Have a Happy New Year!!!

("Auld Lang Syne" plays in background) Since I was late and missed a chance to Wish everyone a Merry Christmas, I wanted to make sure that I at least wished everyone a Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a prosperous 2009, and that you don't throw your resolutions out the door by the end of January ;) (Firecrackers blow)

My First Bears Game

I was just at my first Bears Game with my dad on 12-11-08. We had alot of fun, but it was freezing cold!! I only took a few pictures, because I didn't want to take off my gloves ^_^. I was lucky enough to get 2-Tickets to the Game from someone at my work. They were good seats in the 2nd Level, so we were able to see the Bears win in overtime against the Saints. Go Bears!

Shoes being thrown?!

I was just reading about the Iraqi reporter who took off his shoes and threw them at President George W. Bush. That really makes me sick. I don't care if he was a Democrat or Republican, we as Americans should not sit back and say nothing when some coward insults the Leader of our Country like that. As always, most of the Middle East jumped up in support of such disrespectful and uncivilized bahavior. As much as I dislike Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, I wouldn't even think of throwing my shoes at them........they are heads of state, and due a certain respect. (not to say that I wouldn't yell something their way). What happened to our Self-Respect?

American City Names

I was just thinking how it strange that the 3 Largest Cities in The United States names are each a different language:

New York City-----English

Los Angeles-----Spanish

Chicago-----French/Native American


Interesting.....

Chicago: City of the Year

Chicago has been getting a lot of publicity as of late. I just wanted to let you know that Chicago:

-Was Chosen City of the Year by Fast Company for 2008.

-Was Chosen City of the Year by GQ Magazine for 2008.

-Was Only American City in Top 10 Cities to see in 2009 by Lonely Planet.

-Is one of the Front Runners in the Bid to Host the 2016 Olympics.

-Is currently the home to be of the World's Tallest All-Residential Skyscraper.

-Is 4th Largest City Economy in the World. (After Tokyo, NYC, & LA)

-Is the Hometown of the President-Elect.

-Was the setting of Gotham City in Batman "The Dark Knight".

Human Weapon

I caught this show on iTunes and got instantly hooked. Jason Chambers and Bill Duff basically go to a different country every episode, spend a week or so training in that country's specific Martial Art, and then faces off against a Master or champ in that Martial Art:

United States = MMA
Korea = Tae Kwon Do ;)
China = Kung-fu
France = Savate
Japan = Karate, Judo, Ninjitsu
etc.

It is really a good show. I bought the ENTIRE Series on DVD @ Best Buy for like $20. Just throwing it out there

Kickboxing???

I am very interested in Martial Arts that implement more "Traditional" applications into their system, however, I signed up for a Free Trial Lesson of Kickboxing (emphasis on Free). I never experienced Kickboxing in my life, so it will be interesting to see how much it is both similar and different from Tae Kwon Do. I will try and get up a Martial Arts Profile for Kickboxing either this Weekend, or by this coming week. I also signed up my brother for the Trial Class......(this ought to be interesting)......