Vonage is PC Magazine's Editor's Choice!

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2177608,00.asp

Great, honest review.

Come to the Skyliners Membership Day!!!

October 14th - 10am! Dover, NJ American Legion

Home Sweet Home

Tomorrow I will be a home owner.

There is one downside, however... Since my home page is on Comcast and I have to switch to Cablevision, I need to find a new home for my page. So, please keep checking and I will let you know where I'm moving my corner of the web to. It will probably happen within the next couple of weeks.

This is GREAT news!!!

We settled with Sprint!

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYM06608102007-1.htm

Bridal Shower Pictures!

My Mom is a great toilet paper bride, isn't she?

These girls sure do know how to throw a party!

This is bad news...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWUB.EINZuKk&refer=home

Random Gibberish

Haven't posted in a while so I figured I'd jot down some quick notes on what's going on.

For one, my bridal shower was on Saturday, and it was awesome! I have such a great group of friends and family supporting me!

I decided to accept a position as secretary for the 2008 New York Skyliners. I want to do everything in my power to help this corps get back on the field.

My closing for my house got pushed back. It's all good. I didn't have anything packed anyway.

So, yeah - after all this time, that's all I got.

DCA Weekend!!!

Well, it's DCA weekend, and you can tell I've been having a good time since it's taken until Sunday for me to hook up to the hotel's Internet.

First of all, let me mention (to get it out of the way) that Fusion is run by truly classless individuals. Ron and I had decided that we were going to be cordial to them and that was about it. So, Holly decided to make it a game to try to get us to talk to her. I used to consider her a friend. Now I can see that she had me completely bamboozled and I'm glad that I made the decision to not associate with her or (con)Fusion Core.

Besides having to associate with the above unpleasantness, everything else has been a blast!!
Skyliners mini-corps was EXTREMELY fun and we actually placed 11th out of 18. When you think that we only had 6 rehearsals, that was a HUGE accomplishment. I enjoyed watching prelims and I'm wondering how on earth Cabs placed above Empire. I'm hoping for the flip flop tonight at Finals.

Back to having fun - later gators!

Here's an awesome picture of Empire that I took.

Welcome to Ticket World

Ticket World is a mystical realm where systems type people live. They make their living by fulfilling tickets. They fulfill their tickets in the order in which they are received, blissfully unaware of why they are being asked to do what they are doing.

Sometimes, what a person is asking for cannot be fulfilled in a ticket. This is a BIG DEAL, requiring management interference and meetings that cannot possibly take place this week because they are too busy.

I'm sorry - if I performed my job as if I lived in Ticket World, I'd probably be fired. Sorry to all the systems type of people who don't act as if they live in this bubble.

It's all about the money

I thought this was an interesting article...

http://www.slate.com/id/2172342/fr/rss/

It seems that the way government and finances work is something that we should all understand, though few of us bother to. I am quite guilty of this.

The Day We All Got Screwed...

I'm not kidding... Someone came around today and screwed everyone's nameplate to their cubicle...

I am one of the luckiest people alive...

I just can't believe the goodness that is coming in my direction. It will be challenging as hell, but it will be great. I will soon be changing job titles to business analyst, I am buying a house and I am getting married. I am very very thankful.

Whoosh!

Between work and the wedding and the house, things are moving very quickly! I hope we can keep up!

Sorted through wedding addresses today and got an almost finished list together. (Groan)

Went to a Trenton Thunder game last night. That was fun.

I think I need to either go do something productive with the rest of my day or get out of the house.

Errrr stuff

Finished Harry Potter. For a few minutes, I thought it was going to be the most sick series I ever read, but things turned out okay.

The closing on the house is scheduled for September 17th.

I switched my cell phones from Verizon Wireless to Sprint.

Went up to CT to see Billy and Erica and had a really nice time.

That's it.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The offer was accepted! If all goes well, I am indeed moving to South Amboy!!!!

And I am on page 176 of the book that must not be named.

Harry arrives safely in my mailbox! (and other stuff)

Here's the latest headlines:

Still Waiting on House (more details on Monday)

Harry Potter Arrives Safely to the Highlands

Skyliners Mini Corps is Going to Be Amazing

Vonage Throws Great Company Picnic

Cousin Michele Gets Harry Potter at Barnes and Noble Harry Potter Party, Meets Life Goal


I could elaborate on these topics, but nah. A pretty awesome weekend was had by all. Happy birthday, Billy.

Poof!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washbizblog/2007/07/sunrocket_reportedly_will_ceas.html

Wow... Business comes at you fast...

Aaaack!

Somebody else made an offer! We gotta move fast!

Who says you can't go home?

Well, Ron and I are going to make an offer on a home in South Amboy. Wish us luck!

Con-Fusion Core: my analysis

So, Fusion competed in their first contest last night in Clifton, NJ, and I was desperately trying to stay objective while watching. However, it's difficult to get past the cloud of suspicion surrounding their formartion, so this review might be a little biased.

Overall, the performace was not as bad as the monstrosity that the directors put out on the field when they were the directors of the Skyliners last year. The performance level was good. Everyone seemed confident in their marching and playing. They had low numbers in the guard and drumline which probably affected the score.

The show itself was boring. No highs or lows and it seemed like they played forever. But then again, a lot of DCA corps are boring to me and they do okay, so maybe that is not a problem.

The soloists sucked. They were mainly former Skyliners and played just as poorly as they played solos for the Skyliners in previous years. They have a lot of young players that seemed like they had talent - I think that maybe the folks they had out in the spotlight last night should put their egos away and let the kids do the work. There was a young soprano soloist in their corps who did brilliantly for his one solo, while a veteran player kept coming out for a million solos sounding like he was "choking a chicken from the inside" (don't ask!)

In the end, it seems that a mediocre era for the Skyliners was ended so that a mediocre Fusion Core could be born. Makes me glad that I stopped wasting my time with marching competitive weekend corps.