All right. I should really be packing now, but instead I thought I should post something for you all to know what's been happening in my life for the past 3 weeks. And to answer some of the posters reponding to my last post, I left my Etymotics at home and ear plugs just didn't do it.
So the past three weeks have included 1 24-28 hour trip cross country per week. This is on top of working freelance in LA and considering moving back up to the bay area. I have shot two The View segments, the second one set to air Aug. 18th, and made it to the premiere shindig of Tech Toys in Washington, DC. The party, btw, was a lot of fun. And I met the people behind the show. Plus I have discovered that the people producing 'I Want That Tech Toys' and 'I Want That' work in the same office. Like right next to one another. And the prankster I am, I will make it my personal mission to start a little fun office war between the two shows. Hey, I don't work in the office, and with all these tech toys, I think my boys will have the upper hand!
On top of all this, my good buddy was just diagnosed with cancer behind his nose and began chemotherapy Thursday. And I couldn't be there for his first treatment because my plane was late from my last trip. And I won't be there for the 2nd because I will be shooting Tech Toys then. But I call a lot and he is doing all right, tired, but all right.
Now I must pack to go up to SF for a night and do some work.
Check out MobiTV when you get a chance. It is a REALLY cool service.
thanks to all who watched the show's premiere Wednesday and know that the shows get better and the tech toys get more crazy and fun. Keep watching every Wednesday night at 9!
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Thursday, August 03, 2006
my blog's been blank all day
and I am wondering what the?!
so I just flew back from Washington DC today and lemme tell you, the 6 hour cross country flight wasn't so bad and would have been received better by your's truly if, and only if, a family of 5 weren't sitting directly in front of me. And by directly in front of me, I mean the little 4 year old girl yammers on and on and on for hours on end with no parental calming, cooing, or shutting up of the little pie hole. Now please don't get me wrong, I love children and someday may have a child of my own, but know this and know this now, I pledge to society that I will instill the fear of God in my child that if he or she speaks out of turn and acts up in a small space like, say a plane, where upwards of 200 adults who are all trying to sleep and who are all in earshot of her jabbering, we will have more than just 'words' together. Damn hippie parents respecting the soul of this child, yada yada yada. What about respecting my need to sleep and drool on the borrowed plane pillow? How's about that ma and pa?! Your daughter is 4, her life hasn't been long and experienced enough to let her tell her life story over 6 hours! Kids are cute, but camman!
I think this is why I am not allowed in animal shelters. Just a guess.
so I just flew back from Washington DC today and lemme tell you, the 6 hour cross country flight wasn't so bad and would have been received better by your's truly if, and only if, a family of 5 weren't sitting directly in front of me. And by directly in front of me, I mean the little 4 year old girl yammers on and on and on for hours on end with no parental calming, cooing, or shutting up of the little pie hole. Now please don't get me wrong, I love children and someday may have a child of my own, but know this and know this now, I pledge to society that I will instill the fear of God in my child that if he or she speaks out of turn and acts up in a small space like, say a plane, where upwards of 200 adults who are all trying to sleep and who are all in earshot of her jabbering, we will have more than just 'words' together. Damn hippie parents respecting the soul of this child, yada yada yada. What about respecting my need to sleep and drool on the borrowed plane pillow? How's about that ma and pa?! Your daughter is 4, her life hasn't been long and experienced enough to let her tell her life story over 6 hours! Kids are cute, but camman!
I think this is why I am not allowed in animal shelters. Just a guess.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Bedroom gadgets
So I am sure you all know my show starts tomorrow!!!! And now I am the proud owner of a host bio on HGTV.
Now my friends, if you weren't able to catch my 1st appearance on THE VIEW, these are the products that I was introduced to Monday morning, and delivered a segment on Monday noontime. yes, it was that fast and exciting.
So let's just get it out there. We all have tech in our bedrooms and I don't mean you good ol' rabbit (call me). This is network TV, so I will be showing you network TV safe tech. And since I didn't get the chance to choose the gadgets, well, I get to punch a couple of these products in their ovaries or testes. They make good punching bags.
