DavezMental’s Blog

So, the summer is officially over….and yet again, the fastest summer of my life….remember when it felt like the summers lasted forever?? It was a good summer, but then again the summertime just isn’t the same as when I was a kid….

So, gas prices are under $2.50…..can’t wait to see how high they go after election day….what a joke, this country is at times.

Speaking of jokes….anyone catch Jim McGreevey on Oprah?? Now, I used to be a big McGreevey fan….he was my mayor at one time. Truth is, I still am a fan, and might buy his book, only because he is a local guy (despite being one of the laughing stocks of America), but he sure is shrewd…Now, I know nothing of politics and wasn’t living in Jersey when he was governor but I do know, he was screwing Jersey up badly during his tenure as gov. And I do know, that there was a crazy amount of curruption going on. I think his whole “Truth is, I am a Gay American,” ordeal was just to overshadow that and give him the easy way out……what a wuss….I mean, after watching Oprah, you do have to feel sorry for the way he was living. It is sad that we live in a world where Gay’s feel they have to hide their true selves. I felt sorry for him when he was telling his story, because that must be torture to not live your life the way you want, but at the same time…..don’t use that as a scapegoat to get out of office…..that’s pretty pathetic…..

Anyways, I met Jim McGreevey once. It was the summer of 1995, coming off my sophomore year in high school. Me and my 2 best friends at the time, were just finishing working out at The Club of Woodbridge. We were in the locker room and all of a sudden Mayor McGreevey comes in, in just a towel….Me and my buddies, who were baseball players at the time decided to go over and talk to him, while he was buck naked getting dressed….haha….its not what u are thinking, anyways, my boy hounded him right off the bat about getting a new baseball field for our high school. We didn’t even say hi to the guy, my buddy started off by saying, “Yo, Colonia High School needs a new Baseball field!” McGreevey was stunned that we came at him like that, but smiled shook our hands and thanked us for our input……he was just so cool and professional. A very down to earth guy…..as he was laughing, he gave us a number to somebody to talk to about it…..One of his people in office. He jokingly said for us not to tell the guy, it was him that gave us the number….It was a fun interaction. We laughed, and he laughed….I went home and told my family, what my buddy did and how the mayor was naked while my boy drilled him about getting a new ball field….My family immediately made fun of me saying that there is a rumor that he is gay….and that he enjoyed the conversation more than we did…..i fought for the mayor, saying no way was he gay, he was cool as hell, he was married, and he was “the man.” Well, needless to say, just over 7 years later, my family had a field day at my expense……they still ask if I noticed something in his towel sticking up when we were talking to the mayor

Sticking with the topic of public figures making asses out of themselves….how about the Pope and his big mouth…..who is the Pope to rip another religion….with all the scandals and curruption in the Catholic church, he sure has some balls….by the way, any priest found guilty of molesting a kid should tortured to death, as should any other sex offender for that matter….in regards to the Pope’s comments, I do think the Muslims are overreacting, as usual (like they did with the Dutch cartoon), but seriously everyone needs to chill….by the way, with all the islamic terrorists out there, are the Muslims really just to get so mad at the Pope….all he did was quote a text from the past, which might have been unnecessary, but come on guys…..can’t we all just get along?? I know the Pope is going to have a big meeting with some Muslim leaders to discuss things, I just hope it does more harm than good….

Now, getting back to the gym….anybody else out there, go nuts over watching those girls that use the steppers or treadmills and talk on their cell phones all day long?? That drives me crazy, don’t know why, I sound like my father, who gets upset at all these young people on their cells….but these chicks go there for like 15 to 30 minutes just to use the stepper and talk the whole time….ridiculous!!

