Rita Part 2

We're okay. Rita went into East Texas. Got a few sprinkles (like 5) and for the rest of the week it's supposed to be sunny.

We went to the mall. Adam's Dad's Birthday was yesterday. I surfed the net. Didn't do any Macrome. Played Star Wars Battle Front and that's about it.

Rita

Miss Rita is coming to Texas. We will most likely get her unruly children (thunder storms and maybe tornados) as she comes inland. We are expected to get that on Saturday. It's good because we do need the rain (the yard REALLY needs it) but I wish it wasn't coming.

We weren't planning anything big on Saturday anyways. I was going to the mall but I don't think I will go. Instead I'll probably work on my macrame in the living room while watching "Lost" episodes or Star Wars movies. Adam will work on his homework for school. Satine will watch the thunder and lightning from the sunroom on the blue chair happy as a clam and Connor will try and find a cabinet to hide in so the rain won't get him (he's my "bad weather vane")

Going to the store tomorrow (because we really need to) and will charge up the phones.

Ah...Texas weather!

LOST SEASON 2!!!!

WARING!! Lost season 2 starts Wednesday September 21 at 8PM CENTRAL TIME! We WILL NOT be answering the phones during this show! If you need to get a hold of us leave us a voice mail and we will call after the episode (and us saying "Huh?!?" because JJ put another twist in the story.) Also remember that we have DishNetwork with DVR and we have gone back to see what has happened (or said) before the twist in the story that JJ likes to put in that makes us say "Darn you JJ!!"

A New Band

Was surfing the web and found this new video. MTV2 has this show called "VideoMods" where they take video games and make the characters sing music from bands. They did one with the game "Revenge of the Sith" Singing a song from the group Franz Ferdinand singing their song "Take Me Out". Out of the group of 'videos' that they had it was one of the best.

Ladies and Gentalmen Introducing the band "CHOSEN ONE"

With

Mace Windo on Bass


Obi Wan Kenobi on Guitar


Yoda on Drums



and Anakin (the chosen one) Skywalker on vocals

an exciting new group with dancing Padmes and Stormtroopers rocking on.


http://www.mtv2.com/#series/13696

Adam will fix this so the link will go straight to it (that's why I keep him around). I'm too lazy to figure it out. He's doing school work and I won't want to distract him.

Garrison Keillor's A Praire Home Companion

Stumbled across a post, from a blog called Memory Loss, that talked about Garrison Keillor and his radio show A Prairie Home Companion. The show is replayed on Sunday mornings here and I get out of church just in time to hear the "Well, it's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town" part. I've had a fondness for this show for a long time, and I think it's because my folks used to listen to one of Keillor's books on tape during some of our longer road trips.

Sims2 Nightlife

I've been waiting for this for about 2 months now. I pre-ordered it on EB Games over at Grapevine Mills planning on having dinner at Corner Bakery (where we had our first meeting after 4 years) so we go to EB Games and I found out that they do not have it. "We won't have it until tomorrow"

Target "No we'll have it soon"

Best Buy not even a spot for it.

EB Games in Southlake "It will be in tomorrow before 10 AM."


UUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!


So now we have to go back tomorrow to get the freaking game.


Why have a the date that says it will be released up and NOT have the game???!!!?!?!?

Stuff + Cats = Awesome

A friend from work heard about this on the radio. I just laughed and laughed. I bet we've got a picture or two that could be posted here.

From Digg:
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Hurricane Katrina

Here I am posting again asking for help. It seems that is all I do right now on this blog asking the few people who read this blog to do positive vibes, prayers, or donate money for people.

We are getting a lot of people from hurricane Katrina. Some are staying in shelters, Reunion Arena or in homes of friends and relatives. If you live in the D/FW area KLUV is doing a "Labor of Love" for them tomorrow. Lastnight when I was at the Grapevine Wal-Mart and Grace was there taking food and clothing items and there is always the Red Cross

Cheap Domains @ Yahoo!

Yahoo! has a special on domain names going on right now. Just $2 a year, so you could lock in a domain name for 5 years for just $10. I just picked one up for my Dad (eakinsart.com).

