Yeah, my birthday was this past Saturday. I am 33 years old and that seems impossible to believe. This birthday wasn't as exciting as the last one but I'll get to that later. Beat Hefti refers to a Swiss bobsledder. His name is hilarious. So is the name of the American-born Russian snowboarder known as Vic Wild. That so sounds like the name of an independent professional wrestler.
Monday I did not do anything so let me talk about Tuesday. It was a different sort of day, which I was happy with. I drove all the way up to Gainesville (Florida, not the Gainsville in Georgia; that would have been a multi-day trip) to check out the Trader Joe's they have in the city. It'll likely be the only time I go to that location. I hear that sometime in the future there will be two around Orlando and that would be great. Driving that long to get to one can be a pain, especially when you have to deal with other drivers. The traffic on this day was rather horrid. I saw some really horrible driving. I won't rant and rave about it; just note it was atrocious. The first place I went to was the Trader Joe's, where I got a variety of items. I only go to one in a blue moon so it was more than a handful.
After that I drove around the University of Florida campus. It looked like a typical college campus, except rather large as it's one of the largest schools in the country. I then went to a wacky local pizza place I just heard about the night before from a website. It's known as Satchel's Pizza. It's so hippie that they make their own sodas, don't accept credit cards and they have bric-a-brac all over the place... and yet they do have Wi-Fi for guests. Go figure. They indeed have really good pizza. It was a good call to listen to that website. After that I walked around the local mall in the city before driving home. Aside from the traffic it was a pretty nice day.
Wednesday, I did not do a thing; the same goes for Friday. Thursday, the only thing I did was go to a familiar haunt, Winter Garden Village where some random things were purchased by me. So let me skip ahead to Saturday, a.k.a my 33rd birthday. That day was also Ragnarok, a.k.a an important day in Norse mythology, where the world would end before it was reborn. Thankfully that did not take place.
It wasn't as interesting as my birthday last year when I went to Ghost Bar & Lounge for the first time and randomly, 6 random ladies invited me over to hang out with them for a bit and some website took pictures of it, resulting in my current Twitter banner and my Facebook banner and profile picture. Still, it was a decent night. I went to J.C. Penney's right in town to look for a pair of new jeans. One pair I've had for like the past 7 or 8 years developed a rip... in the crotch! Insert your own jokes if you wish. I did not find anything to my liking, which is OK. I can probably wait to get a new pair (as in, wait until late in the year) as I probably have enough pairs already as it is.
After that I walked over to the nearby Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the UFC pay per view. The Fox Sports 1 fights were alright but the pay per view portion was definitely better. I had their boneless wings during the fights and the flavor was their limited edition bourbon honey mustard, which was good. For part of the time I sat by some random people, including a girl who used to work there, her boyfriend and some dude who was friends with them... and also happened to be quite drunk. Him acting like an ass was amusing at times... and annoying at other times. Without ever telling him what the day was, I got a free drink from him, which was a real nice gesture.
Sunday the weather around Central Florida wasn't the best. Thankfully right around where I lived it was alright. That is why I went out with someone for a late birthday dinner. We decided to stay in town because of the weather and I hadn't been to Beef O'Brady's in awhile so we went there. Eh... my burger order got screwed up (it was still edible), the fries weren't that great and the person I was with wasn't happy that their half rack of ribs had a huge glop of sauce put right on top of it as that isn't the best way to do it. So, it may be a long while before I return there. At least it wasn't a long drive and if the weather would have been better... but oh well.
For the upcoming week... I'll be talking about the WWE network. Yes, World Wrestling Entertainment now has an online network, appropriately known as WWE Network. I already signed up and I'll give thoughts on that next Monday along with such things as me being sad Harold Ramis passed away earlier today, and whatever I decide to do in the next 7 days.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Redbox, Russian Trampolines, & Redneck Family Christmases
The explanation for the title is that in the past week I used a Redbox for the very first time, a Russian Trampoline isn't something vulgar but instead was the name of a jump in the downhill competition at the Winter Olympics, & the last part relates to an incredible find at a giant flea market, of all things.
I already mentioned the one big thing I did this past Monday, which was getting a much-needed haircut. So, let me skip ahead to Tuesday, and that was an interesting day. I could have done several different things but I decided to keep it simple. I needed to look for something at IKEA so I figured I'd do it on this day. I walked around there and got a few low-buck items, including what I wanted and some food & drink. After that I walked around the nearby Mall at Millenia and I ate at The Cheesecake Factory. I brought home a cheesecake, because I wanted to.
Wednesday, the only thing I did was go to Walgreens to look for a new can of shaving cream. I couldn't tell you why the old can I had suddenly startiing spewing it's contents uncontrollably but it did so I threw it out. Thursday wasn't the warmest day so I stayed in and relaxed. Friday, I went to a RaceTrac and then a 7/11 gas station. I got a gallon of milk for the house and that was about it.
Saturday, that was the day of excitement. Again, I could have done a few things but I decided to go to a place I went to once before for a pretty bad local wrestling show WAY back when. I believe it was in December of '04. It was the International Market World of Auburndale. It is a giant flea market. I've been to my share of flea markets before, just not that one. I walked around for a good amount of time and it can be easy to lose track of where you are. I did make some minor purchases. More on that later. I did see plenty of “rural” people, to put it nicely To be mean, gawking at them and how they looked and acted was quite amusing. They lived up-or down-to stereotypes.
