Hi, I'm Darryll and I live in Pullman, Washington with my wife and two kids. I'm a licensed Architect and am employed as a Project Manager at Washington State University. In addition, I have my own business doing residential designs in the greater Palouse area. I am a self-taught pianist, song-writer and singer and am involved in the music department at my local church.
Ok - I will make no excuses. I've been a bad, bad, boy! Halloween was quite awhile ago, and that was my last post. I... uh... I've been... um. You see, it goes like this... I was, that is, I've been... uh... busy - and - like, stuff happened and...
No excuses. I'm guilty. Life hit me and some things got waylayed... and blogging was one of them. And I do apologize to all my blogger friends - whom I have also largely ignored over the last couple of months - I have been spending a lot less time on the computer at home in general, as well as just taking care of a lot of other things.
This tickled my funny bone...
Of course - a lot of things have happened over the last couple of months - and I bet I can even find a few of these things to blog about.
I really do hope to get blogging here soon. Here's one of the things that has been taking up my time...
OK – so we’re not all crazy.It’s incredible to see how much the ‘70s still have influence over the world of entertainment today.
As I was perusing the web that last couple of days, all of these stories were “in the news” and made me realize just how the love for the ‘70s just aint going away.
Hawaii Five-0:Did you hear that this series that starred Jack Lord as Detective Steve McGarrett battling crime in beautiful Hawaii is coming back this fall?Of course it will have a new spin to it, and be updated in a variety of ways… but once again we can all dream of visiting the islands.Bonus – Daniel Dae Kim of LOST fame will be on it!
MacGyver /MacGruber:We’ve all seen the ads for this latest SNL movie coming out today.What is it about a guy can get out of any jamb with a paperclip, some string, a battery and a few other junk drawer odds-and-ends that keeps us watching?And though the movie will be more humor than mad tinkering skills, it’s still a tip of the hat to a great show – that was in the ‘80s, I know, I know…
A-Team:Despite today’s PC world view, it looks like they’re still gonna let Hannibal smoke his little cigars.With Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper on board, this will probably be a pretty big summer blockbuster.As long as they stick to the main premise of the TV show – lots of blowing things up and fighting!And – use the latest and greatest weaponry whenever possible.And yes, I know, also an ‘80s fare.
The Good Guys:This is a new TV show just about to start up. I read a review that noted this is an homage to the cop shows of the '70s, replete with muscle cars, awesome ‘70s soundtrack, mustaches and sideburns.I’m looking forward to this.I loved “Life on Mars” when it was out for some of the very same reasons, so it’ll be good to see that again.
Glee:I’ve never watched this – you just have to pick and choose which shows you watch.I heard that they have recently been singing a lot of Journey’s and REO Speedwagon’s songs.So the show is exposing a whole new generation to some of the great music we grew up with.
I know that this dances back and forth between the ‘70s and ‘80s, but the point is, there’s a lot of good stuff coming up that is based on some of the great stuff that we grew up with.Let’s hear it for our generation's impact.
We are moved!By that I meant that we have successfully relocated from an 1800 sq. ft. home with two large storage sheds to a small cottage at a retirement center (long story – but I need to make sure you know that I am NOT old enough to live in a retirement center).
So – we’re here temporarily while we sort through all of the details about building a new home.We’re not rich – we have a disabled son, and by the time you put the money into remodeling an existing home, it pencils out, at least in our situation, to build a new home.
In the midst of all this, we have been without DSL for over 2 weeks – I won’t repeat some of the words my wife had for a certain company.And - I have been extremely busy at work and home, and have not been able to post.But – I have to take the time to tell you what I did this last weekend.
For my last birthday, my brother bought himself and me concert tickets to Elton John and Billy Joel paying in Seattle.It would take me forever to tell you how awesome it was.To summarize, it was 3½ hours long, they started out together for 6 songs, then Elton was alone for 10 or 12 songs, then Billy alone for 10 or 12 songs, then 2 final songs together and an encore of 4.When they sang together, they both played and took turns singing verses and choruses.Of course, they sang their hits – they both have so many to choose from – and it was SO incredible.The sound and the lights were great.It was an awesome opportunity to see to entertainment icons.
Part of what made the whole weekend so cool was that my daughter went with me to visit family while my brother and I went to the show, so the whole way over and back we rocked out and sang at the top of our lungs with Elton and Billy CD’s.It was some great father/daughter time as I did my part to pass on the ‘70s to my daughter.
We are still without DSL, but hope to have the situation taken care of soon, so I plan on getting with my blog.I really look forward to getting back in the swing of things as soon as possible.Until then, keep on truckin’!
We have an awesome new radio station that has just come on the air in the last couple of months here. It’s better than all the other oldies stations combined! They play all the hits that I grew up with, and they play so many more than the other stations.
I heard this song the other day, and I think it’s been at LEAST 20 years since I heard it. And you know what’s so awesome? I could sing along with 90% of the words right away! And – in an instant I was taken back to my high school days. I’m sure the same thing would happen to any of you.
Now here’s where the technology that I did NOT grow up with is so great. Instead of trying to write the words and describe the song in a feeble attempt for you to remember it, I’ll just post a link to one of the many versions of it on youtube.
It’s very true that “they don’t write them like that anymore.” I can't figure out how to embed it, but I will post the link...
