Buying a New Monitor

Today Harry and I went out looking for a new monitor. We had gone out Friday to Best Buy and Circuit City but didn't really find anything and I didn't want buy one just to buy one. I wanted a good monitor but at a decent price. Well we went to Fry's Electronics today and we found this really nice and decently priced monitor right off the bat.

LG W2252TQ-TF 22"W LCD Monitor (10000:1 DFC, 2ms, 1680 x 1050) On Sale $279.95

With an ultrafast 2 ms response time and Digital Fine Contrast ratio of 10,000:1 contrast for sharp image detail, this 22" widescreen flat-panel LCD monitor delivers the stunning visuals you need for gaming and video viewing.

Got it home and hooked it up digitally but kept having issues and finally decided to hook it up analog just so I could use it and I would attempt to figure out why it didn't work digitally for me. It's a beautiful and big monitor.. I love it.

Harry's Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Harry's Birthday. We had a nice little get together at our house and BBQ. It's been an on going joke that Harry's love war.. I mentioned it at one of his birthday’s years ago and everyone always brings it up.. so for this party we decided to decorate the backyard with camouflage and war items. We went to a party story and bought army men, army plates, cups, table clothes, hats and even a blow up machine gun. Of course those who were in on the joke got it right away and others we had to explain it.

It was good food and great company and everyone seemed to have a good time. Right before everyone started to leave our good friends Tara and Jack showed up with their little girl Bella. We had expected them at the party but they missed the whole thing.

After everyone left we hung out with them for a while and caught up. It was really good seeing them as it had been over a year since we had seen them last. We decided that we would all go out to dinner and hang out a bit more. We went to Sizzler and had a nice dinner and conversation.

It was a long but fun day.

Computer Monitor is Dead

Today when I got home and entered the house and could smell burning plastic. I asked Harry what that smell was and he took me to our office and showed me my computer. The monitor picture was squeezed together and you can smell burnt plastic coming from it. Harry said he had heard a loud pop moments before and then the smell came. So my monitor is dead.

Harry's Birthday

Today is my special guys 37th birthday. We are the same age for the next six months :) I had to be in Online all day today but when I got home I took him out to his favorite Steak house, Outback Steak House. We have gone there for his birthday ever since he has been in the U.S.. We normally go with friends and family but this year we are having a BBQ get together this weekend at our house so this time it was just Harry and I. It was a very nice dinner. Kind of a quiet birthday but he likes it that way. Here's to many more dinners at Outback Steak House with my honey.

Love you

New Job

Well as some of you may know my current job will be ending in the next few weeks. I had an interview today with a former co-worker and a former company that I had worked with previously. It's for a new 10 episode Reality Game Show for NBC. They need a Post Super to start the Monday after my last Friday so it seems to work out great. I went in for the interview but it was more of a "here's is what we need to do" meeting. It seemed that the job was mine before I had even gotten there. The job sounded good and it lasted till mid September.

I didn't want to accept until I had a chance to go back to my old job and ask them if there was anything coming up. My current company has a lot of things happening just not soon enough and they couldn't match my pay rate, so I accepted the position at the new job. I start officially on April 14th but will be going in the week prior to work on starting up post.

I would have preferred to take some time off in between jobs as I really do need a break but when something like this comes along you can say no.. this will be my first Network show that I will be working on.. I'm very excited.

Another Doctor's Visit

Today I had an appointment with my Colon specialist, Dr. Madsen. This was the person that Doctor Mills referred me to for my hemorrhoid problem. I figure I would go in and she would do the examination and I would set up a time for surgery. Well we talked for a few minutes, and I have to say she was very sweet and kind, which was very nice and she informed me that it could be a number of things and she would know more once she examined me. Well the next thing I knew I had my pants down around my ankle and I was lying on my side exposing my butt to this complete stranger. I won't go into super details so let's just say she inserted a probe and took a look around. She did find several hemorrhoids and to my surprise she said she was going to inject medicine directly into them and sure enough I could feel the medicine being injected in.. it was very discomforting to say the least... after she infected three times she told me she was done and to come back in two months.. I asked her if that's it and she said yes.. that in a few days I'll feel great and everything should be fine. I guess I don't need surgery, at least not at this time.

Gerda's Birthday

Today is Harry's sister's Birthday.

