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Dot

Hi Everybody,
I'm back online, after two weeks off for my move up north. That went well. Bob got to meet my nephew Jonny, who stayed up here for a week with us. Now we're trying to get the place organized and such. Thankfully, I didn't bring all of my stuff up, only what would fit in the car. The other stuff just would not fit... Bob has a LOT of stuff.

Anyway, sorry I haven't responded to your comments. I will tomorrow.

Dot

Or should I say OMG???  Hard to know which of Bob's fav expressions relate to this one.  He's reading Dark Tower VI, Song of Susannah (I haven't read it yet).  If you don't want to know what happens in the book, stop reading.  :)  I'm a newbie at this, so this is my first cut -- don't know if it will work or not.

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The It's Almost Time Part
So, my big move-in is this weekend.  I'm getting the truck on Saturday, driving up on Sunday, moving in on Monday.  We're planning to spend 2 days with my mom and Jonny, my nephew, have the future in-laws meet and all.  We're going to take Jonny to Game Stop or whatever up by Polaris.  He'll go nuts for it.  Then mom and Jon are going to PA to visit my relatives.  They'll come back to Columbus and fly home.

Bob and Jonny have a running joke already -- over who's going "down" in chess.  I suck at it, but they're both good.  Tonight, Jonny's supposed to call Bob at 3 am to watch Gremlins 2 with him.  We watch a lot of shows together via speakerphone.  They are so much alike it scares me sometime.  I'm gonna have my hands full for sure when Jonny comes to live with us!

Dot

Well, it's a promising start, I will say that much.  The characters need to grow some.  I am glad that they brought McKay onto the show because he is good comic relief.  Granted, he is not nearly as good looking as Sam.  Such an international team -- how much do you wanna bet that the non-English speaking members will not get much screen time?  Although I do love the line from Daniel, "He's Canadian," and then Jack's reply, "I'm sorry."  Robert Patrick being in the pilot was very cool, though we knew he was going to die.  But that almost makes good on the rumors from the StarkTrek Voyager pilot that the captain of Voyager was going to be Sean Connery who would then die in the pilot.  I think there could have been more Daniel and Jack and SG-1 in this pilot episode, since we're not going to be seeing them in the rest of the series (or at least until the ratings drop).  The flow of this episode is very different than SG-1, which is probably attributable to the fact that SG-1 is more of a well-oiled machine after 8 years.  The SG-1 premiere last week completely blew through the 2 hours.  When the show was over, it left me going, "What, there's not more?" whereas with Atlantis I kept looking at the clock going "Oh, it's only been a half hour?" 

I really watch way too much Stargate.  I'm to the point where I can come up with my own dialogue and have it be almost exactly what's written.  Case in point, the turkey sandwich gag.  This is going to be a different show, though.  Obviously.  It just remains to be seen whether it's as good of a show.  I don't really care for Dr. Weir.  Her leadership skills are severly lacking, and I think Major Sheppard is kind of like Jack O'Neill Lite.  But the rest of the cast seems fairly strong.  The gate ship/Puddle Jumper is interesting.  Very strange that it has a DHD built into the ship.  This adds a whole new dimension to the gate.  They've never had a gate floating in space before that could work because the explanation was given that it wouldn't be a fixed point, it would be a moving point.  The Wraith are interesting villains.  Can't say I'm crazy about them, but at least they're different villains.  I disagree with the statement from the Behind the Scenes about how the Atlantis people are on their own.  Obviously the Asgard could always pop in and help them out.  In fact, I would think Thor (Thor...  Buddy!) would want to stop in on the City of the Ancients as well as the Replicators, which leads me to think that any crossover we have will be thanks to the Asgard. 

I wish the darn city didn't look so much like a snowflake.  The technology seems very cool and very clairvoyant.  However, the ship didn't think to surface before the shields failed???  I have to admit the city set is truly amazing.  It's huge.  Did anyone else think of DS-9's promenade when they saw it at the end? 

Final thoughts?  The Scottish guy better smarten up fast because his accent is so thick it only works for smart guys like Scotty.  Sheppard needs to set himself apart from O'Neill.  And Weir had better pick up leadership lessons from Hammond, fast.  Other than that, this could be a fun 5-year show.  Yes, that's my prediction, a 5-year run. 

