409,100 Personal Best - Bejewled 2

current mood: Feeling Smart...


Richard's getting better at this game, but he still just an amateur:




Give it try on www.zone.com

Conchita

current mood: Triste...

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Conchita Carbajal
December 8, 1900 - March 16, 2005

Religious Quiz

current mood: Religious...


This is what Richard's upbringing and further reading on religion has lead him to be: (according to this quiz)

Christianity 83% Buddhism 75% agnosticism 50% Satanism 42% Judaism 42% Paganism 42% Hinduism 33% atheism 33% Islam 33% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

The quiz is a bit contrived and doesn't truly qualify your true belief. Richard is ecumenical, meaning that there is a link between all religions that allows for all of us to be saved... including Beagles...

Pictures from Richard's 33rd

current mood: Impatient...


I know, I know... what is the deal with getting these pictures out??? I take forever to do it... I need to take some time and update the photo album too... we'll see when that happens. Anyways, here are the pictures from Richard's 33rd and Christy & Gordon's engagement dinner at Café Italia.

www.flickr.com logansweblog's Richard's 33rd Birthday photoset

Working all night and then watching movies.

current mood: Tired...


I am sleepy... I waited all night while Richard worked putting in one of the last pieces of code for his never ending project.

Anyways. We slept all day of and on, trying to catch up on our rest. Karla went shopping and enjoyed her day.

On Friday we watched Troy, and we really liked it. Again, the critics are often very harsh and decent movies. Brad Pitt is actually a very good actor, and it shows in this movie.



Yesterday, Claudia, Ernie, Ivanna & Giosué came over and we made Chico's Tacos. They were yummy, but very very filling. Actually, I was only allowed to eat a little of the cheese, but I know I would have loved to have some of the taquitos.

Today, in between napping, we saw the last of the 4 movies Richard rented last week: Hidalgo. It was really good. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. I guess it was mostly the cinematography, but the story was very good too.



All in all, the movies we rented this past week were very enjoyable. It's been such a long time since we had seen anything, that when Richard goes to Blockbuster he has a great selection to choose from. Let's see what he gets tomorrow. I like watching movies with him.

Do you watch Lost too?

current mood: Pensive...


If you are as addicted to Lost as Richard and I are, then you will love this little tidbit about the last episode "Numbers"... it will make you think...

The Numbers

The numbers Hurley uses for his winning lottery are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42. The flight number that the survivors crashed on has two of those numbers - 815.

Numbers 2

If you add all the digits of the numbers plus Hurley's worth in america ($156 mil) 4+8+1+5+1+6+2+3+4+2+1+5+6=48 which is the same number of the original survivors on the island.

More with addition and subtraction

If you add up the numbers, 4+8+15+16+23+42=108, and subtract that from Hurley's net worth (156-108=48), again, it equals the number of survivors.

Numbers numbers numbers

Adding up 4+8+15+16+23 = 66 Add the digits of the PowerBall number 4+2=6 Also, read the Bible/Torah's Book of Numbers (4th book) 15 and 16 (Numbers <4> 8:15-16): 15 "After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting. 16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman. The Levites were chosen by God to maintain the tabernacle in the middle of the wilderness and the different groups lived in tents surrounding it. Only the high priests were allowed to enter the tabernacle. People who were on the run for a crime could come to a Levite place for sanctuary and were spared. If they left, they could still be tried for their alleged crimes. However, once the high priest died, all of the people could leave and have their reputations restored. Could the hatch be a passage to a Pandora's Box or a Ark of the Covenant-type place?

16 as an overall number

Interesting how the transmission was picked up 16 years ago, but also how the lottery had not been won in 16 weeks...

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

8 & 15 ... 815 was the flight number of the place 4 people have been killed the french woman (chick) has been on the island for 16 years 42 survivors left what about the 23?

Numbers Numbers Numbers cont.

The passage from the Bible above also has something else of note: (Num 8:16) "I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman". This could be a reference to why they kidnapped Claire, i.e. in order to have her "firstborn" child.

