Pan's Labyrinth

Hey everyone I just got back from seeing Pan's Labyrinth.


Wow.. what a powerful movie, it's totally not what I expected. It's violent and beautiful, the harshness of reality during the Spanish War against the beauty of Ofilia's fantasy world is so intresting. Even the fairytale world is dark and disturbing. There is one scene in particular that just thinking about it gives me chills. The only complaint if you can call it that is having to remove your eyes from the beautiful fantasy world while reading the subtitles and just so everyone knows this is not a children's movie. If this movie is playing in your area, it's a must see. I went into this movie thinking it was going to be this "dark" fairytale but it's so much more.

Re-vamped my Website

I decided to re-vamp my website. I haven't really made many changes the past year and I wanted to give it a new look. Check it out.. www.geocities.com/dathon1 and let me know what you think.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day started with a phone call from my mom asking me to bring over some parmesan cheese. Well we were up so we got ready and drove over to my Mom's for a spaghetti lunch and to open presents. Ever since we got Daisy I haven't really enjoyed Christmas at Mom's. Both my mom and grandmother have dogs. Mom's dog Josie is smart and knows that Daisy doesn't like other dogs and hides when we are over there. But Grandma's dog Baby doesn't quite get it. And constantly badgers Daisy over and over again until Daisy snaps at her. I have to play referee all day and never really get to enjoy the time with my Mom and Chuck. Baby has to be put on a leash to prevent him from bothering Daisy. Well the Grandma talks outloud to no one in particular that Baby doesn't like a leash and how horrible and unfriendly our dog is. She was getting on my last nerve so I was happy that we eat lunch quickly, opened gifts and headed out ahead of schedule.

We headed over to my Dad's were we opened gifts and had a very delicious Christmas Dinner with Turkey, potatoes, corn, stuffing, and rolls. It was a great time with Harry, Dad, Mike, Lora and Daisy. We left there place around 8 or so and headed home. It was nice to be home.. after all the driving I did the day before about 350 miles and the driving I did today I was tired. Harry and I relaxed on the couch and watched TV until we were tired. Christmas day started out a bit rocky but ended very nicely.

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve Harry and I went to my cousin Renee's house up in Hidden Hills. The day started in an hour drive totally in the opposite direction to pick up my Dad. Then back to our place to drop off the dog and then fifteen minutes to my cousin’s place. It was a lot of fun. We have only known these people for a short amount of time but they have taken us into their family and their hearts like we have been a part of them forever. Renee made a wonderful dinner and we sat around and talked and played games before opening gifts. We had to leave early because we still had to drive Dad back home. Harry and I normally open our gifts for each other on Christmas Eve but when we got home it was past midnight so typically we opened our gifts on Christmas morning. We had a good time opening gifts that we knew about and some that we had no idea about. All in all a great night of joy and laughter with family.

My Last Day of Work

Well today is my last day working on Curl Girls. It's been a rough month trying to complete six episodes. I was still working on paperwork as they came and took my seat, desk and computer away. Even though I'm done I still have a few things to do to wrap up. I'll be working on a few things the next few days. I hope to take a month off to relax and enjoy some time with Harry since I barely saw him this past month. Of course if something comes up I won't decline a job..and I'll be looking for work but I wouldn't mind some time off.

Christmas Shopping

YAY!!!! We are finally done Christmas Shopping. Harry and I went out and picked up a few final presents. Can't wait for Christmas Day.

Another Visit with my "little" Brother

For this visit I was going to try to take him to the Zoo for the second time but it was raining so we decided to go to the movies. We went to see Happy Feet. We got about 2/3's the way through it and he turned to me and said he wanted to go. I could tell he was getting bored. I told him if he could wait ten mintues and it would be over, well a few minutes later he said he wasn't feeling good and wanted to go now. It was difficult for me because I was really enjoying the movie and wanted to finish it but I remember that I was there for my "little" and if wanted to leave then we leave. So I walked out of a movie for the first time in my life. Of course I take him home and give him his Christmas present and he instantly felt better and loved the gift. I got him a bunch of Pokemon cards. Anyways.. Happy Feet was a very cool movie and I look forward to seeing it again and finishing it this time.