Now for the first product I talked about called The Snore Stopper ($60). This thing was wicked weird. But I guess if you snore like a horse this could be majorly helpful to your mate. You strap this weird little box onto your wrist using this wristband, and it's a little weird because on the back of the box, there are these little gel pads that are supposed to sit flat on your wrist. Now why would you need little gel pads? Because this bad boy sends electric shocks to your body to punish you for working for the devil. We all know snorers are devil spawn. And that's my story, I'm sticking to it. The device does send pulses to the body, like a nudge to get you to shift your sleeping position and hopefully stop snoring. Does it work? Well I felt the little shocks on my wrist and it was kinda funny and creepy all at the same time. I had that same feeling when watching Children of The Corn. OMG! Children of the Corn made this device to send their spirits into our bodies! Yes! I see it now.
Another 'tech' product The View was hot and bothered about were Bright Feet Slippers ($40). In a nutshell, they are nightlights for your feet. Since there are little LED lights at the tip of the show that light up when you walk in them, they are really good for the latenight visit to the bathroom or kitchen. And with a light sensor at the side of the slipper, the light knows not to turn on during daylight. It's a smart slipper. Crazy! And for $40, well this slipper better have the IQ of a MENSA member. The ladies in the audience LOVED this slipper. For me, I'd rather spend $40 on iTunes downloads.
Next up: Double Up For Beds ($180). NO.
And if you're an extravagant outdoor partier who hangs with the hollywood or hamptons homeboys, well a party wouldn't be complete without this Outdoor Canopy Bed ($7280) that costs around as much as the GDP of many 3rd world countries.
And this last product, the Seura TV Mirror costs more than a salary I have ever made (go TV career!) (starts at $10,000) but is a neat little device. Now we all have TVs in our bedrooms, but who likes looking at a black box in the bedroom? Not I! So why not put a Sharp LCD into your mirror so when you aren't watching TV, the mirror is a mirror? And when you want to watch TV, well you get a pretty crisp TV image. However, one problem I noticed besides the hideous mirror frame, is the reaction time to turn this puppy on. I haven't ever experienced lagtime this long on a TV monitor before and do not know if it is related to SEURA's products, but considering you're paying that much money, well, a TV should turn on when you want it to...But don't worry about the frame problem i mentioned earlier, they have other choices and screens from 15"-42", so you guys are all set to purchase. Now go, consume!
And on August 18th, my next THE VIEW appearance will air. It has been pushed to coincide more with Back-to-school as I discuss Dorm Room Gadgets.
And don't forget to watch I WANT THAT! TECH TOYS premiering tomorrow night on HGTV!
PS. Chappelle Show is no good without Chappelle.
Now my friends, if you weren't able to catch my 1st appearance on THE VIEW, these are the products that I was introduced to Monday morning, and delivered a segment on Monday noontime. yes, it was that fast and exciting.
So let's just get it out there. We all have tech in our bedrooms and I don't mean you good ol' rabbit (call me). This is network TV, so I will be showing you network TV safe tech. And since I didn't get the chance to choose the gadgets, well, I get to punch a couple of these products in their ovaries or testes. They make good punching bags.
Now for the first product I talked about called The Snore Stopper ($60). This thing was wicked weird. But I guess if you snore like a horse this could be majorly helpful to your mate. You strap this weird little box onto your wrist using this wristband, and it's a little weird because on the back of the box, there are these little gel pads that are supposed to sit flat on your wrist. Now why would you need little gel pads? Because this bad boy sends electric shocks to your body to punish you for working for the devil. We all know snorers are devil spawn. And that's my story, I'm sticking to it. The device does send pulses to the body, like a nudge to get you to shift your sleeping position and hopefully stop snoring. Does it work? Well I felt the little shocks on my wrist and it was kinda funny and creepy all at the same time. I had that same feeling when watching Children of The Corn. OMG! Children of the Corn made this device to send their spirits into our bodies! Yes! I see it now.
