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Raven's Log
Stardate: 1.23.04
11:20 eastern time
Clarification has become my mantra
Here's the deal, everyone can speculate or say I'm wrong, but I would venture 90% or more of the people who don't call me Raven, who call me Scott are just trying to be "oh, look how cool I am." Raven is my stage name. Raven is my public name, you wouldn't talk to Marilyn Manson and call him Brian because he doesn't go by Brian. If John Wayne were alive, you wouldn't call him Marion (snicker) because that's his real name. You wouldn't call Tom Cruise Mr. Maytother or whatever the hell his last name is, you'd call him Tom or Mr. Cruise. Hey look, you're gonna call me what you're gonna call me. All I'm saying is I prefer Raven. Raven is also my name in the Screen Actor's Guild (yes, it does say Raven on the card and the bill for dues is sent for Raven). I also don't think by writing my journals and letting you have glimpses into what makes me tick that I've invited you to call me Scott. Similarly, if you are watching "Cribs" and Snoop Dogg is on and he lets you into his house, he's still not saying call me Bob or whatever the hell his name is. It is called TheRavenEffect.com, not ScottLevy.com anymore. I was incredibly flattered that Vic went to this much trouble creating this phenomenal site because of his respect for me. I think it's an incredibly generous act but I asked Vic that to make it official we change the name. He was cool with that. He understood that that is my public face. If your name is Richard, but you prefer Rich and I call you Dick, that's disrespectful even though Dick is a perfectly acceptable nickname for someone named Richard, just ask 'Tricky Dick' Nixon. To reprint a fan, "Destiny's," words:
"Did you even read Raven's journal entry?? He didn't say anything about fans knowing his real name, let alone that looking it up was disrespectful. And if you believe he would "freak out" on someone who did, you must have read that somewhere else. He didn't write it here.
Frankly, you seem to have missed the point of Raven's entry altogether. Let me help you. The point is, simply stated, courtesy. Wrestlers and other public figures have the same right to be treated courteously as everyone else. And in the matter of what to call them, courtesy means you call them whatever they wish to be called. Its' their right and privilege to decide what that is. Not mine. Not yours. I have one aunt who wants to be called "Aunt so & so" and another who wants to be called by her given name alone. The only way I would disregard their wishes is if I had no respect for them."
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You know what I prefer, but I respect your decision to call me what you want. But then you have to respect me if I decide to snub you if I feel your tone to be all insider-y. Yes, insider-y is not a word, but you can tell what it means.
Alright, enough of that. Whew, that was exhausting. If I were to continue any longer, you'd be better off watching a Van Hammer match. I know in a previous entry, I stated, "57 channels and nothin' on." I wish I never would've said that. I love TV, but I felt betrayed by my mistress because there was nothing on in my hotel room at that time. To be honest, whenever I hear people bitch about how there's nothing on TV anymore, I am amazed. There are at least 20-25 great shows on tv, which, lets face it, thats plenty of TV for one human being per week. To repeat, thats plenty of TV for one human being per week; you may need more if you're not gainfully employed. My personal favorites starting in order for the first four and then as I think of them:
1) TNA - I love wrestling, especially when I'm performing on it.
2) 24---
3)Alias - | Bar none, the two greatest TV shows I've ever seen, ever, bar none. I'm in love with Jennifer Garner and Kiefer Sutherland has made the greatest comeback since Travolta in Pulp Fiction |
4) Tough Crowd w/Colin Quinn - If anyone knows how to get me on this show, I will forever be in debt.
5) Line of Fire - How about the fact that FBI chief Lisa Cohen is Jack Bauer's dead wife.
6) MI5 - I love spy shit.
7) Karen Sisco - I can't believe this might get cancelled. It's smart sexy funny.
8) Carnivale - Wrestling is descended from the carnies, so how can I not love it? Plus all that god, super power hoo doo is cool stuff.
9) Threat Matrix - Why do the critics hate it? It's tremendous.
10) The Handler - Really stupid title, but the chick is really cute.
11) Scrubs - John McGinley is brilliant.
12) Newlyweds - Jessica Simpson is an idiot. Is Nick Lachey a bully for picking on her or a saint for putting up with her?
13) Las Vegas - Come on, it's Las Vegas! With James Caan!
14) Sunday Morning Shootout - For all my Hollywood news and gossip.
15) Arrested Development - I love familial dysfunction.
16) Celebrity Poker Showdown - I'm psychic. I picked Nicole Sullivan to win from the beginning.
17) Saturday Night Live - Not the same without Will Ferrell, but I love watching Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon make each other laugh and break character like Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.
18) Average Joe - I love watching fat guys get turned down and call the girl really shallow for not seeing what's underneath, even though they're the ones trying to hook up with the model.
19) Celebrity Mole: Yucatan - Angie Everhart may actually be hotter than Jennifer Garner.
20) Terry Jones' Medieval Lives - A member of Monty Python discussing medieval history as it really was, not as it was rewritten by the winners.
21) The Apprentice - 'Bout time they fired Sammy.
22) America's Next Top Model - I love pretentious stuck-up model wannabes getting their comeuppance.
23) My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance - How can you not love the premise? What people
will attempt to do for a million dollars.
I love TiVo. I love TV. I love them both. If you can't find something on TV with a TiVo at your disposal trolling the hours in the day or night when you might not be around, then you just aren't looking hard enough. A world without TiVo is like a world without sunshine.
Preparing to absorb a nice healthy dose of cathode rays.
P.S. I decided - screw typing and I bought the Dragon program where you just talk into the computer.
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