This past weekend (this was before it became a Twitter trending topic today) I discovered that a South African man (a longtime politician) wants to be the next president of FIFA and his name is TOKYO SEXWALE. That's not his real first name but it came as a kid as he did karate. Amazing all around. Just today I discovered that another FIFA candidate is named Jerome Champagne, and that is also great.
Here's a recap of what I've done in the past week. Monday and Tuesday were dull. The newest Star Wars trailer was fine and all but it didn't blow me away... and I've loved the original three films since a kid. Trailers just don't do it for me anymore. The fact that it debuted on TV during a football game in a gross attempt for ratings... that still puts a rancid taste in my mouth. When the highlight otherwise was going to the local library... so let me go back in time to Wednesday. That ended up being Back to the Future Day all across the world and I celebrated it by going to Lakeland and the Cinemark there, so I could watch all three movies back to back to back on a giant screen. I never had a problem there but alas... things changed.
Now, it was nice seeing those movies on the big screen; I did not see them often when I was a kid, which is unlike most people, apparently. Still, I enjoy all three for sure. The turnout was nice and aside from some typically annoying 12 year old boys (are there any that aren't?) I had little problem with the audience. Unfortunately, the people who run that joint were stupid and apparently had no idea this event would be popular, so they were understaffed and those that were there were not good at their jobs; it took way too long just to get a simple hot dog. I was not happy, and even though the place is real nice and all, that day soured me on going there for awhile; there are plenty of theatres closer by me I can go to that I have no issue with.
Thursday, I went with someone I know to a Sam's Club. They have membership there and we both needed items. I got such things as Gatorade, V8 and candy. After that we went to the nearby Logan's Roadhouse, where my meal of a bacon cheeseburger turned out well but that other person had problems with their meal, mainly that it was undercooked. They played modern country music while we were there and that is something I never listen to. Some of those songs are so goofy I can't help but chortle. One that almost literally made me laugh out loud was something called Too Drunk to Karaoke, from Jimmy Buffett and Toby Keith. It's exactly how you'd imagine it to be. In terms of food, I guess the next time we go to Sam's Club we'll visit another restaurant instead.
Also on Thursday, the chord to my laptop (which I've had for several years and eventually I'll get a new one; I just don't know when quite yet; it may be many months down the road) stopped working. I wish it would have lasted a day longer as a few days beforehand it started acting bad so I ordered a replacement one and it didn't come until Friday. I worked around it on Thursday by borrowing someone else's computer, but it was still a hassle. Anyhow, Saturday I did not do a thing so let me skip ahead to Sunday.
On that day I went and saw a pair of real old movies on the big screen, the 1931 Bela Lugosi Dracula then a Spanish language version with a different cast that they shot at the same time. It was presented by Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events. I decided to go to Winter Park Village as I hadn't been there in a long while; I hadn't eaten at a Lime Fresh Mexican Grill in at least a year and I hadn't gone to the Regal Cinemas there in many months. The drive there and back wasn't the best as I dealt with some real idiots, and there was even a dope or two at the Lime restaurant. But, the food at Lime was good, the lady who took my order was real nice, and as there was only two other people at the theatre, I had no problem there. I enjoyed seeing both on the big screen.
When I return a week from today, I do have some plans in mind so it won't be a boring time for me.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Benny Hill, The Shining, & Watching Atrocious Football
Here's what I've done since last Monday; that day itself I went to a Walmart and that was a standard trip there. Tuesday was more interesting. Every Cinepolis theatre shows old movies every Tuesday at 7 PM, and the film this time was The Shining; it wasn't even the first time I got to see it on the big screen but the last viewing overall for me was awhile ago, so I did not want to turn down that opportunity. The turnout was alright. As it's assigned seating I ended up in front of some British people; really. More on that in a bit.