After that I drove on over to nearby Lakeland. I was at their open-air mall for a bit and I made a minor purchase from their Books-A-Million. I then returned to a restaurant I really wish would be closer to Orlando: PDQ. Their food is great. I had chicken fingers & fries & a chocolate shake. After that I filled up and got gas before driving home. I saw part of the free UFC show from Brazil... but not all of it, as it was pretty bad.
Sunday, I went to the local Publix grocery store to pick up a few items and that was it... until the evening. A few times before I've gotten blank VHS tapes that were used by others to tape old movies or what have you; those came from flea markets or from a thrift store. I saw the likes of the Winter Olympics... from 1988 and movies taped off of the Showtime Network... in 1981. They were a gas, but not as much as when among the VHS tapes I got yesterday I picked out one named “Christmas”. Believe it or not it actually is a 37 minute deal that some random “rural” family filmed on two days way back when during the holiday season. I thought I saw a date of 1992 on a Christmas stocking so I'll go with that.
Oh My God, that 37 minutes of footage was amazing. It may be my favorite comedy of 2014. I know I shouldn't laugh at what legit is a home movie that someone filmed of their family and it somehow ended up at a flea market, but why was it there to begin with? Pretty strange. The sights I saw... they were the definition of a redneck family. They looked like the type of people I saw at the aforementioned flea market. Besides the fact that they all just looked “interesting”, most of the adults smoked cigarettes, acid-washed jeans were everywhere, there were cans of Busch beer everywhere, the gifts included Harley-Davidson merchandise and a bottle of Jack Daniel's, multiple guys had beards & long hair and just looked greasy... it was a strange but fun way to spend part of my Sunday evening.
As almost always, I shall return a week from today. I do have some items of things I'll be doing in the upcoming 7 days and believe it or not, I'll be turning 33 on Saturday. That makes me feel really old. There's a UFC pay per view on that night and I'll likely see that, but otherwise nothing is planned for the big day yet.
I already mentioned the one big thing I did this past Monday, which was getting a much-needed haircut. So, let me skip ahead to Tuesday, and that was an interesting day. I could have done several different things but I decided to keep it simple. I needed to look for something at IKEA so I figured I'd do it on this day. I walked around there and got a few low-buck items, including what I wanted and some food & drink. After that I walked around the nearby Mall at Millenia and I ate at The Cheesecake Factory. I brought home a cheesecake, because I wanted to.
Wednesday, the only thing I did was go to Walgreens to look for a new can of shaving cream. I couldn't tell you why the old can I had suddenly startiing spewing it's contents uncontrollably but it did so I threw it out. Thursday wasn't the warmest day so I stayed in and relaxed. Friday, I went to a RaceTrac and then a 7/11 gas station. I got a gallon of milk for the house and that was about it.
Saturday, that was the day of excitement. Again, I could have done a few things but I decided to go to a place I went to once before for a pretty bad local wrestling show WAY back when. I believe it was in December of '04. It was the International Market World of Auburndale. It is a giant flea market. I've been to my share of flea markets before, just not that one. I walked around for a good amount of time and it can be easy to lose track of where you are. I did make some minor purchases. More on that later. I did see plenty of “rural” people, to put it nicely To be mean, gawking at them and how they looked and acted was quite amusing. They lived up-or down-to stereotypes.
After that I drove on over to nearby Lakeland. I was at their open-air mall for a bit and I made a minor purchase from their Books-A-Million. I then returned to a restaurant I really wish would be closer to Orlando: PDQ. Their food is great. I had chicken fingers & fries & a chocolate shake. After that I filled up and got gas before driving home. I saw part of the free UFC show from Brazil... but not all of it, as it was pretty bad.
Sunday, I went to the local Publix grocery store to pick up a few items and that was it... until the evening. A few times before I've gotten blank VHS tapes that were used by others to tape old movies or what have you; those came from flea markets or from a thrift store. I saw the likes of the Winter Olympics... from 1988 and movies taped off of the Showtime Network... in 1981. They were a gas, but not as much as when among the VHS tapes I got yesterday I picked out one named “Christmas”. Believe it or not it actually is a 37 minute deal that some random “rural” family filmed on two days way back when during the holiday season. I thought I saw a date of 1992 on a Christmas stocking so I'll go with that.
Oh My God, that 37 minutes of footage was amazing. It may be my favorite comedy of 2014. I know I shouldn't laugh at what legit is a home movie that someone filmed of their family and it somehow ended up at a flea market, but why was it there to begin with? Pretty strange. The sights I saw... they were the definition of a redneck family. They looked like the type of people I saw at the aforementioned flea market. Besides the fact that they all just looked “interesting”, most of the adults smoked cigarettes, acid-washed jeans were everywhere, there were cans of Busch beer everywhere, the gifts included Harley-Davidson merchandise and a bottle of Jack Daniel's, multiple guys had beards & long hair and just looked greasy... it was a strange but fun way to spend part of my Sunday evening.
As almost always, I shall return a week from today. I do have some items of things I'll be doing in the upcoming 7 days and believe it or not, I'll be turning 33 on Saturday. That makes me feel really old. There's a UFC pay per view on that night and I'll likely see that, but otherwise nothing is planned for the big day yet.
Monday, February 10, 2014
The Winter Olympics, Colon Hydrotherapy & Surfboart
To explain the title, “surfboart” is some sort of reference to a crappy Beyonce song which I don't quite get; I mean, I've seen some of the lyrics to that atrocious tune and I don't get them either... nor Beyonce's popularity in general! I've never thought she was any good and most of her songs are no good. As for the colon hydrotherapy, there was a Groupon offer which gave a discount to giving one. Their description of it: fancy term for enema, pretty much. I think I'll pass!
