Browsing the blog archives for September, 2009

Creature From the Black Lagoon – The Musical

How come I’m only just now hearing of this? The Creature From the Black Lagoon: The Rock Musical  just finished it’s Summer run at Universal Studios in Hollywood. If you’ve got an extra 30 mins. and are in the mood for some cheesy theme park entertainment, why not check it out? I learned about this musical [...]

I Wanna Be A Pole Dancer

His name is Remi Martin and he totally blows my mind.

Fame

Upfront I’ll say that I enjoyed the new version of Fame, even though the film doesn’t deserve to carry the Fame brand name. The 1980 Fame, a six-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner,  is a deep, gritty, raw and exuberant look at a collection of students at New York’s performing arts high school. This new [...]

Ordinals Sneak Into Playoffs, Lose in Round One

Mid-week got the notice: the Ordinals were going into the playoffs. How’d that happen? The Wolfpack did not meet their financial commitment to the rink and so they weren’t allowed to keep their playoff slot. So we got called up. It could have turned into a Disney movie moment: The team that wasn’t supposed to [...]

The Ride, Weeks 21-24

Six months of riding is oh so close. What a great time it’s been! Not surprisingly, the more I bike the less there is to blog about it becuase it’s becoming routine. A couple things of note in the past couple weeks though: 1) I’ve changed my route home. One day in week 21 there [...]

TV Dance-a-poolza, Week 1

Three days of dancing on TV per week! That’s what’s going on for the next 10 or 11 weeks as Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays and Tuesday sand So You Think You Can Dance plays Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The pattern isn’t totally in place yet as DWTS just finished its three day premiere “event” [...]

I Cut Off My Hair Yesterday

Super hot bodybuilder Robert Gonzalez helpfully models the new look I’m sporting. Unfortunately, our hair is the only thing we have in common.