Tomas

My sister completed the requirements for her Master’s Degree in Education. The ceremony is this Saturday at 9 a.m. One more long drive, but it does give me time to myself to think and relax. Leslie got a new car since her last one pretty much died. I was driving her around for about 2 weeks so this is a tremendous relief. Fred got him and I some tickets to Morales vs. Pacquiao III in Vegas in November. Our flights and our rooms are booked and we’re ready to go. Vegas baby, Vegas.

I’ve seen about 10 boxing matches in person, but I’ve never been to one in Vegas. This is really exciting to me as a boxing fan since most big fights usually take place there and there’s a lot of history there as well. I hope to do a bit of gambling, but I don’t want to overdo it. (I’m sure that’s what most visitors to Vegas say)

Another bit of good news, I went to the Mack Brown meet-n-greet this year for the 3rd year in a row. This time, they had the National Championship trophy on display and you could take pictures next to it and everything. I also got a couple of signatures from Mack to give to my brother-in-law.

Leslie and I watched a movie that Jerry lent me called V for Vendetta. That is a great, great movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hightly recommend it. It’s an epic tale of classy defiance with a lot of style and violence mixed together. Tremendous film.

I took tomorrow off from work because I thought my sister’s ceremony was on Friday, but it’s not. I guess I’ll just wake up late, go to the gym, then pick up my rental that I’m only paying 39 dollars for the whole weekend, and take my time getting over there.

That is all for now, I hope to have more good news in my next posting.

Different people grieve in different ways I guess.

Tomas Salinas Sr. – 1916 – 2006 – Rest In Peace.

Now let me get this straight, Marcus Vick steps on a guy on the field and gets tossed out of college football. Barry Bonds has never tested positive for steroids yet is accused on a daily basis and constantly ridiculed. Oh, but the lovely French player gets the most prestigious award in soccer for savagely fouling another player?

This would have never happened in the NBA if Dwayne Wade would have pulled the same stunt in the Finals this year. Marinate on that.

Tito Ortiz fights Ken Shamrock this Saturday on UFC pay-per-view. Quinton, Will, Nolen, Leslie and I will be watching that for sure. Have a good one!

Crime doesn’t pay. You’ve once again beat the odds and escaped consequence you slippery little bitch. I’m sure your partner in theft will somehow dodge a steep sentence as well and find a way to defraud more innocent investors, employees, tax payers and overall good citizens.

There’s a nice place in hell for people like you and those who supported you. (You won’t get a chance to pick out your favorite cabin configuration for your private jet while your company is tanking there.) You’ll just be in… Oh well, what’s the use. The damage is done and you can no longer hurt those who naively place their trust in you. You can no longer muck up the image of American business with your selfishness, scandals and prostitution. I hope one of your vacation homes will suffice for your family. I’m sure they’ve grown accustomed to a standard of living, but they’ll have to entertain the idea of not visiting the spa every other day. They might actually have to fire their staff of beauticians and personal trainers and join a gym.

And they say people who rob convenient stores are criminals. Hell, those guys do more time than you ever would have, and they only stole 82 bucks and a pack of smokes.

I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st street – on the 11th floor. I’m 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself. In a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now.

After I remove the icepack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey-almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion, with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older – then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing/protective lotion.

There is an idea of me. Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me. Only an entity. Something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable. I simply am not there.

Unfortunately for the Dallas Mavericks and their spoiled brat of an owner, the refs started calling games more and more accurately as the Finals went on. To their demise, no more ticky-tack fouls went their way.

Good riddens to a team that squeaked by the World Champs and to a town that is fake, cheap, low class and nasty. Goodbye.