The Experience With Don Stugots

Stugots Puppet remakes the classic scene from The Godfather. Enjoy

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Since we stopped doing The Experience in April, every one keeps asking “When is it coming back?” or “What’s next for you guys?” or “What are you guys going to do now?”. Since I do not have an honest answer I just cop out with “Wait for it…” Well, lets look at what ideas I have and what my options are.

Going back to doing The Experience every Sunday. One of the reasons we stopped doing the show is because it got stale for both of us. So to just go back to what we were doing before would be a waste of time.

One thing that I always wanted to do and still do, is to host a late night talk show. I tooled around with this idea before as “The Lounge”‘ but it never happened. Mainly because of time, money and direction. Revisiting that idea is possible but with it would be to be reworked.

I would rework it by just calling it The Experience. The style of it can be of a Late Night talk show or it could just be done like the Howard Stern Show. Set up some cameras, get guests and just stream it. I would record it and put it on youtube I guess but maybe not. Just leave it in the moment and that’s it.

The problems with that idea is that it is a big undertaking on our part. Time and money would the main factors there. I know Regina likes having more time for herself since we are not doing a the show and to take that away from her and push this new project on her wouldn’t be fair. A show like this would take time to plan each week, guests have to be booked, set up and clean up, all on top of both of working full time and my part time job at the real estate office.

Stugots Puppet LIVE. Set it up as a late night talk show and get just one guest. It could be like Bronx Bunny meets Later meets Borat. It would take less time and money then The Experience would as a live show but is too much of Stugots Puppet a good thing?

Just keep doing Stugots Puppet videos and nothing else. This has come up a lot, mainly because the videos do not take us long to do and are a lot of fun.

Wrestling manager. Since I was kid I always wanted to try my hand at being a manager. I have the gift of gab and love wrestling so why not? Section 8 and the BwO can train me and I can go from there.

I really have no idea. I guess I will play it ear and see what happens. For now, I will keep making the Stugots Puppet videos since people love them. Also, I will keep pushing them on people to check out in hopes that some how he ends up on Adult Swim or something like that.

So the year is just about half over so I figured I would check up on myself to see how I am doing with my resolutions. First, lets take a look at them.

My resolutions for ‘09:
will be try to be a better husband to Regina
a better owner to Vegas
to keep my mind clear of fear and anxiety
to eat healthier
to exercise more and to better “heart shape”
to take things as they come
to get my real estate agent’s license
to maintain the integrity of the Don Stugots brand
to expand our brand and the projects that we do

1) If you asked Regina if I am a good husband, she would say yes but if you ask me, I could be doing better. I have little patience and have been in a bad mood lately being out of work for 3 months now. I have made an effort to do more stuff around the house though. I have been cleaning up after myself and the dog. Laundry has been done by my hand as well, so I will give myself a 6 out of 10.
2) Vegas is spoiled rotten, there is no denying that but there are days where she doesn’t get enough exercise and that is my fault. I just cant take the cold or the rain and the last few weeks have been horrible weather-wise. If the temp is 50 or higher and NOT raining out, she goes for a walk. The nicer it is out, the longer we walk for. The last 2 days, for no reason or notice, I started to jog with her. She loves it. I will give myself 8 out of 10 for that since jogging is not easy for me.
3) Man, this is hard. I will never be 10 for 10 with this one. anxiety will be something that I battle for the rest of my life. I take my meds every day and have talked myself out of a few panics attacks. Have I had some break downs? Sure, I am not perfect but I am doing my best. 5 out of 5
4) I am very proud to say that I am eatting healthier. More fruit and veggies and salads. No junk food, no diet soda. I do enjoy a Pepsi Throwback now and again but it is a treat and not the norm. I have been drinking a lot more water too. 7 out of 10
5) This is one that I am ashamed to say that I am not doing well with. I have been doing my best to be active and eat right but I am not losing any weight. Regina wants me to go to a doctor when we get medical insurance again. There may be something wrong. I will keep you posted. 3 out of 10
6) This is very hard for me. Since I don’t have patience, I often get pissed when I see things being done wrong. Often times, I just lash out when someone doesn’t understand what I am talking about or how to do things. As my friend Shawn will tell you, I am getting better with it. He is the biggest colperate of driving me batty. 5 out of 10
7) On April 4th I started taking the classes to get my Real Estate Sales Agent License. I am a little more then half way down and will take my State exam in July. I can’t wait. My goal is that by June 1, 2010, I will not have to work in construction anymore, unless I start my own business and to work in Real Estate FULL TIME. 8 out of 10
8 and 9) We have expanded the Don Stugots brand with the Stugots Puppet videos. They are becoming very popular and I am happy about that. We haven’t done much else mainly because neither of us are working still and money is tight. I am using the down time to figure out what I want to do next with the brand. I have some ideas and will be posting a blog about them tomorrow. 5 out of 10

Secret Resolution 10) NOT TO DRINK BEER FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. Now, I love beer. I drink beer the way some people drink wine. I love beer from all around the world. If I go somewhere and they have a beer I never heard of, I try it. I gave up beer for the year because I wanted to prove to myself that I can do it. That I can give up something that I enjoy and not let it control me. So far I have done great. I have been drinking wine and margaritas and some hard cider but no beer. I am proud of that and can’t wait to have an ice cold Belgium beer on New Year’s Eve.

