I had some interesting moments in the past week. Monday the 7th, in the early evening I returned to a place I hadn't been to in awhile, Winter Garden Village. I got a random item from Best Buy then as I had time to kill I went to the Old Navy next door. As they had a surplus of a green and blue plaid shirt, I decided to do them a solid by purchasing the shirt; I am that kind of guy. Finally, as somehow the back of my ride was covered with spots of mud, it was time to get some gas then use that gas station's car wash. As I was going somewhere relatively far the next day, it was a good idea to do this. That Speedway gas station car wash used a clear coat and psychedelic tri foam; when it rained the next day on my way to Tampa and back, I was able to see fine even when it rained. I am sure I will use that particular car wash again in the future.
I was in Tampa because I wanted to do something different, and I saw a pair of movies at AMC Veterans 24, where I hadn't been before. Before that I spent time at the Citrus Park Mall, where I had been at only one time before. It's a nice-enough place. I ate dinner at a Grimaldi's Pizza, which is thin-crust pizza. It tasted fine. I killed time at a Cold Stone Creamery before making it to Veterans. First, I saw The Lion King; yes. Some AMC locations will play older Disney animated movies (mainly from the 21st century) the rest of the year. The Lion King was something I saw on the big screen way back when it came out in the summer of 1994. I still think it's a great film, thankfully. After that, I watched a new Korean movie known as The Battleship Island. It's not a must-see like some movies from the country in the past two decades are (examples include I Saw The Devil, The Good The Bad The Weird and Train to Busan) yet I still enjoyed it for what it was... an embellished story based on the real life occupation of Korea by Japan during the last days of World War II. It thankfully was not a brutal watch like some Korean films are, although there are still gruesome moments and there is both violence & carnage. The small crowd was mostly Korean (naturally) and some of them were emotional during the final 10 minutes. Hopefully in the future I can see films like that more often theatrically.
Wednesday, I went with someone to a restaurant we hadn't been to in awhile: Cracker Barrel. Our food was tasty. Thursday, I went to Walt Disney World (Epcot in particular) because I knew it was less busy than the other parks. I had to renew my annual pass. That went fine, and unlike usual, I only stayed in the front part of the park as I went on a few rides, including the about to be closed Ellen's Energy Adventure at the Universe of Energy. Way back when I was a kid that ride used to be a charmingly quaint thing involving an info dump about energy along with a dark ride aspect where you are back in the time of dinosaurs. They managed to keep that with a new ride in '96 involving Ellen DeGeneres having a dream where she's on Jeopardy and it's all about energy and she's against her college roommate, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, and Bill Nye the Science Guy helps her out. The whole thing is silly but at least it is educational and you get to sit for 45 minutes through the whole thing, which is nice in the summer. I hadn't been on it in at least a decade, and I have no idea how popular it has been in recent years. It will be replaced by a Guardians of the Galaxy ride. I'll miss the “good old days” when Epcot was high on the nerd scale with their Future World attractions but I realize that doesn't sell many tickets anymore.
Friday and Sunday I did nothing but Saturday I went to the local Publix to get their famed sandwiches for me and someone I know. I had no problem with the sandwiches but even on what was like a 5 mile round trip at most, there was problems with traffic and no shortage of clueless buffoons, people who I will presume possess low IQ's. It's a constant problem and Saturday wasn't the only time I had that issue by any means. Hopefully that will not be as bad in the upcoming week, where not a lot is planned... yet.
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