I keep threatening to update this fucking thing more often, but reality keeps intervening.
I think I’m going to give myself a “to do” list everyday, and make my blog a daily part of that shit. I don’t like to put myself on a rigid schedule like that, but realistically it might be the only fucking way I’m ever gonna get shit done.
I watched this youtube video the other day, where there a guy was talking about “earning your breakfast.” What he meant was that you should do something first thing in the morning; go for a run, lift weights, do some yoga, etc – and that after you’ve done something physical you’ll have earned your morning meal.
Well, I really liked that concept, so I started applying it to my life, and besides the obvious health benefits, I find that putting something like that in a “rule” form helps me get it done.
I’m going to have to find something like that to get me to write here more often.
Maybe I won’t allow myself to jerk off unless I write… well, that won’t work, because sometimes I have to jerk off before I write just so that I can relax and concentrate (or at least that’s what I tell myself.)
Why am I lying? Nothing is gonna stop me from jerking off, I’m a freak!
Anyway, maybe I won’t allow myself to go online until I write… although that might not always be the best idea either, because that’s a major source of inspiration for me.
Either way, I’ll find something.
So, as an update, since the last time I wrote here tons of cool shit has happened.
First off I went to London for the first time.
What a trip that was, both literally and figuratively. I always thought it was cool back when I lived in Boston to go check out the old historic buildings. There’s this one old cemetery that I’ve been to a few times that has tombstones that date way back to the 1600s. It’s such a weird thing to wrap your brain around; that someone lived in that same area hundreds of years ago; before cars, before phones, before air travel – very little of their world resembles the world today, and it all went down right where you’re standing.
It’s just one of those things that makes you go, “wow” when you look at it and think about it.
Well, if Boston makes you go “wow,” London makes you go “Holy fucking shit!”
It was so fucking cool, we were driving by Castles – I mean like real live, King and Queen inside with a moat outside type Castles. Beautiful, ancient buildings built in a style that will most likely never be replicated in human history, and there it is right in front of your eyes, still standing.
So much cool old architecture, with modern buildings right next to them, while cars drive past them on roads invented for horse and buggy traffic.
I did two nights of stand up in London at a cool place called the Arts Theatre.
The way we’ve I’ve been trying to do it, is every time I’ve got to travel for the UFC, I just set up comedy shows out there to go along with it. There’s a really cool comic from Manchester named Dave Bishop that I met on my messageboard, and we’ve been doing these gigs together over there. He sets them up and secures the venue, and then he opens for me. We did Manchester, Belfast, and now London. It’s been fucking awesome. For one thing, he’s a really cool guy; very friendly, very smart, and he’s a real comic. He really loves the art form, and he’s having a great time with it. It was really a pleasure to work with him, and I’m looking forward to doing more shows with him the next time I get to the UK.
He wrote a blog about it that you can check out here:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=44398692&blogID=308976606
It’s cool doing shows in England, because the comedy transfers perfectly over there.
For whatever reason some English humor can be an acquired taste to people living in the US (except for Ali G, of course. Respect,) but American stand up just seems to fit right in over there.
It’s almost like they’re too polite for us, but our harsher sensibilities are really appreciated over there. Who knows. Whatever the fucking reason, the crowds were fantastic, and I can’t wait to go back. London has got to be one of the coolest cities in the world. Compared to your average US city it’s just shocking how much nicer and cooler most of the people you meet over there are. I don’t know why that is, but it would do us all a lot of good if someone could figure out what the difference is.
One of the coolest things by far, was traveling half way across the world and seeing a dude with a Joe Rogan T shirt on.
THAT was a fucking trip.
The fights were fantastic, and the trip was one for the ages.
I’m starting a new thing on the site soon, where I give away 2 free pairs of tickets to any of my shows every week. What I’m trying to do, is to get more people to sign up for the mailing list that I’m putting together. I know that I haven’t been the best at keeping this site current, but nothing annoys me more than when I’ve just left a town, and I get an email from someone saying, “Hey man, when are you coming here?”
