In the preceding week, I
stopped at a Speedway gas station to try a unique Mountain Dew flavor they have, Cyclone. It is classified as "fruit punch" and I heard it described as tasting like passion fruit and pomegranate, which is accurate. This past Monday I did actually do something: escorting
someone to Universal Studios CityWalk as they say they had been there
only once and that was like a dozen years ago. Many things were
different for them between visits; they wanted to do this as in the
future they'll take a friend from out of state there. They chose to
ate at the NBC Sports Grill & Brew... which I was more than happy
to do as they serve good food there... which was enjoyed by all. I
did nothing on Tuesday but Wednesday, I ended up at a Walmart, where
things were normal (at least by Walmart standards) and there are no
angry or wacky stories to tell of that trip.
Thursday, I ended up at
Disney Springs, where I visited some stores, had dinner at the T-Rex
Cafe then saw a movie. T-Rex is a place I've eaten at a few times
before and even if you discount the tremendous theme that the place
has (no surprise considering it's from the same corporation that
gives us the Rainforest Cafe) the food is pretty good, albeit priced
like everything else at Walt Disney World. After that I viewed Crawl,
as I heard strong positive remarks about it. Down here in Florida
there was derision over how a movie set in The Sunshine State has a
house featuring a basement-those are rarely found down here due to
the elevation and sandy soil-but I discovered there were even dumber
moments with that movie when it comes to logic. All that said, it was
actually rather enjoyable and if you like creature features then this
is worth a shot. At least the two leads (which are usually the only
characters you see on screen) do a swell job, so there are no regrets
with seeing this.
Friday through Sunday were
rather humdrum, with an unexpected moment. Saturday I received an
Amazon delivery via the postal service, which was a little surprising
as it was two items together in a box and one of them was a
beverage... more on that later. The day before, a small package came
via Amazon, but delivered in an unusual way. Instead of a now-ubiquitous giant Amazon
van, it came via... a woman in a new Toyota Corolla? Yes, and later I
looked at my e-mail and discovered a message saying the package was
sent, with a photo that woman took of it on the front porch! That was
a shock to me. Anyway, not much else to say about the weekend, unless
people really want to hear about how I went to Firehouse Subs to pick
up dinner.
It for certain was not as
exciting as the weekend I had at this time last year, which was
simply incredible and it will be a long time before I'll ever have a
36 hour or so span where I go see an independent wrestling show and
meet up with people I hadn't seen in years (and unfortunately see
someone for the last time before they unexpectedly passed away), had
a bad experience at a multiplex seeing a French zombie movie... and
oh yeah, I went to a comic con and met Rachael Leigh Cook! If only I
was not full of anxiety for the professional photo opportunity then
later the autograph I got from her.... yet I can't complain even if
things did not go exactly as planned. It was great meeting the star
of She's All That and when I posted that photo on Facebook, it caused
quite a stir. For certain, what I have planned in the upcoming week
won't come close to being as thrilling or memorable as that weekend.
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