MY TOP 5 PICKS OF 2014 PART III-TV

   My finale top 5 list of 2014. If you missed Part II, you can see it here:

MY TOP 5 PICKS OF 2014 PART II-VIDEO GAMES

   In my finale top 5 list of the year, I will be going through my top favorite TV shows. In 2014 there was some great TV on. Between heroes, the dead, bikers, and game shows, my 2014 was very entertaining. Even though we had to say goodbye to some favorite characters whether it was by a death or the end of a show. With this list, there is no particular order. Having said that, here is my top 5.

MY TOP 5 PICKS OF 2014 PART II-VIDEO GAMES

 

 Back again for Part II of my 2014 top 5 list. If you missed Part I, you can find it here:

MY TOP 5 PICKS OF 2014 PART I-MOVIES

   In Part II I will be doing my top 5 video games of 2014. As before, I will also have some honorable mentions. Its been a pretty good year of gaming for me. Playing some good games on both my X-Box ONE and my PS4. So with out any further a dew, here is my top 5.

MY TOP 5 PICKS OF 2014 PART I-MOVIES

   In the year of 2014 I have seen a lot of movies, watched a lot of TV, and played a good amount of video games. As the year is coming to a end, I decided to make a list of my top 5 movies, TV, and video games in a three part blog post. I will also throw in my some honorable mentions. For the first post, movies.

   Going to the movies is something I have always loved doing. In 2014 I saw a lot of good movies and some bad ones. The month of May I was in the theater every week with seeing a new movie. Here is my top 5 for movies:

WEEK 12 EQUALS A RAIDERS FIRST WIN

   Finally after 12 weeks of hell and losing, the Raiders have gotten there first win. With a win of 24-20 over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Raiders are now 1-10. Carr went 18-35 for 174 yards and 1 touchdown. Latavius Murray showed that he should be the starting running back running for 112 yards on 4 carries with 2 touchdowns. His second touchdown was for 90 yards on a run.

ANNABELLE WILL LEAVE YOU SCARED!

   Last night I went to see Annabelle, the origins story of the possessed doll made famous in the movie The Conjuring and was stopped and kept save by Ed and Lorraine Warren.(Link To My Post On The Conjuring). Just like The Conjuring, Annabelle was a scary movie that made you jump. The great thing about both movies, is that they did not need to use gore to be a scary movie. Annabelle is a intense movie, with one of the most scariest scenes I have seen in a long time.

THE FRUSTRATIONS OF BEING A SPORTS FAN

   Being a fan of a sports team can just be down right frustrating. You got your high and low points rooting for your favorite team. When there on top, you fill untouchable, and normally let fans of other teams know that. Them lows, well you want to just tare your hair out. And then there are always the bandwagoner fan....shoot them now!

   The highs of having a winning team are the best. Walking around wearing them team colors with out a care in the world. Your team is on top, there is nothing no one can really say to you. And then when your team makes the playoffs or win a championship, that feeling just multiples. Talking some trash to friends are fans of teams that are your teams rivals, nothing beats that.

RAIDERS FAIL TO GROUND THE JETS IN WEEK 1 OPENER

   Raiders opened up week 1 on the road in New York against the Jets. With rookie Derek Carr starting at quarterback, the Raiders came in to MetLife Stadium looking for a win. The first have looked good as they went into halftime 7-10 Jets. Then the second half came, and the Raiders did not come with it, as they lost the game 19-14.

   The Raider coach's didn't make any adjustments at halftime for the second half. As good as the Raiders looked in the first half, they came out and look like a completely different team in the second. One of the biggest things you got to do in football is play all four quarters. And that is one thing that the Raiders don't do.

BILLY BEANE MAKES BIG MOVES BEFORE TRADE DEADLINE

   I am just getting out of the shower and getting ready for work when my phones goes off. I got a update from my ESPN app. I look and my eyes widen and mouth drops with a few cuss words. The Oakland A's traded Yoenis Cespedes to the Boston Red Soxs for Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes. A trade I did not see coming, and well don't believe that any A's fan saw happening.

