I may call the show this Sunday...

I may still be two or three weeks away from feeling like I can do this with a little more confidence... My health is still not up to par, but I don't mind testing it a little more right now.

I've already done some physical activities within the past few months since my surgery, such as playing football and shooting some baskets while playing basketball at the local park, but I didn't over do it and I paced myself very cautiously to say the least.

I want to become a regular caller on the show as I call in during random times, because I'll probably have some comments or questions to make about the Rockets and Texans as times goes by.

Depending on the segment that is on and what the subject is, I can adjust to that and talk about it just the same.

For instance, even though I haven't posted on ClutchFans.net since 2004 ( YaoMingFan was my old account name on there ), I wouldn't be against the idea of calling into the ClutchFans segment just to talk about the Rockets ( with the 2008 NBA Playoffs just around the corner, I'm excited about it )...

When there's talk about the NFL in particular, that's usually when I get that excited and unexplained spark of interest in my eyes... I mean I have to be honest, the Houston Texans are my biggest passion and I'm thinking of doing this... I want to make my own Houston Texans fansite on the Internet in the near future, even if it cost a lot of time and money on my part to make...

Anyway, I'm only going to call the show once per week ( maybe once every other week ), and I want to make sure I'm not always obligated or limited to calling "only during" the AstrosDaily segment, but I'll certainly do that if that's what it takes to get some more calls on the segment.

My biggest regret is the fact that I've been so sick and unable to contribute as an active fan caller thus far... I wasn't able to call the AstrosDaily show during the past month or so. I really did want to call in when Gene Elston was on, or when Scott Barzilla was on, but I physically couldn't talk.

I can talk right now, not great but good enough, or at least I think David Nuno will be able to understand what I'm saying...

As that old Jack Nicholson movie goes, this may be "As Good As It Gets" and I can certainly relate to Nicholson's character "Melvin Udall" in that movie, because that may as well be me in 30 or so years ...

I'm just feeling incredibly nervous though. It's been a long time since I called into a Houston sports talk show.

I haven't done it since my teenager days back in 1997 through 1999, and I was only 16, 17 and 18 years old at the time, but I did have some fun when I called.

For those three years, I used to be a regular caller on the 610 AM Houston sports talk shows, and I talked to Kenny Hand, Richard Lord and Adam Wexler.

I started to become addicted to the Internet around October of 1999, and since then I never called into a radio show ever again.

For the past hour or so, I've been talking out as loud as I possibly could in front of my restroom mirror -- practicing and preparing -- and I quickly got tired a few minutes into it and I started to sweat heavily, my chest and heart pounding super fast, and it's the nerves and this uneasy feeling like I almost have to force myself to call into the show now ( adding that extra pressure on myself ).

Even sitting down right now and thinking about doing it ( calling the show ), I can feel my heart beating fast and my chest pounding... I don't know if this is a good or bad physical feeling for me at this time... I feel like I want to throw up right now as well... Due to the nervousness involved on my part...

I'll probably call this Sunday... I'm going to call from my cell phone and I'll try to call at the right time, but if for whatever reason I accidently fall during another segment ( that's fine, because I'll be willing to talk about whatever subject is on )... So I don't think I'll be a wasted call if the AstrosDaily segment only lasted a few minutes and some other topics are on instead.

I just want to get this out of the way just to say I called the show, because if I wait any longer it's only going to be on my mind and I'm going to keep beating myself up about it.

If I call the show this Sunday, I figure I can feel better about things and perhaps that's what I have to do in order for the Astros to start winning games.

I'm starting to hear voices inside of my head right now, "If you call, they will win."

I'm just wondering if it's okay to call from my cell phone or is it better to use my house phone?

I'm not sure how I'm going to sound either way... I want to come across with some zeal and enthusiastic energy with my voice tone, and I don't want to sound like a deadbeat voice and boring or anything, but I'm worried that may be the case at this current time ( my voice still feels like it's only at 55 percent compared to what it used to be before I became incredibly ill last September ).

Oh well, it should be an interesting experience for me regardless... If I'm able to do this and if I call this one time on Sunday, I'll feel good that I did it for the first time since 1999 ( calling a radio show ), and I'm not sure if I'll want to call a lot right away, but perhaps every now and then...

Last Edited By: JustWinStros Apr 10 08 1:31 PM. Edited 1 times.