Pete Chat: Inspired Again

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Inspired Again

When I get a little lax at updating my blog all I need is a little inspiration from one of my friends to get me going again. Matt let me know that he started a blog. Frankly I have no excuses. The camera is working and I have actually done things that people might find quasi interesting lately. I have been going nuts with the live events lately. Last week I went to see The Who in concert at the Verizon Center.For a bunch of old guys who are approximately my dad's age these guys rocked. In fact I bought one of their songs on iTunes today. Friday I drove with my friend Dan up to Philly to see the Lakers play the 76ers. We missed out on the Lakers playing the Wizards earlier this season. The game was totally sold out. No one including scalpers on the street had tickets. Seeing as Philly was the next closest place we weren't going to miss our chance. A friend of mine used his connections and we were able to purchase the last two available tickets for the game. The Lakers played great in the first half and Kobe had 21 pts. Unfortunately they came out ice cold in the second half and lost the game. The Sixer fans were very respectful and I didn't fear for my life for wearing my Lakers sweatshirt. I also went down to the announce table and introduced myself to Stu Lantz the color commentator for the Lakers. It was very cool. The finale of my Live Event week was Monday Night Raw. I know my mom thought that wrestling was just a phase I would eventually grow out of but 18 years after I saw Ricky Steamboat beat Ric Flair in a best 2 out of 3 falls match I still watch. Maybe not quite as religiously as before but I TiVo it every week so I can catch the highlights. I went with Scott my roommate to see Raw at the Verizon Center. Our seats weren't great but we still had a lot of fun. Among the Highlights were the contract signing between Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. An appearance by Stone Cold Steve Austin and out of nowhere a video message from The Rock. So I have no live events scheduled until the Killers come to town sometime in April.

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Random Sayings I Enjoy

"I don't work the way I work, train the way I train, commit myself and suffer the way I do when I've failed ... to yield control of my destiny to anyone. Winning or nothing. You get to a point when that's just the way you feel and you do whatever it takes." -Kobe Bryant
“The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.” ― Phil Knight, Shoe Dog
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” ― Phil Knight (original quote by George S Patton)
“This might sound different, It actually feels like I’m helping people as I punch them in the face. I’m beating weakness out of them, I’m making them a better person. In my opinion its the highest art of expression and that’s what honestly expressing yourself is. I don’t look at it as if I’m hurting my opponent, my enemy, its really like we are brothers and were painting this picture together.” - Jon "Bones" Jones
"My mommy and daddy know me... " Sonny Crocket
"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." -Jebediah Springfield
"Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to do something fun... or exciting, you make it *not* that way. I hate... so much about the things that you choose to be." -Michael Scott
"NOTHING IS OVER...NOTHING!" -John Rambo
Ron Artest: “Say ‘Queensbridge’.” Craig Sager: “Queensbridge.”
"You can't run away from trouble- there ain't no place that far!" -Brer Rabbit
"Black Pool lights… I heard George Harrison say the Beatles used to go and see Black Pool Lights. What is that? Different place altogether? I’m at the right place at the wrong time? That’s how I feel everyday." -Jack White
"I remember saying things, but I have no idea what was said. It was generally a friendly conversation" AP reporter Jack Sullivan attempting to recount a 3 A.M. exchange...and inadvertently describing the last ten years of my life.
"Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!" -The Emporer
"Punch it Chewie"- Han Solo
Look, it's not in my nature to be mysterious. But I can't talk about it and I can't talk about why. -Rusty Ryan
"Well we gave them a week at the start of the semester rather than at the end but here's my point, OK," "It's Division I football! It's the Big 12! It ain't intramurals!" "You've got two weeks after finals, you've got a week of July Fourth and you get a week before camp starts," "That's a month that's probably more vacation then you get. And we're a little bummed out that we don't get three weeks?" "Go play intramurals, brother … go play intramurals,"
Viper: Simple. First you've acquired enough points to show up and graduate with your Top Gun class, or you can quit. There'll be no disgrace. That spin was hell; it would've shook me up. Maverick: So you think I should quit? Viper: I didn't say that. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem.
You ask me to have lunch, tell me you slept with Elaine, and then say you're not in the mood for details. Now you listen to me. I want details and I want them right now. I don't have a job, I have no place to go. You're not in the mood? Well you get in the mood! -George
Hurts to miss that one. -Alex Trebek