Defenestration is a term that I wasn’t familiar with until recently when I saw it used in a few different spots. It means the act of being thrown out of a window; yes, they have a term for that! If only the Toadies would all suffer the act of defenestration… oh wait, did I say that with my outside voice? There are actually a few people I’ll mention in this blog who I got aggravated with and wish I could use defenestration on.
Alright, so here’s a recap of what I’ve done since Monday the 21st. That Monday was dull. Tuesday, the only highlight was me spending some time looking around at a few stores for a new printer, as one is needed. The one in use now has been used since ’05 and now it doesn’t run all that well. The plan was to get one on Black Friday as hey, what better time to buy one? And no, I will not be one of those assclowns who waits in line for hours to get into the store the minute it opens. That’s just cretin-like in behavior. I mean, on the news I saw some local people line up a few DAYS beforehand to wait to get into a local Best Buy! What a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving. Wednesday, I had the evening free so I went to the Florida Mall to look around there. Then, Thanksgiving itself I stayed at home, had the typical delicious meal in the early afternoon, then was lazy the rest of the day.
That was a quick wrap-up of Monday through Thursday. I did more on Friday and then on Sunday. Friday, it was what I’ve done for years now, which is to attend the Central Florida Auto Show the day after Thanksgiving. I think my first year there was ’05 and I’ve gone to it each year since then. It used to be a good amount bigger than it is now. Back then you had most of the major manufacturers there. When the worldwide recession hit, automakers like Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW decided to skip it, and plus the likes of Pontiac, Hummer, and Mercury has bitten the dust recently. Still, it’s nice to look around at many different models… and the cars are nice too! Sorry, but the ladies who they have around to talk about a particular brand are usually pretty easy on the eyes. The 2012 cars they had there were nice to look at and I was able to sit in some of them. I enjoyed examining the likes of the Nissan Leaf (fully electric) and the Chevy Volt (both electric and gas engine, as those TV ads helpfully explain; when the electricity runs out, the gas motor kicks in), along with cars that were either redesigned or making its debut as a ’12 vehicle.
The vehicle that amused me the most was the Scion IQ. It’s a vehicle being brought to the U.S. after being elsewhere around the world. It’s comparable in size to the Smart car, so yes it’s tiny. I actually got in one. I was able to fit alright, the roof just above my head, but the wheel was positioned so low it was like I was about to drive a go-kart! It has 4 seats… technically. Soon before I got in it I saw a girl who looked to be around 6 or 7 years old who was in the back and was complaining she was cramped; need I say more? Then, behind the back seat there is literally no room between that and the hatchback door aside from a miniscule gap that is like less than an inch wide. It just looks so goofy. At least the Smart has a small space for stuff behind the back seat… I know that personally as someone I am friends with on Facebook (and also know in person) drives one.
Anyhow, it was still a fun time there. The drive there and back was the usual aggravation, sad to say. Oh wait I almost forgot, on the way to the auto show I stopped at the Staples in town in order to pick up a new printer, to replace one in use since ’05; not too surprisingly, it was running poorly by this point. I managed to get the cheapest printer there, which was still an All-In-One deal and as it had everything I needed, I got it. Thank you, 50 buck printer! Sure, if it breaks down earlier than expected I’ll be pretty peeved and regretting my purchasing decision; until then, I’ll be happy with my wise spending.
Saturday I laid low and stayed at home, so I’ll get to what I did yesterday… what a less than great day it was. The drive to Friendly Confines and back was more aggravating than usual. Besides the idiocy that I usually see on the highway, I saw something different when I was on Highway 436; the speed limit on the section of the highway I was on was 50 MPH. A car was about to pass me going like a bat out of hell; I mean, he had to be going at least 70! As it wasn’t like the road was deserted and the guy was driving recklessly, I stuck my hand out the window and gave the car my opinion of their driving as they flashed by. It was deserved, I say!
Then, there was the game itself. As I mentioned the last time, the usual Bears QB got injured and likely won’t be back the rest of this season. So the backup-Caleb Hanie-was in there and well, there’s a reason why he’s the backup rather than the starter. He usually was pretty terrible, unfortunately. Yet he had some flashes of brilliance, and did a lot of running around on his feet. It was like looking at another version of Tim Tebow! The defense had to work like dogs but they still did so well that by the end of the game the Bears somehow had a chance to win it. The referee, though, made a penalty call against Chicago that was so wrong, so screwed up… he was the Jared David St. Laurent of referees! You know, THE most incompetent and awful in a given field who somehow still gets every opportunity to screw up. While it was unlikely for the Bears to get the win, they still had a shot and it was unfairly taken away from them.
