Happy 70th John!

Hey guys, Drew back here. I began collecting cards when I was 8 or so. I started blogging when I was 12. I am now 14. Before my collecting days began, my obsession belonged to The Beatles. My parents and family loved them, and they they carried the tradition over to me. My dad always sang "Beautiful Boy" to me when I was just a baby. I LOVED them, and still very much do. I used to print hundreds of pictures when I was 5 or 6 and glued them on construction paper and made books. I knew all the words at a very young age, and I was convinced that never, ever, will be a better band than the 4 lads from Liverpool.

Today we honor possibly the greatest of the 4, the most influential by far, John Lennon, on his birthday. I always thought George was my favorite Beatle, but always after giving it more of a thought, Lennon was the one that came to my mind as my favorite. My favorite song when The Beatles were together that Lennon sang had to be "Revolution", the words and the emotions that went into those lyrics and the song in general is incredible. After The Beatles, my favorite Lennon song would be "Jealous Guy", which is just another great song. But when all is said and done, these are the words that go along with John's name:

"Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one"

- John Lennon, "Imagine"

With that, I would just like to wish John a wonderful 70th Birthday. Rest in Peace, and for the rest of you, give peace a chance :)

See Ya!

NYC Trip Pics

Hey guys, Drew back here, just sharing a few pics from my quick trip to NYC yesterday. We went to ESPN Zone for lunch and did the arcade afterwards. We went for some nice long walks on Central Park that dragged on forever, and we were supposed to go the Central Park Zoo but the line was too long. So, instead, we went to Strawberry Fields. I am a big Beatles fan, and I respect John Lennon more than any musician ever. I went to Strawberry Fields once before but that was before I was really into them. It was really cool, one guy was singing Stones, Beatles, stuff like that. So, here are just some pictures at the ESPN Zone, and at Strawberry Fields (forever...)

A cool collage of Knicks stuff, all cards on the basketball.

Speaking of cards... yes, those are all Yankees cards. And they made it look like Babe Ruth! I have no clue how they did that but it is by far one of the most amazing card related things I've seen in my life!

There's me next to it. I definitely recommend the ESPN zone, great food and lots of sports. The arcade was cool, I scored 21 points in basketball in a very not-agreeable basketball hoop, it rimmed out so many times I could've gotten double the score! There was a cool pitching game where you pitch to major leaguers and try to get them out but there was a pretty big line so I decided not to.

Imagine is such a great song, and people really honor John Lennon. This guy that is the "mayor" of Strawberry Fields puts flowers over the Imagine thing every day for the past 10 years or so I think, pretty cool.

Here's a close up, he also buys strawberries to circle around Imagine every day. It's such a peaceful place, although it is really close to where he was killed.

On a brighter note, my parents said $50 to spend anywhere that day, my sister ran it up to $80, and she bought her American Girl Stuff, and since I couldn't find a card shop and didn't wanna buy magnets or pictures along the streets I saved my $80 to buy on Check Out My Cards and eBay. I'm working on making an offer right now for some cool things. See Ya!