There's free domain forwarding if you don't have a web host. It's a great way to make a memorable shortcut to your blog. For only $2 I think everyone should grab one.

Help for Movie

Please do us a big favor....


Jay Thompson is doing a documentary about the 501st called "Heart of an Empire" The life and times of the fighting 501st. I have mentioned this group before about Katie and the stormtrooper who "guarded" our wedding. He has been working on this for a couple of years. He's now putting Star Wars and Star Trek stuff on ebay so he can pay for production cost. For a list of what he is selling please go to:
http://tinyurl.com/dppsv
for the Ebay auctions


Every little bit helps.

Duck Hunt + Doom = Duck Doom - Shoot 'em down DOOM style

I've been playing Doom lately just for kicks, so I couldn't pass this up. Best version of Duck Hunt EVER!

From Digg:
Weird, stupid and pointless. I love it! Download the FULL GAME at this link.

"An overhaul upgrade to the original Duck Hunt, featuring new difficulty levels, graphics effects, remixed music & enhanced sound, the BFG-9000, and more!"

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California Call Hustle and Google Talk

Had a nice long chat with a friend since forever, Becky (she goes by Rebecca now, witness protection thing), while my meal congealed. She chided me for not putting more personal stories up on the paw. So here's the personal story of what I did last night...

Becky called because I sent her an invite for Google Talk a new instant messenger + voice chat program released yesterday. To paraphrase her, "I'm not going to talk to him through a computer, I'll just call him right now". That works for me. Also I had just downloaded Google Earth, and zoomed in from orbit to find where Becky's beaux is going to be working come next month. It was really cool, there's an aircraft carrier just next door in the satellite pics.

After that I watched Kung Fu Hustle. It's a Stephen Chow film, and as far as kung fu flicks go it is top rate. The fighting is over the top and CG enhanced. Very funny in parts, but still a pretty hard core fighting flick. I listened to the original Cantonese audio track with subtitles because the English track was rather annoying. If you like martial arts flicks, give this one a try for sure.

Bridget kept herself busy last night by watching Rescue Me, chatting on the phone with her co-worker Miss Velma (who just got back with her husband from Atlantic City), and surfing the net... also sending my periodic instant messages referencing monkey ninjas.

Death of the DVR

This post was postphoned on August 10th. We now have a new DVR

Our DVR died on Sunday. It was a senseless death. A tireless worker and highly valued member of the family, the Dish Player-DVR 510 stored many of our favorite TV moments.

Out of the blue our little DVR, who can store up to 100 hours of Dish Network Satellite TV, began making a horrible clicking noise. The TV still came on at that point, but when we checked on the recordings... to our horror everything was gone! That means the new season of Rescue Me and Over There were lost, as well as the AFI Tribute to George Lucas. Also my toons have vanished including Robot Chicken, FLCL, the Venture Bros, the complete 3 seasons of Star Wars: Clone Wars, and even Samurai Champloo.

This is devastating.

So, the next day I call Dish to explain the problem. By this point the DVR has gotten itself into an endless loop of attempting to connect to the satellite signal and then rebooting. Being that this was after normal working hours, the nice lady working the phone had to go through every possible thing even though it was quite obvious that the box was dead. I clicked buttons, unplugged, and various other things for a good half-hour or more. Finally she decided she had done enough and ordered a new box, which I have to pay shipping for (rolling my eyes and groaning now). Considering I'm leasing this box you'd think they'd be paying me for my inconvenience... all well.

All should be better soon. If I'm lucky the new DVR will be on the porch when I get home! I won't hold my breath though.

;-)

PS: We LOVE the Dish service and the DVR is wonderful... when it's not making clicking sounds of death.

Yaa 'Halla Ya'all

This is what I will be doing this weekend....

Grapevine Convention Center

Adam on a Podcast!

For those of you not in on the world of podcasting, it's time to wake up! Little ol' Adam got his goofy voice on a podcast! One of the podcasts I frequent regularly, HawaiiUP, asked for listeners to call in and give a quick quote of what we like best about Hawaii. There was a drawing for prizes, including chocolate covered MACADAMIA nuts, but I didn't win... drat.