This happened after I spent a few hours at FC dealing with idiots. No, not the employees who work there; they are awesome, for the most part. Rather, it was my fellow customers. For example, part of my time there, I had to sit by some old asshole. He chose that spot to sit by, so once again my theory of how I attract the worst people is proven true. Besides him having been there at least once before he was so confused by their menu that he had to have it explained to him multiple times by the bartender (trust me, it’s not that hard… and that is what she said), he randomly cursed at a play during another game and dropped The MF Bomb… when children were nearby. What an ogre; what a day. At least while I was there I saw another old guy who was fine, and also had what I call Martin Scorsese eyebrows. You know, ones that are out of control.
My next blog will actually be up Tuesday December 6, as I MAY be doing something on the 5th. It’s not set in stone yet but I’ll leave that window open in case it is something I do… yeah, the pun was intended.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Casual Racism, Minxes, & Raging Against The Machine
Before I get to talking about what I did during the middle of this month, here’s some things saved over from the last blog which I wasn’t able to fit in there.
• If you’ve seen the Mitsubishi ad talking about Normal, Illinois (where they have a big auto plant), yes I do recognize some of the shots from the days when I was there, mainly the downtown area which is right by the ISU campus.
• For a few days there my Internet was acting strange. Some sights loaded at the usual speed, but others wouldn’t. Thus, one site in particular I wanted to download podcasts from and I wasn’t able to as the download speeds were so slow. I got mad so I complained about my Internet provider on Twitter. They actually found my tweet and replied! That wasn’t expected. I told them things were fine and indeed, eventually things returned to normal. At the time, I was pretty aggravated, though.
• While I was driving to see the Bears vs. Lions game, I was on 436 and I came to a stoplight. I noticed the light was green but one lane of cars wasn’t moving. I was able to pass by that blockage and saw that a minivan had its front hood up; I presume engine problems. The people behind that minivan weren’t able to figure out that car was broken down? It was quite a bit away from where you’re supposed to stop for the stoplight. Typical Florida idiocy, I say.
Now, onto the events of this past week. Monday was dull-aside from me getting a much-needed haircut-so I’ll skip ahead to Tuesday. It was actually a day of note. Much of that day was pretty terrible. I won’t go into the details why, as it was nothing serious. It was just a day that wasn’t good. Not even a great new treat from Planet Smoothie could keep me in a cheery mood. They have a new peppermint drink there and it’s da bomb, yo. I highly recommend it.
Things did manage to improve once I got to the main location of the evening, which was the Brick & Fire Pizza & Pasta Parlor, the Casselberry location. I unfortunately got there late so I only participated in parts of a big trivia contest; if I had gotten there in time AND been in a better mood, I know I would have crushed it and helped my pals win it all. One of those pals had a birthday on that day and as they don’t live around Orlando I only get to see them once in awhile. It managed to be a fun time there, especially when the trivia contest ended and conversation was had between the group and the trivia host, a gentleman who is a local independent wrestler by the name of Simon Sez. If I would have been in a better mood I might have been more willing to go to a karaoke bar located near Kissimmee. No dice on this night, though. Maybe one of these days I will. No matter what I know I won’t have to sing, so that is a positive.
Wednesday was dull but Thursday I was able to do some things. No, none of them involved that new Twilight movie. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… the popularity of that franchise will always be a mystery to me. Instead, I was able to have dinner in the Sand Lake Road area. For the first time in a long while, I ate at O’Charley’s restaurant, which has good food. I just hadn’t been there in ages because the last time I was there, it was with someone else and the service we got was dirt-slow and just not good. This time I was solo and the service was fine. The lady bartender had an interesting personality but at least she was nice. A British chap who was also at the bar referred to her as a “minx”; I don’t know about that, but I had their cherry limeade, which was pretty great and better than the overrated one you get from Sonic, which is an overrated place in general. I also had their chicken tenders, which were pretty darn good. After that I stopped at the nearby Pinkberry, where I had their new peppermint yogurt. That is also some great stuff.
Friday, nothing happened so I’ll mention the highlight of Saturday, which was returning to the local Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time in a month and a half. I went there to watch the latest UFC pay per view. The first two bouts on pay per view were fine, but the final three… pretty great in their own ways. The entire show was quality stuff, and I say that from watching the pay per view fights plus the four fights they showed on Spike TV. That main event was an all-time great fight, and I’m not exaggerating. The final two fights in particular the crowd there at BWW was into. I manage to have a pretty good time there, consuming Pabst Blue Ribbon and watching the fights *and* the college football action. If only I could have enjoyed things better… but I had to deal with Troglodytes most of the time there.
A variety of people ended up sitting by me during the time I was there. Some of them were fine (despite them being smokers; then again I do expect that because I sit outdoors at BWW; I am able to accept that but I will NEVER accept having to deal with dumbass idiots, no matter the circumstances); others were real bores. For example, there were some loudmouth UCF fans who were griping about how their football team was playing. Then again, I guess I DO understand how UCF fans would be angry with their football team. The way they’ve played the past few years, it’s understandable to be pissed off by how inconsistent they are and all the stupid mistakes they make. They left long before the game was over with. It was good on their part as they ended up losing. Soon after they left the seats were filled by some real bro types. One guy just didn’t sound intelligent and he proved my initial impression. He seemed to be anti-Brazilian, as the final two UFC fights were Brazilians vs. non-Brazilians, and he didn’t care for the South Americans. The semi-main was Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le, and he was rooting for the guy he referred to as “Chinaman” and “Jackie Chan”! Those are direct quotes, by the way. Of course, Le is Vietnamese, but who cares about that, as to that redneck, all Asians are Chinese. Unfortunately it’s not the first time I’ve been in Florida and heard some white trash refer to any sort of Asian as Chinese! Typical. Like I said, I’m never going to accept having to put up with people like that.
