I have spent the last few days living in my new apartment in Fountain Valley with the barest of essentials: a Futon mattress, all my clothes, some folding chairs, a laptop, a TV with no reception, a DVD player with a smattering of DVDs (including all of the Ab Fab episodes and Twin Peaks season 1 – thank goodness for Ab Fab or I would…
March 11, 2003Despite life’s little (or not so little as the case may be) setbacks and challenges, it never seems to catch up. So while I am still dealing with the issues surrounding the events of last week, I have been mondo-busy with work at the Pooh ride. In a way, I think it has been a good thing in that it has given me something to…
March 7, 2003I will not forget the events of the last few days. Its difficult to say which day was the one with the biggest impact, but if I had to pick one it would be February 26. It is actually difficult for me to put into words the range of emotions that I have experienced. I will say, that despite the pain, sadness, and tears that…
February 28, 2003Pooh craziness has abounded this week, especially when Daniel and I finally got to work together. However, the real fun was Saturday when I experienced my first stay awake for 24 hours day in a while. Here is my best effort to recap of the events of the day: 2/22 3:45am: Alarm first goes off, do my best to ignore. 2/22 4:00am: Finally amble out…
February 23, 2003A great time was had by all in the first ever Anti-Valentine’s Day on the road in Las Vegas. Vegas veterans and newbies alike found something to enjoy from strolling through the casinos singing “Luck Be the Lady Tonight”, riding the Star Trek Experience with Ensign Thomas, gazing over Southern Nevada from the top of the Stratosphere, and listening to the Pink Panther theme played…
February 19, 2003More Pooh this week as A-V Day gears up for this weekend. On Wednesday, the folks from Walt Disney Imagineering working on the ride treated the operators, fellow imagineers and some of the maintenance folks to a dinner at TGI Fridays. It was nice to have a chance to chat and talk to folks outside work. The food was good and the drinks potent. We…
February 14, 2003Friday, I sat down to do my taxes anticipating a nice refund to give me some breathing room in the finance area. Was I ever surprised that I owed money big time. Must be those crazy W2s and the odd jobs and success with SeaGranite Multimedia this past year. Oh well. I am still trying to figure out how even though I made considerably less…
February 10, 2003Thanks to my auto-recording of my Charo wish list on the TiVo, I managed to catch a classic Charo appearance on the Wayne Brady Show. The usually fast-on-his-feet Brady was completely blown away by Charo. She talked circles around him, leaving him speechless. Charo also sang a cover of “The Ketchup Song” by Las Ketchup. She sings the song in her Bravo 2003 show, and…
February 7, 2003I was shocked when I wandered across CNN’s web page Saturday morning. I was just expecting to see more of the same news: US getting ready to go to war with Iraq, The intense cold in the rest of the country, Tsi-tsi fly mating season beginning in Southern Africa. I didn’t expect to see such a world shattering piece of news on a web site.…
February 3, 2003I hate hangovers. This morning I woke up with a real bangeroo after a night out with Tim, Daniel, and one of Tim’s friends from Splash. We went to Dave and Busters, a place first introduced to me by Cooper up in the Bay Area, located at the Block at Orange. I think I have been to the Block more times in the last month…
January 31, 2003