It's a 44 year old Ethan Sincoff blogging to you today. That's right, Mr. Podcaster/Blogger/Husband and Dad par Excellence has reached turned another page of the calendar! The # has hit me pretty hard,.. but it is sort of one of those "what are you gonna do" type things.... It certainly beats the alternative of pushing up daisies... but to think I used to run around the East Village at 3am... and that Kirk Miller probably STILL runs around the East Village at all hours... makes ya feel old! I need a nap right now, actually.
So birthday was great..v. mellow and understated. Vicki and Tobin took me out to a great dinner at Orsay in Jacksonville. W/O doubt my favorite favorite FAVORITEST restaurant here... I had duck.. and it was yummy.... Vicki looked gorgeous.. Tobin rocked and behaved.. much red wine was imbibed. What's that deserty thingy w/ the crispy sugary top?? It was yummy, we had that.... Crème Brule I think that's it... it was yums.
Vicki also got me a great, and I mean great set of headphones so I could podcast and sound good. I'm finally waking up to the fact I should do a little, and I mean a little bit of prep work so the show can sound better. It's hard to believe I've been doing the show for over 2 years... I'm just finally starting to "network" a bit in the podcaster FB community pages... a lot of the podcasters are business type success type podcasts... I'm like "um, I talk about mma, and jokes, and being jewish and stuff".... lol fits right in.
I would be remiss if I did not reference two great podcast guests I have had on recently.
Virginia Jones is this lovely gal shown below. She is a comic, based in Los Angeles.. and she's really hip.. and I've bet she has seen The Cure in concert... and does sort of Gothic karaoke as well... she used to live in Portland.. and she was on "Portlandia"... you should check out her website and follow her on Twitter. She is awesome, and not really "comedienne like" in the sense that a lot of the comics (aside from Kass Smiley) that I've had on... don't like to "share" the show.. but Virginia was awesome.. and was able to riff.. and laugh.. and I can't say enough groovy things about her.
Please Follow Virginia on Twitter, and Facebook, check out her YouTube Page. Go see her comedy gigs. She's very funny, and I feel will be very big one day!
That was a Thursday, on Friday morning, I had a special recording of a show w/ one of my favorite MMA peeps in the world, Rosi Sexton. What a great person to talk to! She was warm, and funny.. and really "got the show" in the sense I told her "hey I'm a goofy guy who talks about random stuff, but loves MMA, and we will get to MMA,... but there may be time where I'm going to tell you an anecdote, or say something silly"... She totally rolled with it.
I dig Rosi because she is sort of an "old school" fighter.... Really seems to love the sport for the sports sake. She's kicked butt, and fought all over the world for a bunch of different organizatons.. not to mention she is interesting to talk to about non MMA stuff as she has a really interesting background (interests/education/being a parent etc.)
Please keep an eye on Rosi's website. I'm sure that as she transitions to new MMA venture type stuff, she will update us all. Support her, and all of her sponsors! She's Britain's Sweetheart!!!
I think I timed the interview perfectly in that I didn't piss her off, and I didn't say anything stupid!! lol again, in the case of both Virginia, and Rosi, it pays to do some homework before podcasting!!
BTW: As far as "new school" type fighters; I don't have a problem with "The Ultimate Fighter" or fighters/performers that have a larger than life persona.. I just have a hard time reconciling it w/ who the real person is... vs. who the performer is... "how does the hype machine get started?" "who tells the person to tweet constantly?" "How do they make sure to snarl and show their tattoos?" ... because they do snarl, and they do show tattoos!
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