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Gerda

Christopher's Eggarama

My good friend Christopher has an Easter Egg coloring party every year.. at least the past six years and it's such a fun time to hang out with friends and paint easter eggs. This year I managed to paint a full dozen of eggs (normally it's only six) and it was a ton of fun. Harry did not attend but my good friend Bruce did and he and I had a great time painting out eggs together. Christopher has some great friends and it's always nice to hang out with them. Can't wait for next year.

Work Is Almost Over

Today is the last day of Offline Editing for Big Medicine. We finally finished our 13th episode. So far 11 episodes have been complete and are in the can and we have two more to do 212 next week and 213 the week after that and then I have one week to clean up and I'm done with Big Medicine.

Still don't have a clue what I'm doing next. There is talk here at The Idea Factory of more work but they can't give me a start date. I also have an interview next week with my former Line Producer working on a show for NBC. So keep your fingers crossed.

Doctors Visit

Well it's been a year since I have been to the doctors and I have been having some issues lately so I figured it was a good time to visit. I had an appointment today with Dr. Mills. When I was looking for a doctor I really wanted a gay doctor and my friend Bruce recommended Dr. Mills. He is a really nice guy even though I've only had one office visit. So today was my second visit with Dr. Mills. I have been having some chest tightening and I continue to deal with my sever case of hemorrhoids. The doc did his examination and said that the chest pains could be from heartburn and prescribed me some medication. As for the hemorrhoids he refereed me to a colon specialist and prescribed me some medication to temporarily relieve some pain. He also did an EKG of my heart to make sure there is nothing wrong there... so it's off to the colon specialist for me. Getting old really sucks.

Fixing the Tire

Well I got up early today to try and get they stripped lug nut off the tire so I could change it.. after an hour or so of trying I finally gave up and decided to call AAA. They sent someone out and who tried and remove the lug nut but they had no luck. So he called a tow truck and we towed the Jeep a few blocks away to the local Pep Boys (which btw I hate.. long story). They informed me that it was cost me $45 to remove the lug nut. At that time I didn't care I just wanted it done. About and hour later they start working on my Jeep. Using their high power "impactor" tool they had the lug off in two seconds. I ask for them to put my spare tire on because the tire they took off was under warranty and I was going to take it back to the place and have them fix it. As he took my spare off he called me over to show me a nail in my spare tire. He said he would have to fix it before they could put it on.. that would cost an additional $25. I figure since I was fixing a tire I might as well have them fix the good tire instead of the spare. He also informed me that all my lug nuts were starting to strip and I should replace them all. Of course they don't have the same ones I use so now I have funky looking lugs on that tire but it holds it on. Also my Jeep has five lugs and they sell the lugs in packs of four.. so yep I had to buy two packs. Needless to say two hours later and $80 poorer I got my tired fixed and I head home to try and enjoy my Sunday off.

Happy Birthday Bruce

Today is one of our good friends Birthday... Bruce.

Bruce is my Harry Potter Buddy and we shared something very speical with the last two books. We would talk almost every night and discuss the chapters we read. We would cry together, laught together and have the OMG moments together. It was fantastic.

He was having a dinner and dancing party in Hollywood tonight and Harry and I got ready and began to drive away from the house when I noticed that my jeep was pulling to one side. I thought Oh shoot I have a flat and sure enough the drivers front left tire was flat. We were already running late and it started to rain. I got out and started to get the jack and stuff. I unscrewed one, two, three, four lug nuts and when I got to the fifth guess what.. it was stripped. I could not believe it. By this time I was super frustrated but thankful that we were only a block from our house so we limped the jeep home to our driveway and I called Bruce and told him that we would not be attending his Birthday bash.. which really upset me as Harry and I were really looking forward to it.

Nissan Tiida

Nissan Tiida

Nissan Tiida interior

Harry Potter Book 7 Split

Today they announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is the seventh and last book in that series would be made into two movies I love this idea as the final book has so much stuff going on and it was be very difficult to cut this down to a two hour movie. I think starting with Goblit of Fire all the Harry Potter books should have been two movies as many of the films had to be cut down and if you want the full experience of the Harry Potter World you need to read the books.

I love the movies but they don't hold a candle to the actual books. So I am very happy that the Harry Potter movie series will go out with a bang and do the series justice.

BTW.. Happy Birthday to Sue from the Pottercast podcast.. go Hufflepuff!!!!

