01.14.2007

Hey Cutters... If you’re in the area tomorrow I will be at the DRIFTWOOD premiere at Fangoria NYC Monster Mondays. FANGORIA’s next Monster Mondays screening will be on January 15, 2007 at Manhattan’s Two Boots Pioneer Theater at 155 East 3rd Street and Avenue A. DRIFTWOOD will screen at both 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Tim Sullivan and I will introduce the film and answer audience questions at each show... On Friday I did a really cool interview with Dee Snider on Fangoria Sirius radio... You might recognize the name Dee Snider because Dee also is the lead singer of the band Twisted Sister... I always loved those guys... During the interview I was very happy to hear that Dee and his Co-host Debbie really were amazed by my performance in Driftwood... Amazed in a good way, that is... It was really a great interview and it will be posted up on my site in the next week or so if you want to hear it... I’ll keep posted... The best part of the interview for me was when I was talking about the YRG workout. Dee and Debbie said they wanted to do it... I love the idea of Mr. Twisted Sister doing YRG... One of my promotional handouts for YRG is this very yogi looking girl with a turban on her head and a picture of me as Billy Ray Snapper from "Devils Rejects" with my foot up somewhere near my head while standing on one leg and under the picture in case you can't read it... it says "What's the antithesis of a yogi ... I know maybe a wrestler?" ... Well that's what I think of when I think of Rob Zombie doing YRG and writing the forward to Yoga for Regular Guys. Now Dee Snider may be doing YRG. You've got to love that. Dee and I talked after the show and learned just like me Dee has embraced turning 50 and really understands it's only a number. Like me, he is constantly finding ways to hold back the hands of time... He also told me he has been looking for a new workout and after hearing me talk, he is jacked up to start the YRG workout when he gets back to NYC... I'll keep you posted. I will also be staying in NYC promoting my new inspirational audio book Own Your Life on various radio shows and a few TV shows. On Wednesday, I will heading down to Atlanta to continue promoting OYL and will be doing a YRG on Friday morning be on Good Day Atlanta and at least one of the Gyms... When I have it nailed down I get back to you. Monday the 22rd of January it looks like I will be heading up to Cookeville, Tenn. to speak at my good friend Dr. David Birman son’s school and then maybe take everyone through a YRG workout... The best thing about the grassroots promoting I am doing right now for YRG is we are really building a strong foundation of people who are buying the workout off the www.DiamondDallasPage.com site and the www.YRGworkout.com site ... It's a really good thing because I have found the a HUGE percentage of people who buy the workout actually do the workout on a consistent basis... So YRG is building this tremendous following and technically doesn’t even come out till this fall... It looks like that is when we will releasing the infomercial... What else? Well, we had a great Christmas Eve with Kimberly and Aaron. We ... or should I say, they made an incredible turkey dinner with all the fixings. Aaron was even making this pumpkin soup which I thought I was going to hate but I absolutely love it... After Christmas Day, Ang and I headed up to Park City to have a White Christmas... Park City is so beautiful any time of year but I like it the best at Christmas... We stayed with my good friends JT and Diana Thompson... Of course, we had to hit the slopes ... And I mean hit the slopes...at least I did... I tried Snow boarding again for the 2rd and last time... Oh my God did I take some crazy falls ... The kind I wish I was filming so I could put them on YouTube because some of those falls you would have wondered how the hell a 6’4”240lb 50 yr old man got up from... One time I made the mistake that was actually starting to get pretty good so I picked up the pace... What an idiot I was... Anyway I came around this bend and there was this little tiny kid there... Now, I knew I could get around him but I was going to take the chance so I cut back and when I did all hell broke loose... I immediately went face down... So to protect myself I put my arms over my head and grabbed my elbows and when I hit the hill was so steep I started to cart wheel down the hill ... I did a full three rotations before I landed once again flat on my face... As I pull my face out of the snow... My goggles and hat lost somewhere in between me I looked up and saw a woman with her son who saw the whole thing... She looked at me and said “Now I’m not an Olympic judge or anything but I’m going to give that fall 9’s across the board”... I can’t even begin to tell  you how sore I was later the night... I felt like I had 3 matches with the 7’1’’500 lb Big Show... Anyway I won’t be doing that again... I love to watch those snow boarders and that’s where I’m going to stay watching those guys... Later that night it the hot tub, red wine and games on the pool table ... Where Di and I teamed up to kick Angella and JT’s butt...  Pictures on the site... This New Years Eve, Angella and I headed to Carmen Electra NYE bash... Which was on the Paramount lot and cold but fun just the same... Two days later Ang and were off to St. Louis for the Get Hooked on Health Expo... What a great turn out... I spoke on three different occasions and stuck around and signed autographs... Took pictures with the World Championship Title and sold “Own Your Life”and YRG DvDs... It was great seeing people moved to action... There are some great shots on the site of all the events we even went to Golds Gym to teach YRG a couple of times... It was a HUGE branding weekend for YRG... Well that’s all for now hope to see you in NYC ... Atlanta or Tenn... I will send you updates so you know what gyms I’ll be at later in the week... Stay Strong... Do... Your YRG! Become Unstoppable... "Own Your Life!" D. Dallas Page

Hey Cutters...

Any time I ever hit the road, packing is always my biggest obstacle... I f*cking hate it... what to bring ... how much to bring... weather it's going to be for a day or a week it's always a pain in the ass to me but when you are leaving for just under a 2 week to go to a foreign country it can even be more difficult and can take hours...

Anyway enough of the b*tching about the packing $hit... I got packed and I was off to the airport on  August 25th at noon for a 2:45 pm to Frankfurt where I going to meet up with my buddy Brian Lee who is the tour manager, a great guy who I have already done a couple of Military tours with ... one to the pacific rim for the Navy and one to Iraq with my buddy Rob Dibble back in 2004... I have to admit I had a lot of reservations about doing a tour with 3 chicks, especially good looking one... I mean you know the deal... the make up the hair all the blah... blah... blah... but these ladies were great... they never b*tched about anything and believe me they could have and it would have been justified but they didn't, they were truly WARRIORS...

As soon as I hit the ground in Germany the first thing I did was have beer... lots of them... where I was going there was no BEER... None... Zero... Nada... Nothing... and if you have ever been to Germany you know the beer that you get in Germany has a whole different taste than it does in the states... I believe it's the best damn beer on the planet... When I finally got to the business class waiting area... I got a beer and met up with the rest of the group... Brian,  ... a Wrestler/manager for TNA - Traci Brooks -  www.tnatracibrooks.com who I used to work with when I wrestled with TNA... Bonnie- Jill Laflin www.bonnie-jill.com who was a Cowboys Cheerleader, 49ers Cheerleader, and now is a correspondent for ESPN not to mention the only woman scout for Professional Basketball ... yeah she's a scout for the Lakers how hot is that... and Kitana Baker www.kitanabaker.com  who I know you will remember if you saw the Miller Lite commercials in 2003 where the two girls argue about "Taste Great... Less Filling" you know the ones where the girls rip their clothes off each other... F*cking Classic... it was so good that the girls actually ended up at Wrestlemania and did some silly pillow fight... go figure Vince exploiting women... But still hot to watch... 

