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.
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.
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.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washbizblog/2007/07/sunrocket_reportedly_will_ceas.html
Wow... Business comes at you fast...
Well, Ron and I are going to make an offer on a home in South Amboy. Wish us luck!
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.
We are in the "looking" phase of buying a house. It is quite an interesting and tiring process to visit other people's homes and figure out for each how you can make it become your own. Thank goodness there are so many options in our price range! If we can swing it, we'll move before the wedding.
...until you have brilliantly played the ending of a song you have played on a weekly basis for two years only to find out you were five measures early. And then I played it again (yay for recovery!) :-)
Fourth of July was fun. Second parade went much better - must have been the beer.
I thought this was extremely well written, and I totally agree.
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/06/injunctive-reli.html
Vonage and Verizon presented their oral arguments on June 25th. Now, a decision can take up to 90 days.
Yay - it's a kazoo band!!!!
http://gigawords.com/index.php?cat=1
Almost as cool as drum corps!!!
Got some Melrose pictures up from Memorial Day / Elks / Legion weekends. Check it out:
http://home.comcast.net/~leftylmv78/Melrose2007/
I finally found software to create web albums that doesn't make it a big production and actually produces something simple and functional!! JAlbum rocks!
http://jalbum.net/
Okay, so I haven't posted in a while. But I did spend two really great weekends in Wildwood. The first was for the Elks parade and the second was for Legions (we won 2nd place - woo hoo!). And the folks who came in first were ringers from Ct (Park City Pride - I enjoy watching them), so I feel pretty good about it - they only beat us by 8 points. I have some pictures but some of them aren't ...ehrm, nice, so we'll see what I end up posting here.
It's Memorial Day, folks! If you have not been to a parade or ceremony this weekend, YOU'RE WRONG!
Helmut and me hanging out on a great day!
I received this email from XM today...
XM Service Update As many of you know, XM customers have experienced service outages or significantly degraded service since Monday mid-morning, May 21. We quickly identified the problem and are working hard to return to our normal levels of service. The problem occurred during the loading of software to a critical component of our satellite broadcast system, which resulted in a loss of signal from one of our satellites. We expect normal service to resume midday today (eastern daylight time). XM apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused. For updates, please go to http://www.xmradio.com. In the meantime, you can enjoy many of our music channels on XM Radio Online (http://xmro.xmradio.com) if you are close to a computer. Again, we regret any inconvenience for not having your XM Radio service fully available.
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