King of Anything

Hey All,

I needed to blog, so for me that makes two in the last few weeks. I’ve apparently got the blog bug again. This week’s blog title is brought to you by Sara Bareilles. Love this song. Love her. She is a very talented artist and most of her songs are catchy. This is one of them. Plus this is a very well done video. Always a fan of great video’s. So with that, here goes the blog...

So whenever I have surgery (September 13th this year) related to my cancer treatment from two years ago, it’s sort of mandatory that I have to do therapy sessions since it is related to that. Great. I have no problem with that as I seem to learn a lot. This week’s 10 things are what my therapist thinks. One from each session I had to attend with the last session being the day before Thanksgiving. And I love my therapist, she’s actually pretty funny.

Ten Things My therapist thinks. My opinion in italics.

1. Apparently I am retardedly optimistic about everything. I see the positive in everything and apparently that can be detrimental to our health, especially when we never expect bad things to happen. My unprofessional opinion is…she’s wrong. I see the silver lining in everything, even when there seems to be no hope at all. Um…for the record as I told her…I’m here as a result of something “bad” happening, and I lived thru it. OPTIMISM at its finest.
   
   
2. I use humor as a defense mechanism. Fact. I can’t help it. I think that it’s better to laugh than to fight.
3. Apparently I don’t get angry as most people do. That is a problem as well according to her. Um…yeah this is true. I don’t see the point in being angry. It’s a waste of time. See number 2.
4. I should be more confident in every aspect of my life. Yeah…she’s right. Apparently confidence is sexy or something like that.
5. I have the imagination of a 12 year old and that it is overactive. A little too overactive for a man my age. I wasn’t even offended. I took this as a compliment. She said it wasn’t meant to be a compliment. Again…I laughed. It’s still funny as I type this. This might be the coolest compliment I’ve ever received. Ever. Not even a joke!
6. That I don’t take enough risks. I have taken a lot of risks. It seems that when I do I get burned. But 2011 different year for sure, I assured her of that. Might be the most important year of my life.
7. That I’m too trusting. Um…yes and no. I do trust people and get burned more often times than not. I can’t change who I am.
8. That I’m a dreamer. A big dreamer and maybe I should try to live in the real world. I’m a dreamer. However, should I just settle for ordinary and accept what life has given me. No. Instead I choose to dream and work towards them. Besides…the real world sucks from time to time.
9. That I’m too competitive. Um…guilty. I am competitive enough to fight people, or yell at friends over video games…it’s an epidemic.
10. That for a middle child, I don’t fit the perfectionist mold, yet I strive for it. I know that perfection can never be achieved, but who says I can’t work toward it. I want to be perfect in some areas of my life especially my writing and being a parent, and making the best of each and every day.

December to Remember – I spend most of my time writing, watching TV and thinking. I think a lot. Like a lot a lot. I workout, spend time with Jordan and I repeat this cycle over and over. December is going to be different. Like really different. I don’t know why but I can feel it. I think for the most part it has to do with some decisions I am making.

1. Goodbye Television - Any of you that know me knows that I watch TV a lot. In the office, at home, at the gym. All of it. I now look at it as a major hindrance to doing what I need to accomplish. So December 1^st off with the TV.
1. Side note: This will not apply to football. I have to be able to watch football. Rest of it…off. Will not watch anything else that’s for sure.
2. This may kill me.
3. I have to do this in order to move forward.
2. Out of the house more – I refuse to be a recluse as I have been. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with my couch, and I need to get out and see the world.
3. Finishing the two scripts I’ve been working on before December 31^st. Get those out of the way.
4. Aiming to hit the gym 27 of the 31 days of the month with the exception of the Holidays.

I can do this.

Goodbye – It’s never easy to say goodbye to a person, place, thing, dream, or something you hold dear. In fact it is probably the hardest thing any of us have to do. So I’ll say this in short…In the time that I had I enjoyed every moment. It was by far one of the greatest periods of time in my life. I will always be grateful for the time, the fun, and the memories. My life is better for the experiences and I’ll never forget how my life was enriched. God Bless, you’ll be in my prayers.

TV Show of the week – Community. One of the best show’s you're probably not watching. Humor in every show. I mean at least 5 or 6 truly laugh out loud moments. In two seasons they’ve had some truly memorable shows. Three of my favorites:

1. Season 1, Episode 23: Modern Warfare – for One reason, they took a paintball episode and turned it into one of the BEST episodes of television anywhere. I dare you to watch this episode and not laugh out loud. Truly great television.
2. Season 2, Episode 6: Epidemiology – Another great episode of TV. Since vampires are all the rage, they went the zombie route and made a truly phenomenal episode of zombies. Loved every minute of this one. Truly epic.
3. Season 2, Episode 9: Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design – if you’ve ever been an imaginative kid you know that building forts is the best thing ever. But they took it to an entirely new level and made it school wide. As you can see in this clip…sometimes you only get three farting strikes. See the whole episode here.

Side note: They are doing a claymation episode this week. AMAZING. I'll have to watch it in January. Stupid self imposed TV ban...

Movie of the Week - I love animation. I mean it is just simply amazing. Sometimes you just sit back and enjoy a great movie. Tangled is that rare Disney movie that really makes you laugh out loud hard. I know Disney is known for animation but lately Disney hasn’t been banging out too many hits (Dreamworks and Pixar and Fox Animation Studios have all had the bigger hits lately) but trust me…if you want to see a truly funny/great/well cast movie. Check out Tangled. You will not be disappointed. Loved every minute of it.

The end of the blog is here. Always good to clear out the brain. I hope that you all had a great/fantastic/awesome Thanksgiving holiday. It’s my favorite holiday and it did not disappoint as usual. I hope that you all have a wonderful week. Thanks for reading, and God Bless.