Positives about SKC and Royals

Start off with the positives. The crowd at Livestrong was rocking on Friday. Sporting KC has a bunch of shots on goals and barely missed putting one in the back off the net. They look like an upper level team. The Royals are playing well. Salvador Perez (Juan Bencho) looks like a hall of famer right now. He hit an opposite field homerun tonight that was impressive as hell. I am hopeful that Sporting can shake off these tough losses, maybe throw Saad in the mix at forward a bit and get back on track. So SKC lost, but I can only do what I can do. Go to the games and cheer along and enjoy my time. I think the Royals maybe in a stretch where they just mash. Butler, Moose, Hosmer, Perez, Gordon, then you throw Wil Myers possibly in the mix. That is a world series type of offense right there when they are clicking. About my day. This week was hard. I have been eating tons of Sunchips and working hard. I haven't been doing good managing calories. I want to say the Steak sandwhich and reuben I had today was 1800 cals alone. I have been working out, but I just see how miserable it is to keep my calories down low. It really messes with my quality of life, but you know you pay to play. I really have to feel for some of my friends that are female and a couple that are male that truely pay the price and go through pain to maintain a decent weight. The good thing is I have felt really good lately. I just have this feeling that rich or poor I have gone through so much crap in my life already that if I can do any task if I just ask for Gods strength and ask him to guide me, then I just do work. I've really been on this kick just to work as hard as I can, get home and get the apartment clean (this basically means vacuumed and no trash laying around) when I am done at around 8 I feel really good and relaxed. Onto music. I heard Smashing Pumpkins new song and I was pretty impressed. It sounded good and easy. Smashing Pumpkins always was getting more progressive and "Out there" for my tastes. Their newest effort is very ear friendly. I haven't heard the New Offspring album yet, but I may try that out. I really love Bombay Bicycle Club. Their song Shuffle is a good one. I am going to check out Lucero and Reverend Horton Heat this weekend.

Turn back the clock to 2000

The summer of 2000 was probably one of my favorites. I could drink underage because of my sister and Miguel Ram-Ram. So it was a mix of it being ok to drink until I puke, and the fact I was young and dumb. Another important aspect was that I could burn CD's. This lead to hours and hours of URGE, 2 Skinnie J's, and Shootyz Groove, being played on the CD player. We also had a nice little drunk shack over on Charles Street. I remember being beat up because we had no chicks, but it was always cool to go over and play some n64 and get some shitty air conditioning. Miguel was at his craziest during this period, pulling knives, dropping drugs into his mouth, I said no thanks to that, but it provided some interesting times. I also stayed up until 6 am most nights. I don't remember going to bed before sunrise once. I think the highlight was also going down to the OZARKS where we got in a shitload of trouble for being bastards. I dove into cold ass water headfirst drink (Smart I know!) You know you are young and dumb when I can't remember a single Royals highlight this year, maybe Randa went deep at some point, but all I know was I was looking to score busch light at all times. I remember gameday 2001 for playstation as the Vikings were awesome on that team. As a general awesome memory I liked it when Matt had a couple crushes that would come over so I could talk trash to them. I also liked playing Mario Golf for a zillion hours in a row. The unofficial end to the summer came when we had a cookout for a the first preseason game for the NFL. I remember Matt's 21st birthday because everyone duck taped him up to a chair. He was nothing like he is Now, he was alittle more dickish back then, but he was still someone to hang out with. I don't like to live in this space and time in my head too long because I remember the good with the bad. I remember being real shy in general, Bryce, Botty, Matt, and Miguel, sometimes my sister, and randoms around St. Joseph were my only friends. Like all things that era came to an END. I went back to school, Bryce went back to school, Miguel went to live at Camp Marvin Hillyard, and I don't know where Botty went off too. I had a horrible next semester because I just wanted to drink and party all the time. I think I only passed 9 hours. It is always hard say what the crap I did with my time during some of this time in my life because I was battling general depression. I did snap out of the funk by next summer. I will always remember sneaking around with Byrd drinking, hanging out for hours on end, Bobo, Rob Calloway fight, Fight Club, and blockbuster.