Happy Birthday Chuck

Hey Everyone it's my Step Dad Chuck's birthday. Happy Birthday Chuck.

Work, Work, Work

Well nothing much going on. I've been working from 8am to 11pm all week. Only got one week left and six episodes to complete.

Proud to be a Browncoat!!

THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE CREATORS/STARS/EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH FIREFLY AND SERENITY....


There was a Firefly/Serenity Con called Flanvention II this past weekend. I was luckly enough to enjoy Flanvention I last years but this year wasn't able to get tickets. This is a small (500 only) con. Cost anywhere from $400 to $1200 for tickets. Well there was rumbling the last few weeks about it being cancelled due to financial problems, but they mangaged to find a loan and the con was on... well up till this past Thursday. The con starts on Friday and they offically cancelled the con Thursday afternoon. Well since the rumbleing began a few weeks ago the SoCal and NoCal Browncoat groups started to plan a back up plan for those who were left high and dry. Here is an article of what happend next.. it's an amazing story. I'm so proud to call myself a BROWNCOAT.

Why we love the Firefly/Serenity crew

Updated... See, last year a group called Booster Events held this massive Firefly/Serenity convention in California last year called "Flanvention." A lot of the cast shows up, there were panels and dinners and photo shoots and whatnot, membership was limited, and it was a lot of fun, a way for fans of the cancelled-too-soon show and because-we-demanded-it movie to talk to their favorite stars. This year's hotly anticipated event sold out months ago and it's happening this weekend, right now.

Or it would be. The organizers cancelled it. On Thursday.

There were some worries this would happen, after Nathan ("Mal") Fillion idly mentioned on his MySpace page a few weeks ago that he had yet to hear from the organizers about it. There was a brief outcry from fans, things were seemingly cleared up, all was shakily well. Then about two weeks ago the organizers announced the con might not go on due to financial difficulties. To the 500 people who paid hundreds of dollars for tickets (and, in some cases, thousands of dollars for lifetime memberships, since Booster Events does other cons throughout the year for other cult-favorite franchises) this was a huge slap in the face. Outraged fans made their voices heard before the organizers came back a few days later to say they got a loan and all was, again, well.

Then they cancelled it this week, after people around the world were already on their planes and in their cars and on their way. To say that the Firefly fan community (known as Browncoats) was staggered would be an understatement.

As stunned and betrayed fans began to arrive the California Browncoats jumped up to meet the frantic challenge of organizing a convention during, you know, the actual convention. Fans settled in to party among themselves anyway, mutter dark things about Booster Events, and make the best of it of the newly formed Browncoat Backup Bash.

Then the stars started showing up.

Adam "Jayne" Baldwin showed up Thursday night, knowing the con was cancelled and fans were left hanging. He hung around chatting with fans for hours and mentioned others would probably show up.

Friday Nathan "Mal" Fillion, Alan "Wash" Tudyk, Mark "Badger" Sheppard, Jonathan "Dead Guy From 'The Message'" Woodward, and Christina "Saffron" Hendricks came by for autographs and pictures and mainly just to say hi. Without appearance fees or the autograph cash that usually get stars to show up, they came anyway. Alan Tudyk wan't even supposed to be at the event due to prior commitments, and he came anyway. They knew their fans had been shafted and they stepped up to make it worthwhile. Fillion brought a box full of Firefly memorabilia and other personal loot and started passing it out to fans who had come from Australia, the UK and other far-off places

