Dust, dust, dust...

My post from Thursday didn't quite pop up, it's now posted if y'all wanted to check it out

I know I've been a lazy ass about posting updates. Well, here's one. :-)

It's been a great past several days. Over the weekend, I had a visit from my friend Bryan from Indiana. He was in the SoCal area for a conference and took some time to visit L.A. Such a sweet guy. He's also a big game show fan, so that a plus. :-) We did the whole tourist thing...albeit on an abbreviated level since he was in L.A. for just a couple of days...Introduced him to some friends; went out bowling in Burbank; did a quick hit tour of Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, and the Hollywood area; then went out to dinner with a few of the game show gang. In the midst of all this, we rummaged through my game show collection and pulled out a few gems to watch.

Monday was quite a cool day....Started off the day by having brunch with Caleb, Jon, Ted, and David S. at Canter's. We had the funniest waitress. She was this old waitress with a thick New York accent. Very sassy...like something you'd see out of a movie. All she was missing was a half-burnt cigarette from her mouth! :-)

After brunch, Caleb, Jon, David and I headed over to CBS TV City to catch a taping of "The Price is Right." When we got to the studio, we saw Randy West there. Randy was one of the people at dinner the night before and he had mentioned that he'd be seeing Price the same day we were. So, I figured he had just gotten there early. The staff and crew had just finished rehearsal and Randy had told us such. He said, "You wanna go see if Burton's around to say hello to him?" We did and we followed Randy to Burton's dressing room. He knocks on the door and walks in. He then opens the door to reveal that there was nobody in the room but him. At that point, I realized that Randy was the substitute announcer for this week's Price tapings!!! Needless to say, I was surprised and excited for Randy!

And needless to say, Randy did an excellent job. He really put in a lot of energy in the warmup and did an oustanding job announcing. I had seen him do warmup live before, but I had never seen him do his thing announcing. Wow...What I loved is how he can sound enthusiastic while not over-doing it. I'll even venture to say that I sensed a touch of Johnny O. and Rod in Randy's delivery. Really, really good stuff, and I'm not just saying this because Randy my friend. On top of all this, it was just great to see him living out his dream. It's always to see good things happen to good people such as Randy. Unfortunately, I was only able to hang around for the first show of the day, but I will definitely be keeping a close ear for the rest of the week's shows when they start airing June 6th!

Later in the day, I met up with Drew and a couple of his friends to watch "Down With Love" at the Arclight. What an adorable movie! It may seem like fluff, but it's good fluff. It's been a while since I've seen a movie where everybody seems to be having so much fun, audience included. I highly recommend it to anybody looking for a good light comedy...

What else, what else...Went out last night for my friend's Matt birthday. We originally were going to surprise him by taking him to Chuck E. Cheese, but he ended up figuring it out and we ended up taking a detour to Fuddrucker's. Mmmmm....Fuddrito....

"Idol"-atry

So as promised...more scoop on my night at "Idol" last night. Started out the day at "Idol" by heading to the Universal Ampitheater around 3-ish. The blazing heat of the San Fernando Valley was more apparent as we all had to stand outside for a half-hour or so, before they let people into the theater. As soon as we got in, I rushed over to the food stand where free Coke was being served. Mmmm...Refreshingly good.

I hung out in the lobby with a few of my co-workers. While waiting outside, I saw Todd Newton and his wife Silver and as well as Bob Boden and Tim Duffy from Game Show Network. We all chatted and caught up on things before we headed into the theater. Spotted some former reality people in the audience as I sat down. I saw Robb from "Survivor: Thailand" complete with a faux-hawk and I saw Blair from on of the recent "Road Rules."

After the show, I was able to get a ticket to the after-party. The party was held on Baker St. at the Universal Studios theme park. Food and drink galore. And FOX celebrities as well...I met a couple of the actors from "Keen Eddie" and also saw Michael Chiklis from FX's "The Shield" there. The party was quite spread out. There was a dance floor, a couple of bars, some huge projection screens showing the west coast broadcast of the finale, and Bobby Trendy. Yes, Bobby Trendy from the "Anna Nicole Show" with this cute twinky boy with him. Bobby was donning a pair of leather pants with rhinestones spelling the words "Bobby" on one leg and "Trendy" on the other.

