The First Week

Well week one is officially in the books.

No I am not talking about anything sports related. I am talking about televisions fall premier. Last week was the big week for the networks. Introducing the new programs and returning shows from their cliffhangers.

I make no bones about it that probably my favorite show of all time was LOST. I think I may have watched season one three or four times. If someone tells me they like LOST I feel like I can talk to them about anything. The show was amazing, confusing to some but I loved every minute of the ride and felt the shows series finale was everything I could have asked for. There was so much built up into the final episode that it did not disappoint me. I would suggest to anybody who has not seen the show or has watched an episode and has said this was too confusing spend the money on the DVD’s for the show. Just watch it all the way through. Not every question gets answered but it is well worth the investment of time and money.

But anyway I sat down and created a “schedule” looking at some new shows that I may like and of course returning shows. Below is what the “short list is”

Monday:
8P Chuck (NBC)
8P House (FOX)
9P The Event (NBC)
10P Hawaii Five-O (CBS)
Tuesday:
8p No Ordinary Family (ABC)
Wednesday:
8p Hell's Kitchen (FOX)
8P Survivor (CBS)
9P Modern Family (ABC)
9P Law & Order SVU* (NBC)
10P Law & Order LA* (NBC)
10P The Ultimate Fighter (SPIK)
Thursday:
8p Community (NBC)
9P The Office (NBC)
Friday:
8p Smallville (CW)
Sunday:
8p The Simpsons (FOX)
8:30p The Cleveland Show (FOX)
9P Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
9P Family Guy (FOX)
9P Dexter (SHOW)

Okay I like Television!!!!! I watch more television than I should.

First up is Monday night.



Mon 8pm – Chuck on NBC – This is my second favorite show on TV right now. This is a show about an extremely smart “nerd” who accidently downloads a super computer into his head. He ends up becoming a CIA spy and has two spy handlers. I think NBC has only ordered 12 episodes for this season which worries me that this could be it. I was part of the group that went out to Subway, one of their major sponsors, during their second season finale. This is such a fun show and it doesn’t require you to think about the show one way or another. This show could be two separate shows with all the CIA stuff and everything that happens at the “Buy More”. Plus any show that has given us “Jeffster” should get a nice long TV run.



Mon 8pm – House – This is a show that I will probably never watch live. House is popular enough where I am sure you know what it is about. This is one of Lisa’s favorite shows and I like it too so it will always be on the DVR.

Mon 9pm – The Event – The promo for this said, “If Lost and 24 had a baby it would be the Event.” This show is two episodes in and I have only seen the pilot. I liked the first episode but I am afraid this is going to be too much like Flash Forward and get canceled after one season.

Mon 10p – Hawaii Five-O – What a fun show this has turned out to be. I didn’t really want to watch this but was eating lunch and had nothing better to do and really enjoyed it. Episode 2 was more of the same. I am not sure I would classify this as a must watch but I have enjoy it so far. Plus it has made for good stuff on Tuesdays to watch On Demand while eating lunch.

Tue 8p – No Ordinary Family – This shows premiers tonight at 8pm. Let’s be honest here…. This show could be crap put down on a piece of paper. But it deals with ordinary people getting extraordinary powers. This is right up my alley. I know this will be in the regular rotation and if it does not make it. It’s got to be really bad.

Wed 8p – Hell’s Kitchen – I really like Hell’s Kitchen. Especially during the summer when there isn’t a whole lot on. I have already eliminated this before watching a single episode. Come on FOX 2 hours for this show a night. There is no way I can sit there and do that.

Wed 8pm – Survivor – I am not a big survivor fan. I have watched two seasons of this show, the very first season and the All-Star season. The only reason why I was watching this was because I putting Jack to bed and former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson is a contestant. I have watched the first two episodes and enjoyed it but if Jimmy Johnson gets eliminated before I get invested into the season this one could easily be on the chopping block.



Wed 9pm – Modern Family – Hands down this show has taken over as funniest show on TV. If you are not watching it something is clearly wrong with you.
Wed 9pm – Law and Order SVU – I like all the Law and Orders. If I start to watch an episode I do enjoy and I normally see it all the way through. I could care less if this show is new or old. I am going to record it because this is one of Lisa’s favorite shows. So now this may sit on the DVR for a long period of time but as long as Lisa wants to watch the show I will make sure I record the new episodes for her.

Wed 10pm – Law and Order Los Angeles – See above



Wed 10p – The Ultimate Fighter – Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck. I am still relatively new to the MMA scene. Josh Koscheck is an amazing wrestler who is going to do everything he can to get under the skin of the most likeable guy in the UFC George St. Pierre. I really only will watch this show depending on who the coaches are and this one definitely has some fun coaches. I may never watch this live but it I will be caught up on it.

Thu 8p – Community – The show I almost gave up on last year. I had watched a bunch of episodes and they started off very slow. I was ready to give up when one day I was able to do a marathon of the show while I was at work. They found what worked and the show has been hilarious. During the first episode of the second season I put out there on Facebook that I was extremely glad I never gave up on this one.

