Time With My Family

Today was all about my family. Between My Gimpy Life S2 shoot and being sick for two weeks I haven't seen my family in a month and a half and if you know me that's a long time. I normally like to go every few weeks. So today my plan was to hang with my family all day.

My brother and sister-in-law were having a small BBQ with friends so I got to join in the festivities. Not only did I get to play with my nephew and niece but also several other young kids of their friends. I played with the four of them for hours on end. It's exhausting running after a 4 year old, two 3 year old's and a 2 year old.  But I loved every minute of it.

During the evening I got to go out with my dad and have a nice dinner at P.F. Changs.  I spent about eight hours with the family and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully it won't be another month and a half before I see them again.

Mid-Life Crisis - 2 Years Later

I was feeling kind of blue lately and was going through my old blog posts when I came across this blog post that I posted 2 years ago today. What's crazy is I could have posted this blog post today and everything in it would be the same. Two years have passed and nothing has changed, how is that possible? I know I feel like I've been treading water for a while now but I really didn't think it was that bad. I need a major change in my life. I'm hoping the house sells quickly and once this is out from under me I can start to rebuild my life.

Mid-Life Crisis Posted on November 1st 2011

Okay so October is over and as many of you may have noticed via my blog, facebook or twitter that I've been out of sorts lately. I think I'm going through some sort of mid life crisis. I've had some great highs this past month like the times spent with some of the best friends a guy could ever ask for and then there are have been some super lows like when I'm home alone for a weekend struggling to motivate myself to do anything. I've had friends ask if I'm depressed and suicidal. I admit I have been depressed from time to time but I don't think I would call it clinical depression. As for suicidal, defiantly not, I have never once in my life consider that.. so no worries there. Some have suggested that I see a professional, now I'm not opposed to the idea but I'd really like to try and work this out for myself before taking that step.

I am extremely lonely, even though I have some of the best friends that I have ever had in my entire life, I still feel alone. After hanging out with them and feeling on top of the world, I come home to this big house empty house in the middle of no where. I really think this is all fallout from the break up. Having someone in your life everyday for 8 years then nothing is going to take some getting use to. I felt as if I had gotten over Harry and was moving on with my life, but I guess deep down I'm still struggling with the loneliness.

I feel as thought I've hit a crossroads in life and I have to make some big decisions. I'm 41 (halfway though my life), jobless (really not sure if I want to go back into Post Production), and single (after an 8 relationship). Where do I go from here, what do I want to do with the next 40 years of my life. I need to really look at my life and figure out what direction I want to go.

I mean when I was younger and I though about my life at 40 this is not what I had in mind. I saw myself, as many of us do. With a loving partner of many years, 1 or 2 kids, a house and a satisfying job and right now I have the least important one of them all, a house.

I'm going to take this month (November) and really work out what my next steps will be to help me reach my future goal of partner, family, and satisfying career. I'm sure things won't just click into place, it's going to be a struggle but I'm hopeful that there is a light at the end of the dark tunnel.

The Book Thief - My Review

With my garage done I focused on the front of my house. There is a lot of trim on the front so I knew it would take me a while to get it all taped off.  And as expected I manged to get everything taped off before I had to leave for some evening plans.

Today I was heading out to Hollywood to see a pre-release screening of a new movie called The Book Thief. My friend Jes was joining me so I stopped by her place in North Hollywood and picked her up. We got to the theater area with a few hours to spare so we looked for a local place to eat dinner. After walking a few blocks in the opposite direction we didn't find anywhere to eat.We then headed back to the theater area and right next store was this bar/restaurant. The prices were decent and it seemed to be the only place around. And it just so happened that food was very tasty.

After dinner we went next door to the theater. The screening was happening at the Saban Theatre. The Saban Theatre is an historic theatre in Beverly Hills, California, formerly known as the Fox Wilshire Theater. It is an Art Deco structure designed by architect S. Charles Lee and is considered a classic Los Angeles landmark. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 2012. The theatre opened as the Fox Wilshire Theatre on September 19, 1930 and for several decades was one of 20th Century Fox's premiere theaters, serving as a movie palace until a 1981 renovation converted it into a stage venue. It is now regularly used as a live performance venue for comedy, music, television, film shoots, screenings, and community intercultural events such as the Paley Television Festival.

