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Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

By the way, the title of this entry is because this is my 321st entry...and I loved that show as a kid. Anyway, last night I had a little bit of a scare. After I decided to call it an early night (wasn't feeling fantastic), I got a text message around midnight from my sister-in-law saying my nephew Vinny took a dive onto the floor. "Is he okay?" "He's acting like it. Nothing broken and pupils seem to be even. I'm a little freaked though." "Sounds like he just got a little curious...and found out that his head's still larger than his body. He'll be alright, you will be too. I dove out of my bed and off counters all the time and I still...OOOH, SHINY!!! ME WANT SHINY!!!" "Ha! Thanks dude, I needed the pep talk and the laugh." "No problem, it's what I'm here for...besides eye candy. Have a good night and give him a get better kiss from me too." "He raised his eyebrows. He would have smiled, but there is a boob in his mouth. Good night!" "I'll bet he would have. I always smile when I have a boob in my mouth. Peace out." If Vinny's anything like my brother & me were...he'll be climbing the cabinets to get to the cookie jar any day now. Believe me, my mom has plenty of stories about that kind of stuff...but you'll have to ask her. I hope Ashley's prepared for it. I know that Kiel is.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that yesterday I watched "Pink Floyd's The Wall" for the first time since...well, I know that my dad loved this movie when I was a kid...and I kind of remember watching it with him when I was a little kid, like three or something...but yeah, first time as an adult. I ugh...loved the music, of course...because I was raised on Pink Floyd. The story was very jaunted and open to interpretation...but it's basically about the life of an English rock star named Pink (played by Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats) and his life is kind of told in a mixed-up timeline but basically, his father was killed in WWII, school was really messed up, drugs seemed like the answer, then it all kind of comes unraveled in crazy animation insight...and there's sexually active flowers, judges that speak through their anus, plenty of explosions and blood & guts, and smashing mirrors, and it's just a crazy movie...and I wasn't nearly as high as I should have been watching it. I did recognize a few of the actors though. Bob Hoskins ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit?") is the band manager and Michael Ensign is the hotel manager...as he was in "Ghostbusters" but yeah, it's a different kind of story...like a 90 minute music video. It doesn't have to make a whole lot of sense...because the money's for nothing and the chicks are free. Long live rock & roll.

This morning, I found out that I may not have to babysit until tomorrow because my cousin & mom will be showing up about the time that I'm leaving for work. So I thought that I'd celebrate a little bit...by watching a great action flick and getting my blood & guts fix for the day, by renting "Rambo" directed, written by, & starring Sylvester Stallone. Now, I'm a HUGE Stallone fan. Anybody who can become an international action superstar yet has no distinguishable form of verbal communication will always get my respect. When he directs, he does pretty good too. This movie was actually pretty well done. Yes, it's bloody as hell...and quite intense...but that's what you're expecting if you've seen the first three John Rambo movies. The story is...well, Rambo's a riverboat driver...and some missionaries want to go into Burma to give some relief aid in the midst of a genocide. Rambo drops them off...and they get captured. So now Rambo's asked to take some mercenaries (hiring by a church) to where he dropped them off...but of course, Rambo helps out. If you like action, check out this movie, it's got plenty of it...and a body count that rivals the latest natural disaster in Asia. Awesome to see Rambo kicking ass...even into his sixties. Kudos to Sly.

Then I showed up to work a little early to check with HR about a few things and the mail room to get some free boxes in case I need them soon. Obviously I'm getting a little overly optimistic...but I want to be prepared. I'd hate to be caught unprepared for something like this...and Vegas is obviously on my mind all the time for whatever reason. It just helps me with the anxiety & anticipation, I guess. I also had a wonderful ten-minute conversation over the phone with my stepdad about how to turn on my TV and PS3. Apparently it's more complicated than I give it credit for. "Okay, do you see the controller?" "I see a lot of remotes and stuff." "Okay, there's one connected to a big shiny black box by a cord, right? Pick that one up...and push the button in the middle." "Okay, nothing happened." "Okay, did you push the button?" "What button?" "The button in the middle of the controller?" "What controller?" "Just out of curiosity, what did you just do...that caused nothing to happen? I left it set up perfectly for you guys because I knew you now nothing about simple electronics." "Nothing." "(Silence) Okay. Did you turn anything on or off when you walked in the house?" "No." "Like maybe a light switch at the bottom of the stairs and then heard a bunch of stuff turn off?" "Ugh...no." "Are you sure?" "No." "Okay, well turn that switch back on...and I'll walk you through turning on my stuff." Good times. Here's some news...

Czech Modern Art? - A Czech artist was fined 60,000 koruna ( about $3,750) on Wednesday for replacing the glass in pedestrian crossing traffic lights with stencils of comical and vulgar figures. David Brudnak, 33, was also ordered to pay an additional 82,000 koruna by the Prague court for the damage done to around 50 traffic lights by his stunt in the capital in April last year. Pedestrians were confronted, for example, by an illuminated figure dangling from a hangman's noose and a legless man. Brudnak, along with other artists, was already facing criminal proceedings for inserting images of an atom bomb explosion into a public television weather and tourism broadcast in June last year. So the guy was basically fined ten grand for tampering with traffic lights. Now, the explosion on the weather & tourism broadcast, that would be a little funny...until I realized that it probably scared the hell out of some people. That poor meteorologist. "Tomorrow the skies are going to get a little cloudier with a 50% chance of rain...leveling off in the evenings with just some light sprinkles over here in the Eastern regions of GOD IN HEAVEN!!! DUCK UNDER YOUR DESKS!!!" Then a few seconds later. "Are we...are we live? (Clears throat) Ladies & gentlemen, my apologies for...the incident earlier. I was obviously startled over the images on the screen. Please forgive my outburst...and to the crew here at the studio, please forgive the smell. Anyway, looks like it's going to be a beautiful weekend after all...and now we're going to send it over to Vlad for the sports update. Vlad..."

That should do it for me today too. Really excited about the possibilities for Vegas...but yeah, just ready & waiting for the answer. I'll hopefully find out in the next few days. In the meantime, work until midnight tonight, baby-sit tomorrow, probably start packing up stuff just in case, and that's really about it. I'd also like to thank Amelia for writing me back...after silence for a few months. It's okay. You still rock!!! Have a great day everybody!!!