May 31, 2005

Memorial day weekend. It was relaxing. There wasn't anyway I was going to work on my IT210 project because the Crabtree building was closed, so I did the next best thing. . .I played . . .a lot. DDR, Legend of Zelda, Movies, Hanging out, Softball, it was all part of the Memorial Day weekend. The only real repercussion to the weekend was a sore left arm from playing Softball. I haven't played any type of organized ball (Soft or Hard) since I was in Little League, when I was 12 years old. I remember it being more terrifying back then. I sort of consider it a blessing that I got hit by the baseball so many times because that forced me to give up on little league and try out soccer. It was a choice I will never regret.

So this was a great holiday weekend. I need more like them.

May 25, 2005

While programming this morning, I caught James Brown's 'Living in America' on my internet radio station. It made me proud to be in America where James Brown can exist and it made me think of the fight between Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.

To listen to a great online 80's station: http://64.23634.196/stream/1040
Club 977 80's.

May 22, 2005

I did something this weekend that I haven't done since I was a 12. I'm actually surprised that I still had it in me to do it and not care about the logic or rational behind it.

As I was walking through the food section of wal-mat I happened down the cereal aisle and caught a view of a cereal on the top shelf, where they keep the 'overflow' cereals, and on impulse, bought a box of Corn Pops. I haven't had Corn Pops in a long time but this is not why I bought it. I saw the toy inside before I saw the actual box. So on a whim, I bought Corn Pops for the toy: An Episode III lightsaber spoon.

I haven't purchased a cereal purely for the toy inside since I was a kid and only ate Ninja Turtle cereal, which I'm sad that they don't make anymore. So now, I type this with my Green lightsaber spoon sitting by me. This will go great with the Darth Vader watch that Kat got me for opening night.

I saw the R2D2 bowl as well and was really tempted to get it too, but you have to mail in for that one. I still might . . .

May 12, 2005

Ok, so I lost the bidding on the cloak. With only 45 seconds left in the bidding, another posted a larger amount and won. I did my best to get it but, alas, I didn't bid enough. Hope I can get something similar. It was a cool cloak.
I got my Star Wars: Episode 3 tickets. I got them about a couple weeks ago when Fandango started selling them. I didn't get them on the exact day that they started selling tickets but some time during that week. When I bought them, the 12:05 showing was already sold out, so I got the 12:10 tickets. I'm so glad I did. Just today, as I at work, one of my co-workers was wanting tickets and was lamenting the fact that she and her roommates didn't get them sooner. I searched all over the internet for her, but there were none to be found. Everywhere in the state of Utah has pretty much been sold out for opening night, which is not surprising.

But during opening night, there are two shows to entertain. The first is the Midnight freak show where all the loyals emerge from their rooms where they are playing video games or Magic: the Gathering and expose themselves to the unfamiliar rays of light that fill the average day. They brave the time spent away from their computers and TV's for a higher purpose: Gathering together with others of their kind in order to spend those precious hours before Episode 3 together, playing board games, speculating on what will happen, and engaging in the 'cermonial banging of the plastic toys'. Oh, to be in New York or L.A. and to be standing in those lines. That would be a Star Wars fan's dream come true. . .at least mine anyway.

But I'm excited. So excited, in fact, that I've taken to the eBay site and have started bidding on a Black Sith Cloak for opening night. It's the last chance to for fans to dress up and show their geek support. I for one am not going to miss this last opportunity. I already missed the chance at Episode 2 and at the LOTR openings. If you have a chance to do, DO IT !! It will be a story you can tell your grandkids.

May 6, 2005


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May 5, 2005

My blog was 2 years old on May 1st. 3 more years and it will be able to enter school. Good thing too, because I'm tired of all the changings and mid-night feedings. I was hopeing it would have turned into a Gremlin by now.