How funny is it that I named my character in City of Heroes "Phantom Avenger"? Too bad they don't let heroes have capes. :)

In other news, we saw "Shrek 2" on Wednesday. Let me just say I didn't think it was anywhere near as funny as people are saying. In fact, I didn't laugh until the other fairy tale characters came to rescue Shrek and Donkey and the cat at the end. I did think the cat was funny I guess. Other than that, it wasn't all that. We're probably seeing "The Day After Tomorrow" tonight, so we'll see how that goes.

Good to know.

'America's favorite mouse' makes a stand on State Street

Well, at least they got them out of the front of the Magic Kingdom.

TrekWeb.com - UPN Executive Talks ENTERPRISE Renewal

Yes, I actually did call UPN and ask to be directed to the voicemailbox for 'Enterprise', and I did leave a message saying how much I enjoyed the show and wanted it to return for another season.

No, I do NOT dress in a Starfleet uniform.

Woo hoo! I passed my CISSP!

Heading to Chicago tonight for little sister's graduation. Big time proud of her. Way to go!

ESPN.com: Page 2 - Suddenly feeling Sleepy

Like VH1's show about "40 Greatest Celebrity Feuds," the show where the Biggie-Tupac feud didn't even crack the top five. Wait a second -- didn't both guys die? What else needed to happen? You're telling me that the Biggie-2Pac feud was slightly tamer than the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith? Really?

Oh man...this is funny as hell.

On the heels of the Survivor finale, my friend Arnold and I came up with a list of anti-All Stars. Basically, a list of total Survivor losers.

Skinny Ryan - non-factor, whined about being voted off when the castoffs returned shortly
Ghandia - drama queen who accused Ted of sexual harassment
Osten - quitter
Kel - accused of eating beef jerky
Sean - could have voted out Richard Hatch but didn't due to alphabet strategy
Michael - took a nosedive into the fire, thereby losing his tribe's numerical superiority
Lex - Total tool
Silas - Picked off older tribe members one by one, acted cocky, tribes then swapped members. 'uh oh'
Linda - hyper religious womman who went crazy when they killed a chicken to eat it.
Jon - lied about his grandmother dying
Lil - acted morally superior & still did the normal survivor lying. got only 1 vote for the million
Robb - acted like an ass, swore up a storm, and tried to strangle KKKLay

And this is just a list without any researching. :)

I haven't even talked about the Survivor finale, so here goes...

I'm not amazed at all Boston Rob kept Amber with him for the final 2. Obviously, they were really into each other and if he'd gotten rid of her he'd never hear the end of it.

Lex and Alicia can stick it. What babies. Hello...It's called 'Survivor', not 'Make Everybody Love You'. I tell the same thing to Court about 'Monopoly'. It's not called 'Make Friends'. Believe me, if they could have traded places with Rob and played as well as he did, they would have. It's a MILLION DOLLARS. They looked like idiots up there trashing Rob for PLAYING THE DAMN GAME. They can stick it.

Big Tom seems like an honorable guy, and he really did get betrayed, so he gets a pass on his comments...especially during the reunion show because he obviously was pissed that Rob called his son a 'total dumbass' or whatever it was.

The Tivo cut the last minute out of the reunion show because the finale run long. I didn't see about the 'you pick who gets the million' but I heard about it later. I've heard that there are videos of each person on the cbs survivor website telling why they should get the million. I haven't seen any of them, but I've heard Rupert is asking for the million because 'his family needs it'. Sorry, no. MAYBE your family needs $100,000 if you're badly in debt. Nobody NEEDS a million. A million is a windfall. It totally changes EVERYTHING. This isn't money you get and go 'well, now I can pay my student loans' or 'now I can get my car fixed'. It's a total jackpot. Nobody NEEDS it.

That said, Rupert will probably win, but I'm voting for Rob. He played the game the best out of all of them, and lost the million for doing so. He definitely deserves it. Whereas Rupert played the game like most people would...be being a nice guy.

Oh man...Wood was just taken out of the game for some reason. gah! I hope it's nothing bad.

CNN.com - Web site says American captive beheaded - May 11, 2004

Wow. This passed 'getting out of hand' about 10 miles ago.

I am guessing that it is a penny?
Yes , No , Close
13. Is it cool? No.
12. Is it gray? No.
11. Is it used in a game? Yes.
10. Is it something you can purchase? No.
9. Does it roll? Yes.
8. Does it have writing on it? Yes.
7. Do you hold it when you use it? Yes.
6. Can it fit in an envelope? Yes.
5. Is it usually colorful? No.
4. Can it be washed? Yes.
3. Is it something you bring along? Yes.
2. Would you find it in an office? Sometimes.
1. Would you use it daily? Yes.
It is classified as Unknown.



That thing cheats.

It's 2004 and my Cub superstition jinxes are running in full force. Some day, when I've matured, I'll detail them for people who care to know them all.

I can't say them now. That would jinx the Cubs.

I'm in CISSP training all week this week...there's even a study session on Saturday. The certification test is on Sunday.

Class is held in a small conference room at the Courtyard Orland Airport Hotel. I could have stayed at the hotel but it's only 10 minutes away from the house so I didn't think it'd make much sense. Plus, I just spend half of last week away from home so I wouldn't have wanted to be away for another week, especially since we'll be leaving for IL next Friday.

I'm also glad I didn't stay at the hotel because it's BIG TIME humid in there. I mean, the hallway outside the classroom smells like Dagobah. Everyone else's books were all curled up because of the humidity, but mine wasn't. ha-ha

Anyway. Steve Kerr was on 'five good minutes' today! Woo hoo! I still remember Steve from his uber-status in NBA Live '97 (I think) for the PSone while we played in college. (Oh, and I think he played for the Bulls once too.) I'm not telling any lies here when I say I once had Steve put up a Wilt-Chamberlain-style 100 point game. He was draining threes on zero energy. And I was laughed at when I drafted him for our custom teams. I'm not making this up.

I've noticed that PTI-isms have started creeping into my vocabulary. Things like she's still getting it done and this is a _____ situation.