Comic Con Day One

Well after getting five phone calls from work asking me various questions I managed to get everything packed and ready to go. Tom showed up and we jumped in the car and went to the store to buy some snacks. We were just about to get on the freeway when i noticed that I didn't have the directions or my hotel conformation information so back to the apartment we go. So we get the info and head out again. After almost four hours in the car we get to the hotel and find out another surprise. A few months back my credit card was stolen and I cancelled the card and was re-issued another one. Well I used that cancel card to hold the room, I thought this would be okay because they ran the CC number when I booked the room back in Feb. to make sure it was good. I figure when I got there I could give them the new one and all would be good. Well the guy told me that they cancelled our room because the credit card was bad. He then went on to tell me that I was a bad person because the credit card was bad. I tried to argue but they already gave the room to someone else. Tom asked why they didn't call us or let us know about this and he said it was my problem and not theres.. he also mentioned that they booked our room for about $500 a night instead of the $189 that booked it at back in Feb.. He was the most un-helpful person but after talking to him he did call another hotel and asked if they had rooms and if we could get the same rate. Well the rate we paid for this hotel was high because it was close to the convention center. Our new hotel was 5 miles even though the guy said it was 1 mile away from his hotel. So we paid a ton of money for a crappy hotel five miles away and had to taxi in every day which cost us another 100 dollars what we didn't expect.

We did manage to get to the convention center before they closed and get our badges and still make it to the second half of a panel with Kenneth Johnson the creator of V, The Incredible Hulk, Bionic Man and Woman, Alien Nation amoung others. So what started off as a horrible day and continued to be a crappy afternoon ended with a good night. Next up Friday.. one of the busiest con days.

"little" outing

Entry for July 16, 2006 - "little" outing

Well I had my third outing with my "little" Sean. We went to Castle Park in Sherman Oaks. Played a round of minature golf, we hit the ball around. He wasn't really into golf. He would nail the ball and it would go flying. He then would hit if a few time and then get bored and pick it up and move to the next hole. He liked the arcade more. Played tons of games for the next few hours. All in all a fun day and with all the tickets we won he got a really cool SFX "LOTR - Sting" sword for only 280 tickets.He was trilled. Only a few more outings before he moves.

CRASH

You know computers are great... when they work. Well about a year and a month ago my computer crashed and I lost six months worth of everything. Well last night I go to my computer and the screen is frozen so I re-boot and notice on my start up that one of my hard drives (I have a RAID system, a 2 hard drive system) had an error. My heart dropped. Since it's a two hard drive system working as one, if one goes down the the other become useless. Well it looks like I have a second hard drive crash in a matter of a year. I did back up my computer back in May but being to busy I wasn't able to do a more current one. So I lost the past two months worth of work, I'm so bummed. I'm not sure if it was my original hard drive that crashed or the new replacement one that I got from Dell last year. Regardless it's been just over year and these drive have a one year limited warrenty. Just my luck... oh well this crash was bad but not as bad as last year. Last years crash devastated me, this one just hurts.

Comic Con

I'm so excited... one week to until the International Comic Con down in San Diego. I have gone the past four years and it is so much fun. I book this a year in advance. I go with my friend Tom every year. You can get in free if you are in the Entertainment industry, which is kind of nice. The only bad thing is that Harry is really not into going so I have to be away from him for four days. I'm sure I'll be posting the going on's down there when I get back.

Big Screen TV

I got a Big Screen TV today. Well I got part of a Big Screen TV. My brother Michael bought a 50 inch Mitsubishi rear projection Big Screen TV from ebay, but while they were bringing it home they cracked the front screen. The TV worked great, they checked it out before hand and all was well. He paid $260 for it which isn't bad since it originaly cost $1595.00. Well my brother being my brother doesn't want to fix it, which I don't understand since he paid so little for it. I told him I would take it and fix it. So I gave him $200.00 for it and I was told that the new screen would be about $250.00 and another $250.00 for them to install it. So I'm hoping by the time it's repaired and working I will have spent $700.00 for a 50 inch TV. Keep you're fingers crossed that it worked out. I'll keep you posted.