We finally touch down in Kuwait about 23 hours after leaving LA where we met our Army tour manager Chief Chris Pace and our head of security SGT Shawn Brunello... these guys were the best and we all became very good friends ... It's funny because I always thought of Kuwait as being in the middle of the shit (the War zone) but the truth is Kuwait is more like Beverly Hills ... Iraq is a whole different story... We got to catch a cat nap in Kuwait for a few hours and then we were off to Al Asad Base in Western Iraq to see the Marines... what a reception we got from these guys...


Upon our arrival at Al Asad which is one of those bases that is in the middle of NOWHERE, the girls were feeling a little sick from a crazy landing in the C130. I guess the pilot did some negative G shit along with many twists and turns along with a rapid descent... I didn't really feel it but ladies up front almost lost it... But these girls Cowboy up when the call is given. Although the pilots are required to do a few maneuvers in case a missile is being fired at them (it is a war zone), this particular pilot took it a little overboard, according to some of our passengers and our escorts. They said the pilot was trying to show off for the girls, but it actually back fired on the guys, because the ladies would normally stay and take pictures and hang out with the pilots forever... they love the pilots... The bottom line was they felt the C130 pilots where f*cking with them... they felt a little sick and as a result they wanted to leave as quick as possible... Like I said the girls Cowboy up (as they would do the entire tour) but they don't take any shit either... We all still took one group shot but the girls like I said would have gone over and above but they felt like they got ribbed so it was off to the next location.

First place we hit was the Marine FOB at Al Asad .. BTW I have never seen women get ready so fast to look their best ever that is besides my Black Bear Ang... there must of been 400 guys waiting to greet us... one of my favorite expressions was when a group of guys would see the Girls (and they never were expecting it ) THE GUYS WOULD WHIPPED THEIR HEADS SO FAST THAT THEY ALMOST GOT WHIPLASH... like oh my God did you just see that and then they see me and it was totally different reaction but it was just as good... It was like look at these 3 hot looking chicks walking by... and then the guy who was in their living room ever Monday and Thursday night and Saturday and Sunday morning DDP was bringing up the rear... yeah it's pretty much freaked them out... It's was a pretty powerful crazy feeling... On our way to our first performance as they would call it... the Performance... (it was a autograph signing and picture shoot)... I tweaked my knee on some rocks but I didn't seem that bad at the time ... but from time to time I would think to myself...great I just f*cked my knee... how am I going to do YRG for the next week and a half for an hour a night... at this point I had only slept about 4 hours of the last 48 hours and was feeling pretty burnt but as usual the troops pumped me up and I was ready to go...

Like I said the place is packed... there must have been 400 Marines there and they were probably the only ones that were off duty at the time... we were there about 3 hours and that is where I got my first semi-challenge ... a young Marine I can't remember his name but this is his picture.

.. says to me "Oh my God the World Title Championship belt can I have it" I said F*ck no you can't have it ... then he said "I'll wrestler you for it" and I said I won't wrestler you for it but how about a push up contest ... he looked at me as if he was looking through me... there was NO fear in his eyes but I could see respect... he really wasn't sure if he could beat the man before him... So I said don't you think you can beat a 50 year old man...You know I had to throw that shit in there... finally he accepted the challenge and we went at it... I have to tell you, I never in a million years thought he would make it past 3 ... 10 second push ups... I will explain what that means... you lower yourself slowly for 10 seconds ... then you hold 3 inches off the ground for 10 second then you lift slowly for for 10 seconds... the 10 second push up is a great test of your true core strength... the bottom line is the 20 year old kid got to 6 before he finally dropped... Thank God!!!... I was so glad because I was right behind him... he was really good... I won't be challenging him again...we there about 4 hours and hopping on Black Hawks and off to the Haditha Dam ... this place is like a submarine that has 7 floors (with NO elevator) it is stuck between two bodies of land holding back the water... it is also vital to the power and energy source of Iraq and the Marines are stationed there to protect it... but take away the view and this place sucks to live... you have NO idea what these poor kids go through for our country... but then again they’re marines and these guys can handle anything. SSG Jack Johnson from Hawaii gave us the tour of the Dam that took us up and down the 7 stories at least 5 times (now I my knee was really starting to bother me)... there was no need to do any cardio on this day. One of our first stops was a group of Marine Snipers who were on base for a couple of days –we took a few photos and signed some autographs –these guys were all tired from being outside the wire for weeks but they were pumped to see us.  Later I got to talk to a really cool Marine who dug the YRG thing... named Tim Ayers and then I had him do some 10 second push ups,  after he got down I couldn't resist myself I had to jump down with him... he did about 4 and looked up at me and said... I get it... he was sweating his ass off ... He was the first guy not to quit but to look up at me and say I get... He was hooked on YRG... later that night we ended up at their gym which was pretty nice... a bunch of meat heads or gym rats... which I can call them because I was one for over 30 years –they were asking me about their gym... I said it's nice but I don't lift anymore or do cardio and of course that brought me into the whole YRG program bit... bottom line is when I finish where I put my elbow up on my knees and then push up into a hand stand, the BIG guy I think his name was Sutter still didn't get it... so for the 3rd time today I challenge someone to the push up contest but this kid is 23 and a super stud... I still thought I would take him pretty easy but I forgot to take into consideration as his buddies who were there that if he lost to 50 year old man they never would have let him forget it ... The pride thing over there is HUGE... In a good way... it was intense... I even went into full boot camp sarg character ... I was yelling his buddies were yelling you better not quit... it was wild... but the funniest thing was we both got to 7 pushups we both stopped... We didn’t we just stopped... I couldn't go any further and either could he... I call it getting stuck and we stayed there for over a minute ... everyone was screaming at some point since we were head to head...

  I leaned my head next to his head and whispered... do you here how I'm breathing right now... it was a calm as could be and then I said do you here how you are breathing ... he was sucking it up BIG time and I mimicked him and then I said if you were breathing like I am breathing you've got an other 3 in you and then said I'm going to lower myself now... if I didn't we may still have been there... Marines don't quit... Especially when your buddy Marines are depending on you to step up... So stepped off...  when  he stood up he was sweating like he just ran 5 miles... after congratulating him –I  looked him right in the eye and said btw bro that was my 3 time I did this today... I told him I was leaving 2 YRG DvDs (I left the YRG DvDs everywhere I went) at the dam for him to work on his core... I wonder if he'll ever do it... I'll keep you posted... the next morning I was up at 5:30 am to do YRG with about 30 Marines no wonder they call the Dam the sweat box...