Pandora's Box?

As Hurley's friend Leonard is being dragged away at the psychiatric ward, he yells out to Hurley that the numbers open "the box." He could have been referring to the box on the island, or maybe Pandora's box...

I didn't say it makes any sense, but its a fun read... Can't wait for the new episodes (starting with Episode 19: Deus Ex Machina) to start on April 15th.

Parrots as pets???

current mood: Feeling Smart...


Not sure I like Parrots this much... I mean honestly all this one can do is talk... Beagle, on the other hand, can type!

In any case, this parrot is funny...

MINI Cooper and the PC

current mood: Feeling Smart...


Richard's gonna want one of these! MINI PC

Looks cool huh?

In The Shadows by The Rasmus

current mood: Rockin' Out!


My new favorite song is "In the Shadows" by The Rasmus Track 1 on the Dead Letter

It's just a really catchy little tune... just listen to it a few times and you will be wanting to get up and rock out!!

Our TIVO has broken down...

current mood: Sad...

Well, it finally happened... the hard drive crashed on our TIVO. It sucks 'cause now we have no way of retrieving the stuff we has saved. In reality, the TIVO did not break; it was the hard drive that crashed…

Richard has been researching how to fix it himself, so we’ll see… He tried this place and so far it seems promising.

So in the mean time we have been watching DVDs and live TV… what the heck is the deal with those commercials? Oh well, at least it give Karla and Richard time to let me out… hehe.

By the way, on Saturday, Richard & Karla went to Café Italia with all of their friends to celebrate Richard’s birthday and Christy & Gordon’s engagement. Can you believe, they are engaged??!!? Wow, so cool, I still have not had a chance to congratulate them… soon though! I will be posting those pictures soon… its just hard to get time to use the PC when Karla needs it so much for school. C’est la vie, no?

Anyways, since Richard and I are relegated to watching Live TV and DVDs, we have opted to watch a few good ones… Last night we watched I, Robot and it was actually not bad.

Sometimes the critics are way too harsh on Will Smith. It was a fun movie with some great special effects and a good plot.

Tonight we saw Open Water. That was one messed up movie!!!

Sharks are not friends of beagles!!! I will not be diving any time soon… That movie made me afraid of the deep water! You may or may not enjoy this one, but if you like shark movies, watch it!

Ok, that is all for tonight, hopefully Richard can get somewhere with the TIVO hard drive tomorrow at work. He is going to try and recover anything he can… if not then it may be the entire unit, and if it is, well then I guess we may be without TIVO for a while. Karla will freak if that happens… she depends on TIVO to escape her school life for a couple of hours a day. Poor Karla…

iFrame working and finally the pictures from Groundhog's Day!

   current mood: Feeling Smart...


Looks like I got past the JavaScript tag issue I kept hitting in trying to post to blogger. Buttheads would not let me use the cool script I wrote to put the music I was listening to on the page. But I fixed it with a nifty little iFrame call. Nothing too fancy, but it gets the job done. Now you can hear what I hear while I am writing these posts.

Ok finally, here are the pictures I have been promising.. enjoy!

Of course Ivanna Luz stars in this album!


This is before anyone got Drunk...


And this is what they look like when they are drunk...
Just a lil Photoshop fun...

Okie Dokes... my work here is done for the night... see ya soon! And don't be afraid to leave comments

Hudson Bay or Bust

current mood: Shocked!

You have to see this:

Hudson Bay or Bust

Absolute craziness... although driving up to see Hudson Bay in the winter sounds fun!

"Habla Con Ella" and other movies

current mood: Sleepy!

We just finished wacthing a movie called Talk to Her (Hable con Ella).

If you like Pedro Almódovar, you will enjoy this movie as it has many of the characteristics that make his movies funny, touching and very strange at the same time. It will definitely leave you in a thought provoking mood. Its worth watching for sure even if you haven’t seen an Almódovar movie before. The soundtrack was really good as well! I think Richard should get it so I can add it to his iPod.