Anyway, many of the recordings from the fans were played on the latest episode. I'm proud to say that I'm the first one played. Granted I sound like a complete twit, but what more can I ask for. Just let me savor my 5 seconds of fame, thank you.

Oh, and if you use itunes to get your music you've already got everything you need to hear podcasts. Owning an ipod is helpful, but not necessary. Get listening mi amigos!

Free Multiplayer online games

Wondered if anyone has played any of these or would like to?

From Digg: "Awesome site, everything from First person shooters to RPG's, to combat and space flight simulators. I have enjoyed playing these games a lot so far."

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In Loving Memory......

It's a very sad day at our house....

Katie Johnson 1998-2005

Katie Johnson, daughter of the founder of the fighting 501st, died yesterday (Tuesday) at 5:20pm. She was seven years old. I never met her personally but reading up on this little angel I felt like I had known her. For more information about Katie please go to:

www.forkatie.org They have posted the memoral video played at Katie's funeral. It's by the guy who is working on the films "Heart of an Empire" The Story of the 501st.
www.501st.com There is a great video memorial on this site by one of the members. WARNING: If you watch bring tissues!!
www.heartofanempire.com

The force will be with you Katie always....

Happy Birthday Satine!!!

Today is my first born furry childs birthday. She is four years old. I saw her when she was five days old and held her in the palm of my hand. When I went to pick a kitten out her brothers and sister were crawling around and playing all she did was sit there and stare at me giving me the look of "what are you going to do to entertain me?"





She has put up with me. Welcomed Connor and Adam into our family.

She takes care of Connor and (surpisingly) is a Daddy's cat.



She is the only cat I know who "fetches" like a dog. She will wake you up at 3AM to play with her "babies" (toys)

She is our alarm clock because if we are not up and around by 6AM she gets mad because we are messing with her schedule.



She has "Mommy/Kitty" time first thing in the morning when I am in the bathroom.

She has "Daddy/Kitty" time when Adam is tying his shoe laces.

There are somedays where I say to her "You know I could of gotten one of your siblings instead of you!" But I couldn't imagine my life without her.



Happy Birthday my Fuzzy Beast.




Momma loves you.

Geek!

Hello, my name is Bridget and I'm a Star Wars Geek....

I do very well hiding my geekyness outside of my home. Inside the home is a totally different story.

I was surfing the web tonight going to my usual spots and went on the Rebel Legion "sister" group of the fighting 501st stormtrooper group (the ones who guarded the wedding). Then I read on their "forums" and see that Dallas is having their annual Comic Con the weekend of October 15th and I see that she is going to be here:



Carrie Fisher.

Daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Actress, writer, and the most wanted script doctor in Hollywood and most importantly


PRINCESS LEIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




So when I find this out I scream. My husband who is watching TV knows that I am not hurt says "What!". I scream again and then say "We have to go to the Dallas Comic Con this year in October!!" . He is now wondering what I'm dragging him to and trying to figure out a way to get out of it "Why?" He asks. "Because SHE is going to be here!!" I'm pointing at the picture of her.

Hello my name is Bridget and I am a Star Wars Geek.....

I am now looking to see how much the hotel that the Comic Con is going to be at is, seeing if I can maybe take the afternoon off so we could go early, trying to remember where I put the books that she wrote so she could sign them, and wondering if I could get a costume done by October 15.



Adam is now online looking for Carrie Fisher's e-mail address to warn her that his Star Wars crazed wife will be there and she is harmless.



"Only a man like George could bring us whole new worlds populated by vivid extraordinary characters. And providing Mark and Harrison and myself with enough fan mail, and even a small merry band of stalkers. Keeping us entertained for the rest of our unnatural lives." Carrie Fisher at AFI

That's No Space Station

Cassini got its closest view of Saturn's moon Mimas on Tuesday, the one that looks like the Death Star.

--Why do I have this feeling that one day a collective of future Star Wars fans will build a replica of the Death Star here... complete with a trench for X-Wings to fly down. Maybe Disney will do it as an upgrade to Star Tours!

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