TV Tuesday for October 12th

There are weeks I think if I didn't do Meme's on a regular basis, I wouldn't wind up posting anything.

Today's entry is the TV Tuesday for the week.

1. Is there a new show that's caught your attention? Good or bad?
Two of them. Veronica Mars, a mystery show staring a high schooler on UPN. This show has some intriguing characters with a great on-going story about the murder of her best friend. I can't wait for the third episode tonight. Also, Lost, JJ Abram's new show. Somehow, he's managed to take the premise of survivors stranded on an island and made it really intriguing. I can't wait to see what happens next.

2. Were there any season premieres you were just dying to see? Did they live up to the wait?
The ones I'm waiting for most are Alias and 24, both of which don't premier until January. So I'll let you know then. :)

3. What's your all time favorite season or show premiere?
Mary Tyler Moore. I very seldom truly like a show premiere. There is too much back story type stuff and too many characters coming too fast for it to work. But I think that episode is one of the best ever done. Introduces everyone and everything in a logical way while still being truly funny.

~Bonus~ Did you ever end up liking a show that you disliked the premiere of? Which show? Why?
As I just said, most series premiers aren't my favorites because everything is being introduced. I don't judge a series until I'm at least two or three episodes in at the earliest. Alias I was only marginally impressed with, but now I love it. Now I love the pilot, too. That's just one example. A pilot I love is rarer then one I don't like.

Word Association for October 10th

Still got three hours my time to get this finished. So let's get started. As always, found here.

1. Spacious:: Apartment
2. Crash:: Boom Bang
3. Autobiography:: Famous Person
4. Sparkly:: Fire
5. Wild Thing:: "You Make My Heart Sing"
6. Haagen-Das:: Ice Cream
7. Sci-fi:: Fantasy
8. Voice:: Over
9. Boy Scouts:: Merrit Badges
10. Grief:: Sad

Do You Have Anything to Stop This Coughing?

So Monday night I wasn't feeling well. Tuesday, I accidentally overslept and got to work late. But I also started to feel better. By Wednesday, I was feeling fine. Except for this cough.

It's gotten so much worse this week, and I have no idea why. Seems sometimes I can't even talk without trying to hack up a lung. And forget about singing or laughing. Wednesday it was so bad I actually had sore neck and sholder muscles Thursday. But it's better today. Wish it would just go completely away.

Let's see. I got Aladdin Tuesday and watched it right away. Still a great movie. In fact, I'd forgotten how much I liked it. And watched about half the bonus features, too. Hopefully get through those this weekend.

Worship was interesting Thursday. We all seemed a little off. My turn came on "Only the Blood." Sometimes I can start that song just fine, and others it's really bad. And it was really bad last night. Needed to take a deep breath. Don't know why I was so nervous.

And today I had them come to fix the holes in my ceiling from the leak a couple weeks back. They were supposed to come between 8 and 8:30. They showed up at 9:30. Then they took 3 hours to fix it. The good news is it's completely fixed. But honestly, why should it take that long? The guy would disappear to his car for 30 minutes for no good reason. That kind of thing. I'm happy to have it fixed, but I really didn't want to take half a day of vacation time to do it. I'm thinking about calling the company and complaining, but I should probably sleep on it.

Meanwhile, i see by the big hand on the clock that it's time to head to dinner. Blog at ya later!

Thursday Threesome for October 7, 2004

These late Thursday Threesomes are becoming a habit with me, aren't they? Anyway, here's this week's, brought to us by the sky and The Back Porch.

Onesome: Wild-- Whoa! ...wild times lately! Florida and neighboring states have been blown away; the Northeast has been deluged; California is shakin' again; and the Pacific Northwest is getting ready to erupt. Okay, what's too wild for you? What will you live with and what do you want to stay far, far away from?
I'm ok with earthquakes, but keep me away from tornados and hurricanes. Which is why it's a good think I live in CA, I guess. :) Part of it is the devil you know being better then the one you don't know, I'm sure. And part of it is I HATE wind, and being in wind that strong scares me.

Twosome: Blue-- Blue Delft? Off the wall: What color are your day to day dishes. ...and does anyone in this crowd have some really nice stuff you like to break out for the upcoming holiday dinners?
I've got some really old dishes that are a hodgebodge, blue, burgandy, and yellow. The ones I've bought are clear. I have no good dishes, and never host holiday dinners.

Threesome: Yonder-- Oh, man, science fiction is reality: the private sector has reached space and is getting set to visit on a regular basis. Would you like to go out yonder? I mean, if the group with the five-seater offered you a suborbital flight, would you be up for that?
I've always wanted to visit space. I'd probably be scared to death, but I'd have to go just because I've always wanted to and would kick myself for the rest of my life if I didn't.

TV Tuesday for October 5th

Time againg for the TV Tuesday.

1. Do you watch sports on TV? If so, which?
I don't watch more then about 5 minutes of sports on TV. It's just too boring to me. Now one of my roommates on the other hand, watches sports on TV all the time. Football and Basketball, especially. The exception to that is the Olympics, which I watched as much of as I could and my roommate hardly watched at all.

2. Is there a sport you'd like to see more (or less) of on TV?
Well, they could always show some ultimate Frisbee!

3. What's the most memorable sports moment you've seen on TV?
Paul Hamm winning the all around gold. And he'd better be allowed to keep it! Another possibility is Greg Luganis's comeback win in platform diving in 1988 or Laura Wilkenson's win four years ago. (Told ya I didn't watch too much else.)

~Bonus~ If you could be a star of any sport, what sport would you pick? And why?
Ultimate Frisbee. I just love that sport. Either that or diving, my other love.

A Class Free Week

This is Outreach Week for the college. Classes are canceled Wednesday through Friday for the students to be able to go on short missions trips to the churches in Southern CA. They do things like hold kid's clubs and work projects around the church.

