Miz – Just Another Day…

It’s been about two weeks since I went to WWE Elimination Chamber here in Oakland and at first I was doubting myself as to whether it was worth it or not and after all the smoke cleared it was. Me and brother got there around 4:30 to find parking which was around the BART station. What surprised me was that up at the main entrance, they were charging 30 bucks for a parking spot and we were lucky there were quite a few parking spots left by the station. After we had found our seats, we got hyped up for the night’s events, as everything seemed in place and the energy really seemed like it flowed well that night. When I was sitting there, I realized that I noted that one of my resolutions was to come to this event and I was glad that it was with my brother. I don’t see my brother on a everyday basis as he doesn’t live with us anymore but when it’s just us, I can talk about whatever is on my mind and he as well. The matches were really solid overall and they gave me hope for the sheer transition that wrestling seems to go through every 4 or 5 years. I was impressed with the veracity of the opener between Kingston and Del Rio as it established them not only as good performers but solid characters as well. I was also impressed with the Elimination Chamber matches as well as both had excellent standout performances. I can say that on the smackdown side, there was really no fear of actually trying something innovative here. Usually, what I see as a contribution from a well established veteran is what happened when Edge, Rey Mysterio, and the Big Show all pitched in and gave two young guys such as Wade Barrett and Drew Mcyntre, a chance to shine as they all took pretty nasty falls in that match. I can say that the exchanges between Mysterio and Edge really gave them the opportunity to give the fans their money’s worth and they didn’t disappoint. I found it interesting that the Raw Chamber was not as exciting as the smackdown as it seemed that this one was more built towards creating a ‘spot’. I understand that wrestling needs variety in order to get their point across and in this case it was no different. John Morrison really delivered a performance which was worth every accolade he gets because this guy has started to change my doubt about how much of a waste of talent he is. At first, the only reason I thought he was good was because of the guys he was being matched up with but then I saw that this guy can do some pretty insane moves. He has also won me over in how he can give a different type of performance very night instead of doing the same thing over and over. I was equally impressed by guys like CM Punk and Randy Orton as they both ended up looking like they took big bumps in order to get the effects of the chamber over. Overall, the show had two other matches in the Corre VS. Santino Marella and Vladmir Kozlov which was a short little affair that I didn’t pay much attention to as it was over just in about 5 minutes. I believe the match between Jerry Lawler vs. the Miz wasn’t great but not bad either as both men seemed to want to try to get the story of their match over. Lawler was playing the ‘one last chance’ story and Miz was playing the ‘most must see champiuon’ of his day which made me believe that Miz had to win in order to be a better character. The way that Miz plays his character almost makes me feel like a little kid again. In my older life, I have been a supporter of bad guys or ‘heels’ as the antihero is something that intrigued and made me wonder about our own society. Good guys have always seemed preppy and too goody shoes to do anything wrong as they are almost seen as superheroes. However, with the Miz I just feel like slapping him because he really makes your blood boil because he plays his part so well and he understands that the crowd has to hate him. I’ve seen that the man, Mike Mizanin, worked his ass to where he is and he deserves everything he has earned but as a character you just want to see that he gets what’s coming to him. In my case, I believe to see a bad guy get their ass kicked is what sends fans and supporters alike home happy. He plays his part very well and I can say that I was non believer in what he could achieve but he did well with what he got. Miz ended up pulling out a convincing victory and I was surprised that he won clean because very rarely do we ever see that happen with the Miz. Two other short segments in this event that happened was the appearance of the very wonderful Trish Stratus as she was revealed as a trainer of the show Tough Enough and very few fans knew who she was but I knew who she was and she looked gorgeous as she always does. Then one of the best characters that WWE has produced in recent years, Vickie Guerrero, appeared and she begged for some forgiveness from the authority figure, Teddy Long. I enjoy watching Vickie because she seems to understand the meaning of what a good female heel is supposed to be and she is probably supporting her family as well with what she does. I’ve always said, these people are away from there families almost 300 days of the year and for them to elicit a reaction must be tough as they have either be seen as good or evil. But, the way some people do it almost makes you wonder what goes on inside them as humans as some of them play their characters so well that it is hard to imagine what they are really like. The event was probably one of the better ones I’ve been to and I hope they come again so I can take some pictures with a camera that I hope to purchase soon. I would like to thank my brother for bringing along his camera as the pictures he took were very crisp and unreal to look at if you put them on a 1080 P TV:

Here they are:

DSCN3238 — CM Punk, Straight Edge Rules!