By Saturday morning the emergency organizers had received $4500 in PayPal donations from fans around the world who had donated to help out their less-fortunate compatriots. Multiverse, an MMORPG gaming platform company that announced last week they had the license to create a multi-player Firefly game, paid for buses to move the fans and crew to a secret, undisclosed location to convene in private. There were Q and As from various companies announcing new merchandise, a talk from Greg Edmondson (the man responsible for the music from the show), a musical performance from fan favorite group The Bedlam Bards, and appearances by many of the stars already mentioned plus Michael "Niska" Fairman, Ron "Book" Glass, and Morena "Inara" Baccarin, none of whom were originally scheduled. Even Michael Muhney from "Veronica Mars," who was supposed to run the charity auction planned for Sunday, showed up to hang.

Saturday night the whole mess moved to the new restaurant owned by Claire ("Glorificus" from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and her husband, which isn't due to open for another couple of weeks, and for a time this betrayed, ripped-off, and let-down group of fans who had come hoping to get a few autographs and a fleeting word were suddenly partying with the stars at the hottest secret nightspot in Hollywood. If they liked these actors before it's going to border on worship now, deservedly so.

Me, over the last few days I've cycled from "Wish I could go" to "Whew, glad I didn't go" to "Man! I wish I'd went!" Just shows you shouldn't underestimate a group of people defined by their ability to pull victory out of crushing defeat...

Another Christmas Party

This time we went to Chris and Mark's Game Night/Christmas Party. We use to attend the monthly game night every month for years.. but since we got the dog we have been visiting less and less. Both Harry and I really miss seeing everyone and playing games so we are making more of an effort to make as many of the monthly events. This was another fun game night... good friends and fun games, can't ask for me.

Bruce's Tree Trimming Party

Sunday afternoon Harry and I went over to our good friend Bruce's place. He has recently moved into this new apartment and was having a apartment warming/tree trimming party. His apartment was great, he found a great place in Hollywood at the reasonable price. The party was fun and we met a bunch of his great friends. It was a awesome way to start off the Christmas party season.

World AIDS Day

Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day.



World AIDS Day, December 1 is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This year it's up to you, me and us to stop the spread of HIV and end prejudice. But not only this year, this is an on going fight and will continue till a cure if found.


Remember those we have lost, love those who are still with us and help prevent this from happening to your loved ones.

Cabin Weekend

After Thanksgiving Day... Harry, Daisy and I went up to my Mom's Cabin with our friends John and Moises. It was cold.. cold but no snow. It was a very relaxing weekend. Played games, watched DVD's and took walks around the lake. A nice way to unwind from the craziness of the city.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving Harry and I went to my cousin Renee and her family's house up in Hidden Hills. This is my Dad's, half brothers daughter. This was our first Thanksgiving with them. It was a lot of fun. The food was great and the company was fun. It's only been a year and a half since I found my Dad's side of the family but they have taken us into there family like we have been there all along.

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

The Ninth episode of Hereos aired, it was hyped up to be the big Save the Cheerleader, Save the World episode. And I have to say it was a great episode but way over hyped. Online, people are 50/50 about it. Most people loved it but alot are upset that it was so over hyped and when it finally aired and didn't really explain anything they felt it was a let down. I agree that it was way too hyped up but I didn't find it a let down at all. It was another awesome episode. It answered some questions while asking new ones. We got to see some Hereos come together and battle the evil super villian. All in all are cool chapter in this on going series.

Christmas Shopping

I love this time of year.. Harry and I went out for our second shopping adventure. We hit Bed, Bath and Beyond, Media City Burbank Mall, Target, Michaels, Best Buy and had lunch at Outback Steak House. The shopping spree started off slowly but by the end of the day we bought quite a few gifts for family and friends. And an added extra special surprise KOST 103.5 is now playing Christmas music so we got to enjoy some holiday music will in the car. All in all a great day.

New Harry Potter Movie Poster

Hey Guys.. here is a new poster for the upcoming Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This is the fifth book/movie. The poster is pretty cool, they are calling it a teaser poster.

