First Video

The display is not fully complete, but enough to set it live, and take video. Here is "Siberian Sleigh Ride" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Got Some More Done

Got 3 more bushes done on Saturday. Got them done in between running tech for two plays. So as of 1:38 AM on Sunday, November 2, 2008:

Number of Christmas Lights Hung Today: 4,500
Number of Strobes Hung Today: 0
Number of Christmas Lights Up: 13,240
Number of Strobes Up: 32
Total Number of Lights Up: 13,272
Anticipated Number of Christmas Lights: 36,508
Anticipated Number of Strobes: 210
Anticipated Total Number of Lights: 36,718
Days Until Lightup: 25
Days Until Christmas: 53
Days Until Last Night For Lights: 59

And It Has Begun

The lights have started going up. I'm MUCH further ahead this year so far than I have ever been. There is a particular way that I usually do updates on blogs when I'm updating for Christmas display progress (though they are gone since the PC blogs went away, and then came back, and now I'm posting here instead).

As of Thursday, 10/23/08 (official start date)

Number of Christmas Lights Hung Today: 0
Number of Strobes Hung Today: 22
Number of Christmas Lights Up: 0
Number of Strobes Up: 22
Total Number of Lights Up: 22
Anticipated Number of Christmas Lights: 36, 508
Anticipated Number of Strobes: 210
Anticipated Total Number of Lights: 36,718

(there's more, but I'll put it at the official bottom of this post)


As of Saturday, 10/25/08:

Number of Christmas Lights Hung Today: 1,400
Number of Strobes Hung Today: 0
Number of Christmas Lights Up: 1,400
Number of Strobes Up: 22
Total Number of Lights Up: 1,422
Anticipated Number of Christmas Lights: 36,508
Anticipated Number of Strobes: 210
Anticipated Total Number of Lights: 36,718



As of Sunday, 10/26/08 (finally caught up):

Number of Christmas Lights Hung Today: 7,340
Number of Strobes Hung Today: 10
Number of Christmas Lights Up: 8,740
Number of Strobes Up: 32
Total Number of Lights Up: 8,772
Anticipated Number of Christmas Lights: 36,508
Anticipated Number of Strobes: 210
Anticipated Total Number of Lights: 36,718


As of 12:44 AM on Monday, October 27,2008:

Days Until Lightup: 31
Days Until Christmas: 59
Days Until Last Night For Lights: 65

Time Marches On

And it's the end of September, 2008. Posts will begin to look familiar from those of late last year. That's right. It's time for serious work to begin on Christmas lights.

As it stands right now, as of 1:27 AM on Tuesday, September 30, 2008:

Days Until Lights Start Going Up: 32

Days Until Lights On: 58

Days Until Christmas: 86

Last Night For Lights: 92

It won't be long. Oh, and last year there were 29,998 lights not including strobes. This year, I'm making damn sure that we top 30,000!

Something to Think About Today

Here's a nice quote to remember:

"Time lost can never be recovered, and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."

Another thing to think about:

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.


I bring these two things up today for a reason. The quote at the top was spoken by Isaac Monroe Cline. Isaac was born in Tennessee, and passed away August 3, 1955 at the age of 93. Though he grew up on the farm, he became a meteorologist, and found his way to Galveston, Texas in the late 1800's. He was the one in charge there when on Saturday, September 8, 1900, a Category 4 Hurricane came roaring ashore just west of town. It started out a nice day. The ocean was large, but the sky was a beautiful shade. Even with warning of an impending storm, nobody left.

Right now, Friday, September 12, 2008, there is a very dangerous high-end Category 2 Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico heading right for Galveston. At the very last minute, mandatory evacuations were issued for the island. We shall see how this turns out. We can only hope that it turns out better than 1900.

8,000 people were killed in the 1900 Hurricane. One of those killed was Isaac's wife, Cora. Isaac never remarried after that.

And the Contest Results Are In

And the winner is...





Dad!


There's a reason he's smiling...he got the landfall point right!

Here I am, hanging my head, playing a sad song, because I lost.
Oh well. Off to bed for the night...it's been a long one. I'm going to Charleston to play music tomorrow! That will be fun. And I'll get to meet Joey's new baby girl.

Tropical Storm Hanna Makes Landfall

3:35 AM Saturday, September 6, 2008 now. Hanna has made landfall right on the SC/NC border. Here are radar grabs from landfall: