Pro Wrestling… My not so secret vice…

I remember it so vividly, it was around 1985, I was running around the house like a crazed child in need of downers, my mother was doing her usual cleaning, but of course I was in the way….. So my mother, frustrated with my ability to always get in the way, she picked me up and plopped me down in a chair in front of our small television set w/ “rabbit ears” filled with three fantastic local channels.  What was about to happen was going to change my life forever and I had no idea.   She turned on the Television and told me not to move until she was finished her cleaning…so there i sat… and there he was, a monster of a man dressed in Red and Yellow… tearing is shirt apart with ease to a packed house while the sounds of “Real American” blasted through my speakers….. I had found my hero… So I sat there, glued to the television….. here I am, over 24 years later…. Still glued to the Television…..

Wrestling has always been something that fascinated me, I know it’s not real  (but i was devestated when i found out) , but it absolutely enthralls me into an almost stupor when it’s on.  Wrestling is Action, Sports, Entertainment and Fantasy all rolled into one. I have surrounded myself with it for as long as I can remember, and anyone around me knows this.  It’s the greatest art form I know and it is very rarely given its respect.  These men and woman bust there a$$es of to entertain the crowds and tell fantastic stories in the mix…. So much goes through my mind when I think about wrestling… So many pivotol moments.

I remember the Rockers… who I wanted so badly to be, I remember Andre… A giant of a man who I thought was invincible… I remember Rick Rude painting Jake the Snakes Wife on his tights and how badly I wanted Jake to DDT him through the mat and cover him with Damien.   But as a child… one thing changed the face of wrestling for me forever…. Hulk Hogan VS. The Ultimate Warrior…. I idolized both with all of my being and for the first time in my life…. I did not know who to root for….. In the end… I decided it didn’t matter….either way, my hero would win…. and from that day forward, as just a small child… I decided I wanted to be a Pro Wrestler.

For the next few years as a child.. I dreamed about being a wrestler, emulating what they did with my friends… eventually finishing them off with a legdrop on an old mattress. And the years passed…. There was HBK’s boyhood dream, The Montreal Screwjob, The NWO, The Rock, Steve Austin, DX….. So much all of it being a part of my life… there was always one constant, while everything in my life drifted away… and changed, Wrestling was always there….

Now.. step forward… in the early years of 2000, I was offered a chance to wrestle, to be trained by a guy they called “The Dice” (now known as “LumberJack” Johnson… he was a local guy who had said he was trained by someone in ontario) , But that didn’t matter to me… I seen a ring in front of me and seen the chance to live out the dream I had since my early years.  Now I had a small background in Amateur Wrestling from my high school days so I figured I was off to a good start…

I started my training, learning to bump and protect myself in the ring… for a few weeks… unknown at this point in time I was hardly ring ready.. or maybe not even properly trained… But that did not turn me off, I wrestled almost weekly , as a fan favorite in a small “semi” pro wrestling group and loved every minuted of it…. I had not felt like this  in my entire life… the first day I walked through those curtains.. to “MY” music… to a crowd … I felt like crying…But I was there… I walked out there… and I was terrible… they laughed… made fun of me… I had no idea what I was doing….. but I learned… and kept doing it…. a barely trained pencil necked geek.    As time went on, I learned from my mistakes… and learned what the crowd liked…. I became an Entertainer…  in that small little Hockey Ring every weekend… I wasn’t John Mackenzie… I was a wrestler………and they liked me… they really liked me..lol

That ensued for about 2 years…. I even went on to travel a bit for another wrestling promotion in another part of the province… I had learned from my mistakes… and considered myself as being an equal to the guys around me…. I had a rough start… but it wasn’t until my last match… In the North Sydney Forum against a good friend of mine. I felt like I finally knew what I was doing…. and that… was the last day of my wrestling career….

That was four years ago… “The Dice” is now a fully trained pro wrestler and excels at what he does and I respect the hell out of him…… and I work as a tech support agent …. …. I feel the need for a repeat… to become legitimate … I know I’m grown up… and I should be out of that by now…. But even tho that was a long time ago…. It still eats at me….and I say this… again…. 28 years old…. Sitting in the living room waiting for a TNA Wrestling PPV….My name is John Mackenzie and  I WANT TO BE A WRESTLER……and I always will….

I need to be better than me…. (I feel like milk, I want to be Ice Cream)

So I really have no Idea what to write about anymore, I try, but I seem to lack motivation.  I greatly enjoy the art of writing and expression but it seems my job sucks the life out of me. I spend hours a day letting customers belittle me and rant and rave.. I spend so much time worrying about everyone elses little issues.. I sometimes forget about myself completeley…. but Such is life, I guess I just need new outlets… or new inspiration, and I suppose I’ll have to look for it….If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

I know what people like to read… and I know how to write it, aside from my bad spelling and grammar oh and Structure.. I like to think my reading is interesting and I know some of you are still reading.. and thats fantastic… thank you!