Here's what I've done since last Monday. Monday itself I didn't do a darn thing, which was fine by me. The friends of my parents had left already and it was nice seeing them again. Tuesday, that's when I did something. I got a late start but I went to the area of International Drive again. This time my time there was better. I went to a Barnes & Noble and yeah, I did purchase some items from there. I then went to a restaurant I had been to a few times but the last time was months ago: O'Charley's. I had some pretty good food there... and a drink. I'll explain why in a bit I was thankful to have a drink. On the way back I briefly stopped at Winter Garden Village and I got a beverage from Planet Smoothie.
Now, in the afternoon before I left, I had to book something for a parent. I won't go into details about it but it was something where I needed to print out a confirmation for the parent; I could have done it by printing out the confirmation right after it got booked, but when it's sent by e-mail it just looks better and that's what I have always done before. Well, it usually is sent a minute right after the booking; this time it was nearly 6 hours before it was sent! I wasn't too happy about that. From now on I know not to wait for the e-mail.
Wednesday, I was going to go somewhere and experience a not so common adventure for me but to put it mildly without being too gross, I ate something which did not agree with my stomach so I decided I should just stay in town and relax. I went to a Gamestop to add money to my Microsoft account and then get 3 months of Xbox Live Gold. After that I went to the local Chick-Fil-A in town. I've only gone to those restaurants before that are part of mall food courts. This was my first time in that local restaurant in town. I only go to Chick-Fil-A once in awhile. What I had was fine.
Thursday I did not do anything and Friday I watched the wackiness and sometime surrealness of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. What a disaster it was leading up to the games; besides the awfulness of their draconian anti-gay laws, I was able to laugh at how unprepared the area was for the start of the games. However, now that they've began it's been less embarrassing.
Saturday, it was a rainy day so I only went out once; it was to the local Walmart to pick up a few items I needed. I thought it wouldn't be busy because of the weather. Oh was I wrong! At least it wasn't too bad there aside from it being crowded. No wacky stories to tell. Sunday, I went out with a parent as that day was their birthday. We were going to go out to Longhorn Steakhouse but when we got there the place was jam-packed with people so on the spot we decided to go to the nearby Uno's. The food there was fine although I could have done without having to sit by bratty kids and a dumb parent doing a poor job of controlling them. Then again I could have done without all the awful traffic I had to deal with in the past week (where among other things, some idiot passed on a double yellow and almost hit oncoming traffic AND the guy he was passing) but alas...
Today I already did my one activity, which is why this is going up a little later than usual. I went and got a haircut. That went as expected so nothing to say there except that I really needed one and it couldn't wait one more day. I shall return a week from today and nothing is on the agenda... yet.
Here's what I've done since last Monday. Monday itself I didn't do a darn thing, which was fine by me. The friends of my parents had left already and it was nice seeing them again. Tuesday, that's when I did something. I got a late start but I went to the area of International Drive again. This time my time there was better. I went to a Barnes & Noble and yeah, I did purchase some items from there. I then went to a restaurant I had been to a few times but the last time was months ago: O'Charley's. I had some pretty good food there... and a drink. I'll explain why in a bit I was thankful to have a drink. On the way back I briefly stopped at Winter Garden Village and I got a beverage from Planet Smoothie.
Now, in the afternoon before I left, I had to book something for a parent. I won't go into details about it but it was something where I needed to print out a confirmation for the parent; I could have done it by printing out the confirmation right after it got booked, but when it's sent by e-mail it just looks better and that's what I have always done before. Well, it usually is sent a minute right after the booking; this time it was nearly 6 hours before it was sent! I wasn't too happy about that. From now on I know not to wait for the e-mail.
Wednesday, I was going to go somewhere and experience a not so common adventure for me but to put it mildly without being too gross, I ate something which did not agree with my stomach so I decided I should just stay in town and relax. I went to a Gamestop to add money to my Microsoft account and then get 3 months of Xbox Live Gold. After that I went to the local Chick-Fil-A in town. I've only gone to those restaurants before that are part of mall food courts. This was my first time in that local restaurant in town. I only go to Chick-Fil-A once in awhile. What I had was fine.
Thursday I did not do anything and Friday I watched the wackiness and sometime surrealness of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. What a disaster it was leading up to the games; besides the awfulness of their draconian anti-gay laws, I was able to laugh at how unprepared the area was for the start of the games. However, now that they've began it's been less embarrassing.
Saturday, it was a rainy day so I only went out once; it was to the local Walmart to pick up a few items I needed. I thought it wouldn't be busy because of the weather. Oh was I wrong! At least it wasn't too bad there aside from it being crowded. No wacky stories to tell. Sunday, I went out with a parent as that day was their birthday. We were going to go out to Longhorn Steakhouse but when we got there the place was jam-packed with people so on the spot we decided to go to the nearby Uno's. The food there was fine although I could have done without having to sit by bratty kids and a dumb parent doing a poor job of controlling them. Then again I could have done without all the awful traffic I had to deal with in the past week (where among other things, some idiot passed on a double yellow and almost hit oncoming traffic AND the guy he was passing) but alas...
Today I already did my one activity, which is why this is going up a little later than usual. I went and got a haircut. That went as expected so nothing to say there except that I really needed one and it couldn't wait one more day. I shall return a week from today and nothing is on the agenda... yet.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Saratoga Springs, Walmart Prayers & The Superb Owl
No, I am not referencing Stephen Colbert with The Superb Owl. I don't watch that program and I just discovered he used that phrase a matter of hours ago. Rather, I know someone (I don't know if they want their name mentioned or not) who used that phrase before this year. I don't know if he came up with it himself or borrowed it from somewhere else, but I figured I should use it here.
