Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Fox

10.) Major League Baseball interrupts primetime. (Isn't this what the many sports only channels are for or better yet WGN)

9.) There primetime lineup is mostly geared to the MTV crowd.

8.) Prime time only lasts 2 hours. (Probably because they keep canceling their primetime shows.)

7.) Thrives on shows like Trading Spouses.

6.) Uses Cops to fill programming gaps at all hours of the day.

5.) Has one high rated show and encores it every week.

4.) MAD T.V. (Do I really need to say more)

3.) Hasn't cancelled Stacked.

2.) They cancelled Kitchen Confidential after 13 episodes (However, only 4 got to air before the show was preempted for baseball)

1.) They cancelled Firefly after 13 episodes (Do we see a pattern emerging?)

Harry Potter

The new Harry Potter movie premiers on the 18th and I can't wait. To tide me over for the midnight premiere at the IMAX, there is going to be an online webcast that will run simultaneously with the real premiere in England! It's going to be tomorrow at 9am my time. (You all can figure out the time difference yourselves) I can't wait, I am so excited!

An A For Me

I just completed my first certificate and with a 91% to boot. (Golf Clap)

Today I took the online class for my TRC or Transnational Referral Certification. It was a great class and I learned that there are a lot of similarities within the international real estate community.

However, there are a ton of differences and with so many countries involved, it can be difficult to keep straight. Even in the United States there are differences in the transaction depending on the state you live in. (ie: Lawyers, Mortgages, etc) What a fantastic opportunity NAR has given us to not only learn a little bit about how other countries buy and sell real estate, but to learn how to communicate and referral to international agents.

NVAR Annual Conference

Here are the pictures from Tahoe!

I Left My Heart...

I just came back from San Francisco and WOW what a trip. I had such a blast that I just didn't want to leave. We had this fabulous suite that I have been waiting 5 years to stay in. There are pictures here.

Anyway, I was in San Francisco for the NAR conference and of course WCR. There were tons of great classes on how to grow my business and better assist my clients. I also got to meet some awesome people.

At the conference, Betty said goodbye and passed on her title to Gail. Gail's installation was beautiful and we had Idaho Potato Ice Cream for dessert. (Gail's the potato lady from Idaho) During the Governing Board meeting the next morning, Betty presided over her last meeting and even made Gary cry. (He's going to miss her, he just doesn't know it yet!)

Meanwhile, I finally met Gail's daughter Kerri and passed the First Daughter title off. It was great and kinda funny how we met. I was getting off the elevator the first day and talking to someone else and she spotted me. We introduced ourselves and hung out the whole conference. It was great to have someone else there to bounce ideas off of and to simply chat.

Just Listed!

Did you know?

Did you know you can list real estate on E-Bay! This is just too cool, check it out.

I Love Rob, Arnie and Dawn

Rob, Arnie and Dawn are now offically live online. This means that I can now listen to my favorite morning radio show again.

Oh, how I have missed my Rob, Arnie and Dawn.

I mean the only thing that even comes close to being as entertaining is Howard Stern, but he just doesn't completely fill the void. All that is behind me now because I can listen every morning from my computer.

Happy, Happ, Joy, Joy!

Today's my birthday, Happy Birthday to me!

Want to see, Want to see

You are Inara, the registerred Companion. you are
sexy, sensual and skilled, yet have trouble
admitting to your emotions. You swing both
ways.

Which Firefly character are you?
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Primetime is Back

For the last five years I have not be able to truly appreciate primetime T.V., which is sad because I really love it. Instead, I have had classes, work and study groups that have kept me away from my shows. The worst was this spring, I was getting up so early (4-5am) that I would fall asleep!

So now it all starts over on a clean slate. I work relatively normal hours and have a DVR so I am sure not to miss my shows. This season is off to a great start. There are so many good shows on now, I love it. Check out my thought and let me know what you think.