Sunday, I went into Orlando and stopped at a Barnes & Noble in the area before going to Friendly Confines to watch the Chicago Bears play against the San Diego Chargers. I wasn’t sure how the game would turn out as San Diego is so inconsistent. It turns out, it was another exciting game. The Bears were able to win 31-20. It was an uneventful time at FC. No griping to do about idiots there. Awhile after I got home, though, I found out that the Bears star QB, Jay Cutler, got hurt during the game and he’ll likely be out the rest of the year. That was news which made me sad. Hopefully they’ll be able to win games with another QB in there.
I’ll be back next Monday, the 28th. For the upcoming week, besides the obvious on Thursday there will be such thing as me going to see the Bears play against the Raiders, a team that I thought they’d beat before the injury but now things aren’t as certain, and my annual trek to the Central Florida Auto Show in Orlando. Thus, I should have plenty to write about for the next blog.
• If you’ve seen the Mitsubishi ad talking about Normal, Illinois (where they have a big auto plant), yes I do recognize some of the shots from the days when I was there, mainly the downtown area which is right by the ISU campus.
• For a few days there my Internet was acting strange. Some sights loaded at the usual speed, but others wouldn’t. Thus, one site in particular I wanted to download podcasts from and I wasn’t able to as the download speeds were so slow. I got mad so I complained about my Internet provider on Twitter. They actually found my tweet and replied! That wasn’t expected. I told them things were fine and indeed, eventually things returned to normal. At the time, I was pretty aggravated, though.
• While I was driving to see the Bears vs. Lions game, I was on 436 and I came to a stoplight. I noticed the light was green but one lane of cars wasn’t moving. I was able to pass by that blockage and saw that a minivan had its front hood up; I presume engine problems. The people behind that minivan weren’t able to figure out that car was broken down? It was quite a bit away from where you’re supposed to stop for the stoplight. Typical Florida idiocy, I say.
Now, onto the events of this past week. Monday was dull-aside from me getting a much-needed haircut-so I’ll skip ahead to Tuesday. It was actually a day of note. Much of that day was pretty terrible. I won’t go into the details why, as it was nothing serious. It was just a day that wasn’t good. Not even a great new treat from Planet Smoothie could keep me in a cheery mood. They have a new peppermint drink there and it’s da bomb, yo. I highly recommend it.
Things did manage to improve once I got to the main location of the evening, which was the Brick & Fire Pizza & Pasta Parlor, the Casselberry location. I unfortunately got there late so I only participated in parts of a big trivia contest; if I had gotten there in time AND been in a better mood, I know I would have crushed it and helped my pals win it all. One of those pals had a birthday on that day and as they don’t live around Orlando I only get to see them once in awhile. It managed to be a fun time there, especially when the trivia contest ended and conversation was had between the group and the trivia host, a gentleman who is a local independent wrestler by the name of Simon Sez. If I would have been in a better mood I might have been more willing to go to a karaoke bar located near Kissimmee. No dice on this night, though. Maybe one of these days I will. No matter what I know I won’t have to sing, so that is a positive.
Wednesday was dull but Thursday I was able to do some things. No, none of them involved that new Twilight movie. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… the popularity of that franchise will always be a mystery to me. Instead, I was able to have dinner in the Sand Lake Road area. For the first time in a long while, I ate at O’Charley’s restaurant, which has good food. I just hadn’t been there in ages because the last time I was there, it was with someone else and the service we got was dirt-slow and just not good. This time I was solo and the service was fine. The lady bartender had an interesting personality but at least she was nice. A British chap who was also at the bar referred to her as a “minx”; I don’t know about that, but I had their cherry limeade, which was pretty great and better than the overrated one you get from Sonic, which is an overrated place in general. I also had their chicken tenders, which were pretty darn good. After that I stopped at the nearby Pinkberry, where I had their new peppermint yogurt. That is also some great stuff.
Friday, nothing happened so I’ll mention the highlight of Saturday, which was returning to the local Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time in a month and a half. I went there to watch the latest UFC pay per view. The first two bouts on pay per view were fine, but the final three… pretty great in their own ways. The entire show was quality stuff, and I say that from watching the pay per view fights plus the four fights they showed on Spike TV. That main event was an all-time great fight, and I’m not exaggerating. The final two fights in particular the crowd there at BWW was into. I manage to have a pretty good time there, consuming Pabst Blue Ribbon and watching the fights *and* the college football action. If only I could have enjoyed things better… but I had to deal with Troglodytes most of the time there.
