Don't turn your back on the Wolfpac!

So I have been planning on visiting the Des Moines area since JamFla's return this summer, but our demanding weekend schedules have not yet allowed for this reunion. We have set a plan for me to visit over Halloween weekend. JamFla had the brilliant idea of reviving my Halloween costume circa 2008, Kevin Nash aka Big Sexy. JamFla has decided that her and her broseph are debating adding to the entourage as dressing as wrestlers as well. She asked me for ideas on who they could dress up as so I have decided to give the blogger world a little wrestling history lesson, in the hopes that JamFla can get some costume ideas. 

New World Order (nWo) was a group of wrestlers that were known for their logo, crazy antics, and sexy wrestlers. They had unmistakeable hand signs, kickass theme songs, and the popular slogan "When you're NWO, you're NWO for life." The establishment of the nWo helped build the popularity of professional wrestling in the 90's.


The founders of nWo.

Kevin Nash aka Big Sexy

Scott Hall

Scott Hall and Kevin Nash had been wrestlers in the WWF (now WWE). They left the company and joined the WCW in 1996. They came to the company and promised mass destruction and to take over wrestling. The pair sent out a challenge to the three best wrestlers of the WCW to a 6 person tag team match. Their challenge was answered by Sting, Lex Luger, and Randy Savage.

The Challengers!

Sting

Lex Luger

Macho Man Randy Savage

When Nash and Hall were just about to lose the match to the three elite WCW wrestlers, Hulk Hogan himself runs to the ring. He shocked everyone by turning on his long time partner Randy Savage and helped Nash and hall to save the match and reveal that he is now in a partnership with them. He officially announced them the New World Order of wrestling and changed his name to Hollywood Hogan.... and so it began. 

The nWo started dominating the WCW and continued to bully and beat up any wrestler they chose. Their popularity grew. Sting went into hiding for almost a year. When Sting returned he beat Hulk for the title. Nash and Hogan began to have lovers quarrels and ending up splitting up the group. Two groups were formed: nWo Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood. Nash obviously ran the Wolfpac... because he didn't want to wind up in a body bag. Hogan was the leader of Hollywood. 

The group ended up getting back together and were known as the nWo elite. They continued to wear the red and black color donned by the Wolfpac. They also made a smart choice and stuck with the entrance song used by Wolfpac members. 

The nWo ended up dying out and the WCW went down with it. When the WCW was purchased by WWF they tried to revive the nWo for a short period of time. Some of the WWF wrestlers joined the group, including Booker T and Shawn Michaels. Injuries and personal drunken arrests led to Nash and Hall leaving wrestling for a period of time, which was the ultimate demise of the group. This story was probably completely boring to those of you who don't appreciate terrible acting and kickass wrestling skills, but the nWo really did shape the world of professional wrestling in the late 90's. 

The main purpose of this was to wet my own appetite for reliving the glory days of watching wrestling, as well as to give JamFla some background info so she can better make a decision for Halloween options. So I will end this post with some pictures of other members of the nWo when it ran its course so costume ideas can be born!

Note: I am not listing all of the members because there were over 50 throughout the lifespan of the group. 

Syxx (before he turned into XPac... SUCK IT!)

Buff Bagwell

Sting after becoming a member of the Wolfpac and changing his face paint color palette.

The Giant... later known as the Big Show

Yep... that's Dennis Rodman, his cool factor just went up a notch. 

The Wolfpac!! Konnan, Sting, Nash, Savage, and Luger

Original Members

Job Search

So I have slowly started searching for new jobs. I have applied for a position here in Fort Madison at the prison in the last month. They told me I wasn't qualified, which I already knew but I figured what's the harm in trying right? I have also slowly been looking for jobs that are not in Fort Madison. The only place I have really looked is in Des Moines. I know myself pretty well and I am a realist and know that I would not like to move somewhere where I don't know someone already. This is why I have been searching in Des Moines because I feel like it isn't too far away from home, and my wonderful friends Dieter Tits and JamFla both reside there.

I started working at my job because the opportunity came up and I need experience to bone up my resume. I have now been working here for a year. There are things I like about the job, there are things I love about my job, and there are starting to be an overwhelming number of things I hate about it. The number of things I hate about the job adding up so quickly, the fact that I get paid crap is not helping the situation. So the search for a job in Des Moines continues, as does research on living expenses in that area compared to here!

It's been awhile

Well ladies and gents... (if anyone even reads this anymore)    I have decided that perhaps I should rekindle my blog posting. Some interesting things have happened in the past year and I could have been gracing you all with my humiliating and embarassing life stories if only to make you feel a tad better about your own lives! Yeah... I've done that humiliating of things in the past year. Anywho, I still read JamFla's blog religiously and everytime I log in to my page I get stared down by my most recent post,( which happens to be New Years resolutions that I have made no progress on whatsoever) and I figure I can start enlightening others with what is going on in my life, or what isn't. Stay tuned for new updates and posts!

