We are still in the thick of summer, and I haven't had a singly day off since 4th of July weekend. I am exhausted. Every time that I am scheduled to have a day off on a weekend, I get pushed into another weekend event (remote broadcast). Now, I don't mind doing these events. Hell, they are normally only two hours long, and we get a nice talent fee for each appearance. But when you start to string over a month of days together, it gets a little ridiculous. Like this coming weekend, I was supposed to have Saturday and Sunday off, but now I need to work on Saturday.

If you want to check out what goes on at one of these weekend events, check out my Flickr page to see a few of the most recent events. More specifically, the "Remote Broadcast" set on the right-hand side.

Here is one from this past Sunday (August 3rd) at the Northwestern Michigan Fair south of Traverse City


I was hoping to get more info out of comic-con from the Family Guy gang, but not much was revealed. A little deeper summary on "Road to Germany", and not much else. So this will pretty much be the extent of my TV blogging part.

Video Gaming? Well, I've been playing NCAA Football 09. I started a few dynasties, one with the Michigan Wolverines, and one with the Central Michigan Chippewas. I went undefeated in the first season on both, and didn't get the chance to play for the National Championship on either. Oh well. I'm amped for Madden next week, it looks like it has been significantly updated since last years game.

Well, back to work I guess. Thanks for stopping by!

-Fish

I've never been one to tan, I just transition right to burn. After doing two live broadcasts today, both outside, in the sun, I am burned. It hurts. The aloe gel isn't helping much.

I guess one good thing came out of today, I got my new laptop. I purchased a MacBook today, and am currently using it. It's my first Intel Mac and this thing screams compared to my G4 iMac. I got the black version with 250gb HD, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, and 2 gigs of RAM.

Not a lot in the world of TV going on for me, all of my regular shows are done. Being a bit of a space nut, I did catch When We Left Earth on Discovery HD last Sunday, and am looking forward to checking out the rest of that series.

If you're a fan of ESPN's Kenny Mayne, I suggest picking up his book An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport. I just finished it after picking it up a few weeks ago, and it was very hilarious.

Gaming news... Been playing a lot of Rock Band lately. I really want to get both Guitar Hero games coming out this month. GH: Aerosmith, and the one for the DS GH: On Tour.

Anyways, thanks for stopping by, I think I need some more Aloe...

-Fish

What have I been up to? I've been kinda busy with work, but then again am I even allowed to call it work? I sit on my rear end all night playing on the computer while talking. Haha. Okay, that's not all I do, but It sure seems like it. With my change of jobs just about at the two month mark, most of the shows that I watched while at my other job conflict with my current work schedule. We have TVs in the studios, but they're small, and I can't really focus on a show like LOST while jostling phone calls and contests. Thanks to my DVR, I don't have to miss any of my regular weeknight shows. I try not to even flip to the show that I am recording, I'd rather watch it in full. Most of the time I'll flip it to a sports game.

Family Guy is done for the season, we'll have to wait until the fall for new episodes. However, with Seth signing his big deal, we'll be sure to have lots more of the show for years to come. (thanks to Tim by the way for the shout-out ) I meant to watch LOST last night, but GTAIV was calling, and um, it won. I'll watch last night's LOST tonight when I get home.

Speaking of Grand Theft Auto IV, holy crap, what an amazing game. I finished the story line last night, and will begin to make the attempt at 100%. I would however, like to try a second play through soon to pick the other options throughout the game. I also picked up Mario Kart Wii on release day, and for the most part have enjoyed it. The AI is insane though. Also, I picked up Rock Band since my last blog, and have been rocking out on that before GTAIV, though I'm having a difficult time with the second solo in "Green Grass and the High Tides" on Expert. I know I said that I was holding off on games for a while, but Rock Band was too tempting. My good ole government bribe should be showing up next week, and I'll put that towards the MacBook that I plan on getting.

If you want to hit me up online, my gamertag and Wii friend code are over at my gamespot profile. Or, hell, I'll just post them here.

My Wii Console code is 8018-2214-4244-0972
Super Smash Bros Brawl: 0344-8952-7451
Mario Kart Wii: 0946-2649-8274

If you hit me up on the Wii codes, definitely leave yours in a comment or PM.