5th Anniversary

oday is the Five Year Anniversary of when Harry met Kenny. Well actually this is the day that I got a response to my personal ad on Yahoo. Who whould have guess that when I was reading and responding to that email that this would be the guy I would spend the rest of my life with. Happy Five Years Sweetie.

Michelle's Birthday

Today is one of my oldest friends Birthday.. I don't mean in age I mean in time we've know each other. We became roommates back when I was 20 (over 18 years ago) and we also worked together for many years. We have had our ups and downs but it's been a great ride. I don't get to see her, in fact it's been many years since we've seen each other but we do talk via email once a while. One day we will catch up again on our lives. A very happy birthday Michelle. HUGS

Craig's Birthday

Today is my friends birthday. Craig and I have known each other for many years. We don't see each other often as we like we chat here and there.. Happy Birthday Buddy.

Daylight Savings

This morning was Daylight Savings.. we had to turn our clocks ahead one hour.

What is daylight-saving time?

Daylight-saving time is a system established to reduce energy use by extending daylight hours (clocks are set ahead one hour). This year, daylight-saving time begins at 2 AM on Sunday, March 9, 2008. Daylight-saving time ends at 2 AM on Sunday, November 2, 2008. In the past, daylight-saving time began in April and ended in October. However, an energy bill signed by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005 extended daylight-saving time as part of a long-term solution to the nation's energy problems. The new law extended daylight-saving time by four weeks; beginning three weeks earlier and ending one week later. Also under the new laws, the entire state of Indiana now observes daylight-saving time. Prior to the new laws, only certain areas of the state observed the time changes.

I don't like losing an hour but I do like Daylight Savings. I enjoy getting out of work at 7pm and it still light outside.

I also had to work today but I did get Friday off to make up the time. Just finished our 10th episode.

Dinner with Friends

Today Harry and I went over to our friends John and Moises' house for dinner and games. We were celebrating John's birthday which was a week earlier. Joining the party was Tom, Bruce, John, Moises, Harry and I.

Moises always makes a great dinner, this time we had soft taco's. We played a few games, had dinner and then watched a movie on their new TV and Blu-ray system. It was a fun night.

Off Work / Ebay Store

Today I was off work since I have to go in on the weekend.. they were kind enough to let me take a day off during the week. Even though there were technical issues and I had to go in for about ten minutes to fix it... it was still a day off. Today I really wanted to work on our Ebay Store. Federation Outpost

It was doing really well when we first started but the past month or so it's really slowed down. We are barely making enough money to cover the cost of having the store. We also started to take off all our holiday items and wait till later in the year to put them back up. Well in doing so that removed about half our items in our store but we have a ton of stuff that can be put up. The process of putting stuff up is a job in itself. It's something that I start but quickly get side tracked. Today I did manage to upload about six or seven new items. It's not what I was hoping for as I was hoping to get almost everything up but it's a start, we currently have 107 items in our store.

TV Night

Tonight was another TV night. It seems like the last few months it's a hit or miss with TV nights. Our regular crew is made up of Tom, John, Moises, Bruce, Harry and I with special guest appearances from Shaun, Richie and Gary. Seems like everyone is busy, tired, or not in the mood for TV nights nowadays. Tonight we had Tom, John and Moises. It's been about a month since Tom graced us with his presence. It was good to see him again. We watched an episode of the second season of Buffy and an episode of the first season of Golden Girls. I can't remember the last time we were all there together but Harry and I are always happy to see those who can make it whenever they can.

The Last Supper BSG Style

I came across this picture and thought it was really cool.. check it out.

Toyota Hiace

Toyota Hiace

Future Toyota Hiace

The Last Episode

Tonight was the two hour season (hopefully not series) finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I really enjoyed this series, a lot of action and some really cool at times confusing storytelling (they dealt with time travel). Summer Glau is AWESOME and one of the reasons I love this show so much. I hope Fox doesn't pull another Firefly and let this great series fall through it's fingers.. only time will tell... keep your fingers crossed.

Six Months To Go

Wow time just seems to be flying by. We now have six months before Harry and I have our Commitment Ceremony. Save the date... August 2nd. So much to do.. decorations, music, video, photos, cakes, caterers and tuxes or Starfleet Uniforms.. so many decisions... Wish us luck...

Happy Birthday John

Today is one of our good friends Birthdays. Mr. John Johnson... Happy Birthday my friend.