New Years Resolutions

I am going to post my resolutions so that I feel guilty if I don't achieve them.

1. Lose 40 more pounds.

2. Quit smoking sometime this year. (cigarettes... not the pole.. obviously)

3. Finish my thesis. 

Happy New Year everyone! New year... New decade... New rules.. Bring it 2010!!

apologies for lack of posts

So I suppose it has been awhile since I have posted... two months to be exact. Shit happens though right? I have been busy because I started a new job at the end of July and I have been putting in quite a few hours. The job is basically social work, if you want to know more about it hit me up, I signed a contract stating that I wouldn't post detailed information about my job on blogs or on facebook. I'm not even allowed to add the name of the company I work for onto my facebook info page. (no I'm not an FBI agent, I guess they just want us to protect our client's privacy and rights by not announcing to the world what we do) Anyway, I will update more later. I am heading to Des Moines tonight for a training for work tomorrow. I am also staying Friday night to JamFla and I can say goodbye Triple D style! I'm no weatherman... but there's a 90% chance there's gonna be a shitstorm this weekend!

Bump Its

So lately I have been seeing these commercials on TV for this horribly awesome invention called "Bump-Its." As soon as a I saw this commercial I automatically thought, " JamFla totally would want one of these! I should order one and sent it her way! And I would have done this if it were $9.99 but for $19.99 I just can't afford a Bump It at this juncture in my life. There is not much more I can say for this product because the awfulness pretty much speak for itself.

On a side note, it is almost the 4th of July and I do not have plans this year yet. I don't have to work tonight or tomorrow and not until 5 p.m. on Sunday and I have absolutely NO plans. It blows. And I think Alisha is being forced to hang with her parents all weekend, which I just might have to join in with her.

my week

I've been busy doing.... stuff. So I am going to steal JamFla's idea and just post about my week because I haven't been updating because I can't think of anything to post. We shall start with Monday.

Monday I went golfing with my sister and her husband. Well actually my sister just rode along in Robert's cart, but whatev. I forgot how much I LOVE to golf! I am not half bad either, which is surprising because I haven't actually played that much. I played 2 summers ago once or twice and last year I played once. I don't do too bad when there is someone that can give me pointers and tell me how I should be hitting the ball. I am even thinking about getting my own set of clubs! After golfing I went in to go to work. I got off an hour early which I was stoked about! I then went over to my sister's house and swam in their pool while drinking copious quantities of beer. 

On Tuesday I nursed my hangover and ate Paul Revere's lunch buffet and then fell asleep watching a movie that was horrible (in plot and acting) but actually had a few funny moments that made me laugh. So if you ever have a chance to watch Fired Up for free and have nothing better to do I would say you should watch it. But don't pay money for it and if you have something better to do than by all means do that instead. After my nap I played softball at 6 for our Coed league in Fort Madison. We won, of course. We are actually undefeated so far for the season. But after the game I decided I need to go to the batting cages before our next game because my hitting was AWFUL. After the game I went over to my sister's house and watched the DVR'ed version of the Bachelorette from Monday.

Wednesday I also had the day off of work. I got up in the morning, went to the gym for a couple hours and then mowed the grass at my house, which only takes about 35 minutes... but it was so humid and hot out!! My friend Nissa and I were going to go to the new Transformers movie but called the theatre and found out that they were sold out of all performances for the day, so instead we went to the bar where she works. I ended up losing 6 games of euchre in a row which was a pathetic display of my euchre abilities.

On Thursday I worked in the morning and then mowed the lawn of some people that asked me to while they were out of town, it took about 3 hours and it was HOT outside!! Plus I ran out of gas with literally one more row of grass to mow on the whole lawn and that sucked. After that I went home with all intentions of going to work out, but I was exhausted and sunburnt so I ended up falling asleep on the couch. I went with my sister up to Burlington to watch the guys from our coed softball team play some games for their men's softball league. They won both games so yay for them! Afterwards I went over to my friends house and won 2 games of euchre, trying to redeem myself from the night before! But I was so tired I had to go home early. 

Friday morning my mom, my sister, and I left early to go up to Iowa City and shop in Coralville. I ended up getting a pair of sweet sunglasses and a new swimsuit which I love! I got the top at Dillards and the bottoms from Old Navy. Then we took my mom to the doctor's so she could get this shot in her knee that is supposed to help it feel better. She has still been having major problems with it since her surgery 2 and a half years ago. Then when we got home yesterday around 5 I put my new swimsuit on, got in my sister's pool and proceeded to get plowed again. Swimming and drinking is way cooler than going to the bar!! I ended up going to bed before 1 a.m. and sleeping until 11 ish which was actually awesome because I felt fine all day today!

Today I woke up, went to workout and then showered and went to work. Now it is off to bed so that tomorrow morning I can get up bright and early and drive to Cedar Falls to pick up Alisha and some of my furniture I still need to bring back home. And I have to be back by 4 to go to work! It's going to be a long day!