Once again, the DVD menus ruin critical plot points…How can a show revered for it’s excellence in continuity miss this? Anyway, here are my season 4 observations:

• Chloe is so brash and plain-spoken. I love it.
• Tony Almaida is the bees knees.
• I enjoy Edgar Stiles.
• President Logan = Horrible leader.
• President Palmer = Great Leader.
• The “new” CTU follows protocol.
• I guess they finally realized that nobody like Kim.
• Everything bad still happens in L.A.
• Michelle is “the cat’s meow”.
• Mike Novak redeemed himself.

Looking forward to season 5. I’m particularly interested in how they’re going to bring Jack Bauer out of exile. We won’t be able to start it tomorrow, since we are going to get our faces rocked off at the John Mayer concert.

Last night we had a great time celebrating my father, who is 48 today…HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! It was fun having the whole family together.  Everyone (besides Andrew) is getting so big. Actually, our family is getting big. It wasn’t so long ago that we were just “Rippy party of five.” Today, we went to my dad’s church. It’s always fun to see old friends.

 

Kristin and I arrived in Montgomery late Thursday night…We suprised the fam and came in a night early.  We came straight to Ashley’s to meet young Andrew for the first time.  He was quite excited to see us! Friday we pretty much woke up and came straight to Ashley and Bobby’s. Then we caught a matinee of The Bourne Ultimatum. It was a great movie. I’m definitely feeling a fourth installment…Today, I woke up super early and joined Bobby in mowing some lawns for his business…It’s a working vacation…Bobby called on me for assistance because of my expertise in all outdoor labor. After the mowing (you guessed it) we went back to Ashley and Bobby’s.  Tonight everyone is coming over to celebrate my dad’s 48th birthday, which is tomorrow…It’s been a busy weekend, but we are so glad we were able to come see the new baby.  This is a picture of Kristin and I with Andrew.  We bought him a bunch of clothes from Baby Gap and Dillards…In this picture he’s sporting a sweet outfit from his Aunt Kristin and Uncle Jordan.

Simpsonize Yourself!

Well, it would have been if it weren’t Blockbuster Total Access. July was my first full month with Total Access. The following are the stats and observations from my first month.

• Total DVD’s received through the mail: 21
• Total DVD’s received through in-store swapped: 21
• Total DVD’s received in July: 42

Random facts:

• I received one DVD that I did not request.
• Blockbuster corrected the error, and comped me a free rental.
• I received all mailed DVD’s in two days or less.
• The “swapping” process is as easy as the commercial makes it seem.
• Each month I get an extra “e-coupon” for a free rental.

Overall, I am extremely pleased. The system works great, especially since there’s a Blockbuster right near my house. This makes it easy to make swaps. The way I see it, 42 DVD’s at approximately$4 a piece would have cost about $168. The two-out-at-a-time package I purchased cost $15 a month…No extra fee’s. That’s quite the savings.