Yeah, Saturday was pretty epic in a lot of ways!
First the last show of the Dearly Beloved run was fun. The Date's best friend came up from Houston to see it and spend a few days. That is a good time! She's fun to have around!
The annual party at Jamal's house was epic though! Jamal always goes all out on his blowouts and this one was no exception! We arrived around eleven after the show and after taking The Date home to change into her costume of a Zombie Prom Queen.
We arrived to costume's aplenty and dozens of people having a great time! I hung out on the patio most of the evening with a Diesel Unholy Cocktail cigar. A boutique line but very chocolaty and full flavored.
Mingling was accomplished, alcohol was consumed (except by me as I just don't drink much anymore) and Halloween was brought in and recognized as the fun holiday that it is!
Tonight The Walking Dead premiers and another small gathering will be here to watch and enjoy this epic series! I'm making a seven layer dip and a few odds and ends. Nothing much but snack worthy food regardless! I can't wait!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Final Show
In a couple of ways actually. First it's the final show of Dearly Beloved! It's also your final shot at seeing it! Better make sure you can make it tonight! Second it's also the final show for me and my family for at least a couple of months. I'm definitely in need of a break from the theatre for a while.
Come see the show!
Tonight's the big Halloween party at Jamal's house. The annual blow out of epic proportions! It'll be a ton of fun and everyone will be there!
Today is about editing the project from Thursday and getting it up online. I've had little opportunity to get it finished thus far. But I will!
Come see the show!
Tonight's the big Halloween party at Jamal's house. The annual blow out of epic proportions! It'll be a ton of fun and everyone will be there!
Today is about editing the project from Thursday and getting it up online. I've had little opportunity to get it finished thus far. But I will!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Weekend Ahoy!
And I've got a ton of work to do.
I wasn't able to get much of the shoot last night edited so that'll be on tonight's agenda along with a full show. This weekend I'll have another editing project to finish among other things like a show Saturday night, a massive Halloween party, and the premiere of Walking Dead on AMC Sunday night.
The Date's best friend flew in from out of town yesterday and will be spending the weekend with us so it'll be that much more fun! All in all it's a jam packed weekend of thrills and chills...and work.
Thing 2 went to the haunted house last night with T. The Date reports she loved it!
I've got to get this day started if I'm ever going to get it done so bring it!
I wasn't able to get much of the shoot last night edited so that'll be on tonight's agenda along with a full show. This weekend I'll have another editing project to finish among other things like a show Saturday night, a massive Halloween party, and the premiere of Walking Dead on AMC Sunday night.
The Date's best friend flew in from out of town yesterday and will be spending the weekend with us so it'll be that much more fun! All in all it's a jam packed weekend of thrills and chills...and work.
Thing 2 went to the haunted house last night with T. The Date reports she loved it!
I've got to get this day started if I'm ever going to get it done so bring it!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Shooting Tonight
Yeah it'll be a bigger shoot too. A CD release party so it'll have a lot of people there for the premiere. It'll be a good time and of course I'm working it so I'll be getting paid to be there.
I watched a couple of innings in the World Series and saw Cliff Lee give up a few runs and the Giants go up 5-2. Then I watched some of the Thunder game on ESPN, saw it was a tight game. Durant was playing very well! They finished off Chicago with a win!
Times have changed, Chicago used to be my favorite team in the Jordan era of course. I've still got the last two seasons of playoffs and finals recorded on VHS. One of these days I'll have to get them digitized. It's got commercials, pregames, and everything!
Yeah it'll be great to go back and revisit those games when I do digitize them. I'll have to get a VHS with a USB to do so. They can be had fairly cheaply in fact. It's not pressing at all, I've got other things to do first.
Like going to work in a few minutes for instance.
I watched a couple of innings in the World Series and saw Cliff Lee give up a few runs and the Giants go up 5-2. Then I watched some of the Thunder game on ESPN, saw it was a tight game. Durant was playing very well! They finished off Chicago with a win!
Times have changed, Chicago used to be my favorite team in the Jordan era of course. I've still got the last two seasons of playoffs and finals recorded on VHS. One of these days I'll have to get them digitized. It's got commercials, pregames, and everything!
Yeah it'll be great to go back and revisit those games when I do digitize them. I'll have to get a VHS with a USB to do so. They can be had fairly cheaply in fact. It's not pressing at all, I've got other things to do first.
Like going to work in a few minutes for instance.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Countdown
First and foremost to The Walking Dead premiere on Sunday evening! This is going to be a great show! I'm sooo looking forward to a live interpretation of the comic! I loaned The Walking Dead Compendium to Skate for reading before the show starts so he could get a feel for it. He plowed through the whole thing in like three days.
It's a thousand plus pages gentle readers. Forty eight issues all in one place. I've got four more volumes for him to read that continues the story of Rick Grimes and his band of weary travelers. They encounter things far worse than zombies in the new world. Things that you wouldn't think would be worse but are even more dangerous.
The new world offers new challenges like the basics: shelter, food and water. Electricity is either gone or as good as gone. Gas can be siphoned from abandoned vehicles left on the roads. Scrounging becomes an art.
It's a bleak world where even the youngest must grow up faster than they should have to if they were to survive. It's not about living anymore either, it is about surviving, surviving one more day when everything is against you.
It'll be a great show!
The countdown is also on for Election Day, Nodember second! When all of the liberals are thrown out of Congress for good and President Obama has his political agenda effectively neutered. I know he blames the previous administration and you might as well but do keep in mind that liberals have held Congress without challenge since the midterm elections of 2006 so basically January of 2007. Congress is in control of the budget and the President can veto it or sign it. You'll remember it was a time of gridlock on the Hill.
Regardless Nodember second is a referendum on Obama and his agenda. It is being played up as less than that. That he needs more time to turn things around while I would argue that this is exactly what he wants. He wants a weak country. He wants people on unemployment and food stamps. He wants people to become dependent upon his group of politicians as they steadily grow into ruling royalty elites.
He is getting his way and the people don't like it. They'll let their voices known Tuesday:)
It's a thousand plus pages gentle readers. Forty eight issues all in one place. I've got four more volumes for him to read that continues the story of Rick Grimes and his band of weary travelers. They encounter things far worse than zombies in the new world. Things that you wouldn't think would be worse but are even more dangerous.
The new world offers new challenges like the basics: shelter, food and water. Electricity is either gone or as good as gone. Gas can be siphoned from abandoned vehicles left on the roads. Scrounging becomes an art.
It's a bleak world where even the youngest must grow up faster than they should have to if they were to survive. It's not about living anymore either, it is about surviving, surviving one more day when everything is against you.
It'll be a great show!
The countdown is also on for Election Day, Nodember second! When all of the liberals are thrown out of Congress for good and President Obama has his political agenda effectively neutered. I know he blames the previous administration and you might as well but do keep in mind that liberals have held Congress without challenge since the midterm elections of 2006 so basically January of 2007. Congress is in control of the budget and the President can veto it or sign it. You'll remember it was a time of gridlock on the Hill.
Regardless Nodember second is a referendum on Obama and his agenda. It is being played up as less than that. That he needs more time to turn things around while I would argue that this is exactly what he wants. He wants a weak country. He wants people on unemployment and food stamps. He wants people to become dependent upon his group of politicians as they steadily grow into ruling royalty elites.
He is getting his way and the people don't like it. They'll let their voices known Tuesday:)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Hard Decisions
Yesterday The Date turned down her job offer to stay in college full time and graduate. I'm proud of her:) She didn't take the easy way out and even though this means we'll be tight on money from time to time it also means she'll get better opportunities in the future.
Not just job but career offers in a few short years. I'm happy she made this decision. Putting off instant gratification now for more rewards later is a great way to do things. It's something I didn't do as I took the best job I could find eighteen years ago and I'm still at it.
Who knows what would have happened if I had stayed in college. Where would I be? Well I am happy to say after all of these long years of wondering I'm happy right where I'm at. It works out as after eighteen years I'm topped out on my pay scale and we aren't desperate for money while The Date does go to school full time. God works in mysterious ways and this is one of them as well.
Who knew that is what I stuck out those tough years when I really wanted to quit for.
It was to prepare for this situation now:) Practically no debt and money to live with while putting my wife through college to get her degree. Makes sense now:)
Another tough decision I made was to log into to Starcraft again last night after such an epic losing day on Sunday. I only got beat one legitimate time last night! I was 5-4 but lost to cheese rushes three times and quit in the first two minutes on one of them because I didn't want to deal with a low skill player. I want to make my skills better against a good player and I'm ok if I lose to a good player.
Thing is I beat some great players last night! Players with really good records and I won. I'm ten games under .500 now but I'm gaining fast and each loss is a learning experience! On almost all of my losses I had a better economy going but I didn't translate that into a bigger army. If the other losses weren't cheese players (players with no skill who lean on gimmicks and exploits to win instead of thinking about strategy) I would have been at least 5-1! That's improvement after such a bad day before and practically no confidence going into last night.
My fantasy teams went 1-1. I'm a division leader in my main money league and in second place in my division in the second. I came up just short 51-53 from being the division leader there too! All in all it was a day filled with hard decisions and a day in which the future will have to take care of itself while I concentrate on getting the love of my life through school as well as getting The Things into college in a few years, and becoming better at Starcraft;)
Hope your day is great!
Not just job but career offers in a few short years. I'm happy she made this decision. Putting off instant gratification now for more rewards later is a great way to do things. It's something I didn't do as I took the best job I could find eighteen years ago and I'm still at it.
Who knows what would have happened if I had stayed in college. Where would I be? Well I am happy to say after all of these long years of wondering I'm happy right where I'm at. It works out as after eighteen years I'm topped out on my pay scale and we aren't desperate for money while The Date does go to school full time. God works in mysterious ways and this is one of them as well.
