Rain Won't Stop The Hump.

Daniel Hauck with the B..E..A..utiful! pic here!

Allo Hello people of the interwebs and guess what day it is?? GUESS what day it is?? HUMP DAY!!!

Whoop! Whoop!

It's a rather chilly, foggy, and wet morning here on Wednesday but aye...still Hump Day. (Whoop! Whoop!) Even though the rain was rather heavy the last couple of hours, is it bad to be thankful that it didn't happen a day ago where the temperature was below freezing?

Not a fan of shoveling snow...

If the option was between rainfall and snow...99.9% of the time I'm choosing option A. Unless I don't have to pick the snow up...and it's during the winter months along with me having enough layers to cover every inch of my body and a mini-heater inside my coats. Then yeah...snow may get my vote. Maybe haha.

Yeah...no bueno on snow. Brrr...

Anywho, have fun humping in the rain, snow, or sunshine on Hump Day and here's this week's quotable trio!

Also Happy Thanksgiving Eve Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."

-John Ruskin

"The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again."

-Charles Kingsley

"I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again."

-Arthur Freed

Viva La Hump Day!

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "Hey Now (Mean Muggin')" by Xzibit)

The Daily: Sugahh!

"Everyone deserves a little sugar every now and then. Just don't overdo it or else it and you will turn sour."

And now I'm hungry...

Enjoy your lunch & Tuesday!

Blessed With One's Self (On Tap 116)

Are You Ready? Monday is on the horizon.

Allo Hello people of the interwebs! Was your weekend all that you hoped for and then-some? Hopefully some joy, thrills, and not a lot of spills was involved in your mini-vacation as Monday has arrived with alarm whistles, musical wake-up calls, and of course...massive objectives you must attend to!

For this guy typing up this post behind the scenes, my weekend was rather awesome. Spent time with friends, watched sports of the collegiate and professional variety throughout my days, and even sung a little karaoke on the microphone. Besides some results in certain matches I was paying attention not really going my way...sadness...it was a pretty chill R&R session getting ready for Monday.

Even went to church for the first time in months to shape up the spirit that was deep within my skin and muscle tissues. Twas' a really good service and learned some valuable lessons about life in general as only how my preacher can teach the word haha.

Good times in the sanctuary indeed.

No matter what negative comes your way, no matter what stress comes from the top rope and splashes upon your head and no matter what ridicule comes from behind to smack you with a pair of brass knuckles...you are still blessed.

If you're able to see the sun and the skies...blessed.

If you're able to rise out of bed without pain...blessed.

If you're able to breathe without assistance...blessed.

I could go on and on and on and on about the small things that we as a people take for granted because it's such a part of our norm that we often overlook them. However probably one of the biggest things that I think is a blessing in my spectrum is the following...

If you're able to live your life the way you want to live it...blessed.

There is a difference between living and being a puppet in life. Fear nothing and make your own decisions that will help benefit your life in a positive way. Don't be some life-form with a rather large hand shoved right up your ass that has a mind-controlling device over you making you unethical to make your own decisions for yourself.

Insults, stress and drama will always come your way in some form or another. If you're able to stand tall with a little swag to your step then those elementary jokes called 1st grade "insults" won't affect your hustle, your drive and your passion. Yes, it can get annoying...and I know the feeling...just keep doing what you do best, curb stomp any negativity that tries to swerve you off-course to the ground and keep it moving towards your destination.

Not everyone has the opportunity to fully live the way they want to live; I'm very fortunate to be in my position to have that opportunity and I'll be damned if I'm gonna waste it. It's humorous when those same people jeering at you secretly wish they had something that you posses. 

And you know who you are.

But Hey! Get your shower on, get your clothes on and get your walk on this Monday morning! And if yours is as cold as mine...put on some extra layers. You're gonna need it...burrrr!

Count your blessings this morning, hop out of bed and get ready for the next battle.

It's a battle that you can win if you believe in one's self.

Make Your Move.

116...!

"If you can be yourself in this world of chaos, then you have everything to gain and nothing to lose."

-Kazie

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "4 AM" by Kaskade)

Lyrical Spiritual 17

Ten seconds before sunrise.
Not of the DJ Tiësto variety.
The sun coming across the horizon.
Lighting up the darkness with daylight.

Black fusing with purple turning into orange and blue.
The moon disappearing as the sun goes into cruise.
A rise in temperature warming up the land.
As you awake with an opportunity in your hands.

The night fog diminishes as you prepare for battle.
A battle between one's self and society.
Vegas odds has you as a 10 point underdog.
Thinking society has got your number in this fight.

Experts saying you should slow down,
Instead you zone out.
Ignoring them and reporting them as spam.
While writing up a productive gameplan.

