My best friend is a very successful professional wrestler. He's also been a vegetarian for about 10 years. Recently, he made the jump to full-on vegan. This means not consuming products made from animals (dairy, eggs, etc.). The reason he switched was a film: Forks Over Knives ( Read more... )

I don't know whether I like kids or not. They're like cats to me: I usually speak ill of them, but if one's around, I'll probably eventually play with it ( Read more... )

When things aren't going your way, it's easy to get jealous of those who are doing what you do but having more success. Since I have many and varied aspirations, that is quite a long list. It's been a while since I've been down this low. I'm not *so* low, though; many things to be thankful for if you're me.

There's a reason I'm doing this, right? Why I'm spending 5 days a week at the gym. Why I'm in better shape than when I was in my early 20s and getting paid to wrestle in little clothing a few times a month.

Here's a picture I posted on Facebook last week:

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I'm once again selling a bunch of games (and toys). The reasoning is twofold. First, to make more space as games make up a big part of the square footage in our apartment. Secondly - and more importantly - because I am blessed and cursed to be eligible to join the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) very shortly. That's great for opportunities to act/stunt, ( Read more... )

A couple weeks back, my best friend Dan flew me out to visit. This wasn’t just any visit. It was his way of thanking me for helping to get him into wrestling. He recently signed with Impact Wrestling for a 3-year deal, and it was paying him a good amount. Thus, he could afford to fly me out. Also, he was headlining a pay-per-view, and rightly ( Read more... )

Last time I was an attendant of E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, was back in 2006. I was a host for GameTrailers.com, and it was great. I’d roll into a booth, do an in/out, shoot some interviews/demos, and move on. I got paid well and it was loads of fun. Compare that to previous years, when I’d have to stay up until 3am writing previews for ( Read more... )

Almost a month to the day, I saw the butterfly again. First thing I thought: The person who named butterflies must have been dyslexic, and had meant to call it a flutterby ( Read more... )

Friday, I think it was, I was looking out our kitchen window when I saw a butterfly on our patio. It was neat looking: almost all black, with faded yellow outlining on its wings. It chilled on one of our outdoor chairs, fanning its wings a little bit. I don't see them too often, so I stopped to watch. After a minute or two, I walked away and went ( Read more... )

Before I get to the details, here are my top 9 bullet points from the cruise ( Read more... )