This past week... not
spectacular. I tried to have the best time I could but fate seemed to
conspire against me. Monday the 6th I went and saw Batman
Returns; the previous Saturday I viewed the '89 Batman at Disney
Springs-this time it was at a smaller chain which I'll be too nice to
and not publicly name. I've been there before and quibbles could be
made about some things. This time it was more serious... besides a
cashier who had tremendous difficulty because I gave him cash (yes, I
still try to pay cash at places when I can; I am retro like that) the
movie presentation started a half hour late, which I was none too
happy about. The fact that as a kid I was not a fan of the film and I
still don't love it did not help; it was not something I hated as the
production design was tremendous-it's just that superhero films
aren't for me, as I've uttered before.
Tuesday I did nothing but
Wednesday I went to a Walmart to pick up some items. Them not having
enough employees to check out at the traditional cash register (as I
don't like using self check out and I couldn't use that anyhow as I
needed to put money on a gift card) then the employee having a heck
of a time putting money onto said gift card-this is one reason why
the week as a whole could have been better... it was just
embarrassing as there was a big line behind me. At least I found the
Berry limited edition flavor of Pepsi and that is also good.
Thursday I returned to
Disney Springs, this time eating at a place literally called Hole in
the Wall; it's a bar attached to the Irish joint Raglan Road. I ate
once in the restaurant, years ago, and the food was good. This time I
ate outside at the bar and along with a Harp beer I got... of course
I got my “almost always” of a burger and fries! That was good,
even with it not being the cheapest meal and also the lovebugs flying
around. I have not mentioned those in years as it's been a long while
since they were out in droves like they are now. Each May and
September you can find those bizarre critters flying all around
Florida; there are urban legends about them being created in Florida
so they could eat mosquitoes but that is poppycock... they are all
around the Gulf Coast, so I've heard. They do eat decaying plants so
I can't say they are totally pointless, but they smash against your
car and it's a real hassle trying to remove those remnants as they
really stick on there. As if the traffic I've experienced as of late
wasn't atrocious enough (and believe me it's never been worse; it
seems like drivers get stupider and stupider and do the most
befuddling things) there is the hope that you don't run into a swarm
of lovebugs.
Anyway, for Friday I was
thinking of going on an adventure and be on the road for a good
amount of time in order to experience new things and talk about them
here. I then realized that once again I should be old and sensible
again as later this month I know I'll be on the road to visit various
places, so it'd be more logical to stay in Orlando and try out new
places... which is what I did. This time it was an oddly-named
sportsbar known as Arooga's. From viewing their website, they started
in Pennsylvania and also have some restaurants in the Northeast... &
the one Florida location presumably because a lot of people from the
Northeast retire down here. Once I got waited on, things went fine
and the food was decent-enough, I suppose. Before that I stopped at a
Total Wine & More for some booze.
The weekend I did nothing
at all except have a nice Mother's Day with my mom; I know, awwww.
Friday when I was on the road, I had to take a detour as there was
what I later found out was a massive accident where not only did a
semi truck tip over on its side, but at least seven vehicles were
involved, one was on fire, and there were fatalities. I hope “someone
was on their 'smart' phone” was not the cause of that havoc but I
have a feeling that was a cause, along with “driving way too fast”,
as both things happen frequently down here, believe me. Not being on
the road this weekend was a blessed relief.
When I return a week from
today, I know a few things I'll be discussing and unless there is
complete madness, this upcoming week should be an improvement over
the one I just had.
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