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December 25, 2007
Xmas Day Report
This year we had Anne's mom staying with us but none of the other usual visitors, so it was a long, lazy day. We spent most of it watching movies on the DLP TV. We saw a couple of hour-long episodes of Star Trek and Planet Earth, both in HD. We watched Ratatouille, Hairspray (2007) and SiCKO as well. Anne and her mom served the Xmas meal last night so tonight was an easy meal and more TV.
And now the semi-official bounty tally.
Alanna received many Dr. Who themed gifts, including the third season DVDs, a "You Never Forget Your First Doctor" T-shirt, and best of all, a life-sized cutout of David Tennant to replace the Ben Stiller one in her room. I got her a Nikon Coolpix L15 camera and an HD copy of Pride and Prejudice, one of her favorite movies. She got some girl-related items like a purse and makeup case which I know nothing about, of course. She got a dual clarinet case for her B-flat and E-flat clarinets.
Leo received a Dreamcast console and a couple of Wii games, a Nerf gun, some books and the Pixar Shorts on DVD. My dad got him an R/C helicopter and his grandmother got him an R/C car (Mario from Nintendo). He got some clothes (including a "Red shirt" from Star Trek that has the word "Expendable" on it) and books and a new clock-radio. He got a new saxophone case.
Anne received a dutch oven and a MIDI keyboard (Edirol PCR-800), The Fountain and Planet Earth in HD, and some jewelry from her mom. She and I shared the Star Trek in HD (Season 1). She's waiting on a beautiful music stand that won't be ready before March, if not later.
I got Blade Runner in HD, SiCK on DVD, a couple of books I really will enjoy (e.g. "The Diary of Fake Steve Jobs" and "The World Without Us"), a book on digital photography, a huge gift card for Best Buy (thanks Barbara!), a great Monty Python desk calendar, and a gift card for San Miguel Grill in McKinney. Anne got me some clothes and new sandals.
We shared phone calls from several family members, and hardly got off the sofa today. I have to go to work tomorrow (no vacation time to speak of) so it's 'back to the salt mines' for me. Thursday I have to drive Barbara to the airport early, but fortunately, we can use the HOV lanes on Central and LBJ now. Tomorrow I hope traffic is lighter but with the Return Surge(tm), probably not.
Alanna and I are planning on going to White Rock Skate Center for New Year's Eve this year. Hope to see you there!
Posted by Steven at 10:48 PM | Comments (2)
December 01, 2007
Red Dwarf Fan
Saw this car in the Circuit City parking lot next door to Hotels.com:
Takes some 'nads to put "Smeg Head" on your Mini.
Posted by Steven at 05:08 PM | Comments (0)
Marching Season Ends (finally!)
Like many Boyd band parents, I was both elated and exhausted to find or 0-12 football team (2006) playing into post-season, but last night we ended our run in the Texas 4A playoffs against Copperas Cove HS. We lost, 49-28.
Without going into too many gory football details, we were up against a team with at least three players who looked like college students, one who could kickoff into our endzone (we never started before the 20 yard line), another who could pass well, and a running back whom we could not catch. We scored better than their previous opponents, and even put one last TD on the board with 0:01 left on the clock, but we never caught up to these guys (14-13 was our best score).
Too bad, as well, because we'd be playing Highland Park next weekend had we won. HP took down McKinney North HS at Texas Stadium in late Nov. of 2005, when Alanna was there (and I got to do the announce at Texas Stadium). I doubt we would have beat HP, but now we're hoping Copperas Cove does. They could well win the State Championship, which would take some of the sting off of the loss.
Now I have to get my act together and produce a Marching Season DVD, and soon.
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