Who knew that is what I stuck out those tough years when I really wanted to quit for.
It was to prepare for this situation now:) Practically no debt and money to live with while putting my wife through college to get her degree. Makes sense now:)
Another tough decision I made was to log into to Starcraft again last night after such an epic losing day on Sunday. I only got beat one legitimate time last night! I was 5-4 but lost to cheese rushes three times and quit in the first two minutes on one of them because I didn't want to deal with a low skill player. I want to make my skills better against a good player and I'm ok if I lose to a good player.
Thing is I beat some great players last night! Players with really good records and I won. I'm ten games under .500 now but I'm gaining fast and each loss is a learning experience! On almost all of my losses I had a better economy going but I didn't translate that into a bigger army. If the other losses weren't cheese players (players with no skill who lean on gimmicks and exploits to win instead of thinking about strategy) I would have been at least 5-1! That's improvement after such a bad day before and practically no confidence going into last night.
My fantasy teams went 1-1. I'm a division leader in my main money league and in second place in my division in the second. I came up just short 51-53 from being the division leader there too! All in all it was a day filled with hard decisions and a day in which the future will have to take care of itself while I concentrate on getting the love of my life through school as well as getting The Things into college in a few years, and becoming better at Starcraft;)
Hope your day is great!
Monday, October 25, 2010
One More Week!
Well the show is on it's half time break for four days then the final two shows next weekend! The houses have been good sized, the cast has enjoyed each show, and sometimes I blow a cue because I'm watching the show!
I had a horrible Starcraft day yesterday. I couldn't win at all. I believe I won maybe six out of twenty. Most of the games were good, I just didn't transition to my mid and late game strategies well. Hardly any of them put any early pressure on me at all so I became the aggressor and they held me off too well.
To contrast this Saturday I couldn't lose! I had a six in a row win streak in fact! The same strategies worked time and time again against good players! I looked at their records! I couldn't believe I was knocking off some skilled people here. I looked at the records yesterday and most of them had half as many wins as me except one notable player who had more. The majority of them had less games played total than I had wins or losses.
I just wasn't on yesterday and it showed. It shook my confidence and I carried that over to my 2V2 game and 3v3 games. I was consistently one of the lower players when I've been a lot better.
It happens, I'll pick it up again and get a streak going again. I'll read more message boards at work and watch more replays. I'll get my mojo back!
I had a horrible Starcraft day yesterday. I couldn't win at all. I believe I won maybe six out of twenty. Most of the games were good, I just didn't transition to my mid and late game strategies well. Hardly any of them put any early pressure on me at all so I became the aggressor and they held me off too well.
To contrast this Saturday I couldn't lose! I had a six in a row win streak in fact! The same strategies worked time and time again against good players! I looked at their records! I couldn't believe I was knocking off some skilled people here. I looked at the records yesterday and most of them had half as many wins as me except one notable player who had more. The majority of them had less games played total than I had wins or losses.
I just wasn't on yesterday and it showed. It shook my confidence and I carried that over to my 2V2 game and 3v3 games. I was consistently one of the lower players when I've been a lot better.
It happens, I'll pick it up again and get a streak going again. I'll read more message boards at work and watch more replays. I'll get my mojo back!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Meltdown Is Coming!
Not the Democrats although that's coming too but the BCS meltdown is on it's way!
Oklahoma lost last night, they were number one in the BCS poll. That leaves Oregon, Boise State, Auburn, and TCU as the next in line. Oregon might or might not be beat the rest of the season. Auburn plays in the SEC, more than likely someone will trip them up. Boise played the hard part of their schedule already, and so did TCU.
The perfect BCS meltdown scenario is Boise and TCU staying undefeated while all of the top BCS teams suffer a loss. The BCS would then be forced to take two teams ranked below Boise and TCU since they are not eligible for the BCS National Championship.
The system will have to be destroyed faster than the liberals destroyed health care! A public outcry against the BCS system is necessary at that point to get it across that no one wants it, save the major colleges who make more from the current system.
Simply put I want a college football playoff system. I'm for every possible way to destroy the BCS as it exists. Take the eight highest ranked teams at the end of the season regardless of conference and go at it for three weeks and see who is left standing! The only controversy at that point would be who is ranked 8th and who is ranked 9th to get into the playoff bracket.
Boo BCS...YAY Playoffs!!!
Oklahoma lost last night, they were number one in the BCS poll. That leaves Oregon, Boise State, Auburn, and TCU as the next in line. Oregon might or might not be beat the rest of the season. Auburn plays in the SEC, more than likely someone will trip them up. Boise played the hard part of their schedule already, and so did TCU.
The perfect BCS meltdown scenario is Boise and TCU staying undefeated while all of the top BCS teams suffer a loss. The BCS would then be forced to take two teams ranked below Boise and TCU since they are not eligible for the BCS National Championship.
The system will have to be destroyed faster than the liberals destroyed health care! A public outcry against the BCS system is necessary at that point to get it across that no one wants it, save the major colleges who make more from the current system.
Simply put I want a college football playoff system. I'm for every possible way to destroy the BCS as it exists. Take the eight highest ranked teams at the end of the season regardless of conference and go at it for three weeks and see who is left standing! The only controversy at that point would be who is ranked 8th and who is ranked 9th to get into the playoff bracket.
Boo BCS...YAY Playoffs!!!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Great Opening Night!
The crowd of nearly a hundred and thirty loved the show! They laughed and laughed!
The Date had the time of her life after understanding what it means when an audience is out there in front of you for the first time. Thing 2 did super well, in fact the entire cast was great biggest part to smallest part! There isn't a weak link here!
After the show we took Court and headed home to change and then to BDubs with friends and cast mates, we stayed there until midnight! Everyone just loved chatting about the post game of the show. Wrapping up how things went, what was funny on stage, how the audience reacted, all of that and more.
It was a good but expensive Friday. I had the Tahoe in to look for the mystery front end sound. Turns out it was a wheel bearing but not the one Grizzly (the alignment guy) and I thought it was. It was the opposite one and it was very bad. So that got changed and new brake pads were put on for a total just north of four hundred dollars. Grizzly and I used to work together where I work. He's a good guy, honest as the day is long and as goofy too.
Big guy, loves cats, looks like a mountain man. He had that front end apart in no time, pads installed, brakes bled, and silently back on the road in less than two hours. Yep it is good to go now for many thousands of more miles! Thankfully yesterday was payday and we had the money for the job to get done!
Always thankful for the little things!
The Date had the time of her life after understanding what it means when an audience is out there in front of you for the first time. Thing 2 did super well, in fact the entire cast was great biggest part to smallest part! There isn't a weak link here!
After the show we took Court and headed home to change and then to BDubs with friends and cast mates, we stayed there until midnight! Everyone just loved chatting about the post game of the show. Wrapping up how things went, what was funny on stage, how the audience reacted, all of that and more.
It was a good but expensive Friday. I had the Tahoe in to look for the mystery front end sound. Turns out it was a wheel bearing but not the one Grizzly (the alignment guy) and I thought it was. It was the opposite one and it was very bad. So that got changed and new brake pads were put on for a total just north of four hundred dollars. Grizzly and I used to work together where I work. He's a good guy, honest as the day is long and as goofy too.
Big guy, loves cats, looks like a mountain man. He had that front end apart in no time, pads installed, brakes bled, and silently back on the road in less than two hours. Yep it is good to go now for many thousands of more miles! Thankfully yesterday was payday and we had the money for the job to get done!
Always thankful for the little things!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Great Day!
Last night went decently smooth. Final dress rehearsal that is. A blown line here and there but it flowed together nicely and there were big laughs all the way through the show!
It was funny, there were times when I was actually watching the show instead of following the script and came close to blowing a cue. I was late on a couple for that very reason but didn't completely blow them all together.
Yesterday was quite a day! The Date got a job that will work around her college schedule but will also demand her time when she isn't in class. Talk about out of the blue, first it was a random meeting then it was dependent upon a bond issue passing. It failed so we forgot about the potential job. Then three weeks ago a new position was approved anyway so The Date applied and interviewed for it.
After they didn't seem willing to work around her college schedule she didn't feel good about getting the job and yet yesterday it was offered to her, along with a whole new set of responsibilities! This will be a challenge and it'll be a great blessing! It's a fantastic pay package and could work into a better one, the job is something she's done forever and loves doing!
Things are going in a good direction right now:)
It was funny, there were times when I was actually watching the show instead of following the script and came close to blowing a cue. I was late on a couple for that very reason but didn't completely blow them all together.
Yesterday was quite a day! The Date got a job that will work around her college schedule but will also demand her time when she isn't in class. Talk about out of the blue, first it was a random meeting then it was dependent upon a bond issue passing. It failed so we forgot about the potential job. Then three weeks ago a new position was approved anyway so The Date applied and interviewed for it.
After they didn't seem willing to work around her college schedule she didn't feel good about getting the job and yet yesterday it was offered to her, along with a whole new set of responsibilities! This will be a challenge and it'll be a great blessing! It's a fantastic pay package and could work into a better one, the job is something she's done forever and loves doing!
Things are going in a good direction right now:)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tired
This has been a long week. No one has been home much, The Date has finished her midterm exams, Thing 1 has a job from 4:30 until 7 each evening, Thing 2 has been on stage all week with The Date, and I've been in the booth.
Next week will be nice! The show is again good enough to open, the cast will have tonight to polish it up for tomorrow. I'm worn out though, work has been super busy this week. That's good in a way but this is one week I would have appreciated some downtime at work.
