Going up, I was big fan of professional wrestling. I don't really watch it anymore. I stopped being interested in WWE long ago when the storylines were being pushed too far for my liking and I wasn't seeing enough action. One guy that I've heard about a lot is Phil Brooks AKA CM Punk. I saw a match or two of his. He's a very talented performer.
Recently he parted ways with the WWE. To many people's surprise he's been signed to the UFC. Keep in mind he's never been in a MMA match. He's 36 years old which is a bit old to be entering this. The UFC is the biggest promotion in MMA. There's a lot of people balking at this.
I'm not one of them.
Dana White was asked why he signed Brooks, and he answered. It boils down to this is a dream of Brooks who is a legit martial artist and he doesn't have enough time on the clock to work his way up through the amateurs. Brooks gets to live his dream and get paid. The UFC gets a ratings boost and Brooks' fanbase will be checking out his fights, so there's the potential to gain new fans. Brooks brings more to the table than fighting ability, and these are things that are well established. If he does well in the Octagon then that's even better.
This is a win all the way around for all involved. Is it fair that Brooks gets in when there's other fighters who have been working their butts off to get noticed? No, its not. Still, White and the UFC doing something like this generate interest and revenue which keeps the organization going, and keeps them around so there's a platform for these fights to work towards.
I'm looking forward to watching Brooks fight, and wish him well. Its going to be a tough road for him as his likely weight classes are packed with great fighters. The last pro-wrestler to enter UFC was Brock Lesnar who did indeed win the championship, but the heavyweight division was a little light when he did it. We'll see what happens.
I was gone for a while, but I'm back now. Spent Thanksgiving up on the mountain. Did some training. Worked on issue 2 of A-DAY PLUS. Ate some turkey. Finally saw BIG HERO 6. Dealt with one of the loinspawn getting sick. I stayed pretty unplugged from things as I was sick of hearing about Ferguson and people just being completely stupid about it, especially the pricks in the media fanning the flames for ratings.
Upon returning, I discover that there a trailer for the impending STAR WARS movie that's been put forth. There people that are really excited. There's people who are saying things about a lightsaber. Some folks seem concerned about a black Stormtrooper, and I think the main cause for concern is that they can't refer to him as an "African-American Stormtrooper" as Africa did not exist long ago in a galaxy far, far away, and their little PC brains are melting over it.
I haven't watched the trailer. I thought about watching the trailer. I like STAR WARS. I've seen all the movies in the theaters. I remember back when I had cable and sometimes USA would run the trilogy on a Sunday afternoon, and upon discovering this that's pretty much the whole afternoon right there. Seriously, the only decision to be made after that is proper snack choices. So, I should be excited about this new trailer, right?
I just can't do it.
I can't muster up any more excitement for anything STAR WARS anymore. I had some excitement for the prequels being released. For my excitement I was given Jar Jar Binks and some other miserable stuff. Sure, there were a few high points. Darth Maul was cool. Yoda kicking ass was awesome. And that third movie had... had... um... OK, the third one really sucked.
I really don't want to be that old codger who just sticks with the old movies that he loves and scoffs at the new ones, but I just can't muster up a single fuck to give about this new movie.
Have I become a bad nerd?
