Yeah, this won't be as long of a blog as usual; I have a feeling the one I post next week will be longer but I don't want to give out any spoilers. I'll comment on what I did from Wednesday the 4th up to Easter.
If you don't know what YOLO is, it stands for You Only Live Once and it was said by a crappy current rapper in a recent song. In a rare bit of me being hip with the times, I know that many young people think that phrase is “so deep” and all that. Sure, living life to the fullest is great and all but it seems like the majority take that phrase to mean they feel free to act like total jackasses; at least from what I know, the type of people who brag about YOLO are the same who use Troglodyte words like “swag” and “cray” and all of those people I tend to avoid in the same way that David Tuthill and Jared David St. Laurent avoid healthy food... and now there is a song from the "lovely" Nicki Minaj (and I mean "lovely" in this case as "horrific-looking") known as Beez in the Trap! If you want me to tell you what that phrase means, then you're asking the wrong person.
Wednesday night I actually saw a movie from the late 90's on the big screen and no it was NOT Titanic. Rather, I stumbled upon something interesting that I would not have known if I didn't stumble upon it... some AMC joints across the country would do a one-time showing of the original American Pie on the big screen. I checked that out and indeed that movie is still pretty funny. Unfortunately I wasn't able to rent the second one (although I saw parts of it on TV last weekend when I was in South Florida) but for the first time in 9 years I saw American Wedding as I was able to rent that. I didn't like it at the time and I still don't like it now. It was just an off-putting movie with a lot of crassness and not a lot of niceness, you know.
Thursday was just movie-watching at home so I'll skip ahead to Friday. I ended up having dinner at good old Friendly Confines, because why not? Actually, I went there because I was going to see American Reunion at the Regal they have all the way out in Oviedo; I hadn't seen a film there in a few years and I hadn't walked about that mall in a few months. Besides, FC had their anniversary celebration on Saturday so I figured I would give them some business the day before. While I was at FC I was reminded of something I had trouble with at times in South Florida. Sometimes the Wi-Fi worked fine but other times I had a bitch of a time trying to get it to work with my iPod Touch. Sometimes I could not get it to work at all, and I was quite unhappy about that. Anyhow, it took way too long but I finally got it to work at FC. While I was there I had the usual, drank an Abita Amber (it's not too shabby) and watched some baseball.
After that I drove over to Oviedo but unfortunately there was a road rage incident. I honked at someone because they were acting like a total nincompoop, and they got mad and lashed out, so I returned the favor and I even yelled something really not nice out the window at them. Boy did I end up not feeling too good about that as me acting a fool is not something I usually do and I shouldn't have made that comment... even if they did deserve it.
I ended up having to take the scenic route to the mall but I still made it there in time to walk around for a bit before seeing American Reunion. That was just about as good as the first two films in the series. There's a lot of vulgarity and hilarity but it also has heart. There's topless action... and male nudity if that's your thing.
Saturday, I went to Winter Garden Village after dinner as hey, I had free time. Plus, I had to go to a store to get ink for the printer and as they had a Staples there, it worked out great for me. I got that item, picked up a drink from elsewhere, then went home. Sunday, it was a lazy Easter. However, dinner was ham. As long as I can remember, every Easter the dinner meal was ham. It's like how way back when, when my family went to my grandfather's for Christmas Eve the meal would be goose.
By the way, it probably won't be too long before I am back down in S. Florida and see the likes of two Lamborghini's, a Rolls Royce Phantom, several Bentley's, several Jaguar XJL's (at least 80,000 bucks when new) and my first-ever spotting of a Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet (yes, a convertible version of an SUV; it is exactly as ridiculous as you think it is) as I did last weekend. That's because a few days ago I heard that a second-tier UFC show will be in the big arena by Sawgrass Mills Mall. I haven't been to any MMA show before let alone UFC, so I may have to check that out despite the long drive and having to go back there when I experienced some real stressful driving.
I'll be back a week from today and that should be a more entertaining blog than this is. Some interesting stories to tell, in other words.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Blair's Wild Wrestlemania Weekend Recap
Alright, so here's what I've done from Friday morning up to today. The main thing was that I went down to Miami for the first time in almost a year as I'd experience Wrestlemania weekend (meaning other wrestling shows taking place) and I'd see my first-ever Wrestlemania, which is something I should go to given how long I've been a wrestling fan.
I woke up on Friday morning and I drove off to my hotel in Pompano Beach; The Forum, to be exact. I stayed there almost a year ago today when I was down there to watch the Marlins play in Sun Life Stadium against the Washington Nationals. As I mentioned at the time, the place is interesting is that not only is it run by a religious group (you mostly forget about that while you're there; it's not really shoved in your face) but it used to be a hospital! Hey, at least it's a quiet place. Sure, I wish that their Wi-Fi didn't require you having to go down to the front desk to ask for the password to log in, but at least they have a computer and printer on each floor so I used that and my iPod Touch was used out in the wild, with middling success; more on that later. The drive there was pretty stressful as boy did I run into some real idiots and A-holes; the less said about them the better... I don't want my blood pressure to get too high.
I checked in the hotel and bummed around there a bit before I went to a Ring of Honor pro wrestling show in nearby Ft. Lauderdale. They're an independent wrestling company but one of the bigger ones due to the highly skilled guys that they typically use. I've seen some GREAT shows from them in the past, and I'm talking about being at those events live way back when. This time, it wasn't quite as great but there were some quality matches, even if at times it felt like overkill in terms of all the crazy shit they did, dropping each other right on the head and doing other high-risk stuff. Still, I did enjoy it quite a bit.
Saturday, now this day did not turn out as planned. I did go to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, as is pretty much tradition for me when I am down there. I walked around for a few hours, had lunch there, and I ended up buying some cheap items. The lunch I had was from a joint called Chicken Now; the theme is obvious. The tenders tasted fine, the service less so. I had a drink from a nearby place called Green Leaf's. It was a healthy joint that happened to have a place attached to it called Banana's (B-A-N-A... wait, why am I quoting that awful song?) that offers smoothies. I had one with coconut crème and it was pretty darn fantastic.
Not so fantastic was the weather when I left there. It was raining and it got worse by the time I made it to Miami Beach. I had dinner at a joint I had eaten at once before, the Shake Shack; it's a franchise mainly located in New York City but they do have one in MB because it's hip, I suppose. They have some delicious burgers and fries but best of all is the item they are named after. At that particular place is a tremendous concoction known as the Vice Crispy Treat, containing cream, marshmallows, and crispy cereal; I give it my highest recommendation.
I was going to see another wrestling show, this time in MB at a hotel. Problem was, when I got to the hotel there was no visible place to park for what seemed like miles around. I couldn't park at a meter as it'd run out long before the show was over with, there was no parking garage to be seen, and given that there was also a separate wrestling convention going on at the same place... I was NOT going to hunt for an hour or more to try and find a long-term parking place and have to walk a double digit amount of blocks just to get to the hotel, and hike the same distance back to the vehicle, so I said the hell to it and stopped at the Aventura Mall until I went back to the hotel. I was not happy about that whole situation, and I still am not delighted about it.
Sunday, things were better. I checked out of the hotel and went to the new baseball known as Marlins Park, where the team formerly known as the Florida Marlins and now known as the Miami Marlins will start playing this year. They used to play in the stadium that the Dolphins still play football in, the stadium that's had like a dozen names but for now is known as Sun Life Stadium. That stadium was not well-designed for baseball, and being outdoors in the typical Miami weather... no wonder attendance there was almost always pitiful. Now, the new Marlins Park has a retractable roof and after spending a few hours in it, it's a really nice and modern joint. I mean, if Miami doesn't get good attendance in such a great place, then there's no hope for that franchise in that city.