Here is what I've done since the last blog. I actually did something of note last Monday after I posted the blog. I was able to go to Walt Disney World... Downtown Disney to be exact. I parked, walked around for a bit then hopped onto a bus to enjoy their free transportation and I ended up at their Saratoga Springs Resort; I don't think I need to mention which famous city it was modeled after. I walked around the place and it's pretty nice; it's definitely larger than I expected... and yeah that is what she said. Anyhow, I had a quick service dinner there of chicken nuggets and chips; it was good. As I've said before Disney always does a nice job with its resort hotels. I don't think their more expensive places are doing well attendance-wise, but alas.
Tuesday and Wednesday I did not do much at all. A main theme for this week is cleaning my bedroom and adjacent bathroom, as both were filthy and needed a cleaning. So, let me skip ahead to Thursday. My parents had a pair of old friends come down here and visit. They had been here before. They decided to go with an expensive dinner so off we went to Boma's, the buffet style meal at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, again at Walt Disney World. There was a place I had been once before. I know I don't have the most diverse taste when it comes to food but they had more than enough there for me to eat. It was chilly on that early evening but it was OK.
Friday, I had to go to Walmart to look for some containers; they were to hold the crap I have in my room. They do make a big difference in making it look cleaner. After that I went to Burger King for dinner, which I ate at home. My time at Walmart was surprisingly light in terms of drama or frustration. However, I did see something and like I sometimes say, this could only happen to me. As I was walking into the store, so was someone else... and they made The Sign of the Cross before walking into Walmart! I have no idea why he would do such a thing, unless he needed the strength of The Lord to deal with the usual sort of people that you find at a Walmart, which IS understandable to me...
Saturday, I decided to be responsible and the only time I went out was to purchase more containers to put crap in and help make my room not as messy. I made the purchase at Office Depot. I decided to watch the UFC pay per view at home instead of going out to a place like Buffalo Wild Wings to check it out. I'll leave it at that. As I continued with the cleaning I saw a good amount of the undercard then the pay per view itself. The undercard was pretty bad and to be honest, cleaning my room was actually more entertaining! The pay per view portion had a great opener and some interesting moments but overall wasn't all that hot either. Staying in was a good decision on my part.
Sunday... oh Sunday. It was Super Bowl Sunday and things did not go quite as planned. I won't rant and rave about it, except to say that I tried to go to one place in Orlando but it was jam-packed with people so I left then went to a nearby joint and they were having a private party so I got mad and I went to downtown Orlando as it was close by. In the past when I went to sports bars to see the big game the places were rarely busy so I was not expecting these issues. As I knew for certain Ghost Bar & Lounge would be open and showing the game, I figured I should go there. Various people went in and out for the game but unfortunately (at least for the place) usually not that many people were around. Not too much to say about my time there except that I was a gentleman near the end of the game; most of the time I was there I was able to be seated to watch the game. I did give up my seat so that a pair of ladies could sit by their guy friend.
As for the game, I was rooting for the Seattle Seahawks to defeat the Denver Broncos. No offense against Denver; it's just that unlike the Broncos, Seattle has never won the big prize before and their defense is really impressive to me. It looked to be a really close game, so of course Seattle won 43-8 in the biggest ass-whipping in the Super Bowl in 21 years. The Seahawks looked so good as a team; many players played so well. As for the ads and the halftime show, I thought both were the best they've been in at least a few years. I already know that's not a popular view but that's OK. Bruno Mars is actually a rare modern pop act I don't strongly dislike; I am perfectly fine with him and the halftime show with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was good to me.
I was saddened when early in the afternoon I heard that Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away due to a likely OD. I've only seen a few of his films but of course I know how good of an actor he was and it just sucks, especially considering he had a wife and kids.
Nothing's on the agenda yet for the upcoming week. As I say often, I'll end up stumbling into activities that will give me material to write about.
Here is what I've done since the last blog. I actually did something of note last Monday after I posted the blog. I was able to go to Walt Disney World... Downtown Disney to be exact. I parked, walked around for a bit then hopped onto a bus to enjoy their free transportation and I ended up at their Saratoga Springs Resort; I don't think I need to mention which famous city it was modeled after. I walked around the place and it's pretty nice; it's definitely larger than I expected... and yeah that is what she said. Anyhow, I had a quick service dinner there of chicken nuggets and chips; it was good. As I've said before Disney always does a nice job with its resort hotels. I don't think their more expensive places are doing well attendance-wise, but alas.
Tuesday and Wednesday I did not do much at all. A main theme for this week is cleaning my bedroom and adjacent bathroom, as both were filthy and needed a cleaning. So, let me skip ahead to Thursday. My parents had a pair of old friends come down here and visit. They had been here before. They decided to go with an expensive dinner so off we went to Boma's, the buffet style meal at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, again at Walt Disney World. There was a place I had been once before. I know I don't have the most diverse taste when it comes to food but they had more than enough there for me to eat. It was chilly on that early evening but it was OK.
Friday, I had to go to Walmart to look for some containers; they were to hold the crap I have in my room. They do make a big difference in making it look cleaner. After that I went to Burger King for dinner, which I ate at home. My time at Walmart was surprisingly light in terms of drama or frustration. However, I did see something and like I sometimes say, this could only happen to me. As I was walking into the store, so was someone else... and they made The Sign of the Cross before walking into Walmart! I have no idea why he would do such a thing, unless he needed the strength of The Lord to deal with the usual sort of people that you find at a Walmart, which IS understandable to me...