DSCN3241 — The closing moments of the Raw Chamber

If you just can’t find
Someone to trust
When you give your heart
But you don’t get much
Don’t you worry
Your time is gonna come
Ohh yeah
Well the world’s a school
So much to learn
So learn it well young man
Well the world’s a stage some act to fool

-Roll with it by the Backstreet Boys

The first day of school. Sometimes, it’s like getting ready to go to war and other times it’s like getting to take a stroll in the park and sometimes it’s a little of both. Well, yesterday I had a little of both because over the well deserved winter break I slept quite a bit to the point that I got my usual 8 hours instead of 6. It was back to 6 yesterday because I had a hard time falling asleep after catching up on some episodes of Weeds and I just kept thinking of what new adventures awaited me at De Anza College. I tried to listen to some calming music but it didn’t work but I finally went to sleep at around 2 that morning. I got up around 8:15 that morning to take my dog on her walk which give or take can go from 15 or 20 minutes on a usual morning. After I had finished her walk I got ready for school and I tried getting there early so I can take a walk around campus to find my classes to make sure I didn’t get lost. The most difficult one to find is one in a trailer that is by the tennis courts which wasn’t easy to find but it wasn’t hard either. After that I went to my first class which was Colonial Latin American History which is taught by a professor that I respect for the sharing of his personal life and he also puts a real life emphasis on how history connects to life and what is happening around us. I was amazed at the vast amount of stuff he told us about how he stole this lady’s phone number yet he didn’t know he did as there was some sort of mix up with the phone company and what not. He also happened to take a phone call in the middle of class due to his insurance company calling to ask about how his liability problem is being handled by the DMV which is just weird and dumb according to him. I realized days before sitting in that classroom that I don’t know everything in the world nor should it be my intention to do so. Some people say it is “experience” that educates you but in my honest opinion I believe that reading a book and hearing other’s stories helps you constantly learn and it helps to build you up. Hearing this professor speak about Latin American history and what we are going to cover in the course helped me realize that just because I’m Mexican and I hear Mexican music, that doesn’t give me the right to automatically say that I know my people and I stand by what they are. I want to know more and if I keep learning at my young age, I’ll be able to understand who I am as a person and as apart of my culture. It’s interesting to note that while I was sitting there that my next class, Cultural Anthropology, is kind of along the same lines but along a different context. Our professor, this time a woman introduced us to the course and went over what it was that our culture taught us about ourselves and how we function as human beings. I liked her talking about her own culture in that she was born in Korea and her parents found it very hard to keep her because where she grew up the value of a son was seen as a good thing. She gave me the impression that she enjoys talking about the study of Anthropology and she doesn’t sugarcoat it so that she is really not into it. She told us how she went to live with a tribe in Chile called Mapuche and hearing talk about them made us realize as a class that there is so much to be discovered out there and we as people are unaware as we carry on in our busy schedules. After that was said and done, I took a break till 1:30 which is when my Regional Geography class started. This is where it got interesting as both good thoughts came into my head and weird ones as well. I realized that the professor teaching the class was very keen on the point that Geography is something that is put under the section “Social Studies” in Elementary school and I thought she is right. I hardly remember ever taking map tests or having to memorize the 50 states of the U.S.A. except for in Middle school or high school which wasn’t so good the first time around in middle school but in high school I could have told you where Virginia was located exactly or even Maine. I also found it funny that one of the students was trying to make smart ass comments on the first day of class. Usually, you study these ones that make these comments and you think to yourself that they are trying to prove a point that is a lost cause or they are just trying to be funny. I usually just think they are trying to get noticed by the professor but all it takes is that and they’ll notice you. I also found it funny that