Four day Weekend

Well it's been an interesting four day fourth of July weekend. It started off really good.. going up to my Mom's cabin in Green Valley Lake for four days relaxing getaway with Harry and Daisy. Got up their Saturday night, relaxed all day Sunday, walked around the Lake and had a really nice time. Monday we went off-roading, which was alot of fun and did some more relaxing. But while off-roading I got a message on my cell phone, it doesn’t work in Green Valley but where we were off-roading we got reception. So I checked it and it was the EP of the show I'm working on panicking about getting a bunch of things done by Wednesday night. So I called him and tried to calm him down a bit. But of course now I'm worrying about work and getting all this stuff done before Wednesday night. I asked Harry if we could go home a bit earlier because I wanted to go into work today on the fourth and try and get a headstart on things. He was fine with that, both of us aren't really into fireworks and we wanted to beat the traffic home. So we got up Tuesday and started to pack up the jeep and head home. We got out of the mountains and was about 80 miles or so from home when the temperature gauge on the jeep started to rise and kept rising until it was in the red and I started to pull to the side of the road when I realized that I was losing horsepower. Well we managed to get to the side of the road and I called AAA. Come to find out that I have the basic AAA and they only tow 7 miles for free and for every mile after that it's $8 a mile. Well us still being 80 miles from home it would cost be about $640.00 to tow the jeep to our place. I called my brother who lives in Corona and talked with him and told him what has happened. He suggest I bring the jeep to his place about 20 miles and he can have his friends take a look at it and he would give us a ride home. Well after waiting in the 100 + temp, which Daisy was just dying in, the tow truck came and towed the jeep to my brother's house. I'm still not sure what the problem is. But the jeep overheated and may have cause the head gasket to blow, which is bad but even worse it may have cracked the engine block, which would mean we would need a new engine. Anyways we got home about 5pm and just crashed on the couch. What started out as being a great relaxing weekend turned into a stressful and costly weekend and I’m still waiting to hear the worst of it. Oh and I didn't go into work to get that head start like I wanted to. So tomorrow is going to be one hell of a day.

A New "little" Brother??

Oh I forgot to mention in my last blog that when I picked Sean up he mentioned that we only had two more outings left. I asked him why he said this and come to find out that his mom got a job in Idaho and his family is moving mid August. He knows it's for the best but was very upset that we just started to get to know each other and he has to leave. He very sweetly asked if I can move there too. I assured him that he'll get another big brother from idaho to hang out with. Not sure what I'm going to do next. I assume once he leaves I'll have to start again with another "little' brother, but I'm sure there are plenty of kids out there who need a mentors.

Second Outing with my "Little" Brother

Well I had my second outing with Sean my new "little" brother. I was going to take him to Santa Monic Pier. I thought it would be fun to go on some of the rides and play some video games and get hot dogs and such. Well his understanding was that we were going to Santa Monic Beach and he loves the beach and hasn't gone in years. So as soon as we got to the beach he made a bee line for the water and spent the next three hours playing in the ocean. I went in and out of the water but most of the time sat on the beach and watched him play in the ocean. Since I didn't plan on sitting at the beach I didn't put sunblock on my legs and or course got 3rd degree burns on them from the knee down. All in all it was a fun trip. We had some very nice conversation on our way to the beach about school and mean kids and first impressions.

Coming Out

I finally finished a section of my webpage that has been under construction since the creation of my website. It's my "coming out or being gay' page. I wanted to write about why I think it took me so long to come out of the closet but in the end I don't think I really explained it well enough. But it still describes the steps I took on coming out so late in life. So check out my website Click Here and look for the link.

