Blast from the past
Bored at work. Googled my name. Found my name in some articles I never knew about! Here's a couple good ones:
Chesapeake Cougars
1998-99 record: 6-7
Coach: Tom Slichter
Top wrestlers: Jeff Eveleth, Sr., 119/125; Matt Eveleth, So., 112/119; Melvin Guthrie, Sr., 189; John Mosca, Sr., 160; Mike Slichter, Sr., 152; Josh Metzler, Sr., 140/145.
Outlook: Slichter has some problems any coach would like to have. State champion Jeff Eveleth (31-2) and runner-up brother Matt (31-3) lead a solid returning group that's missing just two starters from a season ago. And then Slichter rattles off a talented list of newcomers with junior league experience -- freshmen Steve Yaruta, Adam and Alex Necessary and so on. "The young guys are following the older guys real well," said Slichter. "They're going to be a good basis to build on for the future." Joining the Eveleth brothers as returning state qualifiers are Mosca and Guthrie, who provide a good basis for now. Questions arrive at the higher weight classes, where the Cougars have no set wrestlers at 171 and heavyweight. Guthrie may be called upon to wrestle at heavyweight on occasion.
This was, I believe, a preview for the 2000 season when we won states. Sure, I was a captain that year, but I chuckled when I saw the "Top wrestlers" thing. I guess when I think about it there were really only 2 guys who could beat me on the team, Melivn and John (because I outweighed Matt and Jeff) , but it sounds weird to be put in that context. I definitely wasn't a "Top wrestler" in the 152 weight class. I think I only won about 70% of my matches that year.
I found an even older one, from when I guess I was around 12. I won't quote the whole article, but here's where I appear:
12-and-under long jump -- 1. Amanda Collins 8-6; 2. Jaime Collins 7-11; 3. Mike Slichter 7-8.
12-and-under 100 dash - 1. Mike Slichter 15.3; 2. Jaime Collins 15.4; 3. Amanda Collins 16.3
13-and-under boys 200 dash - 1. Chris Collins 30.9; 2. Mike Slichter 37.9.
Yea sure, I lost the long jump to 2 girls. But I beat them in the 100y dash! That's what counts! And besides, girls mature faster than boys at that age, right?
And then there's this one, describing a match I still remember to this day.
The fourth-ranked Arndel Wildcats picked up forfeits in two of the final three weight classes to come from behind and squeak by the third-ranked Cougars 34-33 last night in a battle of two of the top high school wrestling teams in the county.
After dropping the first three matches, the Wildcats stormed back with a pin from Dave Bowser at 125 and wins from Ryan Lowder (130), Mike Money (135), Matt Stoy (140), and Brady Wise (145) to take the lead.
The Cougars regained control late with a pin from Mike Slichter at 152, a decision from John Mosca at 160 and a pin from Melvin Guthrie at 189, but had to forfeit the 171 and 275...
The reason this sticks out is because this was the match where I had my first, and only, defensive pin. Ah, memories. There used to be a picture of it on the Maryland wrestling forums, but I'll be damned if I can find it now. My Google skills have failed me.
Anyhow, 7 minutes left at work. BYE!
My brain hurts
Not because the material was overly hard, but because of how many hours I spent studying the most dry material in the world. I didn't want to waste $258 dollars, so I had to make sure I passed! 
So after a week of work, I get to add a new line to my resume, and use the picture below on my business card (lol):
Random Updates
Well I haven't done a post about myself in a while, and I can't really think of anything else to put up here at the moments, so here's whats been going on in my world.
Between work and being a geek in WoW, I still find time for rec leagues. Softball ended not too long ago with my team being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Bummer. My flag football team is currently 4 - 1, and it looks as if we have a very good chance of placing first.
I recently spent a couple days up in the mountains of northern PA. It snowed most of the weekend, but we still managed to do a lot of sight seeing and bar hopping. We lost power at one point, and had to melt snow to use to flush toilets. Good times.
I also recently broke it off with my girlfriend of two and a half years. It sucked, I wish her all the best and hope to hear from her down the road, but it was something that had to be done for both our sakes.
On the weight loss front, I've been pretty lazy as of late. I haven't been to the gym in I guess 2 weeks now, but I am still shedding the pounds. Mostly due to not eating out every freakin day! I'm not sure how soon I'll get back to the gym, because I'm pretty busy with other things going on, and I still need my free time. In fact I may cancel my membership all together, because frankly playing sports is doing a lot more for me than going to the gym was.
Anyhow, that's it for now. So stop bugging me to update! 
My first bag of crap!
That's right ladies and gentlemen, I am the proud recipient of my very first bag of crap from a recent Wootoff! Here are the spoils:
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Overall not a bad $8 spent. The watch and mp3 player are pretty nice, the drink thingy is amusing, and the case might be used for something. The little remote control car and stupid light up football helmets went in the trash though. Guess they have to include some crap in the bag.
The quest to lose a few
So it seems I've been pretty lazy for the past couple months. I had an excuse at one point, I hurt my back pretty badly, and while I still have the injury (it'll never go away without surgery), it's to the point where it doesn't cause me enough pain to justify being lazy anymore.
So I went over to the gym the other day, and thought "Hey, there's a scale, I wonder how much I weigh now!". Well, needless to say it was a lot worse than I expected. 227lbs. Fuck.
So I've decided to get back down to a respectable weight, around 190, and to encourage myself, I'll be posting my progress here. That way, if I'm still a fatass in a couple weeks, you all can make fun of me.
Now, here's a picture of me at 227lbs, I'll spare you the pain and keep my shirt on:
I am the least photogenic person in the world.
- Note the beer belly I've been working on for the past couple months. While it is a thing of beauty, it has to go. The belly that is, not the beer.
- I'm also losing my hair. I cut it shorter in hopes that it wouldn't be as noticeable, but it is. Not much I can do about that I guess.
- Check out my thermostat. Pretty bitchin' huh?
- I just made you look at my crotch.
So I'm enlisting the help of you all, to keep me from being lazy. If you see me, ask me when the last time I went to the gym was. If it was over 2 days ago, you have permission to slap, and ridicule me.
I'll try to update every week.