A variety of people ended up sitting by me during the time I was there. Some of them were fine (despite them being smokers; then again I do expect that because I sit outdoors at BWW; I am able to accept that but I will NEVER accept having to deal with dumbass idiots, no matter the circumstances); others were real bores. For example, there were some loudmouth UCF fans who were griping about how their football team was playing. Then again, I guess I DO understand how UCF fans would be angry with their football team. The way they’ve played the past few years, it’s understandable to be pissed off by how inconsistent they are and all the stupid mistakes they make. They left long before the game was over with. It was good on their part as they ended up losing. Soon after they left the seats were filled by some real bro types. One guy just didn’t sound intelligent and he proved my initial impression. He seemed to be anti-Brazilian, as the final two UFC fights were Brazilians vs. non-Brazilians, and he didn’t care for the South Americans. The semi-main was Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le, and he was rooting for the guy he referred to as “Chinaman” and “Jackie Chan”! Those are direct quotes, by the way. Of course, Le is Vietnamese, but who cares about that, as to that redneck, all Asians are Chinese. Unfortunately it’s not the first time I’ve been in Florida and heard some white trash refer to any sort of Asian as Chinese! Typical. Like I said, I’m never going to accept having to put up with people like that.
Sunday, I went into Orlando and stopped at a Barnes & Noble in the area before going to Friendly Confines to watch the Chicago Bears play against the San Diego Chargers. I wasn’t sure how the game would turn out as San Diego is so inconsistent. It turns out, it was another exciting game. The Bears were able to win 31-20. It was an uneventful time at FC. No griping to do about idiots there. Awhile after I got home, though, I found out that the Bears star QB, Jay Cutler, got hurt during the game and he’ll likely be out the rest of the year. That was news which made me sad. Hopefully they’ll be able to win games with another QB in there.
I’ll be back next Monday, the 28th. For the upcoming week, besides the obvious on Thursday there will be such thing as me going to see the Bears play against the Raiders, a team that I thought they’d beat before the injury but now things aren’t as certain, and my annual trek to the Central Florida Auto Show in Orlando. Thus, I should have plenty to write about for the next blog.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Bongzilla, The Po-Po, & Fox… The Animal & The Network
This blog will have its ups and downs. Some things I really enjoyed but boy, some things really turned me off.
I’ll be a little different and not start this off chronologically; instead I’ll mention Wednesday the 9th. Oh what a day. In national news, there’s the stuff with Penn State University… recently I’ve said more than once that college football has had a HORRIBLE 2011, what with all the scandals going on and schools pissing on tradition just for the almighty dollar, and it’s most people treating college football *way* too seriously which is part of the problem. I said that before I even knew of the drama at Penn State, where a football personality was pretty much allowed to do his thing and sexually abuse boys as the people in charge it was more important to protect their program’s reputation than stop a horrible monster. A popular grandfatherly old coach who had been there forever was fired that night for not doing enough (which I say was the right call… him getting fired, I mean) and the students at that college act like Troglodytes so they form a mob and yell in protest. It being a large mob, there tends to be some rabble-rousers who use the situation to start a lot of trouble, and when emotions run high… a riot happens! Pretty embarrassing to riot over such a thing.
Then, while I’m trying to follow that, through a tweet I look online and see that there’s a LOT of drama revolving around my pal Jared David St. Laurent. He’s been bored as of late so to entertain himself he’s been trolling various people in this state’s wrestling scene, and it’s worked. Note that this has been done on a local wrestling messageboard. So, some people got real mad and now there are “legit” fights being threatened; whether or not all of this is true or at least some of it is being staged for a “shoot” fight at a later show or whatever nonsense (which won’t really draw many if any extra people to the actual show) it’s a major turn-off for me. Unfortunately, I know that some of it IS for sure true and that is as much attention as I’ll devote to that garbage on here. It’s the sort of thing that makes me not want to go to any local shows anytime soon. It’s high school drama and I am happy I haven’t even read most of it. What I have read… the Toadies are and have almost always been brutally unfunny people.
On a happier note… my Tuesday through Friday afternoon wasn’t too exciting. I was on the down-low. Things really picked up starting Friday night; that’s because I returned to… MAKO’S! It’s been far too long since I’ve enjoyed that wonderful “party bar”, a few months as a matter of fact. Things started off slow when I got there, but by the end… I saw some great sights.
It was the usual there. You know, scantily-clad ladies (both in attendance and working there), wacky games being played, a blaring soundtrack with booty-shaking songs, the whole works. One new feature was a beer bong with multiple hoses, which they referred to as “Bongzilla”.
I ended up seeing someone there who I hadn’t seen there in awhile as she doesn’t work there any longer. No, not a particular person I’ve referenced before, but another nice young lady who I always chatted with briefly when she worked there. This time she was there as a customer. She was with her pals so I again only got to briefly chat with her, but that was good enough for me.
