Here is what I've done since this past Tuesday. That day was rather dull except that I got my burned-out headlight replaced. It was at Wal-Mart's automotive service. I know I know with Wal-Mart, but it was done quickly and the price was right, so you can't complain.
Wednesday, well, that's when the complaining can start. I and someone else went to Ruby Tuesday to eat dinner. A handful of times in the past but it had to be at least 5 years since I had gone there and eaten inside their restaurant. Apparently they had a new menu so that someone else decided that would be a good reason to go there. Unfortunately, the service wasn't all that great and TWICE my pal's order got screwed up. Their meal ended up being free but we were still not too pleased about the whole ordeal. I won't hang a name on them, that's for sure.
Thursday was pretty boring so I'll skip ahead to Friday and... Mako's! Hey, I had to go there to finally get that bodyshot from one lady in particular, which did end up happening. I'll likely be back there late next month for my only June appearance there; I think I'll have enough planned for that month to keep myself busy. Besides that quality bodyshot I received from a shapely young lady, there's a few more things to mention:
* Not too long after I got there I happened to notice a certain lady. I checked her out while not getting the best look at her face. Hey, I'm being honest. A little later I passed by her and she happened to look quite a bit like someone who used to work there and I definitely would like to at least say hello to and have a brief chat with her. As that lady passed by me and paid me no attention I presume it must not have been her as she wouldn't have done something like that to me... she ended up vanishing before I could try and investigate things further. Even if that was her and she no-sold me, I'm not mad about it. I hope that dame has been fin, as except for one misunderstanding, I always thought she was pretty cool and I hope she's been doing great.
* Sure, it'd be great if people weren't apparently repulsed by me in general and acted like they'd rather acquire HIV than even briefly chat with me but I've been used to that sort of behavior for years...
* But hey, I don't want to bring everyone down, as I wasn't let down by that interesting sighting. I had a pretty good time there. How could I feel bad when a group I'll call The Magnificent Seven walked in? They were a group of ladies, one of which was celebrating a birthday, and overall all seven girls were quite attractive. They had a pretty good time there, all of them apparently having their fair amount of alcohol during their night downtown. Some of them were dancing on the bar by the poles they had, and they weren't bad pole-dancers... unfortunately, one of them apparently lost a cell phone, as they also spent some time looking for an item that they never ending up finding. I did feel bad for that group; during the night I happened to be right by them, when the club was at its most crowded. The birthday girl yelled to me that it was indeed her birthday; I was nice and wished her a happy birthday.
* Later in the night a pair of girls was dancing on stage, and as I said before, I'm always happy to give those ladies attention as hey, why else would they be dancing on stage?
* The last time I was there I saw something out of the ordinary... a young African-American lady who happened to be eitehr a midget or a dwarf. She was rather tiny, too. I did not see anything like that this time around.
* What I did see, though... a girl fight! Near the end of the night I was standing around and a group of people passed me, and it was obvious that two of them were beefing against each other. Suddenly, a Pier 6 Brawl broke out and the fighters in question were quickly thrown out. I wish I could have had a better view but then again I've seen my share of girl fights in the past.
While I wish that one thing or two would have turned out differently and there wouldn't be that mystery, it still was good times there and that bodyshot was worth the wait. And I did not run into One Eyed Willie, so that was also a plus.
Saturday, the only action came in the evening, when I went to the local Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the latest UFC pay per view. Overall it was a pretty darn good show top to bottom.
I watched that and tried to look at the other sports action going on, like a baseball game and a big NBA playoff game between Boston and Philadelphia. There was a Boston fan there who thankfully was gone before the game finished, but a handful of times when something to his liking happened he would bellow out... well, not words; it was more like sounds that tried to be words but failed. He seriously was that hard to understand. It was like he was a hick from the deepest of the backwoods who had who knows what locked up in his shack and somehow made his way to Buffalo Wild Wings in his jalopy. He looked the part, too! I mean honestly, he creeped me out in the Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs sort of way. I would SO not be surprised if he looked at himself in the mirror, put on some lipstick and say, “I'd F me... hard” and then did a crazy dance with his weiner tucked between his legs! He was that creepy overall.
While I was there I had the usual boneless buffalo wings and some PBR's because they were cheap. I overheard that after 11 PM, Long Island Iced Teas were only 2 bucks each. That was good news to me! I indeed have some of those. Don't worry, I did make it home fine. There wasn't much else to say about the night except that a random old biker woman type brought in her little dog; that's out of the norm.
I'll be back a week from today. Hopefully there are no moments where I am contemplative about things and I do feel bad because I am different and I feel like I often get treated unfairly because of that. Like I said, though, I am sadly used to that sort of behavior. Anyway, the upcoming week will be quieter than the last few weeks I have had, but I know I'll end up doing something or another and it'll be worth writing about.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Drinking Tropical Fruity Drinks, & God Bless America For That
Here's the recap of what I've done since last Monday in this special primetime blog.
