up hanging out with guys that watch hours upon hours of anime. I don't have a problem with anime, but I don't really watch it. I was still hanging out with the SV/Windsor crowd. I hang out with a variety of people that has their own circle of friends. At BCC, I'm usually hanging out with the fat people. On the weekends, I'm either hanging out with my idiot friend, Seth in Candor, Cody and his friends, or Felicia and her friends. Before, I used to hang out with Cody, Felicia, and their roommates, but things have changed. I alternate between circles. I have my own circle. It consists of me, Robin, and Johnny. I see Robin every other day, but ever since Johnny was hurt at his job, I haven't seen too much of him. When all of them were going to BCC, we were this big happy family. However, some of our family have either dropped out or graduated. I'm the only one that's fortunate enough to see them on a weekly basis. Chris and I are the only ones left that are representin' at BCC. My best friend from high school called me up last night. He enlisted in the army about five years ago. He would've been done this year, but he recently re-enlisted for another four years. He said he'd be up around August. Maybe we'll go out drinking instead of watching movies and playing video games all night.

Starting the Weekend Early

My friends from college go to a bar in Pennsylvania every Thursday. They've invited me a couple of times, but I've had no way of getting there. One of my friends was gonna arrange a way to get me there. The original plan was that I'd go home with him and wait for our ride to show up. I thought it was all taken care of. But there was some miscommunication and there was no room for me this week. My friend felt that he screwed me over, but he really didn't. I assured him everything was cool and told him to pencil me in for next Thursday. I didn't feel like going home last night, so I gave Cody a call and asked if it was cool if I could crash at his place. He said ok and picked me up. The people that lived with Cody before didn't mind the taste of beer, so they'd usually drink mine if I left it there. I didn't mind of course, but my plans for last night were to be drinking. Luckily, Cody's new roommates don't drink beer and I had eight cans left. Ever since the tea bagging incident, I haven't really gotten hammered like I used to. Even at the last couple of parties that I was at, I wasn't really drunk. Last night, I was freakin' hammered. After my third one, I started playing Guitar Hero 3. I don't have anything against Guitar Hero, but I never really play it. So, for a good hour and a half I was playing Guitar Hero 3 while I was drinking. If you really want a challenge, trying playing that game drunk. It's a lot more fun. Then, Cody's neighbors came over. We hung out with them and I started getting tired. I moved to the other couch and fell asleep. When I woke up this morning, I was on the couch that Cody and the neighbors were sitting on and I don't remember moving there. That kind of freaks me out a bit. I've never gotten hammered to the point that I black out. I remember everything that happened last night except for moving back on that couch. I'm hanging out with my friend, Scott Hoyt tonight. We're not gonna be drinking, but I'm sure something amusing will happen.

Matt Hughes Fails

Matt Hughes' team is starting to get sick of him. He was pissing and moaning about how they don't seem to wanna listen to him and that's why they're 1-5 against Team Serra. It's a known fact that most people don't listen to assholes. I don't really listen to assholes myself. During the practice, he was bitching about the last two guys that fought and lost. Dan was getting stitched up, so he wasn't at the practice. Hughes said that Dan was scared the minute the fight began and the fight itself was horrible. Mac didn't think what Hughes said was right. He couldn't say anything about it though, because I'm sure that Hughes would've used Mac as a scape-goat. He was talking about it with Jared (nicknamed J-Rock) and he agreed with Mac. J-Rock had yet to fight and he felt that Hughes was punishing him and the other fighter who hasn't fought yet, because of the guys who did fight and lose. Matt Hughes was also bitching about not wanting to be on the show anymore. All I have to say about that is don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Hughes. Way to act like Joey. It wouldn't bother me one bit if Hughes took his ball and went home. Unfortunately, Matt Hughes is staying and was just talking out of his ass. J-Rock was the next guy to be chosen to fight. During practice, he hurt his ribs. No one knew exactly what he'd done at first. He was told that if the injury were severe enough, he wouldn't be able to fight. The guy broke down crying. He already expected the worst. They went to get X-rays done of the injury to see how bad it was. Luckily, he only had a bruised rib. It would hurt a lot, but he'd still be able to fight. I've noticed that most if not all of the injuries this season have been on Team Hughes. Maybe if Hughes would stop punishing his guys, he wouldn't be having these close calls. J-Rock's actions had me believing that he was gonna take his opponent's head off. The way he was upset when he thought that he might not be able to fight and the talk he said about wanting to fight George from Team Serra had me believing that he'd turn things around for Team Hughes. George's teammates are getting annoyed with him as well. I guess he pretty much keeps to himself and is only focusing on him winning the competition. There's no fault in that. However, they made the competition a team sport and at the same time, kept it as an individual sport. It reminds me of being on the wrestling team. You were part of the team, but it was up to you to put the points on the board and help your team win. Granted that Team Serra really doesn't need help at this point, they're still part of a team and everyone needs to do their part to help the team succeed. George's defense is that guys on his team aren't babies. He's right, but there's no alarm clock in the room and the guys would appreciate it if someone woke them up in time to get a shower in, to eat breakfast, and to do whatever else they need to do before they go to practice. The fight between George and J-Rock wasn't what I had expected. J-Rock didn't do much of anything and George ended up knocking him out a minute before the round ended. The fight was pretty much boring. After the fight, J-Rock threw a tantrum. He was crying again and throwing chairs, water bottles, and whatever else he could get his hands on. He has no one to blame but himself. That's what makes it an individual sport. Because he lost, his team lost and that's what makes it a team sport. The look Matt Hughes had on his face after the fight pretty much told the story. He has one fighter left, he has no say in the quarter-finals, he only has one fighter advancing to the quarter-finals, and Team Serra is up 6-1. The look on his face basically said: "I lost, I give up, there's no way I can come back from this, I just want to go home." He might not have said this, but the look on his face did. Matt Serra did what he wanted to do. He wanted to beat Matt Hughes in the competition. He also wants to beat Matt Hughes when they fight to deprive him of once again becoming the Welterweight champion. His team's 6-1...SUCK ON THAT, HUGHES!