Jan/071
What’s the story? (Posted by Martin)
Tom is in Florida right now, with Caroline.
I demand an update.
Jan/071
Upcoming TV
I see that BSG is back on my Tivo's "ToDo" list on Sunday January 21st. I forgot it has a new night and time, Sundays at 10 pm. I hope it does well in it's new time slot. I hate when they start moving shows around. They either flourish or die. Hopefully it will flourish. Tell your friends! I will be in Disneyworld so I will miss it. That's why I love my Tivo.
24 premiers tonight and tomorrow night. Rome finally returns tonight at 9 pm on HBO. Rome is a good show. Not as good as Deadwood but its better than the Sopranos. I heard they are wrapping up Deadwood with two 2-hour movies. They should ditch the Sopranos and keep Deadwood. I've lost interest in the Sopranos.
They should bring back Firefly, Arrested Development, and Dead Like Me, just to name a few. What shows would you like to see return to tv?
Jan/074
NYC
My New York City trip was kind of fun. It's a little different there. I went to some of the tourist places, like the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, like the Top of the Rock, saw the tree and the ice skating rink. Went to Ground Zero. Went to see Rent, and Madame what's-her-face's wax museum. Times Square (Here's a picture of me from the webcam in Times Square.) Central Park. Rode the Ferris Wheel inside Toys R' Us at Times Square. Stood outside TRL that had some rapper I've never heard of on. Went to shopping on Canal street and a bunch of stores. Rode the subway. Saw crazy people.
I went on the NBC Studio Tour. Saw the set of Dateline and some daytime shrink talk show, and Saturday Night Live. I can't believe how small the studio is for that. Then in the gift shop, I got this. Yeah yeah! Don't be jealous.
My friend's cousin went with me and she wanted a Gucci bag or a Louis Vuitton bag, a fake one obviously. So we are walking up and down Canal street looking for a vendor that has them. The vendors say to find someone walking around saying "Gucci" and "Louis Vuitton" because it's illegal to sell them (obviously). So we couldn't find anyone so she's walking around saying Gucci and Louis Vuitton to random people and finally finds this asian guy. So he says we have to follow him to the bags. So we go two blocks or so and hang a left and go into this asian office building kind of place. It was just a door on a brick building with lots of little rooms in the hallways. There are like 50 names on the door from doctors to manicurists, most in some asian language. So he leads us up three flights and down this maze of hallways. Halfway up the stairs I made my peace with God because I was positive we were going to be killed and butchered and sold to some chinese restaurant. Anyway, we stop outside this door and she goes in and the man locks the door, locking her in. We stayed outside in the hallway because it was literally a closet and there were like 8 people already in there. So she comes out with a Fucci (that's what we called it because it was a fake Gucci). Long story short, with in 24 hours the bag was destroyed. The strap broke within the first 6 hours. Then the pull tab on the zipper, and then the zipper (because she was trying to squeeze everything she owned into it). I haven't seen the bag since we got back.
It's interesting being 35 and going on a trip with 21 year olds. 21 today is like 16 when I was growing up. The maturity level is non-existent. And the "I know everything but in reality I have no f*cking clue about real life" levels were through the roof. Unless it's just the people I went with. Which might be the case. I won't go on and on, God knows I want to and could. Just so you all know that I'm really not just being a dick!
Yeah I'm going to be that old man on the block that yells at the kids to stay off the lawn and gets the flaming bag of poo every Mischief night. I will probably deserve it too.
Jan/070
2006: The Year (of Trips) in Review
It's hard to believe it's 2007 already. Where did the year go? It was a pretty decent year for me. Getting laid off gave me the time and money (no, just the time...) to travel and live abroad. The year goes by pretty quick when you are constantly travelling. 
In '06 I went on a lot of trips. I went to Pittsburgh three times (flew once, drove twice). I know you are probably less than impressed, but I had never been there before. I also went to San Diego, Los Angeles, Disneyland, and some other places in that area (La Jolla etc). Oh and I went to Tijuana! That was... different. I lived in Sydney for 3 months, and most recently, I went to New York City for the first time. I went to Rehoboth Beach for a weekend, and to my parents shore house (I think), but they aren't too exciting compared to everywhere else. I think I have posts about the various trips. I haven't wrote about NYC yet. I haven't got around to it.
There were a number of factors that came together to make most of the trips possible, kind of like "the Perfect Storm". So I will probably be living at home for another 5-10 years while I pay for this year of travel and negative income (if I ever GET a job). Looking back, I think it was worth it.
Oh yeah, I'm going to Disneyworld in like ten days. That's my last scheduled trip (so far).
Jan/070
Anniversary
January 6th was my one year anniversary of being unemployed. Can you believe it? I am telling people that I am a 'recovering workaholic', and I'm celebrating my first year of "sobriety".
I'm still waiting for those bags of money I asked for a year ago. I haven't received any yet. Send me money. You bastards.