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Disney Vacation Report!

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on July 3, 2008

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Home again, yet not so willingly. This past week was incredible - simply amazing. As I’ve told a few of my close friends, family, and co-workers: everything that could have possibly gone wrong didn’t. So let’s get down to business - but beware, this is a LONG read. Best get a snack or something, and use the bathroom beforehand.

Thursday afternoon I got home from work after the Hunley trip in Charleston. I began all-out packing, knowing I only had the evening to get everything done. The plan was to leave around noon Friday, getting plenty of sleep to be prepared for a long Atlanta drive and then to the airport to pick up Tricia. Unfortunately, this meant I had to miss Nancy’s pool party Thursday night. So, I dialed Nancy up and let her know I couldn’t make it.

30 minutes later I was packed and on my way to Nancy’s house. Funny how that works, eh?

I spent the night at her place on a spare bed, and slept waaaay in, knowing there was no long drive ahead of me. I left Snellville around 4PM Friday afternoon to get to the fraternity at Tech. I was recieved with open arms, and I hoisted everything into the spare room at the top of the steps. It was kinda shabby (recently being paint-primed and all, paint cans and plastic still abundant), but it would do for two nights to sleep, and the room wasn’t where we’d be spending any time at all. I left the fraternity, parked the car at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center parking garage (I have no parking permit on campus yet, so it was best to pay a parking fee than get a ticket or a tire shoe), and headed to MARTA to pick Tricia up at the S7 stop - the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (for those that don’t know, it’s the busiest airport in the world). Her flight came right on time, thank goodness, and it was so good to see her again. ^_^ I wouldn’t have minded standing there with her for a few more moments just hugging… but I wanted to get back to the fraternity and get settled, as the vacation had only just begun.

After dropping off her belongings and letting her meet some friends around the fraternity (and Patches’ girlfriend’s huskie puppy - sooo cute, I wish I had a picture), we walked to Tech Square and ate at the Tin Drum, then promptly went to bed (both quite exhausted and full - good food :D). The next morning we overslept a bit, which was probably for the better as we were more rested (as well rested as we could’ve been, anyway - that twin mattress is tiiiiny). We ate at J. Christophers for a brunch-sort’ve meal, and headed to The High Museum of Art for the Louvre exhibits on Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian Art. Fascinating stuff - I’d have taken pictures but they don’t allow it. What’s a camera flash going to do to STONE - hurt it? *grumbles* Oh well.

From there we wandered until I hurt my foot and we found the Center of Puppetry Arts. I reckon the only way we could’ve found it was if I hurt my foot too, stopping us long enough to look around and see the sign at the awkward angle it was. Admission was only $7 per person, and we saw three exhibits. The first was flat out creepy. The first room looked like a storage warehouse for old puppets… but on occasion the total silence was broken because one would move, laugh, and giggle… Reminded me of Goosebumps or Are You Afraid Of The Dark?. Moving on in there it got a bit better, telling about the different styles, arts, and history of puppetry, ending on a lighter note with Pigs In Space (a “The Muppets Show” recurring skit) and Skeksis from Dark Crystal.

Along the way there was a fantastic puppet:

The next exhibit was of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, specifically for Salem, the cat, and the puppetry involved there, but my favorite was a small exhibit previewing a future wing to be added to the center: The Jim Henson Wing. This was Muppet heaven - they had Kermit, Rowlf, Ernie, Mr. Teeth, The Swedish Chef, Jim’s Country Trio lookalike, and more. :D Complete with information about the show(s) and trivia and video clips, I was certainly enjoying the exhibit, and I’ll definitely be going back when the entire wing is finished. :)

We then headed back to my car to retrieve it and drove to Atlantic Station to go see The Incredible Hulk together. I hope she enjoyed it as much as I did, but I know I was bothering her by whispering trivia to her. >.> Oops. Hulk is cool, though! I just want everyone to experience it as awesomely as I did. XD Publix was next as we broswed for items that would be handy (or tasty) to have while staying in hotels and resorts across the next week. I felt rather guilty asking Trish to pick up the tab for the food, so I paid her back in full once I got to an ATM, and then we ran off to Papa John’s Pizza for dinner and ordered waaay too much, so I shared it with some others around the fraternity. Again, to bed early, full of food and exhausted.