A week off of work might be in order very soon. We'll see how it goes but it sure would come in handy right now.
Next week will be nice! The show is again good enough to open, the cast will have tonight to polish it up for tomorrow. I'm worn out though, work has been super busy this week. That's good in a way but this is one week I would have appreciated some downtime at work.
A week off of work might be in order very soon. We'll see how it goes but it sure would come in handy right now.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
One Win Away
The Texas Rangers, long time cellar dwellers of the MLB, have put themselves one win away from the World Series. Not a huge Ranger fan, in fact I'm not a huge baseball fan but It's a great story and I'm a huge underdog story fan.
It wouldn't matter who made it into the World Series, I've rooted for the Yankees many many times, Red Sox, basically any American League team over any National League team. The way Texas is playing now they'll destroy San Francisco or Philadelphia with this hard hitting lineup.
Pitching? They've kept the mighty Yankees in check through four games and the first game New York didn't score until late after Texas had a five to nothing lead early.
All in all I won't be able to watch this series except the live box score updates on my iPhone. I've been at the theatre every evening until after the games have ended.
The Date and Thing 2 have done incredible jobs with their characters! I'm very proud of them and the rest of the cast! There isn't one weak link in this cast right now! They have two more full rehearsals to develop more chemistry but the show could have opened last night without a problem!
Thing 1 has been tracking missed lines and last night she didn't have a lot of work. It was really cool the way she jumped in there to help out! All in all this has been a great family experience for me and us! We will all be happy though with a good sized break from the theatre after this show closes. Fun though it may be, shows take up a huge amount of time and leave little for much else.
It wouldn't matter who made it into the World Series, I've rooted for the Yankees many many times, Red Sox, basically any American League team over any National League team. The way Texas is playing now they'll destroy San Francisco or Philadelphia with this hard hitting lineup.
Pitching? They've kept the mighty Yankees in check through four games and the first game New York didn't score until late after Texas had a five to nothing lead early.
All in all I won't be able to watch this series except the live box score updates on my iPhone. I've been at the theatre every evening until after the games have ended.
The Date and Thing 2 have done incredible jobs with their characters! I'm very proud of them and the rest of the cast! There isn't one weak link in this cast right now! They have two more full rehearsals to develop more chemistry but the show could have opened last night without a problem!
Thing 1 has been tracking missed lines and last night she didn't have a lot of work. It was really cool the way she jumped in there to help out! All in all this has been a great family experience for me and us! We will all be happy though with a good sized break from the theatre after this show closes. Fun though it may be, shows take up a huge amount of time and leave little for much else.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Two Weeks Until Nodember Second!
Yeppers, two full weeks now until we fire many liberals in Congress. Keep in mind that liberals have ran congress since the 2006 midterm elections and since then Pelosi and Reid have driven the country into Obama's ditch that he famously finger points blame about in every speech.
You know something, Americans are tired of finger pointing. They want results. We are Americans, we can tell when someone is making an excuse. It galls me if I ask a question and I get an excuse instead of an answer. I'm about personal responsibility and there is only so much you can blame on the previous administration.
Liberals have had this economy since 2006 now. One would have to assume that this is what they wanted. People dependent upon the government for help. I blog about this subject this very morning as yesterday I read a letter sent out by our union president Tom Buffenbarger.
He is in a tizzy as all of the hard work of getting a labor friendly congress elected and a "Friend in the White House" is about to go up in smoke. This is after a union meeting Saturday in which it was voted on to raise our dues. One member was concerned about how much of the dues was going to elect liberals to Congress. Our own Johnny Friendly said not one penny.
That is a disingenuous answer at best. They cannot take a percentage out of each check and give it to candidates we might oppose as members. They can and do fund their own contributions through PACs and tons of printed materials sent out to members. The unions work a lot like our own government. They don't make money themselves. They don't produce a product themselves. They depend on membership paying dues for arbitration should it arise to get screw up employees their jobs back.
They don't even contribute to the pension plan as that is funded by the companies they bargain with per employee. I get a journal that tells me who the union supports and why I should as well. My dues as well as the dues of every union member funds that propaganda. People who work for the union directly and get paid also make large contributions to the members that the union endorses. Again keep in mind that that money is paid to them out of our dues.
Yes I have contributed more money involuntarily to liberals being elected in the past eighteen years than you have probably sent to support candidates you love.
Johnny Friendly was technically correct however he was also not telling the whole truth. I get the feeling that come Nodember second Tom Buffenbarger will be a very upset little union president.
You know something, Americans are tired of finger pointing. They want results. We are Americans, we can tell when someone is making an excuse. It galls me if I ask a question and I get an excuse instead of an answer. I'm about personal responsibility and there is only so much you can blame on the previous administration.
Liberals have had this economy since 2006 now. One would have to assume that this is what they wanted. People dependent upon the government for help. I blog about this subject this very morning as yesterday I read a letter sent out by our union president Tom Buffenbarger.
He is in a tizzy as all of the hard work of getting a labor friendly congress elected and a "Friend in the White House" is about to go up in smoke. This is after a union meeting Saturday in which it was voted on to raise our dues. One member was concerned about how much of the dues was going to elect liberals to Congress. Our own Johnny Friendly said not one penny.
That is a disingenuous answer at best. They cannot take a percentage out of each check and give it to candidates we might oppose as members. They can and do fund their own contributions through PACs and tons of printed materials sent out to members. The unions work a lot like our own government. They don't make money themselves. They don't produce a product themselves. They depend on membership paying dues for arbitration should it arise to get screw up employees their jobs back.
They don't even contribute to the pension plan as that is funded by the companies they bargain with per employee. I get a journal that tells me who the union supports and why I should as well. My dues as well as the dues of every union member funds that propaganda. People who work for the union directly and get paid also make large contributions to the members that the union endorses. Again keep in mind that that money is paid to them out of our dues.
Yes I have contributed more money involuntarily to liberals being elected in the past eighteen years than you have probably sent to support candidates you love.
Johnny Friendly was technically correct however he was also not telling the whole truth. I get the feeling that come Nodember second Tom Buffenbarger will be a very upset little union president.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Great Sunday!
Got up, and started one of the heartiest beef stews I've ever made. This thing was screaming for ten degree weather outside! It was incredible! I'd suggest on a howling cold day you make it as well:
Put in your stew meat
4 ounces of minced garlic
2 envelopes of beef onion soup mix
1 tbs oregano
1 tbs thyme
2 tea spoons salt and 2 of pepper
32 ounces of crushed tomatoes
1 chopped onion
12 ounces of tomato paste
1 cup baby carrots
3 potatoes
2 celery stalks
4 bay leaves
2 cups of water and thin more if necessary as it might be
Serve with cornbread.
Turn the crock pot on low and let it set for 8-10 hours 5 hours if on high. This is the perfect arctic weather stew!
My fantasy teams split 1-1. I had a down week in both leagues after last week's stellar performance. I have the Tennessee D going tonight but I'm way behind Beersnob. 47-33 so the D and ST will have to step it up. I've likely suffered my second loss of the season though.
In my main money league I won however it was a low scoring game. A win is a win though.
After the stew was put on to simmer all day my mom had us come out as she had made cashew chicken as a Sunday meal! I had a heaping plate full. It was really good! At two I had to take The Date to the theatre for song rehearsal for Dearly Beloved. This whole week is tech week. We are pretty much set already but we'll be running the show like it's live anyway and get it tweaked and polished.
This is a whole family show as The Date is starring. Thing 2 plays two roles. Thing 1 will be backstage. I'm in the booth with Tech Guy on sound and spotlight.
Supper then rolled around and we had the magnificent stew! I put on Horror of Dracula while we ate. The Hammer films classic is still great after all of these years! Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are stellar!
After eating I sat outside with a Rocky Patel 1990 and just enjoyed the mild evening:) I came back in and The Date was studying for a science test today. I fired up Starcraft and had a 4-2 evening! Not bad on 1v1s. I'm getting decent at 1v1s now. I am not to the point where I should be winning every match as I should be right now though. I should be destroying bronze league players and advancing to a higher league.
I'll win a few and lose one I shouldn't lose. Right now I should be winning more consistently but I'm close! It was a great Sunday I hope yours was as well!
Put in your stew meat
4 ounces of minced garlic
2 envelopes of beef onion soup mix
1 tbs oregano
1 tbs thyme
2 tea spoons salt and 2 of pepper
32 ounces of crushed tomatoes
1 chopped onion
12 ounces of tomato paste
1 cup baby carrots
3 potatoes
2 celery stalks
4 bay leaves
2 cups of water and thin more if necessary as it might be
Serve with cornbread.
Turn the crock pot on low and let it set for 8-10 hours 5 hours if on high. This is the perfect arctic weather stew!
My fantasy teams split 1-1. I had a down week in both leagues after last week's stellar performance. I have the Tennessee D going tonight but I'm way behind Beersnob. 47-33 so the D and ST will have to step it up. I've likely suffered my second loss of the season though.
In my main money league I won however it was a low scoring game. A win is a win though.
After the stew was put on to simmer all day my mom had us come out as she had made cashew chicken as a Sunday meal! I had a heaping plate full. It was really good! At two I had to take The Date to the theatre for song rehearsal for Dearly Beloved. This whole week is tech week. We are pretty much set already but we'll be running the show like it's live anyway and get it tweaked and polished.
This is a whole family show as The Date is starring. Thing 2 plays two roles. Thing 1 will be backstage. I'm in the booth with Tech Guy on sound and spotlight.
Supper then rolled around and we had the magnificent stew! I put on Horror of Dracula while we ate. The Hammer films classic is still great after all of these years! Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are stellar!