And what "Idol" party wouldn't be complete with former contestants? From this season, I saw Trenyce, Kimberly Caldwell, and Vanessa Olivarez. And from the first season, I saw R.J., E.J., and A.J. I even got a chance to talk a little bit with A.J. and his manager. We talked a little bit about his new single that's coming out in the summer. Fun, fun, stuff...Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, I didn't really get a chance to see Ruben or Clay. They did arrive at the party but were surrounded by a swarm of people and press. And within a half-hour, they were whisked out of Universal and off to another big "Idol" party happening in Hollywood.

All in all, it was a great night, another one I surely will not forget..

Dammit, dammit, dammit

Oh well...My boy didn't win on "Idol" tonight. But like I said, both Ruben and Clay had been my picks for the top two and both were deserving of the "Idol" crown. It was quite a fun night. And thanks to a few of my co-workers, I was able to get into the FOX party after the show. I'll spare the details until tomorrow's blog, but it was a blast. I'll also have some pics up tomorrow. But for now...I'm going to rest my weary head.

And one other thing...Ryan was given the wrong info...twice...The margin was actually 130,000 between Ruben and Clay, not the two figures he had given during the broadcast. Still, it was an extremely close vote. It'll be interesting to see what happens when both of their singles are released in a couple of weeks.

This is the time...

Wow, wow, wow, wow....Just got home from seeing tonight's "American Idol" show live at the Universal Ampitheater. Astounding performances. Reuben "did his thang" and Clay was amazing. Hearing him hit that last note on "Bridge Over Troubled Water" gave me chills. The few hairs on my arm stood up listening to it. The crowd ate it up. Like last week, both of them have very strong followings. I still can't say any of them are a sure thing.

I did spot some familiar faces in the lobby of the Ampitheater. I saw Jillian Barberie looking a bit blonder than she does on TV. I almost didn't recognize her until she was a few feet away from me. Also milling about was Alden Wynn, one of contestants who went on the infamous Saddle Ranch outing this season. All I could say was, * whimper * Tamyra and R.J. from season one walked in together. And after the show I saw Jim Verraros, also from season one. Talked a little bit with him and his recent articles in "The Advocate." 'Twas pretty cool.

All in all, it was a great show and I can't wait until tomorrow's finale for another round of "spot the personality" in the audience.

Last night, was another fun one. A bunch of us got together to watch "Martha Inc.," the TV movie about Martha Stewart. Boy, it was deliciously bad...and it's a good thing! :-)

Back to school

Yesterday was awesome...Went to the "Get Schooled" event that GSN held at the Hollywood and Highland complex. It was a fun event. Throughout the afternoon, they called up people to play a straightforward quiz. After several rounds, the contestant were whittled down to a final three to play for a $10,000 scholarship. Todd Newton did the hosting duties and as always did an excellent job. He never ceases to amaze me. In addition to handling the Q&A format well, he did a fine job ad-libbing and keeping things moving along as the organizers of the event got things ready for the next rounds.

A bunch of my friends met up with me there. During one of the breaks, a few of us went over to California Pizza Kitchen and had lunch with Bob Boden and Todd. It was really great. I got a chance to catch up with Bob and Todd, both of whom I hadn't seen in a while and we all talked "shop." Both of those guys are the best. Todd even plugged my website a few times while working the crowd. Fun, fun stuff. :-)

Friday night, I saw "The Matrix Reloaded" with Ted, Eddie, and Nathan. I've got to say, I was a bit disappointed. It wasn't an awful movie, but it wasn't great. I really didn't get into it until the scene where they go up to find the Keymaker. The first hour was a bloated, confused mess of existentialist mumbo-jumbo. It just got too bogged down in philsophizing about things not necessarily seeming what they be coupled with a dash of predestination. Granted, some of what it was trying to say was interesting, but it didn't need to do it so heavy-handedly. That all said, the highway scene kicked ass. I think what bothered me was that the whole thing was so joyless. There wasn't a single fun scene in the movie. There wasn't anything like that "jujitsu" scene between Neo and Morpheus from the first movie.

Saw a trailer for "T3" during the previews Friday night. Am I the only one who has a "who cares?" attitude about this sequel? I mean, did they really need to extend the story beyond "T2"? "Legally Blonde 2" looks cute though. :-)

Oh...almost forgot...I got my Honda Civic back Friday! Woo-hoo! The body shop did an awesome job fixing it up. On top of that, they did quite a job cleaning it. It's the cleanest-looking it's been in quite some time. The first night driving it though was weird. I must have gotten used to the rental car I had which was considerably bigger. Still, I'm glad I'm done driving the Buick Century. It certainly was not a car I was suited to drive. But then again...is there ANY car that I'm suited to drive??

