It's Official now i'm REALLY old

...Cause i remember him when he was new (and young)

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/02/26/1203788295267.html

February catch up

...Just looked up and realize i hadnt written in the blog for two weeks....Been trying to start up a new music blog about pop music.....address coming soon....

Just finished vacation with no causalties.......uneventful....finally picked up an external hard drive
to back up all the music and pics.....now i dont have to live on pins and needles if this lapstop shits the bed.

Watched the Academy Awards last night....I'm sure its the only time in my life i had not seen a single film. Granted most of the big winners were not mainstream, but even the smaller winners, "Juno"..."Bourne etc"....still hadnt seen any of them....but i did get to sit thru "Anger Management" thanks a suggestion by a co-worker of Rachels'.

I knew it sucked before the menu cued up....Don't like Adam Sandler (except his holidays songs..."love to eat turkey...") and Jack Nicholson hasnt been in anything i've liked since "Batman" and THAT movie is looking more and more dated. "Few Good Men" maybe?
I love a movie where u know exactly whats coming...cookie cutter slapstick...scenes you know are coming.....a bar room fight...people yelling at each other...its one of those movies where the box says 106 minutes and you say ,as its playing "that has to been wrong". It feels like hours and hours...About 30 minutes in i went back to PLAYLIST making with my Ipod.

Moral to the story...>If your co-workers says its "funniest movie they've ever seen"..."you just gotta see it"...check your source....

remember....YOUR co-workers made "Home Alone" one of the biggest movies ever.

Odds N ends

--Watched some of the Grammies the other night....tells you all you need to know about the state of the music industry when Herbie Hancock wins Album of the year. I know hes repected in the industry, but everytime i think of him, i see that "Rock it" video from the 80s.
--Its sad when the Foo Fighters are the biggest rock name i saw...
--read the Britany cover story in "Rolling Stone" just sad....
--Alexa was watching and said "Whos PRINCE"? Probably a little young to sit thru "Purple Rain"....what was that follow up? "Under a Cherry Moon"?
--Need something for my Friday night post work viewing....for months i rewatched all of "Twin Peaks" and lately its been "Friday Night Lights"....leading candidate is season one of "House" which is STILL in the shrink wrap in the basement.
--back to the Grammies....Jerry Lee Lewis looks a hundred...but Little Richard can still play...the guy never ages...
--Sad to see Paul McCartney stuck in the UK battling with Heather instead of hanging with Ringo at the show....Even Paul is starting to look old. The Beatles On Ed Sullivan was 44 years ago this month...fuck.....
--Looks like a shits-ville ride home tonight.....snow and then ice.

Personal Trainer boy

I spent the weekend at the Commonwealth Sports Club in Boston for a workshop to further my goal of becoming a personal trainer. It ran sat and sun, all day.....a serious amount of info to process.

Now people that ask me , so you took the workshop...are you a personal trainer? The answer is no. The instructor noted that the course i'm taking is taught in college as a full semester course.
I received the course about 3 weeks ago which means i have a ways to go. I study at my own pace, NCSF (whom i'm taking the course thru), has online and telephone tech support and when i'm ready i can take the certification exam. So why not just give it a shot a take the exam for shits and giggles? $200 bucks to take it and if i fail, every retry is $100.

Like i said..there is no deadline for me....I'm shooting for early summer. But the way radio is....maybe i should get reading.

Superbowl 42 (the day after.....)

I dedicate this post to the me who will go back and re-read this post this summer. It's the morning after, and I know that on summer night night this August, I will base an evening on the first Patriot pre-season game. It will be Mid-summer, Alexa will soon be in the second grade, Jenna will just about ready for pre-school.....Am I looking for to this game today? Not really.

I remember driving home from work in October 2003. It was an hour or so after Aaron Boone's homerun had floated into the New York night. Rachel and I spent a few hours listening to the autopsy on sports radio and I remember thinking ,"How can I possibly get up for next year?"...starting over....spring training....opening day....playoffs....to get back....but you know what? I did. Obviously we know what happened to the sox in 04'

The draft will come....some players will go....someone surprising will come....and little by little we'll be in the mood for football....I know its tough to believe this morning....Before the Giants received their trophy, I had taken a knife to the superbowl balloons and the Slider glass door Pats artwork was obliterated in a hail of windex and papertowels.

Funny this morning tho....Went out for papers and coffee and didnt see a single pats hat or coat.

My thoughts on the game:

1. I wasn't nervous until I saw Brady on the field and suddenly needed an ativan....
2. What happens if the Pats got the ball first?
3. Brady wasn't throwing right again last night. Ankle? Shoulder?
4. Its weird to expect to win and then NOT win is now weird, after living thru Bucky, Buckner, Boone etc.
5. If the Pats DO make it to Superbowl 43, and win it, it will be four years between wins. Can a team going almost half a decade between championships be called a dynasty.
6. What ARE the odds a team who went to the AFC championship last year and the superbowl this year, isnt due for a stinker....ya know a 8-8 season.
7. If number 6 happens, maybe i can find a couple of tickets.
8. Funny how a sporting event can really play a role in your mood the following day..
9. Spygate took a little bit of the edge off this season.
10. might need a break from sports talk for a week....

oh...one last thing....wonder if we'll have to endure "18 and one" chants from Yankees fans this season....

Your TOP 100 songs

I've been on an Ipod rampage since i got my IPOD TOUCH.....been going playlist crazy and decided to see if i could narrow down my top 100 favorite songs....Its not as easy as it sounds.
I found that there were songs that i loved at ONE time but not anymore or was just plain tired of. Not surprisingly most of them are from 1974-1990. You tend to bond with music during your school years. ALso not surpisingly there many cheesy songs in the group....again not a shock.....in fact most peoples music collection usually contain a Manilow, an ABBA or an Air Supply....or my favorite Ambrosia.

Give it a go...