The Oz Spiker!

Hey friends it's Oz here for a sporty edition of The Oz Files. Leah has decided that tonight's topic will be what is my favorite sport to play and why do I love to play it? There are a lot of sports to choose from and they are all quite fantastic except for the most obvious boring sport of all time soccer. So I guess soccer did not make the cut oh so sorry Europe. I've been known to play a little basketball but when I do I usually end up hurting myself in some weird freak injury. So I tend to steer clear of the round ball and leave that to the professionals and the Hoopfest wanna be ballaz! How about throwing around a pig skin other known as football for our female readers. Ha ummm anyways I can throw a football a very long ways with such great accuracy. I can also catch the ball with ease however football is not thee sport for the Oz striker! The sport of hockey interests me air hockey style I am the best there ever was and the best there ever will be. However that doesn't get the nod at number 1. Ping pong is coming back with brutal force and I must say I do play a lot. When Oz touches a ping pong paddle everyone around him gets that feeling that something special is about to happen. When Oz graces the ping pong table and he battles the best talent out there and when he goes through them limb by limb it's quite the sight to see. When he hits those power shots with one devastating move down the line cross court backhand behind the back you name it I got it watch out China Oz is on to ya! I'll go Forrest Gump on your ass! However ping pong is a very nice sport which I dominate I make grown men cry and I make girls swoon with my God given abilities. I do love baseball however I'm not even gifted enough to play Americas pastime. I love to watch it but baseball is fabulous just like the Sandlot. Heroes are born and legends never die Kid! Anybody want to lend me the sandlot on DVD? I have it on VHS time to upgrade! The time has come where I will now reveal the sport that I have a blast playing and domination those poor souls RIP! The number one sport that I love to play without a doubt has to be none other than volleyball! I will play volleyball indoors or outdoors. You name the time and place and I'll be there to dominate you tools in the epic ozatopia of volleyball prowess. When I serve it I find the weakest player on the court and I exploit there weakness. It's usually some girl or some guy who thinks they are the bomb but all they are is a pawn in Oz's game of life! When the ball flies off my fingers up in the air when Oz's mighty touch grazes the ball it thunders down the line for an ace in your face son! If the ace doesn't happen it's gonna be damn near unhittable. When I'm not serving I'm diving like a champ digging those balls out. Oz says he's not afraid of floor burns or even beach burns it's all about the passion of the game! When I'm up at the net and someone tries to spike one over the OTRAIN they get a heavy dose of reality when they see the Oz roof them and say get that junk out of my house playa! I may sound brash and arrogant but that's how the game is played babes and gents! After each game I definitely do shake hands with my teammates and fellow pawns known as my competitors! It's always good to show good sportsmanship. The Oz says what is your favorite sport to play and why? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you so long!

Camping Oh What A Thrill!

Hey friends it's Oz here for a camping edition of The Oz Files. Um I'm kina not sober at the moment I think 11 drinks may do that to ya wow I love team trivia! Um So tonights blog topic is going to be what uis my favorite place to go camping and why is ti so amazing? Leah has a genius of a mind I am sooooo happy she's awesome in everyone every wy way imaginable! So my family and I love to go camping every year we do the camping thing all the tiem. When I say my family and I that means that I am part of the family can ya dig it babes and babets and guys and gents! Um so I like to gio intertubing and I will preface this by saying I won't be using spell check because i'm kinda not doing that tongiht too much work for the OTRAIN so bare with me with the typos! As I was saying i loev interubing and I lovehow my uncle get me on the tube then he makes a sharp turns and takes me a for a ride I will never forget ummm YEAH i fly off the tube and lay out in the lake on my back with such exhausintan it was sooo amzing! We love to go fishing and the fishies in the lake and in thee deep blue sea well they are my friends and I love them and I love to eat them but I don't like to gut them because that is kinda gross but so are peaches so I geuss you get my drift! Um sooo I should probobly answer the questin then what is my favorite camping spot and why is it so amazing? Um I'd have to say the eeeee best camping spot would have to be at 7 bays on lake rosevelts ho oh bay wbaby what a rush! The campsite is quite epic with great views and lots to do I love to swim and I lovd oto jump in the water! I love to eat while camping ohhhhh what a great time had by all! Well um I think I've done a lot of damamge for one night in more ways the an one! So tell me friends and friendetss um that's not a word. hatwhat is your favorite camping spot nd what makes it so amazing? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you so long!