My first time there was bad, the second time was better and thankfully the third experience was fine. The lady who helped me out that first time was there again and considering that she brought out my food instead of placing it on the counter for me to get... she must have remembered me. Really, I am an unforgettable sort of person. As for the film, it was quite nice seeing it that way. All the Brits enjoyed it, including a gal who had never seen it before. The biggest reaction she had to the film.. .the scene with the guy in the bear suit! Not an overreaction to me, especially considering how odd and random it was.
Wednesday, I made yet another airport run, this time picking someone up from Orlando International. Before that I went to the city of Celebration and I went to the Market Street Cafe, a place I've been to a few times before. Their food is fine and that was the case again on this day. I had an Oreo shake there, which was pretty good. I am thinking that this upcoming week I'll return to the town, walk around for a bit and try out another restaurant instead of going to the same old places.
Thursday, the only thing I did was go to the local library as I hadn't been there in a long while. The only thing I got was a one week rental of a DVD set that has some episodes of the Benny Hill Show. I may be mistaken as this would have been when I was very young but I have far-away memories of seeing episodes of it on PBS. I haven't watched everything on the discs so far but what I've seen, it has been amusing.
Friday and Saturday I thought about doing things but as I am old and tired (instead of old and wise, as I like to say) I decided not to. At least Sunday I went out and about. I returned to the Friendly Confines restaurant/bar to see the Chicago Bears play against the Detroit Lions, who are so bad the Bears had a good chance of winning. Well, the game was awful all around; both teams played like crap and the officials (I am not someone who blindly bashes them like most people do; blaming the refs for something when they were typically right or they just made a mistake... a great reason why I dislike most sports fans, to be honest) were horrible. They blew many calls and both teams benefited or were hampered by that.
Then, it went into overtime and that's when it got REAL bad. It's as if the teams wanted to play to a scoreless 15 minutes, thus resulting in a tie game. As I had lunch there then ordered dinner to bring back home to me and someone else, I was not happy about that, and I did have to heat up my food as I got home, as I did not think it'd be an overtime contest. Anyhow, Detroit won and I am not too sad that Chicago doesn't play this upcoming weekend due to it being a bye week for them. At least the food was good and it was nice to see some regular fans who I've seen watch games there for years now. But I could have done without the “sports fans” there who yelled and bellowed over minor things or getting seriously angry over a dopey sport like football. I could have done without being yelled in my ear.
When I return next Monday, I do have some interesting things planned and I'll be watching some old and good movies on the big screen too.
My first time there was bad, the second time was better and thankfully the third experience was fine. The lady who helped me out that first time was there again and considering that she brought out my food instead of placing it on the counter for me to get... she must have remembered me. Really, I am an unforgettable sort of person. As for the film, it was quite nice seeing it that way. All the Brits enjoyed it, including a gal who had never seen it before. The biggest reaction she had to the film.. .the scene with the guy in the bear suit! Not an overreaction to me, especially considering how odd and random it was.
Wednesday, I made yet another airport run, this time picking someone up from Orlando International. Before that I went to the city of Celebration and I went to the Market Street Cafe, a place I've been to a few times before. Their food is fine and that was the case again on this day. I had an Oreo shake there, which was pretty good. I am thinking that this upcoming week I'll return to the town, walk around for a bit and try out another restaurant instead of going to the same old places.
Thursday, the only thing I did was go to the local library as I hadn't been there in a long while. The only thing I got was a one week rental of a DVD set that has some episodes of the Benny Hill Show. I may be mistaken as this would have been when I was very young but I have far-away memories of seeing episodes of it on PBS. I haven't watched everything on the discs so far but what I've seen, it has been amusing.
Friday and Saturday I thought about doing things but as I am old and tired (instead of old and wise, as I like to say) I decided not to. At least Sunday I went out and about. I returned to the Friendly Confines restaurant/bar to see the Chicago Bears play against the Detroit Lions, who are so bad the Bears had a good chance of winning. Well, the game was awful all around; both teams played like crap and the officials (I am not someone who blindly bashes them like most people do; blaming the refs for something when they were typically right or they just made a mistake... a great reason why I dislike most sports fans, to be honest) were horrible. They blew many calls and both teams benefited or were hampered by that.
