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

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.

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

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

The Rockies are garbage

The Rockies are garbage.

There is no way around it. We can hit but we can't fucking pitch.
Why can't we pitch?

Even with new Rockies.
Let's examine.

Jose Reyes has expressed high vocal concern about wanting to leave the Rockies. Do you blame him?
We have lost 74 games. And we are on our way to at least lose 90 by seasons end.

We lose Tulo. The Blue Jays go from .500 and slumping to first place in the AL East with David Price and Troy Tulowitzki. The Rockies have an injured Reyes and some minor league picks.

Honestly, between my White Sox and the Rockies it has not been a great year for baseball. Not this year. Rockies have gotta build pitching.

And you better believe as I have read a great article on Walt Weiss. He may get the boot sooner than later.

This is an atrocious fucking year. We have had some bad years as Rockies fans but this season is in the complete toilet.

_V

One piece 200 and how I need to get there

I need to get to just episode 200 of One Piece.

This summer has been filled with lots of travel and a lot of fun. I have had to work harder than in years past. But that is because I work 4 days a week and haven't had time for that much.
Between playing NCAA 14 season of ULL and trying to beat Bloodborne there hasn't been much else.

There has been great things like church and meeting incredible Christians in life group.  But on the back burner in two months I have neglected my anime list. I love anime and when I can't watch it it really sucks. So I have been watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and One Piece.

I am currently at 153 and willing to watch a lot more to get to 200. That was the goal and that is what I am sticking with.

But Bloodborne has been pissing me off with Rom the Vaccuous. He haunts me in my dreams. I just need to beat him so I can progress further in Bloodborne. I'd have to say I am on try fucking 50 at this point. Or maybe I lost count when he fucking AOE'd me. What a bastard! A goddamn fucking bastard spider.
Die Rom, die!

That's all for now.

-V

Launchers not working

From Kerbal to WOW the launchers are failing.
They are not checking file types properly and just stop.

Also, to me it is goddamn Planet Side 2. For the longest time that launcher would not go.
Ya know? Work.

And now the same shit is happening with Kerbal.
Why are the launchers built like pieces of shit?

-V