Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Happy New Year!

Some holiday musings...

The other night I was watching a movie on TV with my dad, Crimson Tide, and I could've sworn I recognized one of the supporting actors. After the movie I looked him up, and sure enough, I play hoops with him at the Y...

Returning to the Midwest reminds me how much I hate coming home from a night out smelling like an ashtray. It seems crazy now to walk into a tavern/bar/pub and trudge through a hazy cloud of cigarette smoke to get a beer, but c'est la vie around these parts...

Being in L.A., it is hard to have perspective when it comes to the WGA strike; its effects are so pervasive out there. Many of my friends here, even some of the movie-savvy, don't really get what's going out there, since there is so little coverage. Most of my family doesn't even know a strike is going on! Of course that will no doubt change when TV consists solely of reruns, talk shows, and American Gladiators in a few weeks...

Happy New Year everybody - Have a wonderful 2008!

2 comments:

  1. RE: Crimson Tide ballplayer... is it the kid from Real Genius, Gabe Jarrett?

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  2. No - it's Jaime Gomez (playing Officer of the Deck Mahoney) who was on "Nash Bridges" for awhile

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