Archive for November, 2009
It’s a bloody world of MMA where two men enter and one comes out victorious. Amazing battle rages on filled with a mix of martial arts. How exciting can this be? I remember back in the days when I watched the movie “Bloodsport” starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. True champion in the movie. UFC is the real thing, baby.
In the UFC report, champion “Rush” Georges St. Pierre and challenger “Outlaw” Dan Hardy will line up in the welterweight showdown for a March 2010 date in Newark, New Jersey. I will definately put on my Silver Star George St-Pierre Tee shirt to watch this match. Who’s the champion now?
When MMA-inspired graphic tees went mainstream, I was hardly surprised. In fact, I had been wearing these graphic tees for almost a year before they started sprouting up in bars, clubs and gyms across North America. It’s not that I’m particularly fashion-savvy, just that I recognized how influential the mixed martial arts phenomenon could one day become. Tap Out clothing is just one of the many popular brands. The sport seems to be the heir apparent of boxing, which was once as popular as baseball.
Over the years, interest and pay-per-view sales for the sweet science have declined considerably. It seems that Russians are dominating most weight classes, and the sheer number of belts can be confusing. Mixed martial arts seems to have addressed the problem of competition, as the best fighters are pitted head to head several times a month. And it goes without saying that the violence inherent to the sport provides fans with a jolt of excitement.
I play roller-hockey a lot from time to time so I sweat a lot while playing. I have always worn cotton shirts. I was all drenched with sweat. My shirt did not dry fast enough on its own. A friend had mentioned to me that polyester shirts are a way to go to resolve this issue, and therefore, he introduced me to STORMTECH apparels. He told me that these shirts dry up quicker.
In addition, I’m a big sports fan of all kinds. I’m also a jersey collector. Everyone wore his own jersey during game time. With my own intuition I decided to put on something different. As a result, I put on my new Lunitek Designs STORMTECH shirt. And it sure looks like a jersey.
When the company vice president asked me to present our annual sales figures to the board of directors at the end of the month, I was delighted – at first. Then I started panicking about the fact that I didn’t know what to wear. The dress code at work is business casual, but I knew that I would have to dress up to the nines for the presentation. In the end, crunching the numbers and fitting them into a slideshow was the least of my concerns.
I called up a friend, who advised me about what sort of tie to wear, pointers about shoes and a belt, and so on. She basically reinforced what I had already been planning, but there was one new tidbit of information that I didn’t account for. Apparently a man’s choice of timepiece says a lot about him. I immediately went online and started searching for Casio watches that would complement the rest of my look.