Saturday, I decided to be responsible and the only time I went out was to purchase more containers to put crap in and help make my room not as messy. I made the purchase at Office Depot. I decided to watch the UFC pay per view at home instead of going out to a place like Buffalo Wild Wings to check it out. I'll leave it at that. As I continued with the cleaning I saw a good amount of the undercard then the pay per view itself. The undercard was pretty bad and to be honest, cleaning my room was actually more entertaining! The pay per view portion had a great opener and some interesting moments but overall wasn't all that hot either. Staying in was a good decision on my part.
Sunday... oh Sunday. It was Super Bowl Sunday and things did not go quite as planned. I won't rant and rave about it, except to say that I tried to go to one place in Orlando but it was jam-packed with people so I left then went to a nearby joint and they were having a private party so I got mad and I went to downtown Orlando as it was close by. In the past when I went to sports bars to see the big game the places were rarely busy so I was not expecting these issues. As I knew for certain Ghost Bar & Lounge would be open and showing the game, I figured I should go there. Various people went in and out for the game but unfortunately (at least for the place) usually not that many people were around. Not too much to say about my time there except that I was a gentleman near the end of the game; most of the time I was there I was able to be seated to watch the game. I did give up my seat so that a pair of ladies could sit by their guy friend.
As for the game, I was rooting for the Seattle Seahawks to defeat the Denver Broncos. No offense against Denver; it's just that unlike the Broncos, Seattle has never won the big prize before and their defense is really impressive to me. It looked to be a really close game, so of course Seattle won 43-8 in the biggest ass-whipping in the Super Bowl in 21 years. The Seahawks looked so good as a team; many players played so well. As for the ads and the halftime show, I thought both were the best they've been in at least a few years. I already know that's not a popular view but that's OK. Bruno Mars is actually a rare modern pop act I don't strongly dislike; I am perfectly fine with him and the halftime show with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was good to me.
I was saddened when early in the afternoon I heard that Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away due to a likely OD. I've only seen a few of his films but of course I know how good of an actor he was and it just sucks, especially considering he had a wife and kids.
Nothing's on the agenda yet for the upcoming week. As I say often, I'll end up stumbling into activities that will give me material to write about.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Star Wars, Seeing Clearly Now & LOL Justin Bieber
Here's what I've done since last Monday. It's been a quiet week but that's alright. The next blog I'll do will be more interesting. I'll be talking about watching the Super Bowl and there's also a UFC pay per view I'll go somewhere to see.
This past Monday, I got a message saying that my new glasses came in. I recently talked about how I had my eyes examined by a lady eye doctor known as Doctor Love. My prescription had to be “slightly sharpened” so I got new glasses. I picked them up and as always, it takes some time to get used to it but for the past few days I've now become used to it and yeah it is better than what I've had for a long time. Tuesday I did nothing so let me skip ahead to Wednesday.
Wednesday, me and someone I know went to a local restaurant chain that's local to the Central Florida area. It's known as Gator's Dockside and even though it was on the chilly side we still went out. I don't know about the other person but me I hadn't been to a Gator's Dockside in a few years. Back in the day I saw a handful of UFC pay per views at the place but that changed soon after the Buffalo Wild Wings opened. To me it's amazing the BWW has been around for a few years now. Anyhow, the food at Gator's was nice so I am not sure why we hadn't been there in so long. On the way back we noticed there was a chopper hovering over a location a few miles from where I live and there was a news van and fire truck screaming by. Turns out, an officer of the law had to shoot a deranged suspect pretty close to where I live.
Thursday, I decided to do something different. I drove down to a shopping center I hadn't been to before. It's in Davenport and it's south on US 27 (a road I don't like being on when I have to be on it south of where I live; I ALWAYS have traffic troubles when I am on it, always) just south of where it crosses another hellish road, Interstate 4. I drove down there and I went in a few stores. I bought some books from Books-A-Million, as that's me.
Before I get into which restaurant I drove to after the shopping plaza adventure, I have to mention that I found it hilarious how Justin Bieber got arrested (of course it had to be in Florida, too). Way back when I didn't really care about him one way or another, but when it was made clear in the past year what a horrible awful human being he was, I am glad it happened to him. However, with how he's living his life I have a feeling he's going to have a huge fall from grace and who knows how bad his life is going to end up. Oh, and I also found via “less than ethical means” a copy of the original theatrical cut of Star Wars. Yes, the film now known as Episode IV. I finally got to see it in widescreen rather than on VHS like I did when I was a kid. It's still awesome and I wish that version could get a Blu-Ray release rather than the lame alleged “improved” version with added scenes and other crap.
Anyhow, after I left that shopping plaza, I went to a Texas Roadhouse where I had a burger and fries and the food was pretty good.
Friday through Sunday wasn't exciting at all. I mean, there was a free UFC show on TV I mostly watched and one afternoon I dropped out clothing at Goodwill then picked up some printer ink. Other than that, dullsville. Like I said at least the next blog should be more interesting.
This past Monday, I got a message saying that my new glasses came in. I recently talked about how I had my eyes examined by a lady eye doctor known as Doctor Love. My prescription had to be “slightly sharpened” so I got new glasses. I picked them up and as always, it takes some time to get used to it but for the past few days I've now become used to it and yeah it is better than what I've had for a long time. Tuesday I did nothing so let me skip ahead to Wednesday.