There were some vertically-challenged people there. No, not Josh Rich and Yapo! I mean, neither of the guys was fat… anyway, one of them was rather nerdy-looking. I know, me saying that, but for reasons I didn’t see, he was invited to stand on one of the bars. He took his shirt off and he was compared to Steve Carell, which I supposed is far, if Steve wore glasses. Then again, one time when I was there I was spotlighted and told that I was Stu from The Hangover! Gee, thanx. No, I do not fall in love with hookers…
Oh, and I got a bodyshot from a comely young lass who works there (she shook her body and then I took a shot from her ta-das, to borrow a phrase I heard recently). That was worth the price.
Otherwise there isn’t too much to say aside from the fact that it was the usual good time… that was until I was about to leave. I was by the front door when I suddenly saw some guys yelling at each other, then the shoving started. Security was quick to literally throw them out of the building. The arguing continued but said security and some cops passing by helped quell that situation. Once I did leave, I was walking back to my car and I saw some drunk oafs arguing with a bunch of cops. I stopped and stood by some random people eating some burgers and fries as the expected happened and those drunks got arrested. Sad to say I didn’t get a COPS moment and the arrests were without a struggle (I was hoping for the guys getting thrown down, but alas…); it was still a great sight to see. The next time I’ll return to downtown Orlando, I don’t know but hopefully it won’t be as long of a break from that magical place.
Saturday, I stayed at home and I ended up watching a good amount of the UFC card on Facebook, where you had to go to watch everything but the main event (unless you watched the last few prelim fights on Fox Deportes) which was on Fox. The undercard was fine but the bout between Ben Henderson and Clay Guida was even better than it looked on paper. Imagine if the Fox show would have been 90 minutes (as I understand they will be from now on) and the fight would have opened the program. Those guys would have been big stars, but as they weren’t on Fox or pay per view… but that’s the type of garbage I expect from Fox. I won’t go on a long angry rant about that network; I’ve just known for years they’ve been the dirt-worst in everything and they proved it on this night with their overall presentation. The way the big main event turned out made me happy as it made Fox look really stupid and I actually am for them looking stupid rather than UFC being harmed by how things turned out. It was ironic I talked about Fox as the night before while driving home I actually came across a fox, which I almost hit but I was able to avoid. It was literally a fox on the run, to bring up a song lyric.
Sunday, I went to Friendly Confines to watch the Chicago Bears play against the Detroit Lions. Everyone-me included-was shocked that the Bears ended up destroying the Lions, who looked downright terrible. Their QB apparently hurt his hand in the last game, and that’s the only reason I have for him playing so poorly. The game was a pleasant time, needless to say. Also nice was a lack of meatheads around; not having to listen to goofs bellow about their team on a constant basis for 3 hours plus… that is always a good thing.
I’ll be back a week from today. I know I’ll be doing a few fun things which will provide fodder to write about. Hopefully there won't be as much drama and angry things that sour my mood.
I’ll be a little different and not start this off chronologically; instead I’ll mention Wednesday the 9th. Oh what a day. In national news, there’s the stuff with Penn State University… recently I’ve said more than once that college football has had a HORRIBLE 2011, what with all the scandals going on and schools pissing on tradition just for the almighty dollar, and it’s most people treating college football *way* too seriously which is part of the problem. I said that before I even knew of the drama at Penn State, where a football personality was pretty much allowed to do his thing and sexually abuse boys as the people in charge it was more important to protect their program’s reputation than stop a horrible monster. A popular grandfatherly old coach who had been there forever was fired that night for not doing enough (which I say was the right call… him getting fired, I mean) and the students at that college act like Troglodytes so they form a mob and yell in protest. It being a large mob, there tends to be some rabble-rousers who use the situation to start a lot of trouble, and when emotions run high… a riot happens! Pretty embarrassing to riot over such a thing.
Then, while I’m trying to follow that, through a tweet I look online and see that there’s a LOT of drama revolving around my pal Jared David St. Laurent. He’s been bored as of late so to entertain himself he’s been trolling various people in this state’s wrestling scene, and it’s worked. Note that this has been done on a local wrestling messageboard. So, some people got real mad and now there are “legit” fights being threatened; whether or not all of this is true or at least some of it is being staged for a “shoot” fight at a later show or whatever nonsense (which won’t really draw many if any extra people to the actual show) it’s a major turn-off for me. Unfortunately, I know that some of it IS for sure true and that is as much attention as I’ll devote to that garbage on here. It’s the sort of thing that makes me not want to go to any local shows anytime soon. It’s high school drama and I am happy I haven’t even read most of it. What I have read… the Toadies are and have almost always been brutally unfunny people.
On a happier note… my Tuesday through Friday afternoon wasn’t too exciting. I was on the down-low. Things really picked up starting Friday night; that’s because I returned to… MAKO’S! It’s been far too long since I’ve enjoyed that wonderful “party bar”, a few months as a matter of fact. Things started off slow when I got there, but by the end… I saw some great sights.
