#8243

It is official, the Rumbler has gone national.


For those of you who have not received the United States Racquetball Association's ranking updates, then you would not know that I jumped to the 8243 spot, with only 8242 rankings standing in my way.

http://www.usaracquetballevents.com/rankings.asp?sortOptions=YES (you can scroll down to the eight thousands or click on 'region' and click 'utah' for my advanced ranking)

You will also notice that out of Utah's population of 2 million, I am ranked #168 -- talk about a diamond in the rough.

From this moment forward you may all refer to me as ranking.


Sincerely yours,


#8243

Momma Said Knock You Out!

My Weekend with Darth Spencer and Wife was wonderful.

Passing out in the Rec Center and losing a tooth . . . sucky.

This last weekend, Friday, September 12thish, I went to St. George to spend time with my godson and his family.

Highlights of the weekend include:

• Saving Owen J's life as he was kicked into the pool P
• laying racquetball with Darth Spencer
• JiuJitsuing. DS's burgers
• Having Allison take my picture
• Hearing Owen tell me that Eli was too little to walk
• 3rd row seats at the Ultimat Combat event which was themed North Versus South, or in other words: St. George Versus the world
• Spencer telling Owen to jump on me and then dealing with that for the next 35 minutes
  

Me at My Finest:

DarthSpencer gave me a personal invite to his Dojo to practice Jiu Jitsu. I have always been a huge fan of martial arts and could not pass it up. For those of you who have not seen Spencer in his Gee, then please enlarge the picture below:

Inside the Dojo, DS taught me the basics of Jiu Jitsu and left me to spar with the others. It was during this time that the I was hit in the face and lost my tooth. How did it happen? Some Yokle hit me too hard and I had to tap out for fear of choking on my molar. So I quickly took my tooth out of my mouth, tossed it in my shoe and kept fighting (jiu jitsuers don't fight with shoes-I suggest fighting them in the street cause they will either have to take them off or will feel awkward wearing them).

After an hour of fighting and being choked and submitted and tossed around, it was time to go. I bowed, put on my shoes and stood up to go outside. My head went fuzzy and I had to sit down. Moments later my body shut down, probably due to shock and I passed out. Here is where the Hero of the story comes in. His name is Darth Spencer. He has truly become a ninja warrior or something because as I fell he caught me, eased me to the floor and with the same breath he was able to slide his Gee under my head thereby rendering me safely to the floor unharmed.

That is my story, I left everything I had on the mat that day.

Red Box Etiquette

Important Item of Discussion: 

Should there be ground rules for using a RedBox video rental?

Top Five Conveniences of a RedBox over dwindling video stores:

1. It costs a dollar a day

2. You can rent while you fill your gas tank or buy your bread and butter

3. No wasted aisle browsing

4. Machine-human interaction

5. 

Top Five Grievances:

1. The wait time is the same whether there is one person or 12**

2. Limited supply of "hot" DVD's

3. The machine is very un-robotic

4. You have to wait in line to return the DVD

5. They will all go out of business once Blue-Ray and LaserDiscs take over

6.

You will notice that on both the positive and negative views I have left the last number empty.  This is a psychological tactic used to subconsciously allow the reader(you) to create your own opinion.  Free-thinking and progression have long been the platform for the rumblerblog.

**One person, usually female, can take hours browsing for movies.  Darth Spencer commented that girls should not take forever because when renting at RedBox you should already have an idea of what you want.  

Other research has confirmed that if you are alone then you have the right to click around for as long as you would like, but the moment someone comes behind you, it is time to make your $1.00 decision.

On a future note: Prepare yourselves for the Rumbler's top ten most favorite exotic animals that can live at home with you anywhere.

Headless

I am a very skilled driver.

So as you can see, the head fell off on the way to the parade.


I am not a carpenter.

The remnants of my handworks include the two slabs of wood with the screws sticking out and the head of the horse lying on the ground. I don't know whether to curse gravity or to curse county parades.

I drove this 80 foot float from Orem to Payson, which is like 80 miles away. I actually think its around 40, but when you drive 35mph without a windshield, it feels like twice as far.

The best part was that the parade started at 10am and by 10:15 it was hailing and raining. I hade on a sweatshirt and shorts and was stuck between Lehi City's Country Music Carriage and the Provo City Marching band.

It took me an hour and half to make it out of the parade, even when they canceled it and all of the applauders were running back into their houses; I froze.

Even my beauty queens bailed.