That Monday night I actually did do something: for the first time in Lord knows how long I went to Universal Citywalk, and for the first time in many months I went to Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant, as they offer up some great burgers, and that is still the case. I had a tropical fruity drink there, and it happened to be a Rum Runner... I enjoyed it! I know, what a shock to hear that from me. I walked around Citywalk and it was largely the same as it's always been.
Tuesday was dull so I'll skip ahead to Wednesday. I went in the evening to Maitland to the Enzian Theater to watch a special film. It's by Bobcat Goldthwait (yes, the comic who was Zed in the Police Academy movies; he's now a serious director and he has become well-known in the indy circuit for directing and writing good films) and it's called God Bless America. I swear that the script was NOT written by me; it's about a middle-aged guy who hates a lot of things and thfien he gets fired from his job and finds out he has a brain tumor. He's about to kill himself but then he notices all the hateful useless garbage on TV and he snaps and he goes on a killing spree of all the mean and rude people out there, like people who talk during a movie at a theatre or those that park poorly. He meets up with a 16 year old girl who is even crazier than he is; if the movie would have ranted and raved about how people drive on the road, it WOULD be a script that was taken right from my mind.
The movie is a real dark comedy/revenge fantasy/satire and it's not for everyone but I thought it was pretty awesome. I got a great thrill out of those targets getting ripped on.
Thursday and Friday was pretty dull so let me skip ahead to Saturday and oh boy, what a day. In the late afternoon I left and I went to a few places before I went to a place I was planning on going to, but things went awry and I got mad. I went to Pinkberry and I had some Peaches & Cream and it was quite tasty. I then did a short drive over to the restaurant/bar known as O'Charley's. I was able to watch the big horse race while I had dinner, which was their chicken fingers. When I had them there in the past they were real good but this time that wasn't the case. I was disappointed but the horse race was fun to watch and plus I had a mango mai tai, and that was pretty damn great.
After that I went to the Orlando Sports Complex to watch a big local wrestling show. It was actually a pretty nice place to hold an event. There's plenty of parking and there are several different auditoriums. Unfortunately... I ended up not attending the event. Look, when the show is scheduled to start at 7:30 and I get there about 40 minutes beforehand and not only are you not able to enter the auditorium the show is being held in... but it reaches 7:30 and they STILL aren't letting anyone in. That made me pretty ticked. I had enough of that and I took off and went back home. I was there alone (which is not usually the case) so I had no real reason to be there if they were being incompetent and starting the show at Lord knows when after it was supposed to start. I dont care what the explanation was, there's no excuse for that sort of crap. I wasn't going to put up with it so I left and I went home.
I thought about sometime later going out and about but when I got back home I saw someone called the home phone and that person likely does not know what my cell is (they aren't a phone expert, which is fine) so I tried calling them twice but I believe they have had problems with their phone... point is, with all the negativity on my mind and also the entire time thinking about if I miss another call and that person tried calling home again when I wasn't around... I either would have had a disappointing/not so fun time while out and about or something bad would have happened and it would have been a cherry on top of a feces sundae! Thus, to be on the safe side I just stayed at home, half watched the Dodgers vs. Cardinals baseball game and half did stuff online... oh, and I consumed some alcohol too; I mean, hard liquor that I mixed with some fruit juice. It was citrus rum, to be exact, and there was a little left so I decided to polish it off, and that was good too. At least there was some good food/drink to salvage what was ultimately a disappointing day.
It turns out, that person called me late on Saturday night so I ended up doing the right thing. Yep, phone problems. I had to discuss some things with that person so I am glad I did not have to play phone tag with him as yeah, that is another thing I don't like, which is playing phone tag with people and I have trouble with them calling me back. I know, I'm starting to sound like the lead from God Bless America, but it's true.
Two more things... I had to use someone else's vehicle to go to that show as late in the week I discovered one night... one of my headlights was burned out. I wasn't too happy about that. Then, at the building itself I see a sign in the parking lot informing you that the joint has cameras filming you. The sign said... “Smile, your on camera.” Yes, I'm quoting verbatim. I was REAL unhappy to see such piss-poor grammar in a public place like that.
Anyhow, Sunday I decided to do something in the evening I hadn't done in what has to be a few years: go to the House of Blues they have at Downtown Disney and their Service Industry Night, where electro music is blasting and you see a bunch of people either milling about, macking on the opposite sex, or dancing on the dance floor. And I've seen breakdancing there more often than you'd expect; yes, breakdancing in the 21st century, and it's awesome. My times there certainly haven't been as wild as my downtown Orlando adventures, but I've still seen some interesting things there, and I don't mean all the attractive women.
I mean things such as... one night on some small TV's they were showing only the visuals of the movie bomb known as Ultraviolet (I understand the visuals are by far the best part of that motion picture), guys vomiting in the men's room and stinking that up, and my favorite, which was seeing a girl right in front of a guy and they were hunched over a bit and well, the guy had his hand under the girl's skirt and she was guiding his hand on where to go. Yes, a sexual act was taken place out in the open! Me and a few random guys watched that for a bit and we were all shocked.
