It's Hard to Say Goodbye

Today was my last day on 90210. It's always sad to say goodbye to people you enjoy working with when a project is over. Only this time, the project is far from over. I feel sorry for them as they have a grueling production schedule ahead of them. No one on in the 90210 editorial will have a weekend off for months. I hope the show is a hit to at least make all the hard work and long hours worth it. With two episodes airing back to back on September 2nd, it's been a struggle to keep up with production which has already started shooting the fourth episode. I don't know how they're going to do it. I know Aimee and I are relieved that I won't be sucked into that nightmare. Another season of Lost starts production on Monday, but since the first episode won't air until January or February, our schedule is a bit more relaxed. The start of a new season is coinciding with Aimee and the kids leaving for Utah on Tuesday. I'll have to find reasons to stay away from home as I hate being home alone. You always think you'll look forward to peace and quiet, but to me, that gets old very fast. I feel lonely when I'm home alone. I know Aimee would love to spend a couple of weeks by herself as she has always has the kids with her at all hours, even on her vacation. I know Ross and Eleanor have a lot of fun things planned for them so I hope everyone can stay healthy and enjoy their time in Utah.

Summer Vacation?

This is the time of year when families across America are going on vacation. With my current work schedule, I won't be going on vacation with my family. Aimee and the kids will be going to Utah for two weeks at the end of this month. I'm sure Aimee will take plenty of pictures of which I'll post here, but I have to admit I feel bummed that I won't get to go with my family to Utah. I knew when I got into "the business" that work schedules are unpredictable and there's no way to know when you'll have downtime, so I can't complain. Still, I think I'll miss Rachel and Allie kicking the back of my seat asking, "How much longer till we get there?". For now, I'll just have to pretend I'm Matthew Fox running around the beaches of Hawaii as I watch dailies as a new season of Lost begins shooting in two weeks. Many of you have asked if I know anything about what will happen on the show this season. All I can say is that I know nothing. I'm sure Damon and Carlton have another great season in store for all the fans as the show slowly comes to a conclusion. I'm excited to go back. I have to give props to the fantastic and talented people I've been working with this summer on 90210. I'll miss them when I leave next week. I hope the new 90210 is a hit and will be around for years to come. Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs deserve a renewal, I hope the CW will be patient with it.

Desperate Measures

This is what happens when a presidential candidate views himself having no shot at winning, so he'll resort to appeal to the lowest common denominator with mud-slinging ads. I'm glad Jon Stewart is around to keep everyone honest.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=178207&title=dick-move-of-the-week-mccain

Favorite Movie Moments

I figured that while I try to get Jackson back to sleep at the same time every night, I'd post a link to a favorite film moment every once in a while just for the heck of it. Since it has so many, I'll be posting a lot of funny stuff from "This Is Spinal Tap". This was the first "mockumentary" made by Rob Reiner in 1984 with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer. I'll always remember the first time I saw this movie. It was at a midnight screening in Provo, Utah while I was a sophomore at BYU. I can remember laughing so hard that the next day, my stomach muscles were sore. I hope you enjoy these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY

Proposition 8

Went to Stake Priesthood meeting on Saturday night where we discussed the campaign that will intensify in the coming months regarding Proposition 8. I know it was a difficult subject to address for our Stake President as we have a number of elders within our stake who are gay. I was impressed with the position of love that he took while addressing this touchy subject. This is not in any way, a gay-bashing proposition. It simply wants to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Nothing more. This isn't meant to be a condemnation of anyone's lifestyle or to encourage discrimination of any kind. The coming months will be interesting as the debate over this subject will no doubt intensify. President Bragg emphasized on being sensitive and keeping all debate on the subject positive and refrain from passing judgement on those that disagree with the Church's stance. I hope that will be the case, but I'm not too confident that a few bad seeds on both sides of this issue will lob insults at each other and the media will turn this debate into a cartoonish clash between the "religious right" and the "hedonistic" liberals. Time will tell.

More Pictures of the kids

I wanted to add a few more photos of the kids from the last couple of months.
Mr. DeMille, Allie is ready for her close-up.

Yikes!

They must have been coming home from a Jerry Springer taping.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/07/dnt.family.off.plane.kiro