Favorite New Comedy
- This one is tied between two new shows, How I Met Your Mother and Kitchen Confidential. Both show have some favorite actors and witty writing.

Favorite New Reality Show
- Is there even a new one out there?

Favorite New Drama
- Bones. When I watched the coming attractions, I was excited to see David Boreanz playing a character who isn't "all bad and moody", only to tune in and find out his character is just that.

Favorite Returning Comedy
- Will and Grace. The live show premiere was awesome.

Favorite Returning Drama
- Lost. I didn't really get into this show until the week before it premiered, but I am hooked. The dialogue is always sharp and creative and the story line just keeps getting stranger and stranger.
Favorite Returning Reality Show
- The Amazing Race. I love this show, you couldn't write stuff like it. The family concept is a little weird, but it give the boards more people to make fun of.

Favorite News Show
- The Daily Show. It just rocks and I can't wait until the Colbert Report begins on 10/17/05. A whole hour of fake news, I won't know what to do with myself.

Anyway, those are my favorites, what are yours?

Because it truely is all about me

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Jessica Kincaid
Birthday:	October 4th
Birthplace:	Flagstaff, AZ
Current Location:	Home again (Vegas!)
Eye Color:	Depends on my mood
Hair Color:	Depends on my hair stylist's mood
Height:	5'3'' (That's what it says on my medical chart and I'm sticking with it)
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	Mainly German, Irish, Italian and a bunch of other stuff thrown in
The Shoes You Wore Today:	None yet
Your Weakness:	Books, I am an addict
Your Fears:	Failing
Your Perfect Pizza:	Cheese, the more the better
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Close my first transaction
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	lol
Thoughts First Waking Up:	You want me to think?
Your Best Physical Feature:	I personally like my eyes
Your Bedtime:	When ever I feel like it
Your Most Missed Memory:	My grandfather
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King:	Taco Bell
Single or Group Dates:	Depends
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Tazo
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Latte
Do you Smoke:	No
Do you Swear:	Creavtively
Do you Sing:	Everyday
Do you Shower Daily:	Yes
Have you Been in Love:	Yes
Do you want to go to College:	Did, want to go back and get my EMBA
Do you want to get Married:	I don't know
Do you belive in yourself:	Yes
Do you get Motion Sickness:	No
Do you think you are Attractive:	Most days
Are you a Health Freak:	No
Do you get along with your Parents:	Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms:	Only when I'm not alone
Do you play an Instrument:	Yes. Do I play it well, no.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	Last night
In the past month have you Smoked:	No
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	Do legal ones count?
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	Unfortunately
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	Hell yes!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	No
In the past month have you been on Stage:	Yes
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	Books from my mother's house
Ever been Drunk:	Oh boy yes
Ever been called a Tease:	Many times
Ever been Beaten up:	Almost
Ever Shoplifted:	Not that I remember
How do you want to Die:	In my sleep
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	A smart, successful, wealthy woman
What country would you most like to Visit:	I want to go back to Italy
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Doesn't matter
Favourite Hair Color:	Dark
Short or Long Hair:	Short
Height:	Taller then me
Weight:	I like 'em big
Best Clothing Style:	It's all about the shoes
Number of Drugs I have taken:	Legal or illegal?
Number of CDs I own:	A vast collection
Number of Piercings:	Nothing excessive
Number of Tattoos:	Again, nothing excessive
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	You should never have regrets, just learning opportunites
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Firefly

Just want to add, Firefly is being run on the Sci-fi channel in honor of the movie Serenity which opens on Friday.

An Interesting Day

Do you ever have one of those days where some things so amazingly right and others go massively wrong? That was my day today.

I had some weird things go wrong. My dryer is only blowing cold air, my print order is messed up and my files just don't want to be converted into PDF. On the upside, I got everything on my daily to do list accomplished. I found myself working effectively and efficiently despite the bumps in the road. I even got more RSVPs for my birthday party on Saturday!

