Conan was referring to the recent anonymous donation of a million dollars. I was completely shocked. It's a good college, but not the widest known university. Our alumni includes NJ governor Jim Florio and one of the Menenedez brothers.

Actually, it probably would have been better to mention that the writer of the upcoming movie "The Spiderwick Chronicles" (which stars Martin Short) is also former TCNJ graduate.

Yeah, that would have been best. Ah well. My bad.

I am really pissed off. I mean, not only will the strike cause a major infarction within the television industry, but what's the point.

The two sides can't agree, so one side quits? What do they expect to happen? "You know, I didn't actually think you were serious. Okay, here's some money."

What is going to happen is that eventually, the two sides will have to find some solution. The strike can't last forever. But that would mean they would have to negotiate again.

Why not continue negotiating now instead of hurting the industry and negotiating later?

By the way. I'm not that old.

Actually, as of today, I am now 21! Which means nothing since I don't drink or go to clubs. Ah well.

Well to celebrate, within the next few months, I'll be going to concerts and doing things to celebrate.

But right now, I have to continue studying. My finals begin in the morning. (Groan)

Wish me luck!

To cause further procrastination of studying for finals, my school has a bunch of activities around this time of the year. So they brought in Alonzo Bodden of "Last Comic Standing" fame. It was amazing how little people showed up. I mean we must have filled up only several rows. I sat front seat center -practically the  first one in. But, I even had empty seats next to me when the show started. I could have came in during the show and still get great seats. They eventually asked people to move closer so the room "didn't look quite as empty". Ha ha ha.

He was pretty good. There was a bunch of jokes I don't remember. Some I do. But he was funny. Same as his warm-up act, Eric O'Shea, who came on last due to the fact that he got lost, bringing up memories of the Darrell Hammond show, but you'll hear more of that later...

ClevelandRocker, circa January 30, 2006 wrote:

Last night, I went to New York City to see the Upright Citizens Brigade again. For those in the Midwest, this is what New York looks like. Jealous? So we made it to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. See, I was there! This is what it looks like on the inside. Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pictures during the show. But I did see some familar faces. That being, Horatio Sanz and Dan Bakkedahl. Also, Brian Huskey of Best Week Ever was there. The show started with Horatio and some guy entering the room and talking about things. Horatio was unshaved and eating a cheeseburger. During the show, the cast would play improv. Horatio would giggle, try to get someone to give him a hand job, and quote, "A little T-Bag or something?". Anyway, I had a great time. Seriously, if you are ever in New York any Sunday night, you really should go.

That was what I wrote back in 2006. Let's see what else I can remember about the day.

Earlier that day, I had to watch a video for my Spanish ****at the library. After doing that, I brought a pen and journal with me. I mean, think about it. The first time I almost met Paul Scheer. It could happen again!

Well, it didn't.

But for your benefit, I had just gotten a camera, allowing me to take these pictures for the Midwest-conscious . I remember again waiting by the door again. I think it was drizzling. I eventually got my seat - I think it was the same seat as my first show.

Unfortunately, I hardly recognized the cast. Oh sure, there was Horatio Sanz, with beard, and TDS newbie Dan Bakkedahl, as well as Brian Huskey. But I couldn't remember really anyone else. Later, I found out one of the guys was named Jason Mantzoukis. Miriam Tolan also might have been there.

The sketch that I remember the most is the museum sketch. The cast played a bunch of children locked in a museum, or maybe just left unattended. At one point, Dan gets poo on his hands, and wipes it off on a wooly mammoth or something. Oh Dan, you are a weird one.

When we left, the bus driver got a little lost in New York. You see, the picture of the Empire State Building wasn't exactly the first picture I took of it. Most of the others were pretty blurry due to the fact that I was inside a moving bus at the time.

Okay, so I couldn't remember much more. Tv.com erased my earlier draft. But, I should get the last one posted soon.