Sunday, February 16, 2003

Here I am...

E-mail update: My mandelweb.com account is still down. If you need to E-mail me, please E-mail to this alternate address. Thanks!....Now to the blog...

Almost a week and a half later...here it is...my first real blog in a while on my website...

This has been a rough week and a half for me. Since last Friday (the 7th), I've been extremely sick. I'm much better now, but I've been dragging over the past ten days or so...I caught the flu bug that's been going around town. I literally could not get out of bed that first Friday I was sick. The worst part was that I had my birthday party the next day. I did nothing but sleep all day that Friday in hopes that I would shake off the flu. Not so...

I muddled my way through my birthday party last weekend. Other than the fact that I was half-conscious throughout the thing, it was a success. There was a good turnout...it was very low-key which was what I needed that night.

Monday and Tuesday, we had some "Whammy!" tapings. We've done twenty-two episodes so far and the shows have been good. One thing I'm noticing is that the contestants this year are playing a bit more strategically than they did last season. It's made for some very good games. BTW, thanks to those of you on the game show message boards that have visited the tapings and put up some nice posts about us. :-) Just so you all know, we premiere at 8 PM eastern on Monday, March 17th with a special St. Patrick's day show. From what I understand, we'll be premiering on the 17th with two back-to-back episodes. I can't say too much about the second episode that's airing on the 17th, but it's another special episode, one we're taping tomorrow morning.

What else...what else...Our friend Davy from Florida has been visiting all this week. Davy's the friend of mine whom I met through Ted. He and his friends showed me around Orlando when I was there last summer for a couple of the Beat the Clock tapings. We had a little get-together Friday night to introduce Davy to some of our friends.

Some other random thoughts...The biggest thing I've learned all week is that Lorenzo Lamas is an "international sex symbol..." well, at least according to "Are You Hot?" I really want to know what constitutes one getting the title of "international sex symbol," and why we needed to be constantly reminded of Lorenzo being one during the entire two-hour premiere of "Are You Hot?" Also, where do we start delineating the lines of sex symbolness? Is there "domestic sex symbolness?" Or better yet, can one be a "municipal sex symbol?" Because if so, I think I even qualify as one...somewhere in some remote village off the coast of Togo...After watching "Are You Hot?" I came out with desires...and no, they weren't related to any of the guys on the show...First, I want that giant "Hot/Not" sign in my house over my front door. That way the next time somebody new walks through our door, we can activiate the "hot" or "not" side...Finally, I'd love to see a whole line of "Are You...?" shows....For example, "Are You Hungry?" hosted by international starving children symbol Sally Struthers, "Are You Legal?" hosted by international boy wonder Michael Jackson, and "Are You Gay?" hosted by international homosexual symbol, Oscar Wilde... :-)

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