Wednesday, me and someone I know went to a local restaurant chain that's local to the Central Florida area. It's known as Gator's Dockside and even though it was on the chilly side we still went out. I don't know about the other person but me I hadn't been to a Gator's Dockside in a few years. Back in the day I saw a handful of UFC pay per views at the place but that changed soon after the Buffalo Wild Wings opened. To me it's amazing the BWW has been around for a few years now. Anyhow, the food at Gator's was nice so I am not sure why we hadn't been there in so long. On the way back we noticed there was a chopper hovering over a location a few miles from where I live and there was a news van and fire truck screaming by. Turns out, an officer of the law had to shoot a deranged suspect pretty close to where I live.
Thursday, I decided to do something different. I drove down to a shopping center I hadn't been to before. It's in Davenport and it's south on US 27 (a road I don't like being on when I have to be on it south of where I live; I ALWAYS have traffic troubles when I am on it, always) just south of where it crosses another hellish road, Interstate 4. I drove down there and I went in a few stores. I bought some books from Books-A-Million, as that's me.
Before I get into which restaurant I drove to after the shopping plaza adventure, I have to mention that I found it hilarious how Justin Bieber got arrested (of course it had to be in Florida, too). Way back when I didn't really care about him one way or another, but when it was made clear in the past year what a horrible awful human being he was, I am glad it happened to him. However, with how he's living his life I have a feeling he's going to have a huge fall from grace and who knows how bad his life is going to end up. Oh, and I also found via “less than ethical means” a copy of the original theatrical cut of Star Wars. Yes, the film now known as Episode IV. I finally got to see it in widescreen rather than on VHS like I did when I was a kid. It's still awesome and I wish that version could get a Blu-Ray release rather than the lame alleged “improved” version with added scenes and other crap.
Anyhow, after I left that shopping plaza, I went to a Texas Roadhouse where I had a burger and fries and the food was pretty good.
Friday through Sunday wasn't exciting at all. I mean, there was a free UFC show on TV I mostly watched and one afternoon I dropped out clothing at Goodwill then picked up some printer ink. Other than that, dullsville. Like I said at least the next blog should be more interesting.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Thelonious Monk, Rod Stewart, John Travolta & Todd Rundgren
If you're wondering how I came up with that grouping of artists, on Spotify I discovered a CD put out by a UK label which contained seven songs from the legendary jazz artist Monk, one each from Rod, John and Todd, and there's also War's Low Rider and a 70's song from most famous in the 60's band Gerry & The Pacemakers. What a bizarre CD all around. The album is titled The Best of Setco Vol 51.
This past Monday, soon after I posted my last blog I went on a little journey. I decided to go to Lakeland, about an hour south from where I live. A brand new Cinemark Theatres opened up by the big mall in town just a few days earlier, and it was billed as “NextGen”, meaning all the screens are pretty nice and are matched with bitchin' sound systems, and the joint looks pretty nice overall. I enjoyed it and if only it was closer to home... by the way, if you heard about the shooting at the movie theatre in Wesley Chapel, that town outside of Tampa is only about 60 miles from where I live. I haven't been to that theatre before but I've heard of it. I hate how many people act in auditoriums, but shooting and killing someone for being a dumbass and texting during the previews... that is crossing the line.
The movie I saw was the newest Paranormal Activity film. The last one was pretty bad, and I had enjoyed all the ones before that. The new one is different and it was a breath of fresh air to the franchise. Before that I walked around the mall and it's pretty nice and unlike most enclosed malls these days, most of their lots are filled instead of vacant.
After that I went a little south and for only the second time I went to the rad fast food place known as PDQ. I talked about being there a few months ago when I was in South Tampa. The place is great and if one was closer to Clermont I'd be there often. It's mainly a chicken joint and their food is great. I had their chicken fingers & fries and as it was limited edition, a mint oreo shake. A great meal it was.
Tuesday was nothing happening and Wednesday... well, it wasn't a great day overall. I won't get into the details as it was nothing major; it was just some little things, like me being annoyed with people in general. I had to go to Walmart to get some items and the people there... they did not help improve my mood.
Thursday, I decided to try out my newly acquired debit card I got from my new bank. I went to one of their ATM's and I withdrew 10 bucks. It worked fine so that was good. On the way back I stopped by somewhere to get a treat. It was the Abracadabra Ice Cream Shop, a place I've talked about a few times before in the past. They make liquid nitrogen ice cream which may sound weird but it's actually pretty tasty. If only most of the other people in the shop on this chilly night weren't complete cretins! At least the peanut butter treat I had was real good. I just had to finish it at home.
Friday and Saturday I did not do anything; it was chilly out (especially on Saturday) so why go out, you know? I just stayed in and relaxed. Sunday was an interesting day for me. I actually went out, for one, and I returned to some spots I hadn't been to for a few months. I returned to Winter Park and first I stopped to get gas at a Wawa. Then, I went to get more soda from the wacky gourmet soda shop known as Rocket Fizz. That's indeed what I did. It was busy there so I did not shop for too long. I still got a decent amount. After that I returned to an Ale House, the mainly Florida chain of restaurants. It was a packed house; it was the pro football conference championships, so the winners of those two games would play in the Super Bowl in 13 days.
I found the last open spot at the bar, and it was right by some random woman... she looked to be slightly older than me and I must presume she is a fan of crowds, as she only drank water at the bar... and always on the countertop was a Portuguese Bible! No kidding. I did chat with that lady; no it wasn't one of those things and I won't reveal what was said, but I did not ask her why she was there. Yet another thing that I swear could only happen to me. That poor woman, by the way: the team she was rooting for got dominated and lost. That was the highlight of my day.
Today, I already did the one big event of the day: I picked up my new glasses. As always it'll take some time to get used to the new prescription but overall I dig them. I'll be back a week from today. I have nothing on the agenda... yet.
