As my 28th year closes...
Some random thoughts/musings to pump some new material into the blog...
Well, one reason I haven't been blogging is that for the past week or so, I've had some very special visitors...my mother and grandmother! They visited from Florida. My mother hadn't been here since August 2001 and my grandmother hadn't been here at all, so there was much tour guiding to do!
On their first night here, I introduced them to a number of my closest friends as well as to the wonders of shabu shabu. We did shabu shabu over at Koji at Hollywood and Highland. My mother and grandmother was laughing at the irony of them not being able work chopsticks. Fortunately, the waiter had some forks to relieve us of the wooden conundrums. The family got a little glimpse of the hubbub of Hollywood because just across the way was the premiere party for "Annapolis" at The Highlands.
Last Wednesday, I went with Corey, my mom, and my grandmother to see a taping of "The Price is Right." The played "1/2 Off" that day. Bob Barker introduced me to the audience during the break after the game was played! He also took some time to talk with my family and me after the show. Always, always fun...Even more fun was seeing everybody's giddiness at the taping. My grandmother kept saying, "I can't believe I'm really here! I can't believe I'm really here!"
Thursday, the taping tour continued as my family and I went to see a taping of "Ellen." Bumped into a number of people I know at the taping including a couple of people with whom I had worked on "Whammy" and a number of other game shows. The guests were fun, especially this little 3-year-old who sang the fifty states in alphabetical order. The guy who announces for the Westminister Dog Show brought over some dogs as well. It was basically W.C. Fields' worst nightmare! My family and I even got some air time dancing (or in my case, attempting to dance) along with Ellen. She danced right in front of us!!! The show aired yesterday, but I think it reairs on Oxygen in the next couple of weeks. Keep an eye out for the show with Jon Cryer and Simon Baker.
Friday...the family and I went to Camarillo to do a little shopping....
And Saturday, well...that was the BIG day. My roomie Scott and I threw a birthday party for ourselves. Actually, for me it was an early birthday party. As always, there was a theme...and this year...it was...the FAMILY FEUD!
We had everybody dress up in their best 1977 gear to play the "Feud." We had a game board, a face-off podium, a lucky lollipop tree, and quite an electic gathering of people. We had a little reality representation in the room with Mark Long. And there were some "Feud" vets amongst the crowd including Aaron Solomon, Laura Chambers, and Cathy Dawson (who wore this awesome vintage shirt that was given to Richard Dawson during one of the original shows!). Henry Polic even showed up proving that he's still quite an awesome game player scoring over 170 points on his own during a round of Fast Money. It was an ultimate Feud showdown in the end between a team led by Laura and a team led by Aaron. When all was said and done, Aaron, Rachel, David, Jade, and Joseph emerged as the big winners of the night. Without a doubt, it was one of the most fun parties I've had and it was so nice to introduce my mom and grandmother to all of my friends!
But wait there's more...Sunday, my family and I went to the happiest place on earth. Tried to go on the new Monsters Inc. ride, but the wait time never dipped below 90 minutes while we were there!
Yesterday, I took them along with me for the "Reality Remix" taping to meet Kennedy, Lynn, Alex, and the whole gang.
As you can see, it's been quite a busy, but VERY fun past several days. Now time to see what year 29 holds... :-)
Well, one reason I haven't been blogging is that for the past week or so, I've had some very special visitors...my mother and grandmother! They visited from Florida. My mother hadn't been here since August 2001 and my grandmother hadn't been here at all, so there was much tour guiding to do!
On their first night here, I introduced them to a number of my closest friends as well as to the wonders of shabu shabu. We did shabu shabu over at Koji at Hollywood and Highland. My mother and grandmother was laughing at the irony of them not being able work chopsticks. Fortunately, the waiter had some forks to relieve us of the wooden conundrums. The family got a little glimpse of the hubbub of Hollywood because just across the way was the premiere party for "Annapolis" at The Highlands.
Last Wednesday, I went with Corey, my mom, and my grandmother to see a taping of "The Price is Right." The played "1/2 Off" that day. Bob Barker introduced me to the audience during the break after the game was played! He also took some time to talk with my family and me after the show. Always, always fun...Even more fun was seeing everybody's giddiness at the taping. My grandmother kept saying, "I can't believe I'm really here! I can't believe I'm really here!"
Thursday, the taping tour continued as my family and I went to see a taping of "Ellen." Bumped into a number of people I know at the taping including a couple of people with whom I had worked on "Whammy" and a number of other game shows. The guests were fun, especially this little 3-year-old who sang the fifty states in alphabetical order. The guy who announces for the Westminister Dog Show brought over some dogs as well. It was basically W.C. Fields' worst nightmare! My family and I even got some air time dancing (or in my case, attempting to dance) along with Ellen. She danced right in front of us!!! The show aired yesterday, but I think it reairs on Oxygen in the next couple of weeks. Keep an eye out for the show with Jon Cryer and Simon Baker.
Friday...the family and I went to Camarillo to do a little shopping....
And Saturday, well...that was the BIG day. My roomie Scott and I threw a birthday party for ourselves. Actually, for me it was an early birthday party. As always, there was a theme...and this year...it was...the FAMILY FEUD!
We had everybody dress up in their best 1977 gear to play the "Feud." We had a game board, a face-off podium, a lucky lollipop tree, and quite an electic gathering of people. We had a little reality representation in the room with Mark Long. And there were some "Feud" vets amongst the crowd including Aaron Solomon, Laura Chambers, and Cathy Dawson (who wore this awesome vintage shirt that was given to Richard Dawson during one of the original shows!). Henry Polic even showed up proving that he's still quite an awesome game player scoring over 170 points on his own during a round of Fast Money. It was an ultimate Feud showdown in the end between a team led by Laura and a team led by Aaron. When all was said and done, Aaron, Rachel, David, Jade, and Joseph emerged as the big winners of the night. Without a doubt, it was one of the most fun parties I've had and it was so nice to introduce my mom and grandmother to all of my friends!
But wait there's more...Sunday, my family and I went to the happiest place on earth. Tried to go on the new Monsters Inc. ride, but the wait time never dipped below 90 minutes while we were there!
Yesterday, I took them along with me for the "Reality Remix" taping to meet Kennedy, Lynn, Alex, and the whole gang.
As you can see, it's been quite a busy, but VERY fun past several days. Now time to see what year 29 holds... :-)