Happy Birthday Mom

Today is my Mom's birthday!!!!

It's a good day to be Blue

I did my job yesterday and voted like a good American. And like most american's we sent a message to our Commander in Chief that we aren't too happy with him, well I was never happy with him but now it looks like America has wised up and joined in. Democrates take back the house and it's a tie in the Senate with all eyes on Virgina who will decide the majority in the Senate.. keeping fingers crossed. And if that wasn't all great news this morning I get into work and a co-worker of mine came up to me and said.. did you hear Donald Rumsfeld resigned. I mean could this get any better. It's a good day to be Blue...

Sometimes it's so hard...

Sometimes it's so hard to control the inner fanboy in me. As many of you know I am a huge, huge fan of the new TV series Hereos. My current job is at the Sunset Gower Studio and my office just happens to be under the sound stage to where they film Heroes. Everyday I walk past the outside set of an upcoming scene. Everyday I see my new favorite actors walk, talking and sitting around like everyday people. And everyday I have to control my inner fanboy from blurting out as I pass by them.. I love Heroes.. I love your character.. Can I get an autograph.. Can I get a picture, but of course I can not do that since I am a professional.

Many of you know that I don't get star struck, but when it comes to my cult shows like Star Trek, Heroes, Buffy, Firefly, Star Wars or Harry Potter I get all fanboyish.

A Little Surprise

Well driving back from our first Christmas shopping I noticed that someone had written on my back window, it's dirty and I saw some letters. It was faint and I couldn't really make it out. But when we got home I looked close and noticed that someone wrote FAGS on my back window. I'm not sure when or where this happened. At first it upset me because this is the first time I've been attacked for being gay, but then I realized that there was nothing I could do. I don't know who or when it happened and I can't go around worrying about things like this. But this was an eye opening experience.

It Has Begun....

Today was our offical first day of Christmas shopping. Neither of us really had a clue on what we were going to buy everyone but we decided to just go out and see if anything caught our eye. After five and a half hours of shopping we managed to find a few gifts for family members. Not bad for our first outing. I love this time of the year!!!!

Whimsic Alley

Today I went to one of my favorite stores that I hardly ever visit just because I can't do some major damage ($$$) there. It's a place called Whimsic Alley and it's a Harry Potter store. It's set up like a Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter books and movies. You have sections where they sell uniforms and robes, wands, fantasy books, fantasy items, Toys, Costumes, and candies. They even have sections for non-Harry Potter stuff like Nightmare before Christmas, Narnia, Simpsons and Family Guy. It's an awesome story and I went with my buddy Christopher because they were having a half off after Halloween sale and I wanted a full Harry Potter outfit and rode. My sweet Harry said he would buy those for me for Christmas so I went and picked up a robe, sweater vest, scarf and quidditch sweater for Christmas presents for me. And yes I plan on wearing the outfit to book and movie openings as well as for comic con and halloween.

Harry's Toothache

Harry has had some toothaches the past few months but always said they weren't that bad and that he doens't want to go to the dentist. Well on the 31st he IM'd me at work and asked if I could make and appointment to see a dentist. I know this must be bad if he wanted to see a dentist. So I made and emergency appointment with a dentist that Harry found online that knocks you out to do the work. I went to work for a few hours then took an extended lunch so I could take Harry to the dentist. After about three and half hours Harry came home with one less tooth and I went back to work. All's well that ends well.

Halloween a Bust

Well both Harry and I were suppose to go to my friend Christopher's place for a Halloween party on Saturday night Oct. 28th, but with my roller blading mishap I managed to tweak my back and really wasn't up for going out. On Halloween night Oct. 31st Harry and I were suppose to go to our friend Tom's place for some cheesy horror movies. But this time Harry's had a major toothache and wasn't really in the mood for a party. So this Halloween pretty much was a bust... oh well there's always next year.