Chucky VS Mickey!

Hey friends it's Oz here for a fight night edition of The Oz Files. Leah has decided that tonight's topic will be who would win a fight between Chucky E Cheese and Mickey Mouse? We will make this a lot easier on ourselves by calling the two characters Chucky and Mickey so we don't get lost. Wow this is a battle of the mouses which mouse will prevail? Only time will tell my dear friends. In one corner you got Mickey who's representing Disney and in the other corner you have Chucky who represents pizza and fun. Mickey is an old far so maybe his age and his grey hairs may put him at a disadvantage. Chucky he's not that old compared to old man Mick. Both guys are around kids all the time so they get a young vibrant feeling. Mickey is a fragile freak of nature he's oh so nice. Chucky on the other hand has his nice moments but I speak from prior experience he pushed me one time so I think he would have some brutal force. Mickey mouse has Donald Duck and Cinderella in his corner backing him up. Chucky has his band and a bratty 10 year old kid in his corner and of course a lot of pizza for his energy. Mickey starts off by doing a sneak attack from behind and he jumps on good ole Chucky threw Mickey down! Mickey was crying and he said, "Oh No my big Disney ears are hurting!" Chucky said, "Poor Mickey get up and fight like a big mouse get those big mouse pants on!" So mickey did not want to feel like a pansy so he got up and threw a punch to Chucky but Chucky blocked it and kicked Mickey down low. Mickey's eyes were filled with tears of sadness and pain. Chucky then picked up Mickey and he threw him across the room. Chucky could hear poor Mickey groaning in agony. Chucky then jumped from the table down to the floor where Mickey lay and landed on his little face. Finally Chucky rolled Mickey over and pinned him for the 1,2,3 count! There ya have it Chucky Cheese is the man and he's bigger and Donald Duck and Cindarella were consoling Mickey so they all shed a tear together. As far as Chucky and the band and the kid and the pizza they all lived happily ever after the end! Well what are your thoughts on this epic battle between the mouses? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you so long!

Vacation Destination!

Hey friends it's Oz here for a frequent flyer mile edition of The Oz Files. This blog may be one of the shortest blogs of mankind because I have to leave in like 20 minutes for work. I fell asleep before 8pm last night and just got the topic this morning so ummmmmmmmmm yeah! Leah has decided today's blog is going to be what is my best vacation I've ever taken? I've only taken a couple vacations only for a few days that is if you don't count camping which I do that all the time. I'd have to say my favorite vacation would be viva Las Vegas. Took a trip down there while i was going to SFCC for the national college newspaper conference and that is where I was introduced to some heavy drinking! Wow I was really not sober a lot of the time. Did a lot of fun stuff met a lot of interesting people down there. I gambled away and won wow I'm shocked wow yes. The food was good me and Hannah almost got lost in VEGAS at NIGHT so it was a good time. What is your favorite vacation destination? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you

Oz And Springtime!

Hey friends it's Oz again for a springtime edition of The Oz Files. It is now springtime and Leah has posed the question what is my favorite part of the spring? There are several things I like about the spring but I have to choose one and that is what I am going to do. People who know me best know that I am a huge sports fan. So some people may like the leaves turning different colors or maybe even they like spring cleaning. That definitely won't be for me no sirree bob. My favorite part about spring definitely has to be can you smell the green grass the hot dogs the smell of dirt oh yes that means one thing it's time for some Major League Baseball! When spring rolls around baseball season is starting up and I catch a case of the baseball fever. If your around me at this time of the year it's quite contagious so if you like baseball I highly recommend you catch the fever. Have you ever seen Fever Pitch? Oh boy the guy in that movie reminds me of myself wow so so similar! I won't knock anybody's favorite time of spring because between you and I when springtime rolls around that means that winter is long gone. Once spring passes us by that means that summer is just around the bend and that is my favorite time of the year. Maybe I'll talk about the summer when it is summer time oh the scorching heat! Anyways what is your favorite time of the spring? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you so long!