Finally...during the lunch Saturday, the topic of "who do I think will win Idol?" popped up. I honestly don't know...it's too close to call. As I said in my post-results show blog last Wednesday, Ruben and Clay have very strong followings and very different followings. And both guys have very different styles. As you all know, I have my own personal favorite but either of those two deserve the title of "American Idol." This one will be close for sure and it'll be an interesting showdown. Can't wait for Tuesday and especially Wednesday night!

And then there were two...

Just got home from a fun night at "Idol." Went to see the next to last result's show at CBS Television City. Lots of energy in the audience. When Nigel Lythgoe did a straw poll of the audience to see whom they voted for the night before, it was clear that Ruben and Clay had the strongest followings. The row behind us had its fair share of squealers. I myself was a "woo"-er. All in all, it was a fun show. It's always cool seeing the show in person, especially since it's a live broadcast, a rarity around these parts. After the show, I got to hang out backstage. Unfortunately, there weren't too many of the talent, since they were taping Monday's show immediately after tonight's show had wrapped. Nevertheless, I did see Randy Jackson and Tamyra Gray, who looked quite good. But alas no Clay, KLo, or Ruben. Instead, I saw Will and Chris from "Mr. Personality"...minus the masks of course. And I have to say they do look better in person. But then again, I was really hungry so the blood flow to my brain may have been slowing down.

After the show I went out to dinner with Drew and two coworkers of mine who went to the show as well, Sandy and Chris. We went to Johnnie's on Santa Monica. It's this really great pizzeria. I had this ridiculously huge chicken parmigiana sandwich. It was HUGE. It really was the size of two sandwiches. It was a fun, fun night. There was lots of talk about British TV since Sandy is from the UK and Drew had spent some time in London as well.

One interesting thing about Wednesday's show and seeing it live versus on TV. A lot of my friends who saw it on TV said that they didn't care for Tamyra's performance and that it was flat. Live, though, it was amazing. She has a very powerful voice. that I guess didn't quite carry through in the TV broadcast. Oh well..

Yikes...

My thumb is numb...

First of all, I'm stunned after watching tonight's "Idol" performances. It really is anybody's game. Crikeys...It makes my trip to the "Idol" set even more interesting tomorrow night! It's defnitely a far cry from the "3-to-2" show I was at last year when almost everybody was certain that Nikki McKibbin was the one to go. I mean, if you ask me now, I can't say that I have a sure pick of who's going to leave!

Last night, I got together with Mike, a guy I met on gay.com. Had dinner at the 3rd street promenade in Santa Monica. After that, we went on a drive down the PCH and then hung out at my place to watch "Top Secret," one of my all-time favorite movies. It was definitely a fun night. I'm pretty sure that we'll be getting together soon. :-)

And to quote Allen Ludden, "I hear ya out there...I hear ya out there" about a particular contestant on tonight's episode of "Whammy!" * shudder *

Grease is the word

Spent the afternoon browing a bunch of music sites. One site I really love going to is pianorock.com. Lots of indie artists and singer/songwriter types. Favorite find on the site: Gavin Degraw. His site has some song samples. Really good stuff.

Hung out with Drew tonight. We made a trek up to the Northridge Chili's for dinner. Awesome blossoms and chicken crispers...Cripes...So much grease clogging up my system...but oh so good. The dinner was partly a warm-up to the "Chili's Chicken Crispers Challenge" which I'll endure when Albie visits. What is this challenge you ask? Well...Back in high school, Albie, a bunch of friends, and I would often go out to eat at the local Chili's. Almost always, I'd order the chicken crispers. And almost always, I'd never finish my meal. It got to the point that Albie instituted this challenge. Every time he went out to Chili's with me and I ordered the chicken crispers, if I was able to finish off all the chicken crispers, he's pay for my meal. It is a challenge that I have yet to conquer. For those of you not familiar with the chicken crispers, it's not easy. These are mutant chicken strips that are battered, fried, and greasy as hell. Oh, and for those of you keeping score...had I taken the challenge tonight...I would have failed. :-/ Blarg...

