What an interesting at times preceding week I had. Monday I did not do a darn thing for Veterans Day, except in the evening rewatch a movie that happened to have an ex-soldier character in it: First Blood and John Rambo. Sure, some wacky jingoistic America F*** Yeah movie about soldiers (the film Act of Valor from last year is the perfect film for that role) could have been done too but I decided to go more serious with my movie selection.
To humblebrag, on Tuesday I got to go to Walt Disney World. I returned to Epcot. I walked around and had dinner there, and went on a few attractions. The main thing is that I went to the Club Cool building, where you can buy some Coca-Cola merchandise and also sample some exotic flavors (for free) of their products that aren't sold in the United States. For many years they had the same few flavors and finally last month they switched out most of them for other flavors. I tried all the new ones. Most are pretty good. Drinking something that you could otherwise only get in Thailand, Zimbabwe or Brazil is pretty cool to me.
Wednesday, I went to get my teeth cleaned. It was a standard thing I do every 6 months or so. It was uneventful and thankfully all my teeth are fine so I don't have to go back there until May of next year, barring something awful happening such as another root canal, but I hope I'll never have another one of those. I got back home and looked at the mail. There's a local free newspaper that comes in the mail this week. Right on the front page advertising financial planning was a middle-aged dude named DAVID P. BATMAN. I laugh and laugh still at such an awesome name.
Thursday, I did a few things. I went to the Blockbuster in town to check out the start of their liquidation. I did purchase some discs and in the future I'll try to go back there before they close down for good. I did see in the parking lot a vehicle I rarely if ever see in the wild: a Fisker Karma, a fancy-looking car that's like a Chevy Volt in that it's both electric and gas-powered. The company went kaput, though, and not just because the most famous owner of the car is the horrible human being known as Justin Bieber.
I went with someone to both Sam's Club and the nearby Logan's Roadhouse, one of several similar joints where you can eat shelled peanuts at your table and leave the shells on the ground. Only a few items were purchased at the Sam's Club, and the food I had at the Roadhouse was tasty.
Friday I did not do a darn thing either so let me skip ahead to Saturday. That was the most interesting day out of the week for me. I went and saw the latest UFC pay per view on the big screen, via Fathom Events. It's something they rarely do, which I understand as from what I know, almost all or all haven't been greatly attended. This was the case again. The show was the 20th anniversary for the promotion so it was a pretty nice card and the pay per view portion was quite good overall; unfortunately there was controversy in the main event and I agree with the majority that it was unfortunate it happened even if it wasn't all-time terrible as some thought. The broadcast started off with audio but no picture and once it was fixed the image went out again; after a second fix thankfully that was it and no fights were missed so I was relieved; if I would have missed any of the bouts... I would be ranting and raving about it here, for sure. It was nice to see it that way.
Before I even made it there, I stopped at Rocket Fizz to get some more gourmet sodas (boy were there some tool customers there; I am glad I did not stick around long) then I ate at one of the many Ale House restaurants they have in Florida. If nothing else those places tend to have a lot of room for big crowds, and that was good as it was a popular place. I went to the one in Winter Park, as I watched the pay per view at the nearby Regal Theatres. I wish I wouldn't have done something dumb right in front of one of the attractive ladies who work there... but it's a minor thing so I won't get into the details (or “deets”, as some would say... I don't use terms like that, though). There were some dope customers there; I tried my best to ignore those bozos and all their yelling or stupid questions as I watched sports and most of the Fox Sports 1 UFC fights before the pay per view. Those bouts weren't all that good. I wasn't sure how the night would turn out but it turned out well.
Sunday, I did not want to have to make the drive to Winter Park twice in less than 24 hours so I just stayed home and I decided to watch the highlights of the Bears vs. Ravens game via the NFL Red Zone Channel. I ended up making the right choice as the weather across the Midwest was HORRIBLE. I mean, tornadoes and crap. That delayed the game for 2 hours and it left the field in awful condition so I am glad I did not go out to see the game in full. The Bears won in overtime 23-20 so that made me happy.
As for the upcoming week, nothing is on the agenda yet. Not a single thing. As always I'll stumble into some adventures worth talking about when I return a week from today.
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