After eating I sat outside with a Rocky Patel 1990 and just enjoyed the mild evening:) I came back in and The Date was studying for a science test today. I fired up Starcraft and had a 4-2 evening! Not bad on 1v1s. I'm getting decent at 1v1s now. I am not to the point where I should be winning every match as I should be right now though. I should be destroying bronze league players and advancing to a higher league.
I'll win a few and lose one I shouldn't lose. Right now I should be winning more consistently but I'm close! It was a great Sunday I hope yours was as well!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Musical Number Ones
It's that time of year where whoever is ranked number one in college football gets beat.
Ohio State from the incredibly overrated Big 10 conference just got dumped yesterday. This places the best scenario for a BCS meltdown on the table now! If TCU and Boise State run the table and wind up 1 and 2 then they'll have to be considered the best in the nation and play in the BCS game!
Of course they aren't eligible to play in the BCS game as they are not BCS teams. That should be enough to bring an end to the BCS and calls for a playoff system that everyone wants to see. Well everyone but the college presidents who make more money from the current system that is.
Fans, teams, most coaches, want a system where the best team is determined on the field by the teams themselves. No one is happy with the current system. It's convoluted and doesn't get the job done. There are always questions at the end of the season that will always go unanswered.
College basketball is different, everyone knows who the best team is. They prove it on the court. There is no question at all left. Even the lower divisions of college football have a playoff system and there are no problems with it. Division One has the problems though. It'll take teams that are not BCS eligible to get into the top games to melt down the system, let's hope it happens year after year after year!
Ohio State from the incredibly overrated Big 10 conference just got dumped yesterday. This places the best scenario for a BCS meltdown on the table now! If TCU and Boise State run the table and wind up 1 and 2 then they'll have to be considered the best in the nation and play in the BCS game!
Of course they aren't eligible to play in the BCS game as they are not BCS teams. That should be enough to bring an end to the BCS and calls for a playoff system that everyone wants to see. Well everyone but the college presidents who make more money from the current system that is.
Fans, teams, most coaches, want a system where the best team is determined on the field by the teams themselves. No one is happy with the current system. It's convoluted and doesn't get the job done. There are always questions at the end of the season that will always go unanswered.
College basketball is different, everyone knows who the best team is. They prove it on the court. There is no question at all left. Even the lower divisions of college football have a playoff system and there are no problems with it. Division One has the problems though. It'll take teams that are not BCS eligible to get into the top games to melt down the system, let's hope it happens year after year after year!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Nice Friday
My on again, off again, on again, off again, and finally on again shoot happened yesterday. It went really well though, I made sure to include an extra interview on top of my contracted amount for value.
After that The Date and I took our dogs to the dog park. They did more sniffing and territory marking than running but were hot and tired in the end. They did so much territory marking they ran out actually! The leg would lift and nothing...it was pretty funny!
Back home and it was chilling time. I did that until it came time to edit. I got started and finished all the clips, encoded them, and got them uploaded without a problem. It feels great when things go the way they are supposed to go!
One of my clients told me that she had sold so many shoots over the next two months it's crazy! I'm thinking I'll be super busy and if Beersnob returns in time he might get in on one of these shoots!
Watched part of the Texas-New York game. Texas really blew it. They had a 5-0 first inning lead. The Yankees being the Yankees didn't panic at all and came back to win 6-5.
I'm going for Texas this series but if they don't win I'll always go for the American League team in the world series over the National League team. So if it's the Rangers vs. the Phillies or Giants that'd be great but if its the Yankees vs. teh Phillies or Giants I'm good with that too.
I like the underdog teams and since Texas has never really won much at all I'd love to see them maybe get down 3-0 in the series and then win four straight and then sweep the series! How cool would that be?
After that The Date and I took our dogs to the dog park. They did more sniffing and territory marking than running but were hot and tired in the end. They did so much territory marking they ran out actually! The leg would lift and nothing...it was pretty funny!
Back home and it was chilling time. I did that until it came time to edit. I got started and finished all the clips, encoded them, and got them uploaded without a problem. It feels great when things go the way they are supposed to go!
One of my clients told me that she had sold so many shoots over the next two months it's crazy! I'm thinking I'll be super busy and if Beersnob returns in time he might get in on one of these shoots!
Watched part of the Texas-New York game. Texas really blew it. They had a 5-0 first inning lead. The Yankees being the Yankees didn't panic at all and came back to win 6-5.
I'm going for Texas this series but if they don't win I'll always go for the American League team in the world series over the National League team. So if it's the Rangers vs. the Phillies or Giants that'd be great but if its the Yankees vs. teh Phillies or Giants I'm good with that too.
I like the underdog teams and since Texas has never really won much at all I'd love to see them maybe get down 3-0 in the series and then win four straight and then sweep the series! How cool would that be?
Friday, October 15, 2010
Shooting Today
Yep, I'm off work so I can shoot around noon today on a community event. Yes it's paid and yes my supervisor knows at work too. He's an understanding man and a genuine good guy.
The shoot will only take maybe an hour, two at the most. Editing will take some time and I'll have it all uploaded by later this afternoon. That's three paying shoots in one week. Pretty darn good! If this pace kept up the business would be off to an outstanding pace!
Regardless it's still going pretty good and Beersnob and I do have plans for other projects in the works! Those are exciting and will likely lead to bigger things!
Last night Tech Guy and I set the lights for Dearly Beloved. It was a breeze and easily the easiest full show to set cues for. Theatre King had marked the cues in the script already and we followed that and tweaked as necessary.
Now keep in mind Monday is tech week and for the most part we are setting cues that evening. We are ahead of the game now and will have an easy time of it! Monday we'll add sound cues and we'll have a fully lined out tech show!
The shoot will only take maybe an hour, two at the most. Editing will take some time and I'll have it all uploaded by later this afternoon. That's three paying shoots in one week. Pretty darn good! If this pace kept up the business would be off to an outstanding pace!
Regardless it's still going pretty good and Beersnob and I do have plans for other projects in the works! Those are exciting and will likely lead to bigger things!
Last night Tech Guy and I set the lights for Dearly Beloved. It was a breeze and easily the easiest full show to set cues for. Theatre King had marked the cues in the script already and we followed that and tweaked as necessary.
Now keep in mind Monday is tech week and for the most part we are setting cues that evening. We are ahead of the game now and will have an easy time of it! Monday we'll add sound cues and we'll have a fully lined out tech show!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Human Spirit And Triumph
I doubt if anyone in the world wasn't aware of the events in Chile yesterday. The miners, trapped underground for nearly two months, TWO MONTHS, were brought to safety one at a time. Without a hitch, it went flawlessly!
Talk about a breathtaking moment as they hugged first the President of Chile Sebastian Pinera and then family and friends. President Pinera showed incredible leadership while staying on site during the whole operation and not giving up hope of a full rescue. This man could be elected anywhere in the world with the courage he showed and his steadfast dedication to the miner's safety and the welfare of their families. (Ahem)
As I watched the last handful of miners pulled from the depths in a small but well designed cage, I couldn't help but misting up. These men have gone through such a rough time. Not knowing if they were able to even be rescued for two weeks before rescuers made contact.
Could you imagine if they hadn't tried? If they had hit the wrong place where the miners weren't. If any one of a thousand things had gone wrong they would have died one of the loneliest of deaths imaginable.
Yet they did make contact, they drilled a rescue hole and got supplies to the miners. They did rescue these men.
One man in particular was responsible for the rescue of these men. Jeff Hart from Denver. Mr. Hart was drilling wells in Afghanistan for the Army when he got the call to fly to Chile. He spent thirty three days on his feet drilling the eventual rescue hole. Think about that for a bit. Yeah I'm sure he rested but I bet it was briefly. Thirty three men depended on him and his skills.
I know I'd be hard pressed to rest much knowing that fact. Knowing I was the one that was going build the rescue hole for these men and every second I wasn't drilling I was slowing things down. Could you rest knowing that?
What makes Mr. Hart a hero is that he left well before the miners were rescued so he would not be the subject of any fanfare. He refused to stay and be apart of the celebration as it would detract from the attention the miners themselves deserved.
"Hart decided to leave the mine now that his work is done and will be watching the rescue from a distance.
“I want to let this become the miners’ and their families’ story and let them have their time,” he said."
Lots of people will have stories after this event. To me the main one is how everyone from every background, political and religious belief, from every race and creed pulled together for these men and their well being.
Great story!
Talk about a breathtaking moment as they hugged first the President of Chile Sebastian Pinera and then family and friends. President Pinera showed incredible leadership while staying on site during the whole operation and not giving up hope of a full rescue. This man could be elected anywhere in the world with the courage he showed and his steadfast dedication to the miner's safety and the welfare of their families. (Ahem)
As I watched the last handful of miners pulled from the depths in a small but well designed cage, I couldn't help but misting up. These men have gone through such a rough time. Not knowing if they were able to even be rescued for two weeks before rescuers made contact.
Could you imagine if they hadn't tried? If they had hit the wrong place where the miners weren't. If any one of a thousand things had gone wrong they would have died one of the loneliest of deaths imaginable.
Yet they did make contact, they drilled a rescue hole and got supplies to the miners. They did rescue these men.
One man in particular was responsible for the rescue of these men. Jeff Hart from Denver. Mr. Hart was drilling wells in Afghanistan for the Army when he got the call to fly to Chile. He spent thirty three days on his feet drilling the eventual rescue hole. Think about that for a bit. Yeah I'm sure he rested but I bet it was briefly. Thirty three men depended on him and his skills.
I know I'd be hard pressed to rest much knowing that fact. Knowing I was the one that was going build the rescue hole for these men and every second I wasn't drilling I was slowing things down. Could you rest knowing that?