Something's Fishy

Went to H. Salt Fish and Chips in North Hollywood for the first time tonight. Grabbed some dinner there with Tedward and Larry. Mmmmmm....Hush puppies....

Been a cool past few days. Very laid-back, but fun. Hung out Thursday with my friend Brian. Rummaged through some old video tapes of his and mine. Watched the pilot of "Too Close For Comfort." Introduced him to the wonders of "Hit Man." I must say, when I first got a tape of "Hit Man," I hated the show. But as I've seen more episodes of it, I have to say, it's grown on me. The set and music package especially rocked.

Vegged at home on Friday night. Met this cool guy Michael online. We talked on the phone for a bit and discovered we have a lot of similar interests. Barring any crisis at work, I'll be getting together with him Monday night.

Today, I got together with Nathan for lunch and then we hung out at my place and watched the Dennis Miller special from HBO. The afternoon turned into a mini-"This is Your Life" episode. Spoke with my college friend Brendan whom I hadn't spoken to in months. And I also spoke with Albie, my best from high school, who now lives in Dallas. I found out that he's going to be visiting me in June! It should be a lot of fun. I haven't seen him in two years!

Fulfillment

Big celebrity sighting today during lunch....I'll get to it at the end of the blog, but first....To those of you who voted on "American Idol" last night, thank you. Thank you for making my prediction for the top three ring true. My roommate Ted can vouch for me on this prediction. And yes, my personal favorite is one of the top three. And those of you who know me well probably know who that favorite is. And those of you who've figured it out and now are laughing at me, shut up. :-P

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Geez, this dog pageant airing on Thursday looks hilarious. I'm surprised it's not called "America's Bitch of the Year." It's like "Best in Show" camped up to the hilt. Crikeys...Dogs in gowns. What will they think of next? I actually have heard bits and pieces of what happens in this show from a friend who worked on it. It must been seen to be believed...

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The "Indiana Jones" trilogy is coming out on DVD in November! YAY! FINALLY! This is one of my all-time favorite movie series. Geez, between this, "Soap," and "The Ben Stiller Show" coming out on DVD, this is turning out to be quite the year for building up my DVD collection.

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This article has probably the worst headline of the day...Hell, it could be the worst headline of the week. Why can't they just settle over a nice game of "Tattletales?"

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As promised, here's the story of my celebrity sighting of the day. Today, my co-workers and I went down to the cafeteria for lunch. Personally, I love going to this cafeteria because it's got great food especially for a cafeteria. Another plus is the clientele. A lot of the people from MTV and Artisan films come here, so you can imagine the type of people that pass through the lunch line. Usually, there aren't many celebrities though. However, today, there was one big name that dropped in to eat here....N*Sync's LANCE BASS.

As we ate at our table, we saw him paying up at the cash register. And before we knew it, he was sitting at the table across from us along with an entourage of really hot guys. Seriously, these were some nice-looking men. It was like a walking ad for the WB or the Gap. They were just feet away from me. I tried to do the glancing over thing as surreptitiously as possible but with my back to the table, it wasn't that easy. It was a cool story to tell anyway when I got back from lunch. There were just a few of questions though...who were these gorgeous guys hanging around Lance?? And why were there about six or seven of them?? And finally, what does it take to get an entourage?? Hmmmm...

Actually, I think it'd be cool to have an entourage for a day just for the hell of it. Ya know, go somewhere really ridiculous with the entourage...like McDonald's or Target or the 7-11. * adds to Christmas list under the swanky new 30GB iPod * All right...I'm just kidding......or am I?

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On your marks...get set...GO!

YAY!...."Amazing Race 4" begins May 29th! And the new cast is online. I can't wait. As I've said many a time, "Amazing Race" is one of my all-time favorite reality shows.

Busy day today at work...Went out to dinner with Drew, Ted, and Larry. The three of them were meeting up to discuss tomorrow night's Minnie's Moonlight Madness. Drew's taking my place this year on Ted and Larry's team. This was the scavenger hunt thingy at California Adventure. I opted out this year because of work and the fact that it's in the middle of the week and getting to Anaheim from Santa Monica isn't the easiest thing to do in the middle of rush hour.

A belated Bueno Cinco De Mayo!!