It was the usual there. You know, scantily-clad ladies (both in attendance and working there), wacky games being played, a blaring soundtrack with booty-shaking songs, the whole works. One new feature was a beer bong with multiple hoses, which they referred to as “Bongzilla”.
I ended up seeing someone there who I hadn’t seen there in awhile as she doesn’t work there any longer. No, not a particular person I’ve referenced before, but another nice young lady who I always chatted with briefly when she worked there. This time she was there as a customer. She was with her pals so I again only got to briefly chat with her, but that was good enough for me.
There were some vertically-challenged people there. No, not Josh Rich and Yapo! I mean, neither of the guys was fat… anyway, one of them was rather nerdy-looking. I know, me saying that, but for reasons I didn’t see, he was invited to stand on one of the bars. He took his shirt off and he was compared to Steve Carell, which I supposed is far, if Steve wore glasses. Then again, one time when I was there I was spotlighted and told that I was Stu from The Hangover! Gee, thanx. No, I do not fall in love with hookers…
Oh, and I got a bodyshot from a comely young lass who works there (she shook her body and then I took a shot from her ta-das, to borrow a phrase I heard recently). That was worth the price.
Otherwise there isn’t too much to say aside from the fact that it was the usual good time… that was until I was about to leave. I was by the front door when I suddenly saw some guys yelling at each other, then the shoving started. Security was quick to literally throw them out of the building. The arguing continued but said security and some cops passing by helped quell that situation. Once I did leave, I was walking back to my car and I saw some drunk oafs arguing with a bunch of cops. I stopped and stood by some random people eating some burgers and fries as the expected happened and those drunks got arrested. Sad to say I didn’t get a COPS moment and the arrests were without a struggle (I was hoping for the guys getting thrown down, but alas…); it was still a great sight to see. The next time I’ll return to downtown Orlando, I don’t know but hopefully it won’t be as long of a break from that magical place.
Saturday, I stayed at home and I ended up watching a good amount of the UFC card on Facebook, where you had to go to watch everything but the main event (unless you watched the last few prelim fights on Fox Deportes) which was on Fox. The undercard was fine but the bout between Ben Henderson and Clay Guida was even better than it looked on paper. Imagine if the Fox show would have been 90 minutes (as I understand they will be from now on) and the fight would have opened the program. Those guys would have been big stars, but as they weren’t on Fox or pay per view… but that’s the type of garbage I expect from Fox. I won’t go on a long angry rant about that network; I’ve just known for years they’ve been the dirt-worst in everything and they proved it on this night with their overall presentation. The way the big main event turned out made me happy as it made Fox look really stupid and I actually am for them looking stupid rather than UFC being harmed by how things turned out. It was ironic I talked about Fox as the night before while driving home I actually came across a fox, which I almost hit but I was able to avoid. It was literally a fox on the run, to bring up a song lyric.
Sunday, I went to Friendly Confines to watch the Chicago Bears play against the Detroit Lions. Everyone-me included-was shocked that the Bears ended up destroying the Lions, who looked downright terrible. Their QB apparently hurt his hand in the last game, and that’s the only reason I have for him playing so poorly. The game was a pleasant time, needless to say. Also nice was a lack of meatheads around; not having to listen to goofs bellow about their team on a constant basis for 3 hours plus… that is always a good thing.
I’ll be back a week from today. I know I’ll be doing a few fun things which will provide fodder to write about. Hopefully there won't be as much drama and angry things that sour my mood.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Brazilian Steakhouses, The Autobahn, & Dumb Americans
Note/warning/whatever: this is going to be a lengthy blog.
Before I get to talking about what I did this first week of November, I have to finally mention a pair of bizarre things I’ve seen on the road in the past few weeks. I usually think that I’ve seen it all on the road during my long 30 year life. However, once in awhile I do get surprised by seeing something incomprehensible. Here’s two examples, one short and one long, and one involving a parking lot.
1. I was on 436 in Orlando, driving to Friendly Confines. At a stoplight, one guy gets out of the passenger seat of one car to high-five the driver of the car to his right! Thankfully he got back in his car right as the light turned green.
2. I was at a parking lot; to try and make it clear, the rows go West to East and the immediate south of the road I parked in was being paved so it was blocked off. I went in to a location for a bit. I came out and saw that some dumbf*** parked their car not in a spot but right in the row! I couldn’t go West in order to head North to leave the premises; instead I had to back out then go backwards to the next lane going North in order to get out of there. If I wasn’t sure that person (who I never saw) was going to leave soon, I would have called someone on them, likely a tow truck. That person is an exceptional Troglodyte, even for Florida.