Or how about this…..ever go to the gym, like an hour later or earlier than usual, and see the hottest person ever there?? For example, if you usually go to the gym at 5 but get there at like 4 and see this hottie….well, u decide the next day u are going to go at four again, just to catch them there…and, they arent there….your work out ends at like 5:15 and as u walk out of the gym, they are walking in….shit, so, you go like 4:30 the next day, this way u don’t miss them if they go at 4 or 5:15, u are still going to catch them….and as u are parking your car, they are leaving…..so, the next day you go at 3:30 and don’t see them at all and then the day after u go 5:15 and u still don’t see them…so, now u get ansy about what time to go to the gym, because u really want to see this incredible specimen…and when u don’t see them, u beat yourself up over the time you chose…..finally after trying 3 or 4 different times you never see them again….then u realize u turned into a stalker for someone you have no chance whatsoever at getting anyway……u realize how pathetic you are and go back to your original schedule, only to see them there at that time…and u feel like a fool for trying all those other times, because you think of all the possibilities and opportunities lost if you saw them everyday…..so, u go back to the gym at 5 the next day, only to see them driving away as u enter the gym, now the whole damn cycle starts again!!! I mean, this never happened to me, I was just curious if that ever happened to you!!

In America’s Pasttime news, Ryan Howard is going for the Home Run Record of 61 homeruns in a game….sorry Mark, Sammy, and Barry, you guys no longer exist….but how the hell could that ump miss that homerun last Saturday?? What a joke, your only job is to run to the outfield when a ball is hit out there and see where it lands, and u miss it going over the fence, what a lazy slob….anyways, as of today Ryan has 58, should have been 59, he better not miss the mark by one HR…….Go Phils, get that wildcard spot (finally)!

Well, I vowed to make these blogs not too long, so my last thought of the week, is this…..I never thought I would find myself feeling sorry for Anna Nicole Smith, but you have to after this week….What ashame, she lost her son the same day her daughter was born…..now every birthday of this child will bring back the haunting of her son’s death….life sucks sometimes….u have to wonder if karma really exists….u know, how she did marry that 80 something year old oil tycoon for his money, I mean his love……(robbing his kids of their inheritance)….

Well, when I first learned about this bloggin thing…it was my goal to turn this site into a weekly blogging machine…but I dont really know what I am doing, so……anyways….now davezmental.com will feature a weekly blog

I know my first one went alittle long…so, i will try to keep this one shorter……so, here it is:

September 11th, 2006…..I can’t believe its been 5 years! I remember when and where I was, too. I was in my last semester at Temple University in my BA 361 class. I sat next to one of the hottest chicks on campus. And like most hot chicks, she had a D-Bag boyfriend….one of the corniest kids on campus…and I’m not hating either…its true, most hot chicks go out with losers…..anyways, I remember her whispering to me….my boyfriend just texted me and said a bomb blew up in the WTC and it just collapsed….I remember thinking, this kid really is a cornball for saying a sick joke like that… I wanted to kick his ass even more now than I did before just for dating this goddess….so, anyways, after class I remember walking into the hallway past the little lounge area in old Speakman Hall and seeing everyone surrounded by the TV…learning that it wasn’t a bomb but an airplane…2 airplanes, both towers, etc…. I rushed back to my dorm to see what was going on …..and well, u know the rest of the story….

I don’t want to get cliche, but I do want to take this time to send my condolensces out to everyone that lost someone that day….and to tell them to be strong, America feels your pain and agony(atleast a fraction of it) and that our hearts and prayers are with u( still)… I am from North Jersey and know of people that lost someone in that horrific event, but I was fortunate not to lose anyone I knew…..I’m lucky cuz as a kid I went to the World Trade Center a lot….my mom worked there when I was a kid….94th floor of Tower One…I have a lot of fond memories, going up there even though I was young…. because of those days, I was deeply touched by 9-11…I couldnt fathom losing my mother, let alone to a catastrophy like Sept 11…my heart goes out to all that did lose someone….I felt more grief than the average American because of that, but then again, nothing close to what some of the people that lost someone close did/do…..sorry, but no more on this subject….God Bless us all….