What makes Mr. Hart a hero is that he left well before the miners were rescued so he would not be the subject of any fanfare. He refused to stay and be apart of the celebration as it would detract from the attention the miners themselves deserved.
"Hart decided to leave the mine now that his work is done and will be watching the rescue from a distance.
“I want to let this become the miners’ and their families’ story and let them have their time,” he said."
Lots of people will have stories after this event. To me the main one is how everyone from every background, political and religious belief, from every race and creed pulled together for these men and their well being.
Great story!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
November Is Now Nodember!
Yes from henceforth it is to be known as Nodember. The goal is to place on the unemployment roles every Democrat politician up for reelection this year. Get everyone else back to work and get those liberals jobless!
As a tsunami of GOP, independent, and former liberal electorates take to the voting booths everyone seems to be gunning for liberal politicians who have fallen out of touch with not just the voting public but reality. Their President who once promised change has broken the budget by hundreds of billions of dollars and absorbed so much private industry you have to scratch your head about what country you woke up in.
Name one Democrat up for election who is running on the same agenda as Obama, name one. For that matter name one who is touting they voted for Obamacare and has stood shoulder to shoulder with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and President Obama to further his agenda.
I believe you'll find after a little research (it won't take much) that they are running from the SS Carter in droves. They supported Obama when it served their purposes and dare I say they actually believed in what he said. Perhaps the more gullible of the liberals believed Obama was some kind of savior while most of the reasonable people laughed at his god like Greek temple motif in Denver.
Obama descending from the heavens to deliver a country he hated from the hands of everyone from center, center/right, far right, and even the moderately left. Yep he intended to deliver America and fundamentally change it from the ground up.
First you have to rip it apart and do the demolition work. Record high unemployment. Check. Then you have to make the government step in and become the soul provider for your well being. Ninety nine weeks of unemployment and record high food stamps. Check. Next you have to use the blame everyone else card. Checked off in spades. After that its a matter of utilizing the classic Democrat playbook of class warfare. Hate those who have more than you do, they got it unfairly and don't deserve to live in that McMansion, you do! Check check check!
All in all this is a recipe for a grand ole time for me come Nodember second! Well me and the country.
I'm looking forward to the damage done to this country for the past fifty years being undone by many liberal congresses. I could only imagine what The Great Reagan could have accomplished if he had had the House and Senate on his side instead of against him.
2012 is just around the corner and this one term President has his damaged limited to two years worth. That's plenty enough. He'll be able to go back to teaching college or whatever he wants after that, don't care. Just want him out of office as soon as it's legally possible.
If I could dream an amazing dream it would be veto proof majorities for conservatives this Nodember. Want to hear the liberal elites scream bloody murder? Yeah, that's the way to do it. They'll be as scarce but as loud as a cricket at 2 AM!
Make no mistake this midterm election is purely a referendum of Obama and his liberal politics, all of his liberal cronies in Congress, and their agenda. Liberals face a historic defeat and it's been a long time coming.
I hope that conservatives will be able to seize this opportunity that will be handed them on a silver platter and not screw it up as they did last time.
As a tsunami of GOP, independent, and former liberal electorates take to the voting booths everyone seems to be gunning for liberal politicians who have fallen out of touch with not just the voting public but reality. Their President who once promised change has broken the budget by hundreds of billions of dollars and absorbed so much private industry you have to scratch your head about what country you woke up in.
Name one Democrat up for election who is running on the same agenda as Obama, name one. For that matter name one who is touting they voted for Obamacare and has stood shoulder to shoulder with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and President Obama to further his agenda.
I believe you'll find after a little research (it won't take much) that they are running from the SS Carter in droves. They supported Obama when it served their purposes and dare I say they actually believed in what he said. Perhaps the more gullible of the liberals believed Obama was some kind of savior while most of the reasonable people laughed at his god like Greek temple motif in Denver.
Obama descending from the heavens to deliver a country he hated from the hands of everyone from center, center/right, far right, and even the moderately left. Yep he intended to deliver America and fundamentally change it from the ground up.
First you have to rip it apart and do the demolition work. Record high unemployment. Check. Then you have to make the government step in and become the soul provider for your well being. Ninety nine weeks of unemployment and record high food stamps. Check. Next you have to use the blame everyone else card. Checked off in spades. After that its a matter of utilizing the classic Democrat playbook of class warfare. Hate those who have more than you do, they got it unfairly and don't deserve to live in that McMansion, you do! Check check check!
All in all this is a recipe for a grand ole time for me come Nodember second! Well me and the country.
I'm looking forward to the damage done to this country for the past fifty years being undone by many liberal congresses. I could only imagine what The Great Reagan could have accomplished if he had had the House and Senate on his side instead of against him.
2012 is just around the corner and this one term President has his damaged limited to two years worth. That's plenty enough. He'll be able to go back to teaching college or whatever he wants after that, don't care. Just want him out of office as soon as it's legally possible.
If I could dream an amazing dream it would be veto proof majorities for conservatives this Nodember. Want to hear the liberal elites scream bloody murder? Yeah, that's the way to do it. They'll be as scarce but as loud as a cricket at 2 AM!
Make no mistake this midterm election is purely a referendum of Obama and his liberal politics, all of his liberal cronies in Congress, and their agenda. Liberals face a historic defeat and it's been a long time coming.
I hope that conservatives will be able to seize this opportunity that will be handed them on a silver platter and not screw it up as they did last time.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Grace
Yesterday while I was at the grocery store on my day off getting soup for the next two weeks at work a random memory crossed my mind. That of a picture. An old man praying over a small loaf of bread, a bowl of what looks like tomato soup, with a bible and glasses just beyond that on a small table.
You can tell from the picture that the man wasn't wealthy and had heart full of gratitude and thanksgiving. He looked like a kind man with a white beard and very grandfatherly. Perhaps he was having his one meal of the day, perhaps not, we don't know. This picture hung over my grandparents table for decades. I saw it many times and stared at it for hours.
Was the man alone? Possibly, the table is very small and a man like this would have prepared a different meal if he had had a wife if not would have given her the food over himself.
I looked up the picture, and it is an actual picture and not a painting as I learned later. It's called Grace, it was shot in Bovey, Minnesota in 1918 by Eric Enstrom. The old man was Charles Wilden, a peddler who had called on Eric Enstrom that day.
What resulted was this famous picture. Honestly all of these years I thought it was a painting. Had no clue it was an actual picture. Enstrom's daughter did start painting them in oils later on though and perhaps the portrait I saw over my grandparents table was a print of the painting.
Regardless it was something special and reminds us that we do have a lot to be thankful for even in the toughest of times. If not you it does remind me of that fact and it is something I do try to live by, mostly failing but sometimes succeeding.
You can tell from the picture that the man wasn't wealthy and had heart full of gratitude and thanksgiving. He looked like a kind man with a white beard and very grandfatherly. Perhaps he was having his one meal of the day, perhaps not, we don't know. This picture hung over my grandparents table for decades. I saw it many times and stared at it for hours.
Was the man alone? Possibly, the table is very small and a man like this would have prepared a different meal if he had had a wife if not would have given her the food over himself.
I looked up the picture, and it is an actual picture and not a painting as I learned later. It's called Grace, it was shot in Bovey, Minnesota in 1918 by Eric Enstrom. The old man was Charles Wilden, a peddler who had called on Eric Enstrom that day.
What resulted was this famous picture. Honestly all of these years I thought it was a painting. Had no clue it was an actual picture. Enstrom's daughter did start painting them in oils later on though and perhaps the portrait I saw over my grandparents table was a print of the painting.
Regardless it was something special and reminds us that we do have a lot to be thankful for even in the toughest of times. If not you it does remind me of that fact and it is something I do try to live by, mostly failing but sometimes succeeding.
Monday, October 11, 2010
I Love Three Day Weekends:)
Yep, nothing wrong here, I'm up as usual a bit after six. It's The Date's birthday so I plan on letting her sleep in a little bit. I'll take The Things to school this morning.
I won both fantasy games yesterday even though I didn't watch a game at all. I also placed in the money in both leagues! First in the keeper league so far with one game left tonight and second so far in the main money league.
While all of that winning was going on I had Thing 2 with me in the city. She loves looking around Asian supermarkets. We got some noodles in a cup, rice cooking wine, and seaweed stuff for sushi I believe. She had fun and that's what counted.
I also picked a present for The Date, a Kindle reader cover. It also has a LED light so it can be read in low light situations since the screen isn't back lit.
It poured rain last night. Awesome storm! The Date gets hungry a few minutes before the line of storms hits. It's an incredible lightning storm above as I drive off into the threatening night. I get to KFC and it hits us. torrents of rain pour down, the power flickers after a tremendous lightning strike. Systems go crazy at KFC.
They had me my order and I run to the Tahoe, drenched in less than ten feet of running room. I get home where we have Swiss Family Robinson on pause and I rush inside, more drenched than before but with dry and hot food.
All in all it was an eventful Sunday:)
I won both fantasy games yesterday even though I didn't watch a game at all. I also placed in the money in both leagues! First in the keeper league so far with one game left tonight and second so far in the main money league.
While all of that winning was going on I had Thing 2 with me in the city. She loves looking around Asian supermarkets. We got some noodles in a cup, rice cooking wine, and seaweed stuff for sushi I believe. She had fun and that's what counted.
I also picked a present for The Date, a Kindle reader cover. It also has a LED light so it can be read in low light situations since the screen isn't back lit.
It poured rain last night. Awesome storm! The Date gets hungry a few minutes before the line of storms hits. It's an incredible lightning storm above as I drive off into the threatening night. I get to KFC and it hits us. torrents of rain pour down, the power flickers after a tremendous lightning strike. Systems go crazy at KFC.