I got a ticket from a scalper (I know I know) and it was definitely more than I wanted to pay but as he was the only scalper I saw anywhere, I bit the bullet and paid the price. It did mean I sat in the lower part of the stadium and I wasn't able to explore but that part of the stadium. What I saw, like I said it's a great stadium. It was an exhibition game against the Yankees but the first half they played the usual starters. It proved to be an exciting contest with a lot of scoring. Unfortunately it was the end of the 8th inning and the score was tied 8-8 and I had to leave at that point, as the game was already going on for 3 hours by that point and I wanted to make sure I got to Wrestlemania with time to spare. At least I had seen a good amount of baseball by that point so I did not mind leaving at that point, even if I wish I could have seen the end. The Yankees won 10-8, though, so maybe it was a good thing I left the time I did.
By the way, not everything in the stadium went smoothly. Mainly, the videoboard and how it was run; they even had something misspelled! I saw the word "procecuted" instead of "prosecuted" and did I ever shake my head when I saw that.
I made the drive to Sun Life Stadium to watch Wrestlemania 28, the first one I ever saw live. There were at least 70,000 people there (the attendance figure they announced during the show was totally something they pulled out of their ass and not actually accurate) and now at least I can say I saw one in person given that I've been a big pro wrestling fan for more than 20 years now. In hindsight maybe I should have gone to Wrestlemania 24 in Orlando as that was a better show than this one. Sure, 28 had some quality matches. But, it also had quite a bit of stupid BS attached to it, the sort of stuff that reminded me why I haven't regularly watched WWE in years, and why I am really glad I haven't watched WWE in years. At least the experience was great watching The Rock wrestle in the main event, the whole presentation and all the theatrical stuff, with the stage, the rig above the ring, the fireworks, and all that. The crowd was into the show and that made it fun too, even if some of the people I came across... well, to be honest they fit most of the negative stereotypes people have concerning wrasslin' fans. You know, the clueless stupid trailer park trash sort of stereotype. But they at least provided entertainment for me. I was also amused to see one enormous guy who looked like the spitting image of Baby Huey. No, not the old cartoon duck and not the shitty one hit wonder rapper. I mean the late 60's R&B singer who was like 400 pounds plus and had a gigantic afro and sadly passed away at the age of 26 due to drug-related issues, but had a great singing voice.
I got back on the road relatively quickly due to me being parked way in the back by the entrance. Otherwise I would have been there a long while; it shouldn't have been such a lengthy process to leave the parking lot but the main issue was Florida drivers being their usual stupid Troglodyte selves. Don't even get me started on all the horrid driving I saw down there with all the rude ignorance and driving almost triple digit speeds as if it was the Autobahn. It's like there are three separate Florida's, with the panhandle, the rest of the state and then South Florida, which almost seems like another country. Anyhow, I drove straight home and I was glad I made it back shortly after 3 AM as I thought I would get back later than that. It's just today I feel mostly recovered from that trip. I wish I would have seen more people that I knew who were down there (I did come across a friend of a friend who I met once a few years ago; it was nice to chat with him for a few minutes) but warts and all it was a nice experience.
Monday was boring but Tuesday I did go to T.G.I.Friday's with someone I know. We hadn't been there in ages. The food was fine so it was a nice choice.
I'll be back Monday the 9th. I do not have that much planned for the next 5 days but I know the rest of the blogs I do that cover this month will be quite eventful.
I woke up on Friday morning and I drove off to my hotel in Pompano Beach; The Forum, to be exact. I stayed there almost a year ago today when I was down there to watch the Marlins play in Sun Life Stadium against the Washington Nationals. As I mentioned at the time, the place is interesting is that not only is it run by a religious group (you mostly forget about that while you're there; it's not really shoved in your face) but it used to be a hospital! Hey, at least it's a quiet place. Sure, I wish that their Wi-Fi didn't require you having to go down to the front desk to ask for the password to log in, but at least they have a computer and printer on each floor so I used that and my iPod Touch was used out in the wild, with middling success; more on that later. The drive there was pretty stressful as boy did I run into some real idiots and A-holes; the less said about them the better... I don't want my blood pressure to get too high.
I checked in the hotel and bummed around there a bit before I went to a Ring of Honor pro wrestling show in nearby Ft. Lauderdale. They're an independent wrestling company but one of the bigger ones due to the highly skilled guys that they typically use. I've seen some GREAT shows from them in the past, and I'm talking about being at those events live way back when. This time, it wasn't quite as great but there were some quality matches, even if at times it felt like overkill in terms of all the crazy shit they did, dropping each other right on the head and doing other high-risk stuff. Still, I did enjoy it quite a bit.
Saturday, now this day did not turn out as planned. I did go to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, as is pretty much tradition for me when I am down there. I walked around for a few hours, had lunch there, and I ended up buying some cheap items. The lunch I had was from a joint called Chicken Now; the theme is obvious. The tenders tasted fine, the service less so. I had a drink from a nearby place called Green Leaf's. It was a healthy joint that happened to have a place attached to it called Banana's (B-A-N-A... wait, why am I quoting that awful song?) that offers smoothies. I had one with coconut crème and it was pretty darn fantastic.
Not so fantastic was the weather when I left there. It was raining and it got worse by the time I made it to Miami Beach. I had dinner at a joint I had eaten at once before, the Shake Shack; it's a franchise mainly located in New York City but they do have one in MB because it's hip, I suppose. They have some delicious burgers and fries but best of all is the item they are named after. At that particular place is a tremendous concoction known as the Vice Crispy Treat, containing cream, marshmallows, and crispy cereal; I give it my highest recommendation.
I was going to see another wrestling show, this time in MB at a hotel. Problem was, when I got to the hotel there was no visible place to park for what seemed like miles around. I couldn't park at a meter as it'd run out long before the show was over with, there was no parking garage to be seen, and given that there was also a separate wrestling convention going on at the same place... I was NOT going to hunt for an hour or more to try and find a long-term parking place and have to walk a double digit amount of blocks just to get to the hotel, and hike the same distance back to the vehicle, so I said the hell to it and stopped at the Aventura Mall until I went back to the hotel. I was not happy about that whole situation, and I still am not delighted about it.
Sunday, things were better. I checked out of the hotel and went to the new baseball known as Marlins Park, where the team formerly known as the Florida Marlins and now known as the Miami Marlins will start playing this year. They used to play in the stadium that the Dolphins still play football in, the stadium that's had like a dozen names but for now is known as Sun Life Stadium. That stadium was not well-designed for baseball, and being outdoors in the typical Miami weather... no wonder attendance there was almost always pitiful. Now, the new Marlins Park has a retractable roof and after spending a few hours in it, it's a really nice and modern joint. I mean, if Miami doesn't get good attendance in such a great place, then there's no hope for that franchise in that city.
I got a ticket from a scalper (I know I know) and it was definitely more than I wanted to pay but as he was the only scalper I saw anywhere, I bit the bullet and paid the price. It did mean I sat in the lower part of the stadium and I wasn't able to explore but that part of the stadium. What I saw, like I said it's a great stadium. It was an exhibition game against the Yankees but the first half they played the usual starters. It proved to be an exciting contest with a lot of scoring. Unfortunately it was the end of the 8th inning and the score was tied 8-8 and I had to leave at that point, as the game was already going on for 3 hours by that point and I wanted to make sure I got to Wrestlemania with time to spare. At least I had seen a good amount of baseball by that point so I did not mind leaving at that point, even if I wish I could have seen the end. The Yankees won 10-8, though, so maybe it was a good thing I left the time I did.
By the way, not everything in the stadium went smoothly. Mainly, the videoboard and how it was run; they even had something misspelled! I saw the word "procecuted" instead of "prosecuted" and did I ever shake my head when I saw that.
