Merry Christmas from San Antonio

As promised, here is the blog from a new location.
I want to wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas.

I hope that you all had a wonderful day.
I've got some videos that i hope to upload tonight when i get back to EB.
So, stay tuned...they should be entertaining...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Night Before...

Good Evening all. This post comes to you from
East Bernard my hometown. I hope you are getting excited about the big day tomorrow. I hope you are anxiously awaiting that moment when you get to tear into those gifts that were so lovingly picked out for you. Will you get what you want? Will you be totally surprised? Just a few more hours and you'll know. I hope you got your underwear today (you know who i'm talking to ...)

Tomorrow's post will be from a different location...

Good night to all, and to all, a good night!

Merry Christmas from Finding Reason

Just in time for your new music fix! Finding Reason has uploaded a brand new song for your enjoyment. Consider this our present to you! Ben has been working tirelessly on mastering the mix for this demo, "Ghost of a Man". This song has a lot of texture and a lot of changes. I thought "Blue Devils" was hard to learn...i'm in trouble on this one. A special thanks goes out to our good friend, Ron, of Death Carpet Trio, who laid down the sweet drum track for this song. Ron, if you recall, was our drummer for the first performance of Finding Reason back in February. Are there any performances lined up in the near future? Well, let's just say that we hope that 2008 will be a good year for us. Along with the 4 completed original works, we are working on a cover song and then there are,of course, our umpteen different songs in various stages of work...some with music completed but no lyrics, some with lyrics completed but no finished music structure, and then there are those with no lyrics and no music structure...just riffs here and there.

Merry Christmas from Finding Reason!
Rock on...

Let It Begin...

I'm done with my two 13 hour shifts for the weekend. Now the holidays can begin. I'm looking forward to some time off. I'm also looking forward to seeing the family again, especially Brandon and Jessica. I will probably get to play the Wii. I hear it's a hoot! I also hope to catch up on some sleep, but that probably won't happen until later in the week.

Following work tonight i met Erin at the favorite watering hole, Boondoggles, for some food and good conversation. I had an enjoyable time.

Hope everyone is having a splendid holiday season so far!

12 Christmas Facts

I've been tagged with a random fact task. Erin wants to know my Christmas facts. This will actually be fairly tough for me...for i'm either boring or i have suppressed some of my Christmas memories. But here's what i came up with...

1. My favorite "older" Christmas show is without a doubt "A Christmas Story!" I triple dog dare you to not get a kick out of this one.




2. My favorite "newer" Christmas show is "Home Alone." Yes, i admit it. And i'm not ashamed either.

3. I'm beginning to see a trend here. Does everyone get underwear for Christmas? I can't remember the last time i actually bought underwear.

4. In my recollection, we have never had a real Christmas tree. All of our Christmas trees came out of boxes.

5. One of my favorite Christmas desserts are cookies that my mom makes. She calls them cherry winks. They are made with crushed corn flakes, dates, and of course a cherry.

6. When i was a little tyke, my parents would drive me and my brother through the "rich" neighborhoods to see all the fantastic Christmas lights and decorations of the well-to-do.

7. On my dad's side of the family, we have a very non-traditional Christmas meal. My uncle Mark usually fries up some shrimp and oysters and whips up a pot of gumbo. That started a few years ago. Sadly, i'll miss this years celebration because i'm working.

8. I'm a last minute shopper. I don't know why? Every year i tell myself that i'm not going to wait till the last moment to do my shopping. Yet, i never listen to myself.

9. I hate wrapping gifts for the sole reason that i'm just plain bad at it.

10. I'm a double, sometimes, triple boxer. Despite hating the gift wrapping part, i will sometimes wrap a smaller gift, and then put it in a bigger box, and then wrap that box. I will also add ballast to my gifts so that the receiver can't identify the gift before opening the gift. I'm sneaky like that.

11. The best thing about the Christmas season is the getting together with friends and family. Sometimes it's the only chance i get to see family members. But everyone has a good time even if it is for a brief few hours.

12. Last, but not least, my Godson, Luke, and his baby brother Joel, got a me a reindeer that poops candy. It's awesome!

I'm not going to tag anyone in particular, but if you feel like sharing 12 of your Christmas facts then please do so!

Merry Christmas

I want to wish all of you out there a very Merry Christmas. I hope that those of you that travelled this holiday season, whether near or far, made it to your destination without any problems. And may your return trip be just as safe. I hope you got lots of gifts and holiday cheer. I'll see you when you get back...

Due to scheduling conflicts, me and my family will have our Christmas sometime in January. So, I still have presents to look forward to. It also gives me a little more time to do some Christmas shopping that i didn't get done because of the mission.

Here's a picture of Dad's little nutcrackin' army.





Merry Christmas...

Launch Delay and Christmas Plans...

As you probably have heard by now, the launch of Discovery has been delayed due to weather. Next attempt will be tomorrow night (Saturday, Dec. 9th at 7:37pm central time). The weather will only be marginally better than today. The next launch attempt, if tomorrow is unsuccessful, is yet to be determined. The launch window extends through Dec. 25th.

This obviously could affect Christmas plans for a lot of people. I'm sad to say, but the launch delay has already affected my Christmas plans. I'll be missing Christmas on my mom's side of the family. This will be a big disappointment since it is always a good time. And Christmas on my dad's side is in jeopardy as well. Hopefully i can find some time to spend with my family for Christmas.

Well, stay tuned for the latest on the mission...
What are your Christmas plans and have they been affected by the launch delay?