With limited time remaining before you hit the field,
Going over last minute routes, setups, and plays.
Mentally knocking sense into your brain.
With nothing to lose and everything to gain.

One minute. One minute remaining.
It's close to game-time.

Now get on out there.

We're about to go live.

Put on a show.

Cheers!

Humping To Success.

M-Eralp with the awesome pic from afar...lovin' it.

Allo Hello people of the interwebs and welcome to another edition of the HUMP and nothing but the HUMP on HUMP DAY!!!

Whoop! Whoop!

Is your week of adventure going the way you mapped it out? Some may be nodding yes with excitement while others are shaking no in disappointment. Don't fret...you can still patch things if your week has been less desirable start-wise and have a great finish. For mine...it's been quite stressful the last couple of the days. Think the stress and demands of life finally caught up to me and infected my brain with self-doubt and other overly emotional hacks to my brain cells.

Enters a rage fest featuring a video game rampage and doing a couple of planks at the midnight hour on Tuesday evening just to CTRL + ALT + DELETE most of the darkness infecting my brain. Feeling a tad bit better mentally; especially with the fact that it is HUMP DAY!

Whoop! Whoop!

It's gonna be busy day for myself; have a variety of objectives work wise to deal with while dealing with other things I need to work on outside the office. But with the belief in my abilities and saying a prayer asking for a blessing or two during my quest today...I. Will. Survive.

Thankfully I'm off Thursday...so there definitely will be some form of R&R after the missions have been completed today.

Anywho, time to get the day started with a shower and a walk to the city to start my 1st Mission...getting to work on time.

Here's this week's quotable trio!

"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defense, or the problems of modern society."

-Vince Lombardi

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthed, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

-Helen Keller

"What are you gonna do today that will have a positive impact on your life? Bonus points if you can spread that positivity towards other people."

-Kazie

Viva La Hump Day!

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "Ten Seconds Before Sunrise" by DJ Tiësto) 

The Daily: Sail Away.

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

-Greg Anderson

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "I Stand" by We As Human)

Lyrical Spiritual 16

You ever sit in the bed looking up to the ceiling?
Drifting and wondering what's this your feeling?
Why won't these deep wounds start healing?
Why can't I break out this funk and just start living?

Going through life with your face rubbing on the sidewalk.
Doing the bare minimum, looking for an escape.
Tears, dirt, and blood across your face like molded chalk.
Screaming out why me, why me.

Events of life of an up-and-coming success.
Has dropped to earth like a cheap dress.
Sometimes life rolls the dice and comes up snake eyes.
And the potential of the roller goes bye bye bye.

The main event and aftershocks wrecked your foundation.
While you see others rolling 7's thanks to dice from Satan.
Yet here you are with nothing to roll.
Except now it's an opportunity to take control.

You can stand here at the opening pitch,
And extend your stance to the 9th inning.
Instead of pointing and spitting the blame on faith,
Grab a shovel and boots, dig out to solve your case.

That feeling of uselessness? Insert that into your fuel can.
When people question your act, splash the gas.
If the interview continues, ignite the spark into an inferno.
Now get back to digging cause it's starting to get cold.

A man who has nothing to lose is a dangerous alien.
One with a brain in active mode increases the danger to ten.
Ripping, tearing and clawing his way out of the hole.
Like those 49ers desperately looking for that slab of gold.

People can easily say 'Fuck The World' using their lips.
While people like you use action and steel tips.
You can make it out this rut but are you willing to work?

If so, keep digging.

I'll see you at the surface.

Cheers.

HAVOC Got Me Humping!

Tre is a BBBBAAAAADDDDD MAN!!!

Allo Hello people of the Interwebs and OMG...I am exhausted, tired and running on fumes as my fingers tap tap tappa on this keyboard as I'm writing this. But it was all so worth it! Also...it's HUMP DAY!

Whoop! Whoop!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!

Before Hump Day got underway...there was GAMEDAY! And oh boy...was there ever a GAMEDAY here in the Battle for the Commonwealth up in Charlottesville. A first as #14 VCU and #25 Virginia took to the court in John Paul Jones Arena as ranked rivals...been waiting for years to FINAALLYY see this matchup take place! With all the drama and grit and hair-pulling thanks to the refs, bricks coming from the free throw line and some late crunch time magic, VCU came out victorious over the 'Hoos thanks to Treveon Graham hitting a DEEP 30+ Foot 3 Pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining!

59-56 VCU! #LetsGoVCU

College Basketball is Back and I LOVE IT!!! If you missed it, here's a video of The Dagger 2.0! 

So yeah...I'm a tad over excited and my production level is definitely super uneffective after driving up and back to witness that. Still...Worth. It.

