My Amazing Winning Wife

Michelle is the luckiest woman alive, and not just because she married me! She wins so much stuff from radio stations. I think its a combination of incredible, odds-defying luck and a huge number of attempts to win stuff. She will be flipping through radio stations in the car and if she hears "Call now to win" she'll have already speed-dialed the radio station before the DJ even finishes the sentence. Today she won Dave Matthews tickets and we're going to see them at Verizon Amphiteatre on August 21. Here is a list of things she has won from radio stations in the past couple of years:
- Front row center tix to see Dave Matthews Band at the Hollywood Bowl
- Another pair of tix to see DMB at the Hollywood Bowl on another night
- Backstage passes to see the Goo Goo Dolls at Verizon which included wine tasting and pics with the band
- A pair of tix to see Nickleback at Verizon
- A set of four tix to Knotts Berry Farm for answering the question "What is the name of the restaurant that serves chicken at Knott's?"
- A pair of tix to see a screening of Hitch with the cast which included the soundtrack and a t-shirt
- A set of four tix to see Princesses on Ice which included a tea party with the princesses
- A set of books and cds from Greg Laurie and Harvest
- And most recently another pair of tix to see DMB at Verizon

Lost Ramblings

Some things you may have missed so far this season if you are only a casual watcher of Lost and have not yet taken it to the same unhealthy level that I have:

- Jin and Sun are not married in the alternate universe: they are not wearing wedding rings and the airport employee calls Sun ‘Ms. Paik’ which is her maiden name
- Desmond is married in the alternate universe: he’s wearing a wedding ring
- Jack does not have a problem with alcohol in the alternate universe: he only has one bottle of alcohol instead of the two that he had in the season 1 flashbacks, and he spills it and doesn’t drink it.
- The title of last night’s ep “What Kate Does” mirrors a season 1 ep titled “what Kate Did.”
- The infection that Dogen said that Sayid had sounds like the infection from the early seasons that made Desmond wear a hazmat suit to go outside the hatch.
- Ethan was Claire’s doctor in the alternate universe and he tried to steal Claire’s baby in the original storyline. He was introduced in season 1 as Ethan Rom, but we later found out that he was the son of Horace Goodspeed and he introduced himself last night as Ethan Goodspeed. Also, he was born on the island, so I think his appearance last night is going to be important.
- The stuffed killer whale that Kate saw in Claire’s bag in the off-island timeline is the same stuffed killer whale that Kate gave to newborn Aaron in season 2.

Snow

We took Eli to the snow for the first time last weekend. My family rents this cabin up in Blue Jay every year and this year was Eli's first. I know I am totally biased, but isn't this the cutest kid you've ever seen??? The last picture is in the cabin when Eli tried to kiss Michelle through a window.

Poor Neglected Blog

I'm back to blogging. I don't think anyone's reading this anymore, though. To anyone who still reads this little blog, here are a bunch of thoughts rolling around my head:

- I just turned 29. I don't want to call it a mid-life crisis, but this was a tough birthday for me. I have a list of things that I want to accomplish by the time I'm 30 and I only have 360 more days to finish it.

- Emotions overwhelm over the crisis in Haiti; so tragic. It makes me proud to be an American that disaster aid is something that we take so seriously, and it makes me glad to be a Christian when I hear of faith based organizations showing God's love to Haiti. Pat Robertson ticks me off and he mis-represents Christianity. He doesn't represent me or anyone else that I know when he says stupid things like this. His theology is dangerous. If one thinks that when tragedies happen, the victims are being punished by a vengeful God, then help will be slow if at all. Ideas have consequences.

- Eli is at an awesome age. He is really active, very curious, and just mobile enough to be able to hurt himself. He gets really excited about certain things and starts running, but he cant quite control it yet, so he trips a lot. He is so cute, though. I think he might be starting to get ready for a sibling though. (this is merely an observation, not an announcement.)


More blogging later. Here's a picture.

Our Christmas Music Video

We won funniest video last night at the Calvary-Church-high-school-group-"White-Christmas"-Christmas-party.

Feel free to laugh at my running man dance moves.

Good Article

Everyone should read this article by Jeff Bleich, chairman of the Cal State University Board of Trustees, even if you are not a CSU student.

The Fifth of November

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd (or by God's mercy*)
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. (Holla*)
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
And what should we do with him? Burn him!