I wish Daemon had lived to see this.  I know she was wanting Atlantis to run for at least 3 years, for her house payment.  So for her sake, I wish all the best to her former coworkers and friends.  I hope the series has a great run.  I'll be watching.

At last!  Tonight is the series premiere of Stargate Atlantis.  The three of us are going to watch it together again, although I think we're going to try two phones this time for Jon and I instead of speakerphone.  Jon and Bob couldn't hear each other well.

We've watched other things together (Futurama and Family Guy, for example), and Bob will be saying something to me, and I will think, hey that's something Jon should know.  I'll tell him, Jon will look at me like "DOH," say, "I know," and I'll tell Bob that Jon already knew.  After several of these types of things, Bob's finally like, "I know HE knows, hon.  I'm telling you.  I'll tell you to tell him if it's something I think he won't know."  Aaaaaaaahhh, my life with geeks... :)  Gotta love 'em.  LOL

He'll probably dictate a review of Atlantis later, so that's all for now.

8 days till I start up trip up there...  Can't wait...
Dot

Bob's feeling under the weather. He started getting sick on Wednesday and was worse yesterday. His brother came over Wednesday night, and they played Worms 3D and some other video games. Bob got a news SIMS game for this birthday, a Godzilla movie, Worms 3D, and two other movies. He had a good birthday -- went to CiCi's with his family. Otherwise, he's prepping the place for my move up there and working a lot. We watched Celebrity Poker together last night -- and were both grossed about by what's his name (the host) fake-making out with Penn. Just not something we wanted to see.

Dot

Happy Sunday, I guess.  Not a whole lot going on today -- Bob's job is keeping him busy.  He's finally going to get some time off, but he has to help his family with a project they're working on.  So, he'll be busy. 

Dot

I think the funniest thing I saw tonight was Jack O'Neill shooting the replicators and yelling out, "Whose your daddy!"  All TV should be this funny.  So, if you can't tell, I was watching the 2 hour season premiere of SG-1 tonight over the phone with Dot and her nephew.  This season looks like it will really rock, chia Teal'c not included (seriously, though, Teal'c, what's with the hair?)  I'm so glad to see Jack back in action.  I was worried we would have lost him for the majority of the season.  Stargate Atlantis is next week. I promised Daemon that I would give it a chance, and hey, how bad could it be?  It's got the guy from Cube in it. 

So here's a quickie review of SSX 3.  It's a toss up between SSX 3 and SSX Tricky.  3 does have more realism, 3 does have more versatile modes, and I like being able to board from area to area rather than just instantly transported there.  The environment is more interactive -- you can race an avalance, and I still have my reputation as Queen of the Rails (don't ask).  However, Tricky had better theme music, better attitude, and it had stars doing the voice talent, and you had more interaction between characters.  One of my favorites things about Tricky was the feuding between Marisol and Elise.  The voice talent in 3 in not nearly as famous, but they did have the characters grow between the two.  Psymon has actually gotten more insane.  How you get more insane than Jim Rose, I don't know.  LOL  I don't like the new ubertrick/boost operation.  On Tricky, I just had to spell out six letters, and the boost stayed the entire time from then on.  Now, I have to spell out nine letters, and that only gives me unlimited boost for a short period of time.  I can no longer trick myself into a full boost and then just power my way through the rest of the course.  The controls are pretty much the same as Tricky.  The only changes worth mentioning are using the L-R buttons for knockdowns rather than the C stick and the addition of handstands.  On a plus note, I LOVE the fact that they added ubergrinds, so my Queen of the Rails status is more assured now.  I do like being able to go through all 3 peaks just riding, going from the top of peak 3 all the way down to the bottom of Peak 1 -- a thirty minute ride.  I'm not too thrilled about the costuming of your characters as it doesn't really do anything -- it feels more like playing dress-up with dolls.  However, that did not stop me from putting my babe, Elise, in tight black jean cutoffs and a bikini top.  Hey, it's not like cybersnow is cold.! Music choice on 3 is very interesting.  You have tracks from Chemical Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Black Eyed Peas, as well as many others, but all those songs combined do not add up to Run DMC"s It's Tricky.  I have been trying to get all the characters built up equally, but I have to admit, I'm not doing a good job on the tricks side. (That was the difference between Caitlin and I.  On Tricky, I took care of the racing half of the characters, while she finished the tricks of the characters, and between the two of us, we maxed out the characters.)  Bad thing for 3 -- their documentation stinks.  There's not nearly enough info on the inner workings of the game.  Good side -- In head-to-head play with another person, you can do different kinds of handicapping, which includes giving them a head start in racing or even as much as taking a Level 1 character. 