Charity Screening of Serenity

Last night Harry and I went to a charity screening of the movie Serenity. Even though the movie is long gone from the big screen "Browncoats" as Firefly/Serenity fans like to be called decided to put together as many screenings on this weekend, being Joss Whedon's birthday. I don' t know the total number of theaters but I do know it's over 50 theaters all over the world had screenings. Luckily enough a group that I belong too SoCal Browncoats put together a screening in Pasadena. I volunteered to videotape the event so I ran around with my DV cam and took video of the line, which went around the corner, talked with fellow fans and had a great time. Seeing Serenity on the big screen again was AWESOME and seeing it with Browncoats was even better.. everyone cheered, applauded, cried and laughed at inside jokes all at the same time. And the even better part is we raised $4000.00 dollars for Joss Whedon's favorite charity ' Equality Now".

Another highlight of the night was the raffle. They had a ton of Serenity/Firefly stuff to raffle off. And even thought I didn't win the big big prize (ticket to Flanvention Con this year) I did win a very cool "Can't Stop The Serenity" T-shirt signed by Joss Whedon himself. It's funny because they had another raffle at the Flanvention last year and I won a Serenity comic book signed by Joss Whedon as well.. guess I'm lucky when it comes to winning things that Joss signed. All in all a wonderful night and a great experience.

Geek Heaven

Well just a few hours ago I was walking towards Jonny's, it's a cafe at the Sunset Gower Studio's where I work and a blonde woman dressed in doctor scrubs was walking towards me. I made it to the door a few seconds before and held it open so she could walk in. She looked up and gave me a big smile and said "Thank You". I said "Your Wel...come" while realizing who she was. First I have to say that I don't normally get star struck because in my line of work you see star here and there but this one is part of one of favorite TV series of all. Denise Crosby is her name and if you are a Geek that name should ring a bell. If not she played Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, among many other guest roles in TV and Movies. She was only on half of the first season but came back several times in guest appearance and made her mark in the Star Trek realm.

Anyways I walked in behind her and she saw a group of people standing over on the other side and went to stand behind them. I of course going to Jonny's twice a week knew where to stand. Well a few second past and she realized that she was standing with people who were waiting for there food. By that time more people started to line up behind me. Our eyes met and she gave me a "oops" kind of look and started to walk back over. I waved my hand and said she can get in front of me since she walked in right before me. She gave me a smile and said.. "no that's okay"..but I insisted that she get in front of me. She laughed and said Thank you, you're very sweet and squeezed my shoulder. I have to tell you that my inner geekboy was about to burst. I am not one to bother stars when they are on lunch or not in there "working" mode. But this was very difficult not to gush over her and tell her how much I loved Tasha and she was a great actress.

She ordered her Cobb salad and went over to the fountain drink area where I once again stood next to her as she filled up her ice tea and me my diet soda. She gave me one last smile and then went to wait for her food while I went outside to sit out in the patio. Not sure why I got so excited to see her but I did and I couldn't wait to get back and blog it... this was a blog worth event.

Cars

If you read my previous blog entry you know I saw Disney and Pixar's new movie Cars. I would have to say this is my least favorite of all the Disney/Pixars movie. As I was watching it I kept thinking cars are not very likeable characters. But to be honest towards the end of this movie I cried several times. The story was very sweet and some of the characters were very memoriable. Like all Pixar movies there is a short in front of Cars called " One Man Band" this was very cute and funny. This would have been a great movie if it wasn't a Disney/Pixar movie. After Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Bug's Life, Monster's Inc, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles this movie had a lot to live up too and I don't really think it did. Of course I'll see it again and buy it when it comes out on DVD, it's not a bad movie... and after a second viewing, it might even move up on my Pixar list of movies.

Our First Outting

Well I just got back from my very first meeting with my new "little" brother. I decided to take him to Citywalk... We first walked from one end to the other end of Citywalk. There was a video game store and he, being a lover of video games we had to stop by and check it out. Of course they have a ton of games that you can play so we played game for about 45 minutes. We then headed over to the movie theater to watch "Cars". We both really enjoyed they movie. After the movie we headed over to Hard Rock Cafe for lunch. So our first outting lasted six hour and we had a really good time.

