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add to del.icio.usI found out yesterday that I’ve been chosen as a winner in the Disney Dream Job contest! Thank you to everyone who voted for me for the last few weeks. Thank you thank you thank you!
In June, I’ll be flown to Disneyland in Anaheim to perform my Disney Dream Job as a Haunted Mansion butler! I’m so excited. I’ll post updates on exact times/dates when I get them.
add to del.icio.usI’ve just finished uploading 186 pictures from Wrestlemania 23 weekend, which included the premier of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s new movie “The Condemned”, Midday Madness autograph signing, Fan Access, the Hall of Fame ceremony, Bacon, Bagels & Biceps Brunch and Wrestlemania 23. You can see the pictures at http://mattboom.smugmug.com
I also have uploaded a few videos I took during the weekend. You can find them at http://www.youtube.com/mattroseboom
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The March 22, 2007 edition of the West Orange Times weekly newspaper features an article by Amy Quesinberry about me, my Haunted Mansion collectibles, and mostly my Disney Dream Job contest entry. You can pick up the paper at any West Orange County (Florida) newsstand or read it online from wotimes.com:
add to del.icio.usRicky Brigante is “dying†to serve as a butler at Disney’s Haunted Mansion. He maintains an entire room in his house that he’s dedicated to the spooky ride, but he’s ready to take on the entire mansion for a day.
The Winter Garden resident is one of 20 national finalists vying for the position at the famous haunted house at Disneyland in California.
Ricky Brigante wants everyone to vote for his video clip entry so he can serve as a butler for one day at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. He’s devoted a room to his favorite attraction.
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I haven’t posted much the past week because I’ve been in New York City. I won tickets to see David Letterman from his Web site, so we decided to make it a vacation. We stayed in Times Square. Using our Marriott points saved us quite a bit off the normal $400 per night room.
Letterman was funny as usual. Because we won the tickets, we received special CBS seats. We sat in the second row of the balcony. They said those were the best seats in the house because you have an unobstructed view. But we were a bit disappointed we weren’t on the floor with Dave. We saw Chris Rock and Sandra Oh from Grey’s Anatomy. I was surprised how quickly they recorded the show. I’ve been to other TV tapings that took hours because of all the redos and breaks, but they just went with it with very little editing.
I took quite a few pictures and videos during our stay. Check the links below for each. Unfortunately they wouldn’t allow cameras to be used inside the Late Show.
One neat video I took was out our hotel window down at the street. It’s amazing how many taxi cabs drive the streets, especially in Times Square. See if you can count how many taxis drive by in my one minute video. For bonus points, how many horn honks can you count?
add to del.icio.usHere is the video of from tonight’s segment on Disney featuring Inside the Magic and myself:
Don’t forget to vote for my Disney Dream Job video!
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Mike DeForest of Local 6 News just left my house. They’re going to be running a spot tonight on Disney stating officially that they do monitor fan sites to get feedback on how they’re doing. He wanted to talk to me about it.
The spot will be after the first commercial break during the 6:00pm news today. I’ll try to get audio and/or video on this week’s show for those who aren’t local. Mike told me that he’s going to try to get the story posted online as well.
Enjoy! :)
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The finalists have been posted for the Disney Dream Job contest and I am one of them. You can view and vote for my video here:
http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/dream-job-applicant.asp?jtid=3&ytid=LhDfxbgsLPU
It says that both votes and views will be counted so please vote for my video and view the page as often as you can!
Remember, if I am one of 5 Haunted Mansion winners, I will be flown to Disneyland for a 4-day trip during which the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage will be opening, so I’ll be bringing back HD video and binaural audio (along with other rides, I’m sure) for you to enjoy!
Thanks!
Edit: I have confirmed that you can vote and view the video as many times as you want during the voting period, which ends on March 30th. So please, whenever you have a spare moment, hit the voting link for my video as many times as you can!
add to del.icio.usI’ve posted Show #100 of Inside the Magic and it is a BIG episode. If you are an ITM fan, this is the episode for you.
If you can, I strongly encourage you to listen to this episode using headphones. While it sounds good on speakers, it sounds great through headphones.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/insidethemagic/itms100.mp3
Thanks to everyone who helped with Show #100 and to all Inside the Magic listeners for helping me make this podcasting milestone.
add to del.icio.usI’ve decided to embrace Digg and feature a “Digg this Podcast” button on the main ITM page:
http://www.distantcreations.com/insidethemagic
Please hit the Digg button and increase the ranking of ITM in the Digg podcast directory. While I don’t think we can reach the heights of the TWiT podcasts, I do think we can at least make it into the “up and coming” list.
You can also use this link to digg Inside the Magic.
In case you don’t know, Digg is a web site that lets users rank various links by either “digging” it (giving it a thumbs-up) or “burying it” (a thumbs-down). They’ve recently added a podcast listing that uses the same voting mechanism.
So digg away! 
  And while you’re at it, don’t forget to use the “Digg this Story” button at the bottom of any story on this blog. If you like the story, chances are that someone else will too.
Thanks!
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