tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36116901505979831592011-11-27T17:09:04.366-07:00My life with Angela, Colin, Roxie the Dog, family, friends, and a whole lot of other people who think I'm a little out of sorts most of the time.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426416578375741017noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611690150597983159.post-87141609246546064582008-05-26T22:12:00.002-06:002008-05-26T22:16:24.424-06:00

All:For all of you out there who actually read this blog (and judging by the response at the Mother's Day get together, there are many of you who actually do...) I'm pleased to announce that I have moved the blog over to a new blogging client: Wordpress.What does that mean for you? Simple. My blog has a new website address. It is:http://andrewrparker.wordpress.comSo, come on over and visit. And

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My dog is hilarious. As you can see, she's sitting there on Angela's lap with her front legs crossed acting very formal. After taking this picture, I asked if she wanted cream and sugar in her tea. She politely declined saying that she did not drink tea, but was grateful for the gesture. She then promptly jumped off the couch and began chasing her tail.Ah, the mind of a dog. Simple, yet complex.

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See that up there? That's my boy! In fact, it's my first boy (first child too) and here he is in all his ultrasound glory. Feel free to bask in the coolness of it all.Last week, my sister posted her fantastic news on her blog, so I thought that I would follow suit. After all, in this case, THREE is better than one.So, I'm sure you are wondering what we're going to name the child (or maybe you're

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Wow! Take a look at that picture! It's of the Conference Center at the conclusion of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square's annual Christmas Concert. While, it's not the greatest picture in the world, it gives you some idea of the grandeur of the spectacle. This picture was taken shortly after we finished our final performance on Sunday morning.This was my first Christmas

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My good friend Dylan and his wife Sarah had this posted on their blog, so I thought I'd take the quiz. Take it and see how you fit in!you are dodgerblue#1E90FFYour dominant hues are cyan and blue. You like people and enjoy making friends. You're conservative and like to make sure things make sense before you step into them, especially in relationships. You are curious but respected for your

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My sister has tagged me and essentially, what that means is that I now have to describe 6 things or habits about myself. I assume that means that I have to write down six things or habits that no one already knows, but I'm not really sure. As such, the first six things to pour forth from my fingers are what you get.I hate answering the phone. I think it has to do with the fact that when Angela

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As usual, Angela and I made our annual trip to Los Angeles to take in a USC Football game and to enjoy the good weather. We do so enjoy going to L.A. and going to the games. They truly are a huge party!On campus, it's a complete circus. There are people everywhere, there are lines to get into the bookstore (yes, lines) and everyone has these enormous set-ups complete with big-screen TVs, stoves,

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So, I'm sure you've heard of the NBC Sitcom "The Office." It's a hilarious spoof on modern office life and everyone who I work with at my own office loves it. In fact, we love it so much, that we decided to dress up as characters from the show for Halloween. And someone was nice enough to take a picture of us, in our warehouse, ironically enough, stuffed with printed paper products.To add to the

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Angela and I carved our annual Halloween pumpkin last night. While it's a bit hard to see based on the photos, the pumpkin is supposed to be a singing pumpkin. As usual, we watched Nightmare Before Christmas and enjoyed pulling guts out of the pumpkin. I'll have some pictures up from today's activities at work. I dressed up like Dwight from the NBC sitcom "The Office" as part of my entire

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So, um, yeah. This post has been up here forever without any supporting text. I should probably put some in, so here goes:This picture was taken before the weekly, Thursday night rehearsal of the Tabernacle Choir. As you can (or maybe can't) see, the orchestra is rehearsing and Craig, as usual, is telling all the arriving choir members to please be quiet. Boisterous group that Tabernacle

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As I'm sure all four of my faithful readers know, Angela and I visit New York every year. We love it. It's where we went for our honeymoon and we go back every year to enjoy the sights, sounds, food and wonder of the big city. The smells...not so much.But before we get to all the hippity-do in the city, we usually spend a few days with Angela's sister Heather and her family on Long Island.

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So, I'm scouring the web for all the fun little bells and whistles I can post on my blog. You'll notice now that you can see my mood and my facebook page (you must get on facebook--I have so few friends on there now) and other fun stuff may show up in the future. Mostly, it's a way to keep me entertained on a boring Friday afternoon where I am LITERALLY one of two people here. Hopefully, you can

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It's been five years since I took my sweetheart Angela to the temple to be married. I remember the day vividly as I count it as the most memorable day of my life, if not the most memorable for plenty of reasons, but mostly because I don't think I've been happier than on that day.As a memory, here are five things I remember about that day, and five things I love about Angela (that you may or may

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This blurry picture was taken of Heather, Daniel and Aubree Adams as we went to visit them at their home on Long Island. Every year, we head out to their place to spend a couple days and then head into the city to catch a few shows. This year, we started off our trip with a visit to Cozymel--apparently, the only Mexican Restaurant on Long Island that's worth eating. The food was great! After

