Philly is still slammin'!!!

Once in a lifetime you get to really meet people that have influenced your life and you get to thank them, tell them how much they've meant to you and pay homage to them. This weekend, it happened.

We went to see the BoyzIIMen concert at Cache Creek Indian Gaming Casino in Brooks, CA. We saw them in April of 2007 and we were dazzled then. I'm still in a daze about the whole thing.

The concert was amazing, though the crowd wasn't as electrified as the first time we saw them, if you're a fan, you're a fan, you know? They sang all the favorites, songs off of their new Motown album, and entertained completely.

At the end of the concert, we all decided,

on a whim really, to do the meet-n-greet and after we paid the new entry, got a chance to meet our idols individually. The wife told them how much she'd admired them the 18 years of their career and how my 5-year old knows all of their songs, I told them how much of an influence they've made in my life and how much I've loved their music the whole 18 years I've known them. Everyone else paid their tributes and the Boyz were all gracious. That impressed the hell out of me, how much they love us fans and were pretty accommodating.

I can't wait for their next concert. Next time, we do the meet and greet, I'm asking for autographs on my original CD!

..there needs to be a better way...to show I'm grateful...

...2 DAYS AND COUNTING...BoyzIIMen in Concert, here we come!

Since seeing them live in 2007, then finding out that their back in Cache Creek, I can't wait to see the magnificent men of BoyzIIMen again. To say I'm excited is an understatement. I just can't wait. BoyzIIMen are in my car 24/7 until the concert. ;oP

DAMMIT I'm exhausted!

My, this has been a crazy end of summer/early fall!

Per my previous post, Jake started kindergarten and I'm pleased to report that he is "Star of the Week" this week. He's been in school a month already and yes, it is still way too fast for Daddy. We're scheduling, can you believe it, parent-teacher conferences already!

I'm really proud of our little Jake. He's never really woken up for school in a bad mood. He loves school, loves his teacher, but hates doing homework. We cry, we throw a fit, we get angry and if not for positive reinforcement from Mama and Daddy, we don't get it done. He's a perfectionist and while we're working on writing our letters, if his "o's" aren't perfect, he's frustrated.

The Summer Olympics made be, once again, proud of being American. I loved EVERY MINUTE of it, from opening (can you believe the things these Chinese did???) to the closing ceremonies. The only thing I hated was the insomnia...albeit self induced. Go Phelps.

The rest of this past August-September has been a blur of business at work and home with few if any weekends spent doing nothing. Our wonderful superdog Louie lost his manhood, wifey finished her stint as juror #1, it's supposed to finally rain tonight, and I've been my father's son watching these pre-election maneuverings like a hawk. Go Obama/Biden 08.

Work has been hectic as we're finally done with the first payroll of the school year. We're ramping up work on our assignment monitoring which, hopefully will make things easier on us in the future...right now though, we're in the middle of inputting and coding and what not...and I didn't get no degree in computer science!

We've gone camping with friends, found a new Filipino food spot near home, birthdayed with our siblings, and pretty much just had fun with each other. I'm loving life.

On the home front, we're finally setting into the life of parents to a kindergartener and that's not bad at all. Right now, life is good. Busy, but good.

Things have changed in my head these last couple of months and I think it's all good. I read Randy Pausch's Last Lecture (he's the Carnegie Mellon professor who recently died of pancreatic cancer) and it's had quite an affect on me. If you haven't read it, it's pretty inspiring. You can find the lecture on youtube or read it at CarnegieMellon.edu For the first time in a long time I'm...content, it's almost zen.

2 days until the 49er game (thanks B-I-L)

1 week until the BoyzIIMen concert

2 weeks until our Mendocino Weekend

4 weeks until Halloween

Happy Spookings to all.