Royals are getting the bats going

The Royals are getting their bats going. Perez, Moose, Hosmer, Escobar, could be a top five offense in this league for awhile. Oh yeah and then there is this guy called Billy . He is not bad either. That lineup is very good, I can't wait to see how they respond with a couple more years of experience and with weight training. Yesterday was good. Just have been working hard, then after I work hard, I sit down with Raymond, make sure I am praying and keeping on a decent spiritual path, then I went for a walk and made sure I got that in. Then put on some shorts and relaxed. It was a decent day.

Dayton Lyons I'll See Deez

Escobar is on a roll. The Royals have bounced back after that woeful series with St. Louis. Chen and Hochaver (Hochocinco!) That is great. Sporting KC piss pounded Dayton Lions tonight 3-0. Sapong with two talleys, and some other awesome guy had the other goal. Oh yeah it was Graham Zusi with a long strike from range. Kris, Sarah, Ryan, and Shannon went. It was very hot out. We were sweating like bastards. It was a fun night. No pictures though which is weird. Everything else is going really good. Getting work done around my apartment, getting work done at work, people texting me wanting to hang out. Life is good. I am also very healthy, every day I am not throwing up or having an anxiety attack is a blessed day.

SUNDAY NOT FUNDAY!!!

Yesterday I woke up and I was tired, but couldn't fall asleep. It was very frustrating. I was grumpy and tired. Luckily I was by myself. I did some laundry, played some guitar hero, watched sports center. I then got some food for the afternoon and hung up the laundry after it was done. I cooked chicken and then awaited the Royals impending disaster. I had some baked wings, some breast of the chicken, and some wafers. The Royals then went on to suck and lose. They looked really bad. Hosmer is probably heading to AAA or to a bar to get his swing going. I hope they can bounce back. Sporting KC is in action tomorrow for the Open Cup against the Dayton Lions. Dayton Lions are not in the MLS so I have no idea how that will shake up. I didn't get to see nascar this weekend exept for danica patick getting pushed into some kitty litter (fitting!) Yesterday after I ate and the Royals lost Kris came over and we watched TV. I then walked to black dog and hung out with my friend Angela. Angela has bright red hair, she is always sweaty, but she is nice. She introduced me to a band called Timber Timbre. I like the band quite a bunch now. We walked to the gas station to get cigerettes and I felt like I was right back at home in St. Joe. Nothing I did more in st. joe than walk to the store to buy crap with random people. This week is going to be tough and busy. My plan is just to eat when I am hungry, write out if something is frustrating me, and verbalize if it is really bothering me. So one day at a time and here we go!

Sunday

The Royals and Sporting KC both got beat yesterday. In Sporting KC's game they got hammered. Royals...well they just can't score runs. What is Hosmers deal this year...I've heard of second year slumps, but this shit is bad even for the Royals. Yesterday I went down to the Crossroads and watched some bands play at Grassacer. My sistor was kind enough to get me a ticket. I loaded up a cooler full of water and pop. Sons of Fathers are one of my favorite country bands. They really can sing well. Goddamn Gallows psycobilly style was very interesting and Cornmeal and Split Lip Rayfield did their thing. After it got dark the entire venue cooled off. I saw Scott and Bethany there and they ate hot wings. It wasn't your normal run of the mill hot wings, it was the kind where everyone took a bite and were sad and angry at God that he could allow such evil to exist in this world. I don't know why, but I didn't try one. I am always one to ruin my day with doing something ignorant, but the amount of water and pain they were in eating a small piece of wing-death, were proof that I didn't want that in my life. Sometimes you just have to set boundaries and say "One spicy wing isn't going to send me to the hospital.

Juan Bencho Returns

The return of Juan Bencho yesterday was a good one. He hit a couple balls hard including a homerun. Out of all the young studs for the Royals, he might be the best one. That is why he is the Hispanic Johnny Bench, or Juan Bencho! Paulino is out for the year and that sucks. Our pitching staff was already "pregnant on a roller coaster bad" now it is worse. Sporting KC plays tonight, hopefully they can tie. I have no idea who is going to be playing. Peterson has been playing well at LW because Bobby Convey has disappeared.. Today I woke up and played some Guitar Hero. I am trying to make an effort to play all the video games I don't play. It sounds simple, but surprisingly tedious to really get down to it. I also have been playing Dirt Track Racing 2 with my Momo Steering wheel. I downloaded some setups and now my piece of crap vehicle is going fast! I am going to a concert tonight and it should be fun. I really love Split Lip Rayfield and Cornmeal. I love Alternative bluegrass so much, I will probably piss my pass in sure bliss tonight.