New Opera features
Kate Winslet won for the Reader!
The Oscars were meh this year. I’m not sure what the whole musical approach was about.. made it feel like it was the Tony’s not so much the Oscars. A few parts were funny though. The opening act was pretty good and Steve Martin and Tina Fey were funny. They’d make great hosts! I don’t think I liked the 5 previous best actor winners presenting the award… I feel like they made it more about the past than about the current movie… I’d rather see a scene from the movie with the best actor nominee in it!
So excited that Kate Winslet won for The Reader. I really liked that movie and I think she did an awesome job. Also really happy with Sean Penn’s win for Best Actor for Milk. I never heard the story of Harvey Milk before, it was really inspiring to watch.
Maybe next year I’ll try to be a seat filler. We’ll see…
Lance Armstrong in Santa Clarita
“The annual AMGEN Tour of California Bike Race will be held this month in Santa Clarita, with the main events occurring on Saturday,Feb 21, 2009. Larger than previous crowds are expected this year with Lance Armstrong in attendance, and road closures may impact residents on Saturday. “
Maglev in LA
So there are proposals.. or more than proposals plans now for a Maglev in LA. A maglev uses magnetic force to propel the trains of speeds up to 300+ mph. There’s a plan to have one connect Orange county to LA Union Station to Santa Clarita and then Palmdale. That means…
Orange County > LA Union Station 27 minutes
LA Union Station > Santa Clarita 15 minutes
Santa Clarita > Palmdale 17 minutes
That’s fantastic! If only construction started 10 years ago… I doubt I’ll see while still living here.
Chrissys wedding was fuN
A capital N is appropriate! Had a lot of fun at Chrissy’s wedding and my visit to Buffalo in general as always. It rained just about everyday and was overcast when it wasn’t raining. Thursday was the only exception when it was partly cloudy. It didn’t matter though! I was only visiting for a few days and there were lots of friends in town that I haven’t seen since 2003!! (Chrissy, Joe, Brandon, Lesia, Nick) It was so good to see them all. We’ve kept in touch relatively well to know what’s up in a general sense, but it never compares to chatting and interacting in person. I love my friends from Buffalo, I wish I got to see them more. It’ll be good to visit Philly in November where I can see Tracey, Adam, Maggie, Christine and Jay in one shot. That’s a 5x dose of Buffalo outside of Buffalo 
Here are some wedding photos and then a pic from Pasquale’s (for Buffalo style pizza!) for dinner our last night in town.
It’s been a while, let’s catch up
Since last post:
1. I heard Bloc Party’s new song “Mercury” and decided I do not like it.
2. I added my new job title to my e-mail signature at work.
3. I learned I how to water my peace lillies (wait until the leaves go limp, then water.. never before that).
4. I bought Paul & Kim a wedding gift.
5. We picked and ate our first tomato of the season (our tomato plant is not so fruitful this year).
6. I saw a king crab photo from Princess cruises crewmembers in Alaska. Eeek! scary!
7. I learned TopShop is coming to the US! and opening in NYC in fall, just in time for Tracey, Christine and my visit!
8. I bought 2 new run flat tires for my mini cooper and an alignment… Ouch! $560!
9. I gave Damien a bath. He smells like vanilla!
Synthetic Diamonds from Human Remains
So this company called “LifeGem” will make diamonds or other gem stones from the carbonized remains of a human or pet. Wow… I’m not sure what to think. It’s kind of eerie to be “wearing” the remains of a person or pet. But, I guess I can see the sentimental side. I’m just not sure I could “wear” them as jewelery. Hrmmm…
Sirius XM Merger approved
FCC finally approved the Siriux and XM merger! Didn’t do much for the stock yet… darn. I have quite a few shares.
How old are your tires?
This was a surprising discovery to me…
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
Leave a comment! I want to know how old your tires are!
My Mini Cooper has tires from 2006, Josh’s truck’s tires are from 2005.
