STATUS = GREAT

JUST GOT BACK FROM BUFFALO, MY TRIP WAS GREAT. MET WITH PLAYER PERSONNEL AND FRONT OFFICE MONDAY, TOURED STADIUM FACILITIES ETC. NOT GOING TO LIE I HAD A GREAT TIME, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET SIGNED THE COMMUNITY EMBRACED ME AS IF I HAD BEEN. KETTLE'S AND BIG TREE INN ARE LAND MARK BARS IN BUFFALO. BOTH HAVE GREAT WINGS, BUT KETTLE'S HAS HANDS DOW THE HOTTEST WINGS I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. THEY ARE CALLED THE CHALLENGE (10 WINGS 15 MIN.), HONESTLY I ATE ONE AND MY MOUTH WAS ON FIRE FOR 35-40 MINS TOPS; BUT THE AFFECTS OF ONE WING LASTED FOR 24 HOURS (NO GOOD). SO BESIDES MY MISTAKE OF EXCEPTING THE CHALLENGE, THIS PLACE WAS PRETTY COOL. AS FOR BIG TREE INN, THIS PLACE IS A BUFFALO BILS MUSEUM, THERE ARE MORE BUFFALO BILLS AND SPORTS FIGURES AUTOGRAPHS THEN I COULD COUNT. FOOD WAS GREAT, PEOPLE INTERJECT AND EXCITED ABOUT SPORTS AND THEIR BILLS (GREAT PLACE). I NEVER BEEN A BIG DRINKER SO EVERYONE TRYING TO BY ME DRINKS DIDN'T IMPRESS ME, BUT THE HISTORY BEHIND THESE TWO PLACES DID AND HOW THE TREATED ME EVEN MORE. HARD WORKING BLUE COLLAR AMERICANS THAT LOVE THEIR BUFFALO BILLS. THE TRIP WAS GREAT THOUGH, ON TUESDAY KEVIN WHO IS APART OF PLAYER PERSONNEL ASKED ME, "SO ARE YOU HERE ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS CULPEPPER," MORE THEN LIKELY BECAUSE I STAYED FOR AN EXTRA DAY; I REPLIED "THIS IS MY BUSINESS BRO, THAT NETWORKING I'M DOING WITH THE BUFFALO COMMUNITY ISN'T JUST FOR FUN. I'M BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE TEAM IF WERE 5-11 OR 16-0. THESE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR TEAM AND THEIR CITY, I RESPECT THAT."

WHEN BUFFALO CALLED ME UP FOR MY FIRST WORKOUT I HAD A DRIVER THAT DROVE ME AROUND THE CITY; SHOWED ME THE SIGHTS FROM THE HOOD TO THE SUBURBS. WELL BEFORE I LEFT I CALLED HIM TO SEE IF HE WAS GOING TO BE MY DRIVER AGAIN. COME TO FIND OUT HE HAD AN HEART ATTACK, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND HAS BEEN ON BED REST EVERY SINCE. LUCKY FOR ME I HAD A RENTAL CAR, SO I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE HIM TO. I'M LEARNING EVERYDAY THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE NOTHING IS FOREVER, THERE IS ALWAYS A BEGINNING AND A END; SO SENSE WE KNOW OUR BEGINNING BUT NOT OUR END I SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE THE LEAP OF FAITH AND LIVE EVERYDAY JUST LIKE THERE IS NO TMRW. WERE SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS NEXT WEEK, WE GOING TO THE LEAGUE BABY AND I'M HAVE A BLAST DOING IT TOO.