Wrestlemania XXIV

Well had been late getting back home from shopping so missed the 24 man brawl. Initially when I saw that it was going to be $55 to order it, I was going to do my usual thing and watch it at Silver City. Until I saw that a ticket is $30. So w/ D and I watching it, it's more sense to just order. And no screaming or spilling idiots around either.

Missed part of the Belfast Brawl b/c we'd ordered the wrong version of the PPV. When ordered it on the Shaw digital menu, only gave 1 option. Ended up getting the HD version, so the Shaw tech had to credit it back. It seemed too short w/ no blood :( But it wasn't bad, went at each other w/ authenticity. Some of the camera angles weren't good. Like when JBL threw the trash can against Hornswoggle, and we didn't really see what happened. But the shot of Findley diving thru the ropes and getting smacked w/ the garbage can lid was aweseome0

Money in the Bank was pretty good, not that long though. Awesome moves by Morrison and Benjamin. Poor Benjamin going thru the ladder like that, though love the look on on Carlito's face. I think they got cheaper ladders this year though, w/ the ladder twisting out under Benjamin. Predicted that CM Punk would win, and I was right. That was so blatantly obvious that Jericho gave Punk his leg, so that he could hang there. MVP also did a good show. Run in by Matt Hardy was so cool. Kennedy was ok. Jericho wasn't as good as he's been in the past, but he still put on a good show. Carlito did pretty well too, but I wouldn't say that it's enough to put him in the A-list.

Yeah, I missed the Festus/Santino thing. Don't really care about the Jesse & Festus team. Just not interesting. But D says that Mick Foley was on. So I'm sad I missed that.

Expected the Flair vs Michaels match after they showed the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but it's the Batista vs. Umaga instead. *off to watch* Well that wasn't too bad. Really the match to give Batista something to do in Wrestlemania. Though I think he threw out his back trying to powerbomb Umaga. And really, that's all anyone needs to do to stop the Samoan spike, just block the arm. It was still pretty good. Nice to see the wheel kick from Umaga.

Oh, they showed the 24 man Battle Royale. I was trying to see the end of it on the WWE website, but their stupid thing doesn't work half the time. Wonder if they'll still have it on the website. Well Kane hasn't had a title shot in a long time. And his style does sorta work more for ECW. Yeah, I'm predicting he'll win. Unless it's a DQ. ...and it's already over. That was completely lame. Totally retarded. "outsmarted"? OUTSMARTED? What's so smart about doing a chokeslam on someone?!! Completely denigrates Chavo's abilities as a wrestler and champion.

And they're showing the Ric Flair flashback, so it's time to catch up on my post here. Off to watch! ...Wow, that was a truly awe-inspiring match. Excellent spots from both, and truly great show. Flair did moves that he hasn't done in a while, and they told a great story. The first moonsault from HBK was a rib-cruncher. 2nd one was pretty but completely wiffed past Flair. Well, that was definitely the way to go for a final match. And so classy of Flair not to stay in the ring for a couple mins listening to the fans. Just quietly left. I wonder if they also told them to make the match long b/c the prev matches were too short.

Oh, the crappy womens' match. Not looking forward to it. Probably be playing my DS. Playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue. Yeah, I have Mystery Dungeon Time too, but I'm still not finished Blue. Gotta take the story line missions, not just accumulate money and rankings. I'm already gold. Yeah, whatever Snoop Dogg. Guess I'll go watch now....And yahoo, Beth Phoenix won! Cause really, Melina and Beth can wrestle, whereas Maria and Ashley can't. In fact, it really doesn't look like Maria and Ashley even practiced. They were pretty darn bad. And Maria, you should choose a hairstyle that looks good while you're wrestling, not just when you come down to the ring. And why were they showing Santino when Melina was doing cool moves w/ the feather fans?! Lumberjacks were useless. That was funny when the lights turned off and Lawler goes "is the Undertaker coming out early?"

Wait, they're doing the review of the HHH vs. Orton vs. Cena match. It's only 7:17 MST. Show started at 5. Doesn't seem like it's going to be a 3 1/2 hr. B/c there's only this match and then Edge vs. Undertaker. Grrr. Okay, I was wondering why the marching band was playing "God save the Queen" until D explained it to me. I bet "God save the ___ " came first. Ugh Cena. Well at least we don't have to listen to his entrance though. *off to watch* Woohoo! Cena didn't win!!!!! Yaay yaaay yaaah! Not as good as if HHH won, but still Cena didn't win!!! It was pretty good, although we were both screaming at the TV that they'd better not tap out to Cena's STFU. HHH put on a great show, Orton was kinda out of most of it. Cena did his usual schtick.

