Busy day

Yesterday was a pretty busy day for yours truly...

The day started as normal--by checking e-mail in the morning. Then I heard some popping/clicking noises coming from the computer. These noises have been coming from the computer for the past couple months, but not to this extent. I checked Windows Explorer and I couldn't see my second hard drive. So, I decided to reboot the computer. When I tried to reboot, neither drive was showing up. Uh-oh...

Since I thought my hard drive was a goner, I ran to Best Buy at lunch and bought a new 120 GB drive (I also picked up "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" for my sweetie). Well, when I got home and booted the computer, it worked and I could access both drives. So I immediately backed up all my data to my external hard drive (I use Handy Backup and I'm pretty pleased with it). It took forever! But it's all backed up, and I'll figure out what the problem is over the next few days. Hey--if I don't need the new hard drive in the computer, it'll have a home in my TiVo :-)

Since I couldn't do too much on the computer last night (including write this blog) because it was backing up the whole night, Tammy and I watched TV. We still had a few shows TiVo'd from our vacation last week, so we watched "Las Vegas." Once the show was over, we popped in the "Tomorrowland" DVD from the latest batch of Walt Disney Treasures series.

Since I'm a fan of all things Disney, but specifically the Theme Parks, I was VERY excited about this DVD because it had the "EPCOT" presentation that Walt gave to describe what the Disney World project was going to be. This turned out to be the last time Walt was ever filmed, as he passed away two months after taping. This has never been shown in its entirety since 1967. After seeing it, I was in awe. I've read a ton about how Walt dreamed what he wanted EPCOT to be, but seeing the presentation and having the visuals to go with it was incredible. He truly was an amazing man with lofty goals.

There was also an interview with Marty Sklar (Disney Vice Chairman and head of Imagineering) and we watched that. Short story about Marty: Tammy and I were at Innoventions in EPCOT Center a few years ago, and all of a sudden I turned around and Marty and his wife were standing right there. Nobody else knew who he was and he was just walking around looking at the exhibits. I had my camera, but I was too much of a wimp to go up to him and ask him to take a picture with me. I kick myself all the time for not doing this. Oh, well...