Showing posts with label 24. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 24. Show all posts
07 June 2009
13 January 2007
I'm still here
I know I haven't posted in almost two weeks, but yes, I'm still here. I've been enjoying the time off with Tracy, the kids, and the baby.
Keep your eyes peeled over at MILblogging.com where the 2006 Milbloggies (milblog awards) will soon be online. You'll be able to vote for the Chronicles of Narmya in (hopefully) a couple of categories. You can be sure that I'll post updates here and make it as easy as possible for you to vote (for me, of course)!
Eventually (once the awards are over) I'll probably change the name of the blog back to the simple MikeBlog. While I did enjoy the name change (again, credit goes to Tracy), I'm back stateside now and it only makes sense. Also, the location change reflects a bigger shift in my posts from Iraq-centric (and even then it was pretty weak) to American-centric, usually involving politics, news, sports, etc. The biggest reason for the focus on Iraq was to give my readers a sense of what it's like to be on the ground. I think (and hope) I did a decent job of that, given the various (and unfortunately, increasingly) stringent restrictions placed upon military bloggers. When the people at the star level not only realize what blogs are, but figure out the entire concept of user-provided content and how it is changing the Internet, only then will we make progress on that level. Ok, enough rant for the day.
I am planning on going back to work on Tuesday (Monday is MLK Day) so I expect to start blogging a little more frequently then. Have a great weekend and don't forget the Eagles game tonight at 8pm (against New Orleans) and "24" starts with a 2 hour season premeire tomorrow night!
Keep your eyes peeled over at MILblogging.com where the 2006 Milbloggies (milblog awards) will soon be online. You'll be able to vote for the Chronicles of Narmya in (hopefully) a couple of categories. You can be sure that I'll post updates here and make it as easy as possible for you to vote (for me, of course)!
Eventually (once the awards are over) I'll probably change the name of the blog back to the simple MikeBlog. While I did enjoy the name change (again, credit goes to Tracy), I'm back stateside now and it only makes sense. Also, the location change reflects a bigger shift in my posts from Iraq-centric (and even then it was pretty weak) to American-centric, usually involving politics, news, sports, etc. The biggest reason for the focus on Iraq was to give my readers a sense of what it's like to be on the ground. I think (and hope) I did a decent job of that, given the various (and unfortunately, increasingly) stringent restrictions placed upon military bloggers. When the people at the star level not only realize what blogs are, but figure out the entire concept of user-provided content and how it is changing the Internet, only then will we make progress on that level. Ok, enough rant for the day.
I am planning on going back to work on Tuesday (Monday is MLK Day) so I expect to start blogging a little more frequently then. Have a great weekend and don't forget the Eagles game tonight at 8pm (against New Orleans) and "24" starts with a 2 hour season premeire tomorrow night!
28 August 2006
Jack addict
If you have watched at least a few episodes of Fox's TV show 24, you are probably addicted. I know I am. From the first episodes of Season 1 I have faithfully watched the show through five seasons. The first three seasons I was away from home for at least parts of the season and thus watched by DVD--which is the easier method by far. How else can you find yourself watching the entire season (24 hour long episodes) in the matter of a few days? Season 4 was the first that I watched entirely week-to-week, and it was incredibly painful as the show's writers are way too good at cliffhanger suspense designed to draw you back the next week wanting more. I watched most of Season 5 that way too, and finished it off with episodes from iTunes (military deployments tend to wreak havoc on family life and TV watching schedules).
The Emmy Awards have largely snubbed '24' in the past. Finally though, Season 5 was the breakthrough. Kiefer Sutherland won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. The show won Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
In the Creative Arts awards, '24' took home two more: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series and Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore).
The Emmy Awards have largely snubbed '24' in the past. Finally though, Season 5 was the breakthrough. Kiefer Sutherland won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. The show won Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
In the Creative Arts awards, '24' took home two more: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series and Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore).
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