Proud of My Mans

"So how do you feel knowing that your husband is about to go into the ring and get punched in the face?" Um.. I'm hoping that I don't have a toothless spouse at the end of the night? I'm really not into that whole "I go no teefesus" look."What was it like seeing him up in the ring fighting?" Scary. Fun. Weird to know that now people know how much chest hair that man has. Heh."Are you excited? Do you feel like you are going to throw up or do you just want to see him wail on some dude?" Wail on the dude, not pour blood out of his face or make me have to yell things like, "I smell bacon! F the police H! Bring home the bacon, baby!" Obviously, H was fighting a cop.I think I got asked these questions about ninety-bazillion times the night of H's fight. It is as if people were surprised that I … [Read more...]

Overheards- The Bedtime Edition

H is sitting on the couch icing his swollen, bloody nose. He has just come home from his last sparring/training session before his fight on Saturday. Tonight I actually got to ask the question, "Is that your blood on your shirt?" Nice. Overhead we hear TD not settling down for a long nights sleep but instead thudding around in her room. She has already been told if she doesn't settle down action will be taken. Action that includes taking away her beloved stuffed rabbit, Cuppy. Another thud can be heard coming from upstairs with a yell that can only be described as rebel-H: I've been punched in the nose way too many times today to fuck around with that kid.Guess that means I'll have to be the heavy tonight. … [Read more...]

Fight Club at My House

"The first rule of fight club is that you do not talk about fight club."A true gem of a film.So it's not exactly fight club but on Saturday night H will enter a ring and fight his first boxing match. The past few months he has spent training for this event (Read: his dream/my nightmare). He would come home from training and sparring sessions looking like Edward-Isthatyourbloodonyourshirt?-Norton. How people viewed this all at his office I do not know. The black eyes, the swollen nose, the bruised chin and bloody lip. All of them have made me incredibly squeamish. It's one thing to watch a boxing match on TV and entirely another to see someone you love willingly get the crap punched out of them. Not that H will have that happen but I'm prepared for the worse. And possibly some new teeth. … [Read more...]

Why ‘Fight Club’ is Educational

'Fight Club' is one of my favorite movies. It's seedy core just gets into me today as much as it did when it debuted in theaters. Quite frankly at the time the movie came out I was feeling a little too much like Edward Norton's character and wanting my own Fight Club. The movie hooked me and made me a bonafide Ihavetoreadeverythinginsight Chuck Palahniuk fan.I was watching it the other day and got interrupted. T.D. was up from her nap H informed me. Time to shut Fight Club off. Apparently Fight Club isn't for kids. Hmmph. I muttered something about it being educational and a valuable source of information, but he wasn't buying it. Then I thought, "Hey! Wait! Fight Club is so educational!" Here's why...1. It teaches you to treat wait staff with respect or else. I mean who wants piss in … [Read more...]