They had me my order and I run to the Tahoe, drenched in less than ten feet of running room. I get home where we have Swiss Family Robinson on pause and I rush inside, more drenched than before but with dry and hot food.
All in all it was an eventful Sunday:)
Sunday, October 10, 2010
What A Saturday
It was busy from the get go!
First I was up early for a shoot, did that for an hour and a half. Then I had to take Thing 1 shopping for a knee brace and shorts. After that it was off to chauffeur her and MerryMan to a 5k run about an hour away.
After the run and eating we got back to town around nine last night.
Long day!
This morning I was up around seven and started editing the footage from yesterday. Just finished that a few minutes ago and soon I'll be uploading the content to the You Tube channel for my clients.
I'm planning on taking Thing 2 to the city and an Asian market today as a surprise I know she'll enjoy! I'll be able to follow my fantasy teams on Sirius throughout the day of traveling.
First I was up early for a shoot, did that for an hour and a half. Then I had to take Thing 1 shopping for a knee brace and shorts. After that it was off to chauffeur her and MerryMan to a 5k run about an hour away.
After the run and eating we got back to town around nine last night.
Long day!
This morning I was up around seven and started editing the footage from yesterday. Just finished that a few minutes ago and soon I'll be uploading the content to the You Tube channel for my clients.
I'm planning on taking Thing 2 to the city and an Asian market today as a surprise I know she'll enjoy! I'll be able to follow my fantasy teams on Sirius throughout the day of traveling.
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Shooting This Morning
My C drive was on the verge of failing last night. So a quick trip to Staples yielded another drive to replace the failing one. I cloned the former C drive and swapped it out with the new C drive.
I didn't want to have to reinstall every single program again simply because it would take me a couple of days to do it and since I have a shoot this morning I couldn't afford to use that time reinstalling. I need to edit this evening.
Taking Thing 1 to a 5K run at two thirty and sometime this weekend I had planned on taking Thing 2 to an Asian supermarket so she can find more noodles that she loves. She loves that place anyway and just likes looking around in it.
I'm in for a full day no matter what but I've got Monday to relax:)
We'll see how today goes, I might be able to cram everything into this one day if I can.
I didn't want to have to reinstall every single program again simply because it would take me a couple of days to do it and since I have a shoot this morning I couldn't afford to use that time reinstalling. I need to edit this evening.
Taking Thing 1 to a 5K run at two thirty and sometime this weekend I had planned on taking Thing 2 to an Asian supermarket so she can find more noodles that she loves. She loves that place anyway and just likes looking around in it.
I'm in for a full day no matter what but I've got Monday to relax:)
We'll see how today goes, I might be able to cram everything into this one day if I can.
Friday, October 08, 2010
A Billion Celebrities
The past couple of years I've been absolutely fascinated about the micro-celebrity. It's a phenomenon that has only really taken hold the past decade or so.
Things used to be when someone wrote a book or was a brilliant scientist, artist, or inventor they were celebrities. Then rich, wealthy, socialites became the new celebrities and their lavish parties. In the early days of Hollywood that changed and actors became celebrities after centuries of toil and being treated like nobodies. Come on, you know William Shakespeare but you never hear of the first actors who portrayed his work on stage.
Eventually radio and then TV came along which brought athletes into our homes and they also became celebrities. Rock n Roll was born and then we had another new generation of celebrities to add to the mix.
With the dawn of the internet we started to get the occasional trickle effect of an online celebrity, when broadband hit the floodgates opened. New sites popped up all over such as the always famous You Tube, Drudge Report, and the social sites My Space and Facebook. If Yahoo featured you somewhere then you had a certain amount of notoriety.
Jennicam became one of the biggest sites of it's day and it could be argued Jennifer Ringley was the biggest online celebrity of her time. I stumbled across a site called Talkspot once. It was just before broadband went nationwide when 56k was as fast as you could go. They featured a host, a camera on them, and a chat room.
It was interactive entertainment as you felt apart of the show. I followed Dan Schultz and Scott Wirkus to HitTheBeach.com and then over to Eyada.com to their eventual demise. I have Karen Kay, another host on my Facebook. They were ahead of their time and if the same thing were done again today with wifi everywhere and broadband internet on your phones it would have been a lot more successful.
Then along came Blip.TV and Justin.TV, live broadcasting was now possible to a vast audience. Now anyone with a webcam and a broadband connection could become their own microcelebrity. You find your niche and there is someone there and they are online broadcasting about it. It's that simple, I enjoy watching commentated Starcraft 2 replays and Day[9], HDStarcraft, and H to the Usky Husky are among the best in the game.
They are so good at it that they actually go to the tournaments and commentate live matches for the audience. They have carved out their own niche and they have viewers. People watch Funday Monday on Day[9]'s Blip site to the tune of 20,000 a cast. With that kind of audience you get to split the advertising revenue with Blip.
This is the dawn too, the next wave, whatever takes the place of Facebook or Justin.TV will be bigger and open up doors to another audience. People you know on a daily basis have no attachment to Hollywood celebrities anymore, you've got nothing in common with them.
You do have something in common with a guy broadcasting from his house with a webcam though. You live the same lifestyle, eat at the same kind of places, and pay your own bills. You can identify with that kind of person easier. You'll never live the lifestyle of Brad Pitt but it's possible to go to Best Buy and get your own webcam and start your own style of show.
If your material is good you'll get viewers, people will tell people. That's the way it works. Stay fresh and you can work your way up as the sky is the limit.
Hail the microcelebrity, may you live forever.
Things used to be when someone wrote a book or was a brilliant scientist, artist, or inventor they were celebrities. Then rich, wealthy, socialites became the new celebrities and their lavish parties. In the early days of Hollywood that changed and actors became celebrities after centuries of toil and being treated like nobodies. Come on, you know William Shakespeare but you never hear of the first actors who portrayed his work on stage.
Eventually radio and then TV came along which brought athletes into our homes and they also became celebrities. Rock n Roll was born and then we had another new generation of celebrities to add to the mix.
With the dawn of the internet we started to get the occasional trickle effect of an online celebrity, when broadband hit the floodgates opened. New sites popped up all over such as the always famous You Tube, Drudge Report, and the social sites My Space and Facebook. If Yahoo featured you somewhere then you had a certain amount of notoriety.
Jennicam became one of the biggest sites of it's day and it could be argued Jennifer Ringley was the biggest online celebrity of her time. I stumbled across a site called Talkspot once. It was just before broadband went nationwide when 56k was as fast as you could go. They featured a host, a camera on them, and a chat room.
It was interactive entertainment as you felt apart of the show. I followed Dan Schultz and Scott Wirkus to HitTheBeach.com and then over to Eyada.com to their eventual demise. I have Karen Kay, another host on my Facebook. They were ahead of their time and if the same thing were done again today with wifi everywhere and broadband internet on your phones it would have been a lot more successful.
Then along came Blip.TV and Justin.TV, live broadcasting was now possible to a vast audience. Now anyone with a webcam and a broadband connection could become their own microcelebrity. You find your niche and there is someone there and they are online broadcasting about it. It's that simple, I enjoy watching commentated Starcraft 2 replays and Day[9], HDStarcraft, and H to the Usky Husky are among the best in the game.
They are so good at it that they actually go to the tournaments and commentate live matches for the audience. They have carved out their own niche and they have viewers. People watch Funday Monday on Day[9]'s Blip site to the tune of 20,000 a cast. With that kind of audience you get to split the advertising revenue with Blip.
This is the dawn too, the next wave, whatever takes the place of Facebook or Justin.TV will be bigger and open up doors to another audience. People you know on a daily basis have no attachment to Hollywood celebrities anymore, you've got nothing in common with them.
You do have something in common with a guy broadcasting from his house with a webcam though. You live the same lifestyle, eat at the same kind of places, and pay your own bills. You can identify with that kind of person easier. You'll never live the lifestyle of Brad Pitt but it's possible to go to Best Buy and get your own webcam and start your own style of show.
If your material is good you'll get viewers, people will tell people. That's the way it works. Stay fresh and you can work your way up as the sky is the limit.
Hail the microcelebrity, may you live forever.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Decent Starcraft Night
After the two political blogs I thought I'd lighten the mood and go with a Starcraft blog.
We played a few 3V3 matches after Abostang and I practiced defending the six pool Zerg rush. It's difficult to wall up well enough to defend against this tactic. It's essentially the fastest way to get offensive units on the battlefield before you are able to defend against it.
I walled up and walled up, put a gateway down first after a pylon, put a forge down first post pylon, didn't matter. Abostang got his zerglings through every time. The zealot couldn't finish fast enough, the photon canon couldn't finish fast enough, nothing worked fast enough to defend against him.
We did win a few 3V3 matches throughout the night. We did play against a zerg and he did rush. I thought I had my ramp sealed up pretty well but he got through the side with roaches anyway.
That's the only strategy that will work effectively, wall up early and break the initial rush. You do that and the zerg player is basically done as his economy is way behind yours. He is then wide open for any attack. His units were blown attempting an early victory and yours, if defended properly, will be stronger and you'll have more of them.
I've got to practice more at defending against this very common attack, it's hard to do but I've seen it done, I've read about it being done, I know it can be done.
Tonight I'm going to employ a diversion tactic and sacrifice a probe to buy me time. I'll start a pylon, scout my probe to the zerg base, build a pylon there and that should give my wall a chance at completing with a zealot to defend and a canon to back him up.
I would totally watch this if it were on TV with professional color and strategy commentators.
We played a few 3V3 matches after Abostang and I practiced defending the six pool Zerg rush. It's difficult to wall up well enough to defend against this tactic. It's essentially the fastest way to get offensive units on the battlefield before you are able to defend against it.