   Cespedes, who just won back to back home run derby's and one of the biggest parts of our offensive, will be heading to Boston. Just saying that puts a bad taste in my mouth. Now I know that Lester is a beast at pitching. He has experiences and wins in both the playoffs and World Series. Gomes is a hometown boy that was with the A's before. Gomes is a good hitter and outfielder, but he does not have the same hitting presence as Cespedes.

HELP FIGHT LEUKEMIA FOR THE LIGHT THE NIGHT WALK

   I have wrote before about my brother in-law Anthony having Leukemia. He got it when he was 17 years old. He had to finish high school at home. He ran cross country for his high school team and had to give it up cause of his Cancer. He is now in remission and doing much better with very little flare ups. We are very lucky and happy that he made a recover. Since we found out about him having Leukemia, we have gotten involved in raising money to help fight this disease.

YOENIS CESPEDES, BACK TO BACK HOME RUN DERBY CHAMPION

   Yoenis Cespedes, outfielder for the Oakland A's, has done it again! He has become the 2014 Home Run Derby champion. If you remember, he also won it last year in 2013 in New York at the Met's stadium. Tonight he won it in Minnesota at the Twins stadium. Cespedes fought through 4 rounds plus a swing off against fellow Oakland Athletic Josh Donaldson.

"It was something I wanted to accomplish," Cespedes said.

FUN TIMES WITH THE FAMILY AT THE A'S GAME

   Last Saturday my family and I went to the A's vs Yankees' game. My dad and I wanted to see Derrick Jeter one last time in person, so when we got tickets. Not just any tickets, we thought we would see the game in style and got a suite. We were above center field and lined up perfectly with home plate. It was a 12 person suite, but there was only 7 of us. The 7 of us was my mom, dad, brother(Joseph), sister(Emily), wife(Crystal), and my sister's boyfriend Ray.

TRYING TO HELP MY DAD GET TO KANSAS

   My dad really wants to go to Kansas to see his older brothers who live out there. One of my uncles that live in Kansas is not do to well. My dad would like to see them while he can. My dad has had to retire recently because he had to have his right hip and knee replaced.

BUSY WEEKEND OF FUN AND SURPRISES

   My weekend started Friday night after work. On Thursday I got my permit for my Class A licence, so to celebrate that my cousin Brian and I went out for some drinks Friday night. That was really nice cause him and I have not gone out for a drink in a long time. We talked about our week and some problems we was having at our normal watering hole called Spanky's. Sometimes you need to blow off some steam with a good friend and a good drink, and that Jack and Coke did the trick!

STARTING A JOURNEY BACK TO GOOD HEALTH

   I need to get back to being a healthier person. I use to be in great shape and played lots of sports. I was in the gym all the time lifting weights getting stronger. And then I gained a bunch of weight between getting hurt and going through a depression. Not using those as excuses, they are what caused it, but it is on me for letting it happen. At one point I weighted the most I had ever weight, and sadly I believe it was around 500.

MOVIE FILLED MONTH OF MAY

   The month of may is finally here and with it comes a big month of movies! There are 4 major titles that I have been waiting to see since last year all coming out in May. Those movies are, The Amazing Spider-Man 2,Maleficent, Godzilla, and X-Men: Days Of Futures Past. All big movies, and all coming out in this month of May. A fun filled May it will be!

THREE WEEKS OF BEING SICK!

   For someone who never really gets sick, I have been sick for the past two weeks. Now it has not been the same sickness this whole time. You know that old saying,"One thing after another" and "When it rains, it pours"? Well those both seem to describe my past two weeks. First it was a really back allergy attack that was followed by food poisoning, that was followed by white spots on my throat.

   Once in a great while I get really bad allergy attacks that just put me on my butt. Been going through that this the past 2 weeks. The first week was the worst of it. I barley made it out of bed on Wednesday the 2. But I toughed it out at work. Nothing like having a dry eyes and sneezing nonstop with a small fever.

