It’s been awhile since I have posted. To be honest not much has been going on. The holiday season is upon us and it’s getting busy.

Festivus came and went. It was a relatively tame year, which might be good. Brad and Kristi, thanks for hosting.

It looks like I’ll be installing a new water heater this weekend. I think mine is corroding now. It looks like it’s pretty stinking new… It’s always something.

Now on to the subject at hand. Tina and I have been playing some Guitar Hero on the Wii this week. Tonight I finally got fed up trying to beat songs on hard and playing the same old medium songs trying to beat my old high scores. So I hopped online to play some matches. It still seems a little spotty for the Wii. You get a match 1 out of 3 attempts. It was fun, a different twist. Here is the box score, if you will

Pro Face Off on Expert

Best of 5

Grimley vs einhander

wins 0 vs 3
best streak 44 vs 302
highest score 58548 vs 257823

black magic woman
26095 vs 209628

sabotage
58548 vs 159678 (only playing 2/3 the song, I think he felt bad for me.)

cult of personality
22433 vs 257823

It was more comical than anything because I can barely play hard let alone expert. Definitely something I am gonna have more fun with though.

Well, Guitar Hero has finally arrived. J and I were able to thrash early.. or late as it were. Battle mode is pretty f’n cool, whether it be co-op or head to head. My band name is “Taint Ed Saint”. A little play on words. I’m whipping right through the sets on Easy. It’ll be time to up the ante soon.

The Commander’s birthday was good. It was fun to see him walking around and interacting with another child close to his age. Nice work on the party Courtney and Jason

The Dettloff’s had another fantastic Halloween party. Me, Tina, Chris, and Kathryn went as some characters from Saved By The Bell. Screech, Jesse, Zach, and Kelly respectively. The contest winner was none other than Hulk Hogan. Wonderful job done by Ped. The crew from Anchorman showed up, Fletch made an appearance, as did Steve Irwin (with sting ray intact).

Perhaps some of you have been wondering where I’ve been (on-line). Well it seems IM is no longer allowed while under “the man’s” supervision. I didn’t block you or anything. You’ll have to catch me via e-mail or SMS.

Big Monday night game too. Go Pack!

Finally pulled into my second nearest gamestop and reserved myself a copy of Guitar Hero III for the Wii.  For whatever reason my local gamestop doesn’t do the midnight release thing.  It’s all good tho.

I’m pretty pumped as I have been a fan of GH on the PS2, but since I don’t own one I’ve never been able to just jam away at my own discretion.  Well that’s all gonna change come Oct. 28 at 12:00:00AM.  Although I have a prior engagement I’ll make my way up to gamestop for the release.  Since I won’t be able to do the early registration I may have to stand in line for a bit, or so says the local nerd with whom I negotiated a copy of Gh3.  Jason
says he’s coming over at 12:30 with his guitar.  We’ll see what happens since we (he more than me) has a certain little b-day to function at the next day.

I did find it interesting how much more nerdy the employees where I purchased GH3 vs my local shop.  No wonder Jason likes to go in there and shoot the shit and ruffle their feathers a bit.  Not so much the case at my home location.

Come Sunday let the red bull flow!

I know, I know, it’s been a while since I last blogged.  I’m catching from every which way so I figure I better get this over and done with.

The new job is going well, I’ve learned quite a bit and there seem to be some good opportunities here to learn and grow professionally even more.

There isn’t too much excitement these days.  I’m finishing up some projects around the house, waiting for Guitar Hero III to come out, and working a fair amount.

I have found time to watch my beloved Packers.  It’s been a pleasant surprise, but I still think they are an 8-8 team and the lack of a running game will catch up with them soon.  Hopefully they can prove me wrong!

I’m thinking I need a trip to Vegas, it’s been too long for me.  Although the weather window in Vegas is quickly closing.  May need to hold off for a tropical vacation this winter.

The first snow of the season is hitting us hard. It looks like a doozy outside and I don’t really even know what the end result is supposed to be… other than clogged freeways and plenty-o-accidents during the normal commute hours.

Now that the holiday season is upon us, it is nice to actually get some snow to get into the mood a little more.

I got a strange message from Jason the other day. It seems Tina was caught at the bowling alley with another dude. Don’t worry, I’ve got my eyes peeled. I knew the Wii extended beyond the doors of my household. On a side note, I have really been impressed with the Wii so far. The new forecast channel is neat and I have a feeling once Opera comes out tomorrow I can spend even more time dilly dallying around.

Got a Wii? Share your Wii number with me (just drop me an email or throw it in a comment). I’d love to have a huge parade one of these days.
Happy Holidays everyone. Be safe.