Thanks for stopping by!
-Fish

First, still no concrete info on the next episode of Family Guy. Some info floating around suggest that it's "The Former Life of Brian" on April 27th. We'll find out officially this Friday, when it's released by FOX.

Sucks that Jericho is gone again, this time for good. I am glad that it had a real ending though, none of that cliffhanger "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" crap like we had with the season 1 ending. Can't wait for the Season 2 DVDs.

Now, to the blog title. I thought it would be funny to deviate from my normal routine tonight. Normally at 8pm, I play the top 8 most requested songs of the night. Tonight, being April 1st, I figured I'd do an April Fools Day edition. This is how it looked:

Michael Jackson - Thriller
Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Haddaway - What is Love?
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Yeah, I figured I'd "rick-roll" our listeners, and play that as the Number 1 song. I got a few calls saying "hey great prank" or something along those lines. Mostly though, I got angry callers that wondered why I played those songs. To which I just asked them what the date was today, only to get "uhhh, Tuesday?" I told em it was a simple April Fools joke, and things will return to normal tomorrow.

Was this a bad idea? I thought it was funny, and so did my music director when I suggested it to him. Never thought it would be this un-eventful.

Anyways, gaming. I went back to playing The Orange Box. Beat Half-Life 2 the other night, and am working on Half-Life 2 Episode 1 now. COD4 map pack comes out on Thursday, can't wait for it. I had planned on buying a few games these past few weeks (Rainbow Six Vegas 2, MLB 2k8, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword) but have decided against it. Now that I have finally finished payments on my vehicle, I can save up some cash, and decided to wait and buy an Apple MacBook before the end of this month.

Tigers! Though it sucks that they lost opening day, Miguel Cabrera made his Tiger debut a special one as he blasted a homer in the 5th inning. And how bout Brandon Inge with the frozen rope to home plate! Here's hoping they bounce back and take the series from the Royals.

Thanks for stopping by,
-Fish

Not too much to update on Family Guy. No new episodes until at least April. A spin-off featuring Cleveland is in development, but just because it was set into motion by FOX, doesn't necessarily mean we'll see anything in the near future on it. Some shows get developed, only to vanish before they are seen.

Holy crap, Jericho is amazing. I really hope that this show gets to have a third season. I can't believe it'll be over in just two weeks. Lost is crazy as well, but that's a given.

Now to the blog title. I've been working part-time for a radio station here in Northern Michigan since early August, before that, I had been out of "the business" since October of 2006. But lets back up a bit, I got my start in radio in this same building. Back in 2000, I applied for a part time job with this radio station group to run Detroit Tiger games on the AM stations (I would sit and listen to the games, and play commercials at the appropriate times). I did that for a couple of years before I was asked if I wanted the opportunity to work a weekend airshift on the FM station. Doing part-time radio was fun, but I wanted more. In the early summer of 2004, I applied to another station for a full-time job that they were offering, and was working there within a month. I worked for them full time from September 2004 until they decided that I was expendable in October of 2006. After that, I didn't know what to do, I was crushed. I went unemployed for a while before I finally found a job with a local beer distributer. However, I knew right off the bat that this was not me. When I was passed over for a full time position with the distributer in August of 2007, I called up my old co-worker from the first radio station that I worked at, and asked if they needed some part time help. I started out like I did back in 2000, running games. Then, about a month ago, when after two jocks had left for other jobs, I was asked to help out part time on the FM station. This past Monday night came a new opportunity. I received a call from the Program Director of the FM, who proceeded to inform me that they would like to hire me full time to do nights. I immediately felt excited, and relieved too. I finally get to do what I love for a living, again. Hey, If you're ever traveling through Northern Michigan, keep an ear out.

Sorry if I bored you with my work story, haha, but I'll now bore you with my video games! The four days that I've had Super Smash Bros Brawl have been awesome. This game is amazingly addicting. Game of the year so far, and has eclipsed No More Heroes and Super Mario Galaxy as my new favorite Wii game. I've kinda neglected my XBOX 360 since Sunday, and Brawl is the reason behind it. I did download the "Bring Down the Sky" expansion to Mass Effect, but have yet to play it. My next XBOX 360 purchases will most likely be MLB 2k8, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Grand Theft Auto IV. For the Wii, I'll get Okami and Mario Kart Wii.

Thanks for stopping by,
-Fish