New Blog

Wow.. Harry told me about this new Yahoo Blog thing so I thought I would try it out. I was posting "latest news" on my webpage but it wasn't very organized and difficult to do it so I often went months without updating. Now I have this new Blog and it's quick and easy so from today on I'll be able to keep up on the happening in my life. As you can see I cut and pasted the past three years of "latest" news logs that I did on my website. So you can check out what I've been doing the past few years if you like.. or just start from here and see what crazy antics I get into. :)

My New "Little" Brother

Met my potential "little" brother Sean and his family. He was exactly as I expected and we both hit if off right away. We both agreed that we liked each other and he is now official my "little" brother.

I'm a Big Brother

Got word that I was accepted in to Big Brother and Big Sister's of America and that they already have a match for me.

X-Men III

We had a nice dinner with our friend John and Moises. Saw X-Men III at Mann's Chinese Theater.. both Harry and I loved it. Not as good as X2 but still a fun adventure.

Happy Easter

Went to my friend Christopher's Annual Egg-stravaganza. Easter Egg painting party. Had a great time.. Gene Simmons Family Jewels is getting busier and busier.

Jeep Issues

Working hard at Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Had dinner with our good friends John, Mosies, Tom and Bruce for John's Birthday. Harry had his 35th Birthday at Outback Steakhouse with a group of friends and family. Harry's Cherokee died and we had to find him a new car.. He enjoyed my Jeep Wrangler so much that we search high and low for his very own Jeep Wrangler. We finally found one with low mileage and a big engine, which Harry wanted for Offroading and we bought it.. it was farily expensive for a 89 Jeep Wrangler but he loved it... and after another $2000 we finally got it running and now it runs great. So we are now a two jeep Wrangler family.

One of our favorite couples (Kevin and Dave) moved to Florida. We had a very nice dinner the final week they were here.. you guys are sooooo missssssed!!!!

Happy New Years

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!! I started my new Post Production Supervisor position for Gene Simmons Family Jewels and it was nice to get back to work after being off so long. Nothing else to exciting happened this month.. Work, work and more work. Three years with Harry since he answered my personal ad.. and loving every minute of it.

Flanvention

Finally after being out of work since mid September I got a call about a new job. I went in for the interview and a few days later they offered me the position.The good thing was that the job started at the beginning of Jan. so I had the rest of the month to really enjoy the holidays knowing I had work coming by way. The other big event in Dec was Flanvention (a Firefly/Serenity) Convention. This was an awesome experience. I met all the stars and had a great weekend. Went to my Mother and Chucks' Christmas Boat Lights party and that was nice because I got to see my aunts, uncles and cousins. And for Christmas Harry and I went to my mothers in the afternoon and my Dad's at night. Both were good times.

More Harry Potter

The cable/internet problems continued into this month but they finally seemed to get everything straight. My mother's birthday was on the 11th but of course she was out of town so we didn't get to see her. We had Thanksgiving at my Aunt Joyces. This was going to be the first time that Daisy met Scruffy. Daisy was the perfect lady but Scruffy kept trying to attack her. It was a very quick visit. The onther good thing that happend was that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire came out in theaters. I saw it twice in a matter of days. I loved it. Harry and I decided that we needed a mini vacation and since I had some time off we went up to the cabin in Green Valley with our friends John and Moises. We had a nice relaxing time.

Ups and Downs

This month had some really great moments and some really bad moments. First the good ones. I met my Dad's half brother, his wife, kids and their kids for the first time. I got to see a picture of my Grandfather for the first time. My Dad and Uncle Wally look so much alike it's funny. And both boys looked just like their father. They are a great bunch of people. Now for the bad moments. We have been having cable problems and for those of you who know me know that, that's a huge deal. Twleve days out of the month our TV cable and Internet was down. It would work for a few days then be down for a week, then work then go down. It was horrible.

Dad Meeting his Family

Well my job ended. We finished our last Episode of Open Bar. I also turned 35 this month, I had a bowling party, it was alot of fun. you can check it out pictures on my main site. My Dad went to Hawaii to met his biological mother and family. He had a wonderful time. We also found out that my Dad has a half brother who lives just 30 minutes away from him. The new TV season started and there are a ton of new shows that I'm am watching. Some of my new favorites are Threshold, Surface, Commander in Chief, Invasion, Ghost Whipser and Supernatural.

