Both Survivor and The Amazing Race start soon, and I can’t wait. There’s been a little bit of fuss made by some groups over the fact that on Survivor this season, they split them up into teams based on their race, instead of by age, sex, or random selection. Apparently there are 4 groups – Asian-American, African-American, White and Hispanic. Most years, they only stay in these groups for a short time anyway, before they somehow get merged in with another. Either way, consider me one of the people NOT bothered by the choice. Are you? Discuss.
Sadly, Geneva did NOT win the CBS competition -mentioned in an earlier post- although she was clearly the best actor in the group. The Soap Opera audiences that did the final vote picked the cute, nerdy boy. He was second, in my mind, but also got a cute, funny scene to play. The scenes for Geneva and the third contestant, Ian, were a little heavier and darker. Still, quite a great experience for her!
Rehearsals for Rounding Third are going well! I’m looking forward to starting Act II today.
We have a new addition to our family! Well…7, actually. At the beginning of the summer the kids got a pair of very sweet gerbils who, it turns out, have created 7 more cute little gerbil babies! It’s really interesting to watch this process, and Max and Maggie are loving it! Jeanne did a bunch of online research, and it matches exactly what’s happening; they both work hard to keep the cage as neat as possible, they take turns herding the (still unseeing) babies into a corner and keeping them warm, and for the first couple of days they were both also VERY…frisky…with each other! And now the cage is ringing with the tiny squeaking of 7 little baby gerbils!
I fear for my bank account: This weekend I read the first two issues of the new Justice League of America comic book…and it’s really good. *must…resist…buying…* Why? Because then I’ll get sucked back into buying a whole BUNCH of comics every week! Nooooooo!
I’m very excited about November. Why, you ask? Because in early November, I will be seeing Patrick Stewart onstage in Shakespeare’s The Tempest!
So on Sunday I spent a couple hours trying to hook up our stereo system/surround sound speaker things to the tv. We’ve used the stereo and main speakers for years, but the “surround sound” stuff has been in boxes since we got them from my brother years ago. Sadly, I can’t figure out how to get it all working properly! I’m not sure if we have the right equipment to make it work, if some of it’s not working properly, or if I’ve just totally mis-wired it.
This morning, a message was left on our machine. A very annoyed woman said Well, I was trying to reach the diamond girl! *big sigh* I guess I’ll go through the front desk. I have no idea what that was about, but it made me laugh.
AAAAAAnd after typing that last line, I got a phone call from the school, and Max isn’t feeling well. So I’m now leaving to go pick him up. Looks like some Daddy/Son time today. Bye now!
Tony Caselli 
Finally delving into the realm of surround sound? Awesome…the set up (speakers and wires) isn’t difficult, the fine tuning can be a real pain and then you might not even know its working when it actually is…if you give me some specifics, i can walk you through most issues 🙂
Well…I was hoping too, but apparently since my tv is old it doesn’t offer “Surround Sound”? So, since I have all these speakers laying around, maybe I’ll just hook them up so they all play the same sound and spread them around the room…unless there’s something I’m missing that you can advise me on?
Um…typo…make that “I was hoping TO”, not “hoping too”!
Great phone message. One place we lived, we had what used to be the government wage and labor office number… the calls we’d get. Sometimes at one in the morning. “Can’t you just patch me through?” “Well, this is a private citizen’s number for starters….”
Hey there! Nice to hear from you!
What a phone number to have! How funny – “Can’t you just patch me through?” And who would be calling the government office at One in the morning?!
Hope you don’t mind me poking around once in a while!
And who would be calling the government office at One in the morning?!
Idiots, is the only guess I could make at the time, certainly colored by my temper at being woken up. 😉 It’s amazing how indignant wrong number callers can get, as if we’re trying to scam them. “No, it’s really the right number, we just don’t feel like talking to you. Buh-bye.”
Poke around all you like, the more the merrier!
Yes, the woman on our machine was really annoyed that no one answered, AND that there was no mention of “The Diamond Girl” on our message! *laughing* What the heck “The Diamond Girl” is, I have NO IDEA!