Post by Deleted on May 17, 2018 17:19:13 GMT -5
******* ON CAMERA *******
"You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off you"
Carter Strong raises both hands up, one holding a very large chef's knife as he mimics the drums in the song, along with the beat of the horn section"
"I love you baby
And if it's quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Trust in me when I say"
He turns his head slightly and sees himself on the camera singing along to the song as he's obviously preparing a meal.
"Uhm.... welcome to Cooking with Carter."
He gives a bit of a smile as the song comes to an end. He reaches over and hits pause on the spotify playlist as he looks back at the camera.
"Alright, I won't try to be funny anymore."
Carter smiles again as he goes back to cutting up several small golden nugget potatoes. He sets them on a cookie sheet along with a large bunch of asparagus.
"So you're probably sitting there wondering why this six foot ten, three hundred and sixty five pound guy is on camera singing along to Frankie Valli and cutting up vegetables. Well there's a couple of reasons. Number one, I like Frankie Valli. Number two, I am preparing a meal because I have a date tonight and cooking helps me to relax and collect my thoughts. My reason for doing it on camera, well that's part of collecting my thoughts. I have a match coming up against someone I consider a friend, and even though i'm focused, it's still not an one of those things I feel great about. Facing that big jerk Chris Marks, that was easy to get pumped for. He made me want to punch him in the face. This match, just like my last match, I'm facing off against someone that I like and respect. At Unscripted, me and Iphy were able to beat Melina and Ryuji. Obviously I was excited and happy for the win, but I couldn't help but feel bad that my friend had to lose in order for me to win."
Carter finishes cutting up his potatoes and pours a bit of olive oil and melted butter over them and the asparagus before sprinkling on some fresh sea salt and cracked pepper. He squeezes a lemon over the asparagus and sets them aside as he pulls out several piece of chicken, cleans them up and places them on another cookie sheet.
"I knew that I might have to face friends and people that I like. I didn't expect it to be all Chris Marks' and Jason Hunter's and Jimmy Pagan's that I would have to beat up. I just didn't expect three of my first five matches to be against friends, and four of the first five to be against people I respect. I just wanted to make it clear I do respect Kimo, I just wouldn't really call us friends. So, that's part of the reason for me cooking right now. The reason i'm doing it on camera and talking about my match, well Mercedes and Devlin said that they really like for the roster to talk to the fans and hype up the matches and the shows. Which if you didn't know, Hype number twelve, Saturday, May nineteenth, two thousand and eighteen, live from Oakland, California from the Gym at Merritt College, show starts at eight PM pacific time, doors open at seven PM Pacific time."
Carter gives a thumbs up as he rattles off all the show info and smiles a bit.
"I'm not sure how many tickets are left, but I will say right now, if you purchase or have purchased front row seats and bring a Carter Strong sign, I will definitely take a picture with you. If you bring a sharpie, I will sign your sign."
Carter mimics signing something and gives another thumbs up as he continues smiling.
"Alright, back to the issue at hand. In just a few nights, I have to step in to that ring against Melina Wilson. On paper, it looks like everything is in my favor. I just beat her in a tag team match along with Iphigenia Medrapedes. I outweigh her by two hundred and forty five pounds. I'm a foot taller than her, so even with those crazy long legs, it's gonna be difficult for her to deliver some of those kicks. She does have an advantage on speed and she has some great submission skills, but being as big as I am, I can cut off the ring very quickly to negate her speed. Those submissions, with her only being a hundred and twenty pounds, I can lift her up to break a lot of them. I'm not trying to downplay her skills at all. I know she's talented and tough and is no doubt figuring out a strategy to take me down. She's probably watching my match against Iphy and looking for the weakness that Iphy was able to exploit. I have also watched that match over and over and over and trained to not allow her to exploit that."
Carter just shakes his head as he mixes up a few different seasonings in a small bowl, then liberally sprinkles them over the six pieces of chicken he had placed on the cookie sheet. He takes a lemon and starts cutting small slices as his oven dings a few times to indicate it's pre-heated.
"So, if I've done what i need to do to shore up my weakness, I have all these physical advantages, and I learned to not freeze up or be cautious when i'm in the ring against a friend, why am I still nervous about this match? Because at the end of the day, I'm not sure that I won't freeze up. i'm not sure that I won't, not hold back. I'm not completely sure I can go out to that ring and run over my friend with a shoulder tackle. In truth, it would probably be a bit easier if she didn't have the most adorable kid ever, and he wasn't a fan of mine. Although last weak he did say I was gonna win and mommy was gonna lose. Hopefully he's okay with the same result this week, because I intend on winning, getting that streak going and hopefully earning myself a shot at one of the title in West Coast Genesis. I want to wish Melina good luck because she's my friend, but there's also a small part of me hoping she gets a mild case of food poisoning and can't show up... because she's my friend and I don't really want to have to run over her with a shoulder tackle or plant her into the ring with a Strong Slam."
Carter just shrugs his shoulders a bit as he places his veggies into the oven to roast, lays some slices of lemon on each piece of chicken and picks them up to head out towards the grill. he looks down at the tray and then smacks his head, face palming a bit.
"Dang it, this is supposed to be for me and Charlie. I guess I can just have four pieces of chicken tonight."