I walled up and walled up, put a gateway down first after a pylon, put a forge down first post pylon, didn't matter. Abostang got his zerglings through every time. The zealot couldn't finish fast enough, the photon canon couldn't finish fast enough, nothing worked fast enough to defend against him.
We did win a few 3V3 matches throughout the night. We did play against a zerg and he did rush. I thought I had my ramp sealed up pretty well but he got through the side with roaches anyway.
That's the only strategy that will work effectively, wall up early and break the initial rush. You do that and the zerg player is basically done as his economy is way behind yours. He is then wide open for any attack. His units were blown attempting an early victory and yours, if defended properly, will be stronger and you'll have more of them.
I've got to practice more at defending against this very common attack, it's hard to do but I've seen it done, I've read about it being done, I know it can be done.
Tonight I'm going to employ a diversion tactic and sacrifice a probe to buy me time. I'll start a pylon, scout my probe to the zerg base, build a pylon there and that should give my wall a chance at completing with a zealot to defend and a canon to back him up.
I would totally watch this if it were on TV with professional color and strategy commentators.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
November
Yesterday I shared this article on Facebook with the comment:
"Thank you President Obama for educating the voting public on what liberalism is. November is just around the corner and you and your agenda face a historic defeat placing the ruling democrat elites out of power for a generation!
You will be rejected by the same voting public who elected you."
That is entirely accurate. The independents who voted for Carter Jr. have now turned against him. Despite losing independents Obama maintains support of the Black community by the tune of 91%. Obama could not have been elected to office if he had 100% of the Black vote.
Obama had to count on the independents to put him where he is, the people who bought the change kool-aide. Personally I'm glad McCain lost. He is Conservative Lite and has no business being our President. This current President has been a teaching moment for America and the voting public.
He has laid out in detail the liberal/socialist agenda for destroying our country. Large, bloated federal government, nationalizing industries "Chavez" style, an eventual tax on your carbon footprint even though man made global warming was exposed as the hoax it is.
This fact put Cap and Trade on the back burner but did not deter the ruling elites from pursuing their agenda privately to tax you on this proving it's NOT about changing the environment but rather it is about controlling your lives and curtailing your freedoms.
If the polls are correct which there is nearly a full month, a lifetime in the political arena, to change. Cap and Trade will likely be as dead as yesterday if conservatives tsunami their way into office, leaving many liberals the subject of the same unemployment they did little or nothing to ease. Again as liberals they want dependence on the government thus cementing votes for them so a low unemployment rate does nothing to help them stay in office.
I've got a victory cigar picked out for November second, 2010 and another one picked out for when Obama is once again rejected by the voting public and joins the USSR on the ash heap of history.
I'm looking forward to the day when conservatives really earn their media given moniker as the "Party of No" as long as it's NO to every single piece of Obama's machinations for dismantling this country. For the next two years he can go golfing seven days a week, I don't care just as long as he stays out of the affairs of fixing his damage.
"Thank you President Obama for educating the voting public on what liberalism is. November is just around the corner and you and your agenda face a historic defeat placing the ruling democrat elites out of power for a generation!
You will be rejected by the same voting public who elected you."
That is entirely accurate. The independents who voted for Carter Jr. have now turned against him. Despite losing independents Obama maintains support of the Black community by the tune of 91%. Obama could not have been elected to office if he had 100% of the Black vote.
Obama had to count on the independents to put him where he is, the people who bought the change kool-aide. Personally I'm glad McCain lost. He is Conservative Lite and has no business being our President. This current President has been a teaching moment for America and the voting public.
He has laid out in detail the liberal/socialist agenda for destroying our country. Large, bloated federal government, nationalizing industries "Chavez" style, an eventual tax on your carbon footprint even though man made global warming was exposed as the hoax it is.
This fact put Cap and Trade on the back burner but did not deter the ruling elites from pursuing their agenda privately to tax you on this proving it's NOT about changing the environment but rather it is about controlling your lives and curtailing your freedoms.
If the polls are correct which there is nearly a full month, a lifetime in the political arena, to change. Cap and Trade will likely be as dead as yesterday if conservatives tsunami their way into office, leaving many liberals the subject of the same unemployment they did little or nothing to ease. Again as liberals they want dependence on the government thus cementing votes for them so a low unemployment rate does nothing to help them stay in office.
I've got a victory cigar picked out for November second, 2010 and another one picked out for when Obama is once again rejected by the voting public and joins the USSR on the ash heap of history.
I'm looking forward to the day when conservatives really earn their media given moniker as the "Party of No" as long as it's NO to every single piece of Obama's machinations for dismantling this country. For the next two years he can go golfing seven days a week, I don't care just as long as he stays out of the affairs of fixing his damage.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Dependence Vs. Independence
Although I pretty much laid out the case for being conservative many posts ago with my "Confession" post I'd like to get to a difference in doctrine now or core belief about the difference between a liberal and a conservative.
A liberal will always fight or enact legislation that fosters more dependence on government.
A conservative will always fight or enact legislation that fosters more independence or self reliance from the government.
Orwell's book 1984 is a great example of what a total nanny state liberal society would wind up as. A complete society based on government running your life down to monitoring your very thoughts. Read it and then look around at how our rights are being encroached upon degree by degree from this overreaching government. You'll find many similarities.
Security cameras are everywhere now. More so in the large urban areas than where I live but just look around sometime and count how many cameras are on your during the day. If it's less than ten I'd be shocked.
Big Brother is still being fended off just fine. I can't speak for other countries but in America there would be a second revolutionary war before that happened out right however if you ratchet things up degree by degree then it could happen as no one notices the changes.
I'm not an anarchist by any means. As civilized people we need laws to live by so a society will thrive. A reasonable amount of regulation is also fine as long as it compels competition.
One of the great ironies of liberals is that they love Darwinism but hate competition. They'll mock you for not believing everything Charles Darwin theorized but when it comes to a person honing their skills and becoming better than others through hard work then it is unfair and you have to be penalized.
Survival of the fittest but with limits.
Sometimes I really envy the Amish style of living. They'll continue to roll along with no regard for what is around them. Completely self sufficient and independent of the society that is deteriorating around their style of living.
A storm won't bother them, the Eastern Seaboard could lose electricity and it won't bother them one bit. Inflation could (and likely will) skyrocket in the next few years and they could care less as they aren't dependent upon us and our systems.
Perhaps as a contrast to the liberal fascist dream of 1984 the Amish might be the Conservative dream. It's not mine as I feel completely dependent upon electricity, indoor plumbing, and my gadgets such as air conditioning.
I also doubt if The Date would enjoy life as an Amish wife. It'd be tough but it would also teach the skills of self sufficiency that we have long since forgotten.
That in itself would be my dream.
A liberal will always fight or enact legislation that fosters more dependence on government.
A conservative will always fight or enact legislation that fosters more independence or self reliance from the government.
Orwell's book 1984 is a great example of what a total nanny state liberal society would wind up as. A complete society based on government running your life down to monitoring your very thoughts. Read it and then look around at how our rights are being encroached upon degree by degree from this overreaching government. You'll find many similarities.
Security cameras are everywhere now. More so in the large urban areas than where I live but just look around sometime and count how many cameras are on your during the day. If it's less than ten I'd be shocked.
Big Brother is still being fended off just fine. I can't speak for other countries but in America there would be a second revolutionary war before that happened out right however if you ratchet things up degree by degree then it could happen as no one notices the changes.
I'm not an anarchist by any means. As civilized people we need laws to live by so a society will thrive. A reasonable amount of regulation is also fine as long as it compels competition.
One of the great ironies of liberals is that they love Darwinism but hate competition. They'll mock you for not believing everything Charles Darwin theorized but when it comes to a person honing their skills and becoming better than others through hard work then it is unfair and you have to be penalized.
Survival of the fittest but with limits.
Sometimes I really envy the Amish style of living. They'll continue to roll along with no regard for what is around them. Completely self sufficient and independent of the society that is deteriorating around their style of living.
A storm won't bother them, the Eastern Seaboard could lose electricity and it won't bother them one bit. Inflation could (and likely will) skyrocket in the next few years and they could care less as they aren't dependent upon us and our systems.
Perhaps as a contrast to the liberal fascist dream of 1984 the Amish might be the Conservative dream. It's not mine as I feel completely dependent upon electricity, indoor plumbing, and my gadgets such as air conditioning.
I also doubt if The Date would enjoy life as an Amish wife. It'd be tough but it would also teach the skills of self sufficiency that we have long since forgotten.
That in itself would be my dream.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Two Losses
Quite possibly that's what my fantasy teams face this week. One loss for sure as I don't have anyone playing tonight and I'm down by about fifteen points.
In the keeper league I'm down by thirty four points and have Brady, Welker, and Gostowski going tonight. I really doubt if their combined efforts will total up thirty five points but we'll see I guess.
The Date invited Court, and The Invader to work on lines and practice their song for their show yesterday. I grilled bratwursts and hot dogs. Skate and Teehee came along and watched an afternoon full of football with me:)
Made for a great day and a great followup to a great Saturday:)
I enjoyed their company as the Red Zone Channel skipped from game to game keeping us updated on all the NFL happenings, I hope to do it again before Skate's reassignment early next year.
In the keeper league I'm down by thirty four points and have Brady, Welker, and Gostowski going tonight. I really doubt if their combined efforts will total up thirty five points but we'll see I guess.