I decided to go back as it's been a few years and I wanted to see how much has changed, if anything is different with that weekly deal. It turns out, it's largely the same as it's always been. You hear loud electro music and some people gather in a circle and watch people BREAKDANCE, which will always make me chuckle. No, I've never tried to pop and lock or did any of the stuff that those guys did, like bouncing around on the dance floor just on my right hand for 15 seconds straight, or spin around upside down on the top of my head, both things I witnessed last night. About the only new thing music-wise is that of course some dubstep was played; that was fine by me but I know that various people hate the genre.
One new interesting thing there was that at two spots they had an oxygen bar setup. I've never done one of those deals where you inhale pure oxygen that is scented for any period of time. I picked the one that had the female working it; but of course... when I was there no oen else was there, so I presume that was why I paid for 5 minutes but ended up being there for at least 15. Maybe she was lonely; it was pretty loud in there so I couldn't really have any sort of conversation with her. Otherwise I would have. Later in the night I saw that she was busier so that was good.
Besides that, not too much else to say about my time there, except that it got real busy. I mean, I never remember it being that crowded before. It was a lot of fun, and not just because there were many good or better examples of the opposite sex around. It was far too long since I had been there and I'll make sure it won't be a few more years before I make my return.
As for today, I picked up that person from the airport and made the trip back home. It was uneventful, except that there were the usual nincompoops on the highway and as usual that raised my ire. Anyhow, I'll be back on the afternoon of Memorial Day. I know that I'll have a few things to talk about, such as the latest UFC pay per view extravaganza, so it shouldn't be a dull blog. I just hope to see better grammar in places like sports auditorium parking lots.
That Monday night I actually did do something: for the first time in Lord knows how long I went to Universal Citywalk, and for the first time in many months I went to Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant, as they offer up some great burgers, and that is still the case. I had a tropical fruity drink there, and it happened to be a Rum Runner... I enjoyed it! I know, what a shock to hear that from me. I walked around Citywalk and it was largely the same as it's always been.
Tuesday was dull so I'll skip ahead to Wednesday. I went in the evening to Maitland to the Enzian Theater to watch a special film. It's by Bobcat Goldthwait (yes, the comic who was Zed in the Police Academy movies; he's now a serious director and he has become well-known in the indy circuit for directing and writing good films) and it's called God Bless America. I swear that the script was NOT written by me; it's about a middle-aged guy who hates a lot of things and thfien he gets fired from his job and finds out he has a brain tumor. He's about to kill himself but then he notices all the hateful useless garbage on TV and he snaps and he goes on a killing spree of all the mean and rude people out there, like people who talk during a movie at a theatre or those that park poorly. He meets up with a 16 year old girl who is even crazier than he is; if the movie would have ranted and raved about how people drive on the road, it WOULD be a script that was taken right from my mind.
The movie is a real dark comedy/revenge fantasy/satire and it's not for everyone but I thought it was pretty awesome. I got a great thrill out of those targets getting ripped on.
Thursday and Friday was pretty dull so let me skip ahead to Saturday and oh boy, what a day. In the late afternoon I left and I went to a few places before I went to a place I was planning on going to, but things went awry and I got mad. I went to Pinkberry and I had some Peaches & Cream and it was quite tasty. I then did a short drive over to the restaurant/bar known as O'Charley's. I was able to watch the big horse race while I had dinner, which was their chicken fingers. When I had them there in the past they were real good but this time that wasn't the case. I was disappointed but the horse race was fun to watch and plus I had a mango mai tai, and that was pretty damn great.
After that I went to the Orlando Sports Complex to watch a big local wrestling show. It was actually a pretty nice place to hold an event. There's plenty of parking and there are several different auditoriums. Unfortunately... I ended up not attending the event. Look, when the show is scheduled to start at 7:30 and I get there about 40 minutes beforehand and not only are you not able to enter the auditorium the show is being held in... but it reaches 7:30 and they STILL aren't letting anyone in. That made me pretty ticked. I had enough of that and I took off and went back home. I was there alone (which is not usually the case) so I had no real reason to be there if they were being incompetent and starting the show at Lord knows when after it was supposed to start. I dont care what the explanation was, there's no excuse for that sort of crap. I wasn't going to put up with it so I left and I went home.
I thought about sometime later going out and about but when I got back home I saw someone called the home phone and that person likely does not know what my cell is (they aren't a phone expert, which is fine) so I tried calling them twice but I believe they have had problems with their phone... point is, with all the negativity on my mind and also the entire time thinking about if I miss another call and that person tried calling home again when I wasn't around... I either would have had a disappointing/not so fun time while out and about or something bad would have happened and it would have been a cherry on top of a feces sundae! Thus, to be on the safe side I just stayed at home, half watched the Dodgers vs. Cardinals baseball game and half did stuff online... oh, and I consumed some alcohol too; I mean, hard liquor that I mixed with some fruit juice. It was citrus rum, to be exact, and there was a little left so I decided to polish it off, and that was good too. At least there was some good food/drink to salvage what was ultimately a disappointing day.