The last few days I’ve had a bit of a crisis as such… a weird sense of being less of a person, like nothing I do matters, and seem to be paranoid about every little aspect of my life, be that job security, my health, relationships and everything else. To be quite honest , I have no idea why.   My life as of late, aside from the pretentious and sometimes stressful job   I can honestly say things are pretty good for me and I’m very happy all around.  I dunno if it’s my age, or my declining health… or if I just need something to banter about.  I like the money I make from my Job, my health is my own issue and I love my girlfriend..I think I’m just crazy.

Now, If your reading this.. and you must be, your probably wondering about the Milk / Ice Cream  title… well , I’ll explain.

Milk is good for you, everybody likes it.. and for the most part, we need it… but it’s just milk…Now, Ice Cream on the other hand well that’s completeley different, it’s made of the same basic elements but it’s more interesting…It tastes better, it’s sweeter, it’s more Diverse.  People don’t go crazy for milk… people go crazy for Ice Cream… and in that sense.. the last little while I see myself as Milk, Trying to be Ice Cream..LoL

Ok… it’s late… and I don’t make sense anymore… So.. Thank you for reading… I’ll be back in a few days with something that makes more sense.. and more structured… Thank you and Good Night..or Good Day!

Proof that Love, Dating and Relationships is what you internet junkies crave most…

This site ( www.infiniteodds.wordpress.com ) has been going on and off for over 3 years and in that span of time I have written about Politics, Science, Wrestling, Music, Holiday events, Video games, Blogging in general, did one Audio blog, ranted about my personal life and many other random topics… and in looking through all the data, and hits… I’ve realized what all you people are interested in most… Love, Dating and Relationships..

These topics have generated more general feedback and site visits than anything else I have written about..and I can’t say I’m really sure why, I’m not an expert in the field by any means.. however you people seem interested in what I have to say on this general topic… So … to test my theory, I’m going to start writing a weekly article on these subjects.. and see how well that works for me.. stay tuned.. sometime between Sunday and Monday my next article will be posted..

CAN U DECIPHER THE GE3K CODE??

Ok, So I was browsing the internet today and I found something that was pretty fun, it’s called the geek code… and well, I’m not going to tell you anything about it… I’m just going to post an example of it, and for a little bit of fun… I wanna see who can crack it… it actually contains a few personal details about myself…I’m mainly doing this because well.. I couldn’t think of anything else to write today.. so here’s the code.. leave your comments.. search google, who will be the first to crack it.. ???

—-BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK—

G!/d/s:/!a/C+++/W++
/PS/t+/tv++/G/e-/h-/

—–END GEEK CODE BLOCK—-

Ok, so have fun.. .

Racism… Ages have passed….. and it’s Still an issue…???

This is a topic that I have always felt strongly about, and well… something about it seems too taboo to mention, or I feel just by using the word Race I’m crossing a line… and for some that may be true… but I suppose it’s just with all the talk about elections, obama, and a multitude of other things…but It baffles me that decades past Martin Luther King… and great efforts by many other great men, black or white… why is race still an issue.. and why does that hate still exist???

It sickens me, to no end… this isn’t so much a post, or article as much as me venting my frustrations…we still have Hate groups… like the KKK and “Skinheads” who seem to think the color of there skin makes them better …. Which is completeley ignorant… we’ve seen people of every color at every turn, doing great jobs and showing we are all equal in every way… but the word Racism still exists..

Being white doesn’t make you better at anything…. nor does hating people who aren’t white… the word terrorist isn’t the same as the word arab…. being jewish doesn’t mean your cheap… being chinese doesn’t mean your great at math, being Irish doesn’t mean your a drunk, being Canadian doesn’t mean your a lumberjack, being Mexican doesn’t mean you hopped the fence….

Again, I Remind you, this is unlike what most of my structured rants will be like… I just needed to get this off my chest… so all you ignorant morons who think your better because of your skin color… jump off a bridge or something… save the world a favor… because as far as I’m concerned… 2008 is equality… i think it’s time to shed our skin and give it all up… because well.. when it comes down to it…your no better than me, and I’m no better than you… again… sorry I wasn’t more articulate… or lengthier in my writing.. but this was more an angry outburst than a well thought out article…

I would love to get your feedback on this issue… good or bad… and hopefully a little courtesy as to not receive any threats on my life for my opinions… thank you… and good night..