This past Monday, soon after I posted my last blog I went on a little journey. I decided to go to Lakeland, about an hour south from where I live. A brand new Cinemark Theatres opened up by the big mall in town just a few days earlier, and it was billed as “NextGen”, meaning all the screens are pretty nice and are matched with bitchin' sound systems, and the joint looks pretty nice overall. I enjoyed it and if only it was closer to home... by the way, if you heard about the shooting at the movie theatre in Wesley Chapel, that town outside of Tampa is only about 60 miles from where I live. I haven't been to that theatre before but I've heard of it. I hate how many people act in auditoriums, but shooting and killing someone for being a dumbass and texting during the previews... that is crossing the line.
The movie I saw was the newest Paranormal Activity film. The last one was pretty bad, and I had enjoyed all the ones before that. The new one is different and it was a breath of fresh air to the franchise. Before that I walked around the mall and it's pretty nice and unlike most enclosed malls these days, most of their lots are filled instead of vacant.
After that I went a little south and for only the second time I went to the rad fast food place known as PDQ. I talked about being there a few months ago when I was in South Tampa. The place is great and if one was closer to Clermont I'd be there often. It's mainly a chicken joint and their food is great. I had their chicken fingers & fries and as it was limited edition, a mint oreo shake. A great meal it was.
Tuesday was nothing happening and Wednesday... well, it wasn't a great day overall. I won't get into the details as it was nothing major; it was just some little things, like me being annoyed with people in general. I had to go to Walmart to get some items and the people there... they did not help improve my mood.
Thursday, I decided to try out my newly acquired debit card I got from my new bank. I went to one of their ATM's and I withdrew 10 bucks. It worked fine so that was good. On the way back I stopped by somewhere to get a treat. It was the Abracadabra Ice Cream Shop, a place I've talked about a few times before in the past. They make liquid nitrogen ice cream which may sound weird but it's actually pretty tasty. If only most of the other people in the shop on this chilly night weren't complete cretins! At least the peanut butter treat I had was real good. I just had to finish it at home.
Friday and Saturday I did not do anything; it was chilly out (especially on Saturday) so why go out, you know? I just stayed in and relaxed. Sunday was an interesting day for me. I actually went out, for one, and I returned to some spots I hadn't been to for a few months. I returned to Winter Park and first I stopped to get gas at a Wawa. Then, I went to get more soda from the wacky gourmet soda shop known as Rocket Fizz. That's indeed what I did. It was busy there so I did not shop for too long. I still got a decent amount. After that I returned to an Ale House, the mainly Florida chain of restaurants. It was a packed house; it was the pro football conference championships, so the winners of those two games would play in the Super Bowl in 13 days.
I found the last open spot at the bar, and it was right by some random woman... she looked to be slightly older than me and I must presume she is a fan of crowds, as she only drank water at the bar... and always on the countertop was a Portuguese Bible! No kidding. I did chat with that lady; no it wasn't one of those things and I won't reveal what was said, but I did not ask her why she was there. Yet another thing that I swear could only happen to me. That poor woman, by the way: the team she was rooting for got dominated and lost. That was the highlight of my day.
Today, I already did the one big event of the day: I picked up my new glasses. As always it'll take some time to get used to the new prescription but overall I dig them. I'll be back a week from today. I have nothing on the agenda... yet.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Evolve Wrestling, Polar Vortexes & Calling Dr. Love
Here's what I've done since last Monday. Last Monday night I sort of paid attention to the major college football championship, which was actually a competitive and interesting game. I still don't care too much for major college sports due to how dirty and corrupt and money-grubbing it is but the game was nice. Tuesday the only thing I did was go into town to pick up Papa John's Pizza. I did not feel like doing more given that the high temperature was only in the mid 40's. I'll blame it on the greatly named Polar Vortex. I say that and I know I shouldn't complain given the weather other people across the country had to experience, which was dangerously low temperatures.
Wednesday I had to do an adult thing. I mentioned recently how I am not a member of a certain bank anymore due to them closing their branch in town and the closest one takes like a 20 minute drive to get to. I looked at a few different banks still in town and there was one which offered the best deal for me. I won't list which bank it is; I've had identity theft issues way back in late '09 and early '10 and I won't take any chances there. Although, as the banker looked up my credit score it was good so that was a relief that those issues don't haunt me today.
Thursday, I did something I haven't done in way too long: get an eye exam. Believe it or not I hadn't had an eye exam since September of 2003 back when I went to school at Illinois State University and one afternoon I had an exam at the Lenscrafters in Normal, Illinois. It was long overdue so I finally had the exam at the Lenscrafters in Winter Garden. The whole process went fine... except for having my eyes dilated. I have real sensitive eyes so that was not a pleasant experience. It took longer than usual but I finally was able to get through it and it may be the last time I ever get them dilated.
After that, the prescription had to be “slightly sharpened” so I had to pick out new frames, and that was quite wacky. A guy who at least I know was metrosexual and I suspect was homosexual assisted me with that, and also there at the time was an older police officer, a pair of old lesbians, and a MILF. All of this is true. Oh, and the lady doctor who examined my eyes... her name was DOCTOR LOVE. This greatly amused me as I was reminded of the awesome KISS song Calling Dr. Love. In a week or so I'll get the new frames and prescription. It was sorely needed as the ones I have now are just old, dirty, and now starting to get scratched up.
