October turns into November.

  Last day of October. Not sure if it was a good month or not. First  half  of the month  was blah. Worried about  stuff that worked out eventually. Kath working late shifts. Just  felt like it took forrever to make it through the month. I didn't even feel like blogging until last week. November should be cooler i hope. I have the Monkees show and  a bunch of friends will be by to do Gygo. Hope the weather improves.  Hope everyone has an awesome November. Cheers

Up all day but having fun!!

 I feel like i haven't slept in a million years--but in a good way. I  booked the day off of work and got to hang out with Kath. We woke up really early--8 am after going to bed at 3 am. Yeah we are nuts. We got Diana ready for school and imediately headed off to the U.S.A. We did some grocery shopping,had breakfast and headed back.

At one o clock Kath and i went to Diana's school to get her ready for Halloween. She didn't need any help with her costume--she already had it on. Unfortunately their parade was cancelled due to the weather. Kath and i came home and watched the very funny Will Ferrell film the Campaign. Then we picked up the kid and went to 2 comic book stores. That's right two!  We had dinner at Burger King--it was whopper wednesday baby!

 A couple of hours later i took Diana out trick or treating. Hooray it wasn't raining!!!  We went out longer than we usually do and for the first time the kid was really comfortable with trick or treating. She wasn't scarred of anything. It was really cool. I'm about to watch some tv with Kath and call it a night. I'm working 2 more days and then i have saturday off!!  Good times!!

Movember again

  Well I have decided to shave for  the Movember event again. Kath is running a team this year. I hate shaving but it is for a really good cause. I actually shaved tonight. Beard is gone and i have a mustache. I think I'm gonna go  for the Hulk Hogan/porn actor mustache. Good news,i get to have the mustache for Diana's parent teacher interview night. I will probably look crazy. I do what i cn for the good cause. If it helps get rid of cancer than i'm ok looking ridiculous for a month.

F U power hour

Could this day get better? Star wars announcement,Awesome report card from Diana and to top things off--I think the power hour at work might be done. It hasn't been done in a few days. My ear drums haven't bled yet this week! I sure will miss it. The yelling and screaming about selling crap.Its so great, Nah just kidding. I ain't gonna shed a tear over that train wreck of an hour. I'm so happy.

Cheap video store will always be on my heart

I am having a really hard time dealing with the possible loss of the cheap video store. Where else can i find catwoman for five bucks. Ok bad example,

That stupid storm sucks

  I seriously hope this shitty weather levels off tomorrow. I really want to take Diana trick or treating. It has been raining pretty steady for the last 4 days.  Her halloween parade at school could also be cancelled. Fingers crossed it isn't. I definitely will feel bad for all the kids.

  As a back up plan we will take her out to dinner in her costume. She is dressing as one of the My Little Pony gang. 

The storm has been scary. I count my blessings that our power hasn't gone out or that we havent experienced flooding like a lot of people have. The winds around here were crazy last night and i was so worried about Kath who had to drive home from Niagara Falls. It stopped  raining for a bit today so i hope its ok tomorrow. I booked the day off of work to do the parade with Diana and will be sad if it doesn't happen.

The report card that rocked!

  I am a proud papa tonight. Just read Diana's report card and it kicked ass. It was great reading about what an excellent student she is and it made me extremely happy. I'm so glad she takes after her mother in the smarts department. I can't wait for parent/teacher interviews on November 8th. Love my kid so much.

Leia is now a disney Princess

 Huge geek news today. Disney bought Lucas film and is planning a new Star Wars trilogy to begin in 2015. Thats huge. I didn't think we would be seeing another Star Wars movie in my lifetime. I'm very excited. A lot of people i know are pissed. Not sure why. Disney also owns the marvel comics characters and they did alright with a little movie called The Avengers this last summer.  I have faith that this could be cool. Its probably the biggest story we;ll report on Gygo, Good times.

Alas poor video store

Have i mentioned how much i hate the cheap video store being closed?

Gygo At Buffalo con 2012

 Wow i was just looking through October blogs and can't believe i haven't blogged about the Buffalo con yet. It was held at the Buffalo Marriott hotel on October 7th. We've been going to this convention since 2001. As a matter of fact the first time we went was the day after Kath and I got married. This year we were going to promote get your geek on. We had a booth and everything.

 We had been in contact with a really nice man named Emil who runs a cool comic book store in Buffalo called Queen city books.He gave us a discount on our table. Right from the get go i felt comfortable. He was willing to work with us and i felt welcome. It didn't feel like i had to jump through hoops like our experience at Fan Expo and The Niagara Falls con. As a matter of fact after we had set  up helpers from the con came by and asked us if we were ok and if we needed anything. I thought it was great. It was the little things that made me happy. For example there was a place holder  card at our table that  just said Get Your Geek On-guest. We were the only people at the niagara falls comic con in 2011 that didnt have a card. I felt really welcome. I would work with these guys again in a heartbeat. This year they really expanded. They had another room opened up and  their own artists alley. They even had their first costume contest. Everyone was so nice. A really great experience. Thanks to Emil and his staff for a great experience. Thank you to Kath for going all out on the table and thanks to Ryan who designed our  new  business cards and designs for our website.

why video store,why?

 Have i mentioned that my favorite 5 dollar video store is closed? Man i even got super man 4 the quest for peace from there. Not that that is a good thing. Maybe 5 bucks was to much for that one.