And then I have to tell them that I was just there, and I probably won’t back again for at least 6 to 8 months. That fucking sucks.
The best way to keep that shit from happening is to sign up for my email list.
I’ll never give it away to anyone, and if you want to be removed, there’s an unsubscribe link with every email I send out. And if you ever unsubscribe and want to come back, fuck it, that’s ok too.
I’m off to San Francisco this weekend for two shows Friday night at Cobb’s. I was just there a month ago, but they’re having some 25th anniversary celebration this whole month, and they asked if I would come by and celebrate with them and perform one night. Since it’s one of my favorite clubs in the country, of course I said yes, and that I was honored.
It’s only one night, though. Just 2 shows on Friday. If you live in San Fran, hopefully I’ll see you there. And I’m gonna get this whole update thing figured out. This new version of the site is really sort of a work in progress, so I should have some new features up very soon.
Thanks for tuning in…
I recently got some SF grime under my nails and totally dug that place. Although it doesn’t have castles, like fucking London. Have a blast.
Jill
I workout first thing in the morning too, but I wake up at 2:30 in the morning and drink a cup of weight gainer so that my body will have the fuel it needs when I get up at 5 AM. I use Up-Your-Mass which I’ve gotten great results on. The vanilla tastes great in water.
Here’s my mornings…
When I wake up at 5 I review the day’s schedule, and head off to the gym. My primary concern is to mentally prepare myself for the day ahead. I’m still in high school but I take three AP level college courses and am also studying Aristotelean philosophy in my spare time so that I’m literally studying sixteen hours a day. That shit calls for some serious mental preparation. So I run out of my house, get in my truck, blast some heavy metal, and get pumped for my workout during the ride.
I make my workouts as intense as possible. I lift weights between all-out suicides so that I’m always breathing hard, gasping for air. I focus on my regrets, on the mistakes I made in the past, on my weaknesses, and on the meaninglessness, gluttony, and violence that are destroying people’s lives. I do this while I work to exhaustion, as the lactic acid floods my system, and neurochemicals fluctuate in my fucked up mind. After half-an-hour of this physical and mental gauntlet I sit down and stretch. As I stretch I practice mindfulness meditation which neurological research (and my own personal experience) has shown to increase focus and improve memory. When I’m done stretching I drive home, take a shower, and then have breakfast. Today I had two bananas, a kiwi, whey protein, leaf spinach, chopped broccoli, flax seed, and another cup of weight gainer. Some people might call me a “health nut”, but I might in turn call those people lazy, jaded, gluttonous slobs that would literally eat horse shit if it tasted good enough. And I know this because the stuff they eat now isn’t far from it.
Anyway, you’re my fucking hero Rogan! Keep up the good work
“For whatever reason some English humor can be an acquired taste to people living in the US (except for Ali G, of course. Respect,) but American stand up just seems to fit right in over there.”
Just out of curiosity, how well does Dane Cook fit in over seas? You also have my sister’s birthday. Congratulations on turning fourty. Big day. If it is not too much trouble I would like to ask: what is the main driving force that keeps you so dedicated to your profession?
