Holy sh*t……life’s tough right now. Reeeeeeeeeal tough. Lotta changes but still trapped in the same ‘ol situation. Good material for scripts though. These walks I’ve been taking lately seem to be helping for the moments I’m out there. Just waiting for a Beecher cop to arrest me. It’s bound to happen sooner or later right? Basically I feel like sh*t. Here’s to praying this “Uncertain Era” will get over with sooner rather than later! Watched Clerks II recently and loved it. (Thanks Justin) Definitely in that frame of mind. Great story and characters, all genitalia jokes aside of course. I need an outlet right now. But with most friends away it’s tough to let things out in a way I’m comfortable with. Feelin Boxed in Beecher mayne. Sounds like the name of a sitcom…or not. PFM.

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The Lantern - Lantern adviser departs for Abu Dhabi, resigns from OSU post http://bit.ly/aP6gik

The Lantern - A passion for art, a penchant for ice cream http://bit.ly/bAjBOL

The Lantern - Student will devote life to glass-blowing http://bit.ly/aTDwIl

The Lantern - Ohio State Glass Blowing http://bit.ly/9N4yGO

Let me start off by letting you know my on-again, off-again bromance with The Foo Fighters is definitely on right now. Deep stuff man…

Aaaaaaaanyway, I know it’s been a little bit so here are the crucial updates; school is finally all set up and I’ll resume my never ending quest for education August 30th, Power Trio Studios WILL be filming this summer. (As for what, that really isn’t in my silky smooth hands right now) Last update involves some awesomeness…’sall I’m sayin.

Now this title isn’t just a kickass Foo song. It does accurately describe a bit of a struggle I’m holding on life support right now. If I was in an outsider’s position, I’d probably say, “Stop wasting your time man. It ain’t worth it.” And that may be the correct assessment. But for some reason I’m gonna be going down with the ship if the captain doesn’t swing out of the way of that ice berg in time. It’s getting closer though so I’ll know my fate soon. As for why…I suppose sometimes you have to do everything within your power to keep a promise. Even if it wasn’t really your promise in the first place. Responsibility can drop from the sky and dig its weight into your shoulder at any moment. In the end however, it’s still your choice if you want to F-5 that bad boy off your shoulders or carry it to where it has to be. Maybe you think it should be somewhere else and you may be right…but is that any excuse to let it die?

Check this video out — Flash Mob at the Ohio Union 5/3/2010 - The Ohio State University http://youtu.be/HDNOB6TnHSI

The Lantern - Columbus film festival is oldest in US: http://bit.ly/cNbQl7.

The Lantern - S.P.A.C.E comic expo draws crowd from Midwest: http://bit.ly/amcY8l via @addthis

Hopefully, at least some of the people who are reading this are following this blog to actually get to know more about me because of Power Trio Studios.  If that’s the case, you should know that I am a HUGE pro wrestling fan.  I’ve been a WWE (formally WWF or World Wrestling Federation) fanatic since I was 13 years old.  Why such a late bloomer you ask?  Well, I wasn’t exactly allowed to watch wrestling when I was young.  That put me at a disadvantage from the start.  If anyone remembers the big wrestling boom from the late 90’s you’d know why. 

I came in at the very end of that era.  2002 was the year I finally said to hell with this restriction.  I wanted to be in the loop.  I always had.  So I finally started to rather sneakily (word?) watch the WWE behind my parents back.  Instantly, I was hooked.  Getting to know the characters and feuds that went on inside the squared circle, not to mention catching up on all the history I missed, was a daunting task at first.  But I was excited to learn everything I could about it.  Seeing guys like The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Triple H, Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, Kane, Booker T and Edge among many others every week drew me right on in to the endless soap opera. 

However, there were 2 big names that made me want nothing more than to get inside of a wrestling ring and hit a leg drop and a superkick on someone.  Those names were “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan and “The Heart Break Kid” Shawn Michaels.  I’m sure you’ve heard of at least one of those guys.  Back in ‘02 both these men made huge in-ring returns after years of absense.  Hogan returned to the WWE as his original incarnation after almost a decade of being away and playing a “bad guy” character in WWE’s now out-of-business rival WCW (World Championship Wrestling).  Shawn Michaels had a then thought career ending back injury in 1998 and made his out-of-nowhere comeback in the latter months of 2002.  Both men were legends already for similar and differing reasons.  However, they cemented their legacies when they both came back to win a WWE World Championship in miraculous fashions.  They captured my attention, loyalty and imagination.  No year in wrestling has ever come close to that first one for me. 

As the years went by and saw the older and 3 quarters retired Hogan rise to reality tv fame, HBK (Michales) was having the best matches pro wrestling has ever, and probably will ever, see.  When I grew older, I found myself respecting Michales’s talent both in the ring and on the microphone more and more.  While Hulk Hogan will always hold a special red and yellow place in my Hulkamaniac heart, HBK may have recently stolen the show with his recent, extremely sincere, retirement from the industry.  The Show Stopper, The Main Event, THE ICON!!!!  The one and only Heart Break Kid will be sadly but fondly missed by many fans around the world; this one especially.  So here’s to you HBK!  Maybe we’ll see ya down the road for one more classic one day. 

Oh and by the way; I may have never got that leg drop in, but Jason Burns hit that superkick for me.  ;)

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