Another 'tech' product The View was hot and bothered about were Bright Feet Slippers ($40). In a nutshell, they are nightlights for your feet. Since there are little LED lights at the tip of the show that light up when you walk in them, they are really good for the latenight visit to the bathroom or kitchen. And with a light sensor at the side of the slipper, the light knows not to turn on during daylight. It's a smart slipper. Crazy! And for $40, well this slipper better have the IQ of a MENSA member. The ladies in the audience LOVED this slipper. For me, I'd rather spend $40 on iTunes downloads.
Next up: Double Up For Beds ($180). NO.
And if you're an extravagant outdoor partier who hangs with the hollywood or hamptons homeboys, well a party wouldn't be complete without this Outdoor Canopy Bed ($7280) that costs around as much as the GDP of many 3rd world countries.
And this last product, the Seura TV Mirror costs more than a salary I have ever made (go TV career!) (starts at $10,000) but is a neat little device. Now we all have TVs in our bedrooms, but who likes looking at a black box in the bedroom? Not I! So why not put a Sharp LCD into your mirror so when you aren't watching TV, the mirror is a mirror? And when you want to watch TV, well you get a pretty crisp TV image. However, one problem I noticed besides the hideous mirror frame, is the reaction time to turn this puppy on. I haven't ever experienced lagtime this long on a TV monitor before and do not know if it is related to SEURA's products, but considering you're paying that much money, well, a TV should turn on when you want it to...But don't worry about the frame problem i mentioned earlier, they have other choices and screens from 15"-42", so you guys are all set to purchase. Now go, consume!
And on August 18th, my next THE VIEW appearance will air. It has been pushed to coincide more with Back-to-school as I discuss Dorm Room Gadgets.
And don't forget to watch I WANT THAT! TECH TOYS premiering tomorrow night on HGTV!
PS. Chappelle Show is no good without Chappelle.
Monday, July 31, 2006
I WANT THAT! TECH TOYS
And announcing the block-rocking beats show that'll make new friends - hopefully.
It premieres Wednesday at 9pm, so set your Tivos and remember, this is the first of a long line of Tech Toys coming into your living room. Watch it and keep me employed!!!! and occasionally typing.
It premieres Wednesday at 9pm, so set your Tivos and remember, this is the first of a long line of Tech Toys coming into your living room. Watch it and keep me employed!!!! and occasionally typing.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
I am on The View again!!! Thursday July 27th.
If you guys missed my bedroom tech segment on THE VIEW Monday, here is the play-by-play...
I leave the charity event in the high desert abotu 20 minutes late and HGTV was kind enough to get me a driver to take me to the airport. Tehy must know that I am ALWAYS late and a driver barely guarantees timeliness, but works most of the time. So i get into this unassuming black car to be taken to LAX and since we are a touch late, the driver takes off like a bat out of hell. He's driving a towncar, not an ambulance with lights on! But that didn't stop him. And even with a seatbelt on, I felt like my organs were jostling around to remind myself that I am a complete fool. Needless to say, the driver was sweating a lot and crazy because he was LATE to pick me up and then tried to make-up the time while avoiding an accident and getting me to the airport. We made it and I actually made it on the plane! Unscathed for the most part...
I arrived at ABC studios ready to shoot at the buttcrack of dawn (4 AM PST), 7 am EST and went straight to rehearsal. But before I got to the studio, ABC was kind enough to send me a car to take me to the studio, and since I got the call to come down at 7, I got downstairs 5 minutes later, and the dispatcher calls over on the walkie-talkie and tells the driver to scold me and say 'the call for the ride was at 7! not 7:05!'. Way to start a morning!