Once I walked in I remembered being in this theatre before. And at the time I couldn't remember what I was in there for but it may have been for one of the Paley Festival Events. The theatre is gorgeous from the lobby to the main theatre. PGA (Producer's Guild of America) is currently trying to establish this theater as the "main" theater for all our movie screenings... which would be awesome.

We sat down and after a brief introduction the movie started. I had not heard of The Book Thief before I got the invitation. Here's a brief synopsis of the book. The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. Narrated by Death, the book is set in Nazi Germany, a place and time when the narrator notes he was extremely busy. It describes a young girl's relationship with her foster parents, the other residents of their neighborhood, and a Jewish fist-fighter who hides in her home during the escalation of World War II. First published in 2005, the book has won numerous awards and was listed on the The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks.

Now 20th Century Fox turned it into a movie. The Book Thief tells the story of an extraordinary, spirited young girl sent to live with a foster family in WWII Germany. Intrigued by the only book she brought with her, she begins collecting books as she finds them. With the help of her new parents and a secret guest under the stairs, she learns to read and creates a magical world that inspires them all.

Here's my review: This was an amazing movie. If I had one word to describe it, it would be "BEAUTIFUL" The story is heart warming and heart wrenching, and the acting is incredible. I found it very interesting that we are seeing the beginnings World War II through the eyes of the Germans. I can't go into great detail here as I don't want to spoil anything. All I will say is if you get a chance to see this movie, please do so. It's defiantly going to be an Oscar contender. I give The Book Thief a solid A

After the movie there was a Q&A with the author of the book, two producers and the young star of the movie Sofia Nelisse. The panel had some very interesting and entertaining stories about how this movie was made. Sofia was adorable, she's a typical teenager. It was nice way to end the evening.

"Get Fit" Week 13

Well it finally happened I dropped below 200lbs. I have not been below 200 pounds in over eight years. Now the hard part is keeping myself below 200 lbs and continuing to lose weight. My next goal is to try and lose 1 pound every week. I know it will be hard but if I don't set myself goals I don't know if I will push myself as much as I should. My current weight is 198.5.

Painting the Garage - Complete

So I finally finished painting my garage. Between being sick and the weather it took much longer then I had expected, but I guess that's always the case. I think it turned out pretty good. I had to keep telling myself that it doesn't need to be perfect as I'm selling it. Of course not all went as planned... when I was done I went to open up the garage door of the smaller section and I guess the paint was stronger then the garage door opener and the garage door opener started to move but he door was painting shut so it did not and the next thing I knew it pulled itself away from the back of the door. So now I have to try and fix that in the next few days. Ugh.. if it's not one thing it's another. But I am happy that I'm done with the painting. Next up I need to finish painting the house. It's already 1/4 done as I painted the back of the house last year and the trim was done recently. Just have to paint the front and the two sides. I need to be done by Nov 12th as that is when my realtor is coming over to take pictures and discuss price. I can't wait until this whole ordeal is over. I will never paint my house by myself again.

Simpsons Couch Gag & Babylon 5

First of all I came across one of the best Simpson Couch gags ever.. it's going to air this Sunday. You can watch it below:

Today was TV night with my buddy Robert. We are continuing our Babylon 5 first time viewing. Today we finished off season 2 with episodes 21 & 22 and started season 3 with episodes 1 & 2.

First up was S2 Ep 21 "Comes The Inquisitor" G'Kar rallies the Narns on the station to uphold the resistance effort against the Centauri. Delenn undergoes a torturous test of her allegiance to Kosh by a bizarre emissary called Sebastian.

This was a hard episode to watch, it's was tough seeing Delenn be tortured by this horrible person for no apparent reason. He was "testing" her but not really asking any questions. He just wanted to see if she would break before dying. I'm glad when Sheridan came to her rescue and both were found to be worthy of this approaching fight. Of course it's revealed that this "Inquisitor" is from Earth's past and he is Jack The Ripper and has been working/punished by the Vorlons for hundreds of years.

I like the fact that Sheridan helped G'Kar who I just feel is getting the raw end of every deal. And I loved Garibaldi's interaction with G'Kar by telling him not to use Babylon 5 to get black marketed weapons but then turns around and gives him a name of a guy who will take care of everything he needs discretely. Garibaldi is such a good guy.

Next was the finale for season 2 Ep 22 "The Fall of Night" Earth reacts to the Centauri's rapid invasion of several worlds — but it's not what Sheridan expected. Amazing revelations are made about the Shadows and the Vorlons.

