Wait..What? Matt-man BOUNCES?

Hail and very well met

Things are what they are.

I am alive. I am awake and I am MATT-MAN!

First and foremost.

Mr./Mrs. Anonymous I wish to say THANK YOU!

Jess I have to say that you are amazing for being so young. I promise to go big (well as far as living goes but I am going small in the body department).

Ben if anyone could have spoken to me and had it hit home more then an anonymous person, it was you. Thanks.

Today I did a good thing. A good friend of mine, Kirby, works for the Chicago Bulls Organization. He sells charity raffle tickets during the games. Well on a lark he decided to join something called "The Matadors". They are a all male cheerleading squad of sorts. The major requirement is that each and everyone of them must be "large". Now I am a rather large man (somewhat smaller now then a year or so ago) and it does my heart good to see men of equal stature out there on a basketball court strutting their stuff. He loves it and it has brought a smile to his face as of late. Which is good to see.

But I digress. He receives tickets for all home games for friends or relatives to come and see then perform. The two people that he has wanted to come the most have been unable to for several reasons. First they don't drive, mostly due to age and health. Second needing a ride requires a three tickets and as of late he has only been afforded two. Thirdly he cannot take them because on a day of his performance he must arrive several hours earlier for practice and they would not be allowed in the facility. There are more but you get the idea.

Well for today's game he received three tickets. Over a week ago he asked me to do him a favor and escort them to the game so they could see him on the court being a dancing fool. At that time I was sick as a dog (although I don't know of any dog that sick, and why a dog? Always wondered) and told him that I didn't know if I could do it.

Well the sickness passed and today I took his Mom and Grandfather to see the Bulls game to catch Kirby doing his thing. I had fun, in spite of the fact that basketball does nothing for me. No I am not saying that it is not a sport, it most definitely is. It just does not capture my attention. But it was fun none the less. Kirby thanked me several times, but that was not needed. Seeing his Mom smile and laugh as he bounced around doing a Irish step dance was half the reward, seeing his Grandfathers face was the other. I only hope I have half his gumption at his age. I would go into detail but that is a subject that could fill a whole post on its own.

On the way home I was mulling over the feeling I had been carrying around in my heart and head since the previous day. I was trying to put it away, but it just wouldn't go. I shelved it for the night and after getting them home safely I went and roleplayed at GO with Val, Chris, Jess, Conehead, Irving, Uncle Steve (for clarification his is a teenager), Ben, Dave and Austin.

The session was good. Again to many details to go into. Let me just say that it went as usual. Yeah we witnessed the released of a great and terrible evil into the world. Yup they are going to blame us, hunt us down and then burn us or scourge us or throw us in a pit. Maybe all of the above in a different order. So you know what I mean.

Well then I came home and looked at my blog. Saw the comments and as I went to view them I stopped and reread the post previous to that one. I just sat there and just kept reading it over and over.

How could I have been so blind? DAMN YOU DREAD CAPTAIN OBLIVIOUS!

Yeah right there in front of my face and from my own fingers was the answer, well part of it at least. That damn little voice had just jumped onto what was said and had a field day with it. A coincidence? I am not so sure. It doesn't matter cause that started lifting my spirits, then I read all of your comments, which carried me the rest of the way up and out of the pit. I just had to laugh. At myself, at that little voice and at a stupid movie on newgrounds.com. A fun place to visit.

Well I am smiling now. Thanks to all of you. Those that know me and those that just stopped by. Thanks for giving me the cup of cold water. (Yeah if you don't get it...Don't worry it is good)

Well I am off to sleep,perchance to dream.

Tomorrow is Dun Dun Da Da

Movie day at the loft!!!!!!

Monday is the beginning of the next part of my life that I haven't lived yet!

May the Force be with you

Excelsior!!!