Later that morning we BlackHawked off to Fallujah, another Marine base... we did our usual tour were you go see the troops as they are working because that’s what they do a 12 hours or more a day .... after that we got to meet Brigadier General Neller... Talk about a class act... we got to spend some quality time together and then we were off to see more Marines... At dinner I would always find a group of Soldiers or Marines who had that look on their faces like is that who I think it is... and then I would just ask them if I could sit down with them... introduce myself to each one of them and then just shoot the shit... it could be what I'm doing now.. to old wrestling story's ... these were really special moments for me and for them as well and it really seemed to make a difference... on this day these guys were just coming back from patrol and were eating lunch and then heading right back out so if I didn't see them right then I never would had the honor of meeting them... right as they were leaving General Neller walked up and took a seat across from me and he expressed how much it not only meant to him but to everyone when someone shows up out in this small little corner of the world to show they care... He told me about a few of the men that his company had lost and I could tell by the way he told the story that it was if each one them were his own son... It totally choked me up... General Neller is a one special guy and it was truly an honor to spend those moments with him…

He is someone I am sure I will build a long distance relationship for years to come... That is what is so cool about doing these tours, the people who's lives you touch and the ones that touch yours.

Later that night they did the marine combat demonstration. A female marine got up and sang the National Anthem with the American Flag waving behind her. The realization of being in Fallujah, Iraq(one of the most dangerous areas in the world) with a room full of Marines and Soldiers and hearing the song of our country almost had the girls in tears, it seemed surreal.

Afterward the man who invented the Marines Martials Program,  LT COL Bristol got up and gave one of the most powerful speeches I've ever heard ... It inspired me so much I just got up and spoke after the Colonel was finished... I had no idea what I was going to say but all just came to me like I had been doing it for years... I think it was one of the most powerful presentations that I have ever given and the people seemed to agree.  Of course I brought YRG into and before you know after we signed about 400 autographs I had about 35 people stay for the YRG class... we didn't get out of there until almost 11pm and we were up the next day up at at 3:45 am,  yes 3:45 am so that we could catch a 4:30am fight to Camp Victory where they picked us up in an Armored Truck ... if you have been reading these emails for a while you know that is where I started my tour last time... Camp Victory or Baghdad is where that asshole Saddam used to live ... when I was there last time it was pretty beat up ... today it's pretty sweet and we got a tour of the AL Faw Water Palace, signing autographs along the way. We ended up at the DFAC (mess hall) which is always the best place to surprise Soldiers who have no idea your there... the next morning I had to get up for 5:30 YRG class, it's funny because that’s the normal time on that day that they actually have a yoga class but only about 4 or 5 people show up... a few of the guys the day before told me that they went to try the yoga class once but they were playing  weird music and chanting and shit... can you imagine me doing that in my class? ... For such an early class we had more than 40 people...

After the workout we hopped on a Black Hawk to FOB ISKANDARIYA on the outskirts of Baghdad which is where our troops are protecting a huge Power plant ... this was the hottest day to me it was somewhere between 130 and 140 degrees.  This was one of those bases similar to the ones I visited with Rob Dibble two years ago –we road around in Humvees and did a autograph signing in one of the few air conditioned rooms they had on base.  We where there for 3+ hours and I brought up some of my wrestling matches on my laptop and the boys were loving it. 

Next it was off to the International Zone - we all went to the "Hands of Victory/Saddam’s Swords", where Saddam marched his troops after the victory over Iran. Then we went to the kick ass hotel, where they had a pool and food waiting for us upon arrival it was truly like a miracle ... Up till that spot the trip was brutal... this was nothing like the last places that we stayed... We kicked back for an hour and headed over to see the boys... I was so burnt out but I was getting my 7th wind and was feeling pretty dam good... those smiling faces will do that to you... That's when a pumped group of guys came bouncing into our area... they seem to raise the energy level of the room and before I knew it I'm face to face with kid who has to have been fan of mine since he 10 years old... he was very respectful and I could tell he was a real Warrior... before you know it I'm talking to him about YRG and the 10 second push up... he got a little cocky but at the same time he was very respectful... I tried to get him to challenge me but he just wouldn't do it... finally I said fuck that let's do it... his name is Chris Crosline, 23yrs old, we would end up doing 7 or maybe more 10 sec push ups... Brian who filmed everything on this trip started filming at some point... the reason I have gone into so much detail about this kid is because he is the first time anyone has ever actually dropped me at my own game... with that Big Marine Sutter at the Dam I might have ended up dropping but I didn’t I lowered myself and I gave him the win but he never dropped me and this kid did... it was electrifying... The guys were going crazy... I gave him a YRG DVD... I will be real interested to see what he does with it... 

I found out later that he had just won the base bench press contest a week earlier... that was destiny and a lot of fun. That night we watched "Devil's Rejects" in the house’s living room, and it felt as though we were at a sleep over at someone's house, rather than being in the middle of a war zone.

We went to Q-West the next day. Trust me it’s no Key West... It was about an hour and forty minute black hawk ride. We did some negative maneuvers and had a little fun during the ride. There was an unbelievable view during the ride. The terrain was magnificent. As we flew over the small villages, locals would wave to us, as their way of showing appreciation and gratitude for us being there.

The next morning we went to Balad/Anaconda Base. This was the first place we did  the YRG class in the gym, while the girls went to visit some soldiers in the hospital. We did both signings in the DFAC at this base.

Next we went to Mosul. No pictures allowed during the signing in the DFAC. but the troops could take them in gym... this was the biggest turn out for YRG over 60 guys 

This was the first day decided to see who wanted the new YRG "I survived YRG with DDP" which BTW are on the site

I wanted to see how hard these guys would work after a kick ass workout... so I offered up 2 t-shirts to the winner... 1 to 2nd place and I never told them but whoever came in 3rd I would take off my sweaty t-shirt and give him that one... this was a huge success... like I said I have most of them filmed ... we filmed everything for my friend Arthur who is doing a movie called Y for right now it's called YYogathemovie.com (check out the website)... anyway that's why we were filming every workout... I guess I am one of the treads that goes through the movie ending with Yoga or should I say YRG in a war zone... Like I told these guys I worked out with... I call it YRG but it is still yoga based and it's going be really cool in Arthur’s movie... anyway the one thing I didn't get to film and it was the funniest thing that happened the whole time I was over there.  This young red headed Warrior was asking me if he and his platoon could put me in a ground fighting hold... I can't remember the name of it but here it is...

They really thought they had me and the red headed kid on the left is saying to me so Diamond what are you going to do now and he’s laughing like a mad man... and I said well how about this and I laid what may have been the loudest fart you have EVER the fact it was on the basketball floor only made it louder ... they sold it big time... they scattered like cockroaches... I'm still laughing out loud when I think about. The next morning we got up and went to the shooting range, and got to shoot the sniper rifles, and other various rifles and pistols which was great.

