Welcome to the Bip Report.
"Apology?"
Apparently some people were angered by my stuff about Pleasantville. I have only this to say. I don't force you to read anything. If there is a thing called "Pleasantville", and you intend to watch the movie, you probably ought not read that particular article. It is easy to tell when that article ends. I am sorry if I gave it away, because I did pretty much give away the whole plot, but again, I don't force you to read the whole thing.
"Royal Rumble"
Okay, thanks again to Nolan for this. The Royal Rumble was okay. I watched it again at Mona's with Greg, Mariel, Carey, and Reese. Clearly the Mankind match was the best, albeit extremely hard to watch, due to the cringing factor. It was fun to see Shamrock get all crazy. Scott and I enjoyed seeing him take down Billy Gunn. I liked his little hair pull take down. THAT'S bad ass. The Rumble itself was okay. I liked how they worked the entire Mable thing. Very well done. And how it ties to bringing Stone Cold back in. It was good as usual to see all the chaos in the ring. Ending kinda iffy.
Anyway, highlights - 1) Shamrock's two takedowns. 2) Sable's initial attack on Luna using the strap. After that it was Fast Foward time. 3) Mankind. The man has no regard for his own life. 4) Gillberg. This was classic as hell. I think I like Edge now, just because he got to throw Gillberg out, and he was choke pleased about it. 5) Mable thing. 6) The whole thing after Kain leaves, but until the end.
Lowlights - 1) Anything involving X-Pac. 2) Road Dogg vs. Boss Man. 3) Too much focus on Stone Cold leaving the building. 4) Kain. 5) X-Pac. 6) The sort of crappy ending.
But it was worth it nonetheless. Thank you again, Nolan. Here are my Royal Rumble theories.
1) Mankind. I think the plan was Mankind would seriously never say "I quit" in the match format. Therefore, they had to tape him saying it beforehand. The Rock's job was to beat Mankind until he actually knocked him out. And if you think it is fake...Mankind was handcuffed, and the Rock hit him full blast with a chair about 12 times. At least two hits were excessively brutal, and the last one was square on the back of the head. You really can't fake that. The fakeness comes where they know the Rock is supposed to win, and supposed to do this. But I'll be damned if the Rock wasn't nailing the crap out of Mankind's head. Anyway, after Mankind is knoced out, they play the tape, and the Rock wins. Mankind keeps his integrity.
2) Rock - no longer the nice guy. Me and Nolan used to think the Rock was a nice guy. No longer! He is dick as hell!
3) Mark Henry - still deadly. Yes, he is still a crude behemoth that injures people.
4) X-Pac = Gay-Pac? Most definitely so. "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
"Congratulations"
I have many congrats to give out today.
"Kristine Kaibara"
We watched Kristine compete in a gymnastics meet today. I must say, it was pretty much awesome. We saw her do the balance beam. She was flipping, and saltoing, and jumping. And her dismount was frickin crazy. I thought she was falling, and going to die, but no, lands perfectly. Nice job Kristine. Frickin awesome. Personally, and actually I probably speak for the majority of the people here, I'd be content to just walk across the balance beam without teetering. If I could jump, and land nicely, I would consider myself to be pro. But here is Kristine doing several backflips in a row on that bar. Damn impressive stuff.
"Carnival"
So apparently the carnival was a success this year. I guess you Juniors must be Sittin on Top of the World. Well, I should say. You probably did a fine job. And you should feel like you're on Top of the World. Why with all the revenues you've made, you should be Sittin pretty on a stack of cash as big as the World. You should feel on Top of everything. You'd be hard pressed to Top tonight. This is no task that can be done Sittin down. Anyway, congrats to you folks too.
"Variety Show"
Well it's always tough to Top the carnival with the Variety Show, but I hope you did well. You know how it is. You go out there, you just try to be you, doing what you got to do. Some people think that you're just acting. You know. Harlem World. Just try to be you, and do what you got to do. Brandy, Dog Chow. Whatevers. Top of the World, Top of the World.
So I hope you folks had fun with the Show.
"In Conclusion"
Alright, Sittin on Top of the World is a piss poor name to call your Carnival.
"Friend of the Week"
This is Scott's idea for me, and I think it is decent. Every week, I award a "Friend of the Week." This person goes onto the all-time Friends of the Bip Report, although current members can win. The reward is, you get to be posted on my FULLY OPERATIONAL Web Page as friend of the week. Well the web page is not fully done yet. It is working quite nicely, and I must say, it kicks Nolan's ass, even with the revisions.
"Roommates"
I have a story to tell about one of my roommates. It's not too bad a story, but I'll tell it tomorrow, since today's report is kinda long.
"Crap Weather"
Today was crappy weather. It rained all day, and got the socks wet when we went to the RSF. But once I had my trusty Timbalands, it was all good.
"A Good E-Mail Day"
Today was a good E-mail day. First of all, I got my first E-mail from Steph ever, so I was choke happy and excited. Thank you Steph. Second, I got E-mail from Christina Tom, which is rare, but still happens. It is, however, always a good thing. Third, Brian Taylor. How can I not be happy about this? He is a Friend of the Bip Report! Fourth, E-mail from Nolan, another FOTBR. Not bad at all. Even Mitch sent me E-mail. Actually, even Jenny Shaw, and Anthony, and Jay. Crap, decent haul. Thank you very much! I am so happy about this, you are all is the running for Friend of the Week.
So that's all for now. Alright then, diamonds are forever and so is the above mentioned people.
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