Sure, the “old friend” is a nightclub and not a human being, but I received a big surprise on Saturday night and it wasn't a good one. Details at the end.
Before I get into recapping the past week, I never mentioned in the last blog how I discovered only after I had gotten back from Paranormal Activity 4 the whole Lucas sold his company to Disney and there will be new Star Wars films; I was quite shocked by the news, like everyone was. I just hope the new ones are better than the prequels. As for what I did on Monday, the only thing of note is something I'll mention for comedy's sake; if you want to laugh at me, go ahead. I checked out a movie I had taped off of Lifetime (yes) and referenced in the last blog. Of course, I would do such a thing if the movie starred Rachael Leigh Cook. It's known as Left to Die and it's (unfortunately) a true story about how a woman's mother ended up jailed in Ecuador via drugs being planted in her bags and the woman has to work for almost two years to get her out. It's the type of movie appropriate for that network, as there's drama with the woman's brother, the mom is sick, there's an on-again and off-again relationship with a man... like I said, appropriate for the network. It's a standard TV movie but it wasn't bad. Plus, Rachael looked rather attractive so that was good.
Tuesday, I went and voted in the big election. Holy cow some of my fellow voters were stupid! They didn't know where to go from the very beginning (even though it was clearly a table where several people sat and depending on your surname told you which person to go to), they did not understand the ballot, they asked if they had to fill out all of the ballot... I was appalled and by now I am used to Floridian stupidity. I won't get into talking about who I voted as that is information I'll keep private. Although, I still laugh that a party I had never heard of before known as the Peace and Freedom Party elected ROSEANNE as their candidate and Florida was one of the ballots she got on. Hilarious, I say. No I did not vote for her.
I saw the early part of the election coverage at night but I decided I needed to relax for a few hours so I went to the local cineplex to check out a film, and I saw The Man With The Iron Fists. I had no idea what to expect as it seemed odd from the advertising and I heard some bad buzz. Turns out, it WAS rather odd and strange but if you have lowered expectations concerning everything, you might enjoy it like I did. I can't believe such a film was made and released by a major studio, but I am glad it did as I'd rather have that than the cookie-cutter crap you get from the major corporate bean-counter studios.
Wednesday and Thursday weren't eventful. I did get the car washed which was good as the next day it was taken in. Tuesday, a mysterious light came on and I looked in the manual; it was related to the alternator! I wasn't happy about it as those aren't cheap. The light came on but as the car gets heated up it would turn off. I won't bore you with the details but after an examination the best guess is that there's a component in the alternator which could go bad at any time, meaning it could be a month from now or five years from now. If it always stays on, that's when the trouble will start. I suppose I can't get mad about that happening given there's been little problem with the vehicle since I got it over 5 years and 89,000 miles ago. Believe me I have had issues with previous vehicles in the past, ones that were used and who knows how they were treated before I got them. They included a 1984 Lincoln Town Car, a late 80's Oldsmobile station wagon, and a 1996 Chevy Beretta that was received at 95,000 miles and lasted until more than 190,000 miles. Friday wasn't too exciting either. I knew Saturday would be action-packed (or at least that's what the plans were) so I decided to relax on Rebecca Black's favorite day.
In the newest installment of wacky spam e-mail, yesterday I received a pair which simply said, “So hard you can break an egg” and “grow a long and hard one”. Subtle.
Saturday, what a day of mixed emotions. I did not do anything until the evening. I decided to go into downtown Orlando to visit their theatre so I could watch Skyfall-a movie I heard many good things about, and that it was much better than a film I did not care for, Quantum of Solace-and then head on over to good old Mako's. I saw the film in a crowded theatre and turns out, it was as good as I heard. Even better than Casino Royale and it's definitely the most Bond-style film that Daniel Craig has done. After that, I walked back to the Mazda to change shirts and go in the club... only I noticed that it was closed! I had no idea. I decided to walk around downtown Orlando for a bit but I did not feel like going anywhere else to have a good time. I did pass by a pickup truck sponsored by Monster and they were handing out free drinks. I got their Rehab drink, which is tea mixed with lemonade. I am not a tea fan but that combo was better than expected. I only had a few sips of it then once I got home I put it in an empty Gatorade bottle to drink it on a different day. I looked online and this is scuttlebutt but apparently Mako's has new owners and they closed it down so once it opens back up it'll be under a different name and who knows if it will be the same or if it will be a more traditional club.
Sunday, the only thing I did was stay at home to watch the big Bears game in the evening against the Texans. The Bears lost 13-6 in a real battle where their QB got knocked out of the game and that was really it for the team (I'd rather forget about that rainy contest), so let me pay my final respects to Mako's. I had gone to it about two times before the summer of '07, but after that I went there often and for the most part I had at least a good time there if not a great time. Oh all the entertaining stories I've told here about that place, all the wacky events I saw there, all the attractive young ladies that were around... good times and great memories. Among the things that happened there:
Someone who says they were involved with casting with the show Beauty & The Geek (yeah, this was a long while ago) talked to me for about a minute; that's all it was. I did not have any further contact with that guy.
That drunk girl walking on the bar who was so drunk she fell off and splatted on the ground.
Several fights that happened in there.
A couple who were having sex right out in the open in the club.
The dirty dancing that I did with some random ladies.
The booty-shaking and dirty dancing that happened on their stage.
Back when you could pay a fee to go on their giant swing with a scantily-clad young seductress, I did that a few times and it was great!
And oh so much more. I know that some smartasses will comment on this situation and it'll be the usual idiocy from those idiots who have made comments about that old gal in the past. I'll ignore that and I'll say goodbye to that place. I will miss it and who knows when I'll go out again to party at some new place. Leave the memories alone, and this time I am being serious with that phrase and not sarcastic.
I'll be back a week from today. I do know that one day I'll have to be at the dentist to have my teeth cleaned and on Saturday night they are showing the pay per view portion of the big UFC event on the big screen so I'll be there, and I know I should have enough to talk about for that blog.
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