Derek Brooks

Florida, here I come

Mon, 24 May 2004 21:37:03 GMT

So my vacation starts Friday May 28th at 5pm. Saturday I go to Whidbey Island with my wife and parents to see some old family friends. We come back Monday and then take off Tuesday afternoon to Florida to find a home. That's right.. a HOME! I'm moving to Florida!

I will be attending Full Sail, school for the recording arts, for 21 months and come out with a degree in Entertainment Business (and Associates in recording arts). I can't wait! We move July 6th (or so) and will do the whole cross country drive thing, stopping in Denver to spend time with Kristin and in Dallas with Reid. It should be fun!

We'll be back from vacation on June 8th. It's gonna be a good time.

Night of the Dawn of the Dead

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:24:05 GMT

I saw Dawn of the Dead last night... it was awesome!
You can't compare it to the original cause they are totally different.
I went with Baker but he had to leave due to an outage. :(

He came back to get me and we went to BK and yacked it up for a bit. I had a good time :)

Poll of the Day

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:22:17 GMT

Anyone use the pee hole in their underwear?

My Movie Rating

Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:55:24 GMT

My life has been rated:

See what your rating is!

ACK!

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:46:30 GMT

The system... is down...

How Was Yours?

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:15:33 GMT

I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday. It went pretty good for me. Except I got sick the next day and was on the couch all weekend watching movies on my new 27" TV. :)

OMG!

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:13:03 GMT

It's snowing!

Almost Here...

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:08:46 GMT

Christmas Eve is here tomorrow!
I'm off at 2:30 today (for a dentist appointment) but won't be back to work until December 29th, so my LJ will be quiet until then.
Hope you all have a great holiday!

Best wishes

Secret Geek Santa results...

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:27:51 GMT

muerte was so good to me! He got me Ratchet and Clank for PS2!
Super sweet. :)

First Down...

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:07:33 GMT

I beat Jak and Daxter last night! W00h00. My first PS2 game. :)
I won with 97 power cells... three more and i would have found the secret ending! d'Oh!

I Love Jak!

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:33:46 GMT

I spent about 4 hours playing Jak and Daxter last night... that game is so awesome!
It's difficult, but fun. To me, it's very creative.

The Morning After...

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 16:47:09 GMT

The gig went really well last night, thanks for asking. :)
I ripped it up on Me And Bobby McGee. :)

I had a couple of blunders where the piano stopped working and then came back really really loud.

I think the people enjoyed it but there weren't dancing and we cleared the room by 10:30. We were supposed to play til 11pm. Oh well.

Gig

Thu, 04 Dec 2003 22:44:35 GMT

I have a gig tonight. First time with this particular band.
They don't really have a name they use all the time but thanks to a random generator, we might be called "Divided Panic and the Flashy Wig"

LOL

Might As Well Face Your Addicted To [insert here]

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:24:23 GMT

So my wife asked me last night if I was addicted to Playstation yet after playing another 3.5 hours of Jak and Daxter.
Yet?!
I was the moment it came into my posession. :)

It's A Monday

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:47:19 GMT

How was everyone's weekend?
Mine was fairly busy.
I did wind up getting a used copy of Two Towers for PS2... made me happy. :)

Yesterday, Emily and I moved the living room furniture around. It sure makes the room different! I'm not quite used to it however, my surround sound speakers are not in optimal position anymore. We moved things around so our heating vents would work more efficiently. However... we need heat!

I Am Bloated...

Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:58:46 GMT

... after two dinners in two hours yesterday!
However, both meals were great!

Today, my wife got up with me and since she didn't have to work, she joined the crazy people in shopping. Some great deals today!

Gobble Gobble

Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:32:33 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving to *everyone!

* except certain people... you know who you are

Finally!

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:29:51 GMT

Last night at exactly 11pm, I finished "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" for PC. I had been waiting to open and use my new PS2 until I finished that game. So now I can crack it open at lunch! Yay!

I Hate When My Wife Kicks Me In The Balls

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:10:42 GMT

So I was playing around with Em yesterday and we were in our bedroom. And I grabbed her as if we were dancing.... and we danced over to our bed where I pushed her down on it.
However, both of her legs were between mine and when she hit the bed her legs went up, connecting with my nads, dropping me to my knees.

So much for being playful!

"What Ze Hell?"

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:03:45 GMT

I saw Matrix: Revolutions last night.

I just don't even know what to say... I'm so confused now.

I think they took a good franchise and killed it with the direction they took in Reloaded and Revolutions. Of course you can't kill the Matrix... you need something to base videogames, cartoons, and books and comics on.

BTW, I think I liked Reloaded better... much more action and "holy shit!" moments. I guess this one evoked the same response but not in a good way.

To All Who Visit Strongbadia

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 00:30:12 GMT

Strong Bad Sings CD is out!! Only $12 on www.homestarrunner.com
Don't miss these recordings of your favorite Strong Bad songs!

The Cheat is Not Dead!
The System is Down!
Strongbadia Theme!
and Trogdor!

Do You Know What One Looks Like?

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:39:09 GMT

So I guess I was signed up to do Meth Lab training... or more specificly, how to identify one if you are a tech going out to people's homes. But I didn't even know about it until 8:25.. it started at 8. d'Oh!

Snow

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:46:18 GMT

Now it's snowing pretty hard... our first snow in a long time.
Not sticking yet though.
Temp dropped to 36.

It's Rainin'...

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:15:24 GMT

HARD!
Darn near flood like... I better build an Ark...

Yay!

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:03:12 GMT

I got a PlayStation 2 from my parents and grandma and my wife got me Indy on DVD and pajama bottoms (which I needed).
So that was a pretty good first day of being 27.