Then, it went into overtime and that's when it got REAL bad. It's as if the teams wanted to play to a scoreless 15 minutes, thus resulting in a tie game. As I had lunch there then ordered dinner to bring back home to me and someone else, I was not happy about that, and I did have to heat up my food as I got home, as I did not think it'd be an overtime contest. Anyhow, Detroit won and I am not too sad that Chicago doesn't play this upcoming weekend due to it being a bye week for them. At least the food was good and it was nice to see some regular fans who I've seen watch games there for years now. But I could have done without the “sports fans” there who yelled and bellowed over minor things or getting seriously angry over a dopey sport like football. I could have done without being yelled in my ear.
When I return next Monday, I do have some interesting things planned and I'll be watching some old and good movies on the big screen too.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Christopher Cross, Pumpkin Cider, Mountain Dew: Game Fuel & Free Food
Here's what I've done this past week. I didn't do anything this past Monday so let me mention some things I did not discuss in my last post:
1 When I was at Epcot for the Food & Wine Festival, the musical act that played there (in half hour concerts a few times a day) was Christopher Cross. I was amused as talk about a one album wonder... although considering that a reason why his career as a big deal was so brief was his physical appearance and how he wasn't exactly Elvis in his prime... that is kind of crappy. I only heard part of it but if you know his hit songs, that's what he played.
2 On that Friday, it was the final game of the Australian Football League season; I haven't mentioned that in months but I still try to watch it when I can. The championship game was won by Hawthorn over West Coast in a not competitive contest. The next season does not begin until March.
Tuesday, I ended up in Winter Park so I got some sodas from Rocket Fizz then I ate at the nearby BurgerFi. At 3 AM that next morning I had to make another airport run, this time to Orlando International to drop someone off. On the way back I stopped at a Denny's, where an option is to make your own Grand Slam Breakfast and that's what I did, with pancakes, a biscuit, bacon and sausage links.
Let me skip ahead to Thursday, where I returned to a location for the first time in months; that location was the World of Beer! I went there for dinner and some drinks; they were all related to this time of year, including pumpkin cider from Ace; that was pretty good. I had my almost always of a burger and fries, and I was about to leave when, out of nowhere, one of the bartenders came up to me and asked if I wanted free food. Someone screwed up and there was an extra giant pretzel. Well, it wasn't a food item that wasn't to my tastes so I definitely did not turn that down, although I was pretty full by the time I left.
The rest of the week was dull so let me mention at this point that I discovered there was a new Mountain Dew: Game Fuel. Throughout the years there's been a few times where for a limited time they put out a new flavor of Game Fuel and it's tied to a then hot videogame; in the past it was games like Halo 3, World of Warcraft, and some Call of Duty entries. Now it's based on Call of Duty: Black Ops III and there's two versions; the citrus cherry that's usually a part of it and what I stumbled on, which was Berry Lime and it's pretty good. They have even more caffeine than regular Mountain Dew, as I am sure that's what all the “1337 gamers” want.
Now I'll skip ahead to Sunday. Once again I stayed in and didn't go out to see the Chicago Bears game in full. I expected them to lose against Kansas City, even though the Chiefs aren't that good themselves; some key Bears players were injured and didn't play. Well, a key Chief got hurt himself and Chicago pulled out another victory out of their butts at the last minute. I am glad they won and I saw some bits and pieces of it on the NFL Red Zone Channel but for all I know it would have been a bad game to watch in full. I may go out this upcoming Sunday to see them play against the Lions, as the Bears are a decent team and have it together compared to them.
When I return a week from today... as I typically say there's not much on the agenda yet.
1 When I was at Epcot for the Food & Wine Festival, the musical act that played there (in half hour concerts a few times a day) was Christopher Cross. I was amused as talk about a one album wonder... although considering that a reason why his career as a big deal was so brief was his physical appearance and how he wasn't exactly Elvis in his prime... that is kind of crappy. I only heard part of it but if you know his hit songs, that's what he played.