When we got the next base in Tal-Afar(Northwest Iraq), I sat down at lunch like I always do and started talking to the boys at some point I said so what do you do to fill the time when you not working or working out and the one guy says I'm building a go-cart out of spare parts we find around the base... later as we were doing our rounds I saw the same guys and the mechanics outside and stopped to check the Go cart out... Later that night I gave a speech in a large theatre that was nearly filled. After we finished I was off to do YRG with the boys

When we got off on our last stop at a place called Kirkuk/FOB Warrior I ran into a buddy of mine & Tim Sullivan’s name Rick Bolander on the airpot runway... dam what a small world ... Rick saw a flier saying I was going to be there and made plans to hang with us for the day and stayed till the night where we once again signed autographs and finished with the YRG workout afterwards. We sure as hell started a YRG movement over there in Iraq and I can't think of a better place to have it started it to help the guys with there breathing and inner peace...

I want to personally thank each of the girls (Bonnie Jill, Traci & Kitana) for being so great with guys and so easy to work with and Shawn and the Chief for taking care of all of us as good as it can be done and of course Brian Lee aka Sag Hulka... aka the Big Toe...aka Miso Lee... aka Mr. Burgandy... your the best bro I look forward to our next journey together...

One of the really cool things about this trip for me personally was the response from the guys as a whole and how they greeted me... My buddy Brian Lee wrote this to me after checking out my copy...

And Jay z wonders why I just won’t roll over and let him take the Diamond Cutter sign from me... It was also great to hear all the support I got from the troops when it came to Jay z ripping me of... Yet a few times I was asked the question why I was doing the Rock sign... Obviously those guys never watched wrestling... On  both occasions they got hit with lefts and rights from guys around them explaining the Diamond Cutter sing was DDP’s sign and that Jay z ripped me off... It was poetic justice in a way again knowing that the Military had my back once again... Thanks for everything guys... Thanks for everything you do... See you then next time I get to Iraq...

That’all for now... I am getting ready to leave for a trip to South Africa where I will be filming my next movie with Wesley Snipes called GallowWalker directed by Andrew Goth... I will tell you more about this in my next email... 