My job is doing great.  I'm getting a reputation throughout the district as someone who can get the job done.  I even joked about taking on a third store, because the supervisor at that store is leaving.  My area supervisor said no, because then they'll have to come up with an all-new position for me at that point.  And the problem with that is ...  I've learned a lot, and I really like management.  I excel at mangement.  And, I'm happy that I'm good at management, not like the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert.  That being said, it would be nice to get a few more days off, but oh well, the paychecks are nice.         

Dot will be moving up here by the 20th.  My birthday is the 13th.  Sometime between those two, I want to have one of my poker nights because when Dot moves up here, it's going to be harder to have room for that.  I put up the new lights that Mars Elf sent me.  They are wire butterflies.  It looks nice.  Oy and Houdini are doing well, and I hope all of my friends are doing great as well.  Feel free to call whenever you want.

Peace out all, whose your daddy?

The season premiere of Stargate SG-1 is on tonight at 9.  Bob, Jon, and I are going to watch it together long-distance. 

Dot

Hey y'all,
Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  The FL heat is wearing me out, and my nephew just turned 12, so we've been doing baseball plus birthday stuff. 

Bob and I watched Celebrity Poker last night.  It was fun.  His two favorite people wear out early in the game, and mine was out mid-game.  I liked Willie, but he had a bad night.  I also liked Dave.  I think he won, but I don't know -- was falling asleep at the end.  That amuses Bob to no end.

Bob wants to get a poker game together, maybe next weekend.  I'm thinking of getting him a poker top for a folding table for his birthday.  Anyway, he really would like to get a game going regularly, so if you're interested, let him know.

Also, he's been kicking butt at SSX 3 -- His favorite character is still Elise (apparently I'd have competition if I were a video game character LOL), but he's won all of the races with all of them now, so everything's unlocked.  Should be fun next time we have a game night.

Dot

Stargate SG-1 behind the scenes on the 8th season and Atlantis is starting tonight.  I accidentally called in the middle of it -- he's like "You know, that thing I've been looking forward to for months..."  Whoops.

Off to watch it.  Watching TV shows together long-distance is a little weird sometimes.  We watch Celebrity Poker a lot together.  That's going to be one of our standbys, I think.

Dot

Happy Fourth of July everybody! 

Bob went over to his parents' house last night.  They went to see fireworks together.  He said they found a great spot. We were talking about Red, White, and Boom.  I can't believe they got rid of the lazer light show!!!

He said he saw a few clips of The Godfather.  His dad had given him the DVD set, and I was ribbing him about never wathcing them.  Well, apparently Bob liked what he saw, so we're going to watch them together when I get up there.  I'll have to convince him to see 3 after 2, since 2 is not so good.

That reminds me... Bob had given me some assigned reading -- the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.  I'm 300 pages into Book 5.  He's getting book 6 for his birthday and 7, the last one, for Christmas, both from his mom.  I haven't had a book/series of books engage me to this extent in years.  I love to read, but wow, this is bizarre.  It's like in high school, when I got so into French that I started thinking in French and singing in the shower in French.  I'm putting everything into Tower terms, and seeing connections to our world, specifically my family, all over the place.  Just today Mom was saying, time is going too slow for Jon.  I just thought, yeah, time has changed for him and probably won't change back for years (due to my sister's death, for those of you who don't know.)  Sad but inevitable.

Dot

Here's a quote Bob wants me to post:

"Every life is it's own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in judgement.  All wrong recoils upon the doer, and the man who makes wrong statements about others is himself to be pitied, not the man he vilifies.  It is better to be lied about than to lie.  At the last no one can harm us but ourselves."  Elbert Hubbard

Also, he wanted me to tell you about something that happened at work.  He was talking to one of his employees, who was waiting for the floral manager to get there, because they couldn't find the votive candles his employee was supposed to demo.  His employee was really bad-mouthing the floral manager, saying some mean things about her inability to get there on time.  Bob said, well, we don't know what happened.  She could be sick, have gotten into an accident, or something else could have happened.  We just don't know.  His employee went silent for a few minutes, and then she came up to him and apologized for the way she'd acted. 