2 On that Friday, it was the final game of the Australian Football League season; I haven't mentioned that in months but I still try to watch it when I can. The championship game was won by Hawthorn over West Coast in a not competitive contest. The next season does not begin until March.
Tuesday, I ended up in Winter Park so I got some sodas from Rocket Fizz then I ate at the nearby BurgerFi. At 3 AM that next morning I had to make another airport run, this time to Orlando International to drop someone off. On the way back I stopped at a Denny's, where an option is to make your own Grand Slam Breakfast and that's what I did, with pancakes, a biscuit, bacon and sausage links.
Let me skip ahead to Thursday, where I returned to a location for the first time in months; that location was the World of Beer! I went there for dinner and some drinks; they were all related to this time of year, including pumpkin cider from Ace; that was pretty good. I had my almost always of a burger and fries, and I was about to leave when, out of nowhere, one of the bartenders came up to me and asked if I wanted free food. Someone screwed up and there was an extra giant pretzel. Well, it wasn't a food item that wasn't to my tastes so I definitely did not turn that down, although I was pretty full by the time I left.
The rest of the week was dull so let me mention at this point that I discovered there was a new Mountain Dew: Game Fuel. Throughout the years there's been a few times where for a limited time they put out a new flavor of Game Fuel and it's tied to a then hot videogame; in the past it was games like Halo 3, World of Warcraft, and some Call of Duty entries. Now it's based on Call of Duty: Black Ops III and there's two versions; the citrus cherry that's usually a part of it and what I stumbled on, which was Berry Lime and it's pretty good. They have even more caffeine than regular Mountain Dew, as I am sure that's what all the “1337 gamers” want.
Now I'll skip ahead to Sunday. Once again I stayed in and didn't go out to see the Chicago Bears game in full. I expected them to lose against Kansas City, even though the Chiefs aren't that good themselves; some key Bears players were injured and didn't play. Well, a key Chief got hurt himself and Chicago pulled out another victory out of their butts at the last minute. I am glad they won and I saw some bits and pieces of it on the NFL Red Zone Channel but for all I know it would have been a bad game to watch in full. I may go out this upcoming Sunday to see them play against the Lions, as the Bears are a decent team and have it together compared to them.
When I return a week from today... as I typically say there's not much on the agenda yet.
Monday, October 5, 2015
007, The Food & Wine Festival, Pocari Sweat, & Apple Strudel Shakes
Here's a recap of what I've done since last Monday. On Monday the 28th I did end up going somewhere. It was a MovieStop; this one was in Kissimmee. While there were some incredibly annoying people around and I felt bad for those poor old Magic: The Gathering group in the store trying to play a game while those jackasses were braying as loud as can be. However, I did spot that they had a box set of all the Bond films; I have them on DVD but with some of them, playback issues started happening, so now was the perfect time for an upgrade. After that I went to the place soon to be known as Disney Springs, and I ended up at Splitsville for a beverage and dessert, which was a Ghiradelli brownie with ice cream, chocolate sauce and sprinkles. Needless to say it was great.
Tuesday, I returned to that MovieStop as that was the day where I exchanged the 007 films I had on DVD and I included some other discs. As they are connected to GameStop, it's no surprise that what money I got back in return wasn't great; still, I used it to get the Bond Blu discs and 23 movies (almost all of them average at worst) for a little more than 100 bucks is something I won't complain about. After that I decided to eat at Larry's Giant Subs as it's far enough away from me where I can only eat there once in a blue moon, and I wish it was closer as I really like their sandwiches.
