VIVA LAS VEGAS pt 3

So it's been about a month or so since I posted and once again ( like always I'm back!) .  Technically speaking I never left, but during my injury time I just wanted to focus on getting to the next step aka moving to VEGAS!  It's been a little over a week since I arrived and I'm really just looking for a job each day and working out.  I haven't joined a new gym yet since I'm trying to get back in shape after the two month lay off, but in a week or two I should be able to hit the mats somewhere.  Either way I'll keep you updating as things progress!! PS 36 hours of driving from MD to NV was completely worth it, but F..UGE doing it again anytime soon!

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Photo dump 2...or 3??

Best cereal to take a picture of hands down.

mount fruity pebble

Food is a source of comfort =0

The essentials.. Don't worry it's alcohol free

Karopi

Hello Kitty

Panda bear in a strawberry next to a heart??

Batz Maru

King Kitty??

Palm Jr.

Palm tree's get haircuts every two weeks in Vegas.

Red Rock

DO WORK SON!

BALLIN!

Not so Ballin

Wayne and Kyle aka The Roommates

Riding Clean pt. 2

Riding Clean pt. 2

PS3/Black Box of Pleasure

New Favorite Shirt

#3 Looks illegal in the US

I read EVERY page while stuck in the airport for hours!

Head in the Clouds.

Never Forget

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6 am Zombie.

So anyone getting off a plane at 6 in the monring with 3 hour jet lag is gonna be confused and disoriented. I was confused enough to walk around Atlanta international for a good 20 min without a purpose.  Stumbling around for 20 minutes led me to Dunkin Doughnuts, which then led me to a large coffee and a much more frantic state of confusion. I Finally figured out where I needed to be  with the help of a nice old lady (who actually knew what was going on), BUT once I got there I found out that my gate switched back to my original ish location...  At this point I just let the little old lady go on autopilot and followed her back to my gate on the other side of the airport.  In 5 mins I learned where she was from, who she's with, where she just came from, where she's going, where she lives and her daughters name and location. Yeah I know I could really stalk the hell out of her after getting everything except her social, but I'm gonna skip on the eventual restraining order.  Either way there's this guy sitting in front of me that I just realized was a guy...trust me it's awkward trying to check someone out to only find out they're a guy. Actually it probably wasn't as awkward for me as it was for him...  ON TO THE NEXT ONE!! Just kidding, but my planes about to leave so I'll post later once I get home.

EDIT:
Coincidentally I was still at the wrong gate while writing this (more than one plane heading to Baltimore around the same time).

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Drysdale Part 2

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Drysdale Part 3

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Drysdale Part 1 (Black belt that was coaching me in Vegas)

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WAND GOODIES.

Wanderlei Silva's MMA!

Outside in the Parking Lot.

They even have a store, but you can't see it.

One Of The Essentials.

They pretty much have a WHOLE gym inside their gym.

Hanging Bag Area.

Full Cage.

Wand's Art Side

Also Wand's Art Side??

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ASKLFNRAJBFIR!@!!#&(#^&

^ That's how I feel right now, but I'm starting to cool off.  So long story short they wouldn't let me on my flight even though I had 25 min to get through security.  If I switch my ticket right now that'll cost me 150 bucks.  If I wait and try and catch the red eye it'll only set me back 50.  I can definitely live with 50 since I made 100 on with Black Jack last night.  Through out all my betting I've never had a night last night and at one point I was close to 200.  Either way with previous losses and the ticket factored in I broke even in that department.  Food wasn't really that bad since I cooked pretty much every single meal and I only took a cab once while I was here.  Past a few clothes, some small extras, and a couple nights out I didn't spend that much money.  I guess there were Mat fee's when I was testing out different places and the month membership at Robert Drysdale's, but it was definitely worth it.  I love Las Vegas, but I love Maryland too.  I feel like this could be the place to be, but well have to see in the next few months.  For now I really just wanna go home, but I have a 10 hour wait ahead of me. I could've gone back to my friend's place, but free WiFi was too tempting.  Pretty soon I'm gonna have to figure out my food situation, but I don't know if it'd be easier to have pizza delivered or to have a food court employee bring it to me for a fat tip. Hmmmmmmm either way I gotta figure that out soon since I haven't ate since this morning.

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Griffin vs Rua 2.

So I don't know if it's really gonna happen, but I overheard Forrest say that he would be fighting at UFC Brazil.  I'm pretty sure he said he would be fighting against Maricio Shogun Rua, BUT we'll see. They've met before and Griffin won via submission and Shogun got his ass handed to him 2 weeks ago.  It kinda makes sense since Shogun needs to bounce back with a tough opponent and Forrest is tough as nails and beat him before. Not to mention Forrest could use a win against a tough opponent to establish himself as a force in the Light Heavy weight division again.

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Best Day Hands Down.

Me, Evan Dunham, and Forrest Griffin.

