Rock Out
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Phew
Ok...so I'm back, it's been a rough couple of weeks.
Right from ComicCon, I went to Arizona to move Marnie and the girls out to California. Got everything set up, ready to go, and confirmed. The movers got there on time and we were off to California by Tuesday afternoon.
On the road to California, the A/C in the jeep goes out. This sucked bad because it's super hot in the desert between Phoenix and San Diego. We move both dogs to the Uhaul and Marnie suffers in the Jeep. The Uhaul cab was pretty cramped with 2 dogs and me in it, but at least we had the air conditioning.
About half way to San Diego, I get a call on my cell phone. It's the apartment complex, our new apartment is flooded (water main broke) so we can't move into that one. They have another one set up for us. In the meantime, while we are on the road to San Diego, Marnie has to call SanDiego Gas/Electric, Cox Cable, etc. to get all of our information changed to the new apartment.
We make it to San Diego finally, the traffic is a bit ridiculous, but Marnie does a good job of keeping up (she doesn't like big city freeway traffic). We check into the hotel and get cleaned up. There is no A/C in the hotel and it's kind of humid out, but whatever.
The next morning, we drop off the Uhaul at the apt complex before heading to PetSmart for the girls grooming appt (babysitting while the movers get the stuff in the house). This is about 2 hours before we are scheduled to move in. We go into the office to let them know we arrived and we'll be back in 2 hours to move in. They say that our apt isn't ready and that we can stay in a model apt for the night. We say this is totally unacceptable. We have movers coming, cox cable coming, etc. They say that they'll reimburse for any problems, but we continue to push this as being unacceptable because we can't reschedule either because it's a ridiculous lead time. They pull some strings and get the carpet cleaners in there asap.
We get the paperwork signed and get into the apt. There is zero cell phone reception. We weren't given a chance to check out the apt before we signed and this was all they had so we were stuck. No phone sucked bad, the movers got a little lost so they were delayed. The Cox guy shows up and tells us that it's going to cost extra to get cable into the 2 bedrooms. We tell him that's not what the Cox operator said. He said he's sorry they are mistaken and that we can call them but we'll still have to pay etc. Ridiculous! The movers show and unload everything. We have a garage, but can't park either vehicle in there without significant manuevering that neither of us want to do on a regular basis. It's a small garage and the street is narrow and it's on the side of the street, yea...a pain in our ass.
There is no A/C in the apt and despite having 4 fans going and opening up all the windows, it's still pretty hot.
Went to Blizzcon last weekend, which was fun. Saw the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and played a bit and played a bit of Starcraft 2, but demoing for 12+ hours and gunslinging for 4+ hours over 2 days was a bit hellish.
On top of all this, I had a severe outbreak of the gout. So I have been in pain for the past 5-7 days or so.
It's been a week of hell, etc, but we are finally moved in.
Right from ComicCon, I went to Arizona to move Marnie and the girls out to California. Got everything set up, ready to go, and confirmed. The movers got there on time and we were off to California by Tuesday afternoon.
On the road to California, the A/C in the jeep goes out. This sucked bad because it's super hot in the desert between Phoenix and San Diego. We move both dogs to the Uhaul and Marnie suffers in the Jeep. The Uhaul cab was pretty cramped with 2 dogs and me in it, but at least we had the air conditioning.
About half way to San Diego, I get a call on my cell phone. It's the apartment complex, our new apartment is flooded (water main broke) so we can't move into that one. They have another one set up for us. In the meantime, while we are on the road to San Diego, Marnie has to call SanDiego Gas/Electric, Cox Cable, etc. to get all of our information changed to the new apartment.
We make it to San Diego finally, the traffic is a bit ridiculous, but Marnie does a good job of keeping up (she doesn't like big city freeway traffic). We check into the hotel and get cleaned up. There is no A/C in the hotel and it's kind of humid out, but whatever.
The next morning, we drop off the Uhaul at the apt complex before heading to PetSmart for the girls grooming appt (babysitting while the movers get the stuff in the house). This is about 2 hours before we are scheduled to move in. We go into the office to let them know we arrived and we'll be back in 2 hours to move in. They say that our apt isn't ready and that we can stay in a model apt for the night. We say this is totally unacceptable. We have movers coming, cox cable coming, etc. They say that they'll reimburse for any problems, but we continue to push this as being unacceptable because we can't reschedule either because it's a ridiculous lead time. They pull some strings and get the carpet cleaners in there asap.
We get the paperwork signed and get into the apt. There is zero cell phone reception. We weren't given a chance to check out the apt before we signed and this was all they had so we were stuck. No phone sucked bad, the movers got a little lost so they were delayed. The Cox guy shows up and tells us that it's going to cost extra to get cable into the 2 bedrooms. We tell him that's not what the Cox operator said. He said he's sorry they are mistaken and that we can call them but we'll still have to pay etc. Ridiculous! The movers show and unload everything. We have a garage, but can't park either vehicle in there without significant manuevering that neither of us want to do on a regular basis. It's a small garage and the street is narrow and it's on the side of the street, yea...a pain in our ass.
