Besides the preceding week being my birthday week, I have to mention that Super Stupid is a rocking song from 70's funk-rock band Funkadelic (I heard it on Thursday, which was a pretty appropriate day to hear it after my time at Walt Disney World) and someone on Twitter reminded me of the Whodini song The Freaks Come Out At Night; it's appropriate for the various sights I've seen late night throughout the years... including on Saturday.
Monday, it was not a good day. I won't get into too many details but I wanted to do something well and I wasn't able to. Letting myself is bad enough but letting down some others who I don't want to let down... I felt real crappy at the time, and that's all the details I'll reveal concerning the bad parts of the day, except that while I usually don't mind being different and in fact enjoy it (if it means that I don't drive like a jackass like most people do and I prefer watching something that isn't a black hole of entertainment like, say, Jersey Shore... that is a real good thing), sometimes it really gets me down. Being more outgoing and not feeling like most people would rather avoid me then even be within 10 feet of me in person (usually that seems to be true...) would be nice too.
I ended up at the Altamonte Mall and there I ran into a famed local wrestling fan... NIC THE DESTROYER! I've mentioned him before but he happens to be an exciteable wrestling fan who also is what I'll call mentally handicapped. He's pretty wild and it's always fun when he's at a wrestling show. I was walking around and came up to him, but he was alone and talking to someone on a cell phone so I didn't chit-chat with him or anything of that sort. Oh, and for the first time I had McDonalds' Chicken McBites, which look a lot like KFC's Popcorn Chicken and as it turns out,
Tuesday was pretty boring so I'll skip ahead to Wednesday, which was also my birthday. Believe it or not I'm now 31 years old, even though I still look to be 21 or younger. Is that a good or bad thing? Even I don't know for sure. The day ended up being rather low-key, even more so than what I was expecting. I thought about going somewhere and spending some cash, but the evening proved to be rather rainy and having to deal with the typical awful Florida driver who becomes even worse with just a little moisture on the ground... no thanx. I did at least do something; I went with my parents to the local Buffalo Wild Wings. It might be a long while before I have to go there to watch a UFC pay per view or any other sporting event, so I might as well go there. Thankfully I decided to go to a place close by where I live, as soon after we got there the heavens opened up and for about 10 or 15 minutes it was like we were in the middle of a hurricane. I'm glad there was rain in the area as it was solely needed. At least I decided beforehand to celebrate my birthday on the next day. Everyone got burgers and fries and everyone enjoyed their meals. Me, I say that the huckleberry lemonade they serve there is pretty awesome.
What did I do on Thursday? Why, go to Walt Disney World! After that it was meeting up with a friend of the family. We met up with them last year. They live in Illinois and back when I was a kid we used to visit their house in the Chicago suburbs every year during the Christmas season. Last year dinner was had at the Irish restaurant at Downtown Disney known as Raglan Road, which was a good time. This year, the meal was had at a new Benihana's that opened up on the southern part of International Drive; thankfully it's the barren part of the road and not the horrible to drive through tourist area. I drove up from Disney and met them at the restaurant. The presentation wasn't too theatrical (which is a big part of the fun of going to those teppenyaki restaurants) but at least the food was pretty good.
As for my time at Walt Disney World, I went to Hollywood Studios and I must have just been unlucky as there was a larger than usual amount of idiots and nincompoops around. Boy were there some hellion little kids around... and usually I blame the white trash parents for allowing their little brats to act that way.
Friday was boring, so I'll skip ahead to Saturday, a day that was even wackier than I expected. Originally, I was going to go to a wrestling show in Orlando to see some people there I know and to see the wrestling action; after all I already had a ticket for it, which is a rarity for me. I would then possibly do something else as I was near downtown Orlando... here's what happened. I get to the building, which I hadn't been to before. Heck, I had not been in that part of Orlando before so I did not know what to expect. I find out that it's in the ghetto! Sure, it's not as bad as the wrestling shows I saw in Melbourne (Florida, not Australia) which were in a neighborhood that literally looked like Little Haiti from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and after I had left one of those shows SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE was heard; but, I'd still rather not park my car in a sketchy area. But, what made me leave and not even get out of my car was that this community center had many other activities going on so even though there were many parking spots, all of them were filled! I was far from the only one who was looking for a parking spot, too. It was just a clusterfrick there and even though various people would be disappointed or worse that I would no-show, I decided “the hell with this” and I left.
After finding out that one of the matches on there was a “Protein shake on a pole match”, maybe I made the right decision there. If you're not a pro wrestling fan, that sort of match is just dumb in every which way. I got crap for pointing that out, but I'm sticking with that opinion. I know the background behind that match being done; it doesn't mean I think it should have been done. Oh, and now I've seen some videos taken at the show, and given that there were various shithead kids running around with little or no security to curtail those little Pol Pots, I am also glad I did not have to deal with that crap, as I always got pretty angry in the past when I had to deal with lil' dictators at wrestling shows. At least one of the personalities there decided to dress appropriately when he managed a Russian tag team... he dressed up like M. Bison! You videogame fans will mark out for that guy's reference.
Instead, what I did was return to the Plaza Cinema Cafe for the first time in a long, long time (it's now run by Cobb; boy, did they ever have a shaky start when they opened as that company was run by total dipshits. I'm glad more competent people now control it). As I had time to kill I looked to see if they were showing Act of Valor at the right time, and turns out they were. I saw it, and it isn't the best movie by any means in terms of acting, the plot, or how it's all presented. But it's far from being the terrible mess I've heard it be called. Sure, it may be best called AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! THE MOVIE in terms of being subtle... it still was an alright-enough time and it was interesting to see some of what the SEALs do. And I'm not giving the movie a pass because I'd be against America if I said I hated it.
After that, as I was in downtown Orlando... MAKO'S! I might as well celebrate the birthday a few days after the fact, right? The thing is, despite being there for a real long time (10 PM until after 2:30 AM; this was because of the NBA All-Star Game being in town that the bars could stay open until 3) there aren't too many stories to tell from the night there. It was the usual wacky fun with games being played, guys doing wacky drunk dancing, and what have you; there just wasn't anything too unusual which took place, like that drunk bimbo Brandy from the last time I was there. The early part of the night there was everyone watching the Saturday night All-Star stuff, like the dunk contest and the 3 point contest. Man, was the dunk contest ever uber-lame for the most part. After that was over with and more people filed in, things became more normal. While there's really nothing else to say about the night, I really enjoyed the usual greatness that you can find there. It probably won't be until April that I'll be able to return; March will likely have some things that will take up time and money. When things become more finalized I'll reveal those details later.
I do have to mention one thing, though; the one nice young lady working there who the last time I was there I decided to be nice to after she had to deal with that one dumbass customer? This time she was pretty nice to me. Sure, she played me like a fiddle but I did enjoy the attention. She's still a nice lady... who isn't bad-looking either!
As for Sunday, I was pretty lazy. I certainly did not watch the Academy Awards nor the NBA All-Star Game. I couldn't have cared less about either.
I'll be back a week from today; there's only one interesting thing I have planned so far to end this month and start the next one, but I am sure I will end up finding some other activities to do, even if it will be less eventful than the wacky past week I had.
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