Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress by Micah P. Hinson

Hi all,

I'm sorry my posts are a lot fewer lately. The move has me working full time when I'm not working full time at work. And work is very busy as well. I'll just do a run-down of what we've been up to.

Thursday was Valentine's Day. Ric and I met up after work, drove to Downtown Disney, and had a quick meal from the Jazz Kitchen To Go shop. So far I prefer their gumbo and jambalaya to their red beans and rice. We then walked into the park with only 30 minutes until closing, so we found our way around the parade going on (I had never seen it and if I were a kid, I think I would have thought it was the coolest thing in the world) and were the last people to make it onto the Haunted Mansion. After that, we went to Build-A-Bear to buy Pip a new outfit for his 2nd birthday. Yes, we're that mean. We then picked up some frostees at Wendy's and joined Ric's parents to watch Lost (our cable hadn't been hooked up yet). Honestly, it was nice to keep everything low key and just veg, since we've been working so hard lately.

Friday I can't remember what we did, but I'm guessing it involved paint. Woo. Later that night we were going to go to the cheap theater, but got sidetracked when we saw the Grand Cafe, and decided chicken kabobs, coffee, and hookah sounded like just what we needed. It was.

Saturday, I got up early and started out with the final touches of trim in the office. Thank goodness that's done, except I need to do some touch-up. Then the cable guys came. We realized that what we thought were cable hookups in our place were actually satellite hookups. So they had to fix it all for us. Amy came over while I was sanding the framework of our kitchen cabinets. She rocked out our bathroom with a second layer of paint while I continued sanding. After that, she helped me tape up the doors around the cabinet under our stairs. I spent pretty much the rest of the day painting inside the closet. That night, we met up with my sister at the cheap theater and saw Enchanted. Review to come (at this rate, in a few weeks!).

Sunday we got up early and went to church with Liz. We got our deposit and a whopping $30 gift card from our landlord at the old place to make up for all the crap he put us through, so we took Liz and Emily out to breakfast after church. From there it was sanding cabinet doors and drawers at Ric's parents' place, showing off the new mess to Liz and Emily, and several more hours inside the stairs closet with a second layer of paint. When I close my eyes, I swear all I see is white paint.

Yesterday we painted primer on the cabinet doors and drawers in Ric's parents' backyard while listening to the Kings game. If ever there was a Kings game that it was okay to miss, that was it. Tonight and all week: more of the same, since the cabinet doors will need several layers on both sides.

And that, my friends, is the exciting life of homeownership! I can't wait until we get settled in (which should be another month or two, with all the painting we have to do) so that we can actually enjoy the new place.

Daniel's latest thing is spinning around in circles until he gets dizzy and falls down.

Sometimes I wonder: what did Erika and I do for entertainment before we were parents?

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Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over - Engadget

I've probably said it before, but I'll say it again: The format war doesn't matter. Apparently Toshiba realizes this as well as they've decided to focus on HD video content for the internet instead of making their own Blu-Ray players. Yes, Blu-Ray looks awesome and will probably do very well. However, you have to realize that the bulk of America is just now being weaned off of VHS. By the time they're ready for another media format, media formats will be pretty much obsolete. The real wave of the future is online video and video on demand. I think Blu-Ray will be a more successful version of the Laser Disc. It's a quality format for videophiles and the like, but not something the bulk of consumers will really embrace. For me personally, I would love to have an HDTV and a Blu-Ray player but that is just a crazy amount of money to spend. Yes, costs will definitely go down, but I'm happy with what I have right now. I think a lot of folks feel the same way.