We went to see the progress on our new condo today.  We had to enter through the garage, which was cool, because we hadn't seen that yet.  It's really coming along.  The walls are painted.  Almost all of the cabinetry is in.  All of the sinks are in.  They had mirrors up in all of the bathrooms.  The light switches were installed.  It's pretty much finishing touches, flooring and appliances.  The move-in date is still March 15th, but maybe something will happen sooner.  It was such a beautifully clear day today there, too.  We could see the snow-capped mountains to the east and the ocean to the west.  Wow.  Can't wait.

Now, you're getting tired of me.  I saw the preview for In Good Company today for the second time.  I'm really looking forward to this one.  A friend of Clinton's at Dreamworks is going to try to get the script to me, so I can read it before I see it.  I want to see if I can imagine the movie myself without the aid of the movie.  I figure that is a skill I'll need if I ever want to be an actual producer.

I realize that it's been years since I've really blogged last and nobody reads this anymore, but in case someone does, I'm trying to come up with a good word that I can use as a trademark for an idea I've had lately.  Something short that's probably not a real word that I can use as a domain name.  For instance, I really like TiVo, but sadly it's already taken.  Any ideas?  No, I can't post the idea here.

In the course of the last week, I saw National Treasure and Finding Neverland.  I expected very little from National Treasure, and apart from the in-your-face, surprise-attack-style product placement, I thought it was quite entertaining, actually even good.  Cage's sidekick is really good, and the characters' self-deprecation keeps the movie from taking itself too seriously.  Finding Neverland was really quite sad, but if you don't mind that so much, the story is moving, especially when you already know the story of Peter Pan and can see it forming before the Depp's character's eyes.  If you prefer to escape sadness in movies, be warned.

Oh yeah, we have to pay $1 for parking at the ArcLight now.  Boo.

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Wow, long vacation.  By the time we got back from vacation, I was pretty sick with a cold and tired from all the traveling.  Plus, I had loads of work stacked up waiting for my upon my return.  So, I didn't really feel like blogging.  It's a shame, because I had a lot of stuff that I wanted to say about the election that is now all moot.

Tonight, we went over to Tony & Martel's for the season premiere of Arrested Development.  It has been blessed with a solid time slot finally, following the Simpsons on Sunday nights.  Hopefully, it will play there consistently and not get pre-empted too often.  Is pre-empted hypenated?  Anyway, it was a great episode; I hope you all got to see it.  Mike and Alia, the actors who play George Michael and Maeby were also there, and it was fun to watch them watch their show.  Terence and Clinton were there as was a new girl from New York named Tanya.  It was a fun group to hang out with, and Clinton brought some sweet root beer.

Speaking of Clinton, he just purchased a Windows Media Center PC from Sony this week.  It's pretty awesome.  It's basically a powerful video editing workstation and a Tivo all rolled into one, plus a lot of other cool stuff.

This weekend, we're heading to San Diego to shoot Jamie and Clinton in a pilot/audition video for the Food Network.  Should be interesting.  Perhaps it will get posted.

And before I go, how about a pic from the va-cay.