The Date invited Court, and The Invader to work on lines and practice their song for their show yesterday. I grilled bratwursts and hot dogs. Skate and Teehee came along and watched an afternoon full of football with me:)
Made for a great day and a great followup to a great Saturday:)
I enjoyed their company as the Red Zone Channel skipped from game to game keeping us updated on all the NFL happenings, I hope to do it again before Skate's reassignment early next year.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Thing 1 And I
So Beersnob has a new Challenger SRT. Black, beautiful, powerful, and he's in Iraq so he left me thing key thing to use once in a while to keep it from becoming stagnant.
I decided since Thing 2 was at set call and The Date had to work but turns out she didn't have to work so she went to set call that I would take Thing 1, the car, and head out of town for a couple of hours.
Of course being a typical teenager she protested that she didn't want to go anywhere, she didn't want to get dressed, she didn't want to do anything but stay in bed. Me being older and wiser told her it would be fun and made her get up and around.
I withheld the destination from her just to keep her in the dark. Once she was ready I headed to Mrs. Beersnob's house and picked up the car out of the garage and she was happy to see me and happy that the car would be used. Thing 1 was unimpressed thus far.
This car is about as close to a European supercar as you can get. One of the most powerful on the road today. I'd say the Camaro maybe a tenth or two faster and of course the Vet is always up there but it's made for speed. The Challenger is pure joy to drive though and you just pick a point on the road, hit the accelerator and you are there.
Ok back to the story, we are heading south about an hour to where there is a Barnes and Noble. She loves that place and it's pretty fascinating for me as well. I like bookstores. We arrive after Sirius channel surfing and wind up on Shade 45 which gives us both a laugh. Thing 1 can't believe these idiots (the ones hosting at the moment) have a show, I tended to agree but I guess it takes all kinds.
We pick out a couple of books, I get the newest Get Fuzzy treasury, she gets Fallout a mature teen novel written in an odd manner. It's then lunch time so we head to the mall and locate the food court. We settle on Chinese food which would later wreak havoc on her digestive tract. A quick trip to Best Buy and we are headed back home.
We arrive back home safe and sound. Drop of the car which enjoyed it's trip as much as we did, and then it was relaxin' time! I'm out of scotch so I poured a Maker's Mark and put the fire to a Rocky Patel Old World Reserve. Strong cigar, full bodied taste, very good!
My day was then concluded with some Starcraft and bed soon after when The Date arrived back home from work:)
It was a good bonding day:)
I decided since Thing 2 was at set call and The Date had to work but turns out she didn't have to work so she went to set call that I would take Thing 1, the car, and head out of town for a couple of hours.
Of course being a typical teenager she protested that she didn't want to go anywhere, she didn't want to get dressed, she didn't want to do anything but stay in bed. Me being older and wiser told her it would be fun and made her get up and around.
I withheld the destination from her just to keep her in the dark. Once she was ready I headed to Mrs. Beersnob's house and picked up the car out of the garage and she was happy to see me and happy that the car would be used. Thing 1 was unimpressed thus far.
This car is about as close to a European supercar as you can get. One of the most powerful on the road today. I'd say the Camaro maybe a tenth or two faster and of course the Vet is always up there but it's made for speed. The Challenger is pure joy to drive though and you just pick a point on the road, hit the accelerator and you are there.
Ok back to the story, we are heading south about an hour to where there is a Barnes and Noble. She loves that place and it's pretty fascinating for me as well. I like bookstores. We arrive after Sirius channel surfing and wind up on Shade 45 which gives us both a laugh. Thing 1 can't believe these idiots (the ones hosting at the moment) have a show, I tended to agree but I guess it takes all kinds.
We pick out a couple of books, I get the newest Get Fuzzy treasury, she gets Fallout a mature teen novel written in an odd manner. It's then lunch time so we head to the mall and locate the food court. We settle on Chinese food which would later wreak havoc on her digestive tract. A quick trip to Best Buy and we are headed back home.
We arrive back home safe and sound. Drop of the car which enjoyed it's trip as much as we did, and then it was relaxin' time! I'm out of scotch so I poured a Maker's Mark and put the fire to a Rocky Patel Old World Reserve. Strong cigar, full bodied taste, very good!
My day was then concluded with some Starcraft and bed soon after when The Date arrived back home from work:)
It was a good bonding day:)
Saturday, October 02, 2010
The Doc Continues
After a very long layoff the documentary started this past winter has kick started once again. Last night marked the public debut of three songs from the musical at the cabaret at the theatre.
I shot the rehearsal footage at Mozart's home before cabaret and then relocated to the theatre to get the actual show. It was very well received and the performance received a standing ovation.
Congratulations Jamal, Mozart, and Baker's Wife for a great show!
Rehearsal for The Date and Thing 2 went very well as it marked the first rehearsal where the cast was off book. They could call for a line but weren't allowed to use their books on stage. The Date only had to call for a line two times (Edit: The Date informs me that she had to call out for lines only twice in one scene)! Thing 2 once!
It's going to be a fine show!
I shot the rehearsal footage at Mozart's home before cabaret and then relocated to the theatre to get the actual show. It was very well received and the performance received a standing ovation.
Congratulations Jamal, Mozart, and Baker's Wife for a great show!
Rehearsal for The Date and Thing 2 went very well as it marked the first rehearsal where the cast was off book. They could call for a line but weren't allowed to use their books on stage. The Date only had to call for a line two times (Edit: The Date informs me that she had to call out for lines only twice in one scene)! Thing 2 once!
It's going to be a fine show!
Friday, October 01, 2010
SG:U
The absolute best scifi (notice the correct abbreviation, it's not syfy people) show on TV going has returned for what's going to be an amazing second season!
This is a great time of year, The Sons of Anarchy have returned, SG:U, Ghost Hunters is spinning up again, NFL is in full swing, and the weather is very nice:) Alright anyway back to the subject, SG:U.
For those of you not in the know or who are not fans of scifi this is the second spinoff series from Stargate SG1. While that and Stargate: Atlantis were focused on a set place Stargate: Universe focuses on a ship that's been traveling without a crew for thousands of years, perhaps millions.
When Pegasus base was attacked, Dr. Rush and a few dozen survivors dialed a mysterious gate address and wound up on the Destiny (well they had to decipher the ship's name as it was in "Ancient" language) since then they have been gradually learning how to survive. It's a daily struggle and doesn't follow the more traditional "monster of the week" formula that has been plaguing scifi shows for decades.
Some shows are suited for that, more epic shows need to follow a longer story arc. Each episode generally picks up where the last left off or within a few minutes. Even the brand new season started right where the last season left off, now for those of you who have read an epic (I'm talking over say twelve hundred pages) novel before you can appreciate this style of storytelling.
You have to have the desire to follow the lives of these characters. Dr. Rush is gradually learning more about the ship and how to control it. He sleeps little and when he tries he is restless. Pushed to the very edge of his own sanity, which is way past his physical limits, he was addicted to caffeine and nicotine. Neither is available now.
That's one character, his main adversary and ally is Col. Young. He is in charge of the military personnel of the ship after a civilian rebellion in the first season. Colonel Young is a dynamic and well thought out character. They allow him to make mistakes, he is fallible. Everyone of these deep characters is a deep lake of exploration waiting to happen.
I really believe Lost fans would dig this show as much as I do. It's crazy how this show will keep you on the edge of your seat and waiting for the next episode. After the debut this past Tuesday I'm going to watch this as a DVR show, several episodes at once, it'll flow so much better like 24 does when you watch it in one shot.
That's actually a good show to compare this with, 24. Except in a space setting and there really isn't a Jack Bauer super hero character that always succeeds. These characters were written to where they've lived lives, they have done some questionable things in their past.
Watch it but if you possibly can start from the beginning first, it's worth it.
This is a great time of year, The Sons of Anarchy have returned, SG:U, Ghost Hunters is spinning up again, NFL is in full swing, and the weather is very nice:) Alright anyway back to the subject, SG:U.
For those of you not in the know or who are not fans of scifi this is the second spinoff series from Stargate SG1. While that and Stargate: Atlantis were focused on a set place Stargate: Universe focuses on a ship that's been traveling without a crew for thousands of years, perhaps millions.
When Pegasus base was attacked, Dr. Rush and a few dozen survivors dialed a mysterious gate address and wound up on the Destiny (well they had to decipher the ship's name as it was in "Ancient" language) since then they have been gradually learning how to survive. It's a daily struggle and doesn't follow the more traditional "monster of the week" formula that has been plaguing scifi shows for decades.
Some shows are suited for that, more epic shows need to follow a longer story arc. Each episode generally picks up where the last left off or within a few minutes. Even the brand new season started right where the last season left off, now for those of you who have read an epic (I'm talking over say twelve hundred pages) novel before you can appreciate this style of storytelling.
You have to have the desire to follow the lives of these characters. Dr. Rush is gradually learning more about the ship and how to control it. He sleeps little and when he tries he is restless. Pushed to the very edge of his own sanity, which is way past his physical limits, he was addicted to caffeine and nicotine. Neither is available now.
That's one character, his main adversary and ally is Col. Young. He is in charge of the military personnel of the ship after a civilian rebellion in the first season. Colonel Young is a dynamic and well thought out character. They allow him to make mistakes, he is fallible. Everyone of these deep characters is a deep lake of exploration waiting to happen.
I really believe Lost fans would dig this show as much as I do. It's crazy how this show will keep you on the edge of your seat and waiting for the next episode. After the debut this past Tuesday I'm going to watch this as a DVR show, several episodes at once, it'll flow so much better like 24 does when you watch it in one shot.
That's actually a good show to compare this with, 24. Except in a space setting and there really isn't a Jack Bauer super hero character that always succeeds. These characters were written to where they've lived lives, they have done some questionable things in their past.
Watch it but if you possibly can start from the beginning first, it's worth it.
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