The Astros have signed Garner through the 2007 season. I like this and I am sure that a lot of fans feel the same way I do.
I hope that Clemens can make it through another season, although I would hate to see him get hurt just to try to be the hometown hero one more year. I believe he’s still got a good year in him, simply because his 2005 season looked like he in in his Prime.
I will be looking for more news of the 2006 roster.
I’ve Never Been So Excited…
…about going to a baby shower. The cakes and cupcakes smell wonderful, and I can’t wait to dig in tomorrow. The main problem with that is that I’ve just recently resolved to losing some weight. I’m about 40 pounds too heavy and I need to lose some, if not all of it.
Last night I loaded up my ipod and went running for a while. It felt real good, and then today I feel worn out. Every time I sit down for more than 10 minutes, it hurts a lot when I stand up. I guess that’s part of progress.
I’m going to have to force myself to keep some kind of routine. Anyone know how to hypnotize yourself?
Lost – Stuff I Just Noticed
Episodes 201 and 202
I saw the DHARMA logo on the shark’s tail. It was clear as day. I can’t believe I didn’t notice it the first time I saw the second episode. Of course I was looking for it this time.
I also noticed that the DHARMA logo was on all of the food containers. I didn’t notice it before, but I would have thought that something like that would have been mentioned on one of the discussion threads. I’m sure it was, but I probably didn’t see that needle in the haystack.
Jack’s wig is really freaking me out. Why would they make him wear a piece THAT obvious?
The living quarters in the hatch looked clean and brand new until Locke and Kate showed up… Why is that?
How on earth could Jin have gotten back to the island so quick as to have been captured, and then got away before Michael and Sawyer crawled up on the beach? That was kinda creepy.
TGIF
I feel like I’ve been struggling to get through this week. It feels good to sit down tonight and know I don’t have to get up at 7 tomorrow. I’ve been doing backups of my TV recordings and cleaning up my hard drive. It feels really good to have a clean workspace. I think I’m going to watch the first 5 episodes of this Lost season this weekend. I gotta make sure I didn’t miss anything before next week’s show.
We’ve also got the baby shower on Sunday. It’ll be nice to have that out of the way so we can figure out what we’ve got to get before Lily’s born.
Does anyone know of any digital cameras that allow you to keep the shutter open for at least 10 minutes? The longest I could find was only 30 seconds, and that was one from Sony and it costs about $1000. I’m pretty sure I’m out of luck on that without going to regular film, huh? I’d greatly appreciate any feedback.
Smallville – 506 – Exposed
Tonight was a really good episode. The references to The Dukes of Hazzard were pretty funny. I guess they had to show some distance between Clark and Lana since in the last episode she tried to feast on Clark. I think she also had to be out of the way for Lois Lane to do a striptease for Clark. Lois really seemed out of place. I don’t recall their mentioning Martha in the episode, but I probably just missed it.
Lex and Clark seem to have been out of touch over the past few weeks, and it seems that their relationship is still tense but smoothing out. It’ll probably get a little rougher once Jonathan Kent announces that he’s running for Senator against Lex. I’m not 100% positive that’s going to happen, it’s just that all the evidence points to that fact. The election wasn’t finished, “Luke Duke” announced he was dropping out of the race, and “Luke” just told “Bo Duke” that he was better suited for the job.
I’m surprised we didn’t get to see the professor in this episode, or even a mention of him. I really hope there’s an opportunity to get Sam Jones III in sometime this season. Now that Chloe knows Clark’s secret, it’d be kinda fun to see Pete & Chloe help Clark fix something without his having to hide his involvement from either of them. It would be really cool to see what Pete’s been up to for the past year and a half as well.
The plot of the episode was pretty simple. But I still felt satisfied with it all the same.
I’d hate to see the series end this year. I’ll have to look up to see if I can find any info about a possible 6th season. It’s probably been posted for months already. I’m sure they could fit another season in with no problem at all. If nothing else, I’d love to see a spin-off of the transformation of Chloe and Lois’ involvement in The Daily Planet. Either way, if Chloe’s going to be one of the deaths this season, that more than likely will be the signal of this being the last season of Smallville. I would feel pretty safe about betting on the fact that if they kill off Chloe in any season, that will probably be the last season. If she dies this season, this is the last season. Hopefully we wont have to see that. That would really suck to have to watch the new opening credits without her in them.