On top of this, my professor is out of the country for the board meeting of an organization. So between the two, I don't have class at all this week.

And it might be a good thing. I think I'm getting sick again. Or I should say am sick again. I think I've been running a fever all day, but I've been pretending that's not the case. We'll see when I take my tempurature once I get home. Either way, I'm not playing ultimate tonight. :( Woke up feeling losy and it hasn't gotten better yet. What I need the most is rest.

Even if I am sick, I will be leaving my condo long enough to pick up Aladdin! I am so excited about getting this on DVD! Almost as excited as I was to get it on VHS 11 years ago. I've been wanting to watch it recently, but been waiting for the DVD, which probably helps.

Backing up, things went well leading worship Thursday night. Micah played the songs very well. Trevor struggled, but I really couldn't tell, and I was sitting next to him. It was great to have Jared and Scott back at practice last night, and I'm sure they'll go fine on Thursday.

Saturday morning was the Walk for Life. And thanks to my three wonderful sponsors. It's just a two mile course, but it was fun. Talked to Pastor Jon most of the time, which was nice. We had 4 kids and 5 staff, so it could have been better attended, but our rather last minute planning and the senior high retreat probably didn't help.

Other then that, I did very little this week outside of watch movies and read. I got almost half of Verse of the Vampyre read. Slower start then the first book of the series had, but it builds quickly and I stayed up way too late last night (okay, midnight), trying to read just a little bit more. Read again at lunch, and I can't wait to get home and read the last 50 pages. There's going to be a lot that happens to resolve everything, I can tell.

Word Association for October 3, 2004

Afternoon, and welcome to this week's word association game.

1. Courage:: Men (As in, "Courage, men.")
2. Stamina:: Endourance
3. Leader:: "Following the"
4. Idea:: Light Bulb
5. Rockstar:: Guitar
6. Dew:: Wet
7. Guards:: Soldiers
8. Lenny:: Squiggy
9. Alliance:: Babylon 5
10. Cigarettes:: Smoke

So this week, we learn that I've recently watched Snow White (last night) and Peter Pan (this afternoon), used to watch Laverne and Shirley, and am currently watching Season 5 of Babylon 5 with the Matts.

And you say you don't learn anything about me from these things. :) (Actually, no ones ever said that, but now we have proof they'd be wrong.)

Quick Plea for Sponsors

I forgot to mention this yesterday.

Saturday we're talking the kids from the youth groups to the Walk for Life, a fund raiser for the Pregnancy Counsiling Center. Since I'm going to be there, I'll be walking. If any of you want to sponsor me, shoot me an e-mail or leave me a reply here and I'll get back to you.

No amount too small. After all, it's only a two mile walk.

Thanks, and see you in October.

Thursday Threesome for September 30

You'd think I forget to do these in the morning or something. :) Brought to us this week by risk takers and The Back Porch.

Onesome- Against: Is there anything you are vehemently opposed to? Or just something that gets you up on your soapbox?
Lies. Hypocracy. Conservative causes. But then again, if you read this blog, you've already figured that out. :)

Twosome- All: Is there something that you have to give all or nothing to?
I really can't think of anything. (And is it just me, or is this a strange question, anyway?)

Threesome- Odds: Are you a gambler? What would you bet on and for how much?
No, I'm not a gambler. I know I'd loose if I tried it, so I wouldn't bet anything I wanted to loose.

Time to Catch Up

It's been a few days, so maybe it's time to catch you up on my life.

Friday night, I went to Bible study for the career group. Good, although one guy kept asking needless questions, making it drag on forever. Of course, part of my impatience may have been that I was meeting a bunch of friends to see Sky Captian. We also had a new person leading worship. Made me feel good because he kept leading us so slowly. Still, considering how little he's played and how nervous he was, I'm not going to complain too loudly.

As to the movie, unlike Stephanie, I wasn't that impressed. To me, it seemed to need something. Like character developement and plot that flowed. There were too many leaps that worked, but could have been smoother. If the characters are in a live and die situation and you don't care, that means something's wrong.

Saturday was the big Frisbee golf with the Jr. high. We had a small turnout (5 kids), but it went well. The girls didn't like it, and it was hot (100 degrees). We played 9 holes then went and got ice cream and went back to the church and played tag in the church. Afterward, went out to dinner with the other staff who were there, which was very fun. Got a 5 cheese pizza that was to die for.

Sunday was church. Had the staff up front in church to pray for us at the end of the service, which was nice. And caused me to do 4 loads of laundry Saturday. Met my friend Debbie for lunch, which was a great time. Then went back to church to meet with Jr. high who is going to help me lead worship tomorrow night. (Sr. high will be gone for the most part.) Only one showed up, and he hadn't been playing as long as I thought he had. He was really struggling to keep up with chord changes, maybe getting one or two right per song. I'm meeting the other one early tomorrow night, so I don't know how well he plays, but from what I've seen, it's better. Anyway, it will be interesting tomorrow night to say the least.

Monday night after work I went down to play ultimate Frisbee. Only 5 of us there, so we played a hot box version that involved lots of running. But very fun. I was ready for a break when we quit, but not ready to quit.

While all this going on, I still finished Skin Deep, the newest Alias prequel. Not at all bad. And I'm starting Verse of the Vampyre, which the author sent me a free review copy of.

So that's the highlights.

And in other news, I am boycotting CBS. Twice in the last month, they have done two bogus news stories with obviously forged or inaccurate documents. No matter what side of this election you're on, this goes beyond that. And until they take steps to actually report news and not propoganda, I will not be supporting them at all. Which means no more Survivor or CSI or Without a Trace. I'll probably go through withdrawls, but I should be ok.