It turns out, that person called me late on Saturday night so I ended up doing the right thing. Yep, phone problems. I had to discuss some things with that person so I am glad I did not have to play phone tag with him as yeah, that is another thing I don't like, which is playing phone tag with people and I have trouble with them calling me back. I know, I'm starting to sound like the lead from God Bless America, but it's true.
Two more things... I had to use someone else's vehicle to go to that show as late in the week I discovered one night... one of my headlights was burned out. I wasn't too happy about that. Then, at the building itself I see a sign in the parking lot informing you that the joint has cameras filming you. The sign said... “Smile, your on camera.” Yes, I'm quoting verbatim. I was REAL unhappy to see such piss-poor grammar in a public place like that.
Anyhow, Sunday I decided to do something in the evening I hadn't done in what has to be a few years: go to the House of Blues they have at Downtown Disney and their Service Industry Night, where electro music is blasting and you see a bunch of people either milling about, macking on the opposite sex, or dancing on the dance floor. And I've seen breakdancing there more often than you'd expect; yes, breakdancing in the 21st century, and it's awesome. My times there certainly haven't been as wild as my downtown Orlando adventures, but I've still seen some interesting things there, and I don't mean all the attractive women.
I mean things such as... one night on some small TV's they were showing only the visuals of the movie bomb known as Ultraviolet (I understand the visuals are by far the best part of that motion picture), guys vomiting in the men's room and stinking that up, and my favorite, which was seeing a girl right in front of a guy and they were hunched over a bit and well, the guy had his hand under the girl's skirt and she was guiding his hand on where to go. Yes, a sexual act was taken place out in the open! Me and a few random guys watched that for a bit and we were all shocked.
I decided to go back as it's been a few years and I wanted to see how much has changed, if anything is different with that weekly deal. It turns out, it's largely the same as it's always been. You hear loud electro music and some people gather in a circle and watch people BREAKDANCE, which will always make me chuckle. No, I've never tried to pop and lock or did any of the stuff that those guys did, like bouncing around on the dance floor just on my right hand for 15 seconds straight, or spin around upside down on the top of my head, both things I witnessed last night. About the only new thing music-wise is that of course some dubstep was played; that was fine by me but I know that various people hate the genre.
One new interesting thing there was that at two spots they had an oxygen bar setup. I've never done one of those deals where you inhale pure oxygen that is scented for any period of time. I picked the one that had the female working it; but of course... when I was there no oen else was there, so I presume that was why I paid for 5 minutes but ended up being there for at least 15. Maybe she was lonely; it was pretty loud in there so I couldn't really have any sort of conversation with her. Otherwise I would have. Later in the night I saw that she was busier so that was good.
Besides that, not too much else to say about my time there, except that it got real busy. I mean, I never remember it being that crowded before. It was a lot of fun, and not just because there were many good or better examples of the opposite sex around. It was far too long since I had been there and I'll make sure it won't be a few more years before I make my return.
As for today, I picked up that person from the airport and made the trip back home. It was uneventful, except that there were the usual nincompoops on the highway and as usual that raised my ire. Anyhow, I'll be back on the afternoon of Memorial Day. I know that I'll have a few things to talk about, such as the latest UFC pay per view extravaganza, so it shouldn't be a dull blog. I just hope to see better grammar in places like sports auditorium parking lots.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Afternoon Delight, Cherry Berry Chiller, & One Eyed Willie
My Monday ended up being more tiring than expected, as for various reasons I did not get the best night's sleep. But, I paid no heed to that and in the afternoon I still made my way to the outlet malls of Orlando to look for a pair of shoes. Turns out, I got two pairs; they weren't the only place doing it but Skechers had a deal where if you purchased a pair you could get a second one for half price. I figured I would try to alternate as much as I could which pair I wear and that way they both would last longer than the Vans I had, which admittedly I had for at least 5 years before they started to literally fall apart.
After I visited various stores and then decided to purchase the two pair (one was black with a little bit of white, and the other was mainly blue), I visited some other stores and then noticed that dark clouds rolled in and it got windy. I took this as a sign to leave, which I did. I ate at Five Guys as it was too long since I had food from there. I then went to another place I hadn't been to in too long, which was Pinkberry. They have a new peach flavor for the time being so I had some of that. They even recommend some toppings to go with it; I went with the tropical motif, which incuded coconut shavings and I usually am not a big coconut fan. However, it works here.
I do have to mention that I saw some wretched driving on this day, whether it be in the parking lot and people going either way too fast or way too slow, or just doing some real idiotic and clueless things on the road. I mean, even worse than usual. And as the drive home included rain, the theory of driver IQ's dropping even lower than usual was proven right, as it always is.
Tuesday I went out to Winter Garden Village and their Best Buy to look for an item that I wasn't sure would be around for much longer. I did manage to find it so I made the purchase. It was even worth driving through more rainy weather. It wasn't too badd where I was but in the WGV area, it was bad to the point that the streets were flooded. Twice I had to drive through standing water that wasn't too bad, but the third time... I basically forded a river, and it wasn't in a Ford SUV or any sort of vehicle high up off the ground; instead it was in a Mazda sedan and I was glad I made it with no troubles. While the underside of the car got a cleaning, I hope I didn't do anything bad to the engine by having to go through all that water.