Have a Great day!Be Unstoppable...?
Do YRG & Live Life @ 90%

D. Dallas Page

09.10.2006

Hey Cutters... Any time I ever hit the road, packing is always my biggest obstacle... I f*cking hate it... what to bring ... how much to bring... weather it's going to be for a day or a week it's always a pain in the ass to me but when you are leaving for just under a 2 week to go to a foreign country it can even be more difficult and can take hours... Anyway enough of the b*tching about the packing $hit... I got packed and I was off to the airport on  August 25th at noon for a 2:45 pm to Frankfurt where I going to meet up with my buddy Brian Lee who is the tour manager, a great guy who I have already done a couple of Military tours with ... one to the pacific rim for the Navy and one to Iraq with my buddy Rob Dibble back in 2004... I have to admit I had a lot of reservations about doing a tour with 3 chicks, especially good looking one... I mean you know the deal... the make up the hair all the blah... blah... blah... but these ladies were great... they never b*tched about anything and believe me they could have and it would have been justified but they didn't, they were truly WARRIORS... As soon as I hit the ground in Germany the first thing I did was have beer... lots of them... where I was going there was no BEER... None... Zero... Nada... Nothing... and if you have ever been to Germany you know the beer that you get in Germany has a whole different taste than it does in the states... I believe it's the best damn beer on the planet... When I finally got to the business class waiting area... I got a beer and met up with the rest of the group... Brian,  ... a Wrestler/manager for TNA - Traci Brooks -  www.tnatracibrooks.com who I used to work with when I wrestled with TNA... Bonnie- Jill Laflin www.bonnie-jill.com who was a Cowboys Cheerleader, 49ers Cheerleader, and now is a correspondent for ESPN not to mention the only woman scout for Professional Basketball ... yeah she's a scout for the Lakers how hot is that... and Kitana Baker www.kitanabaker.com  who I know you will remember if you saw the Miller Lite commercials in 2003 where the two girls argue about "Taste Great... Less Filling" you know the ones where the girls rip their clothes off each other... F*cking Classic... it was so good that the girls actually ended up at Wrestlemania and did some silly pillow fight... go figure Vince exploiting women... But still hot to watch... We finally touch down in Kuwait about 23 hours after leaving LA where we met our Army tour manager Chief Chris Pace and our head of security SGT Shawn Brunello... these guys were the best and we all became very good friends ... It's funny because I always thought of Kuwait as being in the middle of the shit (the War zone) but the truth is Kuwait is more like Beverly Hills ... Iraq is a whole different story... We got to catch a cat nap in Kuwait for a few hours and then we were off to Al Asad Base in Western Iraq to see the Marines... what a reception we got from these guys... Upon our arrival at Al Asad which is one of those bases that is in the middle of NOWHERE, the girls were feeling a little sick from a crazy landing in the C130. I guess the pilot did some negative G shit along with many twists and turns along with a rapid descent... I didn't really feel it but ladies up front almost lost it... But these girls Cowboy up when the call is given. Although the pilots are required to do a few maneuvers in case a missile is being fired at them (it is a war zone), this particular pilot took it a little overboard, according to some of our passengers and our escorts. They said the pilot was trying to show off for the girls, but it actually back fired on the guys, because the ladies would normally stay and take pictures and hang out with the pilots forever... they love the pilots... The bottom line was they felt the C130 pilots where f*cking with them... they felt a little sick and as a result they wanted to leave as quick as possible... Like I said the girls Cowboy up (as they would do the entire tour) but they don't take any shit either... We all still took one group shot but the girls like I said would have gone over and above but they felt like they got ribbed so it was off to the next location. First place we hit was the Marine FOB at Al Asad .. BTW I have never seen women get ready so fast to look their best ever that is besides my Black Bear Ang... there must of been 400 guys waiting to greet us... one of my favorite expressions was when a group of guys would see the Girls (and they never were expecting it ) THE GUYS WOULD WHIPPED THEIR HEADS SO FAST THAT THEY ALMOST GOT WHIPLASH... like oh my God did you just see that and then they see me and it was totally different reaction but it was just as good... It was like look at these 3 hot looking chicks walking by... and then the guy who was in their living room ever Monday and Thursday night and Saturday and Sunday morning DDP was bringing up the rear... yeah it's pretty much freaked them out... It's was a pretty powerful crazy feeling... On our way to our first performance as they would call it... the Performance... (it was a autograph signing and picture shoot)... I tweaked my knee on some rocks but I didn't seem that bad at the time ... but from time to time I would think to myself...great I just f*cked my knee... how am I going to do YRG for the next week and a half for an hour a night... at this point I had only slept about 4 hours of the last 48 hours and was feeling pretty burnt but as usual the troops pumped me up and I was ready to go... Like I said the place is packed... there must have been 400 Marines there and they were probably the only ones that were off duty at the time... we were there about 3 hours and that is where I got my first semi-challenge ... a young Marine I can't remember his name but this is his picture. .. says to me "Oh my God the World Title Championship belt can I have it" I said F*ck no you can't have it ... then he said "I'll wrestler you for it" and I said I won't wrestler you for it but how about a push up contest ... he looked at me as if he was looking through me... there was NO fear in his eyes but I could see respect... he really wasn't sure if he could beat the man before him... So I said don't you think you can beat a 50 year old man...You know I had to throw that shit in there... finally he accepted the challenge and we went at it... I have to tell you, I never in a million years thought he would make it past 3 ... 10 second push ups... I will explain what that means... you lower yourself slowly for 10 seconds ... then you hold 3 inches off the ground for 10 second then you lift slowly for for 10 seconds... the 10 second push up is a great test of your true core strength... the bottom line is the 20 year old kid got to 6 before he finally dropped... Thank God!!!... I was so glad because I was right behind him... he was really good... I won't be challenging him again...we there about 4 hours and hopping on Black Hawks and off to the Haditha Dam ... this place is like a submarine that has 7 floors (with NO elevator) it is stuck between two bodies of land holding back the water... it is also vital to the power and energy source of Iraq and the Marines are stationed there to protect it... but take away the view and this place sucks to live... you have NO idea what these poor kids go through for our country... but then again they’re marines and these guys can handle anything. SSG Jack Johnson from Hawaii gave us the tour of the Dam that took us up and down the 7 stories at least 5 times (now I my knee was really starting to bother me)... there was no need to do any cardio on this day. One of our first stops was a group of Marine Snipers who were on base for a couple of days –we took a few photos and signed some autographs –these guys were all tired from being outside the wire for weeks but they were pumped to see us.  Later I got to talk to a really cool Marine who dug the YRG thing... named Tim Ayers and then I had him do some 10 second push ups,  after he got down I couldn't resist myself I had to jump down with him... he did about 4 and looked up at me and said... I get it... he was sweating his ass off ... He was the first guy not to quit but to look up at me and say I get... He was hooked on YRG... later that night we ended up at their gym which was pretty nice... a bunch of meat heads or gym rats... which I can call them because I was one for over 30 years –they were asking me about their gym... I said it's nice but I don't lift anymore or do cardio and of course that brought me into the whole YRG program bit... bottom line is when I finish where I put my elbow up on my knees and then push up into a hand stand, the BIG guy I think his name was Sutter still didn't get it... so for the 3rd time today I challenge someone to the push up contest but this kid is 23 and a super stud... I still thought I would take him pretty easy but I forgot to take into consideration as his buddies who were there that if he lost to 50 year old man they never would have let him forget it ... The pride thing over there is HUGE... In a good way... it was intense... I even went into full boot camp sarg character ... I was yelling his buddies were yelling you better not quit... it was wild... but the funniest thing was we both got to 7 pushups we both stopped... We didn’t we just stopped... I couldn't go any further and either could he... I call it getting stuck and we stayed there for over a minute ... everyone was screaming at some point since we were head to head...   I leaned my head next to his head and whispered... do you here how I'm breathing right now... it was a calm as could be and then I said do you here how you are breathing ... he was sucking it up BIG time and I mimicked him and then I said if you were breathing like I am breathing you've got an other 3 in you and then said I'm going to lower myself now... if I didn't we may still have been there... Marines don't quit... Especially when your buddy Marines are depending on you to step up... So stepped off...  when  he stood up he was sweating like he just ran 5 miles... after congratulating him –I  looked him right in the eye and said btw bro that was my 3 time I did this today... I told him I was leaving 2 YRG DvDs (I left the YRG DvDs everywhere I went) at the dam for him to work on his core... I wonder if he'll ever do it... I'll keep you posted... the next morning I was up at 5:30 am to do YRG with about 30 Marines no wonder they call the Dam the sweat box...   