Also, last evening Karla and Richard went to see The Wedding Date.

A romatic comedy that Karla really wanted to see. Not a bad movie, but you may want to wait until video unless you are really a big Debra Messing fan.

Oh yeah, On Friday we all saw Ray (Widescreen Edition)

Now that was an excellent movie! Richard had bought when it first came out on DVD a while back, but with Karla's busy schedule, it wasn't until 2 days ago that we all sat down to watch it! The music is incredible and we all learned about just what an unbelievable life that Ray Charles led. Such a wonderful movie. I am torn as to who I think deserves to win best actor now. Jamie Foxx was awesome and seemingly born for the role of Ray Charles, but on the other hand, Leonardo DiCaprio was so awesome in The Aviator. Its going to be a close one at the oscars this year... wow its next week already.

Ok I am heading to sleep now... I will publish the uploaded pictures from the Groundhog's Day party tomorrow... I promise.

We'll Miss You Clyde!

current mood: Very Sad...

After a long series of ups and downs with illness, Clyde, a good doggie friend of ours, is now at rest...

We'll miss you!

Valentine's Weekend & Rental Movies

current mood: sleepy...

I know I know... where are the pictures from the Groundhog's Day party??? I am just lazy to upload... besides, yesterday I had no time since I had a "spa day". OK, actually I was taken to the groomers and I fought like heck when they tried to clip my front nails... I hate when they do that!

Anyways, this weekend was nice and relaxing. On Friday Karla and Richard left me alone to rest while they went to Philip and René’s party. I am sure they enjoyed themselves, but they did get home kind of early. In any case they did not take the camera cause I still have not downloaded the pictures… hehe whoops!

Saturday was even more relaxing. Richard rented three movies and we got to see one of them while Karla studied, AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (Widescreen Edition). It was actually better than I thought it would be. If you like action and alien blood and guts that is…

Then I was left alone again as Karla & Richard went on their Valentine's Dinner out to Boi Na Braza

 

I wish I had gone with them, all that delicious meat! Yummy! If y'all ever come to visit, this is the place to go!

The next movie was Van Helsing (Widescreen Edition). Again, much better than the critics had led us to believe, especially Kate Beckinsale!!! Wow she is really hot!

Finally, we all saw Shall We Dance (Widescreen Edition) last night for Valentine’s Day. Karla made Beef Stroganoff, and even I got to eat a noodle. Shall We Dance was a decent movie. It is very much a girl/date movie, but not so intolerable that Richard and I couldn’t watch it. They opened up the bottle and had a couple of glasses of wine that Berenice & Memo got them from Napa. It was really good; from the Guenoc Winery.

All in all it was a great weekend relaxing. Somehow, in-between the movies and wine and parties, Richard managed to start redoing the guest bathroom. He painted it and added new furniture and fixtures. It still needs more décor, and how it turns out remains to be seen, but so far so good.

The Fantastic Four Movie

current mood: Happy

Ok, its been a while since I have written I know, and I do have some interesting pictures to send from this weekends past Groundhog's Day Party, but those are going to have to wait until I upload them.

The interesting little tidbit is for you movie super-hero fans:

July 1, 2005
http://www.fantasticfourmovie.com

NEW ORDER, OLD TRICKS!

current mood: Dancing!

NEW ORDER have spoken to NME.COM about their long-awaited new album.

Recorded over the past year, ‘Waiting For The Sirens Call’ is divided between guitar tracks in the vein of previous album ‘Get Ready’ and the synth-based tunes that are their trademark.

A single, ‘Krafty’, will be released in advance of the album and, as normal, sleeve art will be designed by Peter Saville.

Other tracks slated to appear on the album include 'Road To Ruin', 'Jetstream', 'Waiting For The Siren's Call', 'MiniDisc 2', 'Pop', 'Working Overtime', 'I Told You So'.

Bernard Sumner told NME.COM: "The last album was guitar-heavy simply because we felt that we'd left that instrument alone for a long time and we thought that was what the general trend was and that was what people wanted to hear. Read more here...