Wednesday, the afternoon was spent at the dentist. Don't worry, I only got my teeth cleaned. I was amused that they didn't have their usual easy-listening muzak playing and instead it was easy listening music with vocals, including the infamous song Afternoon Delight. I understand it was made fun of in some Will Ferrell movie, but I've laughed at that tune long before that; in the evening, me and someone I know went to Denny's; hey it is close by and cheap. As usual, the Super Bird meal is pretty good. I also recommend their Pacific Chiller drink which is Sprite and a few added flavors.
Speaking of drinks, one afternoon I went to McDonalds for lunch and I had their Cherry Berry Chiller drink; now that is some good stuff.
My Thursday was dull so let me skip ahead to Friday... where the only thing I did was go to Wal-Mart to look for and then purchase a few random items. Saturday was the day where the action was. In the evening I went to Downtown Disney to their cinema to see a film. I ended up watching Safe. It was largely what I expected but for the most part it was highly entertaining. The crowd there was larger than what I expected but for the most part they were fine so it was nice to hear laughter at the funny lines and all the memorable action getting the expected reaction. After that I went to... Mako's!
I got there and I parked, when the most noteworthy thing of my time in downtown Orlando happened. A guy who I'll call One Eyed Willie appeared out of nowhere. I say that as he was obviously blind in his right eye. That sucks for him, but I swear he was off his rocker. He wanted to give me 5 bucks (!) but when I pressed on, I was supposed to give him more than 5 bucks later on when I left... he babbled on some more and I didn't want to yell at him to go to hell (or say something more vulgar) as he was carrying a backpack and I had no idea what he had in there. Finally, when he asked for my name and I refused, that creep finally left. Maybe I should buy some mace and carry it around!
As for what went on in Mako's itself, it wasn't the most memorable night there but it was still a good time. Here are the highlights:
* They were showing the big NBA playoffs game involving the Lakers. Unfortunately, the Lakers won. Yeah, it's mainly the fans of the team and the players on the team (especially Kobe Bryant) which is why I detest that team.
* It wasn't the busiest there, unfortunately. Still, it ended up being the usual fun with hijinks taking place with various bachelorettes, crazy games happening (such as beer bong races), and that sort of thing.
* I did something stupid which I won't elaborate on but it resulted in me not feeling so well. My stomach felt like Jason Statham did a number on it. In fact I had to go outside for a few minutes and I found a spot to sit down and enjoy the fresh air. This sort of thing has happened to me in the past and after a few minutes I end up feeling fine; that was the case on this night. After that I felt normal again.
* Yep, a random girl did briefly do some bumpin' and grindin' against me. Sure, it was done as a joke to make her friends laugh... but I still enjoyed it!
* That was about it for highlights; still, I had a fun time there. I did not bring as much money as usual and I still left there with a decent amount of cash. The moolah thing only affected one thing... a lady there wanted me to do a bodyshot with her and another dame, but I didn't have enough money to. Next time I will, that is for certain.
Sunday was boring, but it was still fine as a Mother's Day. I actually didn't fall asleep this morning until the morning; this was because at 4 AM I had to leave to take someone to the airport in Sanford. That drive was nondescript... except that there was a reckless driver and he almost side-swiped me! This happened at about 4:30 in the morning and there wasn't too much traffic on the road so of course that would happen to me. On the way back I stopped at Denny's for a bite to eat. There was barely a crowd there and I'll skip talking about the senile old guy who was also there as a customer as I don't want to rant and rave. Despite that and the place being ice cold, it was still a good idea to stop there. I ordered up some pancakes and you can have them made in a variety of ways. I had mine with white chocolate chips and peanut butter sauce and needless to say, that is quite the great combination. However, they were made ginormous and apparently they were bigger than usual; I guess this was done just for me as I am that damn awesome...
My next blog will be up next Monday evening instead of the afternoon. That's because next Monday will also require a trip to Sanford to transport people around. But the next blog should be quite eventful.
After I visited various stores and then decided to purchase the two pair (one was black with a little bit of white, and the other was mainly blue), I visited some other stores and then noticed that dark clouds rolled in and it got windy. I took this as a sign to leave, which I did. I ate at Five Guys as it was too long since I had food from there. I then went to another place I hadn't been to in too long, which was Pinkberry. They have a new peach flavor for the time being so I had some of that. They even recommend some toppings to go with it; I went with the tropical motif, which incuded coconut shavings and I usually am not a big coconut fan. However, it works here.
I do have to mention that I saw some wretched driving on this day, whether it be in the parking lot and people going either way too fast or way too slow, or just doing some real idiotic and clueless things on the road. I mean, even worse than usual. And as the drive home included rain, the theory of driver IQ's dropping even lower than usual was proven right, as it always is.