Carter notices the phone still recording him, and reaches over to press the button to end it before he goes to grill up his chicken.
"You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off you"
Carter Strong raises both hands up, one holding a very large chef's knife as he mimics the drums in the song, along with the beat of the horn section"
"I love you baby
And if it's quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Trust in me when I say"
He turns his head slightly and sees himself on the camera singing along to the song as he's obviously preparing a meal.
"Uhm.... welcome to Cooking with Carter."
He gives a bit of a smile as the song comes to an end. He reaches over and hits pause on the spotify playlist as he looks back at the camera.
"Alright, I won't try to be funny anymore."
Carter smiles again as he goes back to cutting up several small golden nugget potatoes. He sets them on a cookie sheet along with a large bunch of asparagus.
"So you're probably sitting there wondering why this six foot ten, three hundred and sixty five pound guy is on camera singing along to Frankie Valli and cutting up vegetables. Well there's a couple of reasons. Number one, I like Frankie Valli. Number two, I am preparing a meal because I have a date tonight and cooking helps me to relax and collect my thoughts. My reason for doing it on camera, well that's part of collecting my thoughts. I have a match coming up against someone I consider a friend, and even though i'm focused, it's still not an one of those things I feel great about. Facing that big jerk Chris Marks, that was easy to get pumped for. He made me want to punch him in the face. This match, just like my last match, I'm facing off against someone that I like and respect. At Unscripted, me and Iphy were able to beat Melina and Ryuji. Obviously I was excited and happy for the win, but I couldn't help but feel bad that my friend had to lose in order for me to win."
Carter finishes cutting up his potatoes and pours a bit of olive oil and melted butter over them and the asparagus before sprinkling on some fresh sea salt and cracked pepper. He squeezes a lemon over the asparagus and sets them aside as he pulls out several piece of chicken, cleans them up and places them on another cookie sheet.
"I knew that I might have to face friends and people that I like. I didn't expect it to be all Chris Marks' and Jason Hunter's and Jimmy Pagan's that I would have to beat up. I just didn't expect three of my first five matches to be against friends, and four of the first five to be against people I respect. I just wanted to make it clear I do respect Kimo, I just wouldn't really call us friends. So, that's part of the reason for me cooking right now. The reason i'm doing it on camera and talking about my match, well Mercedes and Devlin said that they really like for the roster to talk to the fans and hype up the matches and the shows. Which if you didn't know, Hype number twelve, Saturday, May nineteenth, two thousand and eighteen, live from Oakland, California from the Gym at Merritt College, show starts at eight PM pacific time, doors open at seven PM Pacific time."
Carter gives a thumbs up as he rattles off all the show info and smiles a bit.
"I'm not sure how many tickets are left, but I will say right now, if you purchase or have purchased front row seats and bring a Carter Strong sign, I will definitely take a picture with you. If you bring a sharpie, I will sign your sign."
Carter mimics signing something and gives another thumbs up as he continues smiling.
"Alright, back to the issue at hand. In just a few nights, I have to step in to that ring against Melina Wilson. On paper, it looks like everything is in my favor. I just beat her in a tag team match along with Iphigenia Medrapedes. I outweigh her by two hundred and forty five pounds. I'm a foot taller than her, so even with those crazy long legs, it's gonna be difficult for her to deliver some of those kicks. She does have an advantage on speed and she has some great submission skills, but being as big as I am, I can cut off the ring very quickly to negate her speed. Those submissions, with her only being a hundred and twenty pounds, I can lift her up to break a lot of them. I'm not trying to downplay her skills at all. I know she's talented and tough and is no doubt figuring out a strategy to take me down. She's probably watching my match against Iphy and looking for the weakness that Iphy was able to exploit. I have also watched that match over and over and over and trained to not allow her to exploit that."
Carter just shakes his head as he mixes up a few different seasonings in a small bowl, then liberally sprinkles them over the six pieces of chicken he had placed on the cookie sheet. He takes a lemon and starts cutting small slices as his oven dings a few times to indicate it's pre-heated.
"So, if I've done what i need to do to shore up my weakness, I have all these physical advantages, and I learned to not freeze up or be cautious when i'm in the ring against a friend, why am I still nervous about this match? Because at the end of the day, I'm not sure that I won't freeze up. i'm not sure that I won't, not hold back. I'm not completely sure I can go out to that ring and run over my friend with a shoulder tackle. In truth, it would probably be a bit easier if she didn't have the most adorable kid ever, and he wasn't a fan of mine. Although last weak he did say I was gonna win and mommy was gonna lose. Hopefully he's okay with the same result this week, because I intend on winning, getting that streak going and hopefully earning myself a shot at one of the title in West Coast Genesis. I want to wish Melina good luck because she's my friend, but there's also a small part of me hoping she gets a mild case of food poisoning and can't show up... because she's my friend and I don't really want to have to run over her with a shoulder tackle or plant her into the ring with a Strong Slam."
Carter just shrugs his shoulders a bit as he places his veggies into the oven to roast, lays some slices of lemon on each piece of chicken and picks them up to head out towards the grill. he looks down at the tray and then smacks his head, face palming a bit.
"Dang it, this is supposed to be for me and Charlie. I guess I can just have four pieces of chicken tonight."
Carter notices the phone still recording him, and reaches over to press the button to end it before he goes to grill up his chicken.