Now while I'm watching this video a few more times before clocking in, here is this week's quotable trio! 

"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." 

-James Naismith

"To a smile given, many smiles return." 

-John Maxwell

"In order to win, we pay with energy and effort and discipline. If we lose, we pay in disappointment, discontent, and lack of fulfillment." 

-Maya Angelou

Viva La Hump Day AND Let's Go VCU!!!

Thank You Veterans.

Allo Hello people of the Interwebs! Welcome to Monday which is even more awesome than it usually is because it's Veterans Day!

Today is day of thanks towards our military veterans and those on-duty serving our country here at home and around the globe. I know many of my family that have enrolled in the Armed Services for duty along with many other friends, co-workers, and strangers that have done this courageous act of defending our honor and our rights here in the United States of America.

Even if things are a tad bit shaky here in the States, we still are incredibly thankful as a Nation for our soldiers. Those in uniform now and for those that gave their lives in battle. If you run into someone you know that's a veteran, give 'em a hug, a high five, a hand shake, a thank you. Thank you so much Vets.

'Merica!

While most of y'all get to enjoy a 4 day weekend so to speak...which is awesome...duty calls for myself this morning. But hey...no worries, gotta go get this money by putting the work in! Then maybe a workout somewhere around these parts...which is highly necessary after a celebratory and eventful weekend for myself haha.

Now what musical goodness to walk to to wake myself up from this sleep comma??

Gotta Go! Hooyah! Enjoy Your Monday / 4 Day Weekend/Veterans Day!

"While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms."

-Randy Neugebauer

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "God Bless The U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood)

Do The Humpty Hump! Come On!

Gotta Love Photography...awesomeness coming from IsacGoulart!

The Humpty Dance Here's Your Chance To Do The Hump!

Sexy Baby!

And on that famous quotable musical intro from the 90's here is an Allo Hello to all of you on Hump Day!

Woop! Woop! Haha.

It has been eventful few days but hey...I'm still here and I'm gonna keep going at 100+. So should you...don't throw in the towel; use that to clean off your face and get back in the fight.

Rise Above.

And now the lovable weekly trio!

"Everything you can imagine is real."

-Pablo Picasso

"You have been thru way too much backlash, B.S., drama, stress and suffering to quit right at the turning point towards your success."

-Kazie

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."

-Irving Berlin

Viva La Hump Day!

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground)

HAVOCEMBER! (On Tap 115)

Allo Hello people of the Interwebs! Another weekend is in the books and Monday has arrived at your doorstep towards starting a brand new week!

Now if only the majority of people can actually get excited for Monday for once right??

That's a challenge in itself...

Anywho, my weekend was very enjoyable because HAVOC! has returned to RVA in the form of VCU Basketball! GO RAMS! Even though it was an exhibition and an absolute dominating win for the Black & Gold...still was awesome to return home to Siegel screaming, stomping, and cheering on the sidelines.

Along with Party Rockin' on Halloween Weekend and handling the responsibilities of working before, during and after GAMEDAY was completed...a very entertaining yet tiring weekend for your's truly.

Especially doing the time warp in the version of daylight savings time on the clock...fun times let me tell ya.

Now lies ahead is Monday and a new month in November while we're at starting new journeys. Speaking of November...it's No Shave November! (Also known as Movember for alternative naming purposes) A month where men everywhere take the razors and clean up their faces in the name of Men's Health Awareness and go 30 days without shaving. I probably just mind-blown a few of you because I'm pretty sure a handful of you guys and gals didn't know that doing this is for a cause haha.

More info on Movember (<- LINK!)

As you can see in pictorial fashion here, I'm participating in the annual November attraction. It was hard due to the cold front about to come in and I was going to miss my little hair jacket hugging amongst my face but ehhh...my face can survive 30 days.

Hopefully lol.

Fret not if you want to join in Movember dudes, just cut the manliness off your face today and join the rest of us for 30 days as we become men! Yah! Explosions! Protein! Bacon! V-12 Engines!

Come on Internet type people! It's Monday! Let's suit up for another week of action and adventure on the 3rd Rock from the Sun! As I'm rocking out to We As Human thanks to one of my pals introducing me to this band...a...wait for it...mazing! Definitely makes mornings more energetic than they usually are for me!

Whew...rather chilly morning...where's my hoodie?!

Time to Wake Up The Zombie!

Make Your Move.

115...!

"I Stand.

When everything is falling around me.

I Stand.

In spite of all the pain that surrounds.

I Stand.

I stand here with my fist raised high.

When everything falls, when everything falls.

I Stand."

-We As Human

(Kazie's Daily Musical: "Zombie" by We As Human)