Today was amazing!  This morning me, Kyle and Dwayne made a eggs, bacon and toast.  I normally just eat rice in the morning so it was a nice change to have some real "Sunday Morning" food.  After breakfast I went back to sleep for a little before practice and I ALMOST overslept. I'm so glad I didn't because When I walked into practice Forrest Griffin was warming up in the back.  He was talking to another guy in the back that looked familiar, but I couldn't put a name to the face until Forrest called him Evan.  He had been practicing here the past week and the whole time I knew I knew him, but do you really go up to someone and ask them if they're famous?? As soon as i processed the fact that I was about to practice with 2 legit UFC vets I was giddy like a school girl.  I instantly had to start telling myself to be cool and don't fanboy, but towards the end of practice I started positioning myself closer and closer to them till I was right next to them and I asked for a picture. "Fuck no! just kidding sure."  No lie that's what Forrest said without missing a beat.  It was definitely an unexpected treat to meet and train with UFC vets and Forrest really is as funny as they say.  Before I came to Vegas I just thought famous people were everywhere, but once I got here I was like where the hell are they??? This was my long awaited answer!

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LET THE GAMES BEGINNNN!!

So I didn't know it would be this long till I was able to get online, but like I said before the internet is pretty shotty here.  Anyways I'm really on the last leg of my trip now, only 5 more days not including today.  I've been sad about leaving for the past week, but when it comes down to it a lot can be done in 5 days when your're in Las Vegas.  I managed to start getting down to the vacation part of my trip the past week so I went out to some food places and checked out the night life.  One thing I forgot about the night life is that it doesn't end till about 4 or 5 am since the clubs don't close till 4.  We took advantage of that the other night when we went on the strip, but what my friends forgot to mention is that they don't allow re-entry after a certain time.  So around 3 am I headed out to this late night sandwich shop across the street (Johnny Mcguire's and it's open till 3ish 4ish! HIGHLY recommended) and grubbed on the best late night food I've had in awhile. After grub session I tried to get back into the  place and they wouldn't let me back in!!!  Good thing that food place was still open because getting two guys that have been drinking out of a club with a lot girls isn't easy.  About 20 min later we headed back to the apartment and if the casino didn't beat my wallet like a 1950's housewife earlier that night we would've detoured to Larry Flint's Gentlemen's Club, but sadly enough I didn't have the strength to make it rain.  Past that I've been training hard still, but the past week I just did morning sessions and ran a few miles at nighttime once it cooled down to keep my cardio up (rather than doing morning and night sessions).  Hmmm what else??? Oh yeah we bought about 150 pieces of Sidewalk chalk. No lie I've been making huge chalk gang graffiti murals LOL.  The other day I made a 5 by 5 West side Bloods Mural. I guess that's what happens when you have a lot of free time on your hands after a Gangland Marathon on Spike.  In my defense I've been doing my artwork on the deck of a 2nd story apartment so no one besides my roommates see them.  Yeah I know I have some interesting hobbies, but hey I try to enjoy myself as much as possible.  Anyways I don't know how the internet is gonna go this week, but I'll check back in when I can.

ps - I'm done with casinos! The roulette guy straight up told me I didn't place my bet where I did after he cleared the table, but you can't argue with a casino employee especially with my skin pigment or darker... No one wants to be the next Rodney King.

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What a woman!

Also I forgot to mention that not only was Robert Drsydale's pregnant wife teaching Jiujitsu, but she also happens to be a black belt! I bet she could kick ass if she didn't look like she was carrying twins or maybe that's a normal size. Anyways maybe I'll sneak a picture to show you...  This could definitely end awkwardly.

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Last Leg.

Yooooooo!  It's been awhile, but I promise I've been working hard while I was gone. I had a great time hanging with my friend Kim who's also visiting from Maryland.  Me and Kim love eating out at random food places so we ate at a Japanese place one day and a Hawaiin BBQ place the next( no camera cjhsfacjga!!!!).  I wish I could've shared the magic with you, but you're just gonna have to take my word for it when I say it was orgasmic... I finally got my phone back too so that was a pretty big change (20 days w/o), but seriously I really enjoyed the time away from it.  I could've had it mailed to me sooner and I was, but then I thought why not just go off the grid? So I guess starting a blog, using Facebook, and playing PS3 isn't what you would traditionally call going off the grid, but I'm winging it here!  Anyways I just got back from a run around the block and later on tonight I'm gonna go to BJJ at Drysdale Jiujitsu.  This last week I'm probably gonna tone back a little and enjoy Vegas a little more and so I can jump back into training as soon as I get back to MD. Vegas  has been a great experience so far and I'm sad to say it'll end in 11 days. As for the previously promised Wand goodies that'll have to wait till I get home and get a better connection or maybe the internet will improve, but who knows. I'd also like to share that the past Sunday was without incident with the people downstairs.  I thought things were gonna go down, but they stopped blasting their music.. Which was good because ironically I was about to bring the noise.

