August 30, 2004

Hello BloggerBot


Since I was testing out this wonderful blogger app - Hello - I thought I'd post one of my better pictures, and one of the first with our new digital camera. This was taken at the wedding of Kris & Jen as we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to the reception site. Exactly two weeks after this picture was taken, that gorgeous gal on the right got married. What a lucky chap that guy must be... Posted by Hello

Grocery Arm

Do any of you do the 'grocery arm' when you go to the grocery store? Instead of walking the cart to my car I typically leave it at the front of the store and pile all the grocery bags onto my arm, or arms if necessary, then walk to my car. This display of heavy lifting prevents me from having to walk the cart to either the store front or those space-hogging cart-parks in the parking lot, which I find tedious.

Does anyone else practice this technique? I have only seen a scarce few practice it at my local grocer.

For those foreign to this technique, it should be noted you must make one trip and one trip only from cart to car. Otherwise what is the point?

August 24, 2004

Pleased

Yet another overhaul! I was never really happy with the previous template and had considerable trouble with customizing it, especially the side bar items. For whatever reasons I was able to tweak this template to my liking in a short amount of time

Plus the color scheme matchs my favorite ringer-tshirt. Bonus!

Keep It In The Family

The wife and I had our first visit this weekend to her extended family as a married couple. Other than that small piece of trivia, it was the same casual event as before. I spent most of my time on the couch watching sports with her uncle and watching DVDs with her oldest cousin.

I know a fair share of married couples who's SO is not warmly welcomed by their in-laws and have heard of the considerable trouble that can cause one's marriage. The wife's extended family has always made me feel welcome in their respective homes and I must say that is certainly a blessing. I can imagine only a few things more stressful than traveling hundreds of miles to a destination that you dread and are not welcomed at. I consider myself blessed that I have married into families that are both good people and good to me.

I am beginning to suspect that I actually enjoy the visits to her family more than she does, but I'm not about tell her that...

August 20, 2004

The Tag Chafed My Neck

Ever since I came back from the gym I've been quite irritable. At first, I thought it was because VA's DMV site has refused to process my transaction for the last 24 hours. Then I realized I've been wearing my shirt backwards, at work, for the last two hours.

Fortunately, I work in a place where I can wear the kind of shirt that if worn backwards is not discernible.

And by that, I mean no shirt at all.

August 17, 2004

American Dad

Check out this site for the latest from Seth Macfarlane, the Family Guy...guy. I heard whispers that it will premier the week after the Super Bowl on Fox.

You must register at the site to watch the pilot, but I would say it's worth the effort.

Structure & Order

It's become entirely too easy to forgot my day-to-day responsibilities. Sure, at the start of the month we worked hard moving in and organizing the house. Who's to say it was wrong to take a break and replace organizing and working with TV and video games. Now, as the wife prepares to return to work, I need to remember for the next 9 months to use my time for tackling more daily chores - dishes, dinner, bills, cleaning - and less virtual missions and levels.

Am I giving up recreational activities - Hell no! I do however need to set guidelines and limits for myself. Otherwise I tend to get "immersed" in leisure activities and let responsibilities slide. Also I would like to train up on certain post-production tools, thus making me a more marketable person in my field. I'm not always going to have the free time to do such things in the coming years. Like they say, no time like the present.

I'm sure this seems rather structured, ordered, even dull. Of course, it's not for everyone. It is, however, what I feel works for me at this point.

August 15, 2004

Red Room

We began our painting project this weekend. Our first room is a small one but it is giving us some trouble. We, of course, picked a color that requires many applications. The verdict is still out on whether this room will be a success. Still, we've watched/listened to a lot of Olympic games which as been cool. Except for the Men's basketball that was just embarrassing.

August 13, 2004

Ominous

Maybe the ill-timed browser crash occurred because today is Friday, the 13th!

However, according to the films I should be the one dealing out pain and anguish, not receiving it.

Humiliation

It certainly is bad enough when your new wife breaks her wedding vows by mocking you on the internet with others. It's even worse when Blogger forces me to re-type my defense after it crashes the browser.

Shame on all of you for picking on a helpless spelling/typing deficient child! For the record I was typing at work and I did not proofread after spellchecking. It was the spell check that placed those words in there, not me.

I was going to share fabulous stories with you today, but I think I will post it to a more respecting public at my other blog.

August 11, 2004

Spicy!

Phew! I just finished my lunch with a client at a Thai restaurant. The 'wild pork' sure has some kick. It was so spicy that, at one point, I thought I was drunk.

Wedding pictures are up. Go Pictage.com and do a search for Hunter/Scattolini. Enjoy!

Wedding Bonanza

We finished watching the last two wedding tapes. Since the wedding was shot with two cameras we didn't really see anything new - we just saw new angles. However, we did get to preview our pictures online. There's about 300 images up for preview - and those are just the ones the photographer thought were the best! I'm curious to see certain pictures that didn't make the final cut. In the end we get the negatives so I'm excited to see what other pictures are there. As of this morning the picture site is currently down. However once it is up, I'll post the link here.

Our over-in-Turkey friends Kristy and Chad had their first child yesterday morning. We will be meeting the lad in October, when we all meet up in Boston. Of course, we our counting down the days.

Progress on unpacking the house has come to a stand still. This is mostly due to the wedding videos which we watch while vegging-out on the couch. Eventually I migrate over to the computer to play 'Starcraft' and then bam! - its time for bed. Hopefully we will break of this 'unproductive' cycle and get some much needed work done.

August 09, 2004

The Married Life

Someone asked me what its like to be married. My response was "being married means you buy more furniture". Since I was engaged last October I've purchased a bedroom set, a tv cabinet, and an office/computer desk. Prior to these very adult purchases the last piece of furniture I bought was a cd tower. However, I'm not complaining; it is enjoyable having nice things. I'm very taken with our new computer desk and we are still waiting for the hutch and the cpu tower to arrive.

We watched 2 of the 4 wedding tapes this weekend. Its quite hilarious watching ourselves at our wedding - we spend most of the time looking confused as we are ushered here and there, asked questions we don't know the answers to, and meet distant relatives we don't know. I am glad that we spent the mulah on a videographer. Aside from the obvious romantic qualities of having your wedding on tape, it's nice to see all of our friends gathered in one place and looking very, very, sharp.

August 06, 2004

Suds a Plenty

So four days into occupying our new home I've made my first attempt to wreck it. In sterotypical fashion I grabbed the wrong kind of dishwashing soap and poured it into the diswasher. This, of course, caused suds to flow and flow and flow out of the dishwasher. We had to run in twice then I wiped down the whole appliance before it stopped bubbling over.

So what we've learned from this is : I'm not smart and I'm a stereotype - the dumb husband who can't be trusted around the dishwasher.

August 04, 2004

Something New

New house, new wife, new blog! It goes together so well. I've got lots of stories to tell about the wedding, the honeymoon, and the new home.

Thanks to everyone who made it to the wedding. Don't worry about the comments and the links; I will have those up and running very soon.