Monday through Thursday
had only a few exciting moments. One day I went to the Magic Kingdom,
because why not? I have an annual pass so it means I don't have to
stay there for many hours if the place is hotter and more crowded
than expected, which it was on that day. Still, I spent a few hours
there, went on several rides, had a meal, and the treat I had was a
citrus swirl float from the Sunshine Tree Terrace, which was a good
decision on my part. One early morning I had to drop someone off at
the airport... yes, again. After that I had a tasty meal at the
nearby Denny's.
Thursday itself had me at
Disney Springs. First, I ate at a new restaurant called Chicken
Guy!... the exclamation is in the name. It's a quick service place
and only after entering the place did I realize the Guy was referring
to Fieri; he is not lacking for restaurants he has some ownership in.
The food was pretty good, thankfully. After that I went into the AMC
to see the new Halloween, and in the Dolby Cinema, no less. The
original film from 1978 is still a classic; most of the sequels
ranged from OK to pretty bad. This new film is good so it's one of
the best entries, but considering all the high praise I heard I was
hoping for something I would love... instead, I only like the film.
Alas. I won't go into details as to why I feel that way, except that
there are some pretty stupid moments.
Friday I went to a Walmart
to get a few items, and that was the “highlight” of the day.
Saturday I did nothing at all. I am not carping about this as at
least I had other things to do, like watch Live PD. The episodes this
past weekend and the weekend before: incredible. The number of insane
people, car chases, suspects running on foot, drunken fools...
tremendous entertainment, it is. I did have a drink that I purchased
recently at Total Wine & More. It was a Smirnoff Ice Smash, which
I will just presume is a big hit among the college kids as not only
do I understand they still drink Four Loko but this is 23.5 ounces at
8 percent alcohol... I mainly purchased the drink for laughs and
because it was a few bucks. I tell you, it goes down a lot easier
than a Four Loko.
Sunday was interesting. I
did not pay too much attention to the Bears game; they played against
the New England Patriots and I expected a big fat L and that did
happen, even though they only lost by a touchdown and were literally
a yard and a kick away from tying it at the end. To me that's worse
than them getting their butt kicked so I am glad I went nowhere to
watch that. While I did go to the local Wawa for a sandwich and to
pick up a Mega Millions ticket (how can I turn down a minuscule
chance at winning a 1.6 billion dollar jackpot?), my entertainment
was in the evening: first was the drive to a place I had been only
once or twice before, called Gator Joe's; my parents dig it. It is in
a middle of nowhere town called Ocklawaha, which does have a claim to
fame... those that known the 20's and 30's criminals the Barker
Gang-led by Ma Barker-that city was their final stand in a showdown
with police back in 1935. Anyhow, that place has decent food so it
was about time I returned there. On the way back I went to another
place I hadn't been to in a long while: Rural King. As I've mentioned
in the past, that place is exactly what you'd expect from the
name-including NRA and Smith & Wesson shirts... think of that how
you will. I purchased several items there, including really cheap
jeans.
I could once again
complain about traffic this past week; I won't because it's something
done by me all the time but one moment I do have to bring up: on
Sunday while in a town I was passing a car (it was a four lane road)
and out of nowhere a minivan started to pull out right in front of
us! Both horns were blown and both vehicles slammed on their brakes
before I swerved around that fool, who stopped in the middle of
oncoming traffic. Things like this happen all the time in Florida, no
kidding. Hopefully in the upcoming week there will be no further
near-misses for me to discuss.
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