July 27th (Day 74)

Today was a blast. I had to get up and get to work a little earlier than normal, because we were going to meet Joyce at L.A. Petes for breakfast. I had strawberry french toast and it was amazing. At the breakfast the rest of the staff went around and said something about each of the three summer interns that are leaving this week. It was an awesome time, even though at times accepting compliments was hard for me to do, haha. After breakfast we headed back to the office where we worked on a few things, and then had a Creative Arts team meeting. During the meeting, tasks for the week were handed out and we figured out how we could make the transition from 6 C.A. staff member to 3 easier for the guys who are staying. After the meeting we heated up some of the leftover food from the cookout that was yesterday. Then Micah and I went to drop off the Mediashout computer at a place to get it serviced/repaired and then stopped by the movie theater to do a few things and pick some things up. Then 3:30 pm finally came. Today was the day that James Fruits had scheduled to face off against me in a wrestling match. However James wanted our match to be saved for the main event. So Tyler and Micah went at it. It was a pretty good match, but Tyler ended up pulling out a very close victory against Micah. However tomorrow, Micah has already stated that he would like a rematch because he doesn't think he was pinned. Then the main event started. James and I went at it. Our match lasted the longest of any previous match between any of the Creative Arts team. It lasted approximately 10 min with neither of us pinning the other or causing the other to tap out. We had 3 rounds and we restarted at a standing grapple at the beginning of each round. Takedown wise, I landed a very nice one on James, and possibly dented the air vent grate, while he landed two on me. The thing about his take downs however, is that I was able to reverse them and as soon as I hit the ground and he got on me, I reversed it and he ended up on the bottom. We both had a few escapes as well. The match continued and we both were exhausted, but the match was finally called when James and I were battling between a couch and a door, and I ended up hitting the door pretty hard with my head. I powered out of his grapple and stood up, CRAZY dizzy. I almost fell a couple of times. We took a few minutes to see if I'd be ok, but eventually just called the match a draw since I wasn't getting any better. After the match, we had a Creative Arts meeting where be began to discuss creative ideas and new videos that we would like to get done soon. After work, I came home and folded the last of my laundry. Then Dave got home and Tyler came over, and we all grilled outside and chilled. We ran to the store and picked up some ice cream treats for desert and then watched "Frost/Nixon" downstairs. Micah showed up about 1/2 way or so through it and joined us. It was a wonderful day. I'm going to be working my butt off for the next 2 days, maybe even working in the evening so that I can hopefully get everything done and be able to leave after lunch on Thursday so I can beat rush hour in Cleveland, Canton, and Charleston, WV areas along my trip. Well I guess that's all that I have for you today. Until tomorrow!

Pat