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As a devoted Potter-crazed maniac, Angela and I of course attended the midnight purchasing party for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." As usual, it was a complete circus--full of the usual weirdos, comings, goings, and generally idiotic people who want to butt in front of you--but hey! It's still fun to hang out with the crazies every now and again.Our odyssey began early Friday morning as

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Hello. My name is Andrew Parker. I'm 29 years-old and I'm a Potter-holic."Hello Andrew."Today is July 20, 2007. It's one day before the final Harry Potter book is released in the United States and I'm sitting here at work being completely useless. I'm trying to work, and getting a few things done, but the fact that over the next couple of days I will find out Harry's fate is never far from my

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For those of you who think we did nothing on this trip but eat...you might be right. However, we did ride rides and see shows and host of other things. We just happened to take a lot of pictures of the restaurants because that's where we had the most fun.Above, I'm holding my dinner at the French Bistro in Epcot. The portions may look small (and they are) but this is the fourth course of a 5

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Angela will laugh because I put the belly dancer first, but hey...it was pretty cool! In any case, here we are at Restaurant Marrakesh...the same place that I ate at with my family when we visited Disney World nearly 20 years ago. At that time, the restaurant was still relatively new. But now, after 20 years, it remains much the same as I remember it. The belly dancing, the music and the food! Oh

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For dinner one night, we went the German restaurant named Biergarten (gee, I wonder what that translates into?) In any case, this was most definitely our least favorite of the restaurants that we visited. Fortunately, though, it wasn't because of the lack of entertainment or the tremendous atmosphere. As you can see from the picture above, we had a great time taking in authentic German music and

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One of the coolest things about Disney's new Wild Animal Kingdom is the Safari ride they have in the park. They've re-created a version of the Serengheti Plains in Africa and the result is stunning. As you can see from the picture above, it's almost as if you were really in Africa and watching all the wild animals! What's even more amazing is that the preserve allows all the animals to roam

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I know this is a little hard to see, but this is Angela with her "Bug Eyed 3-D Glasses." The reason she has them on is because we're about to go into "A Bug's Life 3-D Adventure." It's a really cool show that is totally interactive and loads of fun. Essentially, you sit there while certain bugs "show off" their stuff for you in the hopes that we humans will better understand them and then, not

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Here's a picture of me outside the Rose and Crown Pub in the recreation of an English village at Epcot Center in Disney World. Of course, during our trip to Disney World, we ate at as many of the countries' restaurants as we could. It made traveling back and forth to Epcot for lunch AND dinner every day a bit of a trial--but the food made it worth it.This is my plate of Bangers and Mash--that's

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Here's Angela on the Ferry (yes, ferry) into Disney World. Obviously, the Florida park is built a little different than the California park, but our initial initiation into the transportation around the park was this ferry. When you first arrive at Disney World, you're taken to the ticketing and transportation center--a massive structure that has bus stops, monorail stations, walking trails,

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You know how sometimes, you just get the need to write? Well, maybe not everyone. But for someone like me, who writes for a living, I get that need often--especially when I read something that inspires me. After all, people who write a lot tend to read a lot too. And while I've never read a lot of novels per se, I do read an enormous amount of textbooks, magazine and newspaper articles, web

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I took this picture as I was driving off the hill--just after I had finished my second final of the week. I thought it appropriate as the sun is starting to set on this, my third semester of my MBA program. It was a peaceful setting (and feeling for that matter) to know that school is on the downhill slope.I still have one class this semester, but it's over on July 17 and then I have a month off

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Spider-man 3The third, and presumably last movie in the venerable franchise, Spider-man 3 brings the trilogy to a satisfying, if somewhat over-packed, conclusion. In this tale, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has the girl and the love of all New York City. But after losing touch with his long-suffering love Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) he must not only battle his crumbling relationship, but also

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It works! Thanks to some brilliant help from the people at Google, we were able to get my mobile blogging up and running again! Yay!As most of you know, this picture is of a bear Angela gave me while she was at USC. It says: "Somebody at USC loves me." I kept it on my desk at work to remind me while we were apart that no matter how tough things were, Angela and I still loved each other and we

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Things are starting to return to normal around here. You'll notice that the subscription is back up (yes, you'll have to resubscribe and yes I know it's a pain), the link to my voice-over website is up and my picture is back. In addition, I've filled everything in a little to make it a bit more like home. And while it's still not as good as my previous dwelling place, it's becoming more and more

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Wow.So, I got to work this morning, pulled up my gmail account and found that it was being overrun by spam. Seriously. Essentially, what was happening was that I was getting a new piece of spam delivered to my inbox every second or so. The worst part? Yeah, they were all stuff that I really didn't want to see...you know. Naughty stuff.Anyway, after doing some research and trying to figure a few

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