Second "little" brother outing

Today I had my second little brother hang out. We went to Balboa Park. We first started with feeding the ducks which he really liked. Second was bike riding and since my bike tires were flat I had to roller blade with some really old roller blades. He was a beginner when it came to biking so I tried to help him as much as I could without killing myself being on roller blades. He hit a fence once but was doing pretty good until we hit a slight hill. He couldn't slow down so I tried to jump and help but releazed that I was no help since I was rolling backwards and into some bushes. He managed to stay up and made it down the hill but I did some great balancing tumbling act and managed to tweak my back a bit. After that I was done roller blading. We decided to walk around the park a little and he saw that there were paddle boats and wanted to ride. We had to walk all the way around the lake to get to them. While we did that we played some kick ball. We get to the paddle boat office and he says he wants to do a full hour. I tell him that we can do a half hour and if he want's to continue then we can extend it. Luckily I did that, because no more then ten minutes paddling around the lake he tells me that he is not feeling well and wants to go back. We paddle back and I tell him that it's time for lunch so we start the long walk back to the jeep. As we are walking back he tells me that he has to go to the bathroom, I tell him "oh that's fine thereb are bathrooms here" well come to find out that my "little" doesn't like to go to the bathroom #2 anywhere but home and he had to go for the past two hours and if he could just go home instead of lunch. So I took him home and only spent about 2 1/2 hours with him. The outing started out fun but ended abrubtly. Our next outing is going to be a movie outing.

Our new Refrigerator

Well here it is.. our new Refrigerator... it's a beauty.

Car repairs

Well I took my Jeep to Midas to have the brakes checked and I know by the sound they were making that it wasn't going to be cheap. I left it there and walked to work and a few hours later the guy called and gave me the bad news. Both back brakes are fine.. but the two front brake pads and brake rotars needed to be replaced and they also wanted to flush out my brake fluid. When it comes to places like this you never know if they are really telling you the turth or not but since I haven't not dealt with my brakes since I have had the Jeep (over a year) I figure it wouldn't hurt to take care of it now. So I paid $500.00 to have my brakes fixed... man this was an expensive weekend.

"Little" Outing

Entry for May 15, 2012 - "Little" Outing
Well today was my first outing with my new "little" brother Nico, he's 8. The funny thing is his older brother also got a new "Big" brother the same day and we both got there at the same time to pick up our "little’s".
Nico and I went to Sherman Oaks Castle Park. He loves golf and video games so I thought this would be the perfect place. We played two rounds of miniature golf, and he isn't bad. He got the only hole in one shot of the day. After golf we went inside and played a few video games, we played some ice hockey and then a two player X-men fighting game. We decided to take a break from video games and had some lunch. I got a burger and fries and he wanted pizza. You could buy it by the slice so I asked for one slice for him.. but he said he wanted two. I knew there was no way he was going to eat two slice, they were pretty big slices, but I also knew he didn't get breakfast. Well I was right.. he ate half a slice and wanted to take the rest home. Oh well .. now I know how much food to get him while we are out. After lunch we decided to play games that would give up tickets, you get enough tickets and you can redeem them for small prizes. We played and played and amassed about 465 tickets. So Nico had fun spending all of them and of course got a bunch on small toys and tootsie rolls. It was a fun time and a great first outing.

It Finally Happened

My brother finally married his long time girlfriend Lora. It was a beautiful wedding, Lora looked fantastic in her wedding dress, so beautiful. Michael was the charming groom greeting guests as they entered. The wedding went off without a hitch. I was one of his groom's men and after the wedding I almost fell down the a few steps while walking out but other than that everything went great. The reception was a blast. Michael's and Lora's friends are wonderful. Fun, crazy and a bit wild. My brother is a huge Star Wars fan and so are his friends. Several of his friends came to the wedding dressed up as Star Wars characters. Beside the ususal first dance and cutting of the cake, we had a light saber limbo. It was a great wedding and reception. I wish them all the best.