Friday, November 27, 2015

Hotdogs and mayhem

I am not sure how to recall this dream.
It was like a puzzle with bits and pieces missing.

I was in some sort of restaurant with friends. I think for some reason they kept giving us like endless hot dogs. For what reason I had no clue.
Just this guy kept giving me and my friend Jonny hot dog after hot dog.
And then there was an announcement.

I think for some reason I found myself at a beach with waves. Then I was submerged in water but no hot dogs were anywhere.
It was pretty wacky people in the restaurant were just laughing. Not at anything. Maybe it was all the hot dogs that were coming out of space?

No idea what the fuck went on.

Another recorded dream though.

Is someone going to hook me up with a litany of hot dogs?


Friday, November 20, 2015

When my life revolves around CU football.

Yeah! I have been a CU fan for a long time but that's not where this is going.
Rather bitch about CU football I am going to critique it.

Yes! Critique.

My reasons are this. I have watched almost 8 or 9 years without a Bowl Game. But to me right now it seems like the Buffs can't win. With a very close loss to a ranked UCLA and unranked USC they were so close. But close only gets you so far. Not to mention there was blatant horrible referees in the game. How do you call a Buff CB for pass interference when the receiver and the corner both have a right to the football. Frustrations upon frustrations for the 4-7 CU BUFFS.

Losing 35-31 to the Bruins caused me to go insane. And I almost went nuclear when the Buffs lost by 3 to the Trojans. The Buffs have a ton of pieces to win games. This year I was proud. I saw CU snap a conference streak. But they let that momentum dictate their next game and the next. Rather than driving forward they are stuck in neutral. 4-7 is a record the Buffs should have changed to 6-5 and bowl eligible.

Critiquing as good as I can I find a lot wrong. CU can't stop running backs in the middle of the field and are getting gashed. Plus Sefo Lifau is now hurt. So it is up to a red shirt Freshman to try and win games. Cade Aspay has to try and beat a WSU Cougar team that will be going bowling. WSU is 7-3 and 5-2 in conference. The Buffs have to be on the brink of an upset and win a game they aren't supposed to win. If the record shows anything it is not indicative of the performance on the field. Sefo has gotten better. Spruce is finding openings as great recievers do. Lindsay is getting better. Derek Carr is getting better. The line looks better and still 4-7. They have to try and contain a gunslinger in QB Luke Falk. And I am not familiar with the Cougar's running back but this is a good Cougar football team. The Buffs have been 3-0 against the Cougars in PAC-12 play but I am worried and for good reason.

CU has lost close games. They have to try and win one . Rather than watch this game as a fan. I am sick of the close games. I will watch from a far and see if they can win one without me. Like my cheering has anything to do with them actually winning. But I digress. I want to see them win a game. And try to build momentum for the next game. CU needs a win desperately. Coach Mac needs a win and the program needs a win. 5-7 looks better than 4-7, doesn't it?

Go Buffs.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

I think there was a bus

I think I had a dream where there was a bus.
But the bus was still a bus. But then all a sudden my friend Johnny was near it, and then something happened...

But that's where it would get great. There to me was an ominous kinda environment but there wasn't a lot to go on. And it didn't mean a whole lot. I guess my friend was near the bus but it started going under somewhere.
No water or nothing just under.

Then of course I just woke up.

I don't remember a whole lot but just small fragments. I think I got yelled at one fucking point or another but I was definitely confused.


Saturday, October 10, 2015

Getting out of the mud.

I felt just amazing this year. It has been a blessed year.
A lot has gone absolutely right.

I am blessed that I have a job.

A year to two years a go I was undergoing massive amounts of stress. I was being yelled at and berated by my family. I was berated by my friends. I was kicked metaphorically in the chest.
I was kicked when I was down multiple times.

What did this year yield. It yielded maturity in a job complex. It has yielded grit. I am a gritty guy and a scrapper. It has yielded even more courage. It has yielded that you can believe in yourself but you know that someone like God has your back. It has yielded incredible new friends. A solid support system but above all just people that have problems too.

Hey! You readers. I know I am not successful as I type this. I work hard but have not achieved one iota of goals. I am not a published professional journalist. I am not a professional magazine writer. I am not in a career at the age of 28.  But I work hard everyday to fight for what I want. It has been a hell of a fucking road. I fought through my college. In high school I had a 3.87 my senior year. In community college. I had a 3.56 . Everything derailed trying to earn the wrong degree and really having an maturity awakening in terms of what I wanted to do. A change in direction. And yet just by struggling and battling I ended with a 3.0.