Over all, I am going to give myself an “OK” but I need to do better. Once money starts coming in again, I will improve. Taking a look at myself like this is helpful, you should try it.

Stay Black

Last night Regina and I went to see the new Star Trek movie. I was never a big Star Trek fan since Trekkies scare me but I always did enjoy The Next Generation. I guess William Shatner turned me off the series.

I had no real expectations for this movie other then it would have some cool special effects and fight scenes. Well I was surprised to see that I was wrong.

The casting was spot on. The dude that played Bones stole almost every scene he was in. Kirk wasn’t “the man” in every scene. He gets his ass kicked in fight he is in. Spock was cool instead of stuffy. Simon Peg as Mr. Scot was unbelievable. Leonard Nimoy’s role was a bigger then I thought since it was billed as a cameo. He was like “The Watcher” slash creative control. Pushing the characters where they needed to be.

The chemistry between them all, which is the only thing I liked about the old series, was just as good if not better then their counterparts. The writing was superb, with realistic. All of the old catch phrases were written into the script and sounded fresh and not campy.

All in all, I liked it and wanted to see a sequel as soon as the end credits were rolling.

This week’s motivational quote:

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Until recently ever time I failed at something, I saw it as a huge set back and tragic. It would effect my mind and body. I would either want to give up or lose interest in what I was doing. I get depressed, be self critical and introspective. The failure would become bigger than the task so I would give up.

After giving up I would sit around and hate myself for giving up so easily. I would figure out how to correct the mistake but would never do it.

In the last year, I have been trying to stay positive and not given in to panic attacks and fear. I have come to realize that both of those things are crutches and excuses for me NOT to move ahead. I prevent myself from success. It wasn’t until now that I know success or winning the fight doesn’t matter, being in it does.

Earlier this week, I became frustrated. I took the time to relax, let the anxiety pass, focused on my next step and how to correct my last.

Now that I am back to doing blogs, I decided to jump right into it with a topic that bothers me.

Gay Marriage and the big debate on whether or not it should be allowed.

How in 2009 is this a problem for people? In a country where we are “free” to live as we choose other people are trying to tell other people what they can and cannot do.

Look at it from a financial stand point. Looking for a good way to stimulate the economy? The average wedding in NYC costs between 15 and 30 thousand. Now, not to make a blanket statement but do you know who has money and would love to have big lavish weddings? Gay men. Catering halls, limo drivers and other wedding service jobs are dependent on weddings. If you increased the number of weddings going on in a given year those workers make something called TAXABLE INCOME. What do those people do with this windfall? SPEND IT.

What small or large city in America wouldn’t benefit from becoming Gay Wedding Friendly? Hell, what business wouldn’t?

First, lets look at a city. I will pick Atlantic City, NJ. Now, the hotel and casino business is down. What would happen if New Jersey would “allow” same sex marriages? Wouldn’t those rooms fill up with out of towners that if there was a wedding gone on? What would those hotel and hotel workers be doing? Oh yeah, generating TAXABLE INCOME. Isn’t there a resort in PA that was for “lovers only”? Didn’t said place have on site a wedding chapel? Yes, I am talking about “beautiful Mount Airy Lodge.” Now, for a while the place was closed and run down, much like many of the resorts in the Poconos. Wouldn’t their business and ALL local businesses benefit from having some Gay Newlyweds running around spending money? What would that money be called? Oh yeah, TAXABLE INCOME.

Now, let’s look at some other ways that “allowing” Gay People to marry. Picture a car dealership outside of Atlantic City. On Sunday they could run a special or something where the first 10 Same Sex Partners that come in with a VALID NJ wedding license will get 5,000 off the sticker price of a new car. Restaurants can’t benefit from this can they? Hmmm, on Sunday’s the first 5 Same Sex Wedding Partners that produce a VALID NJ marriage license will get a free breakfast when they come in with their family and friends. What would all these businesses be doing? GENERATING TAXABLE INCOME while opening themselves up to a new customer base.

I really just can’t believe that the religious nuts in this country think it is ok for them to tell other people how to live. How Gay people are a threat to their GOD. I would rather listen to the words of The Lord of the Dance guy before listening to the “words” of someone that they think they are speaking for.

Get over it.

Stay Black

Over the course of this year, I have been trying to stay anxiety free. One way that has been working for me is reading some passage of a book or famous quote and thinking about how it applies or how I can apply it to me.

In upcoming blogs I will be writing/blogging about them in this section.

Stay Black

Wait for it……

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