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Tag: death

  • Hulk Hogan

    Hulk Hogan just passed away today at the age of 71. Stated cause of death is cardiac arrest.

    I guess my initial feelings were shock, and then sadly thinking “Good for him”. lol I can’t forget that he used his platform to help the current administration rise to power. It’s crazy.

    In the 90’s my dad was HUGE into WWE. It was always on the TV. Us kids didn’t really like it. We are more prone to peaceful interactions, but that doesn’t stop me from remembering all the colorful characters who graced the screen. Randy (BREAK INTO A SLIM JIM) Savage, the Undertaker, Andre the Giant, and of course Hulk Hogan. He always kind of creeped me out with the bleach blond hair and overly tan skin.

    He was once again thrust into the spotlight with his short lived reality show “Hogan Knows Best”, a play on the old phrase “Father Knows Best”. In this case it makes NO SENSE, in many regards. The title literally doesn’t make sense. Hogan is the family’s last name, so does that mean any “Hogan Knows Best”, it’s not necessarily limited just to Hulk Hogan. Wait, I just looked it up and apparently, that is not their real last name it is actually Bollea, but they ALL CALLED THEMSELVES HOGANS, so my first point still stands. The second point is Hulk clearly has brain trauma from his time in the ring? He also has massive behavioral issues. How was he leading his family let alone advising them? They were really weird about Brooke, considering she was only 16 at the time.

    Her song with Paul Wall was low-key a bop. I think it was called About Us. It just doesn’t have like powerhouse vocals or anything to really distinguish it. I don’t know how to explain it or maybe I’m just high.

    Crazy to think that there was a world where the headline HULK HOGAN DEAD would have made a huge story, but now it’s kind of a blip. Some people are actually kind of glad he’s gone. I guess I’ll go listen to About Us in remembrance.

  • Time is flying by…

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    It’s crazy how fast time is flying by. I can’t believe today is already Friday. Yes, I’m glad it’s friday because I have the weekend off work to enjoy, but it’s just a steady reminder that time just keeps moving on. Life is a toddler just flies by, right now I just try to get by, day by day, but I need to remember to take a break and soak this time in. I feel like I just lost 3 years with how fast it went by.

    I know everyone says that time goes by faster when you are older, but I didn’t believe it until I got here. I can’t believe it. Especially since just a few years ago, time would crawl by. My mom had passed away in August of 2017. Back then, time dragged on and each day was as miserable as the last.

    I didn’t want to believe or accept it. All I could think of is what could I have done to make sure my mom was still here. Angry at myself for all the arguments we ever had. Just days of mental torture and anguish. During that time I drank a lot…..like a lot a lot. It was the only way I could get through that time. I was in the Navy at the time, so I would just work all day–my day would start at 4:30am to get to a parking spot by 6:15am, and end at 1830 or later depending on divisional tasks–come home and drink till I passed out. Hoping that I wouldn’t wake up the next day. That was my life for two years. It’s crazy to look back at. I was so depressed. The only thing that got me through those days was dark humor, whisky, and cigarettes.

    The me during that time, wouldn’t believe me if I told her where we are now. The only thing I miss during that time is my body. I used to be hot. Hot and depressed. Now I’m mentally well, but fat. LOL It’s okay. I’ll get back there eventually. I just need to give myself grace about it though. I feel bad, but right now I just don’t have the time to take care of myself in that way. I work full time, am the primary caregiver for my son, I cook most days, and clean up almost every other day. It’s just a lot. I think I have binge eating disorder too, but don’t feel like seeking therapy for it. IDK I’m already on Lexapro for my depression and anxiety. I know why I overeat some days. It’s something I am working on. Right now I like investing my time in my son. We have a lot of fun, which is allowing me to stop and enjoy the time instead of desperately wishing the day was over so I could go to sleep, where I didn’t have to think or feel.

    Maybe that’s part of the reason why time is going by now? Because I’m not depressed?
    IDK why, but I wish it would stop making the weekend go by so quickly.