A new entry into the "Food that Looks Like Poo" category...Squeezable Skippy peanut butter. I saw a commercial for it today and it just looks like soft baby poo. Blech...Can we stop with the squeezable foods?!? PLEASE! We don't need squeezable pudding. We don't need squeezable yogurt. And we SURE as hell don't need squeezable peanut butter!

Every time Regis and Kelly announce their KB Home Giveaway, I think that KB Toys is the one giving away the home....like they're giving away a giant Barbie Malibu Dream House to the 60-year-old housewise whose lucky postcard they pulled...Hrmmm...

Highs and Chos

A bit of an interesting end to the weekend here. Last night, Ted, Larry, Steve, and I went to see Margaret Cho perform at the Wiltern. This was my second time seeing her live. It was GREAT...even better than her last show, "Notorious C.H.O." And it turned out to be a special performance, because there were several cameras set up to tape the show. My guess is that it's going to be part of another concert film. Fun, fun, stuff...What I really like about Margaret is that in addition to being very funny, she says some very insightful things. Very clever social commentary...

One observation we were all making is that there are two things you can almost always find at a Margaret Cho show...Gay people and Asians...oh and one other thing...gay Asians. :-)

We got back home after the show and fiddled around with the X-Men game on the Playstation2 before we all said good night and yadda yadda. In spite of the fun, something was feeling off last night between Steve and me. We talked on the phone about it today and realized that we're both wanting different things out of this. This seems to be a running theme with me as of late. I seem to have this knack of jumping the gun and thinking something is there, when there really isn't. Ack...On the upside, as with Nate (not Nathan), it's better to discover this now than several months down the line. And like Nate (not Nathan), another upside is that I've made a really good friend out of this. Nevertheless, this is really starting to get damn frustrating. But hey, what're ya gonna do? You just focus on the positives, move on, and keep on searching...

X2-llent

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"X2" ROCKS. Awesome, awesome movie. Ted, Larry, and I joined up with Mike and Christopher at the Grauman's Chinese theater last night to watch the movie. It was a bit of an adventure. The day ended as a rainy day here in L.A. and seeing movies at the Grauman's often involves waiting outside in a long line before the movie starts. Such was the case the times we saw the Harry Potter movies at the Grauman's. There'd be a line forming as early as a two hours before the movie start!

Seeing how it was raining, Ted and I figure that there wouldn't be a big line so early. Right? Wrong...We get to the Hollywood and Highland complex which lies next door to the theater a little bit after 9. We had tix for the 10:40 PM showing and there's still a bit of rainfall. As we walk towards the theater, we notice a line. We keep following the line to get to the end. It keeps going and going and going and going to the end of the block. Then, the line conitinues around the block and up the next street in front of an apartment complex. CRIKEYS! These fans are dedicated...they probably think that you're not a true mutant unless you stand out in the soggy rain.

Fortunately, Larry has his umbrella, so Ted, Larry, and I huddle under it while we wait and wait and wait. Every few minutes or so, there's this gushing stream of water that oozes from the gutter and runs along the side of the curb. The stream of water is accompanied by a nice pungent mix of the smells of urine and feces. Mmmmm...It's like Old Faithful, but smaller...and nauseating. As the mini-geyser makes its occasional appearance, a chorus of "ugghs" and "boooos" emanates from the line. Larry and I decide to whip out our Gameboy SPs to while away the time. As we do, Ted points out that this screening is turning out to be a "family" screening. More people pass by to increase the length of the line. You'd think there was an American Idol audition happening the next morning. Anyhoo, more of those people turn out to be "family" as well. Go figure!

Eventually, Mike and Christopher arrive and join us in line. Ted hands the umbrella to Mike since he's the tallest of all of us. Not too long after that, we're finally let into the theater and we grab a row of seats.

Lots of big trailers...The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (cool!)...Charlie's Angels 2 (eh)...2 Fast 2 Furious (despite its Paul Walkerness - ugh)...Stuck on You (oh!)...and The Matrix Reloaded (EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!).

