The Blog Wiser Hot Seat: 100% Injury Rate

by Stan and Rupert, Ghosts of Wayne Fontes

Today we are unveiling a new round of interviews at Epic Carnival. It's our chance, as well as your chance, to get to know some of the good folks that write at this here site and around this here Internet, just a little bit better. This is our first venture into the interviewing business, but we think we've started out on the right foot with our first guest. He's a man of great mystery and intrigue, you may know him from 100% Injury Rate and of course Epic Carnival...say hello to the West Coast Kid.

We recently got a chance to ask WCK a few probing questions about his life as a blogger, as well as some other various and sundry matters. All in all, we think it went pretty well...dudes car got a little dinged, but -- oops, where was I? Right, if you will follow along...WCK takes his turn on the "Blog Wiser Hot Seat." (By the way, last week's secret Carny was Sanchez from Shot to Nothing.)

Ghosts: First off, congrats on your site (100% injury rate); we tune in and thanks for all the linkage you send our way. Let’s get it going…we’d like to call this the “Blog Wiser Hot Seat.” Is that name too cheesy?

WCK: The name is perfect. It’s sarcastic and retarded at the same time. Which means it hits our whole target audience.

Ghosts: Care to give up your age? Are you in School or do you work a fulltime gig?

WCK: I can vote. Neither.

Ghosts: Lucky man. As far as your site goes, you are possibly one of the more popular (or trafficked) individual sites on Epic Carnival. How did you market your site to get started?

WCK: We didn’t really market it at all. We just said “Let’s give this a shot” and just started sending stuff out. It was pure trial and error and evolved naturally over time.

Ghosts: Do you mind if we ask, but are you making any decent spare change from your site?

WCK: We make next to nothing, but our “Shawn Kemp is my father” T-shirts are big sellers.

Ghosts: Cliche question coming in two seconds...what post are you most proud of or do you feel is your best work (either from a comedic stance or great writing stance)? Does that make sense?

WCK: I’m actually most proud of our detailed prediction that the Warriors would beat the Mavs. Sure I’m a Bay Area guy, but we really broke it down in detail and literally everything I said in that prediction came true, except for Adonal Foyle playing any role in the series.

Ghosts: If you weren't blogging about Sports, what else would you blog about?

WCK: Honestly, nothing. I always thought bloggers were total losers.

Ghosts: What is a pet peeve that really tends to annoy you about the so-called “blogosphere” in general?

WCK: I don’t have a problem with scantily clad ladies on blogs, since it attracts a target audience. What I hate are scantily clad ladies used to distract me from your shitty post.

Ghosts: Sitting at #7 on Ballhype…not bad. And from all indications you are well on your way to topping the 200k visitor mark, first off congrats on that feat, secondly any plans for a “100% Crew” party…like maybe w/ strippers, making it rain and some 40's?

WCK: I’m a West Coast guy. We celebrate by going surfing – with strippers of course.

Ghosts: What if anything do you hope to get out or gain from Epic Carnival? Fame, Fortune, Notoriety?

WCK: Retirement by age 28. Anything else will be unsatisfactory.

Ghosts: Seeing as how you’re a Bonds fan, we can leave him out of this discussion (to be honest he doesn't bother us much at all), but from a Fanatical perspective can you think of any one particular athlete you just love to root against and/or see fail? Everyone has that special someone that just irks the shit out of them.

WCK: The Yankees. I absolutely hate the Yankees, regardless of who’s playing for them. Not a big fan of NYC either.

Ghosts: Sorry, we have to ask…your favorite movie…ever?

WCK: Predator. Only movie with two future governors in it.

Ghosts: When did you peak in your own athletic career and describe your greatest sporting moment?

WCK: I played football in college. But that’s a relative term, since I was the punter. My greatest moment was I made a critical play in a game against our arch rivals that helped us beat them for the first time in 13 years.

Ghosts: Everybody has one and since this is the “hot seat”, tell us about your “off limits” celebrity girl crush - the one who is either way too young, butt ugly or old and droops like a turkey wattle.

WCK: Everyone I can think of doesn’t really fall into “off limits.” I met Sharon Stone once about two years ago and she’s still very attractive for someone who’s never had any work done. Plus she likes young guys. I’ll go with that.

Ghosts: Do you think you could last a round in the ring with a professional wrestler? If so, what would your strategy be to survive?

WCK: Of course. My strategy would be make sure the script has me surviving to the second round.

Ghosts: On to Fantasy Football, seeing as how you are a 49ers fan you must be excited about this team, as all signs point to a breakout season for the offense as a whole. Can you give us one tidbit of insight on who (aside from Frank Gore) is maybe under the radar or could surprise us Fantasy-wise on their offense?

WCK: I’m actually not a fantasy guy at all. But I’ll say this. Vernon Davis, with a year under his belt, could be huge if Alex Smith finally starts playing well. Davis is the key to opening up that offense. Of course, who knows how “Small Hands” will do this year.

Ghosts: One thing that we don't really see anymore are movies about the more esoteric sports like we did in the 80's. Can you think of a movie in that genre you'd like to see re-made?

WCK: I’ll go with Cool Runnings. Let’s get Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes and Forest Whitaker. DJ Jazzy Jeff can be the coach. He desperately needs some work. Although so does Snipes, considering he owes the U.S. government $12 million in unpaid taxes.

Ghosts: And lastly what's a guilty pleasure track or album that we'd find on your iPod?

WCK: I have an MP3 of the Chronic of Narnia. Mr. Pibb and Red Vines equals crazy delicious.

Ghosts: That's about all...how'd it go?

WCK: It seemed fine to me. After all, this isn't an interview about how to solve the crisis in Iraq.

Ghosts: This is true.