{"id":2750,"date":"2015-12-14T07:09:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:22:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:22:34","slug":"december-14-december-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/december-14-december-20\/","title":{"rendered":"December 14 &#8211; December 20 (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1250px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<p>I promised not to talk about the new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movie at all, but I will tell you this&#8230;(don&#8217;t worry&#8230;no spoilers)&#8230;there is NOTHING like this picture in the new movie.&nbsp; Too bad.&nbsp; This is a classic shot of Carrie Fisher in her famous Slave Leia metal bikini hanging out between takes with her stunt double.&nbsp; I love this picture!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing.jpg\" alt=\"slave_leia_sunbathing\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing-500x346.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing-700x485.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/slave_leia_sunbathing.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/humming\/humming.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"54\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Even though some would consider this one of the most annoying Christmas songs ever recorded, I think it&#8217;s kind of novel. Particularly since, when I hear it, I always change the words to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Collie Kisses&#8221;<\/span> and I sing it to my dog&#8230;who is utterly perplexed by it, but enjoys the attention.&nbsp; Yeah, I&#8217;m one of those cheesy dog owners who sing to their dog.&nbsp; Deal with it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Ray Anthony - Christmas Kisses\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bv5yfoLZHyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday the 14th \u2013 MESSED-UP MONDAY! \u2013<\/span> Like an idiot, I laid down on the couch around 4:30am.&nbsp; Bad idea.&nbsp; I got up at 7:40am with the sun coming in through the living room windows.&nbsp; Now what?!&nbsp; I wasn\u2019t feeling all that good, just kind of out of sorts, but I wasn\u2019t interested in going to bed.&nbsp; So I spent the morning loading up my photo albums.&nbsp; My main project over the Christmas-To-New-Year\u2019s break is to reorganize and purge my bedroom.&nbsp; I have a lot of old photo albums from the 70\u2019s that are in rough shape. They\u2019ve lost their sticky and photos are falling out all over the place. I bought a bunch of new photo albums at Hobby Lobby and I plan on redoing all of the old albums over the break.&nbsp; I\u2019m also going to go through my library and pull out the books I no longer need to create space for the books I do need. Then I\u2019ll donate the books to Goodwill. Along with a lot of the clothes I pull out of my closet. I no longer wear about 70% of the clothes in there, and I really need the available space. I spent a few hours with the photo albums and then I went to bed around 1pm, and slept until 4pm.&nbsp; My day was totally screwed up.&nbsp; Plus it was cold and windy out so it wasn\u2019t even that pleasant outside.&nbsp; I got up at 4 and made some phone calls and checked e-mails.&nbsp;&nbsp; My assistant Sara e-mailed me a webpage that explained the symptoms of angina pectoris.&nbsp; It sounded like exactly the symptoms I had been having the past few weeks.&nbsp; It emulates the symptoms of a heart attack, but isn\u2019t.&nbsp; My heart stress test is on Monday the 21st, so hopefully they\u2019ll rule out any heart problems as the cause of my feeling \u201cout of sorts\u201d of late.&nbsp; I met Sara at Jerry\u2019s for dinner, and then came home to do auditions.&nbsp; Time Warner informed us that our internet would be out between midnight and 5am because they would be laying new cable.&nbsp; That might explain the outage I experienced the other night.&nbsp; At least they gave us a heads up this time.&nbsp; So I got my auditions done earlier in the evening and napped from 10pm to 2am.&nbsp; I got up, fed and walked Roxy, wrote Wally\u2019s Week, made some tomato soup, and watched another episode of \u201cThe Addams Family\u201d on DVD before bed.&nbsp; I hope I\u2019m feeling better soon.\u000e<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 15th \u2013 BACK IN TIME! \u2013<\/span> It was about time to rev up the old Gran Torino again, so I got it out and enjoyed the nice day.