Oh yeah, there's still Big Show's match. I still don't know who this Mayweather guy is, really I'm no boxing fan. Yeah, boxers box, but worth 20 million for a match? That's just obscene. And especially when they show his place and the piles of cash around. I dunno if he's a philanthropist but doesn't seem like it. That seems to be the problem w/ that culture, is just promoting the bling and nothing else. Not expecting every celebrity to be like Angelina and Brad, but some charity would be nice. *off to watch* Wow, they really got their $20 mill or however much they paid for Mayweather to show up. Floyd did a great job and took a lot of hits. Quite impressed. And it didn't seem the Big Show was easy on him or anything. I was throughly entertained.

Who the heck was that chick they have on anyways as guest announcer?

*waiting thru the lead up to the Edge vs. Undertaker match* That was a really good match! There were some slow parts, and some of it felt like a TV match instead of a PPV. But they ended really strong. And of course Taker winning was awesome. I was wondering why Vicky wasn't there when they had the Batista vs. Umaga match. And wondered where the 2 Edge clones were when they didn't come out w/ Edge. Also wondered why they had the Smackdown title as the last match when it's usually RAW. But w/ Taker winning that makes sense.

And they actually ran the show until 8:55 when it's scheduled to 9:00, so that's really good. Usually the show ends anywhere from 15-30 min early. Overall, it was definitely worth it to buy it, if only to initially see Flair's retirement match, Money in the Bank match. But turns out everything but the women's match was good!

Performance Managed out the door

*ahem* Yet another tirade of the ineptitude and discrimination abound at work. So this time, I get put on a CAP 2 for things that I was never coached on . Oh, sorry they coached me on it by counting stuff they told in general to the entire team, none of which actually pertained to the issues that I lost marks on. I tried to protest but really there was no point. Nothing I said would have actually changed their minds. (I suppose if I threatened suicide it would get it overturned, but really no one would believe me. But then I'd show them. Oh yes I would show them. And I didn't mention whose suicide....No actually that would do nothing. This is Conversucks after all.) Anyways, so it's another 60 days in the slammer. Which is really bullcrap. Considering there was apparently 1 or 2 other people on our team that actually got 0% on monitors (I only lost 40% b/c I didn't troubleshoot), I don't see our team being very large if they actually applied the rules fairly across the board.

And this was just before I was applying for another team, mostly to get away from the bullsh!t that kept being flung about how we're supposed to be the creme de la creme of the center, losing out on bonuses b/c they can't figure how to adjust the scores for our specialized work, having management's work dumped on us b/c they've pissed off so many managers that they don't have enough to cover the work that's required. Yes, so it's a bit difficult to update my resume with the mood I'm in.

So very tempted to walk out the door, well to really go home early actually. I have a lot of games I'd rather be spending time with. But I didn't. Decided to just spread my misery. And ended up being stuck on call after call while in Res. So that I ended up taking my lunch in last 45 min of shift, followed by my last break and then going home.

And I played Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for about 1 1/2 hrs. Finished only 1 day though, but that was mostly b/c I was reading FAQS b/c their manual didn't cover the stats or how much crops sold. Didn't know I had a cold b/c I was awake too long, just knew I had some status change and didn't recover all my RP when I woke up. Although that's good advice, should go to bed early. And it would probably help more if I didn't have sleep apena. Well it's not diagnosed, but could definitely explain my high blood pressure when I'm a bit overweight, but don't smoke, drink or do drugs, cut down on shellfish, eats lots of veggies.

To be enfranchised

Ahem, so it's election time where I live. Our premier, in effort to rig the election, only gave his opponents 29 days to campaign. Yeah, that's really fair. Not!

And b/c I still hadn't changed my address w/ the govt, I would need to vote in a different division, which would take me about 45 minutes to get there...at least. Or I could just walk up 3 blocks, show 2 pieces of ID and vote. Think I'll take the latter.

Yeah, so even if it wasn't my day off, I would still vote. It's my hard-won right (being female and a minority). However my roommate, is lazy and doesn't know anything about politics, says that he won't. Well, then he can't complain about the govt. He whines, "Oh but I pay taxes!" Well then why don't you pick who manages your money? Oh wait, that's right. He's always flat broke and doesn't know how to do that. Well then I guess for him, anyone is better than himself.