Tuesday I went out to Winter Garden Village and their Best Buy to look for an item that I wasn't sure would be around for much longer. I did manage to find it so I made the purchase. It was even worth driving through more rainy weather. It wasn't too badd where I was but in the WGV area, it was bad to the point that the streets were flooded. Twice I had to drive through standing water that wasn't too bad, but the third time... I basically forded a river, and it wasn't in a Ford SUV or any sort of vehicle high up off the ground; instead it was in a Mazda sedan and I was glad I made it with no troubles. While the underside of the car got a cleaning, I hope I didn't do anything bad to the engine by having to go through all that water.
Wednesday, the afternoon was spent at the dentist. Don't worry, I only got my teeth cleaned. I was amused that they didn't have their usual easy-listening muzak playing and instead it was easy listening music with vocals, including the infamous song Afternoon Delight. I understand it was made fun of in some Will Ferrell movie, but I've laughed at that tune long before that; in the evening, me and someone I know went to Denny's; hey it is close by and cheap. As usual, the Super Bird meal is pretty good. I also recommend their Pacific Chiller drink which is Sprite and a few added flavors.
Speaking of drinks, one afternoon I went to McDonalds for lunch and I had their Cherry Berry Chiller drink; now that is some good stuff.
My Thursday was dull so let me skip ahead to Friday... where the only thing I did was go to Wal-Mart to look for and then purchase a few random items. Saturday was the day where the action was. In the evening I went to Downtown Disney to their cinema to see a film. I ended up watching Safe. It was largely what I expected but for the most part it was highly entertaining. The crowd there was larger than what I expected but for the most part they were fine so it was nice to hear laughter at the funny lines and all the memorable action getting the expected reaction. After that I went to... Mako's!
I got there and I parked, when the most noteworthy thing of my time in downtown Orlando happened. A guy who I'll call One Eyed Willie appeared out of nowhere. I say that as he was obviously blind in his right eye. That sucks for him, but I swear he was off his rocker. He wanted to give me 5 bucks (!) but when I pressed on, I was supposed to give him more than 5 bucks later on when I left... he babbled on some more and I didn't want to yell at him to go to hell (or say something more vulgar) as he was carrying a backpack and I had no idea what he had in there. Finally, when he asked for my name and I refused, that creep finally left. Maybe I should buy some mace and carry it around!
As for what went on in Mako's itself, it wasn't the most memorable night there but it was still a good time. Here are the highlights:
* They were showing the big NBA playoffs game involving the Lakers. Unfortunately, the Lakers won. Yeah, it's mainly the fans of the team and the players on the team (especially Kobe Bryant) which is why I detest that team.
* It wasn't the busiest there, unfortunately. Still, it ended up being the usual fun with hijinks taking place with various bachelorettes, crazy games happening (such as beer bong races), and that sort of thing.
* I did something stupid which I won't elaborate on but it resulted in me not feeling so well. My stomach felt like Jason Statham did a number on it. In fact I had to go outside for a few minutes and I found a spot to sit down and enjoy the fresh air. This sort of thing has happened to me in the past and after a few minutes I end up feeling fine; that was the case on this night. After that I felt normal again.
* Yep, a random girl did briefly do some bumpin' and grindin' against me. Sure, it was done as a joke to make her friends laugh... but I still enjoyed it!
* That was about it for highlights; still, I had a fun time there. I did not bring as much money as usual and I still left there with a decent amount of cash. The moolah thing only affected one thing... a lady there wanted me to do a bodyshot with her and another dame, but I didn't have enough money to. Next time I will, that is for certain.
Sunday was boring, but it was still fine as a Mother's Day. I actually didn't fall asleep this morning until the morning; this was because at 4 AM I had to leave to take someone to the airport in Sanford. That drive was nondescript... except that there was a reckless driver and he almost side-swiped me! This happened at about 4:30 in the morning and there wasn't too much traffic on the road so of course that would happen to me. On the way back I stopped at Denny's for a bite to eat. There was barely a crowd there and I'll skip talking about the senile old guy who was also there as a customer as I don't want to rant and rave. Despite that and the place being ice cold, it was still a good idea to stop there. I ordered up some pancakes and you can have them made in a variety of ways. I had mine with white chocolate chips and peanut butter sauce and needless to say, that is quite the great combination. However, they were made ginormous and apparently they were bigger than usual; I guess this was done just for me as I am that damn awesome...
My next blog will be up next Monday evening instead of the afternoon. That's because next Monday will also require a trip to Sanford to transport people around. But the next blog should be quite eventful.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sadaharu Oh, B-Boy Bouillabaisse, & Cinco De Wino
Of course I'm referencing a reference from the Beastie Boys song Hey Ladies as one of the members of the group passed away from cancer on Friday and it came as a big surprise to me. The line has always amused me due to the random reference to the guy that had 868 home runs in the Japanese baseball league (Nippon Professional Baseball) and for the record, had 2786 hits during his career. Imagine what he could have done in the major leagues... as for referencing that French dish, it's a title of a song from the Beasties and besides, that word seems wholly appropriate as part of a title for one of my blogs.
