My "Just Did" list...
Friday night:
- Hang out at home with Ted, Larry, Caleb, and Drew
- Toyed around with the idea of going to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"...ended up not doing that...instead...
- Go to to grab some dinner with Caleb and Drew at Boston Market...tried out their new chicken teryaki..not bad...but need to figure out some other side to eat with it than stuffing
- Watch a bunch of "So Graham Norton" episodes on the TiVO...one of them featured the UK "Pop Idol" top two: Will and Gareth. Drew makes a note that Gareth looks a lot like a brunette version of Caleb. We pause the TiVO look at Gareth and look at Caleb and look at Gareth. We then marvel at Drew's astute observation.
- Ted calls it a night while Larry, Caleb, Drew and I decide to play a game. I suggest dusting off the moth balls on the copy of "Dark Tower," the early 80s electronic Milton Bradley game that Orson Welles hawked. After the elaborate setup and a couple of rounds of pressing buttons and shifting around pawns, we decide that that was a bad idea and return the game to its rightful place at the bottom of my game closet and instead whip out another obscure early 80s board game "Can't Stop." This proves to be a bigger hit and a great platform for me to have my competitve side mocked...especially when I come in dead last. Damn you all!
Saturday:
- Wake up much later than I had intended to...grumble out of bed and hop into the shower
- Call up my friend David Sobolov for a long overdue catch-up lunch with him.
- Have lunch with David at Mel's on Sunset.
- Spend about an hour when I get back home tickling the ivories on the piano wondering why I can't get over this composer's block I've had for the past couple of years. I play through some of the songs I composed in college hoping to jog my music-writing muse, but alas it fails...
- I head over to SitcomsOnline for the hell of it and end up downloading two versions of the theme song of "Joanie Loves Chachi." After listening through the 80s ballad cheese-fest, I wonder why I can't get over this damn composer's block I've got...
- Drew drops by just in time for he and I go over to NBC to check out the afternoon's set of tapings for "Family Feud." The show seems to be moving along all right. Richard Karn is really starting to loosen up and have fun with the gig.
- After the shows, we head over to Toys R Us in Burbank where I pick up the "Rollercoaster Tycoon" board game and "Pac Man Fever" (Think "Mario Party" with a Pac-Man/Namco theme) for the Gamecube. After the toy romp, we then drop by The Wherehouse to get tickets for the Thursday night show of "Beauty and the Beast" at the Pasadena Civic Center. I've never seen the stage version of "Beauty and the Beast." In fact, the only big musicals I've seen on stage are "Tommy" and "Sound of Music." That's unless you count college productions, high school productions, and that recent local production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown."
- We head back to my place to find everybody else gone. Drew heads back home and I head over to see my friend Katie's show. It was PHENOMENAL. I knew she was talented, but her show surpassed ALL expectations. I implore you to check out her website and get her CD. If you're in the LA area, check out her next show. I honestly was stunned. She's puts on a damn, damn, damn good show.
- I return home around 10-ish to my place after the show to see Ted, Larry, Caleb, and "tall blonde" Michael (too many Michaels to keep track of!!!) in the living room. They all had this perplexed look on their faces. It turns out they're watching "Mulholland Drive."
- After the movie is over, Larry and I decide to give "Pac-Man Fever" a test-drive. It's an ok game. It's not great, but it's not bad. It's a nice holdover while we wait for "Mario Party 4" to come out for the Gamecube. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
- I cap off the night watching "Celebrity Russian Roulette" featuring Jerri from "Survivor", Leif Garrett, Kato Kaelin, and Gary Coleman. First of all, Kato was robbed. Damn that Jerri...always mucking up things like she did on "Survivor." Speaking of which, what ever happened to tall goofy Mitchell?? Anyhoo, one other thing was that I derived some sick pleasure in seeing Gary Coleman drop through a hole. In fact, I got a good case of the giggles from watching it that I had to rewind the TiVO to watch it again. Now, if they can only get Emmanuel Lewis for the next one...
Sunday:
- I get up even later today than yesterday...grumble, grumble, grumble...
- Actually...I first woke up about an hour earlier to the sounds of the Care Bears theme coming from the living room. I believe Ted was watching old Care Bears cartoons. It was then that I went back to sleep hoping that it was just part of my dream...
- After actually getting up, I head out with Caleb to grab some lunch from Quizno's. We head back to the house and end up watching the last half of a two (count 'em, TWO!!!) hour episode of "TV Tales" on E! about "Who's the Boss?" Doing so brought back what little memories I had of "Living Dolls," the failed spinoff with Leah Remini and Halle Berry about the young models in New York.
- Following "Who's the Boss? 101," I head over to Drew's and we do a little shopping excursion so that he could get gifts for his family to bring with him when he heads back home next weekend to visit them. In the midst of all this, I'm able to get my car washed (FINALLY!!!). We also stop by the Urban Outfitters on Melrose, which now seems to be outfitted with old arcade games at random places in the store. Gawd, how I want a Dig-Dug or Q*bert machine in my house...especially one in a cocktail table format.
- I get back home from the shopping jaunt with Drew around 8-ish. I enter the living room and who should be there but Matty! I take care of some business while Ted, Matt, and Larry play a game of "Pac-Man Fever." After which, Matt and I pick up some dinner and then head back to my place to watch the finale of "Sex and the City" and the "Anna Nicole Show" with Ted and Larry.
- That brings us to now...where I wind up this really, really long blog!
