This is a test of the Emergency Blogging System. Were this a real blog you’d be inclined to offer real comments and persuade your friends to read it. Being that this is just a test, here are some random ramblings:
For those who didn’t know, Lesley and I are going to be parents again come Mayish. We haven’t totally decided on names yet but we’re not going to tell a lot of people lest they steal our good ideas. It wasn’t 3 months after our first, Ella Grace was born that we started seeing a lot of Ellas, and even Ella Graces showing up in the birth notices. Oh who am I kidding, we’re going with Bertha for a girl and Leonard for a boy (copy that!).
Our tile drainage system appears to be working exactly as planned (wood being knocked). Our well is quite high but just lower than where I’d expect our tile to be sitting. Either we’ve had just enough rain and water to push the well to that point or our drainage is carrying away the excess and actually working. Either way, I’m extremely happy to not be pumping. At this point last year we’d already been pumping for a full month and a half straight… 2 pumps, 24/7 (does anyone even say that anymore?).
My truck is knocking when there’s a weight transfer from side to side. It’s only 2 years old so that’s pretty annoying. I’m told that GM is aware of the issue and claims that it is normal for this ‘knuckle’ to produce a certain amount of noise. Why it had to start almost exactly 500km after my warranty ran out is completely beyond me.
Been playing some of the worst hockey of my recent life in the last month or so, so that’s not good… I was blaming it on rust after hunt camp but I think it’s more the suckage.
Haven’t caught The Office in weeks - total bummer. Watched The Island on Friday night - not as bad as everyone says. Some definite leaps of faith but Ewan McGregor impressed me again, as did Sean Bean. Buscemi was his usual awesome self and Nelix was good too. The premise was a little bit frightening. It’s easy to see that scenario actually playing itself out - body parts harvested from clones who are grown rather than raised, ignorant of the ‘real’ world.
Anyway, just thought I should write… don’t you hate blogs that grow stale?
I… am… outta here! (Dennis Miller - SNL Weekend Update circa… you figure it out)
We’ve all seen Jim act. He can do voices (Stanley didn’t appreciate his being done but it was hilarious) and he can do mannerisms (he nailed Dwight). What if Jim joined Michael at improv one night, to cheer him up about his money problems, and ended up being a hit? There would be a pretty limitless acting arc for Jim and we’d have another reason to beat on Michael. He’d have Ryan as his boss and Jim as the superior actor/comedian.
I’m just saying…
Well, The Sopranos is over and I’ve seen exactly 0 minutes of “America’s Favourite Drama Series.” Obviously, since I’ve never seen it, I didn’t not watch it because I didn’t like it. It’s just another one of those shows that was either on during another show I was already into, or it was a show I didn’t get, or it was a show that I respected enough to want to start from the beginning. In this case it was more than likely the latter.
There are several series that I have on my back ordered list of shows to watch. Most of the time the shows are hour long episodes that I didn’t want to waste my time on if they sucked; shows like 24 (which I was nervous about due to Keifer as the leading man), The Sopranos (which I didn’t think James Gandolfini could carry), Heroes (nerdies rejoice), and Lost (actually, I’m still on the fence over whether I’m interested in this one). But there are now a whole list of comedies that are on my list and I don’t know when I’ll find the time. I’ve had Arrested Development on my list ever since I saw Dodgeball. I’ve always liked Jason Lee so My Name is Earl made the list. I saw 20 minutes of one episode of the British The Office so it made my list, and people here at work won’t stop talking about the American The Office so now it’s on my list too.
The truth is, as long as the UFC stays popular, CSI continues to pump out episodes (and series[es?]) and America’s Funniest Videos is still running, I just don’t have any hours left in the TV-watching day. CSI is on 4 times a night so most of the time I can find an episode I haven’t seen. I am finding myself enjoying :New York even though I didn’t want to. :Miami has taken a strange turn and is completely unrealistic but is exactly like a train wreck - I can’t look away.
My watching CSI at all is a bit of a fluke. It was, at one time, in my back ordered shows list but while my wife and I were in Finland with my parents, it was the only show we got at my grandmother’s farm that was in English. I hate jumping into the middle of a series but CSI had me hooked the first time we met Greg in the lab. He sold me.
I guess what will eventually happen is that I’ll get to the point in my life where I am complaining that everything on TV is crap (and the music is too loud) and I’ll be able to go back and watch all of these series like they were brand new. The key will be maintaining a complete list of all of these shows I deem worthy. I’ll start it right now.
1. The Sopranos…