&nbsp; I stopped by my Chiropractor&#8217;s office and got an adjustment. I told him about my suspicions about angina and he concurred.&nbsp; But we\u2019ll know more this coming Monday.&nbsp; I hit my mailbox to get some packages, and then I stopped by Subway to get a tuna sub.&nbsp; The Torino needed gas so I gassed it up (LOVING those new gas prices!) and then headed to the old NBC, where we used to do \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d&nbsp; Disney rented some space there and set up an editorial suite for a new movie they\u2019re working on, and they had me come in for about an hour and a half to do some Voice-Over work on the film. It was great fun, but it\u2019s still a little weird being over there.&nbsp; The studio isn\u2019t as busy as it used to be, but boy I sure have some good memories on that lot!&nbsp; I got home in time to watch the debate and get a Domino\u2019s pizza delivered.&nbsp; I grabbed some \u201cChristmas Nappies\u201d on the couch (a nap with the fireplace blazing, the pets napping in their bean bag chairs, and Christmas music gently playing on the satellite).&nbsp; My friend Kylie was in town from Florida so she stopped by later to catch up and visit.&nbsp; We went out to Jack In the Box to get some late-night food.&nbsp; I came home and watched more \u201cAddams Family\u201d on DVD and then I hit the hay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 16th \u2013 THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! \u2013<\/span> It\u2019s hard to believe that the rest of the country is cold, cold, cold!&nbsp; It was a gorgeous day and I wanted to get on my bicycle and ride, ride, ride.&nbsp; But my Dr. said to take it easy until my heart stress test on Monday. Rats!&nbsp; So I stayed inside and organized my desk, napped for about an hour, and then got up to take a dip in the Jacuzzi.&nbsp; I worked around the house, restocked my water and popcorn supplies in my cabinets, and reviewed some scripts for my session the next day.&nbsp; I took Sara to dinner at the Coral Caf\u00e9, and we stopped by The Christmas House in Burbank to see the lighting show again.&nbsp; They had added a new musical number!&nbsp; They programmed a light show to \u201cWe Wish You A Merry Christmas\u201d by the Ventures.&nbsp; Neat!&nbsp; I LOVE the Christmas House!&nbsp; I got home to take some Christmas Napppies, and then got up for my auditions.&nbsp; I headed to bed so I could be up early for a full day of sessions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 17th \u2013 GO MATTEL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN! \u2013<\/span> I got up at 10:30am and hit the road around 11:30 so I could be at Mattel in El Segundo by 1.&nbsp; I did a Voice-Over on one TV commercial, and then some of the staff showed me an old cabinet they had there with a lot of vintage Mattel toys. It was a treasure trove!&nbsp; They had an old Mrs. Beasley doll (remember those?) and something called Instant Replay, something that I had as a kid!&nbsp; What fun!&nbsp; I hit the road and headed to Glendale to do a session for Dreamworks.&nbsp; I got to work with Gary Trousdale, director of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and others.&nbsp; He\u2019s a super nice guy and he directed me in a voice session for a super cool theme park ride!&nbsp; As most of the talent agencies and studios are shutting down on Friday the 18th at noon, this would probably be the final day of sessions for this year.&nbsp; What a way to take out the year; Mattel and Dreamworks!&nbsp; Too cool!&nbsp; I stopped by Jersey Mike\u2019s to get a sandwich, and then I got home to relax and eat my dinner.&nbsp; I got some \u201cChristmas Nappies\u201d in, and then I did some work around the house when I got up.&nbsp; As I continue to follow doctor\u2019s orders to take it easy, I relaxed with some more \u201cAddams Family\u201d episodes before bed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 18th \u2013 ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A NIGHTOWL! \u2013<\/span> The maids arrived around 1 to clean up Planet Wallywood.&nbsp; While they worked I casually checked out the showtimes for the new \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie at the local theater.&nbsp; I was shocked!&nbsp; I didn\u2019t know they were running the film 24 hours opening weekend!&nbsp; This is great!