Mainstreet Olympic Light Parade

Now that the Olympics are over we're starting to see the Gold winners showing up on the various talk shows and cereal boxes. The closing ceremonies was a bit like Cirque du Soleil gone amuck at the Superbowl. I actually got a little bored and muted the sound and played the Disney Electric Light Parade song instead.

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Closing ceremony footage
Electric Light Parade Song

Underage Gymnast

We've been watching a lot of the Olympics. That opening ceremony was amazing. From a graphics standpoint, it's the best designed olympics since 1984. Even the outfits of the Chinese teams and event staff totally kick ass. I think that's the reason why Giselle and I are actually paying attention to it this year. That and our new hi-def big screen TV.

By the way, I think these ultrasound pix probably tells it all. We're expecting! The docs say the baby looks good so far. Giselle's at high risk because she's diabetic so we're going to the various doctors at least once a week right now. Baby is due in late Feb.

Evologue Retreats to NJ

Advertising is not the best industry in the word for job security. There's a saying that no matter how bad the economy is, there are always advertising jobs in pharmaceutical advertising. Well that's not the case when your company closes its office.

I've been permalancing at a pharma agency called Evologue which has offices in Y&R's building in Madison Ave. Unfortunately Monday will be my last day there because they are closing their New York office and consolidating at their main offices in Parsipany, NJ. Given the choice of staying with the company and commuting to NJ...well, there's a reason I live in NY.

Concerning the new Trek movie. J.J. Abrams (creator of 'Lost', 'Alias' and producer of 'Cloverfield') is at the helm and has cast a mix of relative unknowns and sci-fi and comedy actors as the 'original' crew of the enterprise. I especially like the case of Zachary Quinto as Spock and Simon Pegg as Scotty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(film)

But I'm not liking the re-interpretation of the Enterpise which looks too 'pimped out'. Why the hell are the engine nacelle tops see-through?!