Wow what a finale. I'm hating the Centauri more and more and Earth allying themselves with them was horrible. Sheridan was amazing in this episode, loved that he went to full on battle mode to save the Narn battleship and destroyed the Centauri battle cruiser. Londo and the rest of the Centauri's need to be kicked off Babylon 5 (but I know this won't happen now, especially with the Earth alliance).

It was great to finally "see" Kosh. It's interesting that he appears differently for each race of aliens and for most he appeared as a recognizable "god like" figure from this history.

I wasn't sad when Keffer died, I mean his character was never fully developed so when it happen I thought "oh well". Of course he was able to get footage of the Shadow creatures ship

I really liked how the episode ended with Ivanova reflecting upon recent events, noting that while Babylon 5's mission as "our last, best hope for peace" seems to have failed, it has instead become something greater: a hope for victory.

Third was the premiere episode of season 3 Ep 1 "Matters of Honor" Marcus Cole comes to Babylon 5 and the crew receive a new ship to use in the coming conflict. David Endawi of Earthforce Special Intelligence arrives on Babylon 5 to investigate the sighting of the Shadow vessel.

Great way to begin season three. Loved the new Vorlon/Minbari ship White Star, I'm sure will be seeing alot more of her in the future. They introduced a new character Marcus who is the new Ranger aboard Babylon 5. They revealed that the PSI Corp on Earth (who is pretty much running the government) is in leagues with The Shadow race. And Londo showed a shred of decently by trying to break off his alignment with Morden (Shadow liaison). Of course it's to late and he's done way to much damage, he's not going to get out of it that easy, nor should he.. he's made his bed now he has to lie with the ultimate evil.

And the final episode of the night was S3 Ep 2 "Convictions" A series of random bombings threaten the station, with one explosion seriously injuring Lennier. Lennier saved Mollari from the explosion and was injured in his place. This affects Mollari deeply. Brother Theo and a group of Monks from Earth arrive on Babylon 5. There are other pilgrimages to Babylon 5 seen in this episode as the news of Kosh's appearance spreads to the religious communities of various civilizations.

Compared to the other three episodes this was a very mild episode. Nothing to do with the approaching War. I've been a fan of Lennier for a while but this episode showed what good person he is. He sacrificed himself to save Londo (I actually yelled at the TV that he should have left Londo to die). But we do get some great moments with Londo and G'Kar stuck in an elevator. G'Kar is hilarious, not wanting to help Londo get them out, he'd rather die but first watch Londo die. I like when G'Kar was telling the Earth official about the mysterious ship and he was right but the Earth official just shrugged it off. There was another scene that I liked.. when the Earth official shows the footage to Sheridan and Delenn and Delenn says she has never seen that ship before. And I turned to Robert and said "wow.. she just lied" (Mimbari's don't lie) but then Robert said "maybe she's never seen the Shadows ship before so technically it's not a lie and sure enough when Sheridan questioned this she said exactly that. I love that this show remembers all the details, even minor ones from past episodes/seasons. I guess that's one of the great benefits of having one writer for the entire series.

Another great TV night with Robert, Babylon 5 is rocking and everyone says season three when crazy things start happening on this show. Been loving it since the first episode.. can't wait to see where it goes next.

Gay Vs. Geek - Ender's Game Conflict

So I heard of the book series Ender's Game about five years ago. I remember friends suggesting that I read the series as it's supposedly an incredible story and something I would enjoy. When I looked it up online to read more about it I found some articles about the author Orson Scott Card that really turned my stomach. I've never seen a "celebrity" be so blatantly bigoted. Orson Scott Card is a Morman and very anti-gay.  Here are a few of the negative comments he has said in the past.

1990: Card argued that states should keep sodomy laws on the books in order to punish unruly gays–presumably implying that the fear of breaking the law ought to keep most gay men in the closet where they belonged. He advocated the criminalization of homosexuality, arguing, “those who flagrantly violate society’s regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.”
 
2004: He claimed that most homosexuals are the self-loathing victims of child abuse, who became gay “through a disturbing seduction or rape or molestation or abuse.”

2004: His thoughts on Gay marriage "So if [they] insist on calling what they do "marriage," they are not turning their relationship into what my wife and I have created, because no court has the power to change what their relationship actually is. Instead they are attempting to strike a death blow against the well-earned protected status of our, and every other, real marriage. They steal from me what I treasure most, and gain for themselves nothing at all. They won't be married. They'll just be playing dress-up in their parents' clothes. 