Friday night:
- Hang out at home with Ted, Larry, Caleb, and Drew
- Toyed around with the idea of going to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"...ended up not doing that...instead...
- Go to to grab some dinner with Caleb and Drew at Boston Market...tried out their new chicken teryaki..not bad...but need to figure out some other side to eat with it than stuffing
- Watch a bunch of "So Graham Norton" episodes on the TiVO...one of them featured the UK "Pop Idol" top two: Will and Gareth. Drew makes a note that Gareth looks a lot like a brunette version of Caleb. We pause the TiVO look at Gareth and look at Caleb and look at Gareth. We then marvel at Drew's astute observation.
- Ted calls it a night while Larry, Caleb, Drew and I decide to play a game. I suggest dusting off the moth balls on the copy of "Dark Tower," the early 80s electronic Milton Bradley game that Orson Welles hawked. After the elaborate setup and a couple of rounds of pressing buttons and shifting around pawns, we decide that that was a bad idea and return the game to its rightful place at the bottom of my game closet and instead whip out another obscure early 80s board game "Can't Stop." This proves to be a bigger hit and a great platform for me to have my competitve side mocked...especially when I come in dead last. Damn you all!
Saturday:
- Wake up much later than I had intended to...grumble out of bed and hop into the shower
- Call up my friend David Sobolov for a long overdue catch-up lunch with him.
- Have lunch with David at Mel's on Sunset.
- Spend about an hour when I get back home tickling the ivories on the piano wondering why I can't get over this composer's block I've had for the past couple of years. I play through some of the songs I composed in college hoping to jog my music-writing muse, but alas it fails...
- I head over to SitcomsOnline for the hell of it and end up downloading two versions of the theme song of "Joanie Loves Chachi." After listening through the 80s ballad cheese-fest, I wonder why I can't get over this damn composer's block I've got...
- Drew drops by just in time for he and I go over to NBC to check out the afternoon's set of tapings for "Family Feud." The show seems to be moving along all right. Richard Karn is really starting to loosen up and have fun with the gig.
- After the shows, we head over to Toys R Us in Burbank where I pick up the "Rollercoaster Tycoon" board game and "Pac Man Fever" (Think "Mario Party" with a Pac-Man/Namco theme) for the Gamecube. After the toy romp, we then drop by The Wherehouse to get tickets for the Thursday night show of "Beauty and the Beast" at the Pasadena Civic Center. I've never seen the stage version of "Beauty and the Beast." In fact, the only big musicals I've seen on stage are "Tommy" and "Sound of Music." That's unless you count college productions, high school productions, and that recent local production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown."
- We head back to my place to find everybody else gone. Drew heads back home and I head over to see my friend Katie's show. It was PHENOMENAL. I knew she was talented, but her show surpassed ALL expectations. I implore you to check out her website and get her CD. If you're in the LA area, check out her next show. I honestly was stunned. She's puts on a damn, damn, damn good show.
- I return home around 10-ish to my place after the show to see Ted, Larry, Caleb, and "tall blonde" Michael (too many Michaels to keep track of!!!) in the living room. They all had this perplexed look on their faces. It turns out they're watching "Mulholland Drive."
- After the movie is over, Larry and I decide to give "Pac-Man Fever" a test-drive. It's an ok game. It's not great, but it's not bad. It's a nice holdover while we wait for "Mario Party 4" to come out for the Gamecube. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
- I cap off the night watching "Celebrity Russian Roulette" featuring Jerri from "Survivor", Leif Garrett, Kato Kaelin, and Gary Coleman. First of all, Kato was robbed. Damn that Jerri...always mucking up things like she did on "Survivor." Speaking of which, what ever happened to tall goofy Mitchell?? Anyhoo, one other thing was that I derived some sick pleasure in seeing Gary Coleman drop through a hole. In fact, I got a good case of the giggles from watching it that I had to rewind the TiVO to watch it again. Now, if they can only get Emmanuel Lewis for the next one...
Sunday:
- I get up even later today than yesterday...grumble, grumble, grumble...
- Actually...I first woke up about an hour earlier to the sounds of the Care Bears theme coming from the living room. I believe Ted was watching old Care Bears cartoons. It was then that I went back to sleep hoping that it was just part of my dream...
- After actually getting up, I head out with Caleb to grab some lunch from Quizno's. We head back to the house and end up watching the last half of a two (count 'em, TWO!!!) hour episode of "TV Tales" on E! about "Who's the Boss?" Doing so brought back what little memories I had of "Living Dolls," the failed spinoff with Leah Remini and Halle Berry about the young models in New York.
- Following "Who's the Boss? 101," I head over to Drew's and we do a little shopping excursion so that he could get gifts for his family to bring with him when he heads back home next weekend to visit them. In the midst of all this, I'm able to get my car washed (FINALLY!!!). We also stop by the Urban Outfitters on Melrose, which now seems to be outfitted with old arcade games at random places in the store. Gawd, how I want a Dig-Dug or Q*bert machine in my house...especially one in a cocktail table format.
- I get back home from the shopping jaunt with Drew around 8-ish. I enter the living room and who should be there but Matty! I take care of some business while Ted, Matt, and Larry play a game of "Pac-Man Fever." After which, Matt and I pick up some dinner and then head back to my place to watch the finale of "Sex and the City" and the "Anna Nicole Show" with Ted and Larry.
- That brings us to now...where I wind up this really, really long blog!
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