Oh and this is as close as I will ever get to twittering!

Oh the fun of going to college. Right now @ 11:45'ish I am doing laundry. Yeah!!!

Well that was nerve racking

For the first time outside of Home openers since I've started announcing I was actually nervous about announcing a game.

I got a text from our Sports Information Director (SID & my boss) around 4:45 for a 7p game. Asking me if I had ever announced a soccer before. I have announced CIF Soccer, once. So I somewhat lied and said that yes I have announced soccer before. So, not knowing if they would treat me like the regular announcer, I brought with me rosters for both teams.

I get to the field at 6:05 (5 minutes later than what I had planned), and went over the script for advertisements with the soccer contact, Sarah. I was told to read the script as it was printed with no ad libbing. That is tough for me, since this was the first time that I would have to read strictly from a script. So as game time got closer, my nerves got more and more crazy (of course it didn't exactly help that I was so nervous that I couldn't eat dinner & had low blood sugar).

Once I got into the Anthem "break", I was fine. I had a couple of screw ups on names, but other than that I did fine. Now comes the big question.....will they want me to take over once the regular announcer leaves at the end of Oct.?

Finally!

I'm officially a University student!
-CD

As sent earlier today from my phone. Well today was the day that I've been looking forward to since December of 2007 when I made the decision to go back to school. It has been just 3 months shy of 2 years, and oh the classes and homework and all the other stuff that goes along with school.

So now that day one is done, I've only got 2 years (by my own limitations) before I get my B. S. paper. Wish me luck, not only with school, but with my next 100 posts. Yes, this is post # 100, thanks to everyone (aka Jesse) who has been with me through all 100 posts.

Well, maybe not

As you read in my last bog, I was planning on going to Hollywood for a taping of "Let's Make a Deal". Well, then again maybe not. When we got to San Clemente things went down hill (and not just because the I-5 goes down). At first, I was starting to feel a little uneasy, so I stopped at the Mickey D's at Ave. Pico. I used the restroom and got there just in time as things in my body hit the eject button. So we turned around and came back home. We got back to the house around 8a and then Mom & I went to bed. I went to bed and didn't get up until 3p, it was a nice long rest. So I wish I could tell you about "Let's Make a Deal" but, I, just like the rest of everyone that wasn't there, will have to wait until the episode comes out on TV.

PS, tomorrow will be 2 months until I move into the dorms at CSUB.

Back to Hollywood

So I'm heading back to CBS Television City tomorrow for a taping of yet another TV Show. You might have heard the previous version of this show...."Let's Make a Deal". Everyone in the audience must dress up in a costume, so I'm going as ............................. a Hooter's Pool Boy. Mom will be joining me and she is going out on a huge limb as what she is dressing up as...a square dancer, oooooooo big time dress up there.

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Well, Mom, Julie, and another friend, along with myself all went to a triple taping of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" I will not let anything out of the bag, except that all three tapings were celebrities and that all three of the contestants failed to win the maximum. Two of them actually are going to pay out of thier pockets what they lost on the last question.

The tapings that we saw were for the new (and this is really the only cat I'm letting out of the bag) 30-minute version of the show. This is because it is going into syndication so look for it across all available channels.

Also, for those that have been reading this blog for awhile remember (or at least can go back and read) The Moment Of Truth. As you will remember, I love this show simply because of the "Are you kidding me?" reaction that I got after watching the taping. I got bad news, it along with "Don't Forget the Music" have been cancelled by Fox. Hopefully, either Fox, another Network, or even GSN might pick these shows up as they were great shows.

I'll update later with pictures from the Mini-Hollywood tour that we took after the taping.