DC FORUM: A Labor Day Update...

A Note from The Editor...

BY DC CUEVA                        

■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB/TK

As we enter these last twenty-four hours of the summer period, normally this would be a time for celebration and one more opportunity for those like me to simply enjoy a day like this. There's nothing like a hot day or a cool night outside having some barbecue with family, relatives and friends... just like any of the fifteen weekends that we've had in the 104-day period from when we begin this season on Friday evening of the Memorial Day holiday, right up until the day that brings it all to an end on Labor Day. Unfortunately, that's not been the case this time around in the Cueva household... and if you thought you had the worst summer ever two years ago, then we had ours this year two years later.

Usually, I would be busy breezing along on what I do best: blog posts like these covering MTV reality TV, sports, pop culture and Las Vegas... or the occasional YouTube video. But understandably, DCBLOG activity this summer has been considerably lighter than in the first ten years of this site, and it's for the reason that we, as a family, are continuing to deal with the passing back on July 23rd of my late father, Mariano Cueva... being taken away from us much too soon after battling brain cancer. And dealing with all of what has happened the last 40+ days has taken its toll on us, especially the funeral services that we had for him last week when our entire family gathered to say one final farewell.

All of what's happened the past week for us here is why things have not been quite up to speed as of yet on this site, and also why I've had a little difficulty having to pick things back up mentally from our emotional week back into this thing I love doing. But at least, if you've been seeing my Instagram stories in showing all sorts of viral videos there along with the occasional look-in on my world, I'm keeping my spirits up in that part of the digital world. Still, blog work has always been a place for me to get away from all that's going on this world especially now... and whenever I'm in that element of wanting to provide everyone with "The Escape You Deserve," then we get to offer our finest work.

Tomorrow -- or later today on Labor Day itself depending on where you are at 11 o'clock out here in California, ExtraTime will explore America's fastest growing sport and the link it has to The Challenge: USA... and shortly thereafter our episode coverage will resume. And as we now enter the month of September, expect things to gradually pick back up as we've entered this special time of year to be in the TV fandom. Have a safe Monday to come...

- I AM DC

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