Number 2

Last week, I was amazed to find the Cal Bears ranked #3 in the country. This week, we are ranked #2.

GO BEARS!!!

Halloween Time at Disneyland

Mickey Mouse Halloween Floral, originally uploaded by brassplayer.

This is a little late, but Sara and I took some Halloween pictures at Disneyland on September 23. Check out the set here.

Is the iPhone Honeymoon Over?

Interesting article over at the tech-site CNET about perceptions of problems with Apple's iPhone.

Number 3

I'll admit I never thought I would see the day that Cal Football was ranked third in the nation.

GO BEARS!!!

X Atencio

X Atencio
Originally uploaded by brassplayer

On Sunday, Sara and I visited the Walt Disney Barn in Griffith Park for a meet-and-greet with Disney Imagineer and Disney Legend, Xavier "X" Antencio. This event was hosted by the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society and the Los Angeles Live Steamers. Click here to check out the pictures.

Walt Disney World Pictures

Sara and I traveled to Walt Disney World in early August. Click here to check out our pictures.

More Flickr

Well, I took the plunge and created my own Flickr site. There's not much up there now, but I'll add to it over time. I also created a Flickr Picture Pool Page for the Cal Marching Band. Check them out.

Flickr

Sony just announced that they are closing Imagestation, their picture-sharing site that I've been using for years. So I've been looking for a new place to upload my photos. It appears that Yahoo's Flickr site is going to be it. I've already put a few photos up on my site. Check them out!

Cal Band Pregame

The Cal Band's Pregame Show from September 1, 2007. Cal vs. Tennessee. GO BEARS!!!

Cool Video

A cool video featuring Jenna Fischer from my favorite TV Show, The Office: "Through Any Window" by Willie Wisely.

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters

Sara and I are becoming addicted to the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters attraction at Disneyland. Think of it as a combination of a Fantasyland dark ride and an arcade shoot-em-up game. You ride around in a little ship and shoot at targets located in the ride. A computer keeps track of your points and displays your score at the end. Kiosks at the end of the attraction allow you to save pictures which also list your score.

Sara and I thought we would keep track of each of our high scores. Sara's current high score is 88,700 and mine is 105,200. We're new at this, but will keep trying to improve our scores at each visit. I'll keep posting our photos in the future.


Sara totally kicked my butt on this one, and got her new high score in the process.

I finally figured out that trying to aim my gun could dramatically improve my score.

Man of the Century

Sara and I watched Man of the Century last night. It's a cute little independent film about Johnny Twennies, a 1920s newspaper reporter who is somehow transplanted into the 1990s and doesn't seem to know or to care. As a result, the movie is filled with a lot of hilarious slang, styles, and mannerisms from that bygone age. It's not the best film ever, but it's definitely worth a rental.

The movie also stars Susan Egan as Johnny's modern girlfriend Samantha who is suffering through all of Johnny's out-of-date ideals regarding courtship. Disney fans will recognize Egan as the voice of Megara from Disney's Hercules, as well as originating the role of Belle in the stage production of Beauty and the Beast.

Astro Orbitor

Take a ride with Sara and Tim on Disneyland's Astro Orbitor.

More Flag Retreat

A complete Disneyland Flag Retreat Ceremony, from July 7, 2007.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Farewell Beauty and the Beast

Disney's long-running stage musical of Beauty and the Beast is closing after 5,464 regular performances.

Disneyland College Band

Check out the 2007 Disneyland College Band, filmed in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle on July 7, 2007 playing a Disneyland Attraction Medley. These guys are good!

Above The Law

By commuting Scooter Libby's sentence, the Republicans show once again that if you're a good buddy of the President, then you are above the law.

Duel

Sara and I are really enjoying our Netflix account. Last night, we watched Steven Spielberg's 1971 movie, Duel. The movie stars Dennis Weaver as a solitary motorist who is being terrorized by an unseen trucker. It's pretty suspenseful and definitely worth watching if you haven't already seen it.

iPhone

Apple's new iPhone will be released today. Will it be a boom or bust? We'll find out soon. I personally would not want to hand Apple $500 for the "privilege" of providing them free beta testing.

Clever of Steve Jobs to release the phone on a Friday night at 6pm. That way, in case there are major problems, Apple has a few hours to push out firmware fixes before Wall Street opens again on Monday.

Wicked

On Saturday night, Sara and I went to see the musical Wicked at the beautiful Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Sara had been wanting to see this for awhile, so we decided to get tickets for the Saturday after her last day of school. It was a lot of fun, however I do feel that it had been hyped up quite a bit. There were some places where the story dragged, but all in all, it was a great show.

Great performance by Eden Espinosa as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. She really made this show for me. Also, Espinosa used to be a featured performer at the Disneyland Resort. So it's nice to see her hit the "big time".