Slow Day in MMA News, Lets Talk about US!

Since it's a slow day in the world of MMA, I thought it would be cool to talk about Tapology and ourselves.. anything at all regarding the same.  I'll get a brief start going..

I live in PA, am 30 and have been a fan of MMA since I was a teenager.  Work for the railroad and rarely ever miss an event regardless of promotion/stature.  I like Tapology b/c of the environment it fosters.  I wish we could edit/delete our posts... maybe have categories of threads for the forums, but all in all, I appreciate the type of place this is thus far. 

I have a question out of curiosity. Do you guys think its wrong to go to a strip club if you have a girlfriend who disapproves?

* Edited at 07.04.2012, 4:09 AM ET *

Just got home from seeing Ted, it's the first R movie I've seen in theaters that I was able to buy my own ticket for instead of sneakiing in ;)  It was hella funny though and the theater was PACKED.

@fresno- Not the greatest of movies..IMO lol

@kallousklown I don't think it's WRONG but I think if she found out you're totally ****** lol.

@Kallous... yeah it's wrong!...

@kallousklown you have balls my friend. as long as your not sleeping with the stripper it shouldn't matter.

i see no problem just don't spend a **** ton of money

* Edited at 07.04.2012, 12:59 PM ET *

After what Fresno said, I think I've decided to hold on GJJ for a month. Just focus on boxing and kickboxing.

I'm from Toronto, 24. Been into MMA for a couple years now; my younger brother has been into it for a year or thereabouts longer and got me into it. The first event we watched live was UFC 116 ...  So, not that long, but I like to think that I'm fairly informed? He also got me onto Tapology; he's on as AndertonSilav. So far nobody has accused us of being sockpuppet accounts (we're not going to be upvoting each other's posts ... if we interacted like we do in real life sometimes we'd probably both get banned for being abusive).

I love music, and took up bass guitar 3-4 years ago. I'm not that good, but it's a lot of fun. My name/avatar is a reference to the man who I am convinced is the greatest bass guitarist ever, James Jamerson, who was the session bassist for almost all the Motown recordings.

No martial arts background or anything; for most of my life I've been in relatively poor physical shape. My brother and me, inspired largely by watching MMA and seeing people who are mostly in incredibly good shape, have been getting in the gym for about over a year now, and we're seeing huge improvements - my torso is looking increasingly square (I have shoulders! I never thought I would have shoulders), lifting things no longer sucks, no more lower back pain just from sitting too long, my cardio is better, etc. I wish I'd been doing this stuff all along. A bit more and we'll start getting into some sort of martial arts training. Positive message of hope: If I can do it, pretty much anybody can, right? Being an "athletic" sort of person is not a prerequisite for being in shape.

Other than that, I'm a huge nerd, but I think that's probably pretty common here? I mean, look at the number of A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Throne avatars and such you see.

I think Tapology is pretty great ... it's easier to track your picks than doing it on your own and making math errors (humanities guy here) and it means that you can see somebody's opinion and check how they've done in the past.

I don't know what the hell A Song of Ice and Fire is, who has those AVs?

Also, James Jamerson is a beast, no doubt. I would say that he's the 2nd greatest bassist I've ever heard.

go to ussr

@AnikM: George RR Martin's fantasy novel series, now an HBO series. TheMMAmessiah's current avatar is from the show. It's pretty good.

Who would you say is the first?

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that sad sad sad

Oh I thought messiah's was from Game of Thrones or something. HBO is awesome though, I love HBO. My two favorite shows ever are Entourage and the Sopranos, and it's not even a competition.

And I would personally say John Entwistle, but that's maybe 'cause I was a huge Who fan back in the day.

is the thrones is myside and drit old on the ground

@AnikM: A Song of Ice and Fire is the name of the book series as a whole; the first book is called A Game of Thrones. When making the TV series they chose (wisely in my opinion) to just call it all Game of  Thrones. I've been watching a lot of HBO lately ... Life's Too Short is pretty good.

Entwhistle is a very strong bassist - really carved out a place for bass guitar in rock. As with exercise, I wish I'd been playing an instrument a lot earlier ... so much fun. Do you play bass, or another instrument, or just have an appreciation for the too-often-ignored bass?

I have a passion for music in general, I used to play guitar and bass but I wasn't very good. I just love music though, I have an unhealthy obsession with music. I'm getting deaf from all the music I listen to. I can't live without music, it's a necessity.

And that just proved how much I know about the Game of Thrones lol.

G------19---18---17--16--h19h16---------------19--------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------17-16---------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------17-16~/-------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------0------------|

To my bassist friends, this is the first song line i ever learned. 
if anybody can guess what it is i will give mad props.


BASSISTS UNITE!!!!! 

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@AnikM: I agree. Music is my favourite art form by a long shot.

The books are pretty good, I recommend them, but only if you have a lot of spare time, since they're very long. Thousands of pages in the series so far, and it isn't even done.

I had a lot of spare time, but not for long so goodbye reading I guess. I haven't intensely read since the 7th Harry Potter book came out.