Speaking of God….I saw some graffiti on the back of a tractor trailer the other day, and it said “Ban All Religon, It Causes All War.” That really hurt. I was raised Catholic. And at one point religon was very important to me…and so was my relationship with God. I took a lot of pride in my Christian faith, but truthfully, I don’t know where I stand because I really don’t know what to believe in. I’m not sure what hurt most about that comment, the fact that sometimes I am a non-believer and its true, or the fact that sometimes I am a believer and that statement is offensive…..In all honesty, I do like talking about this topic, so I am not going to start an argument on which religon is right and which is wrong, and if there even is a God or not….But here is the deal, I do believe all religons are good and have good intentions…….but , at the same time, how could u deny atleast some truth to what was being expressed by that graffiti…..

On a brighter note……gas here in NJ is finally under $3 a gallon!!! It felt really good filling up a tank of gas and not spending 40 or 50 something dollars……just to shed some light on how much trouble we are in…remember the good old days when no-name gas stations had cheaper prices than all the big time companies like Exxon or Shell…well, them days are over….

On the topic of gas, my father educated me on Ethanol….it is a man made fuel that could be used to power your car in place of gas. I am butchering this story but some guy made this fuel out of natural things like grass and things of (that) nature. It powers some cars and goes for alittle over $1 a gallon. Brazil and other S. American countries are on this program, because of this guy…anyways, the 3 big American car manufacturers (GM, Ford, and Chrysler) recently went to the US gov and asked for the backing so they could start manufacturing cars in America that would run on this Ethanol…but the US gov said, “NO!” These pricks who invest all their money in fuel would rather us pay $3 a gallon for gasoline instead of $1 a gallon on Ethanol…just to keep their greedy pockets fat! America needs to wake up! Ethanol is made up of our scraps(imagine fueling your car off of your lawn trimmings instead of bagging it up and throwing it in the trash) and replaceable natural plants….not only would it be cheaper, but it causes less pollution and would save us space in our land fills yet, the gov doesnt want cars made that would run on it, so they stay rich. I asked my dad how come there isn’t an uproar about this and more press….He said, “I really don’t know why there isn’t a motherF&^$in revolution going on right now!”
Anyone, want to start one?????

Some other revolutions I want to start……the banning of patronizing assholes like Paris Hilton and Terrell Owens,(talk about a slap in the face to working class americans…it was great watching Dallas lose their opener…and watching Paris get arrested for a DUI this week)….oh yeah and another revolution I want to start is the the banning of reggaeton…..if we are going to make non-talent having Puerto Ricans rich off of awful music…bring back Freestyle!! Atleast Stevie B could sing!!! Anyone remember TKA….??

Speaking of non-talented musicians….Last week America saw a non-talent white boy perform his awful music on TV…Now,I’m not gonna diss K-Fed like the rest of America because here is the deal…he is a wack white boy that makes true white b-boys look bad, but u know what?? He is set for life and knocked up Brittney Spears?? U think he cares, what u think?? Yes, Brittney is fat now, but it’s because of him….he has her millionaire ass wrapped around his finger….let’s hear it for white trash!!

Speaking of crazy white people….Rest In Peace to the Croc Hunter Guy……Steve Irwin….he entertained us (and died) doing things only a crazy honky would do….u would never see a brother wrestling a croc or swimming with sting rays….However I would to see Usher do that!.

And for all u sports fans?? Isn’t it refreshing watching Ryan Howard hit all those home runs without steriods….I just hope he gets recognized as the only guy who really broke Roger Maris’s Record…..oh yeah, and screw Barry Bonds…he is a jerk off….I met him….he is getting everything he deserves!

Lastly…my old college roommate Tom (I think the only guy to read my last blog) told me he appreciated my comment on apples….so, here is a comment on grapes….is there nothing more aggravating than putting a deliciously sweet grape in your mouth only to bite into it and unexpectingly learn that it has seeds…..even though, the bad says seedless???? Anyways, thanks for reading….and until next time……….PEACE!!