2008: In 2008, Card published his most controversial anti-gay screed yet, in the Mormon Times, where he argued that gay marriage “marks the end of democracy in America,” that homosexuality was a “tragic genetic mixup,” and that allowing courts to redefine marriage was a slippery slope towards total homosexual political rule and the classifying of anyone who disagreed as “mentally ill:”

Card went on to advocate for, literally, a straight people’s insurrection against a pro-gay government:

When government is the enemy of marriage, then the people who are actually creating successful marriages have no choice but to change governments, by whatever means is made possible or necessary… Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down….

2009: He joined the board for anti-gay lobby The National Organization for Marriage, which was created to pass California’s notorious Proposition 8, banning gay marriage.

2012: He supported his home state North Carolina’s constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage by arguing that gay marriage “will be the bludgeon [The Left] use to make sure that it becomes illegal to teach traditional values in the schools.”

But with all that said I have to admit that the series sounds amazing and something that I would totally love and seeing the trailer for the movie continued to peak my interest. So I'm conflicted. Do I let my "gay" side win and not see or read anything about this topic or do I let me "geek" side win and read/listen to the books and see the movie.

Now I do know that I won't be buying his books or audiobooks. I will not contribute any money to this hateful bigoted man but there are "other" means of "acquiring" his audio books, and I don't have to spend a dime. As for the movie it's hard to boycott the movie when they paid for the rights to this story over 10 years ago and OSC hasn't really been involved with the production of the movie. We have been told by the movie company that he is not receiving anything on the back end so buying a ticket for the movie you are not putting money into his pocket. I don't know if I believe that or not, that's why I'd rather see a free screening or get a DVD screener of the movie from the Producer's Guild of America... just to be safe.

So the question, is it okay to listen to the audiobooks and see the movie? Am I betraying my gay community even though I'm not contributing any money to this man?  My answer... No I don't think I'm betraying anyone. I think you need to separate a person's personal beliefs from their works. I'm sure he's not the only "hateful" celebrity around. He just seems to be the most vocal and not care what others think about him. This horrible man has every right to believe what he does. I have been told that there is no anit-gay message in Ender's Game, that you would never know the authors bigoted views from reading the book.

With all that said I think I will try and "acquire" the audiobooks and if I do get the oppurtunity to see a "free" screening of this or get a DVD screener I will watch it.

What are your thoughts.. leave them in comment section below.

Painting Delay & X-Men Trailer

Once again I was up early to paint but once again mother nature was not cooperating. This kind of depressed me for the day. My goal was to finish painting my house by the end of October which is only a few days away and there is no way it will happen. Luckily for me my realtor is out of town the first week of November so we are not getting together until the second week to talk about putting the house up. So I have an additional week to get the painting done but if the weather keeps interfering I'm afraid I'll never get this done.

I did get out of the house today, headed over to my buddy Doug's place to pick up some boxes (as he has recently moved and had some leftover boxes, which I will need in the near future). While I was down there we decided to grab some lunch. We went to Zankou Chicken, it's an Mediterranean food restaurant. It's a favorite of mine but I rarely go as there are none near me but there was one close to Doug's place and come to find out that it's one of his favorites as well. It was alot of fun hanging out with Doug for a few hours.

In Geeky news Bryan Singer released the first trailer for X-Men Days of Future Past. I'm a huge X-Men fan and I've actually enjoyed all the movies that have come out so far so I'm really looking forward to this one. The trailer makes this one look a bit darker. Check it out below.

Painting vs. Weather & TNG Hoodies

So after a none productive (house duties) though busy weekend I wanted to hit the ground running but of course mother nature had something different in mind for me. Woke up at 6:30am and was ready to get to painting at 7am but it was freezing outside (low 40's) but I could have handled that and just bundled up. the worse part was the content 35 mph winds with gusts of 75 mph. There was no way I was going to be getting on ladders or the roof to paint. I figured I'd do stuff in the house and when things cleared up I'd go out then.. well it only got worse and started to rain. By the time it cleared at 5pm, it was still cold and slightly windy, but everything was wet and there was no way of painting on a wet house so I lost today. I did mange to get some things done inside the house which is good.. guess I'll just tackle the painting tomorrow (I hope, the forecast is predicting rain again, so will see).

