Al B Damm interviewing random folks with makeshift pen/microphones.
Here he is interviewing Mark Mattis. Since I'm linking the picture off of Mattis' site (www.merth.com or www.markmattis.com) allow me to put him over as that's what I do, I put people over.
Mark Mattis, a seasoned grappler of the independent ranks has been tearing up rings in the midwest for a half a decade now. This southpaw utilizes a very old school Tully Blanchard style when approaching his wrestling exhibitions. Don't worry, not too Tully like as he is notorious for his pink trunks.
Not only does Mr. Mattis bring a solid well rounded offense to the table, he also has great pecs!
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I stumbled upon this file while looking thru my old emails...... Why do I post something 3.5 years old? Because me being hurt makes Kingdom James say funny things.
So I was at Bdubs the other night and somewhere between beer #10 & 14 a chick was being the letter C in my A-B convo and leans in and says, "You know who you look like, *hiccup*, Tim Roth. Yea you are like so him!".
Chalk that up as a big ol' Who invited her to my pants party anyways? I mean c'mon Tim Roth? I do not see it.....
Then again Doug Williams thinks I look like a pre-chubby Dean "2 Xtreme" Allmark.
Then again I'm back up to middleweight standards myself so who am I to talk?
Anyone got a better look alike then those two paleeze pipe in.
Apparently RoadKill debuted a new gimmick over the past couple of days.... Interesting you say? Al B. Damm ahem... I mean Lennox Lightfoot turns the other cheek.
This is going to be a longer post than anyone I've done in the last few months.... Why because we're going to summarize the last few months. I'll address a few things, catch things up to speed, and brutalize the English language all in the same entry. Strap in this one might be a tuffy.
So lets backtrack to say November....
I ended up screwing my ankle up again thus causing me to have to cancel at the last minute with RoH. This happened while I was in line for a promotion with my employer at the time, the State of Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation.
I also began dating Tiffany around this time. To say that things with Tiff were good at the time would be an understatement. I can't even describe all the good things about Tiff in paragraph form and I will have to set aside another entry for her.
Anyways the fact that I was concentrating on my career that would potentially give me a better salary in just a few years than I would ever make in the wrestling industry, along with my nagging ankle injury and dating Tiffany caused me to push wrestling to the side for the first time in many years and focus on other aspects of life.
Come the first of January and I begin my new position with the BWC as an Employer Service Specialist. It was a good position surrounded by some good people to work with that were willing to take me under their wing and show me the ropes.
One person who did the exact opposite was my supervisor. The man had probably the worst reputation of any person could. He was known throughout the state of an overall failure. The best way I could describe his management strategy was "Micromanagement with no direction". The man would disapear out of the office for hours at a time and take extended lunches at local diners with no penalty. He also had a notion to say the word UMMMMM between every other word. How did he get his job you ask? He was drinking buddies with the office manager. I literally would have rather of had Bill Lumburgh as my sup.
Around the time I was promoted a new girl was hired on to take one of the positions I had been covering for months (I was working 3 people's workload for over 6 months). Anyways this woman was a total and complete kissass doing things that would make you just sick to your stomache even to the point of bringing in my boss coffee every day. Not to mention she was an attractive 30ish lady and was rather buxom.
So things went a few months where I enjoyed my position but didn't like working for my sup. And I found myself wondering if I wanted to work in the Worker's Comp business for the rest of my life. You see when I was hired on was the same time Tom Noe lost millions of dollars of coins for the state and there was scandal going around like crazy. Combine that with the fact that many in the WC industry are just generally negative nancies and I found myself becoming one of those.
Fast forward to the end of March when I'm called into the office manager's office and am put through a Pre-Disciplinary interview. I was asked about my times of lunch for a date over a month prior. You see they didn't have time clocks to punch or out on so we filled out a time sheet.
The date in question was one where I went out with two other members of the team who had been with the agency for years. One had over 12 years tenure. Anyways after another hearing I was given my walking papers on April 3 for "Theft of state time". How much time did I supposedly steal? 15 minutes. That's right I was canned for 15 minutes. Who was the accuser? The buxom new girl who just so happened to get a promotion within three months.
Anyways this was right at the time that I bought the house. So with going unemployed with no chance at unemployment with a new house along with all other bills caused me to become a walking stressball. I interviewed for numerous positions but had no luck within the WC field or any others for that matter.
I ended up going unemployed for exactly two months. In June I took up employment with Construction Software Technologies. I knew going in that it was probably only going to be a job and not a career opportunity. The pay was 33% lower than my prior position but lets face it I needed a job.
A week after becoming employed again, I proposed to Tiffany. Thankfully she said yes. And for those who don't know, it was at the Reds game. She didn't know I was there, so it was a total surprise. Anyways, my work at CST was barely work at all. I found myself bored after a couple of hours of work and surfing YouTube and Fark the rest of the day. I also a lot of things with management that just had me scratching my head. The phrase, "Cart before the horse" describes the place to a tee.
About 3 weeks ago, I came across a Monster ad for a position with DeVry University as an Admissions Advisor in the Cincinnati location. For the four people who don't know, I graduated at DeVry and speak extremely high of the place and the education they offer. I figured I didn't have anything to lose and applied.
That night on the way home, I was given a call by the Assistant Director of Admissions at the Cinci location wanting me to come in for a group interview. Thankfully it was at 6:00 p.m. so I went straight from work. The folks there were all older and seemed to have more experience but I listened to each of them and when it was my turn to give 120 seconds I channeled every good Flair promo and proposed a ride on space mountain.