Parks And Recreation!

Hey friends it's Oz back again for a nature version of The Oz Files. Tonight's blog has been determined to be about Spokane area parks. What is my favorite Spokane park and why do I love it so much? Leah once again great topic and a story to be told that will knock your socks off. There are several parks around the city of Spokane and depending on what you like to do at a park your opinion may vary from mine. If you like quiet picnics and a lovely afternoon watching your kids play on the playground then maybe Manito Park is for you. If you like to play baseball or softball then maybe you will like a lot of the parks like Shadle Park, Comstock Park and Franklin Park. However those are great parks in there own right but I do have a park and a story to share and I hope you enjoy it. The park that I love most is Riverfront Park. First off there are a lot of things to do at Riverfront Park. You can feed the ducks and geese which I do on occasion and we will go back to that in a minute when I talk about a childhood experience. The Imax Theatre is in the park and you have rides and mini golf and ice skating rink. Also big events come to the park pig out at the park which brings in mega bank for the city and a lot of good food and entertainment. The entertainment isn't that great but people enjoy it none the less. Other events include July 4Th fireworks display with entertainment which is a huge family event good times had by all for sure. Bloomsday and Hoopfest always end up in the park those are two huge events. Way back in 1974 Riverfront Park was host to the Expo which to this day is the smallest city to ever host an expo. Also Riverfront Park is downtown by a lot of restaurants and by Riverpark Square Mall. As I say it's all about location, location, location. When I was younger my mom and my aunt took me to the park to feed the ducks and the geese and most times the seagulls like to steal the food they are such brats. I feed them bread and throw it in the blue stuff that is better known as water! Well my mom told me when I was younger we went down there and I fed the ducks and I somehow found a way to fall in the blue stuff! I guess someone was able to get me out because I sit here before you today. One of my great specialities is falling down and that sort of thing so that may not shock Leah would it? What is your favorite park in Spokane? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you so long!

The Rock!

Hey friends it's Oz back again for a rocky edition of The Oz Files. Today is Friday which means yes it's that time again it's free write Friday for The Oz Files fan club. Wow, I rumbled through a few topics and I have decided that I will be talking about the great American landmark known as Alcatraz AKA the ROCK! No, that is not the ROCK from WWE Do you smell what the rock is cooking? Alcatraz is located in San Fransisco Californian USA. It's located way out on the water past the golden gate bridge. Alcatraz was primarily used to house the prisoners that were being problematic in the other jails around the world. These were not your common criminals. The men who came to Alcatraz were men who were in mafias and gangs and known for murdering a lot of people and a lot of high level cases. Alcatraz is a giant structure it spans 22.6 acres which equals to 4,700 square feet. I have been to Alcatraz and let me tell you it's quite a sight to see. You can sit inside a jail cell and go to the D block and it's all quite inspiring. I will let you know your feet get tired after awhile walking around there is a lot of ground to cover. You take a ferry from the pier to get to Alcatraz then you have to swim back ahhahahaahaa NAH you take a ferry back too. This leads me to the escape attempts that were made. If your going to escape Alcatraz you have to be sneaky and smart and the bay area is filled with sharks so you gotta have some luck too. There were several attempts but one that stood out in my mind was the last attempt before they closed down Alcatraz. There were three guys who found a way to dig themselves out of there jail cells. They made dummies with faces and clothes to put in there beds so the guards would believe that they were there. They made a raft out of material from which one of the fellas worked. They knew what to do and when to do it. They were able to escape and nobody found them but they did find a piece of clothing on Angel Island which is an island not far from Alcatraz. The warden at the time at Alcatraz said they drowned but many people including myself believe and know that those guys escaped and I was mighty impressed. There have been many movies made about Alcatraz such as Escape From Alcatraz, The Birdman Of Alcatraz and The Rock and so many more. I urge you to go out and watch these films for they are a good cleansing of the soul. If your ever in the bay area you need to go to Alcatraz it's so worth the 7.00 and you will remember it for a lifetime! Well what do you think of Alcatraz? Well until next time may the Oz always be with you so long!