Hey, Guess What, Kidderoos??

I'm finally gainfully employed!! About a year to the day after getting laid off from the old place, I've now found a home at a place in Jacksonville doing purchasing stuff. I've learned that NE Florida is NOT the New York/ Jersey area.  So, if you are just a reader/browser of this blog, you may not know where I'm at.... feel free to ask me in person/FB, etc... I just don't discuss hardcore facts about work on here.  Suffice to say I like where I am, I'm happy there.  I'm very, very grateful to be given an opportunity.  I'm going to work very hard there.

I'll write a longer post possibly Sunday night regarding this year of job searching, and being a stay at home Dad, and starting school, and the emotional ups and downs of job interviewing etc etc. etc. All I know is that you can never give up in life. You keep on punching, and you just hang in there!

It IS funny that it took me to hitting middle age to realize that the "this", the life that we are all in, with our sleeves rolled up, and fighting... is "it".  I don't say "it" as in "is this IT" etc.... but what I'm saying is... there is no other level, this is what we get... and we gotta rock it, and work on ourselves... and be the best us that we can be, right here, and right now.

My Intro to Psychopathology class starts tonight. Pretty psyched.  First school weekend where I also am working during the week. Gonna be very interesting to see how egghausted I am gonna be! Stay tuned!!

The Red wine is flowing tonight

I bet you thought I wasn't gonna be following up and being faithful w/ this blog thing, huh, huh?  Well I'm back.  It's been one of those pretty groovy days here in NE Florida. Vicki had paperwork/emails about work to do, and then was going to our friend Samantha's baby shower.  
First off, I got a FUCKING JOB, FINALLY!!! Yeah I've been interviewing for close to a year since I got walked out of the place that has no name in the Sincoff house... FINALLY finding something is a relief... It's a start of an even playing field. A little replenishment of the old coffers  which is a groovy thing.

So to clear up: no wishing bygones to be bygones. No understanding.. no well wishes to other places... Nothing. All the worst... Personally and professionally.. Nothin'. No good stuff to you and yours.
Also had to draw to draw lines and make some readjustments w/ things.... I'm not playing games w/ my family.. treat us all w/ respect.. no bullies allowed

So it was a Tobin and Dad day today..... which is a very hip thing. I finally dragged the kiddo away from the video games (How much do I sound like Sandy Sincoff??) and I took him to Losco Park down in the Mandarin section of Jax.  It was awesome... T stole my Montreal Expos Hat... he ran around... he went down slides, and climbed...he even rode his bike!  Our friend's Rob and Bethany brought their kids Cameryn and Liam (and little Noah) and we all hung out. In the 70 degree sunshine.... And we laughed alot and smiled too. Sometimes life is ok, y'know?

I even bought T. One of those Spongebob Squarepants Ice Cream stick thingees.  It had BLACK GUMBALL EYES THAT YOU COULD BREAK OFF!!! How fucking cool is that?!?  He dug it quite a bit... so that was sweet to see. I was just psyched to have cash in my wallet. I'm sure the Mr. Softee dude did not have like a credit card machine in his truck.

More comments on that UFC Fight Pass thingy via the net subscription deal at some point,,,,, U love concept... but I ain't gonna spend whatever per month to watch Petey Williams fight Frank Mir from 1998 on Vicki's tablet, or watch 2 tier fighters headline a card from Abu Dhabi on the internet... sorry... no thanks.... I like Cyril Dibiate (motherFUCKING SNAKE!), but I ain't gonna log onto the net for the UFC experience for him!

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Alfredo "El Pero" Angulo tonight on Showtime... Heart says El Perro, but brain is saying Canelo... hope Perro can make it a war, though

ok. that's it.. more wine somewherec

"So where have you gone Ethan Sincoff"

I know that It's been a long, long, long time that I have not posted.  Pretty much if you have read the blog in the past,  you know what happened.  However, for a bit of a "refresher" course, or for those newbies out there: Vicki (my groovy wife). Tobin (awesome son) and I moved to Jacksonville, Florida in July of 2011 because I got a job offer down here.  It was tough to leave Jersey... Jersey and NYC (and Philly, to an extend because that's where I went to school) were all that I know.  Vicki grew up in East Bachoop, and while having lived in DC... she was also getting tired of Winters...

Plus, my Dad was down here in the FL. I wanted to make sure Dad was connected to some kind of familial thing as he hit his mid 80's. Anyway, we move him nearer us here in NE Florida... and he becomes shall we say, very difficult at times... Family members sometimes are always a mixture of pro's and cons, ups and downs. Dad was a loving guy, but to an extent, that love was always on his terms, in a bullying way.

To cut to the chase, one day, he didn't answer his phone, or door, And I knew what the deal was when I kicked in his door. Yeah he was dead. Fast Forward thru the funeral and the return to work, and at the workplace and at home things were not groovy... a whole lot of grief going on.  So I took time off, went into an Outpatient Program... came back to work, and promptly got fired like a couple weeks later.  At the same time, I got into graduate school... so I'm back in school.. and while I may discuss the program and location a bit at some point, I'm gonna refrain at this moment. however.. If you know me, you know what I'm up to... if you are just getting to know me... email me  ethan dot sincoff at gmail dot com

So, for the past year I've been job hunting, and being a stay at home dad, and now, being a graduate student again. The 2nd paycheck would be great... but hey, life throws you curveballs..  you gotta learn to get your bat on the ball, man.... I'm sure Tobin is looking forward to "Fun" Dad returning as I go back to work, rather than "Discipline during the Day" Dad.... but hey, I'm trying :) I've had interviews... nothing has just rocked yet.

