Monday, December 15, 2014

TL;DR: Watch the first match, skip the rest of it.

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs...and Stairs was supposed to be the event that made the world forget all about Kevin St--I mean Owens debuting on Thursday. After the opening match between Dolph Ziggler and Luke Harper, I had high hopes. That match was full of psychology, high spots, underdog stories, color--pretty much everything I grew to love about wrestling over the years. I was sure that we'd get a great show.

The rest of the show fell flat...on its face. Now, I won't go into detail about the rest of the event. I'm too mentally drained to do so. However, it was one head-scratching-ly painful sequence of events after another.

For the main takeaways, John Cena went over Seth Rollins (and we suffered through another stilted promo from the returning Roman Reigns). Of course, this still means that Rollins probably cashes in on Cena, but at this point I'm pretty much apathetic towards the whole thing. Then, we had AJ Lee contract "chemical conjunctivitis" because Brie Bella sprayed her with some water/hair spray/bleach/leftover bottles of Arrogance that they let out the vault after twenty years. About an hour later, Dean Ambrose electrocutes himself with a TV monitor into a Sister Abigail from Bray Wyatt. The match itself was alright, but the ending completely ruined it.

Yeah...this happened.

Again...watch the Ziggler/Harper match. Skip the rest.

Thoughts on TLC...and Stairs

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

On the advice of my resident anime recommendee Dre, I checked this one out. Like Haruhi, The Devil is a Part-Timer is a slice-of-life anime that was based on a light novel series. And like Haruhi, it deals with a plethora of otherwordly entities living in the confines of a "normal" world. However, where Haruhi and company got into most of their misadventures because they wanted to keep Haruhi from being bored, and thus destroying the world, the characters of The Devil is a Part-Timer have a different motive.

Thoughts on The Devil is a Part-Timer

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A couple weeks ago, I learned that Ratsie's, a UMD and DMV tradition, would be closing in late 2015 to make room for a Nando's Peri-Peri. Now, I love Nando's, but there are certain givens when dealing with College Park. If you want drunken debauchery and people throwing up for no reason, you head to Bentley's. If you want some great live performances by up-and-comers, check out Looney's. And if you want post-party/post-barhopping food at a cheap price, you don't go to a Nando's! You go to Ratsie's.
After hearing this, I rounded up a few people and I went into "CP," as I tend to do from time to time. And I made it my priority to have a slice of Ratsie's pizza. Now, I'll be the first to admit. Ratsie's pizza isn't exactly five-star food. It's greasy. It's fatty. But, like a cup of chicken noodle soup, it's comforting. It's familiar. Ratsie's is like that old friend you know you shouldn't mess with, but you always find yourself with them when you're in the mood for fun--and not exactly regretting your decision.

Thoughts on the imminent closing of Ratsie's of College Park

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Monday, December 8, 2014



 I’m late to the party, but I figured I might as well give my own thoughts on this whole thing. It was announced on Saturday that former pro wrestler CM Punk has signed a deal with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). This effectively means that CM Punk, who will be going by that name in UFC, has effectively severed all ties with pro wrestling and is living out his dream to, at the least, “try [MMA] out.”

Thoughts on #CMPunkUFC

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Disclaimer: For those wondering, no I don't usually write posts during the 9-5 period. I just schedule them as such. Some I'll edit on a break or something, but none are really written during a work period.

So, I checked out I Am Santa Claus, this documentary described as the answer to the question "whose lap is my child sitting on?" It follows five men who look like Santa over the course of a year leading up to Christmas. Each of these men come from different walks of life. One is a older homosexual gentleman (and apparently pretty well-known among the bear community in Texas), one is a pastor outside of his Santa-ing, one is Mick Foley, WWE Hall of Famer (see, his appearance on RAW this week wasn't just for the heck of it). More after the jump.

Noelle Foley: the wit of her dad, but so much easier on the eyes.

Thoughts on I Am Santa Claus

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Today's anime review came as a surprise to me. I tend to not really go for "slice of life" anime, since they seem to be mostly the same. That and the whole School Days/"Nice Boat" debacle kind of ruined the genre for me for a while. However, after going through series such as Welcome to the NHK, I decided to give the genre another try. I kept hearing things about Haruhi online and from other reviewers, so I decided to check it out. The series is to the "slice of life" genre what Gurren Lagann is to the mecha genre. Tropes are thrown out at a breakneck pace, trampled on, manipulated, and twisted to serve a purpose. Both series are irreverent in their approach to their respective genres and both take viewers on an emotionally-charged ride full of high ups and pretty depressing downs. Plus, memes out the you-know-what.

Kind of a spoiler, but not really.

Thoughts on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

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So, last night, Vince McMahon sat down with Stone Cold (Stone Cold! Stone Cold!) Steve Austin on the WWE Network for a special edition of Stone Cold's podcast. Among the topics brought up were Vince's thoughts on CM Punk's recent podcast with Colt Cabana. Sure, we can talk about how Vince McMahon was critical of the locker room and its apparent fear to be bold, or his thoughts on Cesaro not connecting. However, I want to focus on his comments about Punk. Why? Not because I'm a "Punk Super Mark," but because of the potential impact they could have.

Some Thoughts on Vince McMahon's Apology to CM Punk

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