Lies

So this morning I realized I was out of deodorant/antiperspirant. This will not do on a day I have parent teacher conferences. So, I borrowed my wife's. I thought it would be fine because it was labeled unscented. That is a lie. Every so often, I caught a whiff of honeysuckle with a hint of tulip- and after looking around my immediate personal space, I realized it was me. So, either Secret "unscented" is a lie, or when mixed with my particular pheromones, I smell like Temple Square in April.

Unrelated topic: 2 moments of laugher till I cried :When the baby was presented in tonight's episode of Modern Family, and the footbal team in Glee performing Single Ladies on the field. Hulu them immediately. They were great.

Public Confession

So have you ever publicly confessed to something kind of embarrassing? Thanksgiving Dinner? Testimony meeting? Well, this woman in Texas went to a school board meeting to give her two cents about teaching abstinence in schools... and makes a confession to everyone- only to have it turn out that the abstinence meeting was the day before- and that this school board meeting was on alcohol awareness. A special thanks to Christopher Clark for tweeting this to my attention.

Autumn

There's a nip in the air and the sun is setting earlier- it's the time of year I love the most:
Fall TV Season!!
I post the following without shame or embarrassment. The reason we have a DVR is so we can record everything we want and watch it when there is nothing on- or- watch it later so that a 60 minute show becomes 40 min. After having a DVR for a bit, it's weird actually watching TV somewhere where you have to watch commercials (Mom and Dad...). It's very 2001.
Here is the Eaton Family's 2009 Fall DVR schedule. A * means this is a brand new show (Not counting Word World, Charlie and Lola, and Yo Gabba Gabba for the girls. Those are all a given):
Sunday
60 Minutes (Jackie likes cranky Andy Rooney- and what's nice is they summarize all their stories before it even begins so you know if it's worth watching).
Mad Men- It's like the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but sad.
The Amazing Race- We love our Phil and his raised eyebrow.
Monday
How I Met Your Mother- we've watched it from the beginning, but it gets funnier and funnier. It's like Friends- but more random.
The Big Bang Theory- This show would be ok- except Jim Parson's portrayal of the scientist Sheldon takes it to genius level. He deserves the Emmy Award tonight.

The Rachel Zoe Project- A Bravo reality show that follows professional stylist Rachel Zoe around. It's kind of dysfunctional but entertaining.
Tuesday
*V- I remember watching this miniseries when I was little in Ohio. I'll give it a chance (plus it has the actress who plays Juliet on Lost in it so it can't be that bad).
*The Good Wife- Could turn into another court case of the week show, but it looks intriguing.
So You Think You Can Dance- Part of me likes this show in the summer because it gives some new television when everything else is re-runs, but Jackie and I are hooked on this show.
Wednesday
*Glee- So far my favorite new show of the year.
*Modern Family- So far critics have compared it to Arrested Development- which is pretty lofty, but it stars Jesse Tyler Fergeson (who Jackie and I like from the Broadway musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) so we're game.

*Cougartown- This show is for Jackie. I'm not sure why.
Top Chef Las Vegas- Still amazing challenges with great food.
Thursday
This night puts the DVR into overdrive.
Real Housewives Atlanta- We love our NeNe.
Project Runway- We also love our Heidi.
*Flashforward- I hope it's like Lost and not like Heroes.
The Office- Can't miss tv.
Parks and Recreation- Already like it better than last year (with the episode about the gay penguins).
*Community- Joel McHale is great, but we already love the Indian guy who has pop culture Asperger's Syndrome. Plus Chevy Chase as a grouchy old man.
30 Rock- Kenneth is going to go on strike this season!
Fringe- We didn't watch Season 1 until the early summer- and we loved it. Each episode got better and better. JJ Abrams can do no wrong.
Friday
The Soup- We don't need to watch America's Next Top Model when Joel McHale does it for us.
Dollhouse- We're getting Season 1 on Netflix- then we'll watch this.
(We'll also watch Supernanny if we stumble across it).

Saturday is Netflix or catch up on shows (we still have the last season of Burn Notice and Leverage to catch up on!). You are all invited over for fall tv viewing parties. Just bring the chips and salsa (or pork rinds for Jackie).

For you Sound of Music fans...

Those of you familiar with Improv Everywhere- this is not them. But it's just as good. Filmed with over 200 dancers in Central Station in Belgium- it was used to promote a tv show connected to The Sound of Music. This is what happens in my head every morning.

Turning 34

So far, my 34th year on this planet is pretty good.

Since my birthday was on a Sunday, Jackie and I got a sitter on Saturday. Off we went to the City of Salt Lake to frolic and play.

The day began with a trip to the Utah School of Massage Therapy. There was a huge wait so we put in our names and we were off to a matinee of the great film (500) Days of Summer. Since it was my birthday weekend, Jackie participated in carbs by sharing a popcorn with me at the theatre.

The film was great (and had a great soundtrack too).

After that, it was back for hour long massages. We then went and had a four course dinner at The Melting Pot- a fondue restaurant. We got the 4 Cheese fondue (with garlic and pesto) that we ate with bread, vegetables and apple slices. Then we got our salad with tomatoes, mozzarella and heavy basalmic vinegar. After that, we ate the oil based main course- which was a variety of shrimp, chicken, sirloin, ravioli and vegetables that we dipped in a variety of batters and dipping sauces. We finished off our meal with the cookies and cream chocolate fondue which came with cheesecake, strawberries, rice crispy treats, bananas and pound cake for dipping.

After that, we went home, got the girls, went to Smith's, got mistaken for a homeless family (by a nice older lady behind us in line that felt bad for Millie because I was not letting her get any Mike-n-Ikes- and because Millie and Ellis looked like urchins out of a Dickens novel).

We then got home and watched a long French film called I've Loved You So Long.

The next day (my actual birthday) began with a fun trip to Priesthood Executive Committee at 8:00am. Followed by church where Millie had a melt down in Sacrament Meeting. After church, Jackie allowed me to have a nice long nap followed by my favorite meal- Thanksgiving dinner- shared with my parents and my brother Tim.

My presents were a case of Mexican Coke (the drink- not the powder) and an advertisement for a LG 50" plasma tv. This was a good present because I've owned our old tv since 1998 and the picture was starting to turn permanantly pink. It was also a surprise because if you've ever met Jackie, you know that purchasing a birthday present like this goes against everything in her DNA- Jackie had purchased it two days previously (they didn't have any in stock)- so we were off on Labor Day to pick it up- along with a new sofa set for the downstairs family room. We continued my birthday celebration on Labor Day by eating breakfast at the Original Pancake House in Sugarhouse- where the girls feasted on berries and cream and Ellis would only eat in Jackie's lap.

All in all, a great birthday- even when we discovered that the sofa set in our family room only allows 4 inches for someone to get past it to get around the basement, it's the perfect accompaniment to the 50" plasma. And the new tv stand that took me and Jackie 5 hours to put together. Everyone's invited over to our house to watch Top Chef in all its 50" glory.