Post by Jack Jones on Oct 13, 2021 12:05:00 GMT -5
Jack is at home making some chili. He has a big pot simmering over the gas stove.
“Ya know I was never really ta good at cooking, was always my mom who does that. But I can bbq outside well enough and I learned how to make some damn fine chili. I like it super spicy. I use some grade a ground beef. I use a bit of cheap tomato sauce and mix it up with a bit of bland bbq sauce, put in some pinto beans. Then chop up a whole onion in tiny little piece, a lot of garlic powder, then I chop up some jalapenos, a few serrano peppers, a lot of black pepper, a tiny bit of lemon pepper, a nice amount of salt, mix stir, let it simmer, then at the end add some Louisiana hot sauce for added flavor and color. Stir and simmer a few more minutes, then turn off stove, let it cool off a few minutes then serve and eat. Walah, Jack’s 5 alarm chili. It is perfection.”
Jack smiles as he pours himself a bowl.
“It is honestly one of the few things that I can do that I can honestly say is perfect. And while that may seem sad to some of you, its not, a man should never think anything in his life is perfection. Not his career goals. Not his accomplishments, not output, nor his yearning for more. We should never be happy with our status in life. We should always want more for ourselves. We should always push ourselves to be better. And never be satisfied with what we have.”
Jack takes a few bites, and smiles.
“But what do you do if you are already at the top of your profession, where there is no way you can go up from there? You are at the pinnacle and no where left to go. Well I could dip my foot into other promotions but lets be real, no promotions ever last very long at least not compared to SFT. And no other federation comes close to being as good as SFT. So that is out of the question. I could go merry go round and go down the list in SFT and beat everyone twice. Or I could give up the title and then work my way up the list and win it again? Hmmm. Or I could just stay where I am at with the world title and just beat everyone twice so they realize who the top dog is? Yeah that might work.”
Jack is mostly talking to himself at this point.
“My upcoming opponent will be none other than the mighty Emerson Embry. A good friend of mine. A good friend to everybody I dare say. There is not a bad bone in his body. And I can think of no one better to hold the world title if I am not holding it. But that being said, I will not lay down and let Emerson just walk away with my World title. Emerson will have to earn it. He will have to win it, and I dont plan ta lose it on Titans. Nope, no way, no how. I just got it not too long ago. I got the leather broken in just how I like it.”
“Emerson is one of them types that you just cant help but root for. You see him on TV or live and you cant help but give him your heart. He is the everday man, the blue collar type who has had a rough go of it and everyone can relate to him. He fights hard and when he wins, its as if we all won, when he loses, its as if we all lost. Our hearts are with him and as him. We fall as him, and we succeed through him and with him. Its quite the story that we have with Em. They call him the peoples champion and I would wholeheartedly agree. He represents all the people. All the little people who get the shaft. All the kids who strive to be better. All the weaker people who rise up when they need that extra strength. Emerson is that little guy who never stops, and we all cheer for him. We want him to have our strength, our hearts, our souls. Emerson is everything that we want to be, a person who we want to be. A person we should all strive to be. His inner strength is incredible and everyone should look up to him. But Emerson it took me time to get the world title again, and as much as I like you and respect you. I have to defend the title to the best of my ability. I finally got the chili just the way I like it, and I got the world title just the way I like it. Lets just sit back and enjoy it for a moment before moving on, shall we?”
Jack goes back to his meal.
“Goodluck to you Emerson, goodluck to us both.”
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“Ya know I was never really ta good at cooking, was always my mom who does that. But I can bbq outside well enough and I learned how to make some damn fine chili. I like it super spicy. I use some grade a ground beef. I use a bit of cheap tomato sauce and mix it up with a bit of bland bbq sauce, put in some pinto beans. Then chop up a whole onion in tiny little piece, a lot of garlic powder, then I chop up some jalapenos, a few serrano peppers, a lot of black pepper, a tiny bit of lemon pepper, a nice amount of salt, mix stir, let it simmer, then at the end add some Louisiana hot sauce for added flavor and color. Stir and simmer a few more minutes, then turn off stove, let it cool off a few minutes then serve and eat. Walah, Jack’s 5 alarm chili. It is perfection.”
Jack smiles as he pours himself a bowl.
“It is honestly one of the few things that I can do that I can honestly say is perfect. And while that may seem sad to some of you, its not, a man should never think anything in his life is perfection. Not his career goals. Not his accomplishments, not output, nor his yearning for more. We should never be happy with our status in life. We should always want more for ourselves. We should always push ourselves to be better. And never be satisfied with what we have.”
Jack takes a few bites, and smiles.
“But what do you do if you are already at the top of your profession, where there is no way you can go up from there? You are at the pinnacle and no where left to go. Well I could dip my foot into other promotions but lets be real, no promotions ever last very long at least not compared to SFT. And no other federation comes close to being as good as SFT. So that is out of the question. I could go merry go round and go down the list in SFT and beat everyone twice. Or I could give up the title and then work my way up the list and win it again? Hmmm. Or I could just stay where I am at with the world title and just beat everyone twice so they realize who the top dog is? Yeah that might work.”
Jack is mostly talking to himself at this point.
“My upcoming opponent will be none other than the mighty Emerson Embry. A good friend of mine. A good friend to everybody I dare say. There is not a bad bone in his body. And I can think of no one better to hold the world title if I am not holding it. But that being said, I will not lay down and let Emerson just walk away with my World title. Emerson will have to earn it. He will have to win it, and I dont plan ta lose it on Titans. Nope, no way, no how. I just got it not too long ago. I got the leather broken in just how I like it.”
“Emerson is one of them types that you just cant help but root for. You see him on TV or live and you cant help but give him your heart. He is the everday man, the blue collar type who has had a rough go of it and everyone can relate to him. He fights hard and when he wins, its as if we all won, when he loses, its as if we all lost. Our hearts are with him and as him. We fall as him, and we succeed through him and with him. Its quite the story that we have with Em. They call him the peoples champion and I would wholeheartedly agree. He represents all the people. All the little people who get the shaft. All the kids who strive to be better. All the weaker people who rise up when they need that extra strength. Emerson is that little guy who never stops, and we all cheer for him. We want him to have our strength, our hearts, our souls. Emerson is everything that we want to be, a person who we want to be. A person we should all strive to be. His inner strength is incredible and everyone should look up to him. But Emerson it took me time to get the world title again, and as much as I like you and respect you. I have to defend the title to the best of my ability. I finally got the chili just the way I like it, and I got the world title just the way I like it. Lets just sit back and enjoy it for a moment before moving on, shall we?”
Jack goes back to his meal.
“Goodluck to you Emerson, goodluck to us both.”
Fade to light