I made the drive to Sun Life Stadium to watch Wrestlemania 28, the first one I ever saw live. There were at least 70,000 people there (the attendance figure they announced during the show was totally something they pulled out of their ass and not actually accurate) and now at least I can say I saw one in person given that I've been a big pro wrestling fan for more than 20 years now. In hindsight maybe I should have gone to Wrestlemania 24 in Orlando as that was a better show than this one. Sure, 28 had some quality matches. But, it also had quite a bit of stupid BS attached to it, the sort of stuff that reminded me why I haven't regularly watched WWE in years, and why I am really glad I haven't watched WWE in years. At least the experience was great watching The Rock wrestle in the main event, the whole presentation and all the theatrical stuff, with the stage, the rig above the ring, the fireworks, and all that. The crowd was into the show and that made it fun too, even if some of the people I came across... well, to be honest they fit most of the negative stereotypes people have concerning wrasslin' fans. You know, the clueless stupid trailer park trash sort of stereotype. But they at least provided entertainment for me. I was also amused to see one enormous guy who looked like the spitting image of Baby Huey. No, not the old cartoon duck and not the shitty one hit wonder rapper. I mean the late 60's R&B singer who was like 400 pounds plus and had a gigantic afro and sadly passed away at the age of 26 due to drug-related issues, but had a great singing voice.
I got back on the road relatively quickly due to me being parked way in the back by the entrance. Otherwise I would have been there a long while; it shouldn't have been such a lengthy process to leave the parking lot but the main issue was Florida drivers being their usual stupid Troglodyte selves. Don't even get me started on all the horrid driving I saw down there with all the rude ignorance and driving almost triple digit speeds as if it was the Autobahn. It's like there are three separate Florida's, with the panhandle, the rest of the state and then South Florida, which almost seems like another country. Anyhow, I drove straight home and I was glad I made it back shortly after 3 AM as I thought I would get back later than that. It's just today I feel mostly recovered from that trip. I wish I would have seen more people that I knew who were down there (I did come across a friend of a friend who I met once a few years ago; it was nice to chat with him for a few minutes) but warts and all it was a nice experience.
Monday was boring but Tuesday I did go to T.G.I.Friday's with someone I know. We hadn't been there in ages. The food was fine so it was a nice choice.
I'll be back Monday the 9th. I do not have that much planned for the next 5 days but I know the rest of the blogs I do that cover this month will be quite eventful.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Exotic Snakes, People of Walmart, & Creepy Online Relationships
Here's a recap of what I did from Monday up to when I left late Friday morning; tomorrow will be my recap of my time this past weekend in South Florida.
Monday was dull (as usual), Tuesday I went out to dinner with someone I know to a nearby Applebees, Wednesday was my return to bike riding as this time I went to another part of that trail, and Thursday was WalMart. More on that in a minute.
Now, this is out of the ordinary but I came across something so preposterous on Facebook on the page of someone I know (I'll call him Z) that it just has to be preserved for all time. I originally had something far longer written down but I decided to cut it down just to the basics. Basically, on Z's page he laughed about something that happened with a guy I'll call A and a girl I'll call B.
They are friends with some people I know online. The whole deal was explained throughout Monday so I didn't get the full story until later on. A and B got to know each other online and they chatted that way and on the phone/text also. A met B and A got mad because B never sent him a current photo of her and due to her being sick, B weighed quite a bit more than she used to, but it's not like she was 500 or even 300 pounds, not even close to it. Well, A acts like a meathead and literally speeds off in his truck (OF COURSE he drives a truck, not that I'm stereotyping here...), doesn't give her the flowers and chocolate he got for her, and there goes that relationship. Of course, A nor anyone else explained the full situation until later in the night; it turns out that the photos B sent to A... B in real life is a totally different person than the person in the photographs! Not to spoil anything, but someone in that epic thread referenced a certain mysterious documentary that came out in '10 and named after an aquatic animal and yes, that reference is SO appropriate here. I won't say more about the reference as the big deal about the documentary is that the less you know going in the better.
Early in on the thread I got pretty mad, as some people made some weight-related comments about B, and it's more fratboy jock behavior that I do not particularly care for. Later on when the apparent truth about B was revealed, I had less sympathy for her.
But anyhow, B defended herself in the thread and boy that's when the comedy began. B explained that she and A had a passionate relationship online and through the phone device, even to the point that she and him were going to move into a house together and go on a cruise.
Remember, when those plans were made, THEY HADN'T MET IN PERSON YET. Am I the only person who finds that little detail to be absolutely preposterous? I hope not, as I couldn't believe it myself.
Now, I have no idea how old B is, as there's a possibility that who she is and the pictures she has up online of herself may be someone else... even her daughter, which is pretty creepy. No matter her true age/looks, going through all those plans on A's part when they hadn't even met yet... I can't help but laugh at that. I hope that isn't standard human behavior there. Oh, and apparently Z ALLEGEDLY once sent B some nude photos of him in hopes of a hookup! What a mess that situation was-no matter the true story-and I can't believe people like A and B even exist. And don't get me started on how more than one person I know made statements online concerning the bully situation that actually blamed the victim for them getting bullied! Um, no, it's the attacker's fault! I guess those same people blame the rape on the victim rather than the rapists...
On that light note, onto the rest of the week... Tuesday I went with someone to the Applebees that is by the corner of 192 and 429. We hadn't been there in a long, long time. The food and drink tasted good. It's just that the waitress wasn't the best as the order that we got wasn't letter-perfect from what we actually ordered. None of it made it inedible so I won't complain too loudly about it.
Wednesday, I had free time so for what may be the last time in a long while, I went on the James A. Van Fleet State Trail to ride on that old bicycle. This time I rode the northernmost part of the trail. It was nice but not the most scenic part of said trail. Besides the usual birds and butterflies, the only animals I saw were some squirrels (which I can see with little effort in my neighborhood), and... early on I saw something which I couldn't make out; then I got closer and thought it was shedded snake skin. Then, I realize it was an actual living snake! Thankfully it wasn't completely blocking the path so I was able to get around it with no problem. It was actually pretty colorful; it was orange and a white-ish color.
Thursday, the only thing I had to do was go to Walmart. Lord, there were some incredibly rude and loathsome people there; not too surprisingly many of them looked like the type of individuals you'd see on the People of Walmart website.
I'll be back sometime tomorrow afternoon where I'll do another post, this time devoted to from the time I was down in South Florida up to today. Not everything went according to plan and I spent more money than I was expecting but it was still a memorable experience and there are some interesting tales to tell.
Monday was dull (as usual), Tuesday I went out to dinner with someone I know to a nearby Applebees, Wednesday was my return to bike riding as this time I went to another part of that trail, and Thursday was WalMart. More on that in a minute.
Now, this is out of the ordinary but I came across something so preposterous on Facebook on the page of someone I know (I'll call him Z) that it just has to be preserved for all time. I originally had something far longer written down but I decided to cut it down just to the basics. Basically, on Z's page he laughed about something that happened with a guy I'll call A and a girl I'll call B.
They are friends with some people I know online. The whole deal was explained throughout Monday so I didn't get the full story until later on. A and B got to know each other online and they chatted that way and on the phone/text also. A met B and A got mad because B never sent him a current photo of her and due to her being sick, B weighed quite a bit more than she used to, but it's not like she was 500 or even 300 pounds, not even close to it. Well, A acts like a meathead and literally speeds off in his truck (OF COURSE he drives a truck, not that I'm stereotyping here...), doesn't give her the flowers and chocolate he got for her, and there goes that relationship. Of course, A nor anyone else explained the full situation until later in the night; it turns out that the photos B sent to A... B in real life is a totally different person than the person in the photographs! Not to spoil anything, but someone in that epic thread referenced a certain mysterious documentary that came out in '10 and named after an aquatic animal and yes, that reference is SO appropriate here. I won't say more about the reference as the big deal about the documentary is that the less you know going in the better.