Friday I did not do a darn thing so let me skip ahead to Saturday, where in some ways it was like a blast from the past. I realized that it's been a long while since I've last attended a pro wrestling show. I figured I should on this night. It was an event presented by a mainly Northeastern wrestling organization known as Evolve Wrestling and the show had quite a few people I rarely if ever see. When I got there, the parking lot was full and there was no obvious auxiliary parking; I decided to park in a paid lot downtown and I had to hike on over to the building. It's not like I didn't need the exercise so I won't complain.
It was nice to see some people I haven't chatted with in person in months. It was a nice crowd there too. As for the show, I understand how some would complain about how it's over the top in that many brutal and devastating moves are delivered and yet people kept not getting pinned despite being the victim of many brutal and devastating moves. I know some don't care for it and I wouldn't want to watch such things all the time, but once in awhile it's cool and everyone should appreciate how well the wrestlers do such moves and there are plenty of intricate sequences that were done and done well. It was a quality time and it was nice to go to a show, as back in the past I went to them often then various things happened and I fell out of the habit.
After that, as I was still downtown I figured I should return to Ghost Bar & Lounge. It was different this time. From what I understand, every Saturday night from now on it'll be all wacky and it will be like a real sanitized version of a rave; it's dark except for blacklights and they handed out light-up crap like glowsticks and the like, accompanied by blasting pulsating dance or rap music. For a few minutes there was even a tiny lady who did a routine with glowing hula hoops and it was rad. I don't have much to say about my actual time there otherwise, except that it was pretty busy there so it's a successful gimmick.
On the way back to the vehicle I walked by a Jimmy John's sub shop so I stopped there for a quick bite to eat. I was amused to see a really drunk dude almost literally be carried to a seat outside by his pals; several police officers saw this and I thought it was certain this wasted guy would get arrested for public drunkenness but his friends were able to convince the po-po that he was fine and they would take care of him... which they did. They got him a bottle of water. I shudder to think what would have happened to the bro if he did not have his buddies around.
Sunday I remained at home and did nothing except pay some attention to the pro football games. As almost always, I'll be back a week from today. I have some things in mind for what to do so it shouldn't be too dull of a blog.
Wednesday I had to do an adult thing. I mentioned recently how I am not a member of a certain bank anymore due to them closing their branch in town and the closest one takes like a 20 minute drive to get to. I looked at a few different banks still in town and there was one which offered the best deal for me. I won't list which bank it is; I've had identity theft issues way back in late '09 and early '10 and I won't take any chances there. Although, as the banker looked up my credit score it was good so that was a relief that those issues don't haunt me today.
Thursday, I did something I haven't done in way too long: get an eye exam. Believe it or not I hadn't had an eye exam since September of 2003 back when I went to school at Illinois State University and one afternoon I had an exam at the Lenscrafters in Normal, Illinois. It was long overdue so I finally had the exam at the Lenscrafters in Winter Garden. The whole process went fine... except for having my eyes dilated. I have real sensitive eyes so that was not a pleasant experience. It took longer than usual but I finally was able to get through it and it may be the last time I ever get them dilated.
After that, the prescription had to be “slightly sharpened” so I had to pick out new frames, and that was quite wacky. A guy who at least I know was metrosexual and I suspect was homosexual assisted me with that, and also there at the time was an older police officer, a pair of old lesbians, and a MILF. All of this is true. Oh, and the lady doctor who examined my eyes... her name was DOCTOR LOVE. This greatly amused me as I was reminded of the awesome KISS song Calling Dr. Love. In a week or so I'll get the new frames and prescription. It was sorely needed as the ones I have now are just old, dirty, and now starting to get scratched up.
Friday I did not do a darn thing so let me skip ahead to Saturday, where in some ways it was like a blast from the past. I realized that it's been a long while since I've last attended a pro wrestling show. I figured I should on this night. It was an event presented by a mainly Northeastern wrestling organization known as Evolve Wrestling and the show had quite a few people I rarely if ever see. When I got there, the parking lot was full and there was no obvious auxiliary parking; I decided to park in a paid lot downtown and I had to hike on over to the building. It's not like I didn't need the exercise so I won't complain.
It was nice to see some people I haven't chatted with in person in months. It was a nice crowd there too. As for the show, I understand how some would complain about how it's over the top in that many brutal and devastating moves are delivered and yet people kept not getting pinned despite being the victim of many brutal and devastating moves. I know some don't care for it and I wouldn't want to watch such things all the time, but once in awhile it's cool and everyone should appreciate how well the wrestlers do such moves and there are plenty of intricate sequences that were done and done well. It was a quality time and it was nice to go to a show, as back in the past I went to them often then various things happened and I fell out of the habit.
After that, as I was still downtown I figured I should return to Ghost Bar & Lounge. It was different this time. From what I understand, every Saturday night from now on it'll be all wacky and it will be like a real sanitized version of a rave; it's dark except for blacklights and they handed out light-up crap like glowsticks and the like, accompanied by blasting pulsating dance or rap music. For a few minutes there was even a tiny lady who did a routine with glowing hula hoops and it was rad. I don't have much to say about my actual time there otherwise, except that it was pretty busy there so it's a successful gimmick.
On the way back to the vehicle I walked by a Jimmy John's sub shop so I stopped there for a quick bite to eat. I was amused to see a really drunk dude almost literally be carried to a seat outside by his pals; several police officers saw this and I thought it was certain this wasted guy would get arrested for public drunkenness but his friends were able to convince the po-po that he was fine and they would take care of him... which they did. They got him a bottle of water. I shudder to think what would have happened to the bro if he did not have his buddies around.
Sunday I remained at home and did nothing except pay some attention to the pro football games. As almost always, I'll be back a week from today. I have some things in mind for what to do so it shouldn't be too dull of a blog.
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