May 24th, 2009...I have turned 30 years old.  In my 30 years, I have put together a number of lists of favorites.  Since it is (or was) my 30th birthday this past Sunday, I will list some here:

Movies:

1. Out of Sight

2. Finding Neverland

3. American Beauty

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

5. Chicago

TV:

1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (FIRST AND LAST SHOW THAT ACTUALLY GOT MY ENTIRE FAMILY TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING...BEFORE THEY DIVORCED IN 1996)

2. ER

3. Big Bang Theory

4. Grey's Anatomy

5. Perfect Strangers

Music:

1. Dave Matthews Band

2. Hootie and the Blowfish

3. Blues Traveler

4. Genesis

5. Rusted Root

(GREEN DAY and BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, runner up)

Songs:

1. In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel

2. Lose Yourself by Eminem

3. Use Me by Bill Withers

4. The Mountains Win Again by Blues Traveler

5. Land of Confusion by Genesis

Wrestlers:

1. 90s Shawn Michaels

2. Mr. Kennedy

3. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

4. Rick "The Model" Martel

5. Triple H

Actors:

1. Johnny Depp

2. Tommy Lee Jones

3. George Clooney

4. Jim Carrey

5. Kevin Spacey

Actresses:

1. Kate Winslet

2. Catherine Zeta-Jones

3. Scarlett Johanssen

4. Kate Walsh (TV- Private Practice)

5. Colbie Smulders (TV- how I met your mother)

Books:

1. On the Road by Jack Kerouac

2. The Rainmaker by John Grisham

3. The Watson's Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

4. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

5. Loser by Jerry Spinelli

(THE LAST THREE I TEACH IN THE CLASSROOM)

Sports:

Football - New Orleans Saints

Baseball - Akron Aeros (AA Affiliate of the Indians)

Basketball - Cleveland Cavaliers

Hockey - Detroit Red Wings

College Football - Ohio State Buckeyes

College Basketball - Michigan State Spartans

Moments:

1. Tie - both daughters being born

2. Wedding 7/4/04

3. Brother being born 2/24/1988

4. Space Academy summer of 1992

5. First teaching job in Fall of 2002

Well in the first 30 years, that seems to be the major favs of my life.  I hope the remaining years are filled with more success and wonderful memories where I can add to, delete or rearrange the lists above.

Take care Universe...

Parker.

If some of you have been following my Blogs, I got DirecTV a few months ago.  I loved it that I could finally see Raw.  Now that I do, I am getting tired of it.  Here are quick reason why I am:

1. Randy Orton has opened the show almost every week in the past month and a half.  His walk to the ring takes up 3-5 minutes and his posing takes forever. 

2. Santino...we get it...he's funny.  I did like that he kind of showed some fight in his match against Chavo.  maybe he'll start to actually wrestle.

3. Michael Cole is well, "Vintage Michael Cole."

4. Vickie is horrid. 

5. WWE is advertising a Pay-Per-View almost every 3 weeks...Cut some down.  Remember when it was only Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam and Survivor Series?  (5)  Now we have what?  13 or 14?  Two a month is not something they need to be doing either.

6. Lack of Tag Team Division, lack of U.S. Title opponents.  They use Matt Hardy AGAIN for MVP???  There are so many more that could be used.  Regal, Kofi, Kendrick, Festus, Goldust, etc.

7. Batista, Cena, Orton, HHH...ROTATE...same main eventers.  With Hunter out, maybe they can have more people step up.

One thing I am looking forward to is the return of Kennedy and I am LOVING the Miz right now.  He need to continue this.  He will turn into the next JBL (pertaining to hatred) real soon.

It's getting stale guys...step it up.  Even Vince said WWF in his last interview...maybe that can be brought back some how.

Later.

Parker.

So the 2009 Draft is over and the first week of the new rosters began last night.  I was looking for the shock factor and I got it...MVP interrupting Orton was great.  He definately needs to be main event.  I think they need to drop the wrestling attire though.  I've never liked that body suit. 

The Miz getting screen time with the promo was great.  I agree that it's the same people in the main events and fresh blood is what we need.  Calling out Cena and him not answering the challenge was great...only loop hole was that he actually was there and distracted Big Show.  What does that say for Miz?  He comes out for Big Show but not Miz? Come on Cena be the man you are claiming to be! 

Also, does Santino's action figue come with Santina parts?  I know the current one comes with a constant eye rolling.  We get it, he's funny.  It's getting quite stupid.

For the future, I think I would love to see John Morrison step up like MVP did and challenge Edge.  Maybe have a feud with Jericho because he is "like Shawn Michaels" and he had a feud with Michaels.  I hope someone like Dolph Ziggler or some ECW jobber can step up and fight Rey for the IC title.  Rey needs to go, I'm a bit stale on that guy. 