Early in on the thread I got pretty mad, as some people made some weight-related comments about B, and it's more fratboy jock behavior that I do not particularly care for. Later on when the apparent truth about B was revealed, I had less sympathy for her.
But anyhow, B defended herself in the thread and boy that's when the comedy began. B explained that she and A had a passionate relationship online and through the phone device, even to the point that she and him were going to move into a house together and go on a cruise.
Remember, when those plans were made, THEY HADN'T MET IN PERSON YET. Am I the only person who finds that little detail to be absolutely preposterous? I hope not, as I couldn't believe it myself.
Now, I have no idea how old B is, as there's a possibility that who she is and the pictures she has up online of herself may be someone else... even her daughter, which is pretty creepy. No matter her true age/looks, going through all those plans on A's part when they hadn't even met yet... I can't help but laugh at that. I hope that isn't standard human behavior there. Oh, and apparently Z ALLEGEDLY once sent B some nude photos of him in hopes of a hookup! What a mess that situation was-no matter the true story-and I can't believe people like A and B even exist. And don't get me started on how more than one person I know made statements online concerning the bully situation that actually blamed the victim for them getting bullied! Um, no, it's the attacker's fault! I guess those same people blame the rape on the victim rather than the rapists...
On that light note, onto the rest of the week... Tuesday I went with someone to the Applebees that is by the corner of 192 and 429. We hadn't been there in a long, long time. The food and drink tasted good. It's just that the waitress wasn't the best as the order that we got wasn't letter-perfect from what we actually ordered. None of it made it inedible so I won't complain too loudly about it.
Wednesday, I had free time so for what may be the last time in a long while, I went on the James A. Van Fleet State Trail to ride on that old bicycle. This time I rode the northernmost part of the trail. It was nice but not the most scenic part of said trail. Besides the usual birds and butterflies, the only animals I saw were some squirrels (which I can see with little effort in my neighborhood), and... early on I saw something which I couldn't make out; then I got closer and thought it was shedded snake skin. Then, I realize it was an actual living snake! Thankfully it wasn't completely blocking the path so I was able to get around it with no problem. It was actually pretty colorful; it was orange and a white-ish color.
Thursday, the only thing I had to do was go to Walmart. Lord, there were some incredibly rude and loathsome people there; not too surprisingly many of them looked like the type of individuals you'd see on the People of Walmart website.
I'll be back sometime tomorrow afternoon where I'll do another post, this time devoted to from the time I was down in South Florida up to today. Not everything went according to plan and I spent more money than I was expecting but it was still a memorable experience and there are some interesting tales to tell.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Pepsi Next, Will Ferrell, & Midgets Driving Cars
This wasn't the most exciting week I had but still, a few things happened that provided enough entertainment for me. Here's what I've done.
Monday was a dull day (aside from watching the ISU basketball team playing on TV against Stanford; once again they went into overtime but this time they lost) so I'll skip past that. Tuesday was the busy day of the week for me. I decided to go to the one remaining Larry's Giant Subs in Orlando, which is on Narcoossee Road close by the Orlando International Airport. I had never been on that road before despite living near Orlando for almost 8 full years now (believe it or not, both to the claim and the idea of me living down here for that long) and I'll only go there once in a blue moon due to how far away it is. Still, it was interesting to be on that road and to have their delicious subs, and indeed it was still delicious.
After that, I went to The Loop in Kissimmee, a place where I only go to on rare occasions and for the first time in a few years I went to their movie theatre. I went and saw something that was rather unusual, which is Casa de mi Padre, a film that stars Will Ferrell and is a Spanish-language movie that has English subtitles. That's right, old Will only speaks Spanish. I'm one of the few people around my age who has never found Ferrell all that funny. But, the movie sounded so strange, I had to check it out. Turns out, I was the only person at that screening and the movie was only funny when it made it obvious it was supposed to be a low-budget production from the past; you know, obviously fake backdrops, fake sets, and that sort of thing. As usual, I wasn't amused by the humor of a Will Ferrell production; you know, jokes where the punchline is that the joke is going on way too long, awkward humor, that sort of thing... I've never been a fan of it. Still, it was nice to see something that was at least different and out of the norm; a noble failure, I suppose.
Wednesday was boring so I'll mention that on Thursday I went to Wal-Mart and I found something I had not heard of before: Pepsi Next. It's the beverage with less sugar and calories, but it's not diet soda. Think of the old Coca Cola C2 or something that I only faintly remember that came out around the same time, which is Pepsi Edge. I only remember that from looking online, while C2 was much more memorable, with those famous rock songs plugging it in commercials. I think I had C2 one time and didn't really care for the taste. Next tastes OK but I'd rather have the regular unhealthy soda.
Friday was dull but at least I did a thing or two during the weekend. Saturday night I had free and plus I had to get myself dinner, so I returned to Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time in a month. I watched the evening college basketball game and I had the usual there of the Boneless Buffalo Wings and I also had some good old Pabst Blue Ribbon. Nothing too interesting happened there... except that I saw a midget lady walking around. I don't mean to be offensive by using that term; I'd just prefer to use that rather than “little person” or “vertically challenged”, as that sounds condensending to me. Anyhow, later in the night I saw her get into a Chevy sedan and drive away! Of course I knew that there are setups where people that height can drive regular-sized cars but I had never seen any of them get into a car and drive away. That was not only the highlight of the day but the highlight of the weekend. As the only thing I did yesterday was go to Winter Garden Village and walk around for a bit, I feel safe in making that claim.
I know, what a rather lame and short edition of this blog. I'm mainly waiting for Friday where I take off for my South Florida adventure, where I'll mainly be on my own and if I happen to be able to at least briefly chat with some people I know who are also down there for Wrestlemania weekend, then that will make me happy. I'll try not to have too high expectations as it will prevent any disappointments, but it may happen anyhow. Besides, I'll need some fun, as just this morning I found out that a great uncle had passed away. Sad to say that in the past year or two some relatives of that stature have passed away, and that is unfortunate.
As for the next blog, I'm pretty sure I'll end up having to do it in two parts due to all the activities I imagine I'll be doing down there. In that case it'll be posted Tuesday afternoon the 3rd and Wednesday afternoon the 4th; I'll either be getting back real late on April 1st or if I can bum a hotel room that night-not likely but who knows for sure-then I'll be back the next afternoon. Either way I'll be dead tired and no way would I want to spend all that time writing in a hurry, so I'll be back in 8 days no matter what.
Monday was a dull day (aside from watching the ISU basketball team playing on TV against Stanford; once again they went into overtime but this time they lost) so I'll skip past that. Tuesday was the busy day of the week for me. I decided to go to the one remaining Larry's Giant Subs in Orlando, which is on Narcoossee Road close by the Orlando International Airport. I had never been on that road before despite living near Orlando for almost 8 full years now (believe it or not, both to the claim and the idea of me living down here for that long) and I'll only go there once in a blue moon due to how far away it is. Still, it was interesting to be on that road and to have their delicious subs, and indeed it was still delicious.
After that, I went to The Loop in Kissimmee, a place where I only go to on rare occasions and for the first time in a few years I went to their movie theatre. I went and saw something that was rather unusual, which is Casa de mi Padre, a film that stars Will Ferrell and is a Spanish-language movie that has English subtitles. That's right, old Will only speaks Spanish. I'm one of the few people around my age who has never found Ferrell all that funny. But, the movie sounded so strange, I had to check it out. Turns out, I was the only person at that screening and the movie was only funny when it made it obvious it was supposed to be a low-budget production from the past; you know, obviously fake backdrops, fake sets, and that sort of thing. As usual, I wasn't amused by the humor of a Will Ferrell production; you know, jokes where the punchline is that the joke is going on way too long, awkward humor, that sort of thing... I've never been a fan of it. Still, it was nice to see something that was at least different and out of the norm; a noble failure, I suppose.