Thu 9p – The Office – Enough Said.



Fri 8pm – Smallville – So it’s a show about the origin of Superman in its 10th and final season. This season we have already seen the Superman suit. I mark out like a 14 year old for almost every episode and every superhero they bring on to the show.

Sun 8p – The Simpson – 22 years and going strong. How can I give up on them now?

Sun 8:30pm – The Cleveland Show – This show has the good fortune of being between the Simpsons and the Family guy. I probably would have stopped watching this show if it wasn’t for all the crossovers between the Cleveland Show and Family Guy. It still has some good laughs but definitely not as funny as the Family Guy.

Sun 9pm – The Family Guy – As long as you do not get offended easily this show is a laugh a minute. The season premier was fantastic. And I never really know who is funnier; Peter, Stewie, or Quagmire.

Sun 9pm – Boardwalk Empire – This is another new show that could have been a hit or miss with me. HBO always puts on good shows and they have faith in their shows. I heard a lot of mixed reviews for the first episode and when I finally sat down to watch it I really liked it. I still have to watch episode 2 but this looks to be a keeper.
And finally



Sun 9pm – Dexter – America’s favorite Serial Killer. This is the first season I have watched it live. After a few years of people telling me how good this show is I gave it a watch. They were right. With LOST off the air this has become my new favorite TV show. Watch this show is all I can say. I am hoping this comes to me a birthday present next week.

Wow….. I watch too much TV. Thank God for the DVR

Urgh!!!!!!

It really seems the only time I can actually sit down and write a blog entry is when I am working at the hotel. Last weekend I was working with my Assistant General Manager all weekend so I really could not break away and write about anything.

This blog is probably going to get me into trouble.

Last weekend the New York Yankees were in town. Everyone who works in my hotel really can not stand it when we get Yankee and Red Sox fans here. They spend good money but it feels like we always have problems, and everyone is extremely high maintenance. Me personally I never look forward to those weekends but I always end up enjoying them. I always get a fun baseball conversation and I get to talk a lot of senseless trash. For instance I was talking to three or four Yankee fans and they were telling me C.C. Sabathia was going to get his 20th win of the season. I jumped in and said there was no way the Orioles were losing and they always play C.C. well. On Sunday morning I was eating those words after the Yankees beat the Orioles 11 to 3.

Anyway with that said when I walked in last Sunday I was told we had not one but two domestic disputes in the hotel. They were both really sad and heartbreaking for two reasons. The one that I was more involved with apparently had a woman decided on a family trip with her three children to let her husband know she was having an affair with her ex-husband. The more you talked to the guy and the more of the story that came out your heart really just went out to this guy.

The one that really bothered me and got me fired up was for a completely different reason. The back story here is that the hotel’s night security was walking on the 4th floor early in the morning and heard a man screaming at someone. He said something and the problem continued and he was made aware the 3rd person to talk to him would be the local police department. What bother me more than anything about this is not once did anyone call us and complain. One person told me came to the front desk and asked me if I knew what happened in the room. I of course am going to play dumb and this woman gave me her account of what happened. Then she said the thing that almost made me flip out. She told me, “I thought the guy was going to kill her.” I can not believe that in how quickly people like to call the police not a single person called the front desk and said, “Hey, there may be a problem here.” I was so fired up about it. I was so frustrated with the hotel last weekend. I told those close to me it is times like these I just want to quit. I was really disgusted with people after this.

Anyway we are getting really busy right now. I apologize in advance if none of this makes sense I just wanted to get it off my chest.

Oh What a Week

Well this blog has officially turned me into a liar. I know I promised writing about some fantasy football teams last week and truth be told it never happened. I have no real excuse. Last weekend I was just kind of lazy and I never had the time to sit down and just start writing about it. I will still do a fantasy football blog it just is not going to happen today.

This has been an interesting week to say the least.

On Tuesday I received in the mail 4 tickets to the WWE Smackdown taping in Baltimore. I knew I was getting these tickets and truthfully thought I was just going to give them away. Then I opened the envelope up…. My jaw had dropped and was in amazement. Years I have been going to wrestling shows, forcing people to go with me so they can appreciate the art of it. Never had I been that close. FRONT ROW SEATS!!!!! I sent Lisa an e-mail and text telling her we were going. I called my mother in law who was going to keep the kids later, and I found two other friends to go with me. I have not been to a wrestling show in a few years and I was pumped. I have never had seats that good. Right before I was about to leave one of the local ad agencies called me and told me they received a bunch of tickets for the show and gave them to me as well. I ended up with 10 tickets 4 in the front row and 6 in section 115. I have not been this excited to see a wrestling show in a long, long time.

I left work around 4:30pm and broke every speed law I could to get home. When I got home I found Lisa passed out on the floor in the bathroom. She told me she has a horrible headache, her body hurts and for maybe the second time since we have met she was actually sick. She told me to go to the show, but I knew my place was at my house. At that point I called one of my friends and told them to stop at my house and I gave them all 10 tickets. It really sucked that I couldn’t go and trust me I really wanted to but I had to be home and make sure Lisa was okay.