Bob was saying that he always thinks of himself as just a normal guy  (subtext with not much to offer the world).  This, plus yesterday his boss told him she was able to take half a day off because she knew he'd have his store in order, is prompting him to think -- hey, maybe I do have something special to offer to the world.  LOL  The rest of us figured that out a long time ago.  For a smart guy, he can be pretty silly sometimes.
Dot

I bought Bob a "positive thoughts" little book as an early birthday present.  (Reminder, his Bday is coming up!  I'm hoping to be in town by then...)  Anyway, here are some quotes he likes and wants me to post:

"Credo quod habes, et habes."  Erasmus -- Note: he wants to see who will translate this correctly first.

"To be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle whicfh any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."  E.E. Cummings

Dot

Third day in a row -- 12 hour day!  He's really rocking!

There's a Hedwig meeting at 6 today at his place.  Please go, he needs to ask y'all a question.

Dot

Hello everybody,
It's been a long, wrong day.

I will be taking over boblovesdot's journal for a while. Please continue to send him your prayers. I will get them to him. If you want to contact him directly, give him a call.

Dot

so yesterday I had Greek food... Dot took me to the Happy Greek's and it was pretty good and then today we ran up to Polaris and had some good Tex-Mex

She's making me pasta right now :-) She is way too good for me.

Anyway, she's got her job interview on the 22cd for the new place... cross your fingers everyone!

I'm really happy to have Dot here in my arms. It makes me feel wonderful.

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1. Take your LJ username and replace each letter with the corresponding number (A=1, B=2, etc...).
boblovesdot
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2. Add all of the numbers together to create a kind of super number.
131

3. Make a note of the first digit of this number, then add the digits of the number together.
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ok, had a funa time at the drive-in with TWO girls ;-) oh relax! It was innocent! Dot and I went with K to see Shrek 2 and the first half of Garfield.. it was pretty bad and we left. I liked Shrek 2 though.

Also talked with my boss at work and made some references to me having my own district... she seems to be very open to the possibility of me being a district manager sometime soon.

Made some nice mushrooms cooked up in olive oil and garlic tonight and Dot made some bruschetta.... the topping she made from scratch.... the fire she set in the oven ;-) oh, it was only a little fire and I got it under control fast! The bruschetta (she made a second non-burnt batch) was good!

So we went furniture and other furnishings shopping the other day... maybe I'm just a guy, but I don't see the point of china and crystal. I don't see the point of having something you don't use... it's too much like having guest towels that I'm not allowed to dry my hands on!

On the plus side... I did find the PERFECT couch and ottoman for the media room. It's a movie theater style couch in that it has a slight bend on the sides so every one is looking at the tv.... which will be a NICE flatscreen HDTV over the gas stove in the basement.

I also thought of a great present for Dot's nephew... a game station that has 8 Gamecubes networked together with 8 small flat screens around the station... it would be the awesome party game for him. Just MarioKart alone.... he could make friends FAST with that.... every kid would want to come over to see him then!

ok... work in the morning.

so the game night was a lot of fun, even if it was a less than stellar turnout. MarioKart Double Dash is FUN!!!! You can play as a team or against each other. First Matrix and I played against each other, but then we had more fun and did better as a team. Even if we were fighting over who was going to drive. Dot looked over at us and just was like "You two aren't brothers, are you?"

SSX 3 is a blast too!!!! It even has my favorite character Elise!!!! I don't like that they don't have a ll those stars doing the voices anymore and I think the knockdowns are harder to do, but the graphics are GORGEOUS!

So just got back from a wonderful dinner and theater show of Lion King.

It was really a cool show... I do like the cartoon better though. Not suprising since the Lion King is my FAVORITE Disney movie! They all pale in comparison to that movie (funny that it's my fave and I don't own it!)

I was singing along to the songs and had a complete blast! Though I thought the Timon costume was too big. he's a meerkat for crying out loud!

And then my mom HUGGED Dot?!!!! Dot didn't instigate it or anything, Mom just hugged me and then leaned over and hugged Dot! She NEVER just went out and hugged Caitlin unless Caitlin instigated it. I was in shock!

Oh, btw, we have MarioKart Double Dash and SSX 3 for the game party tomorrow! Who all is coming btw? anyone on here?

ooooh, Escape from New York is on... Dot is snoozing on the couch.. think she'd notice if I watched this before bed?