I heard a big rumor today. It’s kinda old news. Back in August it was confirmed that Dean Cain will be making an appearance on Smallville as a love interest of Lois’. That might be kinda cool seeing Tom Welling and Dean Cain come face to face kinda like Martin and Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots 1 or 2 (can’t remember, and really don’t care which one it was).
I’m off to bed with dreams of flying.
ABC’s Lost
I’ve been reading a lot of spoilers and people talking about their theories about the island, numbers, people on Lost. It’s some interesting stuff, and if nothing else, seems to have helped some people get off their lazy rear-ends to learn something new. It may seem stupid to some people, but at least people are figuring out how to exercise their brains for the first time in a long time.
I really enjoy reading it, but sometimes I think people over do it. There are some really smart people watching this show, and on the same note, there are some really brilliant people behind the cameras. I just found out that the premiere episode was budgeted at around $10 million. That is so incredible that the people dishing out the money had THAT much faith in the show, and as far as I can tell, that faith was justified and then some.
The fan site that I find the most interesting is www.4815162342.com. The mere fact that the numbers used in the show are the page name makes it easy to remember, and also know that by communicating with people registered on the site, you know that 9 times out of 10, they are die-hard fans.
There are people that are fans that want to mess with noobies though. There was an “orientation film” released on the site that was debunked within 1 hour of it’s posting. Someone had gone to some lengths to piece together a film that looked pretty close to the same style film as viewed on the episode entitled Orientation. It was very good footage, but the way it was debunked was the way the DHARMA logos did not seem to look quite right. They did a good job, but the details of the logos brought to light the fact that the logos weren’t right, and that would only happen without the producers’ being involved. These producers have made sure that every detail of every scene fits in with the story, and is always consistent.
There is also a podcast that discusses Lost, called Transmission. These people just started in May, only have 9 podcasts, and were in the top 40 podcasts just a few weeks ago, but probably because Lost has been showing reruns for the past 2 weeks, have slipped down to number 93 on iTunes top 100 podcasts.
I am really glad that we get ABC in HD, because it really turns the movie-like quality footage into more of a movie-like atmosphere when it’s on. It makes the experience of Lost much better.
If You Can Read This
I got this in an email today, and thought it was pretty neat. I was amazed at how quickly I could read it. Check it out…
Olny srmat poelpe can.
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I’ve always been proud of myself on my ability to spell and use proper grammar. I guess I’ve been wasting my time.
The Next Big Thing
Does anyone have any bright ideas? I’m looking for any new ideas on the next big thing. I want to start something no one has thought of yet. If you have an idea, but don’t have the time or energy to get started, let me know about it, and I’ll kick a percentage of the earnings back to you on a regular basis.
I’m primarily looking for get rich quick schemes, but any ideas will do. Thanks for your input.
My Flickr Photos
I have spent hours of the past few days uploading all of my pictures to my account on Flickr. A friend from work gave me a pro account on Flickr. When Yahoo bought Flickr, the people who had pro accounts on Flickr were given 2 free pro accounts to give away to friends. I uploaded a little over a gig of pictures to my account, which put my archive up to 1948 photos.
My photos can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonkunefke.
My photos are private, except for a select few that do not include people I know, so if you’d like to see them, you’ll need to be added to my friends or family list.
The whole Flickr site has gotten me more interested in photography.
Smallville – 505 – Thirst
The whold vampire thing was kinda stupid. I guess the writing was ok for a halloween special, but I guess it just surprised me to see Clark and Lex kinda get a little closer toward the end. The way the episode was written with the whole thing from Chloe’s perspective was pretty good, though.
I don’t care what kinda superhero you are, I don’t see how anyone could walk anywhere near someone who just yesterday tried to bite a hunk of flesh from my neck, much less keep dating them. At least Chloe showed a little apprehension in the episode where Lana almost split her head with an axe.
I’m not sure where the idea for the show came from, but I guess it’s the best you could do with a halloween based episode.