&nbsp; I figured I\u2019d have to catch an afternoon matinee next week, but there was a 1:15 am showing that caught my eye for that night.&nbsp; I bought two tickets and made my plans.&nbsp; I was going to be up all night anyway, I may as well be at \u201cStar Wars.\u201d&nbsp; And so far it showed that only about 20 tickets had been sold for that showing.&nbsp; I drove Roxy over to Rusty\u2019s to get her a bath, and then took off to my box to get some mail.&nbsp; I stopped by McDonald\u2019s to get some lunch, and then headed over to Fast Signs to pick up some signage they made for me.&nbsp; I visited the comic book store next door and picked up the final two \u201cBatman \u201866\u201d comic books in the 30 issue series.&nbsp; I drove to my vitamin store to get some supplements, and then headed to my bank to handle some end-of-year banking stuff.&nbsp; I stopped by CVS to get a prescription, picked up a few groceries at the grocery store, and then went to pick up Roxy.&nbsp; When I got home I grabbed a pre-Star Wars nap.&nbsp; Around 11:30 I got up and fed Roxy and walked her.&nbsp; Then I got ready for \u201cStar Wars.\u201d&nbsp; My friend Emily came by at 12:30 and we were on our way to the theater.&nbsp; After seeing it I made it a policy to not talk about the movie, other than to say that I had seen it.&nbsp; I dropped Emily at her car, and then went over to Denny\u2019s to get some food to go.&nbsp; I got home and did some work, and enjoyed my dinner while watching the final two episodes from the first season of \u201cThe Addams Family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 19th \u2013 CHRISTMAS MOVIE NIGHT! \u2013<\/span> Boy did it feel great to sleep in until 3!&nbsp; I did some work around the house to get ready for movie night.&nbsp; Tonight would be our special Christmas program; The Pee-Wee Herman Christmas special, the new Bill Murray Netflix Christmas special, followed by \u201cScrooged\u201d on Blu Ray.&nbsp; Seeing \u201cStar&nbsp; Wars\u201d earlier in the day made me interested in swapping out the batteries in one of my old lightsabers.&nbsp; It was one of the first Force FX models released, and they hadn\u2019t quite worked out the bugs yet.&nbsp; Changing the batteries was no easy task, but I figured out how to do it.&nbsp; A few of the batteries had leaked acid, so I had to get in the battery compartment with a wire brush to clean off all the crusty acid.&nbsp; Then I wiped it down with alcohol on a cotton swab, and then I popped in the new batteries. It worked pretty well.&nbsp; It had started to rain so I ran outside and got into the Jacuzzi.&nbsp; I love being in the hot water with the cool drops falling on my head.&nbsp; There\u2019s a neighbor of mine who enjoys it too and often times I\u2019ll see her outside enjoying the experience too.&nbsp; It was a great movie night, with our friend Brian dropping by with presents for everyone.&nbsp; And it was a very funny evening with 3 super Christmas shows.&nbsp; When everyone left I grabbed a quick nap and then got up to make my traditional Saturday night salad and watch an episode of the old British \u201cAvengers\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 20th \u2013 \u201cTHE THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!\u201d \u2013<\/span> Once again I got up around 3 and started the day by organizing some of my photo files on my computer.&nbsp; Roxy and I got ready for evening church and headed over.&nbsp; Unfortunately our church\u2019s Christmas Tree Lot had sold out of trees and the tent had been taken down.&nbsp; So I didn\u2019t get one last stroll through \u201cThe Christmas Forest\u201d before the season ends.&nbsp; I grabbed a quick nap, and then got up to prep for my stress test the following morning. They scheduled it at 8:30am, which was going to be the worst part of the experience!&nbsp; Why so early?!&nbsp; I packed some things I thought I\u2019d need and laid out my workout clothes.&nbsp; I made some soup and started watching the new \u201cThunderbirds\u201d Blu Ray set.&nbsp; I remember loving this show as a kid, but remembering that some stuff seemed kind of slow and difficult to follow at my age.&nbsp; But I enjoyed watching the first episode quite a bit, and I think I\u2019m going to enjoy this series.&nbsp; I wanted to get at least four hours of sleep before I had to be up for my stress test.<\/p>\n<p>And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wallysweek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}