Here's what I've done since last Monday. On that day in the evening I actually did something. I went to DisneyQuest at Downtown Disney as I haven't used my annual Disney pass enough in the past few months and I hadn't been to DisneyQuest in I don't even know how many months, so it was the logical thing to do. While I wish there wouldn't have been so many loudmouth immature idiots around and I wish that more of their machines were kept up to standards so that they wouldn't play so poorly (i.e. on their Batman table based on The Dark Knight the paddles don't work too well anymore, ruining what was an awesome table), it was still fun being there and playing the usual machines (like Galaga) and the new pinball machines they have there, such as for Tron: Legacy, The Rolling Stones, and Iron Man, which is actually Iron Man 2. So, like I said it was fun making my long-awaited return there.
Tuesday was dull so I'll mention now that the Tuesday before I actually did go out to eat with someone. I don't know why I neglected to mention it the last time but I did. It was at the Orlando Ale House location in Kissimmee. The food and atmosphere there were fine. On another tangent, I got a spam e-mail, concerning sending money to help people purchase bibles for Africa. Hmmm, sounds legit... the name of the guy who sent the message: Abdul Razzak Billoo. Hey, it made me laugh.
Wednesday I went to Winter Garden Village and among other things, I went to Best Buy and picked up some items there. Thursday was dul so let me skip ahead to Friday, which was THE day this week for me. I went to Tropicana Field to watch the Tampa Bay Rays play agains the Oakland Athletics, a team that doesn't have any superstars on it but at least so far in this first part of the long season is a .500 club. I figured the Rays could use all the people at the game they can; despite them having the best record in the major leagues so far attendance at good old Tropicana Field has been rather poor. Typical Florida being terrible and not supporting their local teams... but anyhow, let me continue. I took a long scenic route to Tampa where I stopped at the International Plaza again-to pick up an old-school Tampa Bay Devil Rays shirt, no kidding-and then I went to Pinellas Park to get gas at Wal-Mart as it was like 15 cents cheaper than it was back in Clermont and then I went right to Tropicana Field. I did not mind not spending that time in the area before going to the game, as I was already in the area and spent a few hours there only two Fridays ago.
I'll mention now that the traffic I experienced on this day/night... pretty horrid, if only because at least 5 times, people pulled out right in front of me, necessitating me slamming on the brakes. I wasn't happy each time it happened and I always made it clear exactly how I felt about their clueless/rude driving. Speaking of driving, I do have something amusing to tell concerning some bumper stickers I've seen. Last weekend when I went up to Ocala I saw a car that had two stickers which proclaimed that the driver “loved vagina”! I passed by the guy and yes, it was a male driving and not a lady. Despite him coming off as incredibly crude of course he had a girlfriend in the passenger seat. Figures. Then, on Friday I saw a bumper sticker that said, “I love cooter.” I do too, but is subtlety a lost art these days?
Anyhow, I made it to the stadium and parked at where I usually park now (it's on the corner of MLK Street and 4th Avenue South; it's close to Tropicana Field and it's right by 175, which is a short jaunt to 275; I give my highest recommendations to it) and while I got there a little later than usual, I did have time to have dinner there before the game started. For the first time I sat in the 200 level; I paid a little extra to do it just to see what it was like up there. It's pretty nice; not a shock as that's also the level where the suites are located. The regular seats in the area have padded bottoms and backs, which was also pretty nice. The section I was in was pretty crowded; that was OK. Most of the people were fine. I wish that some of the knuckleheads would have been elsewhere but they weren't too awful. The official attendance was 18,799, certainly better than what they did earlier in the week.
As for the game, Tampa Bay won it 7-2. While I wouldn't have minded a competitive guy, a squash is also fun to watch as long as the team you like isn't the one getting its ass kicked. The Tampa Bay pitcher (David Price) was pretty awesome, striking out many and only giving up a few hits. It was fun to watch him pitch so well and for Oakland's pitchers being pretty piss-poor in comparison. So thus, Friday was a fun day even with all the near-accidents I got into.
The weekendd was rather dull. I stayed at home, pretty much. I didn't even drink any alcohol for Cinco de Mayo; I just watched some UFC instead. I certainly did not watch the big pay per view at night where a cowardly guy that's about to go to jail in a month for being a lowlife engaged in a pointless bout that of course he won and likely featured a lot of hugging, as that's what that sport is all about now. Laugh out loud, by the way, to that big fight everyone wants to see never happening due to sheer cowardice. Oh yeah, what was I saying... I did not go to Cinco de Mako despite it probably being a real wild time there. I also did not participate in Cinco de Wino; yes, I actually saw a sign in Tampa on Friday from a wine store advertising just that thing. If I did participate in that celebration I likely would have felt like death warmed over on Sunday! Instead, my Sunday was extremely dull.
As for the upcoming week, it's the usual. Not a lot is scheduled, although I do hope to find a new pair of shoes as I've basically just worn one pair daily for the past few years so now they're starting to fall apart. Hopefully that won't be the most interesting tale I tell next Monday.