Once again, that’s why I insult Florida drivers on a constant basis. Speaking of insulted, that’s what happened to my intelligence the previous week when I was at Walt Disney World and I was in the England area of Epcot and in a store, some drunk youths were talking to one of the dames working there, who is from the UK. Through reasons too complicated to get into, one of the drunk youths was talking to the worker about some incredibly complex trivia about her home country… such as, what countries make up the UK, and what “UK” stands for! I swear, this is true. She then explains her Troglodyte behavior by admitting she’s “trashy”. Like that’s an excuse. Did I ever hang my head in shame there. THERE is the personification of “stupid American” right there.
Anyhow, here’s what I’ve done in the past week. Halloween, I didn’t go trick or treating or dress up or anything of that sort. Rather, I went with the relatives to dinner at a Brazilian steakhouse, the same one I went to in the past. I enjoyed the experience a little more the second time around, but I still think it’s an overpriced thing, as good as the various meats were. Tuesday I went back to Epcot and Walt Disney World. Heh heh heh, I say (long story as to why I do that running joke). I visited the spots I wasn’t able to go to the previous Tuesday. That was good… and not having to deal with any trashy people there was nice too.
I can say from being there the past two times that a pair of popular in the 90’s groups still have a lot of fans, and that’s Boyz II Men and Hanson! Yes, they’re still around. They performed at Epcot (not together; II was there the 25th and Hanson the 1st) and many people were there to listen to them. To think that back in the day they were HUGE acts… and I was a youngster when that happened! Man am I ancient.
Wednesday night I went with the gang to Longhorn Steakhouse. It wasn’t my choice; they decided to go there because they saw some new food advertised in an ad. Imagine that, a commercial that’s actually effective. That rarely happens anymore. Everyone seemed to enjoy their food. I had my almost always of a burger and fries, and that was tasty-enough.
Thursday was dull so I’ll skip ahead to Friday. I had to drop someone (not those relatives, but someone else) off at the airport in Sanford. On the way back I stopped at the Oviedo Mall. I hadn’t been there in awhile. I know that they changed management, which apparently meant “now, we have many empty spaces where stores used to be”. At least there I finally found the returning-for a brief amount of time-Mountain Dew Game Fuel. This time besides the usual cherry citrus flavor there’s also a tropical flavor. As usual I have had trouble finding those specific limited-time Mountain Dew flavors. I’m glad that this time I didn’t have to go to the bowels of the Earth to have a taste of it. Also on the way back I drove for a few miles on I-4 and not too surprisingly, some jackass drivers were acting like it was the Autobahn, driving way too fast, especially on what was a busy road at the time. No wonder why accidents happen so often here.
The only thing of note concerning my weekend is that I watched the “big” college football game on Saturday night between the two top ranked teams in the country; that usually only happens at the end of the season. Both teams were known for their defenses but the final score being 9-6 in overtime… I know some people think differently, but I thought it was a crap game. Sure, there was intensity and the defenses were fine… the offenses were God-awful for the most part. Then again I’m turned off of college sports after this horrific year they’ve had, where tradition has been pissed on and now they’re all open about it being all about the money more than anything else. That and the increasingly sloppy play in college football the past few years has really turned me off of the game.
Speaking of football, last night I went to Friendly Confines and watched the Chicago Bears play against the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that was hyped up due to its acquisition of some high-profile players but for various reasons haven’t lived up to expectations. Well, they still are underperforming as the Bears won 30-24. It was a very exciting game, the momentum switching back and forth a few times. Both teams made some dumb mistakes so there was some understandable griping going on from Bears and Eagles fans there. I wasn’t sure if Chicago was going to win so I’ll take the win even if I do feel sort of bad that Philly has done some underperforming in years past too. OK, maybe I shouldn’t feel that way as dogfighter Michael Vick is the QB of the team… the other guys, though… at least it was fun to watch and I consumed some alcoholic beverages there. The next Chicago game is late Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Lions, a team the Bears looked God-awful against earlier in the season. I’ll hope for another surprise here.
Oh, and on the way there I stopped at Total Wine & More for the first time in awhile. I did get some booze there. I also saw more than one car driving around at night without their lights on. Geniuses, there are in Florida. One of them, I noticed that right before I passed them and I honked my horn in an attempt for them to wake up. It wasn’t until a few minutes later that they realized their stupidity and rectified the problem. That goes along with some more Autobahn moments.
I’ll be back at my usual time of Monday. I don’t have much planned for the week proper, but the weekend should have some real excitement.
Before I get to talking about what I did this first week of November, I have to finally mention a pair of bizarre things I’ve seen on the road in the past few weeks. I usually think that I’ve seen it all on the road during my long 30 year life. However, once in awhile I do get surprised by seeing something incomprehensible. Here’s two examples, one short and one long, and one involving a parking lot.
1. I was on 436 in Orlando, driving to Friendly Confines. At a stoplight, one guy gets out of the passenger seat of one car to high-five the driver of the car to his right! Thankfully he got back in his car right as the light turned green.
