Coolio Blog Props and Tuesday Trivia!!!

Okay i'm starting off this blogg-a-roo post with a great diddy from a friend/blogger of mine....I don't always give out props, only when they are in grandest deserving..so this one is just so inspiring..i'm stating here that if this blogger/friend were to either a) Become a public speaker, b) write a book or c) make a book out of the inspiring words of her blog...not only would it be of great life changing success to many (i'm already an avid "Own-it" ownee) but also bring in lots of cash, dough to her..(so here is my bid to be the designer/developer of said friends/bloggers books, web sites, t-shirts, hats, buttons...hey i'm an entrepaneur as well..so hence...hence...here goes:  This Phrase I AM IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE.  So true.  We really are, as individuals in control of OUR lives..not just the day to day stuff, but also the consistency of how or when or why we do what we do, how we roll how we roll...I have had this one little gem in my head lately...Don't wait until you have motivation to act on something..but rather ACT to MOTIVATE...I'm telling you folks, life is short..make the most grandest thing out of it..if you never ran before, start running (just well don't all of a sudden start running like a mad woman):



okay you can if you choose too..at least you'll be running..but seriously, do something new and adventurous...And sometimes, if you just start doing something you know you are new to and really don't want to do it, but just jump into the process of this, you'll sometimes or most of the time realize that you were lacking motivation and end up being glad you did...Example, back in the days when i used to go to the boxing gym and loved getting my nose or some other useful body part smashed in by a bigger than me heavyweight named Victor "Maliciousness" Maldonado, there were days i just didn't' want to work out, or even be remotely near a gym..but then those were the days i worked out harder, and ended up enjoying my workouts even with more enthusiasm..what i am saying is this...okay nobody in their right minds must like to run..this is a hideous act which was probably thought of by the man..or the man who enjoys running in the dead of "freeze my ass off" winter while wearing little thin Nike shorts...anyhoo, i realize, if we wait all the time to be motivated to do something, well we will end up waiting for a long long time...so next time you have the oh so familiar "I'd rather be watching a friends episode while eating a bowl of cereal" feeling..STOP...and just start running, or do whatever it is you were setting out to do in the first place..

 A few days ago i was out with my sassy sazzafras GF Victoria:

and we stopped by a Ricky's NYC so she can pick up some girly, make up and hair stuffs..As i was there, I decided to make my time useful, other than carrying a bag or two for her (hey i'm the man in this relationship and more so, i'm a gentleman always)...and i purchased a few fridge magnets..i don't know why but i keep glancing at it:

"DO ONE THING EVERY DAY THAT SCARES YOU" - Eleanor Roosevelt....and i am trying to live by this...and also by Own it....The thought of performing on March 19, in front of people, while doing something i am so passionate about like playing guitar..really does scare the latin bedittle out of me...but hey, that is life..doing something which takes you out of your comfort zone, something new, amazing...adventurous or just mentally thrilling...so this blog post is about that...be daring...don't just sit and meditate about it..but really do it...who knows, you may end up liking it..or at the very least, be able to chuckle about it like so: "So there I was afterwards in the same jail cell with..." or "Well after the nurse came by and put in my IV tube...." jk..but seriously...don't let life go by and you end up kicking yourself in the avocados because you pondered too long on that and on the possibilities of world peace and the next Lost Episode.....really BE DARING..on that note, City John Leaves the Office...

oh oops...yes i almost forgot...its time for T.V. Theme Song TRIVIAAAA...

1. "Family Ties" began a seven year run in 1982. The theme to the show, "Without Us", was composed by Jeff Barry and Tom Scott. Which duo sang the theme?

a) Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
b) Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
c) Paul Anka and Odia Coates
d) Billy Preston and Syreeta

2. "Full House" premiered in the fall of 1987. One of the stars, John Stamos, co-wrote the theme with the singer, Jesse Frederick. What was the name of the theme song?

a) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now
b) Together
c) As Long as We Got Each Other
d) Everywhere You Look

3. Which show did NOT have the theme song sung by a principal character?

a) Green Acres
b) Walker, Texas Ranger
c) All in the Family
d) All in the Family

4. "Hawaii 5-0" ran from 1968 to 1980. Name which instrumental band recorded the theme song?



5. Which show currently holds the title of longest running sitcom?

  

Midnight...

Okay its midnight and i admit, i've been a bit lazy at this blogging venture of mine.  sorry folks, between guitar, work, hating my job, hating my boss, cursing my boss a million bee stings on his furry ears (yes, he has furry ears), watching my favorite dog: Holly "Hollister" "H-Dog" "H-Town" "Febreeze" Streifberg, being a good bf to my gf (this is a full time job  you know), taking my daughter out during the weekend and hoping her phase of "buy me this buy me that - man i'm like her personal bank account" doesn't last forever.............so i've been pretty occupied..that and well, it seems i am the only handy male in my building..i honestly thought there were more of me..but well, its mainly women in this building and um hey i'm not being sexist here but on several occassions it seems when the super isn't around usually i hear a knock on my door to help out with this or that..now i'm happy to help out and that is  who i am, so long as it doesn't get out of hand...today my upstairs neighbor's key was stuck again in her lock..and well the super is nowhere to be found...so what i'm saying is this - to you Mr. Super, where ever you are...hey, i'm in the process of looking for a new job, so unless you start doing your job, i'm going to come gunning for yours...ahem..okay there, i said it...whewww!

sorry for that rant..my other rant today is well, i'm playing guitar and also learning new songs..occassionally as in life, i come across something difficult...nearly impossible..today its the dang f chord...its this stupid chord in which you have to position and bend your wrist and fingers in a very impossibly painful way...i swear i'm sooo irritated at this stupid chord, more so at the inventor of this stupid chord, i think my inner voice (my writer's voice) sounds british...and i'm pure american born latino here....(so this brings me to another conclusion - as everyone has an inner voice, i've decided mine is british...so, sometime soon, i'd like to eat a crumpet and have some tea..).  so if anyone of you know where i can eat or buy a crumpet, or better  yet, want to buy me a crumpet...please do, would be very kind of you to do so..(also, maybe its cause my cubicle neighbor is british and i happen to hear her yapping on and on in her native english tongue about a cat who well by all medical standards should have died by now..

That's not my hand, but just to illustrate the stupidity of this F'n F Chord...

i'll post some more stuff to this post..some funny pics, videos, songs..and well hopefully by then i'll have mastered the dang f chord on guitar...seriously, how the heck am i supposed to perform on march 19th in front of well possibly maybe 50 - 100 or so people if i can't hit the f chord..oh yes, i'm performing, a guitar solo, you heard it right..hey, one thing about turning 37, is i need to experience things i normally would have been too scared to try....so this goes out to anyone out there who keeps putting something amazing or new off, don't.  seriously, give it a shot..what's the worst that can happen...well other than death, hospitalization or poverty...really..just give it a go and see where the chips fall for you...life is too short to not try and then wonder at the end of it...

city john goes to sleep for now....