Author: Nick Brobeck

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Well, here’s an update from lovely Norfolk… got so busy out in LA that I hardly had time for an update, even by phone.

Price is Right in person was a blast! It is so much smaller in person than it was on TV, as expected. The show runs so smooth, as expected. Bob looks so much older in person, as expected. Be sure to watch on April 4th, Greg, Chris and I are all in the front row, camera left, next to contestant’s row!

Jeopardy! is a well oiled machine itself, and it was great to see, those shows we saw air June 28th and 29th, a long ways off. So, they’re winding their season down.

It was hard to leave California… for once in a long time, it was a place where I felt like I fit in, like I knew where I was going at all times and what I was doing, and there was always something to do.

We’re going back in August, we’ll make that happen for sure.

We got in Norfolk at 11:00-ish PM local time on Wednesday night, on Thursday, we have seen the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the Downtown Tunnel, the Monitor Merrimac Bridge-Tunnel, and other stuff. We’re planning on visiting Virginia Beach and the US 58 terminus tomorrow, and on Saturday, renting a car (again) and driving up to spend the day in Washington, DC (a last minute decision since we found out it’s just three hours drive away).

All in all, it’s been a good vacation, a nice rest and plenty of discovery, and dont’ worry, we have a lot of pictures, they’ll be posted after the vacation is over… it’s just not the time to try to post anything, too much to do. 😛

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So, it’s the day before the magic vacation begins… and I’m so excited!

I think I need to get a paid account again… if I do, you’ll be seeing a lot of voice posts from me here during the trip, and maybe some photos too in addition

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And that’s done. So, you’ll be hearing a lot of voice posts over the next few days while I’m on vacation in LA and in Norfolk/VA Beach.

If I have any more thougts before I leave, I’ll let you know, otherwise, happy landings to me and Greg! 🙂

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So, this Saturday is the first taping (per se) of “Clue Me In”….

Did I mention the buzzers aren’t done yet?

I don’t have “dummy” contestants for these not-for-air shows locked together?

The set isn’t quite finished?

Stress… Stress… Stress

Sigh.

Crew

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So, tomorrow I get to meet the crew for “Clue Me In”… I hope they have some good suggestions for prizes. Why am I afraid to go in local business soliciting them for prizes to give away? I guess I’m always a sucker for fear of rejection I guess.

I am still very enthusiastic about this show however. Major props to Greg for figuring out the gameboard problem. It may not look sophisticated, but it’ll do it’s job.

Tentative plan is for rehearsals to start on February 3rd and taping to start February 17th. I never thought I’d ever say that on this blog, hehe, but it’s happening.

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You know, just reflecting for a moment, but I never ever thought that I’d have the opportunity to produce a real show that I helped to create in any medium, college, network, or otherwise. It’s a very different feeling, and I know that I will produce a good show that is as good as a game show should be (i.e., not dark, dank and way too over the top), but a show that we used to like to watch years ago. Like a Password or such. I don’t think that’s too impossible, no?

We shall see.

New Toy!!!

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Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first entry from my newest foray into the computing world. I finally have a laptop, a Compaq Presario V6015NR V6105NR to be exact. There was a good price on it at Best Buy, only $699.99, so I figured, what do I have to lose. It seems to be doing good so far. It’s not the top of the line one, but the salesman did tell me that all the laptops preloaded with XP are disappearing because Windows Vista is getting ready to come out. Greg tells me that this new Vista is getting rid of the start button and doing something else with it.

If Microsoft is reading this, I have a few words for you:

If it ain’t broke… don’t fix it.

Couldn’t have said it better myself, I do agree.

It’s good to have portability and some capability now. I’ll get around to posting the specs at a later time and the reason why I got this, but it’s 6:10 AM, have to get some sleep before class.

Ciao.