If the tag belts are on Raw, how are Cryme Tyme, the ONLY team still together, on Smackdown. What does that say for them?  If the tag titles are unified why aren't they one belt?  This is going to mean that the titles will split again and that is just stupid.  One World title, one mid-card title (IC), one tag title, one Women's Title...have them, since they are champions, be the only ones who go to all three brands. 

Well, here's to a 2009 full of hopeful surprises. 

IF YOU LOOK AT MY STATUS...THE RETURN OF MR. WULFF BEGINS 2009-2010...

This is because it is official, Mr. Wulff is back! 

He has passed his PRAXIS II test and is now a teacher again.  It has been a long struggle.  Full of bumpy roads and disappointments.  Here is the journey ffrom falling from grace to climbing the mountain top once more...

I was a teacher from 2002-2007.  I was in contact with the Ohio Department of Education for my last year and a half about my new license and there was a miscommunication between us and I was not able to renew my license.  I had to resign from my teaching position and be out of work from August 2007 to October 2007.

I began work, temporarily, at the Head and Neck Institute at the Cleveland Clinic as a Medical Secretary.  Granted, it was not the best thing but it's a job and I needed something.  Now, in the same month I took the teaching test so I can renew my license and failed by 1 point.  1 point!!! 

Fastforward three tests later and still a failed score was haunting me.  9, 11 and 13 respectively.  I was going to take it for a 5th time.  1 point again!!! But the thing was, it was the wrong test.  They had updated the requirements and i was taking the wrong test in Ohio.  So this, to me, was a new opportunity.  New test, new questions, fresh start.  3/14/09 was the test date for my new venture...

I took the test and smiled at question #2.  I was so confident that this was it that when I closed my test booklet I had 10 minutes to go.  I went back and changed a few things because that back of my mind feeling came up when there was a string of 10 answers that didn't have 'A.'  You're told not to think of a pattern but I had to...

Well I told everyone that "there was no way I failed this one."  I never am this overly confident.  I was hesitent to go online and start applying for jobs because it was what I did the last time.  I didn't want to jinx anything...Well one mpnth later I went online and checked...

I PASSED!!!

Now begins applying to be a special education teacher again.

I am sooooo flying high today!

Parker.

With the home invasion, violence against Stephanie and Flair's beat down at the hands of Jericho, why can't the rating go back up in Raw to TV-14? 

Well, regardless, I have a few things to spice up the flagship show Raw...

Kane is the new Two-Face - A LOT of people want Kane to return with the mask on and this is the best way to do it...have him accidentally get caught up in pyro or a set up from Jericho and have him burned.  Have updates and possibly interviews from the hospital with Kane all bandaged up.  Have Jericho try to apologize in the ring and have Kane come out with the mask back on.  He terrorizes Jericho for the better half of 2009 and maybe culminating in a Rumble win and Main Event Wrestlemania 26 as maybe his last run.  Bring back the violent Kane, not the Emo Kane we have now.

CM Punk heel turn - if only Austin would still be around...straight edge against the beer drinker.  Same with Sandman.  CM Punk needs to turn and kind of be a Right to Censor-type member trying to maintain order and keep everyone on the straight edge.  He could come out and preach about abstinance and being sober and could really get under certain cities' skin (LA, New York, Philly, Green Bay).  A feud with Cena would be the culmination.

Undertaker takes on an apprentice - The Ministry returns with the Undertaker taking a Master with an Apprentice.  The new blood will take over where the Ministry/Corporate Ministry took over.  Dark, brooding, out of control.  This will give the Undertaker a less active role in the ring and a slow transition out of the WWE when his time comes to hang it up.

ECW Take over - Jack Swagger leads a team that is "being disrepected because they are on the lesser show."  They attack everyone.  Swagger, DJ Gabriel, Dolph Ziggler, Paul Burchill w/Katie Lea.   

Finlay returns as Bellfast Brawler - In a surprising turn of events, Finlay loses several times because of Hornswoggle which leads to him banishing him from ringside and maybe his life.  He goes under the ring and never is heard from again.  The heel Finlay comes back.

Tyson Kidd beats down Shawn Michaels because of past feud with Bret Hart for revenge.  This will catapult Tyson into the main event or close to it.  Add a run in with DH Smith and Natalya, this could be good.

Shelton Benjamin needs to truly BE the WWE version of Terrell Owens, Ron Artest, etc. . Harness everything there is about every cocky athlete and be him/them or they need to have Mark Henry, Shelton, MVP, R-Truth and Ezekel Jackson with Teddy Long be the new Nation of Domination.

DX hands over the title to The Brian Kendrick, The Miz and John Morrison and whatever Bella sister that it. 

Whatcha think?

Parker.