They were running an annual passholder preview for Star Tours yesterday. The experience was completely different from the one on Saturday. I’ve also heard they can combine enough scenes to create over 50 versions of the new ride. Totally awesome.
Here’s a video I shot of the new ride.
It has officially been a year since the series finale aired for what I consider to be the best television show of all time, LOST.
I know a lot of people didn’t hang on to the end, or, if they did, didn’t like the finale. I loved it from beginning to end. Everything about the show was awesome.
I don’t know if another show will ever come along that will top LOST. It will be tough.
Desmond and Penny were my favorite couple / storyline through the series. Here’s one of my favorite clips from their story.
If you never watched the show, go watch it on netflix, or Hulu, or something. It’s never too late to start!
I watched a video yesterday that asked 50 people, “What is your biggest regret?” it got me thinking about choices, regrets, and the life changing moments I’ve had.
There have been many moments during the course of my life that I would consider life-changing. Everything from education, to tech, to meetings, etc. Some of them, though, turn out to change everything.
I know we’ve all had them. Some good, some bad. Here are three I consider the biggest in my journey so far.
Jason was my drum instructor for 5 years. He taught me so much of what I know about the instrument, and he really fueled my love of the craft into a passion. Before we met, drums was a fun thing I really enjoyed, but he was a great teacher and was able to really push me to be the best I could be.
Three months in my career at Guitar Center, things were not going so well. I had no prior sales experience, and am an introvert. Not a good combo. My long time friend Randy pulled me aside one day and told me, “Look, a lot of guys put in the good word for you getting this job. We know you can do it. We know you can sell. Don’t let us down.”
I will never forget those words from him. It gave me the drive to succeed and helped me on the career path I’m on today. November will be ten years since I first started with Guitar Center, and I’ve worked in five different stores, held multiple positions from salesperson to Operations Manager, and am now Communications Manager for the company working out of the Support Center.
I’m thankful to Randy Roberts for all he did for me. My life would not be the same without him.
At this point in my GC career, two years have gone by, and I’m now Assistant Manager of the Palmdale store. I was tasked with finding and hiring a new front door person, so I reached out to my ex-girlfriend, who I was still on good terms with. She turned it down.
My next offer was to her friend, Breanne Bradshaw, who was looking for part time work while she finished beauty school. She almost turned it down, but said yes in the end and we hired her. A year and a half later, Breanne Bradshaw became Breanne Blanchard.
I sometimes wonder what my life would look like if I hadn’t offered her that job. We wouldn’t have spent so much time getting to know each other at work. We wouldn’t have spent so much time getting to know each other outside of work. Would we be married? Would we have the two beautiful children we have? I don’t know.
One thing I do know, I’m glad she took the job.
Those are my top three life changing moments. What are yours?
Speaking with my parents over the weekend, I’ve realized there aren’t many things we dreamed about as kids that haven’t come true. When I was young, things like laser guns, virtual reality, robots, etc. all seemed like a distant future possibility, but maybe not a reality. Now, I’m not so sure.
I’m beginning to believe that if we really put our minds on it, we can do it.
Just take a look at some of the things we’ve created, that began as science fiction:
The sheer amazement of the things we have invented blow my mind, but I also wonder what we can come up with next. The ability to collaborate with others from around the world in real time has really changed everything over the past few years.
Other than time travel, aliens and human teleportation, what awesome tech can you think of that we have left to create?
Below are the apps I used on my iPhone on Sunday, April 17, 2011:
Sorry I missed a few days…Below are the apps I used on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
I celebrated my 30th birthday yesterday. The last “big one” for ten years when I celebrate 40. It brought up a lot of thoughts about my life, my work, what I want to do, etc, and I found myself thinking about things I haven’t accomplished. Things I haven’t “done” with my life. I thought about how I’ve kinda wasted these first 30 years. I haven’t really “done” anything. Anything of value anyway.
Then I thought of how false that statement is.
I’ve done SO much with my 30 years on this earth, it’s hard to even put it all down. I won’t bore you with the more trivial things, but here are three I consider the most important. The things that, without my input, would change the lives of those around me forever.
In 2005, I got married to the most wonderful, beautiful woman ever; Breanne Nicole Blanchard. Seriously. I will fight you on this. My wife beats your wife in every way. Want to arm-wrestle over it? I’ll go over the top.
In 2007, we had our first child, Malachi Ethan Blanchard. Arguably, the best boy (soon to be man) ever to walk the face of the earth. He has qualities in him I never imagined kids could have. I love him to the depths of my heart.
In 2010, we had our second child, Presley Reagan Blanchard. I don’t even know where to begin on this little wonder. She has not even been out of the womb for a year yet and she continues to amaze me with the things she does every day.
I love my family so much and would do anything for them. It’s crazy how deep my feelings run for them. Feelings I didn’t even have on my radar pre-2005. I don’t know what my life would be like without them, and I don’t care to even think about it. They are my world.
I am so thankful every day for them and if I never do another thing in my life, I will be proud to say I did the things that mattered. Married the love of my life, and brought these kids into the world.
P.S. Jackson Blanchard is on target to be born July 11, 2011 and I am sure he will bring a whole new world of love and admiration to our lives. I haven’t met him yet, but I already love him know he will blow my mind with the things he does.
Below are the apps I used on my iPhone on Sunday, April 10, 2011
After a few days of use, we can see I use pretty much the same apps every day. Obviously, I expected Mail, Phone, Messages to be in there, but it’s becoming interesting to me to see what apps only get used every few days.
I’ll keep posting these for the time being. Beginning tomorrow, I’ll post screenshots to Flickr also.
Below are the apps I used on my iPhone on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Malachi did use my phone on Saturday, as you can tell from all the Angry Birds usage. He loves those games.
Below are the apps I used on my iPhone on Friday, April 8, 2011
A more business-centric day on Friday. Obviously, Malachi didn’t use my phone, either!
Also, if links are needed to any of the above apps, I’m happy to provide them.