In Geeky news.. ThinkGeek is now carrying one of the coolest hoodies I've seen in a long time. If you're a Star Trek fan specifically The Next Generation then you're going to want one of these. Star Trek: The Next Generation Uniform Hoodie, Choose from red (Command), blue (Sciences), or gold (Operations. They run $59.99 and are a ThinkGeek exclusive. You can pick one up HERE.This is definitely going on my Christmas list this year. Only problem is which color to get.. I'm thinking Command Red.

Princes, Podcasts and D&D

Today I watched a new reality show called Secret Princes, this is the second season but I didn't watch the first season. If you've never heard of the show it chronicles the adventures of four members of international nobility as they leave their countries to live, work and look for love in America. In addition, to guarantee that they are loved for their true selves and not due to their wealth or status, they go undercover as ordinary locals. Last season they were in Atlanta, Georgia and this season they are in Austin, Texas.

I'm not a big reality person (thought most of my career in the entertainment industry had me working on reality shows) but this one peaked my interest. I remember seeing previews of the last season and never did see it so I made sure I set me DVR to record this season.

The first episode was as I expected, they introduced the four "Princes". Prince Alexander of Russia - Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. Prince Lorenzo de'Medici of Italy - Heir to the famous Medicic dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. Lord James Rennell of Rodd - 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany - Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old.

My favorite of the four would be Oliver as he's a total geek, like hard core. My least favorite is Lorenzo as he seems very snobbish. I know he's a prince and use to being pampered but he seems to be the only one who is having a hard time adjusting to living in a crappy house with very little money.  I look forward to watching the rest of the season (only a total of five episodes). It's not must see TV for me but it is a guilty pleasure and some of the guys are very cute and they all have amazing accents :) .

In other geek news, they announced the Podcast Award nominations. I was only promoting my MASH 4077 Podcast for a nomination but unfortunately my podcast was not nominated. Oh well maybe next year.

Today was another D&D session. We had a full house today. Today session was rough in a good way. We manage to get two of our party members out of a rat infested hole, took a little longer then expected and things didn't go exactly to plan but in the end we succeeded. We finally made it to the great oak tree, in order to get the potion that we needed (our original mission) we had to do something for them and head back to the ruins in which we just came from. We had to kill all the of renegade wolf clan.

This battle took forever and 2/3d's of our party were unconscious by the end of it. I really thought we were going to lose three or four of the players this session, but we didn't. Dash manage to survive until the last ten minutes of the battle before going unconscious.

We made our way back to the great oak and got the potion. We now have to head back to where we began this mission. Of course we're on day 6 of a 12 day adventure so I'm sure it won't be a hop, skip and a jump to get back.. plenty of danger is ahead.

We got done a bit early and a few of us hung out for a few hours and chatted. My buddy Will and I wanted to arm wrestle the last time we were hanging out but forgot, so we thought we would give it a go now. We're pretty matched in strength as we held each other for a while but I had longer endurance and was able to wait until he tired and finally won. We then tried with our left arms and I had a moment of concentration lapse and he got the best of me and won. It was a fun evening hanging with friends.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/starr-raving/exclusive-meet-the-dorky-royals-of-secret-princes#FE0BmfuRMEIrlSFK.99

Meet the royals:
Prince Alexander of Russia – Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. He has had a successful career as a photographer and currently lives in Kent, England. He enjoys keeping fit, rock climbing and reading.
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici of Italy – Heir to the famous Medici dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. His family has a selection of beautiful homes filled with priceless antiques and numerous staff. He spends his time working with several charities and is pursuing his political career. Lorenzo has a passion for cooking and never has any assistance in the kitchen.
Lord James Rennell of Rodd – 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. James is a senior marketing and publicity expert, and partying is second nature to this blue-eyed bachelor. He enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and surfing.
The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany – Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old. He lives in the 900 year old Dunsany castle that is filled with priceless antiques and runs his own computer game company. Oliver enjoys socializing in members-only social clubs, playing croquet and skiing.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/starr-raving/exclusive-meet-the-dorky-royals-of-secret-princes#FE0BmfuRMEIrlSFK.99