Since I last talked to you, there have been a few great fights (both boxing and mma) (Bradley vs. Provodnikov, Provodnikov vs. Alvarado, etc).. and I think the Seattle Seahawks won the Superbowl., and I am well known by the Bartram Trail Library Staff here in Saint Johns County, FL. In fact, the kooky homeless, or middle aged guy who lives at home w/ parents and I give each other the head nod and wave when I see him at the computer internet station.

The other day he was live streaming a ping pong match, and he was watching intently.  To quote my cousin, Sheri, "Ethan, you have to ask yourself, who was having the better day? You, or him?!".

...So, I'm back blogging.. Feel free to read from time to time... Or if ya don't , that's fine too. I'll set my alarm so I can wake up and lose sleep over ya :-)

All Podcasters are Assholes

SOOO many assholes have podcasts.....

In fact, quick anecdote here .. I had this comic on... and She's from the W. Coast... so a couple weeks ago she is like "hey I'm gonna be in Savannah, GA... come see me perform".. .Savannah is like 3 hrs north of here.. cool town. Kids on skateboards..Coheed and Cambria shirts..etc.

So I go.. of course it's kind of fucked up, and not run correctly.. but anyone who has seen a friends' band at a club could have predicted that.. My friend, the comic walks in, w/ this sensitive artist looking bearded guy (lush, full goatee) and he's wearing a fuckin' Thin Lizzy Shirt.. I was very skeptical  immediately. Was it an ironic t-shirt like a Williamsburg, Brooklyn thing, or  did he really dig power rock trios that were lead by hard drinking Irish Black Men?

 

ME: "THIN LIZZY!! How about that Phil Lynott (Lead singer.. black Irish guy) drinking himself to death, huh, huh?!?"

SENSITIVE BEARDED GOATEE: "UMMMM (Fake Questioning look on face) Didn't he die of a heroin overdose"?

ME: "Whatever man,... then Bon Scott from AC/DC drank himself to death (true story), who really cares?"

So I start talking to Bearded  Guy, and my comic friend... and I go to Beard:

ME: "SO, how do you know comic friend...?"

BEARD: "She did my podcast, you must know it, its a comedy podcast called "Blankety a Blank Blank a Blank"???

(now in addition to hating pre recorded podcasts ( I do mine live, warts and all)... I hate, HATE hate, HATE.... labeling your show... why can't it be about everything and  anything? I have had comics on my show, MMA fighters/MMA journalists... I've had friends on to do characters.. I had a guy on, Phil the Vegetarian on to discuss how he got addicted to pills... you know I don't see how you have to push yourselves into a corner and be one thing... isn't it fun to riff on EVERYTHING?

 

It's more interesting when I have someone that is "famous" for one thing" and can mix it up talking about another thing..then people will start to dig that person as an ambassador for whatever field they are in.

I mean if you're Marc Maron.. THEN you can say you do a comedy podcast because you are a funny motherfucker!!

ME:  "WELL! What a Coincidence!! Female Comic ALSO did my podcast!!!"

BEARD: "OOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU do a podcast TOO?!?!?" What is it called? Do you have a lot of other comics on?"

ME: "Well you know, beard, it's called "The One Guy Talking Podcast".  I have had lots of people on" etc etc see above...

 (I begin to tell a story about how I had made contact w/  one of the friends of the Boston Marathon Bombers,, and how I was going to give him an uninterrupted hour on the show to talk about what he considered a conspiracy against his friend--turns out this friend guy stood me up at last minute, but still)

BEARD: (Rolls eyes and shoulders, and shudders) "ANYWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, what studio do you use for your podcast?"

ME: "Huh, Wha?" I was drinking my 3rd Makers Mark and Diet Coke by this point.

BEARD:  "STUDIO! What recording studio do you use!?!?"

ME: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!!! DUDE I USE MY FUCKING GUEST BEDROOM AND I LOCK THE FUCKING DOOR SO MY 4 YR OLD  DOESN'T BARGE IN AND TELL A DICK JOKE!! HAHAHHAHAHHAAHHA... DUDE YOU'RE FUNNY... HAHAHAHAHLOLOLOL"

I even bought him a drink after that.... but seriously... A STUDIO!?-- That's way some of this ecommerce, online infamy shit has become a bit much,,,,  I am kicking and screaming towards mid middle age.. I wanted to have a creative hobby.... and I already had this blog... and I knew I could talk to people... and I knew I could improvise, and have all sorts of different people on. The only thing that I had in my mind as far as organizing the show was that I'd have guests on that I thought were fun, or interesting or challenging.

 

The only advice I gave potential guests is to think of the show as walking into a bar, and either a) running into a friend you had not seen in a while, or b) sitting next to the wackiest, most unfiltered person at the bar...and you banter back and forth all night.

 

That's it... that's the only thing... :) Not bad, huh?

MMA Journalist LORETTA HUNT (@LorettaHuntMMA) calls in!! 6/6/2013 8PM EST

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