Livin it One Day at A Time

Now that I have access to every channel known to man (surpisingly there is usually nothing on) I have started to watch me some Cesar Millan (his blog is here). Now call me an over-obsessive fanboy, but I’ve been watching this show almost as religiously as I watch me some Battlestar Galactica.

Now, I wouldn’t say that I’ve set up an account on his blog, nor would I say the username would be CesarMRocks845.3 nor would I say that I have contemplated becoming the president of his fan club, because I haven’t.

Any rumors that I go over family/friends/people I stalk at the dog park, to ahem, “Play” with their dogs is patently false, and I deny it. I just like… Uh… Dogs.

Oh. And people too.

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For those of you who never watched Arrested Development you are in dire need to repent, go to the local video chain rental store/netflix/place to get movies, and watch this show.

The just did the last three episodes of what may be the end of this series. The writing was superb, the directing masterful, and the actors were having the time of their lives.

Sadly, this show was aired by Fox. Fox isn’t known for it’s high brow programming (this is the same Network that pioneered shows such as “When buildings attack” or “High Speed Chases part IV” or “24″. ) I mean really people. None of these show require anyone to think. Just sit back, and watch stuff explode. So when something that is funny, subtle and whitty comes on it’s like a deer hypnotized by the light of an oncoming truck. At least until the deer changes the channel.

This show was so funny, and the team that makes arrested didn’t let us down. To the end, parts were explained, other questions were explained and Buster had to face both of his two greatest fears, all in the same day.

I am going to post two or three of my favorite quotes, for those of you who watched arrested, feel free to do so as well.

Michael: It sounds like a lot more than it actually is. You know, you’ve already spent $1,200 on eggs. And that would be it forever. Keep in mind we are building something that is not only for our own kids; it’s also for George Michael and Maeby’s kids, too.

George Michael: What? What? We can’t have kids! What’s the matter…? What are you…? I mean it’s not even an option, really.

Michael: Well, eventually, you’ll want to.

George Michael: Sure, I may want to, you know, now. I-It doesn’t matter. Either way, I won’t do anything about it. Come on!

and

G.O.B.: Oh, I missed you, Michael!

Michael: All right.

G.O.B.: Or should I say robot.

Michael: What, ’cause’m not crying?

G.O.B.: Maybe you don’t have enough RAM to understand this, Michael, but there’s such a thing as brotherly love.

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Or just exagerated.

Apparently I do have people who read the blog.  I was wondering..

So what’s been happening?

I have managed to get myself another pinball machine, this one is a Terminator 2.

This involved me talking to a operator from Nebraska, meeting him in Denver to avoid shipping charges, and then unloading it, putting it on a dolly, pushing it over a hill and then down some stairs (of which, I almost died, or came close).  Eventually I got it into the room.

Afterwhich I had to prep for Valentines day.  Then there was the trip to Utah, then I came back.

Yeah. Life’s been boring.  Oh. I’ve been cleaning as well.

Sometimes life just isn’t very entertaining.  Sometimes life is very stressful, and full of decisions.  I guess that means I’m getting older? Oh, my monitor broke as well.

Part of the problem is that my creative muse is  wandering off in the woods.  Part of the reason I blog is to get a reaction.  Laughter, anger or disagreement are what I attempt to provoke.  I guess I’ve been wondering if people are even interested in what I have been saying.

Some people blog for themselves, I blog for others.

So I’ll stop watching court Tv, and blog some more, if ya’ll are interested.  Maybe I can get Court Tv to find my Muse.

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I have been mulling over the idea of buying a house, I was also busy reading planet wordpress when I came across zillow.com.  Scary and cool at the same time, no?  Go ahead, stick a house in there.  See what comes up.

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I was perusing my latest issue of Make when I came across a story about the folks of

Manitou Springs.They have an Fruitcake Toss Competition. You heard it right. They toss fruitcake out of town any way that they can. People have built Fruit-a-pults that send the hidious pastry far far away.

I’m thinking I may have to move sometime soon.

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For those of you who know me, you know that my politics are all over the place. I don’t hold to a particular party line. I’ve done volunteer work for both the Republican and Democratic parties. I shook presidential hopefuls hands. I’ve called voters the night before an election urging them to get out and vote.

I am invested in this Nation. That being said, one of the issues that I am very concerned about is the abuse of Intellectual Property Laws. Copyright and Patents are Monopolies given by the government to individuals/corporations to ensure that more public works are created. As it was when the Nation was first created the limit was 15 years after work was copyrighted. Now it’s the life of the author + 75 years. I fail to see how this helps the author, and in the event of the author being a Corporation, how do you measure it’s life?

The Democratic hopeful in Utah for the upcoming Senate Race is Pete Ashdown. I’ve met Pete a number of times and he’s a good guy. He’s running against Senator Orrin Hatch, who among other things, has advocated that there be hardware on computers to allow publishers to destroy them if there is illegal content on them. Pete looks like your typical computer geek, but I agree with a lot of his stances.

So for the first time, I’m urging people to take a look at a Democrat and give him a chance.

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