Life With a Dog

Since we got the dog and she can't really be left alone so we haven't gone out much. We did a birthday party (Happy Birthday Dave). And we continue to have our TV night.. and since Firefly was over we started to watch the Harry Potter Movies. Work is going well. We our coming to an end. Our first episode has aired and is doing well. We have finished the first two episodes and close to finishing our third. Continued conversation with my Dad's family.

Family / Comic Con / Harry Potter

Continued to talk with my Dad's family. Spoke with my 2nd Cousin Susan and continued to talk with Gail and Juana.. Daisy is adjusting to home life with us. Work is fine, busy but good..but from July 14th to July 17th is San Diego Comic Con 2005. Went down with some friends and had a great time. If you want to read more check out what my friend Tom created. On the last day of the Comic Con I met for the first time a memeber of my Dad's family. They live down on San Diego and My Dad, Brother, Lora and I met up with them down there and had lunch. It was wonderful like we have known them our entire life. We all had a great time. Also this month Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince came out while we were down in San Diego. So at midnight my friends and I went to Ralphs supermarket and stood in line.. yes there was s line and bought the new book. Started to read and after 11 days I finished.. Wow what a fantastic book and series.

Finding Family

It's the 2nd Anniversary of Harry and My first meeting (in person). Started TV nights at our place. First up is the series Firefly. Work is good.. busy and stressful but great experience. The Hard drive on my computer crashed and we lost everything. Luckly I backed up in Jan 05 but we still lost all of our vacation pictures, off road pictures and everything we took from Jan to June. I was devestated.. but also on that day I found my Dad's long lost Family. My Dad was adopted when he was six months old and only knew of one name of his biological family. I managed to find this person in Hawaii and wrote him and he called me back right before my computer crashed. On June 11th my Dad's Uncle Tom called me. I have also talked with my Dad's Aunt Juana and her daughter, my second cousin Gail. I started to learn more about my Dad's side of the family. I was dad was so excited to finally know his family.

Star Wars and Doggies

Star Wars Episode III started. Saw it and loved it. Not the best but not the worse. A good ending to a great series that change me life forever. On May 21st our family grew by one. We got a new little girl doggie named Daisy. Check out her webpage from my main page. She's a handfull.

New Job

Went to California Adventure (Harry's first time) and Magic Mountain this month. At the end of April I finally found a job as Post Production Supervisor for a new six episode TV series for the new LOGO network (this is a new Gay Network that starts up in July). This job should last till September.

Star Trek The Experience

I have been sick most of the month and am just now starting to feel better. Harry and I went to Disneyland, this was Harry's first time. We had some fun, but we both enjoy the roller coasters of Magic Mountain. And I am currently looking for a new job. End of March brought us Harry's Birthday and he wanted to go to Vegas.. so off we went for three days. Had a great time.

Time Off

My job ended with Max Post, Monster Nation ran it's course and now was over. So since I was jobless I decided to have some fun. Kevin, Dave, Harry and I all went skiing the first weekend of Feb. It was fun, it was 15 years since I had skiied but I did pretty good. Harry and I went on Vacation up north to San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, you can read more about our adventures by going to my main webpage and clicking on the link. It was a crazy vacation with sickness and weather but we made the best of it.

Our First Christmas

This was a busy month, Harry and I had lunch with my Aunt Marsha, Uncle Robert, Cousin Miranda and husband, and Cousin Jennifer and husband at Disneyland's Goofy's Kitchen. Harry and I went to Magic Mountain with Kevin and Dave, we had a really good time. We went to my Family Christmas Party, where everyone got to meet Harry. And this was the first Christmas that Harry and I actually got to spend together.

Star Trek The Experience

We tried to get Harry's eye's fixed (laser) but there was an irregularity in one of his eyes and they said they couldn't do the operation, we were bummed. For Halloween we went to Las Vegas for the weekend and stayed at the Las Vegas Hilton. I had gotten the Star Trek special and we had a really good time.