Here's what I've done since last Monday. On that day in the evening I actually did something. I went to DisneyQuest at Downtown Disney as I haven't used my annual Disney pass enough in the past few months and I hadn't been to DisneyQuest in I don't even know how many months, so it was the logical thing to do. While I wish there wouldn't have been so many loudmouth immature idiots around and I wish that more of their machines were kept up to standards so that they wouldn't play so poorly (i.e. on their Batman table based on The Dark Knight the paddles don't work too well anymore, ruining what was an awesome table), it was still fun being there and playing the usual machines (like Galaga) and the new pinball machines they have there, such as for Tron: Legacy, The Rolling Stones, and Iron Man, which is actually Iron Man 2. So, like I said it was fun making my long-awaited return there.
Tuesday was dull so I'll mention now that the Tuesday before I actually did go out to eat with someone. I don't know why I neglected to mention it the last time but I did. It was at the Orlando Ale House location in Kissimmee. The food and atmosphere there were fine. On another tangent, I got a spam e-mail, concerning sending money to help people purchase bibles for Africa. Hmmm, sounds legit... the name of the guy who sent the message: Abdul Razzak Billoo. Hey, it made me laugh.
Wednesday I went to Winter Garden Village and among other things, I went to Best Buy and picked up some items there. Thursday was dul so let me skip ahead to Friday, which was THE day this week for me. I went to Tropicana Field to watch the Tampa Bay Rays play agains the Oakland Athletics, a team that doesn't have any superstars on it but at least so far in this first part of the long season is a .500 club. I figured the Rays could use all the people at the game they can; despite them having the best record in the major leagues so far attendance at good old Tropicana Field has been rather poor. Typical Florida being terrible and not supporting their local teams... but anyhow, let me continue. I took a long scenic route to Tampa where I stopped at the International Plaza again-to pick up an old-school Tampa Bay Devil Rays shirt, no kidding-and then I went to Pinellas Park to get gas at Wal-Mart as it was like 15 cents cheaper than it was back in Clermont and then I went right to Tropicana Field. I did not mind not spending that time in the area before going to the game, as I was already in the area and spent a few hours there only two Fridays ago.
I'll mention now that the traffic I experienced on this day/night... pretty horrid, if only because at least 5 times, people pulled out right in front of me, necessitating me slamming on the brakes. I wasn't happy each time it happened and I always made it clear exactly how I felt about their clueless/rude driving. Speaking of driving, I do have something amusing to tell concerning some bumper stickers I've seen. Last weekend when I went up to Ocala I saw a car that had two stickers which proclaimed that the driver “loved vagina”! I passed by the guy and yes, it was a male driving and not a lady. Despite him coming off as incredibly crude of course he had a girlfriend in the passenger seat. Figures. Then, on Friday I saw a bumper sticker that said, “I love cooter.” I do too, but is subtlety a lost art these days?
Anyhow, I made it to the stadium and parked at where I usually park now (it's on the corner of MLK Street and 4th Avenue South; it's close to Tropicana Field and it's right by 175, which is a short jaunt to 275; I give my highest recommendations to it) and while I got there a little later than usual, I did have time to have dinner there before the game started. For the first time I sat in the 200 level; I paid a little extra to do it just to see what it was like up there. It's pretty nice; not a shock as that's also the level where the suites are located. The regular seats in the area have padded bottoms and backs, which was also pretty nice. The section I was in was pretty crowded; that was OK. Most of the people were fine. I wish that some of the knuckleheads would have been elsewhere but they weren't too awful. The official attendance was 18,799, certainly better than what they did earlier in the week.
As for the game, Tampa Bay won it 7-2. While I wouldn't have minded a competitive guy, a squash is also fun to watch as long as the team you like isn't the one getting its ass kicked. The Tampa Bay pitcher (David Price) was pretty awesome, striking out many and only giving up a few hits. It was fun to watch him pitch so well and for Oakland's pitchers being pretty piss-poor in comparison. So thus, Friday was a fun day even with all the near-accidents I got into.
The weekendd was rather dull. I stayed at home, pretty much. I didn't even drink any alcohol for Cinco de Mayo; I just watched some UFC instead. I certainly did not watch the big pay per view at night where a cowardly guy that's about to go to jail in a month for being a lowlife engaged in a pointless bout that of course he won and likely featured a lot of hugging, as that's what that sport is all about now. Laugh out loud, by the way, to that big fight everyone wants to see never happening due to sheer cowardice. Oh yeah, what was I saying... I did not go to Cinco de Mako despite it probably being a real wild time there. I also did not participate in Cinco de Wino; yes, I actually saw a sign in Tampa on Friday from a wine store advertising just that thing. If I did participate in that celebration I likely would have felt like death warmed over on Sunday! Instead, my Sunday was extremely dull.
As for the upcoming week, it's the usual. Not a lot is scheduled, although I do hope to find a new pair of shoes as I've basically just worn one pair daily for the past few years so now they're starting to fall apart. Hopefully that won't be the most interesting tale I tell next Monday.
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