2. I was at a parking lot; to try and make it clear, the rows go West to East and the immediate south of the road I parked in was being paved so it was blocked off. I went in to a location for a bit. I came out and saw that some dumbf*** parked their car not in a spot but right in the row! I couldn’t go West in order to head North to leave the premises; instead I had to back out then go backwards to the next lane going North in order to get out of there. If I wasn’t sure that person (who I never saw) was going to leave soon, I would have called someone on them, likely a tow truck. That person is an exceptional Troglodyte, even for Florida.
Once again, that’s why I insult Florida drivers on a constant basis. Speaking of insulted, that’s what happened to my intelligence the previous week when I was at Walt Disney World and I was in the England area of Epcot and in a store, some drunk youths were talking to one of the dames working there, who is from the UK. Through reasons too complicated to get into, one of the drunk youths was talking to the worker about some incredibly complex trivia about her home country… such as, what countries make up the UK, and what “UK” stands for! I swear, this is true. She then explains her Troglodyte behavior by admitting she’s “trashy”. Like that’s an excuse. Did I ever hang my head in shame there. THERE is the personification of “stupid American” right there.
Anyhow, here’s what I’ve done in the past week. Halloween, I didn’t go trick or treating or dress up or anything of that sort. Rather, I went with the relatives to dinner at a Brazilian steakhouse, the same one I went to in the past. I enjoyed the experience a little more the second time around, but I still think it’s an overpriced thing, as good as the various meats were. Tuesday I went back to Epcot and Walt Disney World. Heh heh heh, I say (long story as to why I do that running joke). I visited the spots I wasn’t able to go to the previous Tuesday. That was good… and not having to deal with any trashy people there was nice too.
I can say from being there the past two times that a pair of popular in the 90’s groups still have a lot of fans, and that’s Boyz II Men and Hanson! Yes, they’re still around. They performed at Epcot (not together; II was there the 25th and Hanson the 1st) and many people were there to listen to them. To think that back in the day they were HUGE acts… and I was a youngster when that happened! Man am I ancient.
Wednesday night I went with the gang to Longhorn Steakhouse. It wasn’t my choice; they decided to go there because they saw some new food advertised in an ad. Imagine that, a commercial that’s actually effective. That rarely happens anymore. Everyone seemed to enjoy their food. I had my almost always of a burger and fries, and that was tasty-enough.
Thursday was dull so I’ll skip ahead to Friday. I had to drop someone (not those relatives, but someone else) off at the airport in Sanford. On the way back I stopped at the Oviedo Mall. I hadn’t been there in awhile. I know that they changed management, which apparently meant “now, we have many empty spaces where stores used to be”. At least there I finally found the returning-for a brief amount of time-Mountain Dew Game Fuel. This time besides the usual cherry citrus flavor there’s also a tropical flavor. As usual I have had trouble finding those specific limited-time Mountain Dew flavors. I’m glad that this time I didn’t have to go to the bowels of the Earth to have a taste of it. Also on the way back I drove for a few miles on I-4 and not too surprisingly, some jackass drivers were acting like it was the Autobahn, driving way too fast, especially on what was a busy road at the time. No wonder why accidents happen so often here.
The only thing of note concerning my weekend is that I watched the “big” college football game on Saturday night between the two top ranked teams in the country; that usually only happens at the end of the season. Both teams were known for their defenses but the final score being 9-6 in overtime… I know some people think differently, but I thought it was a crap game. Sure, there was intensity and the defenses were fine… the offenses were God-awful for the most part. Then again I’m turned off of college sports after this horrific year they’ve had, where tradition has been pissed on and now they’re all open about it being all about the money more than anything else. That and the increasingly sloppy play in college football the past few years has really turned me off of the game.
Speaking of football, last night I went to Friendly Confines and watched the Chicago Bears play against the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that was hyped up due to its acquisition of some high-profile players but for various reasons haven’t lived up to expectations. Well, they still are underperforming as the Bears won 30-24. It was a very exciting game, the momentum switching back and forth a few times. Both teams made some dumb mistakes so there was some understandable griping going on from Bears and Eagles fans there. I wasn’t sure if Chicago was going to win so I’ll take the win even if I do feel sort of bad that Philly has done some underperforming in years past too. OK, maybe I shouldn’t feel that way as dogfighter Michael Vick is the QB of the team… the other guys, though… at least it was fun to watch and I consumed some alcoholic beverages there. The next Chicago game is late Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Lions, a team the Bears looked God-awful against earlier in the season. I’ll hope for another surprise here.
Oh, and on the way there I stopped at Total Wine & More for the first time in awhile. I did get some booze there. I also saw more than one car driving around at night without their lights on. Geniuses, there are in Florida. One of them, I noticed that right before I passed them and I honked my horn in an attempt for them to wake up. It wasn’t until a few minutes later that they realized their stupidity and rectified the problem. That goes along with some more Autobahn moments.
I’ll be back at my usual time of Monday. I don’t have much planned for the week proper, but the weekend should have some real excitement.
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