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Recap.

So I've been dead over the past few days.  Last night I sparred with am/pro Muay Thai fighters and that was a humbling experience to say the least.  I  definitely showed my skill and showed even more heart, but some of these guys ran through me. We did 12 3 min rounds with 45 second breaks in between switching partners each round.  That's 36 min of straight Thai with barely any down time.  Sometimes I was really on the ropes just taking shots trying to weave in and out only to have my legs kicked from under me. It's give and take each day out here, but it keeps me hungry.  On top of that I've had a lot of internet problems so I haven't been able to get on or post videos  (really slow connection).  Anyways that was last night, but the night before that I went to Wanderlei Silva's gyms and it was AMAZING.  Their instruction was quality and their facility was the best gym I've seen.  They had an area for BJJ, Muay Thai, weights ( like a full on gym), a full size cage , an altitude training room and a PING PONG TABLE!!! Wow that's a mouth full and yes I'm still pumped about the Ping Pong table! It happens to be something a really enjoy and also something I don't get to do that often.  Anyways I met some really cool people out there including some of their fighters and they had nothing, but great things to say about Wand and his program.  The only thing that was missing was WAND!  It's a 20 dollar cab ride and a 25 dollar mat fee so it's almost fifty bucks to train for a day so hopefully next time he'll be there.  Anyways one of my best friends Kim arrived in Vegas Yesterday and we were supposed to go to Vegas in August, but she couldn't make it so it's been a few months in the making.  A guy who I train with (Topaz) is also out here training so hopefully I'll be able to get up with him too.  I would add some pictures of his gym and vegas, but the internet is about to die on me again so I guess I owe you one.

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Who knew how hot he really meant when he said they were really hot.

Before you get into this post let me say for the record that I powered through and ate 4 more before quitting!  On top of that I saved them to finish tonight so quitting isn't really quitting in my book!

"All these years I thought I liked chicken because it was delicious. Turns out I'm genetically predisposed to liking chicken."

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Finally made it to Wanderlei's!

Too lazy/tired to update since I just got outta practice, but it was tight and I'll update tomorrow some pictures and ish.

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Just Mentioning.

Robert Drysdale's wife was teaching a BJJ class tonight...PREGNANT! Not even kinda pregnant I'm talking REALLY pregnant. Let me say for the record, that's my kind of woman.

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At least it's not Herpes.

Ok so I know this post isn't gonna get me any female fans, BUT I told you in my first post that I was gonna take you all along for the ride and guess what THIS is apart of the ride.... RINGWORM!!!!!! Yeah I'm aware I could also use some lotion, but I just got out the shower so get off my case! And just because I got the "worm" doesn't mean I'm not clean. Welll it does and it doesn't. Seriously I shower after morning classes, night classes and whenever I go out to run or workout. I'm really thinking it's all because of my shower gel. I KNEW something was sketchy about a 3 in 1 wash(shampoo,conditioner, and body wash), but I figured cutting cost and saving money was the way to go... lesson learned not with soap.

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Speed Bump Redux!

Have you ever taken a shot to the nads only to get up and take repeat shot to the nads?? Well that was my day today! To start things off there was that training camp shenanigans and then to cap it off I missed Muay Thai tonight. When I walked in I was wondering why they started class early so I rushed to get my stuff on and this whole time I'm unaware that I'm being stared at (the new kid walks in and starts to strap up 5 min before the place closes..if you can't tell I'm slowly starting to look more and more retarded as things pan out). So right as I'm about to warm up the instructor asked me what I was planning on doing in the 5 min I had left and what time I thought it was. At first I was confused, but then It all clicked and I slowly started to realize that me and my roommates forgot to change the time for every single clock in the apartment. To sum it all up today was a complete waste of training minus my morning run. I only have 17 days left so I gotta make em count from here on out.

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Speed Bump.

So today was gonna be my first time back at Drysdale's since I got sick, but when I got there I found out there was a schedule change. That wasn't really an issue, but what was the issue was that the class that's been thrown in there is 300 DOLLARS! When I signed up they failed to tell me that in the third week of March there would be an overly expensive Pan Am Games Training Camp! Hell That's what the new name could be, An Overly Exspensive Pan Am Games Training Camp or 2 Arm's and a Leg Training Camp. I sure either would work just fine, but the second one has such a nice flow to it. I'm even positive Rumpelstiltskin has better deals than that! Anyways I can still get in a lot of Muy thai and I guess just less BJJ this week unless I finally decide to hop on the bus and go to Tapout or Wanderlei's gym. Who know's, but sorry about the rant...Here's the schedule I know it's hard to read but I normally can go to Gi BJJ, No Gi BJJ and Muay Thai in the mornings and then at night time it alternates between Gi and No Gi (Muay Thai every night. There's also only morning classes Saturday and the gym's closed Sunday). Now that this camp's going on it knocks out one morning class a day and all BJJ night classes.

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