Monday, May 12, 2014

The House Of Blues, Mountain Dew Baja Blast, & Froggy's Lament

Here's a recap of how the past week has gone for me. Last Monday was dull aside from getting some Pizza Hut Pizza. Tuesday was more interesting than expected. I was going to eat at Chipotle then go to Target to get a few items (don't worry, I didn't use my credit card there), but when I got to the restaurant, it was ridiculously jam-packed so I went literally next door to get a haircut-as I could stand to get one-then I went to Target for the few items then I went to Planet Smoothie for a tasty beverage. I ended up making myself something for dinner at home, which was fine with me.

Wednesday was boring and I was going to say that Thursday was also dull, except for one bizarre thing that happened real late at night. Things would have been different if I hadn't been home alone at the time and if it wouldn't have been so late, as otherwise I would have asked a neighbor for assistance but I saw an incredible thing in the bathroom. After I was done using the toilet I looked on over in the shower and at first I thought I was doing an incredibly rare thing for me (hallucinating), as I saw a FROG in the shower. Yes, a frog.

I shortly then realized that what I was seeing was legit, and I had to try and figure out how to get rid of it. I did try various ways for the froggy to get out the door but it didn't work, so I had to kill it. I did NOT want to do it, believe me; I sometimes see them outside and I am fine with that as they eat little insects. But them inside is no good; I couldn't leave it in there the entire night and wait until the next day for assistance. I had to kill it then I tossed the body outside. Again, that was not something I wanted to do; it was only a last resort sort of thing and I still feel bad about it. By the way, “Froggy's Lament” refers to a song that is from the early 80's album by Buckner & Garcia. Yes, the artists that made the goofy Pac-Man Fever song that somehow became a top 10 hit. They had an entire album of videogame songs, if you can believe it.

Friday, I decided to eat some Burger King food and instead of going to the usual spots I tried a different one a little big west of town. That went normal and the food was what you'd expect from there. On the way back I stopped at a random gas station in town and I finally found some Mountain Dew Baja Blast, a nice drink that previously could only be found at Taco Bell and this wide release is only a brief thing. Taco Bell is now a place that is mostly “blah” for me and yet I admit the Blast is good, if not great as I've heard from some people. I like all the different Mountain Dew flavors and the OG flavor about equally.

Saturday, I ended up watching a good amount of the free UFC show on TV; it had a fantastic main event of Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva, and the rest of the show had its ups and downs. However, I did do something before that, and I decided it was about time to get a good amount of exercise in and that was done by going to the James A. Van Fleet state trail, one I've mentioned a few times before in the past. It's a remote trail that goes through the middle of nowhere, including the swamp. I've seen quite a few colorful critters there before, from various birds to tortoises, alligators and snakes to deer. The place on the trail I went to is different from before; they now have a small paved parking lot and an eco-friendly bathroom. I just did my share of walking (eventually, I think I am going to have to get my own bicycle instead of borrowing someone's really old heavy metal bike as I did in the past) and on a hot humid sunny day, that was quite the workout. The only animals I saw were some cardinals and a pair of tortoises (no hares, though), but that is alright.

Sunday, I relaxed until the evening, when I headed on over to something I hadn't done in what has to be over a year. That is the weekly Sunday night dance party that the House of Blues at Walt Disney World has called Service Industry Night, where they play dance music filled with bass and when it isn't too busy there you see BREAKDANCING. Yes, that's still a thing; it isn't a trend that people just stopped doing in 1985. I've always seen it happen all the times I've been there in the past. The place looks almost exactly the same as always, which was fine with me. It was fun being there last night, as it almost always is. It's fun to listen to the music and watch people dancing about. No, I don't really dance myself and I especially don't try breakdancing myself! Also while I was there, I heard remixes of such songs as Howard Jones' Thing Can Only Get Better and Sade's Smooth Operator, which people actually breakdanced too.

I also saw an AMAZING human being. It was between a half hour and a full hour and I never got close to him for a close look so I don't know if he was in his 50's or 20's but his outfit and the way he acted was hilarious. This was early on in the night before the place got busy, as it always does. He had on white shoes, socks sort of high, short teal shorts, a sparkly greenish shirt, glasses, and a wacky hat with a Ferrari logo on the front! As if that wasn't tremendous enough, that son of a bitch never stopped clapping his hands to the beat, to put it bluntly. He honestly never stopped clapping for over a half hour. He then vanished and I never saw him again. I don't know if he was on drugs or not but I imagined he had a grand old time.

I'll return next Monday and the only thing on the agenda is that somewhere, I'll be seeing the new Godzilla movie, which I do have high hopes for and I better not be let down by it.

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