Rainy Monday

  So as i wrote earlier is a horrible rainy day. Its ok though. Diana and i spent a nice night eating soup and watching the animated film Justice League Doom. In it Batman came up with plans to defeat his fellow justice league members. What a dick. Did some laundry, cleaned my bathroom and have my flashlights ready to go in case the power goes out. Just another day at the office.

There's a storm front coming.

 Man. I've been reading about Hurricane Sandy. My thoughts and prayers are going out to all the people affected by this storm. It looks horrible. I'm hoping it doesn't hit us. There have been some warnings from the red cross. I guess people on the east coast of Canada may get hit. We may just have a lot of rain for the next few days. Its been raining here for the last 3 days.  I want to go get some extra batteries in case we have to flashlight it. If the storm is headed your way then please be careful.

Geekgasm #2

  As i the trailer for iron man 3 wasn't enough. I got to see the new trailer for  a Good Day To Die Hard. Yup the 5th Die Hard movie. Die Hard is one of my top 5 films of all time and it is my favorite action movie series. Love Bruce Willis as John McClane! This time he goes to Russia to save his son Jack. That movie comes out on Valentines day. How romantic.

Geekgasm #1

   So you guys get that i'm a nerd right? Anyhow this week saw the release of the first trailer for Iron Man 3. It doesn't come out til April. Looks like it picks up where Avengers left off. Iron man is messed up after the events of the Avengers. Based on first impressions i think that this is going to be the best Iron Man movie yet. Robert Downey Junior is the man. Can it be April now?  The trailer is so very cool. I must have watched it 20 times. So excited!!!

Spidey with the kid

  I mentioned recently that we got Netflix. Its all the rage. There's a huge selection of tv shows and  movies. Just wanted to share what Diana and I have bonded over. A cartoon that i watched back in the 90's. Spider man. Its quite a good show. I saw about a season and a half originally. It was on 5 seasons. Not sure why i missed  3 and a half seasons. Anyhow Diana and i  are on the last of 65 episodes. She has really enjoyed it. We are currently looking for another animated super hero seies. Kind of leaning towards  iron man from the 90's. I never saw it and it was only 25 episodes. I love teaching my kid about geeky shows. Warms my old geeky heart.

Awesome lazy Sunday

  Just came off of a pretty good day off. I slept in until afternoon. I really needed it. I hadn't gotten much sleep lately and I had a killer head ache. So the sleep did me good. Watched some tv during the afternoon with Kath. The night ended with Adriel and Kim returning for another appearance on Get Your Geek On. Love those guys.  Known them both since the donut Diner days.They really are my super friends. Looking forward to my day off tomorrow. It's been raining a lot lately. Sure hope it lets up tomorrow.

Now I'm a Believer!

  One thing this month that did make me happy was--we got  tickets to see the Monkees in Buffalo on November 18th!  So i wrote here on the blog back in August that Peter Tork and Mickey Dolenz were actually reuniting with Mike Nesmith. Nesmith hasn't done any shows with them since 1997. I figured i wouldn't be able to get tickets. We almost didn't.  Over a month ago tickets went on sale when we didn't have any cash. I read reports how all their concerts on this mini tour were selling out. I figured there was no way in hell i was gonna be able to see this once in a lifetime concert.

  Two Sundays ago  i see a message that Buffalo isn't sold out. I mentioned it to Kath and She asked if i wanted to go. The downside was we would have to wait until the following Friday when i got paid to see if there were any seats left. I was getting extra money for working Thanksgiving.  Ok still a longshot because there was only a couple hundred tickets left and we had to wait a week.

  While we were waiting for Friday, Kath asked me if i wanted to ask John  my friend of 30 years if he would be interested. I knew John was a fan and a huge Nesmith fan as well. John was in. Long story short, we got the tickets. I can't wait. I am so excited and its my first concert with John in a decade!

Five dollar video store. Sigh.

  My new favorite five dollar dvd store sent us an email that they will be shut down for awhile. How do i feel about this? See enclosed Darth Vader pic.

Burger King Adventures

  So Diana and i have been going to Burger King for the last three Wednesdays. Its whopper wednesday where the whopper burger is cheap! Diana loves the whopper. Its been the first time she hasn't gotten a kids meal of some sort.

   Tonight when we were at the ol' King we ran into my friend Allison and her family. It was cool seeing them. I can't believe how big her daughter has gotten. We used to write letters to each other back in the day and i remember her writing a letter to me saying she was pregnant. Man time flies. I guess she still reads the blog and everything. I feel as if i have been really slacking off as here it is almost the end of the month and i have barely blogged. Anyhow thats about it for now. Whoppers rule!

Another annoyance

 Yup making up for lost time. Another annoyance this week. So the complex installed new doors and door bells into all the homes here. Yesterday they kept screwing around with the new doorbell so much that  there was a continual buzzing for like 4 hours. Kath came home at 1 in the morning and managed to fix it. She's awesome that way. More bitching coming up? Your guess is as good as mine.

Working on Hoth

 Wow mid October and I have yet to blog for the month.  I guess i'll start Octobers blogs by doing some good old fashioned bitching. You'll never guess in a million years what I'm about to complain about. Nah just kidding its about work.  Rather the lack of heat at work. So for the last week its been absolutely freezing at work. I have been wearing 2 pairs of socks, a hoodie and a jacket over that. I don't take the jacket off for the whole shift. Sometimes i can't feel my hands. In fairness they did try to turn the heat on. Unfortunately there is some sort of toxic fumes that occur when the heater is turned on. Not cool. So the choices are freeze or be poisoned. I guess the heating ducts need to be cleaned. Work ain't ponying up for that. Cheap bastards.