Wednesday was boring so I'll mention that on Thursday I went to Wal-Mart and I found something I had not heard of before: Pepsi Next. It's the beverage with less sugar and calories, but it's not diet soda. Think of the old Coca Cola C2 or something that I only faintly remember that came out around the same time, which is Pepsi Edge. I only remember that from looking online, while C2 was much more memorable, with those famous rock songs plugging it in commercials. I think I had C2 one time and didn't really care for the taste. Next tastes OK but I'd rather have the regular unhealthy soda.
Friday was dull but at least I did a thing or two during the weekend. Saturday night I had free and plus I had to get myself dinner, so I returned to Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time in a month. I watched the evening college basketball game and I had the usual there of the Boneless Buffalo Wings and I also had some good old Pabst Blue Ribbon. Nothing too interesting happened there... except that I saw a midget lady walking around. I don't mean to be offensive by using that term; I'd just prefer to use that rather than “little person” or “vertically challenged”, as that sounds condensending to me. Anyhow, later in the night I saw her get into a Chevy sedan and drive away! Of course I knew that there are setups where people that height can drive regular-sized cars but I had never seen any of them get into a car and drive away. That was not only the highlight of the day but the highlight of the weekend. As the only thing I did yesterday was go to Winter Garden Village and walk around for a bit, I feel safe in making that claim.
I know, what a rather lame and short edition of this blog. I'm mainly waiting for Friday where I take off for my South Florida adventure, where I'll mainly be on my own and if I happen to be able to at least briefly chat with some people I know who are also down there for Wrestlemania weekend, then that will make me happy. I'll try not to have too high expectations as it will prevent any disappointments, but it may happen anyhow. Besides, I'll need some fun, as just this morning I found out that a great uncle had passed away. Sad to say that in the past year or two some relatives of that stature have passed away, and that is unfortunate.
As for the next blog, I'm pretty sure I'll end up having to do it in two parts due to all the activities I imagine I'll be doing down there. In that case it'll be posted Tuesday afternoon the 3rd and Wednesday afternoon the 4th; I'll either be getting back real late on April 1st or if I can bum a hotel room that night-not likely but who knows for sure-then I'll be back the next afternoon. Either way I'll be dead tired and no way would I want to spend all that time writing in a hurry, so I'll be back in 8 days no matter what.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Bear Bites Woman In The Rear, & Other Sordid Tales
Yes, I actually saw that phrase displayed on the screen when I was channel-surfing and came across a local news station. They were reporting about an incident that happened in an apartment complex in the suburb city of Longwood, and believe me I got a huge laugh out of that headline.
Here's the spillover of the things I wasn't able to say in the last blog due to length reasons.
I am still enjoying the iPod Touch. It's mainly an app machine and that's fine with me. I don't really have any games on it but curiousity finally got the better of me and I downloaded all the free versions of Angry Birds. Now I can see why the game is so popular, although I am surprised that it was the game which by happenstance became a mainstream hit.
As of late I've seen some really bad drivers on the road. I won't get into all the details but there were some real nincompoops I've seen. For example, last Saturday when I went up to Sanford I was on a 2 lane road not that far from home. There was a car stopped in the road as they had their turn signal on and they were waiting for traffic in my lane to pass before they could turn left. It turns out the car behind them was not paying attention (I didn't see them talking on the phone so they must have not been paying attention) and as they were a ways back they had to slam on their brakes once they finally saw the car was stopped and as I had my windows open I got to hear the tires squeal and he literally smoked the tires but I didn't hear any collision take place so he was real lucky. There were other cars a little behind that idiot so they almost crashed themselves; I am shocked more accidents don't take place in this state.
My Monday proved to be dull so let me skip ahead to Tuesday. I had free time so I went to Downtown Disney to see a film; it was Chronicle, something that I wasn't sure about but after hearing strong praise from reliable sources I finally saw it. It was much better than the teenybopper crap I was expecting when I first heard about it. It's really good and also pretty dark. After I left there, I went to Kissimmee as I wanted to eat at Larry's Giant Subs for the first time in awhile. Of course I get there and that location is now closed. Figures, the places I enjoy end up closing as there aren't enough people like me. See, the great Pac-Man Cafe, Twisted Burger, and now this place; they have another location in Orlando but it's way out in the southeast by the Orlando International Airport (an area I generally avoid and it's far away) and who knows if that location is still open either. Sigh.
I instead drove north and ate at a place that is thankfully still open and was doing pretty good business while I was there, which was the Lime Fresh Mexican Grill. It's a good place with good food. After that I went to Pinkberry for the first time in awhile and had half original and half blood orange, which is a great combo.
Wednesday through Friday wasn't too exciting; however, Thursday I went to McDonalds to partake in the Shamrock Shake; good stuff. Friday, I went to Wal-Mart and picked up some items I needed, and Saturday I went to Firehouse Subs for lunch mainly to get something from their Coca-Cola Freestyle machine (I got Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, which is also good stuff; if they ever bring back Dr. Pepper Berries & Cream I'll be a happy man. Then again I still wish that one day I could have Dr. Pepper Red Fusion, Mountain Dew MDX and Pepsi Summer Mix, but I'm not holding out hope for that), and me going out to that place and wearing a green shirt was as exciting as my St. Patrick's Day is.
So, I'll mention that I've had some odd dreams as of late. Dreaming about the old chocolate lab that I had as a kid is one thing; I can't quite explain why another one was about me bicycling in the Philippines. I'll also mention that I now know for certain I'll be in South Florida (the area around Miami) the weekend of the 31st of this month as this year Wrestlemania is in Miami and while I'm not expecting to go to that-as WWE has been HORRIBLE for like the past 10 years now-I do know I'll be at some shows that smaller independent wrestling companies are putting on which should be of high quality. Besides those events I'll visit some familiar haunts which I usually visit when I'm in that area, and I'll check out some cool eateries too. I'm looking forward to that as I haven't been there in almost a year. As people I know will be around there the entire weekend I am sure I'll have a great experience and hopefully that Wrestlemania Weekend will go better than the one I had in 2008 when that big show was in Orlando and aside from the pair of shows I saw the weekend was pretty poor.
Sunday, the only thing I did was go to Winter Garden Village and I picked up some things at Barnes & Noble.
I'll be back a week from today with a new blog. It should hopefully be more eventful than the past week I had. I plan on seeing a movie or two and I'll try to enjoy this really nice weather.
Here's the spillover of the things I wasn't able to say in the last blog due to length reasons.
I am still enjoying the iPod Touch. It's mainly an app machine and that's fine with me. I don't really have any games on it but curiousity finally got the better of me and I downloaded all the free versions of Angry Birds. Now I can see why the game is so popular, although I am surprised that it was the game which by happenstance became a mainstream hit.
As of late I've seen some really bad drivers on the road. I won't get into all the details but there were some real nincompoops I've seen. For example, last Saturday when I went up to Sanford I was on a 2 lane road not that far from home. There was a car stopped in the road as they had their turn signal on and they were waiting for traffic in my lane to pass before they could turn left. It turns out the car behind them was not paying attention (I didn't see them talking on the phone so they must have not been paying attention) and as they were a ways back they had to slam on their brakes once they finally saw the car was stopped and as I had my windows open I got to hear the tires squeal and he literally smoked the tires but I didn't hear any collision take place so he was real lucky. There were other cars a little behind that idiot so they almost crashed themselves; I am shocked more accidents don't take place in this state.
My Monday proved to be dull so let me skip ahead to Tuesday. I had free time so I went to Downtown Disney to see a film; it was Chronicle, something that I wasn't sure about but after hearing strong praise from reliable sources I finally saw it. It was much better than the teenybopper crap I was expecting when I first heard about it. It's really good and also pretty dark. After I left there, I went to Kissimmee as I wanted to eat at Larry's Giant Subs for the first time in awhile. Of course I get there and that location is now closed. Figures, the places I enjoy end up closing as there aren't enough people like me. See, the great Pac-Man Cafe, Twisted Burger, and now this place; they have another location in Orlando but it's way out in the southeast by the Orlando International Airport (an area I generally avoid and it's far away) and who knows if that location is still open either. Sigh.