   Just it is insane how far I have come. The world can eat a dick! I mean not literally but I have had to just get out of the proverbial mud. I've had to claw. Nothing, really to me in a lot of ways has been easy. I struggle with counting change and I struggle with fucking numbers. But I still write. You still see me fight. And I am not going to stop till I am successful. I have a complex where I struggle with failure. It is this irksome . I have grown up in a family that wants results quick. They will never be satiated with what I can do. I know me and I know my potential. Fuck the rest! I have overcome so much shit. I have! And I will continue to have even thicker skin for it.

When challenges come you can fail at life. You can fail at a lot of things. You just have to be in the game. You just have to fight. It is your spirit that will come through. If you work hard you will be rewarded eventually. I will break through and one day be a published writer professionally. I have always been goal oriented but you have to go through mud to get there. Just keep your head up and be positive. I was negative when I graduated from UW. I thought of this glorious job. But you wade through the muck in the real world and you earn your place. That is what I am doing. I am getting better at it too. And I still understand that struggling and hurting and being kicked in the face metaphorically has shaped me. My character is extremely strong. How could it fucking not? Losing battles are not always losing battles, you play a part. You have to show up and just fight. Keep on fighting until you prove your parents wrong, your siblings wrong. The world wrong. Root for the underdog because if pushed hard enough they will blow you away with triumphancy!

Failure is what it means to be human. Perfection is a dream!

Keep dreaming friends! You will one day achieve them. One day you will no longer be afraid to fail. You'll fail and brush it off and be like yeah I failed with pride. I failed to learn what not to do. I failed because I tried. I was in the game and I won!

-V

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Denver wins in Detroit

Denver won a game at the Silver Dome in Detroit, Michigan 24-12.

Don't take anything away from Megatron and Matthew Stafford. But when you play an elite defense not even a tank can run over the Broncos.
With the win Denver is 3-0 and the Lions fall to 0-3.

The Broncos get the dangerous ground game of the AP show next week at Invesco.
HEEHEHEHEHEH!
If Denver can stop Peterson they can win the game and make the Vikes one dimensional.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Fantasy Football 2015

Yes, the season just got underway tonight.

Though, my damned Steelers lost to the Patriots 28-21 on the road in Gilette Stadium.
Girr!

Put some hands on Gronk. He's the best TE no doubt but you have to put pressure on him. The Steelers didn't and Tom Brady found him three times!

WHAT IN THE FUCK STEELERS! Put some defense on him.

The Fantasy season kicked off today and I have a lot of moves I am making. I need to key on free agents as they can be great pieces to an already decent team. If I am going to get to the playoffs I have to really strategize. Moving players is never a problem for me.
I have already waived 10 players this season.

I am wondering if that was the key to me winning two Fantasy Championships last year. In four leagues I won 2. That's some great knowledge and even better team construction. No live drafts . So I have to make due with who I have.

A great addition:

Dion Lewis tonight showed he has fantasy potential. So I am stoked about trying to getting him.
So far as of typing this shit. I am down 33-0 in Fantasy.
HEHEHEHHEH!
I am not fretting. Just gotta make the playoffs. I haven't even played my team yet. So...here's hoping I can start things on the right foot with a win.
Who knows how the season will win. Pieces were perfect last year with some close wins but I was doing so well and I cleaned up in the Playoffs.

So the focus is on week 1. Hopefully, the 0-1 Steelers will rebound against what I consider a lukewarm 49er's team. Go Steelers and go Fantasy!

Good luck all!

-Andres

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

One Piece and the progress made this year.

SPOILER

Sure the journey is super long. It is an epic. But I just finally made a small dent into one piece.

One piece has 700 episodes or so and I finally hit 199 today.

My goal was 200 but little did I know I ran into filler.

Things are looking up! :)

Here's to episode 207.

One of these days I will meet Brooks.

If I could watch to episode 400 this year it'd be great.

The sky arc was very entertaining. I got bored a tad and then it picked up fully with God Enel. Though, is he really a God. And how strong is Luffy really getting? I think One Piece understands how to build characters. Having bested Crocodile and maybe he'll meet Enel again. Plus, understanding the difference between a Pamaciea fruit and a Logia one is key. And it is great to see Nico Robin reading a poneglyph and trying to figure out where the next one is. So much to cover as I have made a small dent into an ongoing 700 episode + anime.

I definitely look forward to more and am willing to take a break and start a brand new anime and finish Psycho Pass: season two.
So much more anime to watch.

-S