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A world called the Pacific Crest Trail. Cheryl's mother- who she was close with, comes down with cancer. She goes through losing her mom very fast. It seemed like one minute was the diagnosis and the next she was gone. She felt like a part of her soul was torn away.The amount she loved us was beyond her reach. It could not be quantified or contained. It was the ten thousand named things in the Tao Te Ching's universe and then ten thousandEveryone's new favorite book: yes, I loved it too.DO YOU WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING STUPID? During the first half, I wasn't sure how much I liked it. Because I am crazy. Because it is good! It is all good. But it was different, at first, than I expected. I was joking before, that for fans of Sugar (an inevitable readership for this book), there almost needs to be two ratings: one for book-ness, and one for Sugar-ness. By nature, the essays in "Dear Sugar" are written in a way that requir 1.5 stars - I didn't like it. Check out this review and others like it at BadAssBookReviews Wild is getting quite a bit of national buzz, my local friends have been pushing me to read it and as a result, I resisted starting this book.

Reading Wild was a combination of a fuzzy walk down a specific memory lane of my early to mid-twenties and a current wish fulfillment fantasy. Author Cheryl Strayed is a few years older than me, her memoir is focused on her childhood, her teen years, her college aged time period and then her m Finally finished listening to this as an audio. I have my problems with it. I may or may not review it, we'll see.***Alright, I've given it some thought and feel that I should try to capture some of what this book made me feel (and didn't feel as it were). This memoir is essentially two stories that sometimes intersect with each other but more often than not run parallel. One story is Cheryl's 90+ day 1100 mile solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail when she was 26 years old. this book has changed meDear Sugar The breaking of so great a thingshould make a greater crack.Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra4 1/2Cheryl Strayed on the PCT, 1995The words at the top are the author’s epigraph to the first part of her book.

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Sports Accomplishments: Former PXC Heavyweight Champion; won MFL Championships with the UOG Tritons, Miller Bears, and Cars Plus Rams; played in the Miller Football League with several teams from 1990 to 2010 as a fullback and halfback; brown belt in Jiu Jitsu under Professor Dan O’Connor. Family: Son-Giovanni Chong 23yrs. in USMC; eastpak backpack hutsonDaughter-Janel Gumataotao 29yrs. residing in the state of Washington; tamrac jazz backpackFiance’- Jennifer M. Cruz from Chalan Pago GSPN: You haven’t fought in almost five years. Do you miss it? MC: I miss it a lot. It was fun and exciting and fighting was a great stress reliever for me because of the high stress job of being a police officer. GSPN: What do you miss the most about the fight game? MC: The pride that I see in the eyes of my kids after my fights whether or not I win or lose.

GSPN: You are one of the forefathers of MMA on Guam. From your perspective, how has the fight game changed since your Superbrawl days in 1999? MC: The fight game has changed a lot since I first started. Before, guys who thought they were tough would sign up to fight even though they weren’t really prepared. Now, a person really has to train properly before getting into the ring or else they will get seriously hurt. Fighters are taking training much more seriously unlike in the past. GSPN: You had some big battles against the toughest dudes in the Marianas. Which fight sticks out in your mind and why? MC: “Jammin” Jay Santos was my most memorable fight because he injured me pretty bad in the first round but I was still able to continue fighting. He kicked me on the head, kneed me on my left eye causing me to close it for the rest of the fight, bloodied my nose, and came at me like a hatch gamefowl, but I was responding with some offense myself. In the end, I was declared the winner.

GSPN: Why do you think there aren’t that many guys getting into MMA nowadays? MC: It takes a certain kind of person to get into the ring and try to rip someone’s head off while keeping your head from getting ripped off also. Fighting is not for everyone. Training takes up a huge amount of time and the prize money is decent but you can’t support a family if that is your only income. Then there is always the possibility of getting injured. So the true advantage of fighting is the recognition you get from people who watch the fights. GSPN: As a football fullback, did anyone challenge you on the field knowing you’re a cage fighter? MC: I was a really nice guy on the football field so I never had any problems with other football players. Although I did threaten people with serious bodily harm, that was done during the heat of battle.  GSPN: What was more gratifying, a football championship or MMA win? MC: Football championships were more rewarding because I like playing football more that I like doing MMA.

GSPN: You once told me you wanted to fight at least 50 times. Could you have really pulled that off? MC: Yes I could have. I fought 25 times and the last time was in December 16, 2011, two days after my father died. There have been at least 25 fighting events between Guam and Saipan since then. If there had been heavyweight fighters willing to fight then I could have reached that goal. GSPN: There’s a big push to NOT play football because of concussions nationwide. What’s more dangerous to the head: football or MMA? MC: Football is more dangerous because when heads collide, it usually is at full speed. Head punches or kicks come from two to five feet away. Plus, the referees stop the fight before too much damage happens. GSPN: Which fight would you love the have a rematch and why? MC: I don’t bother myself with people who don’t matter in my life. If a fight happens, it’s for the money nothing more, nothing less. I’m too busy with work to think about who to fight.