THE STREAK ENDS AT WRESTLEMANIA 30

   Last night a era came to a end! The Undertaker lost to,and this pisses me off to say, Brock Lesner. Ending his prefect win steak of 21-0. This did not go over well with me or I would say damn near the whole WWE fan base. In my opinion there a list of wrestlers that should have given The Undertaker his first lost at a WrestleMania then Brock Lesner.

Legends never die, The Undertaker is a Legend!

EPISODE 148: SORRY YOUR'RE FROM UTAH

We had a third with us this week in the form of Patrick’s Cousin, Brian!  As you will see from the episode, he added a lot to the conversation and made this one of the best episodes possibly ever!  Don’t worry, he’s only related to Patrick by law, so they’re nothing alike.

I JOKE of course!  The show wouldn’t be the same without Patrick and his personality!  But I am serious about how good this episode is.  We had so much fun that we didn’t realize we hit the two hour mark!

EPISODE 147, SHE SWALLOWS THOSE PELLETS

   As you know I do a video game podcast called Knights Of The Video Game Table. Our latest show just went up! I have deiced to start also posting our shows on my blog. Hope you enjoy this episode called, "She Swallows Those Pellets". 

Episode 147 She Swallows Those Pellets

MY OAKLAND RAIDERS HOPES FOR THE 2014 DRAFT

   With the draft coming up in May there are a lot of talks about what the Raiders are going to do with there 60+ million they have to play with. A lot of people, fans, and analyst think the Raiders need to draft a quarterback with there first round 5th pick. Some even think a wide receiver would be a smart pick. I have to disagree with both of those options.

   Anybody who watches the NFL knows since Rich Gannon retired, we have not had a solid QB. Along with our head coaches, we have gone through way to many QBs in just 10 years. So yes we need a QB, is this draft the time to get one, I say no. The Raiders have a lot of money to use, and with that I think they should get a veteran QB in free agency. We need to draft a good offensive line.

BIOSHOCK STUDIO IRRATIONAL GAMES IS SHUTTING DOWN

   After 17 years studio head Ken Levine is shutting down Irrational Games. He is planning on starting a smaller and more entrepreneurial endeavor at Take-Two. He plans on focusing on more narrative-driven games that are released digitally. Sounds like he wants to makes games similar to Telltale Games after there success with The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us.

  "IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE'LL BUILD SOMETHING HALF AS MEMORABLE AS BIOSHOCK."

CRAZY FOUR MONTHS WITH SURGERIES

 The past four months have been crazy to say the least. I have been trying to take care of things around my parents house because they have been out of commission. Plus adding on the holidays and just the things life throws at you. Not saying that I can't handle things, just a lot of things at once.

   Back in November my dad had hip replacement surgery. He was down for a long time and is of course still recovering from that. He is in a lot less pain, and is not walking on his own. Well he was up until last Tuesday when he had a knee replacement surgery. In 4 months my dad has had both his right hip and right knee replaced. He should be coming home today, fingers crossed.

STARTING SCHOOL AGAIN...NEED IT TO WORKOUT THIS TME

   Since graduating from Hayward High I have gone to many different schools. Every time it I finished a school it something has happen and it's seems like it was a waste of time. Well maybe not a waste of time, but the job that should have followed didn't workout for whatever reason. Now that I am starting school again on 2/1/2014, has started giving me mixed feelings, I'll explain why.

OT AT WORK WITH THE HPD

   Things didn't go as planned last night at my job. I work at a shop called ANNEX and we sell supplies and paint mixes to auto body shops in the bay area. We also are renting out the front of our building to a automotive shop. There is a sign up saying no 24hr parking. So unless there is a pass on a car in our lot, it will be towed. Now the automotive shop in the front have tons of cars that should not be there, and the owner of the shop has been warned about getting them out.