My Birthday

I turned 34 this month.. it was much more low key then the year before. I had dinner with a few friends. It was a nice quite birthday. Harry made me a cake and bought me flowers, it was very sweet.

Comic Con

Harry and I went up to my Mom's cabin up in Green Valley Lake for a weekend. It was a nice relaxing weekend. I went to the San Deigo International Comic Con with my friend Tom. Saw the cast of Firefly, found out the title of the next Star Wars film along with seeing Carrie Fisher and Hayden Christianson. We had a really good time.

Harry Potter

I was very excited that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban opened in movie theaters. Harry and I went to Los Angeles Gay Pride with some friends.. We had a really good time.

Madonna in Concert

Harry and I went and saw Madonna in concert with some friends. I had a great time.. I thought she was a great performer. We also went to the Long Beach Gay Pride.

Post Production Supervisor

Had our Apartment Warming Party. Got annual pass to Magic Mountain, went several times this month. I started my new job at Max Post, instead of being an Assisitant Editor I am now Post Production Supervisor of one of there new shows called Monster Nation.

Star Trek The Experience

Watched my friends Dave, Chad and Mark run in the LA Marathon. The 26th is Harry's birthday so I took him to Las Vegas for his birthday weekend. We had a really good time. We love Star Trek The Experience.

New Apartment

Harry and I got a new apartment in Sherman Oaks.. it's great a two bedroom, 2 1/2 baths townhome

Finally Together

It's been a while since I updated my blog section. January was a good month. Harry finally moved to the U.S. to be with me. Now we can start our life together

It's My Party...

I turned 33 this month and I threw myself a big birthday party. My friends Chris and Mark allowed me to use there house which has a pool. It was a lot of fun. Harry was visiting at the time so he was there..YAY!! My Mom and Dad both showed up. Alot of friends were there it was a good time.

Finding True Love

Harry is gone.. stayed two wonderful weeks. We had the best time together. I think he is the one for me. No.. I know he is the one for me. Can't wait for him to come back.

It's Meant To Be

Well Harry came to visit for the first time.. after talking online for months and falling in love over the computer we had to see if the chemistry was still there in person... and it was :)

New Love

Got an response to my personal ad on Yahoo. This sounds like the perfect guy the only problem is he is living in Austria. Can't wait to see how this works out!!!

Xanadu Sing Along

I spent the first few weeks of July recovering from my vacation.. I got sick three days after getting back home.. Middle of July I finally got better. Went to a Xanadu Sing Along. had a great time. Saw some Outfest movies. Went to San Diego Pride with some friends the last weekend in July.. had a really good time.

Vacation to the East Coast

June was a great month.. finally took care of my car.. they wanted it for two weeks and since I was taking my three week vacation I figured that would be the best time for them to fix it. So $2000 later, I got my car fixed. Took my vacation.. had the best time on my vacation.. if you want to see pictures and here more go to my main page and follow the links.

Movies, Movies and More Movies

I'm still dealing with my car.. Well it's been a big movie month.. first came out Spiderman.. saw it several times.. love it.. and then the big one... Star Wars Episode Two - Attack of the Clones. Saw it opening day, twice...I really enjoyed it.. saw it several more times that month. Still working on my vacation plans.

Magic Mountain

I'm still dealing with my car.. such a headache. Took my cousin Mathew to Magic Mountain.. had a great time. An internet friend stop by at the end of the month and hung out with me for a few days.. showed her around town.

Tree on Car

Well March has been an intresting month.. Everything was moving along normally but then BAM!!! One day I was chatting on the computer and heard my car alarm go off. It was windy outside so I figured "Wow" it's really windy out there to make my alarm go off.. I headed toward my patio window to make sure everything was alright when I noticed that the big tree that is normally in front of my patio window was gone. I thought for a moment.. "Where did my tree go" and sure enough when I got to my patio window and looked down at my car.. there was the tree.. sitting on top of my car. The following weeks were a headache.. their insurance company wouldn't cover the accident cause "it was an act of God" The Story continues....