Of course I didn't do that, but having all the speaking background that I've had made this a cake walk. I figured the only reason DeVry would say no was due to lack of experience.
I was given a call a couple days later to come in for another interview with the DOA. I come in and interview with her and two other employees. I was there over two hours. Again I felt like I nailed the interview.
The DOA called me the following Monday wanting to schedule a day of shadowing. I say yes of course and put it on my schedule. The next day the DOA's boss called and had an impromptu phone interview that lasted a half an hour. It went well but she did her fair share of trying to scare me off.
The job shadow comes and goes and it seems more like an ongoing interview/shadow. I was there til an hour after hours with one of the Advisors as they were with a prospective student.
I get a call last Friday and am asked to come in the next day to the Columbus office to interview with the Director of Admissions for Ohio and the Assistant Director for the Columbus location. I was there over four hours and was put through the pressure cooker and then some. I was picked apart limb from limb and felt like I barely survived and felt humbled (not Iron Shiek like humbling mind you) when I walked out.
This past Monday I receive a call by the Dean of Admissions for the Midwest. I had a great convo/interview with him that lasted about 15 minutes. That was the last step in the process, it was then that I realized that within the next 24 hours I would know the answer as to whether my fate would change or not.
Thankfully I didn't have to wait 24 hours, I barely waited 24 minutes as the Cinci director called me and congratulated me on being offered the job. Of course I said yes and it felt like the weight of the world had been taken off my shoulder.
After having my potential career aspirations crushed and going through what felt like hell with being unemployed than taking a position that had no future I was diving closer to what was some would describe as depression.
Monday starts a new day. Monday is my day to begin my quest to take over the world. OK, maybe not the world but the Cinci metro area is a good start. I now have a position that has a boatload of opportunity and two is a great company to work for. Not to mention it's free tuition for me to get my Masters. To say I have a smile on my face just thinking about it is an understatement.
So if anyone is wanting to go to school and receive a heckuva education in Business, Management and Technologies... Hit me up, you know how to find me.
For those following baseball. Go Reds in the race for the penant.
For those who don't like baseball but like the football instead, Go Bengals! Who Dey!
And if you don't like Cinci sports, shame on you! At least support your local indy wrestling.
I'm taking a page out of Kingdom Jame's journal and compiling a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. So far I'm at 62 but I've hit a bit of a rut. So here's cry for help. Leave a comment with suggestions, ideas or just to say, "go to hell Bruce".
I lost all my contacts and need the following people to email me at their earliest convienence.
DDk Tommy Chill Cyrus Poe Mark Mattis Jeremy Madrox Tim Fairweather Shawn Midnight Kyle Styles Mr. White Matt Mason Jabari Akeem Mustafa Carlton Kaz Al B. Damm Fabulous Frederick Chuck Brody Jeff Traxler Jake Garrett Sebaz Dark Shirley Doe HENTAI Shiima Xion SJK Glenn Spectre Chuck Roberts Joe Dombrowski CJ Sensation
Who knew free beer that night would turn into one of my favorite photos of all time. Why? Simply the sheer awesomeness of this trio. Also, I stole an inflatable palm tree that night.
Go to KingdomJames.com and buy stuff! Book Kingdom! http://www.bythebookings.vze.com and book someone else! Buy Uncle Kingdom a beer. Someone do something because I lost my Union shirt in the move and need a new one!
Today we will look at a piece of Journalism. http://www.merth.com/archive/20060406.php Mark Mattis has written a diatribe for those in the indy wrestling profession(I use that term loosely and only because I do not have a thesaurus around).
In it he includes my live journal link as an offender for not promoting anything upcoming. He forgets I had a website way back when until it was hacked by my gay stalker in 2004. Mark used to wear pink trunks and his entrance music was "I'm coming out by Pink". Somedays I lay awake and wonder if Mr. Mattis was the one that was my stalker and hacked my site. He is innnernet savaa after all.
However has the King of 98% Indy Wrestling Retired forgotten that I hung up the my sliding shorts and ref shirt months ago? I'm sure I could use my LJ to promote when I am going to the grocery store but Tiffany takes care of that.
Here's what I'll do. I'll promote the upcoming events that I have.
April 28 - Cutting the Grass Location: My front and backyard
May 4 - Softball, playing 2nd base and Left Center field. Location: A ballpark in North Cincinnati that I forget how to get to.
July 26 - Journey and Def Leppard in Concert! Location: Riverbend, Cincinnati
That's all for now.
I will leave you with a photo of Mr. Mattis doing what he does best, getting potatoed by Albert Benjamin Cornelius Cornrow Damm Esquire.
So what's new since the last time I was here? Well I'm still retired from the sport of professional wrestling. Nothing changed there, but let me just throw a big Booo Urns to those CZW folk. Even their ref shirts are ugly.
I just bought a house which in the course of ran my phone bill up again. So I'm tempo out of a phone for now. I learned something else this week, moving sucks.
I have a neighbor, he looks like Elvis. He let me borrow his monkey wrench, he's good people.
I joined a softball team alongside a former Kurt Angle Invitational participant. Our first game was last week. We won 15-2 after 5 innings. I went 1 for 2 with a double and two runs batted in. I haven't played since before I was into racing so there's a lot of rust to shake off.
That's all.......
Go Reds! Me and my girlfriend Tiffany at Opening Day 2006.
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