I think the best part was a very entertaining instant message conversation. To give you some background, I very rarely use my instant messenger. I may be logged on, but I don't realize it. So I was shocked when a message popped up. It turns out it was an entertaining guy who I used to talk to back in the dorm room days. Now for those of you who have lived with me, you know I love the whole local band scene. In fact, some of my favorite tracks are from LV and Reno local bands. (I think my first roommate was sick of Inside Scarlet by the end of the semester.) Anyway, it turns out this guy I met is part of a LV local band Blindsighted and they're fantastic!

Add to all this the premire of the best show on television, The Amazing Race. I am so excited, I can't wait! 3 hours till the race begins. I am so excited to watch it and even more excited to see what snarkwife will have to say about it tomorrow. Sometimes I don't know which is more entertaining, the show or the review.

Like I said, I had an interesting day. The ironic thing is I set my intentions to have an eventful day and to receive a pleasant surprise. It looks like my intentions came through

Soccer Moms out of Control

I was driving to my mother's house the other day and had quite an interesting experience, I was yelled at by a yuppie soccer mom.

It happened quite unexpectedly. I was on my way to pick up my mother when I was passed by this Lexus SUV. When I got to the gated entrance of the subdivision, I found myself behind the SUV. So far everything is normal, I'm looking at the homes for sale in the neighborhood, I'm really not paying attention to the car in front of me. The Lexus was crawling through the neighborhood, not even going the 15 mile an hour speed limit. Then suddenly, the driver stops, pulls to the side of the road and waves me ahead. As I am applying pressure to the gas to pass the erratic driver, (I was at a dead stop) this soccer mom leans out of her window and yells, "What's your problem?"

I didn't think I was the one with a problem, but I shrugged and continued on my way. As I pulled into my mother's driveway, the SUV slows to a stop in front of the house. I am still in my car when the soccer mom honks her horn twice and continues to yell at me, "What's your problem? Why are you riding my @$$? Don't you know the speed limit?"

Completely out of control.

Let me clarify a few things...

I was driving the speed limit because the soccer mom in front of me was.
I wasn't riding her @$$. If I had been, I would have hit her when she brake checked me.
I don't have a problem. I'm not the one who has so much irrational anger that she needs to commit minor acts of road rage in a driveway.

A few days later, I another incident in my mother's neighborhood. I had just dropped her off and was on my way out when I had to come to a complete stop in the middle of the street. You see, two moms and a dad, each with baby strollers, were walking their babies in the middle of the road, not on the sidewalk, not off to the side, the middle of the road. The worst part is, they wouldn't move over.

I am not the only one I know who has run into these problems, I even know people who have had similar occurrences in that very same neighborhood. No wonder so many teenage drivers are involved in incidents of road rage, they've learned by example, right at mamma's knee.

Special Delivery

There are babies everywhere! It seems that lately everyone I know is pregnant. It's kind of weird. Anyway, congratulations!

Steve and Becky
~ They had a little baby boy since I've moved from Reno. I was given the news second hand so unfortunately I don't have a name, but I'm working on it!

Don and Kristine
~ Bryna's brother and sister -in-law. They also had a baby boy. Matthias Donald was born on the 15th and is a healthy 7 pounds, 2 ounces.

Kristine
~ This Kristine works at EXIT with me and just found out yesterday that she and her husband will be having a baby boy. Number One Son!

Kara
~ We went to high school together and I was very pleased to find out she will be expecting a baby girl in November.

Congrats and send pictures! :)

Girl's Night Out

The bachelorette party weekend was a huge success.

I started the weekend almost missing my flight. I was the dork who thought her plane left at 4:15 instead of 2:55. I arrived at the airport 5 minutes after my plane was supposed to leave. Lucky for me, the flight was delayed and I had an awesome ticketing agent who ran me across the airport, through security and to my gate just in time to make the flight. I had the last seat in the last row and my bags had to be checked, but I was on that plane.