There is no A/C in the apt and despite having 4 fans going and opening up all the windows, it's still pretty hot.
Went to Blizzcon last weekend, which was fun. Saw the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and played a bit and played a bit of Starcraft 2, but demoing for 12+ hours and gunslinging for 4+ hours over 2 days was a bit hellish.
On top of all this, I had a severe outbreak of the gout. So I have been in pain for the past 5-7 days or so.
It's been a week of hell, etc, but we are finally moved in.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Are you a Mexican...or a Mexican't?
My favorite type cast actor of all time, Danny Trejo. He was signing for Planet Terror. Also notice the chick in the background. They hired a model, that was an actual amputee and they put a fake machine gun on the end of it.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Inside Joke
For those of you that used to be co-workers of mine, that phrase under the insanity gametext may look familiar.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Hey Arizona
You know what it is? I'll tell you what it's not! It's not 105 degrees right now.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
California 1 Arizona 0
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
California 1 Arizona 0
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Take Girard out to the Ballgame
Caught this puppy as a ricochet in rightfield bleachers during batting practice. Went to see the Saturday night game vs. the Padres. Chris Young looked dominant early, gave up a couple of hits including a solo dinger to Tony Clark. They yanked him and the Dbacks went slap happy on Bell. Valverde came into close it down and there were fireworks afterwards. It was fun spending time with my dad at the ballpark.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Club Sevens opens this weekend
Club Sevens opens this weekend
The building might look familiar to some. I swear that was the same decor that was in it before.
The building might look familiar to some. I swear that was the same decor that was in it before.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
MIA
I have been missing in action. I promised people that I would update my progress at Pro Tour San Diego. I did embarassingly bad. I left for AZ on Saturday, not to look back. Had a good time in Arizona with friends/family. Went to see Transformers, it was a very good movie. It had some slapsticky comedy, but I enjoyed it. I'm sure that people that were expecting nothing short of the Piano will give it a bad review. I guess people are entitled to their incorrect opinion.
Back in California now and starting to really plan for Marnie's move out here at the end of this month.
Back in California now and starting to really plan for Marnie's move out here at the end of this month.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
You are...that guy!!!
Wow
I had such high expectations going into this movie and let me tell you, I was blown away. Not only did they not ruin every good one liner in the trailers, they didn't ruin all the explosions either! This movie was awesome on so many levels. This will probably make my top 10 in my movie list.
If you plan on seeing this film, do not expect a "logical/realistic" plot. I'm sure that there are people that might over think the plot but just go with it. "Sure, that might happen." The acting is great, the action is awesome, the big "gasp" moment at the end of the movie (you know what I'm talking about, the one that is in every Die Hard movie) is freaking cool. The Mac guy is well cast, Kevin Smith's character is awesome. This whole movie is just...just...well...awesome. It was well worth going to see the midnight showing. I can't wait to see it again.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Emo Girard
Picasso had his blue period, I have my emo period. This is me with my new hair color. Don't make me paint my nails and post on livejournal...cause I will.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
5 seconds of fame
I'm taking my 15 minutes of fame, 5 seconds at a time. Big props to Mr. Bahr for digging up this old fossil.
Friday, June 08, 2007
It's a Secret to ....Phil
So I've finally fully settled into the new position. Here is my second article that I have written for the TCG. I need to get more witty remarks in there.
Girard's article about the Alliance champs
Girard's article about the Alliance champs
Friday, May 25, 2007
Happy 30th Anniversary
I really should go up to the celebration this weekend, but I don't think I'll get the chance. I'm such a bad fan.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
In case you missed it...
a Brewers fan had some nice words to say about the New York Mets. I know that took a lot of effort and pride to say those things, so I will pay it forward and hope that the Brewers continue to pound...on the NL Central and well..the Braves too.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Ping: David Stern
Way to ruin the only series worth watching in the NBA playoffs. And you wonder why there are less viewers and people think the league is rigged.
Where are Bowen's and Duncan's suspensions?
Where are Bowen's and Duncan's suspensions?
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Weekend Trip to AZ
So I headed back to AZ for an extended vacation and to celebrate mine and marnie's 11th wedding anniversary. Wow...11 years and it seemed like just yesterday that we were taking off in the middle of the night to drive 8 hours to Cor'delane to get married. We celebrated by getting tattoos. This is Marnie's tattoo. Let's see if you can guess what movie that saying is from. Mr. Gaeta guessed it as soon as I told him.
This is a picture of mine. I got the King of Hearts on my right forearm. I was actually pretty worried over the past couple weeks. Marnie and I had talked about getting tattoos for awhile now and I didn't know if I wanted one on my forearm because of that whole stigma and being able to hold down an office job if I ever have to again. But then I was like...what the hell, you only live once. So this is it, it's a little shiny because I just put lotion on it.We also went to the zoo and I got to go to the Diamondbacks game vs. the Giants with my dad. We saw Bonds's HR #742 in the first inning. The Diamondbacks came back late in the game and won it all, despite Valverde almost giving it up. Overall, it was a pretty freaking awesome weekend.
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