Later that morning we BlackHawked off to Fallujah, another Marine base... we did our usual tour were you go see the troops as they are working because that’s what they do a 12 hours or more a day .... after that we got to meet Brigadier General Neller... Talk about a class act... we got to spend some quality time together and then we were off to see more Marines... At dinner I would always find a group of Soldiers or Marines who had that look on their faces like is that who I think it is... and then I would just ask them if I could sit down with them... introduce myself to each one of them and then just shoot the shit... it could be what I'm doing now.. to old wrestling story's ... these were really special moments for me and for them as well and it really seemed to make a difference... on this day these guys were just coming back from patrol and were eating lunch and then heading right back out so if I didn't see them right then I never would had the honor of meeting them... right as they were leaving General Neller walked up and took a seat across from me and he expressed how much it not only meant to him but to everyone when someone shows up out in this small little corner of the world to show they care... He told me about a few of the men that his company had lost and I could tell by the way he told the story that it was if each one them were his own son... It totally choked me up... General Neller is a one special guy and it was truly an honor to spend those moments with him… He is someone I am sure I will build a long distance relationship for years to come... That is what is so cool about doing these tours, the people who's lives you touch and the ones that touch yours. Later that night they did the marine combat demonstration. A female marine got up and sang the National Anthem with the American Flag waving behind her. The realization of being in Fallujah, Iraq(one of the most dangerous areas in the world) with a room full of Marines and Soldiers and hearing the song of our country almost had the girls in tears, it seemed surreal. Afterward the man who invented the Marines Martials Program,  LT COL Bristol got up and gave one of the most powerful speeches I've ever heard ... It inspired me so much I just got up and spoke after the Colonel was finished... I had no idea what I was going to say but all just came to me like I had been doing it for years... I think it was one of the most powerful presentations that I have ever given and the people seemed to agree.  Of course I brought YRG into and before you know after we signed about 400 autographs I had about 35 people stay for the YRG class... we didn't get out of there until almost 11pm and we were up the next day up at at 3:45 am,  yes 3:45 am so that we could catch a 4:30am fight to Camp Victory where they picked us up in an Armored Truck ... if you have been reading these emails for a while you know that is where I started my tour last time... Camp Victory or Baghdad is where that asshole Saddam used to live ... when I was there last time it was pretty beat up ... today it's pretty sweet and we got a tour of the AL Faw Water Palace, signing autographs along the way. We ended up at the DFAC (mess hall) which is always the best place to surprise Soldiers who have no idea your there... the next morning I had to get up for 5:30 YRG class, it's funny because that’s the normal time on that day that they actually have a yoga class but only about 4 or 5 people show up... a few of the guys the day before told me that they went to try the yoga class once but they were playing  weird music and chanting and shit... can you imagine me doing that in my class? ... For such an early class we had more than 40 people... After the workout we hopped on a Black Hawk to FOB ISKANDARIYA on the outskirts of Baghdad which is where our troops are protecting a huge Power plant ... this was the hottest day to me it was somewhere between 130 and 140 degrees.  This was one of those bases similar to the ones I visited with Rob Dibble two years ago –we road around in Humvees and did a autograph signing in one of the few air conditioned rooms they had on base.  We where there for 3+ hours and I brought up some of my wrestling matches on my laptop and the boys were loving it. Next it was off to the International Zone - we all went to the "Hands of Victory/Saddam’s Swords", where Saddam marched his troops after the victory over Iran. Then we went to the kick ass hotel, where they had a pool and food waiting for us upon arrival it was truly like a miracle ... Up till that spot the trip was brutal... this was nothing like the last places that we stayed... We kicked back for an hour and headed over to see the boys... I was so burnt out but I was getting my 7th wind and was feeling pretty dam good... those smiling faces will do that to you... That's when a pumped group of guys came bouncing into our area... they seem to raise the energy level of the room and before I knew it I'm face to face with kid who has to have been fan of mine since he 10 years old... he was very respectful and I could tell he was a real Warrior... before you know it I'm talking to him about YRG and the 10 second push up... he got a little cocky but at the same time he was very respectful... I tried to get him to challenge me but he just wouldn't do it... finally I said fuck that let's do it... his name is Chris Crosline, 23yrs old, we would end up doing 7 or maybe more 10 sec push ups... Brian who filmed everything on this trip started filming at some point... the reason I have gone into so much detail about this kid is because he is the first time anyone has ever actually dropped me at my own game... with that Big Marine Sutter at the Dam I might have ended up dropping but I didn’t I lowered myself and I gave him the win but he never dropped me and this kid did... it was electrifying... The guys were going crazy... I gave him a YRG DVD... I will be real interested to see what he does with it... I found out later that he had just won the base bench press contest a week earlier... that was destiny and a lot of fun. That night we watched "Devil's Rejects" in the house’s living room, and it felt as though we were at a sleep over at someone's house, rather than being in the middle of a war zone. We went to Q-West the next day. Trust me it’s no Key West... It was about an hour and forty minute black hawk ride. We did some negative maneuvers and had a little fun during the ride. There was an unbelievable view during the ride. The terrain was magnificent. As we flew over the small villages, locals would wave to us, as their way of showing appreciation and gratitude for us being there. The next morning we went to Balad/Anaconda Base. This was the first place we did  the YRG class in the gym, while the girls went to visit some soldiers in the hospital. We did both signings in the DFAC at this base. Next we went to Mosul. No pictures allowed during the signing in the DFAC. but the troops could take them in gym... this was the biggest turn out for YRG over 60 guys This was the first day decided to see who wanted the new YRG "I survived YRG with DDP" which BTW are on the site I wanted to see how hard these guys would work after a kick ass workout... so I offered up 2 t-shirts to the winner... 1 to 2nd place and I never told them but whoever came in 3rd I would take off my sweaty t-shirt and give him that one... this was a huge success... like I said I have most of them filmed ... we filmed everything for my friend Arthur who is doing a movie called Y for right now it's called YYogathemovie.com (check out the website)... anyway that's why we were filming every workout... I guess I am one of the treads that goes through the movie ending with Yoga or should I say YRG in a war zone... Like I told these guys I worked out with... I call it YRG but it is still yoga based and it's going be really cool in Arthur’s movie... anyway the one thing I didn't get to film and it was the funniest thing that happened the whole time I was over there.  This young red headed Warrior was asking me if he and his platoon could put me in a ground fighting hold... I can't remember the name of it but here it is... They really thought they had me and the red headed kid on the left is saying to me so Diamond what are you going to do now and he’s laughing like a mad man... and I said well how about this and I laid what may have been the loudest fart you have EVER the fact it was on the basketball floor only made it louder ... they sold it big time... they scattered like cockroaches... I'm still laughing out loud when I think about. The next morning we got up and went to the shooting range, and got to shoot the sniper rifles, and other various rifles and pistols which was great. When we got the next base in Tal-Afar(Northwest Iraq), I sat down at lunch like I always do and started talking to the boys at some point I said so what do you do to fill the time when you not working or working out and the one guy says I'm building a go-cart out of spare parts we find around the base... later as we were doing our rounds I saw the same guys and the mechanics outside and stopped to check the Go cart out... Later that night I gave a speech in a large theatre that was nearly filled. After we finished I was off to do YRG with the boys When we got off on our last stop at a place called Kirkuk/FOB Warrior I ran into a buddy of mine & Tim Sullivan’s name Rick Bolander on the airpot runway... dam what a small world ... Rick saw a flier saying I was going to be there and made plans to hang with us for the day and stayed till the night where we once again signed autographs and finished with the YRG workout afterwards. We sure as hell started a YRG movement over there in Iraq and I can't think of a better place to have it started it to help the guys with there breathing and inner peace... I want to personally thank each of the girls (Bonnie Jill, Traci & Kitana) for being so great with guys and so easy to work with and Shawn and the Chief for taking care of all of us as good as it can be done and of course Brian Lee aka Sag Hulka... aka the Big Toe...aka Miso Lee... aka Mr. Burgandy... your the best bro I look forward to our next journey together... One of the really cool things about this trip for me personally was the response from the guys as a whole and how they greeted me... My buddy Brian Lee wrote this to me after checking out my copy... And Jay z wonders why I just won’t roll over and let him take the Diamond Cutter sign from me... It was also great to hear all the support I got from the troops when it came to Jay z ripping me of... Yet a few times I was asked the question why I was doing the Rock sign... Obviously those guys never watched wrestling... On  both occasions they got hit with lefts and rights from guys around them explaining the Diamond Cutter sing was DDP’s sign and that Jay z ripped me off... It was poetic justice in a way again knowing that the Military had my back once again... Thanks for everything guys... Thanks for everything you do... See you then next time I get to Iraq... That’all for now... I am getting ready to leave for a trip to South Africa where I will be filming my next movie with Wesley Snipes called GallowWalker directed by Andrew Goth... I will tell you more about this in my next email... Have a Great day! Be Unstoppable...? Do YRG & Live Life @ 90% D. Dallas Page