Friday night I just hung around with Michelle, her fiance Tory and his friend. We went to the movies, (The Transporter 2) had drinks and dessert, (Claim Jumper) went to the Atlantis (the boys gambled while Michelle and I played arcade games) and eventually ate breakfast. (the Peppermill) I didn't even get back to my room until 4am.

Saturday was the big day. I was up at 7:30am and ready to go. Michelle met me at my room and our first event of the day was a t-ball game. Then it was on to the mall for power shopping where we found Michelle the perfect part shirt and me yet more books. (I need a 12 step program) We returned to my room at the Circus Circus at 4pm, exhausted and hungry, nothing room service and a nap couldn't fix. By 6:30pm when we left for the restaurant (On The Border) we were back to our normal, giddy selves.

Dinner was a blast. Everybody looked great and the food was excellent. The best part was the cake, I'll leave the design of it up to your imagination. After dinner, we moved the party back to the Circus Circus - Silver Legacy - Eldorado common area. Michelle, her sister and I to all the hot venues and had a blast. We met some interesting people and danced like crazy.

At about midnight, Michelle's sister split her pants (boy does this sound familiar) and had to go back to the room to change them. She, however, is a lot less shy about her split then I was because she showed it off to anyone who would look. So after our trek to the room for the valet ticket, to valet, she finally changed her pants and was ready to go again.

Sadly, I was not. While dancing at the club, I had twisted my knee pretty badly, so I went back to the room. My plan was to take a shower, pack, then watch a movie while I waited for the girls to return. Well, the movie ended at about 4am and they still weren't back, so I turned off the T.V. and went to bed. About 2 hours later, I woke up and looked the clock. It was 6:09am, still dark and the girls had yet to return. I just thought the clock was wrong, but about an hour later they came storming into the room, giggling and still a bit tipsy. It took them an entire hour to calm down.

Anyway, we slept for about two more hours then walked Michelle's sister down to her car, got breakfast and went back to the room. At noon, I was on my way back to the airport, ready to be going home. It was a great weekend, But I was happy to finally get some sleep!

Shopping Spree

Yesterday, my sister, Miranda and I went shopping. You see, my friend, Michelle, is getting married and her bachelorette party is in Reno this weekend. This means that I have to have all the little party favors purchase before I go so that I can ship them to myself in Reno. There is no way I am taking that stuff on the plane. With my luck, my bag will be searched and it'll be some old, grandmotherly women like Dr. Sue who will have no problem flashing my goodies for all to see.

Now I know some of you are thinking that if I am too embarrassed to be seen with them, then why am I even buying them. Let me just say there's a vast difference between using them as party favors in the party environment and quite another going through airport security. Besides, I don't want to take the chance they might be confiscated in the interest of "Homeland Security". So, I'll UPS them to myself at the bookstore and pick them up when I get there.

But, back to my shopping story. We went to two stores to find what I was looking for. The first was Spencer's gifts inside the mall. You know, I never really realized how raunchy this store was when I was a kid. They had some of the most interesting things in that store. Anyway, they have an entire section for pre-wedding parties and I found some fun, yet relatively tame party favors there.

After Spencer's we visited a store called The Love boutique. It was actually a really nice store, very clean, bright and fun. They had a great party section where I found some of the not so tame party favors and got some great game ideas. Overall, my shopping trip was a success, yet I still don't know what to get the bride.

What Will They Think of Next?

I did the most amazing thing today, I ordered pizza from Pizza Hut online. What will they think of next?

My First Listing!

I was reading through my past posts today and I realized something. I never did a post on my first listing. My wonderful mother gave me this listing and what a fantastic learning opportunity it has been. (Thanks Mom!)

This property is a beautiful two bedroom, two bath condo in the Tuscan inspired MonteLago Village in Lake Las Vegas. The above picture is of the back entrance, which leads to one of the most fabulous pools. The best part is, it comes fully furnished, all you have to do is move in.