I instead drove north and ate at a place that is thankfully still open and was doing pretty good business while I was there, which was the Lime Fresh Mexican Grill. It's a good place with good food. After that I went to Pinkberry for the first time in awhile and had half original and half blood orange, which is a great combo.
Wednesday through Friday wasn't too exciting; however, Thursday I went to McDonalds to partake in the Shamrock Shake; good stuff. Friday, I went to Wal-Mart and picked up some items I needed, and Saturday I went to Firehouse Subs for lunch mainly to get something from their Coca-Cola Freestyle machine (I got Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, which is also good stuff; if they ever bring back Dr. Pepper Berries & Cream I'll be a happy man. Then again I still wish that one day I could have Dr. Pepper Red Fusion, Mountain Dew MDX and Pepsi Summer Mix, but I'm not holding out hope for that), and me going out to that place and wearing a green shirt was as exciting as my St. Patrick's Day is.
So, I'll mention that I've had some odd dreams as of late. Dreaming about the old chocolate lab that I had as a kid is one thing; I can't quite explain why another one was about me bicycling in the Philippines. I'll also mention that I now know for certain I'll be in South Florida (the area around Miami) the weekend of the 31st of this month as this year Wrestlemania is in Miami and while I'm not expecting to go to that-as WWE has been HORRIBLE for like the past 10 years now-I do know I'll be at some shows that smaller independent wrestling companies are putting on which should be of high quality. Besides those events I'll visit some familiar haunts which I usually visit when I'm in that area, and I'll check out some cool eateries too. I'm looking forward to that as I haven't been there in almost a year. As people I know will be around there the entire weekend I am sure I'll have a great experience and hopefully that Wrestlemania Weekend will go better than the one I had in 2008 when that big show was in Orlando and aside from the pair of shows I saw the weekend was pretty poor.
Sunday, the only thing I did was go to Winter Garden Village and I picked up some things at Barnes & Noble.
I'll be back a week from today with a new blog. It should hopefully be more eventful than the past week I had. I plan on seeing a movie or two and I'll try to enjoy this really nice weather.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Tete-a-tete's, Kim Jong-Il, And Sprinkle Cookies
Oh, what a fiery blog this is going to be by the end. Wednesday was a blah day for me but Saturday ended up not being so good... aside from a fine-enough night of wrestling action and the return of delicious fudge AND sprinkle cookies.
Here's what I've done the preceding week.
Monday was pretty dull. Tuesday, though, I had some free time. I wasn't quite sure what to do but I decided to go to the Mall at Millenia, as I hadn't been there in awhile. Largely it's the same old same old there. I walked around for a bit and went into a few stores. I was going to eat at the Cheesecake Factory but it was too busy there so I left there and for the first time in awhile I experienced the taste and sensation of BJ's... Restaurant & Brewhouse. I had my usual there, meaning the Berry Burst Cider drink and a pizza, but I got the smallest pizza because it was real cheap at the time; I thus had enough room to try for the first time their special treat known as the pizookie; appropriately enough it's a cookie shaped and baked like a pizza. I got the Oreo version and it's pretty damn great. After that I went home but I stopped at Winter Garden Village for a bit.
Wednesday the only noteworthy things I did was go to the West Oaks Mall to go to Lenscrafters to tighten the screws on my glasses (sometime this year I need to get an eye exam as it has been WAY too long since my last one) and on the way back I stopped at a Big Lots and picked up a few items for cheap. It wasn't the best of days for me. I'll spare the details but it was bad traffic and some other things. I can talk about the old West Oaks Mall. Wow has that place fallen on hard times in the past few years. It seems like the opening of the open-air Winter Garden Village (not that far away) really doomed that area; I mean, most of the stores around the mall have also closed down. Inside the actual mall, many of the spaces for stores are now unoccupied. Now there's really no reason to go there anymore, especially compared to back in the day. Leave The Memories Alone...
Thursday the only highlight was me going to Wal-Mart to pick up a few items. Really, not exciting at all. Friday I stayed at home as I just felt lazy, so instead I'll mention a few random things before I get to the weekend. The first one happened back when I got the iPod Touch at a Best Buy, which happened to be on East Colonial in Orlando (not in the best neighborhood either). When I got back to my car, I saw that there was a Dodge Grand Caravan parked right by me... and the sliding door was open, and yet no one was in the car! No kidding. I had no idea why the door was open but I was there a few minutes opening up the iPod and no one returned to the minivan and the door remained open. I didn't quite know what to do so I just drove off; hey, it didn't look like there was anything real valuable in the car (like a purse or anything of that sort) so I didn't feel too bad doing that. Still, only in Florida... and yet just two days ago I saw the exact same thing! I was in the parking lot of Tilted Kilt up in Lake Mary (more on that later) and it was raining at the time and yet I saw some random car that had its passenger door obviously ajar; see why I always trash about the state of Florida now?
Also, on Twitter I saw quite the odd sight: a guy with a gimmick account of Kim Jong-Il found me and pointed out my Twitter name to a Chicago-area guy, and referred to me as “that n***a”! I swear this is true. It turns out that Chicago-guy was someone I had talked to a real long time ago but I still knew who it was so it was all good. I don't know who the other guy was but that account referring to me as the N word... that did get a retweet!
Saturday, oh what a day. I ended up stopping at the Altamonte Mall for a bit before going to the Tilted Kilt for the first time in months and then up to Sanford to see a wrestling show and see some people I know. It was rainy weather the way up there and the way back, and what I've said before about driver IQ's in wet weather lowering even lower than usual was proven true. I walked around for a bit at the mall before heading on over to the Tilted Kilt, which had a ridiculous parking situation that turned me off. Still, I went in as I needed to eat food right away. I had a well-needed mixed drink and I had my usual of a burger and fries. While eating dinner I had a biker woman (many bike-riders were around at the time) sit close by me-yes, my theory of attracting undesireable people like moths are attracted to a flame is still true-and right away she was pretty nasty as she was impatient and wanted to order food RIGHT AWAY. What a tete-a-tete, and what an awkward moment that was; I'm glad I was drinking at the time! Thankfully for the rest of the time she was more normal... at least as normal as she can be.
I then went to the wrestling show in Sanford, and like I said in the past it's more these days me meeting up with people I know than anything else; I don't mean that to insult the wrestlers on the shows as most of them I do enjoy watching them compete a lot. It's just that they-like pretty much all pro wrestling promotions these days-have no idea how to book and properly use the wrestlers and create storylines that people give a damn about. Yes, ALL promotions across the world seem to be doing it wrong, at least in my opinion. No wonder why MMA has done so well in recent years. Well, with this Sanford promotion they also seem to book random guys for random shows; there's not too many storylines and it seems way too random to me. Sure, I realize there are issues with the promoter which have been made public online (when they shouldn't have; really, I shouldn't know this info but I do); I'll be nice and not mention them. It's just that the promotion often doesn't make too much sense and I'm not a fan of that thing.
The show itself was still entertaining with some quality matches; still, I don't know when I'll be back to their promotion. You see, one thing was different this time. Instead of the usual people at the table taking and giving out tickets, there was two random assholes (the perfect term for them) who did that. As the doors opened many minutes after they were supposed to (a common thing at most independent wrestling shows across the country, unfortunately), instead of just having the doors open and people file in like everyone does, these Troglodytes decided to act like this was Mako's or another nightclub and a few people were let in at a time but then you had to wait for like a minute before other people were let in! Why in the F*** this was done I don't know but I really wanted to spit in their faces, that's how terrible they were at their job, AND they were rude too. It took WAY too long to get in the building and I'll lay it on the line now... as long as those new guys are still there doing a horrible job at letting people in and handing out/taking tickets, I do not want to go to that promotion ever again. Honest. It's either them or me! So who knows when I'll be back there. And yes, I am pretty sure the people in charge will end up hearing this statement sooner or later.
