Doctor Who

Today in England they released the first episode of the All New Doctor Who, series Five. This is the Steven Moffat era and has a new Doctor (Matt Smith) and a in Companion (Karen Gillan). Lot's of folks have been worried, as they often are, when the change actors (doctors or companions). So there was a lot of build up for this premiere. It doesn't air in the US for another two weeks but I have "other" means of obtaining a copy of the show. So tonight Harry and I sat down to enjoy the further adventure of Doctor Who.

When it was over both Harry and I had huge grins on our faces. We were on a Doctor Who high. I loved everything about it. Matt Smith played the Doctor perfectly, felt like he had been doing it all his life. I liked Karen as the new companion. I really liked her story and introduction. Steven Moffat has written all my favorite episodes the past seasons including my all time favorite Girl in the Fireplace. He has a way of mixing drama and sadness with heart and zany comedy. I think this was the best opening episode of any season of Who and I can't wait for the second one.

Guild Comic Book Signing

Today I left work a little early to get to the Guild's comic book signing at Golden Apple in Hollywood. It started out as Felicia Day only but soon all six cast members were going to be there to sign. I planned on doing a microcast for all the fans who couldn't make it. Jenni (my co-host) is on the East coast so I asked a good friend of mine Greg Aronowitz to join me, which he happily did. So we got there around 5 and there was already a line forming. We interviewed some fans who were waiting and then went inside when the event started. Most of the night I was the "muscle" and stood by Felicia and made sure no one went behind the table. It was a very well organized event and everything went very smoothly. After the last person in line (they had to close off the line). I joined in and had my owe comic books signed.. I might work for The Guild but I'm still a fanboy. :) Greg and I also did mini interviews with each cast members about the experience and being in a comic book.

After the event Greg and I joined other cast for dinner at a Italian restaurant a few blocks away. That was a ton of fun as hanging with the cast is always a good time.

It was a great night, Greg was a super substitute co-host and I'll hopefully have the microcast done in a few days.

You can see more pictures on my flickr account..

Another Tax Refund

Wow.. got an email that informed me that we got another direct deposit to my bank account.. Looks like we got our Federal Tax Refund. Not bad really.. a little less then a month. This refund too will go toward home improvement including the new fence around our property.

Lil' Guildies

Here is something new from the creators of The Guild.. it's a new cartoon spin off called Lil' Guildies.

I love this.. I had seen preview drawings of the characters from the very talented Greg Aronowitz and loved them. I heard Paul and Storm was doing the music and knew it was going to be good. And when Greg told me it was in the vain of Muppet Babies I knew I was going to love and they didn't disappoint.

EDIT *** Yes this was an April Fools joke.. though a very elaborate one.. a joke known the less. :( And yes I knew all along it was a joke.. but really wished it wasn't.

They also released a deleted scene.

Tax Refund

We got our California Tax Refund today.. love getting unexpected deposits in my checking account. And I'm surprised I got it so quickly with the state budget being an issue. But I'm not complaining. This money will go towards are new fence around our property.

V - Returns

Whoo hooo.. after a three month hiatus, the re-imagined "V" on ABC has returned. This is episode 5 and I think they story is moving along. I was excited to see it come back. I'm a HUGE fan of the original and I have to keep myself from comparing the two as they are very different. I'm enjoying the new V but not loving it yet.. I especially enjoyed the final scene with Anna showing her true self. Need to see more of that.

Wait... What!!!!!

Well today was a pretty good day.. oh with exception of me almost quitting my job. It's a long story that I won't go into here in my blog.. needless to say that the Show Runner (production) and I (post-production) don't see eye to eye on some issues. He actually ended his email with " So I put it back to you...either man up, handle my very reasonable requirements, or find another place to work. "

I would have left that moment but I wouldn't want to put the strain on my boss Darla or my day AE Brian. Plus if I quit I can't collect unemployment insurance. Now if he wishes to fire me.. I'm all for that as I could collect insurance then.. so I guess will see what happens.. either way this is a very unhappy work environment.

Success

After calling around to a few stores I found a Bed Bath Beyond in Studio City who had some of the clearance wall sconces so after lunch with my friend Jeff I headed over to Studio City and exchange the sconce (of course I checked it in the store). Can't wait to get home and finish that wall.

Lunch with Jeff

Today a Guildie friend from the East coast met up for lunch. He was down here for a wedding and going back tomorrow so we got together for lunch at Islands. Jeff is an online friend who I met through The Guild and also met in person and hung out with last years at Comic Con. It was great seeing him and we have a very enjoyable lunch. Looking forwarding to hanging out with Jeff again at this years Con.

More Decorating

Today we finally put up the clock and wall sconces that we purchased a few weeks ago. The Clock went up with no problem and it took some work to get the sconces arranged just right but while doing the second sconce we noticed that part of it was broke. The bad thing is it was a clearance item so the chance of them not having another is possible. So I guess I'll be calling around tomorrow and trying to find another Bed Bath Beyond who might still have them in stock.. which me luck.

Harry's Present

For Harry's birthday he asked for a second monitor for his computer since he does alot of editing and having a second monitor makes it so much easier. But he has an IMac and I had never heard of a second monitor being hooked up to an IMac. So I did a little research and found out that the newer IMac's (like Harry's) does have a port that you can hook another monitor too.. well with the help of an adapter cord as well. So we were off to Fry's

We checked out the monitors, then decided to see if they had the adapter first so with some help we found the adapter and picked one up. We then went to find him a second monitor. He wanted something at least the same size as his Mac screen (which is 20") We found some other 20" but actually found a 21.5" (Acer) on sale so we wound up going for that one.

As soon as we got home we hooked it up and it didn't seem to be working. He then went into his system preference and clicked on display and voila it found the second monitor. Now he is the proud owner of a second monitor.