08.26.2006

Hey Cutters... First thing I want to do is send a HUGE birthday shout-out to my bro Smokey! Smokey is hitting the Big 50!! I've known Smoke for decades, since my days in the bar business. Last year, he told me that he wanted to make some big changes to his life and his health before he hit 50. I introduced him to YRG and he really took it to heart. He's to YRG what Jared is to Subway sandwiches. Smokey has definitely met and exceeded the goal he set for himself for his 50th birthday, and I couldn't be prouder of him. Happy Birthday, Smokey!! HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY, SMOKEY!!! I want you guys to know that I appreciate the concerned emails that I have received about me going on my trip to Iraq... To put your minds to ease I honestly feel it's not my time so don’t worry yourself about it... Like most of you I think this war SUCKS but I believe in our troops... I have been lucky enough to have lived a world full of dreams because of these men and women and the ones that have come before them and any time I get the chance I want to give back so they know they are not forgotten... And I know I can make a difference to just about everyone I meet on this trip because I am not just going to be spending 10 seconds with each one of them as they move down the line taking pictures with the World Championship Title ... DDP with the Troops in Iraq This time I am going to be able to spend some real quality time with the troops and share something that will help them out when times get really tough... YRG is a body and mind workout... It works your body because in a very short time you start to become more flexible ... you become stronger ... You not only feel a change in your body but it’s also helps to focus your mind... And it even teaches you to breathe like you did as child again which there are a shitload of benefits from... there are only two things we control in this world (think about it) the way we think... the way we react to a situation and the way  we breathe... Imagine just for a moment that you are being shot at (by real bullets) from numerous directions ... You heart pumping a mile a minute... Scared shitless... What do you do to fight that awful feeling how do you gain control... Well for starter you breathe deep and slow... It calms you ... It gives you focus... Think of the last BIG verbal FIGHT you had... How were you breathing ... Short and fast right... Like I said earlier how you breathe will dictate how you think... When you breathe short and Quick you just react... you don’t think before you speak or react... we are all guilty... When you can control you breathing it will help you control you mind and when you are getting shoot at from all directions this can be very beneficial... Yes I guarantee you if you learn how to control the way you breathe it absolutely will help you with the way you think... I hope to see as many of our troops participate as possible in YRG with DDP... Yoga in a war zone what a concept... I will be leaving on August 25th and be back in LA around the 6th... It’s going to be a great trip! I received an email from Gayle Jones (aka Aunt Precious) whose son I met on my last trip to Iraq that I want to share. Gayle, I hope that's ok. From: Aunt Precious Date: August 26, 2006 7:29:58 AM PDT To: Dallas Page Subject: Re: DDP off to Iraq DDP, As you know, I am the mother of two soldiers. One, Sgt. Jake Brice was deployed to Iraq on during one of your earlier trips to the region. When you were there before, you made a HUGE impact on the soldiers you met. They were impressed that, unlike many other famous people, you did not make an appearance in Kuwait, do a virtual wave to the forward-deployed soldiers, and head back home thinking you really made a difference. No - instead you went from FOB to FOB (Forward Operations Base). You went where the ground troops were - where they were STILL engaging the enemy, dodging IEDs, RPGs and small arms fire. You were in the Sunni triangle, which is where all the stuff happens that we hear about on TV. Many soldiers, my sons included, grew up watching you on WWF/WWE/WCW, and considered your presence to be a big BIG deal! You portrayed a tough guy in sports entertainment, but then you showed in a real tangible way that you ARE a tough guy, with a soft heart for our soldiers. I will be praying for you during this next journey, and I am sure God has a ton of work left for you to do on this earth, so I look forward to seeing you back in St. Louis in January of '07. But in the meantime, I applaud and thank you for again putting yourself in harms way to raise the morale of our Soldiers and Marines stationed in Iraq. I am glad I had the chance to meet you face to face to tell you how much your visit meant to my son and the other soldiers last time. Thanks for not making it a one-time shot. Thanks for not forgetting that other sons and daughters, moms and dads, are still serving, and dying for our right to be free! God Bless you, DDP! Gayle M. Jones Army Mom of 2! Hooah! Gayle "Aunt Precious" Jones On an other note I got to do the the Adam Carolla radio show last week... The entire crew were great ... I brought Angella for the Yogababe affect which worked like a dream... I have to say I was really blown away because Adam's whole crew was actually into it... I even got Tad or Fat Tad as they call him to start YRG... Tad is a really cool guy and I hope he can stick to the YRG program and he takes control so that he can “Owns his Life”... Tad would really inspire soooooo many people... I put his first start up pictures like Smokey did so you can see where is starting from... He’s supposed to start YRG next week I will keep you posted in the weeks to come... If you want to see the pictures clink here www.diamonddallaspage.com or if you would like to listen to the program go to my site and listen to the show www.diamonddallaspage.com... I think it is the best one I have done on YRG and had a really fun time so far... They actually like it so much the replayed it again later that week... DDP with Adam Carolla Also on the front page of my site is an other great story in New Jersey Monthly about YRG www.njmonthly.com/issues/june06/ddp.html as well as a story on 49er Tony Parrish's yoga workout routine that appeared on the cove of SI ... It is a very impressive article of the benefits of Yoga... Imagine if he was doing YRG... That would take him to the next planet... But I find it amusing how many athletes are coming out of the closet about doing any form of yoga... What else I got a chance to see Los Lonely Boys this week again and I’ll tell you they just keep getting better and better ... It was a pleasant surprise to see my buddy John Schiender (JRS) and his beautiful wife Elly... The LLB were fantastic I’ve got some great shots for them on this site www.diamondallaspage.com Angella, John Schneider, DDP and John's beautiful wife Elly These guys can do it all... Los Lonely Boys live on stage in Los Angeles Last weekend I also went to the set of Collier & Co.  the movie... They did a dangerous 120 jump across a creek... JRS asked me to come by for some moral support... The jump as it turned out was a success keep an eye out for Collier & Co.  coming to theaters in 2007... That’s all for now I am rushing to the airport as finish this email up... The pictures won’t be posted on the site for a couple of days but you can listen to the Carolla show and read the articles now... Till next time its been your pleasure... As well as mine. Have a Great day! Be Unstoppable...? Do YRG & Live Life @ 90% D. Dallas Page

