Roarrrrr
This is going to be such the random blog...
Drew and I had originally planned to get a big group of people together to watch 007 on Friday, but that didn't happen. So, we just hung out at my place and watched TV while he helped me with setting some new stuff up on my computer.
Saturday, we got together again and went shopping at The Grove. We went to the Apple store and I got myself a Jaguar upgrade. We then shopped around the other stores to get into the gift-buying frame of mind. From the looks of it, The Grove is going to be quite nicely decorated for Christmas. Unfortunately, I'm still stumped as to what to get some people for the holidays. So much for my goal of getting my holiday shopping by the end of November...
Today was catch-up day. Caught with my parents and with my high school friend Alan on the phone. Caught up on some shows I had on the TiVO, namely "Pyramid." Actually, here in L.A., the second and third shows of the tournament didn't air until the weekend. Much has been said on the newsgroup about the new tournament format. There are a couple of things I noticed about the tournament format which I don't think have been brought up on the boards yet...Non-game show fans, bear with me for a paragraph here...
Let's say George (the contestant on the third day) had won the first game and won the $25K in a shorter time than the $25K winners from the first two days, it would have made a second Winner's Circle trip for him irrelevant. Also, if nobody had won the $25K during the first two day and he won the $25K in the first game and won the second game of the show, the second Winner's Circle trip would been meaningless as well. Hmmmm...The format does need some tweaks, but it's clear that the big puzzle that the producers were trying to solve was "How do you make a tournament structure last over a preset number of days while guaranteeing a $100K winner?" It isn't the easiest question to answer. Ah, the wonders of making a game in the current syndicated market...
One of the visitors to my site pointed out that Mars bars are still available at some Target stores around the country. I dunno, I just have this suspicion that once those Mars bars are gone, there'll be a fresh batch of Snickers almond bars waiting to take their place...
A musical mystery has finally been solved for me. A little over a year ago, my friend Nathan and I went to see Evan and Jaron live at the El Rey. One of the opening acts was a band called Maroon. The notable thing about this band was that they were a HELL of a lot better than Evan and Jaron (even though E&J put in a good set). Naturally, when I got home from the show, I tried to do a search for the band online. No luck at all...Flash forward to last week...Drew hands me a CD and tells me that I have to listen to this band, Maroon 5. I listen to it and it sounds vaguely familiar. I look up the band's website and sure enough, it was indeed the same Maroon that Nathan and I had seen last year. In any case, they're the new "band that I rave to everybody about." I'd go as far as to say that it's the best new CD I've heard this year. It's kinda like Jamiroquai but with a bit of a rougher rock edge to it. Good stuff...
God bless my friend Keith for his blogs over the past several days. He's had some really great links recently...
Finally...one word to end this blog: Lemmiwinks
(Those of you who saw "South Park" last week will know what I'm talking about...I still can't believe they did what they did...)
This is going to be such the random blog...
Drew and I had originally planned to get a big group of people together to watch 007 on Friday, but that didn't happen. So, we just hung out at my place and watched TV while he helped me with setting some new stuff up on my computer.
Saturday, we got together again and went shopping at The Grove. We went to the Apple store and I got myself a Jaguar upgrade. We then shopped around the other stores to get into the gift-buying frame of mind. From the looks of it, The Grove is going to be quite nicely decorated for Christmas. Unfortunately, I'm still stumped as to what to get some people for the holidays. So much for my goal of getting my holiday shopping by the end of November...
Today was catch-up day. Caught with my parents and with my high school friend Alan on the phone. Caught up on some shows I had on the TiVO, namely "Pyramid." Actually, here in L.A., the second and third shows of the tournament didn't air until the weekend. Much has been said on the newsgroup about the new tournament format. There are a couple of things I noticed about the tournament format which I don't think have been brought up on the boards yet...Non-game show fans, bear with me for a paragraph here...
Let's say George (the contestant on the third day) had won the first game and won the $25K in a shorter time than the $25K winners from the first two days, it would have made a second Winner's Circle trip for him irrelevant. Also, if nobody had won the $25K during the first two day and he won the $25K in the first game and won the second game of the show, the second Winner's Circle trip would been meaningless as well. Hmmmm...The format does need some tweaks, but it's clear that the big puzzle that the producers were trying to solve was "How do you make a tournament structure last over a preset number of days while guaranteeing a $100K winner?" It isn't the easiest question to answer. Ah, the wonders of making a game in the current syndicated market...
One of the visitors to my site pointed out that Mars bars are still available at some Target stores around the country. I dunno, I just have this suspicion that once those Mars bars are gone, there'll be a fresh batch of Snickers almond bars waiting to take their place...
A musical mystery has finally been solved for me. A little over a year ago, my friend Nathan and I went to see Evan and Jaron live at the El Rey. One of the opening acts was a band called Maroon. The notable thing about this band was that they were a HELL of a lot better than Evan and Jaron (even though E&J put in a good set). Naturally, when I got home from the show, I tried to do a search for the band online. No luck at all...Flash forward to last week...Drew hands me a CD and tells me that I have to listen to this band, Maroon 5. I listen to it and it sounds vaguely familiar. I look up the band's website and sure enough, it was indeed the same Maroon that Nathan and I had seen last year. In any case, they're the new "band that I rave to everybody about." I'd go as far as to say that it's the best new CD I've heard this year. It's kinda like Jamiroquai but with a bit of a rougher rock edge to it. Good stuff...
God bless my friend Keith for his blogs over the past several days. He's had some really great links recently...
Finally...one word to end this blog: Lemmiwinks
(Those of you who saw "South Park" last week will know what I'm talking about...I still can't believe they did what they did...)
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