Easter

 Hey its Easter and i just wanted to wish everyone a great holiday. Don't eat to much chocolate! Have a great day everybody,

Geek fest trivia

  Shit. I have really been slacking with the blog. I wrote once this year and that was to resolve unfinished business from last year. I feel like writing something positive.  I think I'll tell you all about a project that is taking up a lot of my time and energy--but in a good way.


  As you all know Kath and I have a pod cast called We Got The Geek. Prior to that we had been involved with a live internet show about geek related issues.  Kath and I have always wanted to put on an event of some type  to get our name out there.  We brought this up to our good friends Darren and Alex. Alex and Kath had put on some craft shows and stuff like that. Alex suggested a geek trivia night. She had been to several trivia events and they are very popular. I thought about it for a few minutes and weighed the pros and cons. I came to the conclusion that this would be a good thing. I also wanted to hold a cosplay contest. We know a lot of people who are into  dressing up as characters from movies and comic books and i have always loved seeing people dress up at the various cons we attend.

  The next day Alex had booked us a hall on April 27th and we were off to the races. We're calling it Geekfest trivia night and it also includes dinner. Lucky for us Pulp Comics, Mostly comics and sketchbook comics agreed to sell tickets for us. We've had people jump on board to donate prizes. We are so excited. We've been working on it for the last 8 weeks and it goes on a week from today. Its going to be a blast. So that's where my head has been for the last few months. I'll keep you posted on how things turn out,

New years resolutions. Better late than never

 Well here it March 15th, My first blog of 2014. I haven't blogged since New Years eve 2013. Where have i been? Its a sad tale. One that i will gladly tell in my next blog. I have nothing to hide. For now however. Something light hearted. I never got around to telling my resolutions for 2014. First of all.. a look back to last year and i'll reveal how  i did with last years resolutions. Here we go

Resolutions 2014




1) take the weight off and leave it off. Gut is starting to look really big now and drooping over the belt. Not cool. Very Boss Hogg like.

2) I want gygo to get bigger and better. I want more live show and more convention opportunities. Some more celebrity guests would be cool. I want to have a good time doing the show.

3) A new job? Less stress would be a good thing.

4) Join Bruce Springsteen on stage to sing Badlands?

5) Would love to take Diana to another concert--maybe another 80's hero!

6) Do a better job of keeping in touch with friends then i've been doing. Life is to short. My friends make me happy.

7) try to have a better year than 2012 turned out to be

8) well i am out of lead actresses from party of 5 to have a three way with. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lacey Chabert, Neve Campbell and Paula Devicq all didn't happen. So with the magic of imdb i will search for someone who was a guest star on Party of Five.  Well lookee what we have here. Patricia Heaton from Everybody loves Raymond was a guest star on 3 episodes. Ok then maybe a 3 way with her. As always i have the love and support from my lovely wife Kath.




Ok and here's how i did




1) i lost weight at the end of the year. Not in a good way. I got sicker than a dog for a whole month and didn't want to eat anything. Don't worry. I'm back to the previous gut size


2)   Well you all know how the gygo situation went. However Kath and I went on to start our own pod cast called We Got The Geek. We are much happier. We had tables and press passes at a number of shows and events. We've  made a lot of friends and contacts with the new show. Its been awesome.


3) well no new job for Jstew but i did get sent back to my original billing job ! The stress is there more than ever!!


4) I got to sing with Springsteen!!  Just kidding. I did get to see a pretty cool documentary called Springsteen and I. It was about different fans experienced with  Bruce.

5) Diana did attend another concert with us, A free outdoor show in Niagara Falls featuring Barney Bentall!!

6) 2013 started out awesome and then turned into a flaming pile of dog crap,

7) Last but not least. Did i get to bed Patricia Heaton? Denied.


Ok what do i want to accomplish in 2014?

1) Losing weight would be nice. I ain't holding my breath though.

2) I want We Got The Geek to continue to grow. We already have some events planned for 2014. We love the fan base we have built up and would like  it to continue to grow. Would love to make some more geeky friends.


3) Can i please find a cool job that doesn't make me want to beat the shit out of customers? I'd be happy doing my pod cast for a living.

4) Take Diana to all kinds of cool events. Another concert would be amazing. Billy Joel maybe?

5) hey i totally forgot that Party Of Five had a spin off called. Elizabeth Mitchell was on a bunch of shows. She's had a bunch of geeky  roles on Lost and V and Revolution. I'm pretty sure Kath would give the go ahead    to have a three way with her Hopefully 2014 is the year for that!

Sick again

Shit. I really was all set to go back to work today. I went to bed at 10:30 last night. I never go to bed that early. I was going to sleep off the sick. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way. I got all achy again with the chills. I was delirious. Kath says i even talked in my sleep. Woke up at 7:30. Felt really rough but was still considering going in to work. Then i threw up. That was the end of going into work. This means i don't get paid for the holiday tomorrow which means i lose 3 days of pay. It  really sucks. Its also New years eve,I didn't have any crazy party plans but Kath was going to make all kinds of great treats to eat. I'm scared to eat anything for fear of throwing up again. Well hopefully next time i write I'm feeling better,

Sick

  Today was supposed to be my return to taking billing calls. It was not to be. I woke up at 5 in the morning feeling sicker than a dog. I was achy and freezing and was having terrible nightmares. When my alarm went off at 7:30 i made an executive decision that i was staying home. I haven't been this sick in awhile. Unfortunately i have to go in tomorrow even if I'm dying. I will miss out on getting paid for New Years day if i'm not there tomorrow. I messaged a couple of my friends that were going back to billing and they said it was terrible in there. Yay. I'll have a full report tomorrow on what its like.

sad day for the family.

  Today we had the sad task of attending my Aunt Kristin's funeral. She was my Mom's lifelong friend for 50 years and had been battling cancer for the past year.. She was a really nice lady and I'll always remember her fondly. It was a nice service.

It got me to feeling grateful for the friendships i have made in my life and really glad Colin and i settled our differences this year. Life is way to short.

Mostly Comics big day

  Congratulations to our friends at Mostly Comics. Last month they did a long over due renovation of the store. I've been going there for thirty years  to buy comics practically every week.Fourteen years ago a new owner named Kim took over the store. He and his fellow workers Bev and Sheryl have been really  good to us over the years and there isn't anything that we wouldn't do for them. This is why we said yes to pod casting from the store on the day of their grand re opening. We had an awesome time and the store was busy all day. Ryan came and took pictures and the Mayor of St Catharines was there to cut the ribbon.  So thanks Mostly Comics for a great day and can't wait to buy comics from you for another 30 years!