So on Thursday night, Lex and Lisa went to bed. I watched the first half of the Saints and Vikings game. At that point I decided to watch the rest of the game in my room. I put Lex in his bed which is the normal routine. At some point he came back into my room to sleep between myself and Lisa. Again nothing about this was odd. However, I heard Lex moaning in his sleep like he was in pain. It woke the both of us up and we discovered he had gotten sick in his room. So he went to give me a hung and used me as target practice for his next projectile vomit. At this point we decided that I was going to take the day off on Friday to take care of Lex and Jack would go to his normal baby sitter.

Lex was kind of miserable on Friday but he slept most of the morning. Around 10:30 I get a call from Lisa and she tells me she is getting Jack and coming home. She says she feels like she wants to pass out. When Lisa got home she looked miserable. At this point Lex was feeling a bit better. So I took Jack from her and she laid down upstairs. Lex and Jack were both in bed by 8pm. So I had some down time that night.

So I am at the hotel right now and to give the update. Lex is not feeling well still. He has become kind of sluggish and has slept a lot today. Besides feeling a bit weak from yesterday Lisa says she feels a lot better. Jack on the other hand had his first real throw up of his life. I am leaving as soon as my relief gets here to help out at home. We were hoping Lisa’s mom was going to come up and help out but she is not feeling well.

Since I have yet to be sick…. I am sure I am doomed next week.

Wish me luck

A little on the lighter side

Since my last blog was a bit of a downer this has made me laugh especially knowing the woman was okay.

September 11, 2001 - Never Forget

Before I get started, today is as everyone is well aware that today is the nine year anniversary of September 11, 2001. A lot has happened in those nine years but the event feels like it happened just yesterday. I remember waking up that morning when a fraternity brother of mine had called me and asked if I had seen the news. At this point only one tower had been hit. I thought it was pilot error, but turned the news on to see what was happening. When the second plane hit I was not paying attention to the TV and I will never forget to scream from the news reporter. I was working in Towson Town Mall at the time and when I got there the place was a ghost town. I think the store I was working at was open for maybe 30 minutes when we were told to close down and go home. I spent the rest of the day glued to the TV in anger, shock and disbelief.

That night I remember talking to a friend of mine and he described what was happening. He said, “Everything reminds me of one of those disaster movies. The city that is being affected is almost in a panic, the leaders are talking tough, and the rest of the world can not turn away from the news coverage.”

I was always grateful that at the time I did not know a single person who was killed in the attacks. As time has gone by I have met people affected and my heart goes out to each person I meet.

It’s amazing how much our world changed since that day and how much differently I look at the world since that day.

We must never forget all the innocent lives lost that day and the heroism of those that arrived first to the scene. My prayers are with the families of everyone who lost someone 9 years ago today.


Never Forget

A day with the Boys

The first official blog of September, which means I have officially kept up with this for three months now. I will admit I did kind of cheat last month with all the pictures but what can I say I was excited I learned how to do that.

So the best part of this week for me was last Wednesday. We did not have a baby sitter to watch Lex and Jack so I was lucky enough to get the day off and spend it with the boys. For the most part we had an awesome time. The morning started off a little rough, all thanks to the fine people at Mr. Tire. Please don’t get me wrong, everyone there was incredible nice and I know customer service does go a long way. But come on three and a half hours with two children. The thing that drove me crazy was all I was getting done was an oil change and I was having them rotate my tires. I told Lisa that I could have done it myself and take three and a half hours and I have no clue as to what I would be doing. All things considered the boys were very well behaved while we waited.

After we left there we stopped at my parents’ house…. The boy’s fell asleep on the ride over and napped until about 1:30. At that point we had found out Lisa had gotten out of school early and we were going to meet her and Uncle Buzz at the mall. Lisa decided to go back to her work to get prepared for her home school meeting that night. So we hung out at the mall and threw pennies into the fountain, and went through toy stores until it was time to go. Probably the two best moments from our mall experience was Lex telling me he wanted to take Uncle Buzz to the book store, It took a three year old to get Buzz into a book store, if only we would have known this when we were in college. The other great moment was when I told Lex we were out of pennies he did not believe me. So he went through my pocket and found the tin that had the pennies in it. I then was told by Lex, “See day they are right there we have plenty of pennies left.” I am pretty sure I have contributed to at least $0.75 in the White Marsh Mall fountain this week.

After the mall we picked up some dinner and met Lisa at her new school. Lisa is now teaching middle school Math and Science at Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke in Dundalk. It was weird walking into the building. My mother taught there YEARS ago. I think it may have been 15 years since I was last in the building.

After that the boys and I went home played some video games, and watched Tom & Jerry. It was a much need, very good day.

I am preparing myself for a Fantasy Football draft right now. So I am going to end this here. This is my third and final fantasy football draft. I will try and post another post tomorrow with some more fun things and talk some about Fantasy Football this season.