But neither measure up to the movie. It was GREAT. I loved the first "X-Men" movie, but this one blew it away. What I loved about "X2" was that it had that "shit hits the fan" feel that "The Empire Strikes Back" (one of my all-time favorite sequels and my favorite "Star Wars" movie) had. And despite never really having read any of the "X-Men" comics, I had a realy good sense of who these characters were. The movie was a little over 130 minutes long, but it didn't feel long at all. There were quite a few twists that I did see coming. And the dialogue wasn't super cheesy either...One the cleverest parts was when Iceman tells his family that he's a mutant. Good good stuff...Oh, there was even a game show reference too. A subtle one...One of the mutant kids at Dr. Xavier's academy was flipping through channels on the TV. You never really saw what he was watching, BUT as he was flipping through the channels, one of the soundbites was the little guitar lick that's heard in the Game Show Network station ID. Granted, I was probably the only one in the theater that caught it, but it was cool. :-)

And speaking of GSN, Ted, Larry, and I walked through Hollywood and Highland to get to the theater. On the way to the theater, we passed by the Cramatorium. And lo and behold, there were people in there! It's quite a cute setup. I had never walked by there when they had "Cram" contestants there. There were four rooms with windows. Very neat...A few of them had put up signs on the windows. A couple of them had signs telling people how long they had been in their rooms. Very neat...

I need to buy a ruler

All right, all right...those oatmeal breakfast squares were something like 2 3/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches, not 6 by 6 as I had said on my blog a couple of days ago. The spatial-length-area lobe of my brain wasn't working when I blogged. Of all things in my recent blogs, the bit about the oatmeal squares got the biggest response...

Oh, and get your mind out of the gutter...I know where y'all are going...

I'm as happy as a little game-boy

Had a couple of "quests" over the past couple of days. The first was to take advantage of the "free scoop night" at Baskin-Robbins. My goal was to hit the three Baskin-Robbins in my area. Two of them are literally blocks away from my house. Well, around 6-ish, while driving around town before dinner, I pass by one. There was a big line down the sidewalk. Cripes...I decided then to wait until after dinner. So, I went out to dinner with my friend Drew and on our drive back to my place, I passed by the other Baskin-Robbins. It's almost 9 o'clock at this point. There's about an hour left of free ice cream. And there's an even longer line for ice cream. Double-cripes. Foiled again!

But alas, that wasn't the only quest in which I was foiled that evening. My other quest was to find me a Gameboy Advance SP. Ted was able to get one for Larry on Monday and my friend Nate (not Nathan) got it the weekend before, so they were in stock...somewhere! I just wasn't finding them. During my lunch break yesterday, I hit the Best Buy and the stores over at the Westside Pavilion (ya know, the mall where Shelley Morrison - Rosario from "Will and Grace" - was busted) and no luck. I had to get back to work, so I made one last stop at the Aaahs! store on Wilshire. They had one...but those price-gouging bastards were selling one for $149.99, $50 over the regular price. I decided to continue the quest that evening in the valley. I went to the Toys R Us in Burbank. No luck there...I then dragged Drew along to Target before dinner. No luck there...but we saw Ted there. He suggested asking the salesperson. It was a lost cause...I don't even think the salesperson at the video game department had a full grasp of the English language. "GAME BOY...VIDEO GAME....HAND HELD ONE....PRETTY ONE..." Not a clue...not a clue at all...

Drew and I headed to dinner at the Outback. Before we headed home, I made a detour to the Best Buy in Burbank. They didn't have any either. But they did have the new Thicke CD. Yes, I'll admit it...I bought a CD recorded by Alan Thicke's son. Shut up... :-P

So alas, I went to bed last night with neither of my two quests fulfilled. Blarg...Flash forward to this morning. As lunch approcahted, I decided to give the Toys R Us on 4th Street in Santa Monica a call for the hell of it. I asked if they had a Gameboy SP in stock. The salesperson says that they had ONE left in blue (cobalt, for you Gameboy purists). I asked her to put a hold on it. She did and I zipped over to the Toys R Us during my lunch break. They did indeed put it on hold for me. So, I snatched it up. Ahhhh...So sleek, so compact, so pretty...in nice cobalt blue...Mmmmm....

Oh, for those of you all peeved off about the results of last night's "Idol," I have a little bit of advice. And I know a lot of you are. Ted was seething when I got back home from dinner. You can read about it in his recent blog. Anyhoo...Here's my advice to you. VOTE NEXT WEEK! If you're not happy with what happened, take advantage of that two hour window and vote like crazy. My roomies and friends didn't vote last night, so they really can't complain too much about what happened. It's like any election...you have a say...and if you feel so strongly about what should happen, VOTE DAMMIT! Who would've known that the basic lessons of democracy could ring true in a show that the company I work for produces. :-)