Wednesday, I went out with my parents to that Lilly's on the Lake restaurant I talked about last month.; everyone enjoyed their food. At least with me, I was amused by them having some wacky Halloween decorations up. Also, I ordered a root beer and somehow got a root beer float instead; not that I complained about it, mind you... it was good. Thursday, I went to Walt Disney World, Epcot in particular. I figured it was about time I used my pass again and visiting the Food & Wine Festival was a good idea. I walked around and had both food & drink, all of which I enjoyed. I had a random clear Chinese drink that was lychee flavored, but the highlight was Pocari Sweat, a Gatorade-like beverage made in Japan that's been around for years and I've heard of it for years as it has such a wacky name. I got it from a stand in the Japan area and it's a fine refreshing drink. I did not try any of the alcoholic beverages on sale, although I plan on being back there before the festival is over with and I can always do that then. But I definitely won't be like the fools who go there during the Food & Wine Festival and the Flower & Garden Festival and act like clowns because they can imbibe a large amount of alcohol in a short amount of time.
Friday, I had to be in Orlando for something and I had the free time to go to Winter Park and while there I ate at a Shake Shack and not only had a burger but also an apple strudel milkshake, which was in fact as good as it sounds. Saturday, I did not go out to see the UFC pay per view, or even illegally watch it. I am still feeling pretty blah about that company and dealing with the braying jackass crowd of a sports bar watching college football (the Florida Gators were playing in the evening so I know all of them would be packed) was not something I felt like dealing with. The only thing I did was in the afternoon, and it was to go to the car wash as the vehicle was pretty filthy.
Sunday, I once again did not feel like going out and watching that crappy team known as the Chicago Bears. I expected them to lose against the Oakland Raiders and from what I saw it was an ugly game but yet somehow Chicago squeaked out a victory; good for them. When I return a week from today, I don't have much planned... yet.
Tuesday, I returned to that MovieStop as that was the day where I exchanged the 007 films I had on DVD and I included some other discs. As they are connected to GameStop, it's no surprise that what money I got back in return wasn't great; still, I used it to get the Bond Blu discs and 23 movies (almost all of them average at worst) for a little more than 100 bucks is something I won't complain about. After that I decided to eat at Larry's Giant Subs as it's far enough away from me where I can only eat there once in a blue moon, and I wish it was closer as I really like their sandwiches.
Wednesday, I went out with my parents to that Lilly's on the Lake restaurant I talked about last month.; everyone enjoyed their food. At least with me, I was amused by them having some wacky Halloween decorations up. Also, I ordered a root beer and somehow got a root beer float instead; not that I complained about it, mind you... it was good. Thursday, I went to Walt Disney World, Epcot in particular. I figured it was about time I used my pass again and visiting the Food & Wine Festival was a good idea. I walked around and had both food & drink, all of which I enjoyed. I had a random clear Chinese drink that was lychee flavored, but the highlight was Pocari Sweat, a Gatorade-like beverage made in Japan that's been around for years and I've heard of it for years as it has such a wacky name. I got it from a stand in the Japan area and it's a fine refreshing drink. I did not try any of the alcoholic beverages on sale, although I plan on being back there before the festival is over with and I can always do that then. But I definitely won't be like the fools who go there during the Food & Wine Festival and the Flower & Garden Festival and act like clowns because they can imbibe a large amount of alcohol in a short amount of time.
Friday, I had to be in Orlando for something and I had the free time to go to Winter Park and while there I ate at a Shake Shack and not only had a burger but also an apple strudel milkshake, which was in fact as good as it sounds. Saturday, I did not go out to see the UFC pay per view, or even illegally watch it. I am still feeling pretty blah about that company and dealing with the braying jackass crowd of a sports bar watching college football (the Florida Gators were playing in the evening so I know all of them would be packed) was not something I felt like dealing with. The only thing I did was in the afternoon, and it was to go to the car wash as the vehicle was pretty filthy.
Sunday, I once again did not feel like going out and watching that crappy team known as the Chicago Bears. I expected them to lose against the Oakland Raiders and from what I saw it was an ugly game but yet somehow Chicago squeaked out a victory; good for them. When I return a week from today, I don't have much planned... yet.
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