Oh, and some associates of Jared David St. Laurent were there; thankfully there was no issue with those individuals. At least the show was fine (although during one segment, an African-American wrestler was referred to by some bad guys as “boy”. Yes, in 2012! They didn't need to go there) and once again the real-life wrestling couple of Jesse Neal and Christina Von Eerie were there, meaning her delicious treats were there, and that's no euphemism. She had her delicious cookies and fudge there once again, and that was very good news. So yeah, what a day I had on Saturday.
Sunday was a boring day, so I'll mention that I'll be back a week from today with a new blog. Hopefully it'll be cheerier than this one. I do know that I'll talk more about my iPod Touch then, and yes I have finally played Angry Birds! Even I can enjoy that game. I also should have some other things to talk about for next week.
Here's what I've done the preceding week.
Monday was pretty dull. Tuesday, though, I had some free time. I wasn't quite sure what to do but I decided to go to the Mall at Millenia, as I hadn't been there in awhile. Largely it's the same old same old there. I walked around for a bit and went into a few stores. I was going to eat at the Cheesecake Factory but it was too busy there so I left there and for the first time in awhile I experienced the taste and sensation of BJ's... Restaurant & Brewhouse. I had my usual there, meaning the Berry Burst Cider drink and a pizza, but I got the smallest pizza because it was real cheap at the time; I thus had enough room to try for the first time their special treat known as the pizookie; appropriately enough it's a cookie shaped and baked like a pizza. I got the Oreo version and it's pretty damn great. After that I went home but I stopped at Winter Garden Village for a bit.
Wednesday the only noteworthy things I did was go to the West Oaks Mall to go to Lenscrafters to tighten the screws on my glasses (sometime this year I need to get an eye exam as it has been WAY too long since my last one) and on the way back I stopped at a Big Lots and picked up a few items for cheap. It wasn't the best of days for me. I'll spare the details but it was bad traffic and some other things. I can talk about the old West Oaks Mall. Wow has that place fallen on hard times in the past few years. It seems like the opening of the open-air Winter Garden Village (not that far away) really doomed that area; I mean, most of the stores around the mall have also closed down. Inside the actual mall, many of the spaces for stores are now unoccupied. Now there's really no reason to go there anymore, especially compared to back in the day. Leave The Memories Alone...
Thursday the only highlight was me going to Wal-Mart to pick up a few items. Really, not exciting at all. Friday I stayed at home as I just felt lazy, so instead I'll mention a few random things before I get to the weekend. The first one happened back when I got the iPod Touch at a Best Buy, which happened to be on East Colonial in Orlando (not in the best neighborhood either). When I got back to my car, I saw that there was a Dodge Grand Caravan parked right by me... and the sliding door was open, and yet no one was in the car! No kidding. I had no idea why the door was open but I was there a few minutes opening up the iPod and no one returned to the minivan and the door remained open. I didn't quite know what to do so I just drove off; hey, it didn't look like there was anything real valuable in the car (like a purse or anything of that sort) so I didn't feel too bad doing that. Still, only in Florida... and yet just two days ago I saw the exact same thing! I was in the parking lot of Tilted Kilt up in Lake Mary (more on that later) and it was raining at the time and yet I saw some random car that had its passenger door obviously ajar; see why I always trash about the state of Florida now?
Also, on Twitter I saw quite the odd sight: a guy with a gimmick account of Kim Jong-Il found me and pointed out my Twitter name to a Chicago-area guy, and referred to me as “that n***a”! I swear this is true. It turns out that Chicago-guy was someone I had talked to a real long time ago but I still knew who it was so it was all good. I don't know who the other guy was but that account referring to me as the N word... that did get a retweet!
Saturday, oh what a day. I ended up stopping at the Altamonte Mall for a bit before going to the Tilted Kilt for the first time in months and then up to Sanford to see a wrestling show and see some people I know. It was rainy weather the way up there and the way back, and what I've said before about driver IQ's in wet weather lowering even lower than usual was proven true. I walked around for a bit at the mall before heading on over to the Tilted Kilt, which had a ridiculous parking situation that turned me off. Still, I went in as I needed to eat food right away. I had a well-needed mixed drink and I had my usual of a burger and fries. While eating dinner I had a biker woman (many bike-riders were around at the time) sit close by me-yes, my theory of attracting undesireable people like moths are attracted to a flame is still true-and right away she was pretty nasty as she was impatient and wanted to order food RIGHT AWAY. What a tete-a-tete, and what an awkward moment that was; I'm glad I was drinking at the time! Thankfully for the rest of the time she was more normal... at least as normal as she can be.
I then went to the wrestling show in Sanford, and like I said in the past it's more these days me meeting up with people I know than anything else; I don't mean that to insult the wrestlers on the shows as most of them I do enjoy watching them compete a lot. It's just that they-like pretty much all pro wrestling promotions these days-have no idea how to book and properly use the wrestlers and create storylines that people give a damn about. Yes, ALL promotions across the world seem to be doing it wrong, at least in my opinion. No wonder why MMA has done so well in recent years. Well, with this Sanford promotion they also seem to book random guys for random shows; there's not too many storylines and it seems way too random to me. Sure, I realize there are issues with the promoter which have been made public online (when they shouldn't have; really, I shouldn't know this info but I do); I'll be nice and not mention them. It's just that the promotion often doesn't make too much sense and I'm not a fan of that thing.
The show itself was still entertaining with some quality matches; still, I don't know when I'll be back to their promotion. You see, one thing was different this time. Instead of the usual people at the table taking and giving out tickets, there was two random assholes (the perfect term for them) who did that. As the doors opened many minutes after they were supposed to (a common thing at most independent wrestling shows across the country, unfortunately), instead of just having the doors open and people file in like everyone does, these Troglodytes decided to act like this was Mako's or another nightclub and a few people were let in at a time but then you had to wait for like a minute before other people were let in! Why in the F*** this was done I don't know but I really wanted to spit in their faces, that's how terrible they were at their job, AND they were rude too. It took WAY too long to get in the building and I'll lay it on the line now... as long as those new guys are still there doing a horrible job at letting people in and handing out/taking tickets, I do not want to go to that promotion ever again. Honest. It's either them or me! So who knows when I'll be back there. And yes, I am pretty sure the people in charge will end up hearing this statement sooner or later.
Oh, and some associates of Jared David St. Laurent were there; thankfully there was no issue with those individuals. At least the show was fine (although during one segment, an African-American wrestler was referred to by some bad guys as “boy”. Yes, in 2012! They didn't need to go there) and once again the real-life wrestling couple of Jesse Neal and Christina Von Eerie were there, meaning her delicious treats were there, and that's no euphemism. She had her delicious cookies and fudge there once again, and that was very good news. So yeah, what a day I had on Saturday.
Sunday was a boring day, so I'll mention that I'll be back a week from today with a new blog. Hopefully it'll be cheerier than this one. I do know that I'll talk more about my iPod Touch then, and yes I have finally played Angry Birds! Even I can enjoy that game. I also should have some other things to talk about for next week.
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Blog Where I Apologize For Party Rocking
Yes, I'm referencing the song Sorry For Party Rocking from the wacky electro-rap group known as LMFAO, best known as those two weird dudes who performed with Madonna for like 2 minutes during the Super Bowl halftime show. I know a lot of people hate them but I have no issue with them and in fact if you're at a place like Mako's drinking a few brewskis, then their party songs are the perfect backdrop. Plus, I'll always be greatly amused by the fact that one is the son and the other is the grandson of Berry Gordy, of all people.