08.07.2006

Hey Cutters... At the finish of last weeks email I asked you to guess who would be the next celebrity to do the Diamond Cutter hands sign with me and I gave you the hint of " Bow Wow". That being said, did any of you figure it out before you saw Snoop Dog in the picture? Just curious...more on that later... Snoop and DDP doing the Diamond Cutter The YRG DVDs are On Sale Now and are going out the door like hot cakes... I want to thank you all for your heart felt emails to the DVDs... All the hard work is obviously paying off... Right now we are putting together another sister site to diamonddallaspage.com called YRGworkout.com which will have a ton of streaming video so that you can see pieces of the YRG Workout in action... you will also see some great testimonials and the story behind it. I will keep you posted... We have also just started our own MYSPACE.COM site... What a surprise huh? We are still under construction (thanks Morgen) Here's how you get there http://www.myspace.com/YRGworkout ... The reason we set this site up is for all the people who are a part of Team YRG and fornew people who are just getting on the YRG program and want to help each other out as you move along... In the coming weeks you will get to talk to some of the staples of YRG like Terri Lange and hopefully Smokey... Terri just emailed me and let me know that she will be up and running on the MySpace site this week... which is really great because now all you ladies who email about Terri will be able to get in direct contact with this incredibly inspirational individual. If you want to read a great article that was done on me and YRG by Philip Nutman check this out... http://www.upagainstthewallmag.com/ISSUE01/DDP.html I think it is one of the best articles I have read about YRG and I love how the writer worked in one of Team YRG regulars Jim Mabes... Jim is quite a story... be watching for him on the http://www.myspace.com/YRGworkout site. What else? The YRG World tour kickoff at Golds Gym in Venice was great... I'd like to thank everyone who came out to support YRG and all the new people who experienced it for the first time. YRG at Golds Gym in Venice, CA We didn't get many of the muscle heads trying YRG but many of them came by and checked it out... I'll get'em next time... remember...before you can really be flexible in the body you must become flexible in the mind... you may see a guy walking around with a camera in the Golds gym pictures. Thats Arthur Klien who came by to do some filming for his new movie called "Y-Yoga" which YRG and DDP are becoming a pretty big part of... Arthur, like my friends Kate and and Slick Nick from the movie Project Y, like that fact I am sort of the antithesis of yoga while at the same time YRG is still yoga based... Arthur is pretty much done filming everything for his film... he is just waiting for me to bring back footage of training our troops YRG in Iraq... that will be classic... Sergeant Hulka, get ready to go bro... This Thursday August 10th, I'll be down The Jersey Shore at the Brielle Sports Club in Brielle NJ go to the site for directions (Official Site) be there if you can make it... I will be doing a beginners class at 5:30 pm and kick ass YRG class at 6:30 pm ... Angella and Iwill be at down the shore from Tuesday till Saturday. BTW, my sister Sally has finally moved her business out of her house and bought a building for her travel agency called The Travel Smiths if you ever need a travel agent I will guaran-Damn-tee ya there is not a better one on the planet... After that, Ang and I are headed to one of my favorite cities on the planet... Chicago, Illinois for Angella's Grandad's 90th birthday then back to LA... On September 22rd, YRG with DDP and the Yoga-doc will be headed to Tampa and working our way down the west coast of Fla. and then head back up the east coast... I'll keep you posted on that. It's funny because I had so much sh*t going on this last month that I totally forgot to tell you guys that I was headed down to San Diego to do Comic Con July 20th - 23rd... Last year at Comic Con we premiered "Devils Rejects"... this year I had 3 movies not actually premiering but had whats called panel discussions... it's where we show scenes from each the movies and then have a panel discussion afterwards ... Snoop Dogs "Hood of Horror" got the most hype obviously because well... because it's Snoop... it was a great panel lead by the creator the Hood of Horror and director my movie "Driftwood" Tim Sullivan... everyone did a great job... since Snoop was caught in heavy traffic coming down from LA... What a surprise huh? It was up to us to fill the void... on the panel was Pooch Hall who you heard me talk about just last week when we were at the "Hoods Of Horror" LA film festival screening... Pooch is going to be a HUGE star someday... he has a million dollar smile... great charisma and talent... As a matter of fact my boy Pooch has a new show starting up this fall called The Game... check it out... Pooch Hall at Comic Con is the Game! Also there was buddy writer/producer Jonathan Q who gave me my part and named me Jersey... as well as the legend Ernie Hudson, my girl Lyn Shae, the sexy Brande Roderick and Daniella Alonso and rounding out the panel was producer Martin Shore who is such a class act (I also want to thank his lovely wife Robyn for taking the pictures you are looking at since my camera died right before I got there) this was a fun crew to be with on and off the set... go figure me wearing the new YRG t-shirt... What a surprise hun? Brandy, Q, Tim, Lyn, Snoop, Ernie, DDP, Pooch and Daniella... There was over 4,500 people and you know that most of them came to see Snoop... and guess who's not going to make it... What a surprise hun?? Our PR girl Nicole saved the day by getting Snoop on the cell phone and actually did a call in on his cell phone and the people still loved it... when you don't have to be physically at your own panel discussion for you own movie that's got your name on it and you still leaving the people happy ... now that's being OVER... this cat or dog can't do nothing wrong I've never seen anything like it... Q, Tim, Snoop, DDP and Martin Anyway as you can see above Snoop did finally make the PR portion which is the most important part for all of us concerned ... Snoop came as charismatic as ever... totally laid back and within moments the room was his... after he did the press run it's picture time and at some point Tim says I would like to get a picture of DDP and Snoop ... when I walked up to Snoop I stuck out my left hand and just asked Snoop to complete the Diamond Cutter sign with his right hand which he did graciously ... after we ran the through all the photographers ... Snoop said to me "Hey Diamond we miss one of the boys over there and Snoop suggested putting back up the Diamond Cutter sign again" and yes he called it the Diamond Cutter sign not the Roc sign... as we were taking pictures Snoop says to me... "You know Diamond... I like this Diamond Cutter sign... it's kinda Gangsterish ... I think I might have to steal it..."? which of course made me laugh out loud... I thought of things to say like well you better to get in line but I thought that would just be taking the low road and it was Classic just as it was... Like I said I just laughed my ass off... later I would realize maybe he was just seeing if I would sell it or not... you know get me on a rant about Jay-Z or something... funny thing was when Snoop was getting ready to leave I grabbed my girl Angella and asked him if would take an other picture with the 2 of us... of course Snoop loved Angella... what a surprise huh? Aas we were doing the double cross hands Diamond Cutters Snoop says "yeah we should be doing the Diamond Cutter sign since you invented it Diamond" At that point I was sure he was just ribbing me about stealing the sign... which even made it funnier to me... I really enjoyed meeting him... This was a Classic DDP moment... Snoop DDP and Angella The panels for "Driftwood" and "Spilnter" went well but we only had about a third of the time we had for HoH but it's all good PR... or Saturday night Angella ,Jana and I watched our first screening of "Spinter" I was happy with it and considering that this flick only cost about $300,000.00 in post production it is absolutely amazing... my part got a little chopped down because of time and technical sh*t but I was just happy to be a part of the team... I learn something new on every flick I get... I want to thank Michael Olmas for the opportunity. Dallas Page, Michael D. Olmos, Resmin Atis and Edward James Olmos As for Driftwood, they are talking about a February release... I'm hoping it goes to MTV but it may go to Spike or The Science Fiction channel and then to the uncensored DVDs which should be killa... I will keep you posted... Well thats all for this long ass email. Remember if you want to see all the pictures go to www.diamonddallaspage.com As usual it's been your pleasure as well as mine... Have a Great day! Be Unstoppable...? Do YRG & Live Life @ 90% D. Dallas Page