10/4/2007 9:55:52 PM
Globalization
If you don’t see it happening, you must be living in a hole somewhere. Even people who recognize globalization as a dynamic force seem to view it as an economic situation. The globalization of markets may be easier to see. Well, what were the people doing when countries were originally able travel by boat to other countries(after a few discoveries?) They were either killing or trading. About five-hundred years later, and we’re still killing and trading. These two aspects of globalization may not be moving quicker, they just had a head start. Killing and trading are pretty easy. Who doesn’t want to test out all those brute skills and weapons on some people because they are different? And obviously trading comes natural, because everyone wants money. All a business takes is a contract and the money can usually be converted quite easily, unlike most things in other spectrums. If they don’t honor the contract, then the killing comes back into play. Thankfully, there are apparent signs of this globalization beyond violence and commerce. Whether the other forms of globalization are successful for all depends on the undertaking of the people. Let ol’ George Bush take care of the killing and hopefully Cheney is a good businessman. In all of our best interests, there is significantly more freedom in the fields the common people can partake in. Language helped. Writing helped. The radio helped. Television helped. Now the internet is settling in. That is what makes it a long road whether it is good or bad. The common person is sharing ideas like never before. (How funny is it to watch some people operate the computer?) Ideas from great thinkers and artists of the past generations are about to become possible. After people start meeting and interacting with others, more understanding will come. (Others does not mean within 10,100, or 1000 miles) How many people in this world think that all other people are as great as themselves? How many people in the United States? We need to realize why people are trailing us in numerous categories that we deem important. It is because we have either physically held them behind or simply not shared what we’ve had. Slavery in the United States lasted until 1865. How many generations of white people lived in a free society before that? Too many to count. I don’t even understand how racism is still a common word. I heard two people arguing not to long ago about this issue during the week honoring the Little Rock Nine. One of them said racism was cured and one said there had been no progress since slavery. I wanted to slap both of them. There will still be racism until everyone forgets what it means. Growing up in a southern all white community can be sickening. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is getting better everywhere, including where I am from. Where it used to be ok to verbally downgrade other races openly, now people just think it and say it under their breath when they get upset. We have entered the politically correct era. They’re trying at least. Bottom line: You are dumb if you think any less of any person because of the color of their skin. Back to the main subject. There are two main directions we can take the globalization of culture. People are going to have to embrace it, because it will soon be unable to deny. We can either pick and chose our favorite things out of the diverse situations we encounter, or we can just continue to follow the leader. You don’t have to look to far to notice most people are their conditioning. It’s very difficult to see through. Either we can move through it and help others along the way, or we can sink back in to the path created around us. People tell us what to think. People tell us what to eat. People tell us how to act. People tell us how to do everything everywhere we go. It doesn’t change with age. You just get new people telling you what to do. Many people seem to have two people guiding them through this life. One side is being driven by the conditioning they’ve had, and one side is being driven by the person they want to create. Then you have people who only have the first person active. They aren’t creating anything new, because they are having a hard enough time living up to the goals that have been laid before them. (The cute house, nice job, and the family…(Just the most common one)) No one can really be blamed for the slow process. You have to search long and hard, respecting many opinions, while taking what substance you actual value. If people can release from what holds them back and embrace what sets them free, globalization should be one hell of a ride.
I prefer to masturbate in the morning and workout in the evening. Starts the day off right, and I feel accomplished when I get to bed no matter how the day goes.
Anyway LOVED the event, and frankly JOE I think you do a great job with the post interviews. It must take some heart to talk to a guy about a beat down he just took.
But more importantly…what brand shirt were you wearing that night (Black button down with diagonal stripes) It looked amazing, and I’d like to gift it. Been looking all over NYC, but no dice. Can you help a girl out and lay a name on me?
I find that the kindness and free thinking of Europeans come from centuries of being butt to butt with neighboring countries with vast differences in language, food and personalities. If everyone in the US would be forced to take a subway every day for centuries and deal with all the wacky personalities on a daily basis, a shift may occur here as well.
Joe, really dig your way of thinking and op. I would like to hear your op about things like preordained destiny, fate, vs creating your own reality. I mean are some people just fucking lucky or is it the positions they put themselves in through plan. Curious about what you think, being as that you have been around lots of famous people and wannabes as well. I dont really expect you to reply to this, but what the hay. I train in BJJ and Muay thai so major respect from me on your dedication to martial arts. BTW happy birthday, I’ll be 49 oct 15th and it’s not so bad bro! My space: chainedlightining See ya in florida soon I hope, Rick
ily joe happy late bday