Alright, so this will be a nicer and not so downbeat blog, unlike the last one I posted. I won't refer to any kids as little dictators (even though that's something I did in the past on my old wrestling blog, and whenever I said it, it was well-deserved) nor will I bemoan and complain about various things like I did the last time.
One thing I should have mentioned in the last blog was that because I was out and about on the 25th I missed the big UFC show that took place in Japan. Sure, I taped the bouts they had on FX and watched them the next afternoon but I ended up seeing the pay per view another way; of course I'm referring to purchasing the replay of the pay per view a few days later, as what else would I be referencing... point is, I did end up seeing it and it was a hell of a show.
Monday was pretty dull and Tuesday I only went to a local Best Buy to pick up some things that someone I know requested me to track down-with monetary compensation-so let me skip ahead to Wednesday night and... Walt Disney World. Heh heh heh. In case you didn't hear, for Leap Day the Magic Kingdom was open for 24 hours straight. No kidding. And I know there were varous people who were there the whole time, meaning they were up for more than 24 hours straight; that's rough and no way could I have done that. I got to the parking lot of the Transportation & Ticket Center, waiting to go to the Magic Kingdom a little before 8, and I left that same parking lot after 1:30 AM.
As for my time there, it was a popular event. I'm sure now that Disney is kicking themselves for not trying this years ago. If I would have known that they would be doing fireworks at 8 as I was on the ferry to the Magic Kingdom, I would have left earlier; what ended up happening was that once I disembarked and got on Main Street, I went to the usual shortcut at the Crystal Palace to get to Adventureland. I don't even know how it happened but everyone got stuck in the mother of all clusterfricks and people could hardly move for who knows how many minutes. I wish I had an explanation for why it became so packed but I don't. Finally I was able to follow some people who made their own path and I got out of that hellacious situation. It wasn't a good start to the night but after that things improved. I went on some rides I hadn't been on in far too long, like the Jungle Cruise and Splash Mountain. I wasn't able to go on Space Mountain (WHOOOOOO!) as the line was always real long for that. I did a few other things, ate some food... and oh yeah, because I heard it was closing at the end of this month, I went on the Snow White ride. It's fine as a dark ride, although I noticed that in it the dwarves get real short shrift, barely appearing in it at all. But anyhow...
Thursday, I decided to make my return to Friendly Confines in Winter Park, as I saw they literally had new menus and I wanted to see if they had new items on the menu too. Turns out, it looked as if the menu was largely the same, with some new items offered up. I had the usual there and it was the same old good time there.
On the way back I stopped at a Best Buy and I did something I thought I'd never do... I bought an Apple product, and an iPod Touch at that! I mainly got it as an Internet machine for the times that I am away from home and I need to log onto Facebook, look at Twitter, or need to look up needed info. I had the cash I was given as a birthday present to buy one (in white) and after downloading a variety of apps, I think it's pretty rad. While I'll always be bothered by the usual Apple annoyances of making some things way more complicated than they need to be, an app where I can ID any song I hear playing that I don't know, another one where I can listen to a plethora of different radio stations, and yet another where I can look up gas prices; it's a really cool device I'll get a lot of usage out of. For now at least I'll still use my Sansa player to listen to MP3's but if that stops working then I'll make the transition.
Friday through Sunday were dullsville. I didn't feel like doing much at all. I did watch some MMA on TV and I had to multi-task on Saturday as I actually watched all 10 hours of The Godfather: A Novel for Television on AMC while watching mixed martial arts at the same time and also doing stuff online. That Godfather thing was the first two movies edited in chronological order and some added scenes; it originally aired on NBC in the late 70's and it rarely gets shown on TV. Those movies are awesome and the added scenes are cool (although also found on the old DVD boxset and now the Blu-Ray boxset) but the second movie works best in the way it's told with the ascension of Vito with the downfall of Michael being told at the same time.
I'll be back a week from today. I only have a thing or two planned for the upcoming week but as always I know I'll stumble into doing a few other things.
Alright, so this will be a nicer and not so downbeat blog, unlike the last one I posted. I won't refer to any kids as little dictators (even though that's something I did in the past on my old wrestling blog, and whenever I said it, it was well-deserved) nor will I bemoan and complain about various things like I did the last time.
One thing I should have mentioned in the last blog was that because I was out and about on the 25th I missed the big UFC show that took place in Japan. Sure, I taped the bouts they had on FX and watched them the next afternoon but I ended up seeing the pay per view another way; of course I'm referring to purchasing the replay of the pay per view a few days later, as what else would I be referencing... point is, I did end up seeing it and it was a hell of a show.
Monday was pretty dull and Tuesday I only went to a local Best Buy to pick up some things that someone I know requested me to track down-with monetary compensation-so let me skip ahead to Wednesday night and... Walt Disney World. Heh heh heh. In case you didn't hear, for Leap Day the Magic Kingdom was open for 24 hours straight. No kidding. And I know there were varous people who were there the whole time, meaning they were up for more than 24 hours straight; that's rough and no way could I have done that. I got to the parking lot of the Transportation & Ticket Center, waiting to go to the Magic Kingdom a little before 8, and I left that same parking lot after 1:30 AM.
As for my time there, it was a popular event. I'm sure now that Disney is kicking themselves for not trying this years ago. If I would have known that they would be doing fireworks at 8 as I was on the ferry to the Magic Kingdom, I would have left earlier; what ended up happening was that once I disembarked and got on Main Street, I went to the usual shortcut at the Crystal Palace to get to Adventureland. I don't even know how it happened but everyone got stuck in the mother of all clusterfricks and people could hardly move for who knows how many minutes. I wish I had an explanation for why it became so packed but I don't. Finally I was able to follow some people who made their own path and I got out of that hellacious situation. It wasn't a good start to the night but after that things improved. I went on some rides I hadn't been on in far too long, like the Jungle Cruise and Splash Mountain. I wasn't able to go on Space Mountain (WHOOOOOO!) as the line was always real long for that. I did a few other things, ate some food... and oh yeah, because I heard it was closing at the end of this month, I went on the Snow White ride. It's fine as a dark ride, although I noticed that in it the dwarves get real short shrift, barely appearing in it at all. But anyhow...
Thursday, I decided to make my return to Friendly Confines in Winter Park, as I saw they literally had new menus and I wanted to see if they had new items on the menu too. Turns out, it looked as if the menu was largely the same, with some new items offered up. I had the usual there and it was the same old good time there.
On the way back I stopped at a Best Buy and I did something I thought I'd never do... I bought an Apple product, and an iPod Touch at that! I mainly got it as an Internet machine for the times that I am away from home and I need to log onto Facebook, look at Twitter, or need to look up needed info. I had the cash I was given as a birthday present to buy one (in white) and after downloading a variety of apps, I think it's pretty rad. While I'll always be bothered by the usual Apple annoyances of making some things way more complicated than they need to be, an app where I can ID any song I hear playing that I don't know, another one where I can listen to a plethora of different radio stations, and yet another where I can look up gas prices; it's a really cool device I'll get a lot of usage out of. For now at least I'll still use my Sansa player to listen to MP3's but if that stops working then I'll make the transition.
Friday through Sunday were dullsville. I didn't feel like doing much at all. I did watch some MMA on TV and I had to multi-task on Saturday as I actually watched all 10 hours of The Godfather: A Novel for Television on AMC while watching mixed martial arts at the same time and also doing stuff online. That Godfather thing was the first two movies edited in chronological order and some added scenes; it originally aired on NBC in the late 70's and it rarely gets shown on TV. Those movies are awesome and the added scenes are cool (although also found on the old DVD boxset and now the Blu-Ray boxset) but the second movie works best in the way it's told with the ascension of Vito with the downfall of Michael being told at the same time.
I'll be back a week from today. I only have a thing or two planned for the upcoming week but as always I know I'll stumble into doing a few other things.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)