Meet the royals:
Prince Alexander of Russia – Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. He has had a successful career as a photographer and currently lives in Kent, England. He enjoys keeping fit, rock climbing and reading.
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici of Italy – Heir to the famous Medici dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. His family has a selection of beautiful homes filled with priceless antiques and numerous staff. He spends his time working with several charities and is pursuing his political career. Lorenzo has a passion for cooking and never has any assistance in the kitchen.
Lord James Rennell of Rodd – 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. James is a senior marketing and publicity expert, and partying is second nature to this blue-eyed bachelor. He enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and surfing.
The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany – Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old. He lives in the 900 year old Dunsany castle that is filled with priceless antiques and runs his own computer game company. Oliver enjoys socializing in members-only social clubs, playing croquet and skiing.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/starr-raving/exclusive-meet-the-dorky-royals-of-secret-princes#FE0BmfuRMEIrlSFK.99

Meet the royals:
Prince Alexander of Russia – Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. He has had a successful career as a photographer and currently lives in Kent, England. He enjoys keeping fit, rock climbing and reading.
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici of Italy – Heir to the famous Medici dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. His family has a selection of beautiful homes filled with priceless antiques and numerous staff. He spends his time working with several charities and is pursuing his political career. Lorenzo has a passion for cooking and never has any assistance in the kitchen.
Lord James Rennell of Rodd – 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. James is a senior marketing and publicity expert, and partying is second nature to this blue-eyed bachelor. He enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and surfing.
The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany – Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old. He lives in the 900 year old Dunsany castle that is filled with priceless antiques and runs his own computer game company. Oliver enjoys socializing in members-only social clubs, playing croquet and skiing.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/starr-raving/exclusive-meet-the-dorky-royals-of-secret-princes#FE0BmfuRMEIrlSFK.99

Meet the royals:
Prince Alexander of Russia – Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. He has had a successful career as a photographer and currently lives in Kent, England. He enjoys keeping fit, rock climbing and reading.
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici of Italy – Heir to the famous Medici dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. His family has a selection of beautiful homes filled with priceless antiques and numerous staff. He spends his time working with several charities and is pursuing his political career. Lorenzo has a passion for cooking and never has any assistance in the kitchen.
Lord James Rennell of Rodd – 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. James is a senior marketing and publicity expert, and partying is second nature to this blue-eyed bachelor. He enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and surfing.
The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany – Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old. He lives in the 900 year old Dunsany castle that is filled with priceless antiques and runs his own computer game company. Oliver enjoys socializing in members-only social clubs, playing croquet and skiing.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/starr-raving/exclusive-meet-the-dorky-royals-of-secret-princes#FE0BmfuRMEIrlSFK.99

Meet the royals:
Prince Alexander of Russia – Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. He has had a successful career as a photographer and currently lives in Kent, England. He enjoys keeping fit, rock climbing and reading.
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici of Italy – Heir to the famous Medici dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. His family has a selection of beautiful homes filled with priceless antiques and numerous staff. He spends his time working with several charities and is pursuing his political career. Lorenzo has a passion for cooking and never has any assistance in the kitchen.
Lord James Rennell of Rodd – 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. James is a senior marketing and publicity expert, and partying is second nature to this blue-eyed bachelor. He enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and surfing.
The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany – Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old. He lives in the 900 year old Dunsany castle that is filled with priceless antiques and runs his own computer game company. Oliver enjoys socializing in members-only social clubs, playing croquet and skiing.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/starr-raving/exclusive-meet-the-dorky-royals-of-secret-princes#FE0BmfuRMEIrlSFK.99

Meet the royals:
Prince Alexander of Russia – Direct descendent of the Romanoff dynasty; also known as Francis Mathew; 35 years old. He has had a successful career as a photographer and currently lives in Kent, England. He enjoys keeping fit, rock climbing and reading.
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici of Italy – Heir to the famous Medici dynasty; 37 years old; both Polish and Italian royal bloodlines. His family has a selection of beautiful homes filled with priceless antiques and numerous staff. He spends his time working with several charities and is pursuing his political career. Lorenzo has a passion for cooking and never has any assistance in the kitchen.
Lord James Rennell of Rodd – 4th Baron Rennell, United Kingdom; 35 years old; inherited the title in 2006 from his uncle. James is a senior marketing and publicity expert, and partying is second nature to this blue-eyed bachelor. He enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and surfing.
The Honourable Oliver Plunkett of Dunsany – Heir to the Barony of Dunsany; Republic of Ireland; 28 years old. He lives in the 900 year old Dunsany castle that is filled with priceless antiques and runs his own computer game company. Oliver enjoys socializing in members-only social clubs, playing croquet and skiing.

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