I'll be real
here: in the preceding week I only had two interesting days of note.
As I know people won't care too much to hear about me visiting local
stores such as Lucky's Market or Walmart... or how I did not watch
the Chicago Bears game. Instead, let me discuss last Friday and last
Sunday. I also won't carp about the traffic I experienced in the past
week, whether it be in town or the times I went into Orlando or the
suburbs.
Friday, I
went to the AMC at Disney Springs, where there was no issues with
power outages and I viewed... National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Of course I've seen that a few times before but the last viewing was
several years in Kansas while I was on a literal Christmas vacation
and it was on a cable channel so it was a TV edit where some of the
best lines of dialogue were taken out. Thankfully the movie is still
very good, along with being very funny and having many unforgettable
moments. Also while I was at Disney Springs, I had dinner at
Splitsville, a place which does not have the cheapest food but at
least it is very tasty; in addition, I just about laughed when I was
in the Columbia Sportswear store & saw that they had special Star
Wars jackets which are standard light jackets (I know as they had
those elsewhere) w/ a symbol on them, and the price was TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS. I've had a fleece jacket from them for years and it's done
the job admirably, but the cost of those Star Wars jackets are
preposterous.
Sunday, I
returned to Pointe Orlando. First, I ate at the B.B. King Blues Club,
as I had only been there twice before, and that was years ago. Their
food and drink are still good, thankfully. I had to leave before
their house band starting playing-they were warming up as I had my
dinner-and then I went to the nearby Regal Cinemas, which was the
main attraction for the day. For the second time ever, I had a 4DX
experience; that is a gimmick where the seats move around & there
are various effects, such as water-which can be turned off by
pressing a button on the seat-wind, scents, puffs of air, etc. The
first time was It and last night was... Gremlins. Yes, during the
evening they showed that 1984 film and while a few times the seats
slowly moved for no real reason, otherwise it went about how you'd
expect... the scene where Billy's mom fights against several gremlins
was of course the wildest moment for effects. The movie is still
wacky (after all, the title creatures watch Snow White & The
Seven Dwarfs in a cinema, and they get drunk in a bar) yet it's fun
and the on-screen magic is still magical 35 years later. The sequel I
also enjoy, for entirely different reasons as that is rather weird.
When I return
next Monday... who knows what I'll be discussing.
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