The Shine

Finger lickin' death

I'm not sure of the address for the diner, it's kind of in the middle of nowhere. Its strange location could be part of it, maybe that place naturally has more magic flowing to it and that's why it's built where it is.

Without an address I was still able to find it on the tax assessor's website. Steve's All-Nite Diner is owned by Raymond Pine. Internet snooping didn't really tell me much about Raymond Pine though. Hard to know even if I had the right Raymond Pine. I'm not sure what I was looking for.

Another thing I had to do was drive 400 miles to Frankfurt. I got a little distracted and almost slammed into a poultry truck. I don't think I'm a bad driver but I don't have a license and no one ever taught me how to drive, I just learned on my own. So it's hard to be sure about that too.

A lot of wrestlers die of heart explosion because they're on every drug known to man. Those that don't die that way often die in car wrecks because they drive all the time. Often late at night/early in the morning. Often they're drunk and/or high, which doesn't help either. What would really be great is a transportation spell. I should look into that.

Since I didn't slam into a chicken truck and die I got into Frankfurt around noon. I messed around on my phone seeing what else I could find out about Raymond Pine or the diner before I fell asleep.

I was woken up by a cop tapping on my window. This happens sometimes. I told him I was a wrestler there to work a show and he was cool with it. I've been charged with vagrancy a time or two. Since I never appeared in court or paid any fines there's probably some warrants out there for me. I'm not a criminal though, I swear.

Before the show, one of the promoter's lackeys was hassling me about my intro music. He wasn't happy that I don't have any. I've been hassled about not having a gimmick and not having a finish and not having the right gear but this is this first time I've gotten crap about not having music. If you ask me these small venues trying to do shit like on the TV just ends up making them look worse.

The music man had a fucking boombox that he was going to hold up to the PA mic as his sound system and he's worried about me making the show look "bush league" by not having a song for him to play? My theory is if you're going to run a show don't try to make it look like the WWE, that just ends up making you look worse by inviting the comparison.

I worked Prinsexxy which is supposed to be a mash-up of princess and sexy but it doesn't sound right. Those two words don't meld together. She wasn't much of a wrestler but she had great ring gear. Slutty Disney Princess isn't an earthshakingly original gimmick but she had a nice look. She came down to the ring in a robe or a gown that was coral pink and had big wing-like things and feathers and all kinds of shit.

The entrance looked great. Once she got in the ring she didn't look nearly so hot. I've heard veterans say that your entrance is half of what people remember. Maybe I should work on something other than walking to the ring with zero fanfare doing nothing.

The shows I work are a hodgepodge, you get people like Prinsexxxy that have sunk a lot of money into their shtick and then fifteen guys in sweatpants and a black t-shirt. Some of them don't even have boots.

I get crap for my ring gear but at least I have boots. What I want to know is where did Slutty Disney Princess get the cash for all that hardware? I saw her luggage backstage, that's not her only get-up. She has several other equally elaborate rigs. She's working the same show I am for thirty-five bucks. How can she afford it?    

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