I got on set, did my rehearsal and wore cute shorts to the set. Standing there with about 30 people screaming at each other, wondering what the hell was going on was nerve wrecking. Not only do they like to keep the temperture of the studio at 50 degrees, but there are a whole bunch of people and most likely, they were all union. That means, one guy can only talk ot this person to give orders, then that person calls another person who talks to another guy. there is no cutting out the middle man here, the whole show is run by middle men and I became one of them for a whopping 10 minutes!
Then out of nowhere it was time. It was time to do my segment. I walked out back into the ice chest of a studio, met Elisabeth Hasselback and Kelli Pickler and boom! We were live! Now I don't know how it happened, but I talked about these items: The snore stopper (watch-like product that sends safe electronic pulses to make you move and stop snoring), the popular Bright Light Feet slippers (slippers with flashlights at the tip), Waxless Sensor candles (LED candles), Double-Up for Beds Sheets, Outdoor canopy bed, and the Seura Mirror TV. And before I know it, 7 minutes had passed and I had finished my segment on the show.
It went well. the Producer came to find me afterwards and told me I did a great job. Then she told me there was another tech expert they brought onto the show who used to always shake like jello when he was on the show (she wouldn't divulge his name to me :( ) and she told him he did a GREAT job. And then she said, but you did a really great job. At this point I don't know how to take this compliment...
But since I am getting invited back to be on the show again this Thursday, the 27th, well, I guess I did all right!
Watch me again on The View Thursday July 27th on ABC mornings.
I leave the charity event in the high desert abotu 20 minutes late and HGTV was kind enough to get me a driver to take me to the airport. Tehy must know that I am ALWAYS late and a driver barely guarantees timeliness, but works most of the time. So i get into this unassuming black car to be taken to LAX and since we are a touch late, the driver takes off like a bat out of hell. He's driving a towncar, not an ambulance with lights on! But that didn't stop him. And even with a seatbelt on, I felt like my organs were jostling around to remind myself that I am a complete fool. Needless to say, the driver was sweating a lot and crazy because he was LATE to pick me up and then tried to make-up the time while avoiding an accident and getting me to the airport. We made it and I actually made it on the plane! Unscathed for the most part...
I arrived at ABC studios ready to shoot at the buttcrack of dawn (4 AM PST), 7 am EST and went straight to rehearsal. But before I got to the studio, ABC was kind enough to send me a car to take me to the studio, and since I got the call to come down at 7, I got downstairs 5 minutes later, and the dispatcher calls over on the walkie-talkie and tells the driver to scold me and say 'the call for the ride was at 7! not 7:05!'. Way to start a morning!
I got on set, did my rehearsal and wore cute shorts to the set. Standing there with about 30 people screaming at each other, wondering what the hell was going on was nerve wrecking. Not only do they like to keep the temperture of the studio at 50 degrees, but there are a whole bunch of people and most likely, they were all union. That means, one guy can only talk ot this person to give orders, then that person calls another person who talks to another guy. there is no cutting out the middle man here, the whole show is run by middle men and I became one of them for a whopping 10 minutes!
Then out of nowhere it was time. It was time to do my segment. I walked out back into the ice chest of a studio, met Elisabeth Hasselback and Kelli Pickler and boom! We were live! Now I don't know how it happened, but I talked about these items: The snore stopper (watch-like product that sends safe electronic pulses to make you move and stop snoring), the popular Bright Light Feet slippers (slippers with flashlights at the tip), Waxless Sensor candles (LED candles), Double-Up for Beds Sheets, Outdoor canopy bed, and the Seura Mirror TV. And before I know it, 7 minutes had passed and I had finished my segment on the show.
It went well. the Producer came to find me afterwards and told me I did a great job. Then she told me there was another tech expert they brought onto the show who used to always shake like jello when he was on the show (she wouldn't divulge his name to me :( ) and she told him he did a GREAT job. And then she said, but you did a really great job. At this point I don't know how to take this compliment...
But since I am getting invited back to be on the show again this Thursday, the 27th, well, I guess I did all right!
Watch me again on The View Thursday July 27th on ABC mornings.
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