her jokes weren’t funny yet she jokes that her jokes were only found funny by old people and that she enjoys the occasional geography student that always raises their hands. I liked that she went over how the idea of Geography actually may work as this makes it seem like a less complicated process as this is a class that I’m taking for requirement but I’m also interested in finding out about the locations I live in and what they are embedded in. I then noticed a classmate that looked really, and when I mean familiar, I mean I felt like I would never see this guy again. It was this guy that I went to high school with and I couldn’t fathom seeing him again because even though we were back to back classes for a year and that was the only year I ever saw him, I hoped I would never see him again. He just seemed like he had to be right about everything and he just seemed righteous in the abilities he had about proving people wrong and he also seemed disrespectful to our history teacher that year. Once I heard his name read for roll call, I couldn’t believe it was him and I was just kind of shocked but I will try my best to avoid the guy because he’ll probably not remember me but I’ll remember him. Speaking of roll call, it was interesting because she called our names and she wanted to know places we would have liked to have gone to. I heard Greece, Toronto, Moscow, Chile, Fiji, and even the very estranged Cuba. I thought wow, all those places sound awesome to go to one day and I hope one day I’ll be able to afford to go to some of these places. I ended up saying Calgary, Canada simply because I want to visit the famous Hart House of the wrestling family the Harts, if not just for some picture taking if they ever make it an attraction. After that was over, I waited a few hours before work and I realized that I should probably order my books and I did and this time I got them at a good baragin which was just under 100 dollars which is way better than previous year where I’ve spent 90 dollars just on one book. I watched the amazing Miz/ John Morrison match on Monday Night Raw and I felt satisfied enough to go to work after a good meal and some wrestling. As I was rolling up, I saw a co-worker that I hadn’t seen in some time. It had been about two weeks and it feels strange seeing him even now. He decided a few weeks ago that he was going to quit and I feel proud of him as he and I were did a lot of things together but sometimes friendships end up being like relationships in that you hold up your end of the bargain but the other person only cares about putting their interests first instead of their own. I don’t know what his goal would be if he is moving to Fairfield as he is entering a personal fitness trainer program there and I feel that he can offer other people so much more than he has in the past. I stated to him that he was going to miss me and I told him that I wasn’t. I told him that it was time to move on and branch off but he wasn’t buying it which I found strange and perplexing. I thought to myself, I’ve done pretty well for myself in stages of my life where I had to start over in a way. I remember when I moved or when I found my first job I thought it would be difficult to find new friends but I put my trust in some of them and we had our share of laughs and we joked around but we were still friends in the end. I do truly miss having not to work and hang with friends from high school as I found it easy to communicate with him and we were both very level headed. I sometimes say to myself that I have to keep at least one friend from each era of my life and I can honestly say I have and I will always have that mentality. From the big red machine, I can say that maybe at the most, I have kept two, one of whom no longer works there and one I consider to me more of a “Yoda” figure as he has fun with everybody but with me he treats me like his own and we always try to have a great time when we work together. Back when I lived in San Jose, I made two great friends and even though we don’t talk on a regular basis, I can say that if either of those two guys ever needs a friend I’ll be there for them as I remember seeing one of them a few months ago at De Anza and we chatted for a bit about life and what not, although I was kind of inconsiderate due to my “time” running low. I also kept some old buddies from my old apartments so that always works out as well. I just kept thinking to myself as this co-worker spoke to me that I couldn’t take someone like that seriously anymore. I think after this day that I am in a position to succeed in anything I want, it’s just i have to position myself in order to do so. I hope to accomplish many things this year as everything has a solution… Thank you and have a good evening.

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