The alarm woke us abruptly at 6:30 AM. We had to be up - we had to get on the road and get on our way to Macon to meet up at Waffle House with Maria and Stambo. Drudging along, bags were packed and carted to the car (I moved it closer from the Hotel and Conference Center), and I left a note thanking Tony for helping us out and loaning us a comforter and a mattress for two nights. And off we were! Playlists a-playin’, and maps… a-mappin’? Something like that. We found our way to Macon quite simply, and after a short wait Maria and Stambo arrived, and we ate to our heart’s content. It was fun, seeing them again and sharing friendly conversation - and Stambo is a bad Jew, picking up the check from us. >.> I owe him, now. *grumble* :P

Hours later we were just plain tired of driving, and here I was… still driving. x_x We hit the hotel at about, oh, 3:30 - BOY has that place really been improved fancy-like. I mean, nice new spiffy restaurant, all the rooms are gorgeous with flat screen HDTVs… and nice big SOFT beds (no more twin mattresses on the floor!).

We checked in no problem, got our warm chocolate chip cookies (a Doubletree Hotel thing), parked the car and unloaded only what we needed for the night. It’s funny - it was from this hotel that I first worked up the nerve in 2005 to call Tricia and we spoke every night. I never would have guessed the next time I would be staying here it would be with her in a committed relationship. <3 We relaxed only for maybe about 20 minutes before changing into bathing suits and taking off for Cocoa Beach!

But, I grabbed the wrong suit and packed it. So... off to the original Ron Jon's Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach first!

Shortly later, we parked the car at the beach, paid a $1.00 in parking for an hour, and enjoyed the ocean. Tricia's ridiculous - she freaked out when I said animals like fish, crabs, sandollars, etc actually LIVE in the Atlantic - apparently it's too cold/violent/undertow-y/whatever for them to thrive in the Pacific right on the beach like they do in the Atlantic. I thought the water was cold, she thought it was warm - we both agreed there was a weak if any at all undertow... it was nice. We returned to Orlando (after allll the crazy tollbooths between Cocoa and Orlando x_x) with a new plan: Downtown Disney. We wandered around the World of Disney Store among others, looked at Pleasure Island (everything's 21+. Booo.) and spent some time in the Virgin Megastore and other small shops. But we had to get back to the hotel soon, as we had to wake up early and check out, then head to Disney for the REAL fun.

8:00AM we found ourselves packed and leaving for Disney’s Saratoga Springs and Spa Resort. Even as we stepped out of the car we heard regal, classical music and a scent of fresh peppermint permeated the air - Disney knows how to do it right. XD We meandered to the front desk at The Carriage House and checked in - we were assigned to The Springs section of the resort, which was nearby and the one I wanted, but I’ll get into the details on why later. The room wasn’t quite ready yet, so the helpful cast member gave us everything - even the room key, but not the room number. We got a biiig Disney Vacation Club packet (complete with coupons for DVC membership), and parked the car with the parking permit slip in The Springs parking lot, and brought a small bag with amenities and sunscreen lotion to the bus stop. The view from there was spectacular:

Next stop: Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

A short bus-ride later we were outside Animal Kingdom. We did everything we could think of doing: the walking tours, the Kilimajaro Safari, Expedition: Everest…

and FastPass sure helped for those last two. FastPass is a system where you go to the ride you want to ride and if the wait is long you can insert your park card into the kiosk, and it will return it with a ticket for when to return for the FastPass line (essentially it holds your place in line for later). When your time comes, say the Fastpass is from 3:15 to 4:15, you can return anytime within that hour and pretty much jump to the front of the line. LOVE. IT. We went and had our meal at the Rainforest Cafe during one FastPass wait, and by the time we were done - zoom, front of the line. :) BUT. FastPass distribution is limited, and sometimes can run out for the entire day by 2 or 3PM if it’s a popular ride (like Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Test Track, or Soarin’). Around 3:30 or 4PM we returned back to Saratoga Springs to see if the room was ready and relax for a bit. Thankfully, it was - room #3223. Beautiful, fantastic room, and the location was superb. Next to the staircase, close as it can be to the parking lot, yet a gorgeous view of a garden out the back balcony. A short walk from there was the guest laundry room, the bus stop for park transportation, the pool, The Carriage House, The Artist’s Palette (gift shop and restaurant), the Arcade… everything within a short walk. Time for a few photos:

A view from the balcony:

And us on said balcony:

After lounging in the room for a short bit and unpacking/getting settled, we returned to the bus stop for a bit of quick fun at Epcot.

Man, did we do this one right - it was empty. o.o NO wait at Spaceship Earth (the giant Epcot golf ball, for those unfamiliar with Disneyworld), which is typically an hour wait at best. It’s a history of communication of mankind, with a questionairre at the end and a short film based on what you answered - very interactive. At the base of the ride is a small exhibit of interactivity with games and the like. I did a racing one before we headed to Mission: SPACE.

Another “we should’ve had to wait hours but we walked right in” ride. This ride is intense on the body - spinning the chamber to simulate G-forces as you leave Earth’s atmosphere for Mars. Fun trip. Speaking of trips, we headed to the Mexico Pavilion of Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon after that. This ride has changed since I’ve last seen it - it used to be a rather boring boat ride with history intermitten with a random animatronic acid trip of little hispanics singing, then more history. Now all the history was replaced with flat screen LCDs with The Three Caballeros as they chased Donald Duck around while he chased Mexican women, intermitten with an animatronic acid trip of little hispanics singing. What the fuck man. XD

Then off to Norway for the Maelstrom ride! Shorter than I remember it, but enjoyable nonetheless. I think we went back and ate at the Artist’s Palette that night before finally retiring to bed.

Epcot at night is gorgeous:

Tuesday morning: The Magic Kingdom.

As Disney as you can possibly get. The bus here was right away, and I took no bag with me to the parks - a camera was enough we found. We got inside the park and immediately headed for a Fastpass at Space Mountain inside of Tomorrowland… but again, no wait! What luck! Space Mountain is an indoor, dark roller coaster with three to a shuttle. In the dark there’s no way to really see the track so every turn is a surprise. Much needed thrills. :D Outside of Space Mountain, Tricia found Stitch and got his autograph, then we headed into a classic Disney attraction: The Carosel of Progress. Designed by Walt himself for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, this attraction showcases the technical innovations of the 1900’s, 1920’s, 1940’s and speculates the beyond, narrated by an animatronic family as if they were living through each era together without aging. Funny how the future they speculated was very ’80s. But the song, “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow!” was very catchy; Tricia and I sung it many times throughout the trip. XD

Moving along we hit Fantasyland and with it, Mickey’s Philharmagic. Another ride we planned to hit with a FastPass that had virtually no wait. This is a 3D show featuring a medley of classic Disney tunes as Donald trapezes through them in search of the Sorceror’s hat Mickey told him not to touch… and yet he did. Ah, mistakes. Donald is full of them. An altogether entertaining show. :) Then we were off to “it’s a small world”. Oh boy. The ride got STUCK right next to the very LAST room! I could go without hearing that song ever again. Ever. XD We laughed, though - very silly. Then the Mad Tea Party. I think the picture says it all:

Next up was Liberty Square - we passed through this for the time being to get an important FastPass: Splash Mountain. Good thing, too - it was about noon and our FastPass was already as late as 4:20 to 5:20PM. Moving along we hit up the Pirates of the Caribbean ride - our first long wait yet at about 40 minutes, I think. This one’s also been updated with some details from the Pirates movies - complete with music in line from the films and added animatronics of Barbosa and several of Jack Sparrow. A nifty addition was the head of Davy Jones projected on a stream of smoke which the boat passes through! We toured the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse and then headed off to The Hall of Presidents to cool off and I think we both dozed off at one point. XD We were caught by the parade, trapped from the area with Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad… but becuase of the parade occupying the park, we were lucky enough to zoom through the line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and get on in a few short minutes! After that, we waited for a short while before our FastPasses became valid for Splash Mountain, and we bested the Three Mountains of the Magic Kingdom. :D

Then it poured rain. XD So, yet from the ride and the rain, we returned to the room to dry off a bit and have dinner at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney and to do some shopping. :D I picked up the new Sigur Ros album and a discounted The Muppets Show Season One. Yay for DVC discounts! XD

And back to bed. Wednesday? Disney’s Hollywood Studios beckoned us forth.

This bus took forever to get here - I think I overheard a transportation cast member say that we were accidently skipped. No matter, we eventually got there by about 11AM and made a beeline for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, grabbed Fastpasses (a lucky hour wait) and spent that time in line for The Rock N Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith.

What. A. Ride. 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds, straight into a loop-de-loop. All indoors, too. The premise was that we, the audience, got backstage passes to a show from Steven Tyler, but we had to make the show that was starting momentarily and the highway was crowded… so time for a detour. :P The roller coaster pulls up, designed to look like a stretch classic topless limo, in the backalley behind the recording studio. It was a fast-paced thrill ride, very awesome. As was The Tower of Terror, directly following.

Complete with a Rod Serling classic intro, we were dropped and raised repeatedly. On a side note, I feel some kind of sick satisfation when cocky loud children get on rides like that, annoying everyone, and then they disembark the ride crying and shaking. XD

Finished with that side of the park, we ran to the other side, where virtually everything else was. First up we picked The Great Movie Ride, which was slow-moving but nevertheless entertaining, as our tour guide went up in flames as part of the act, and our vehicle was hijacked by a cowboy who drove us into the set from Alien. Yes, it was that random. XD From here we found ourselves at perfect timing for the Jim Henson’s Muppet Vision 3D show, one of my favorite attractions at Disneyworld. :)

All the classic Muppet fun, and even Statler and Waldorf sit up in the balcony and heckle the show! I left satisfied. Next up was Star Tours - a Star Wars based ride, whereupon we are treated as if in an intergalactic airport taking a trip to Endor. It’s a motion chamber ride with a screen, and very fun - it caters to the Star Wars fan.

As we exited the ride, it again was pouring down rain. We waited to see if it would let up, but no luck - it only rained harder. So we ran to find refuge in Sounds Dangerous! starring Drew Carey. What a mistake - the worst ride at Disney I’m sure. Why this is still here is beyond me. XD We laughed at how… crappy it was - most of the ride is headphone-based and in the complete darkness. What a joke! XD

We decided to invest in ponchos after this and brave the weather. After trying for FastPasses again for The Rock N Roller Coaster but ultimately deciding against them, we found ourselves at the perfect timing for our 4PM dinner reservations at the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater restaurant. This is a unique dining experience - the inside is modeled after a 1950’s drive-in, where the tables are topless cars and they all are oriented to a giant projection screen which features trailers for hilariously bad B-movies of the past (”Plan 9 From Outer Space”, “Cat Women from Mars”, etc). We got appetizers and shared a steak, but we each got an Oreo Cookie Milkshake ….mmmmm. Delicious.

After this tastyness, POWER RANGERS appeared out of nowhere!

Then we did the Studio Backlot Tour. This attraction showcases the work Disney Studios has worked on in the past, and hosts some props from famous films of the past. It was getting to about 7 or 8 by now, so we decided to head back (considering the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular had already done all its showings for the day… oh well) and take care of a small issue: laundry. Best of all: the Laundromat was FREE. We met some nice people whilst doing laundry and spent some time meandering around in The Artist’s Palette’s gift shop. Also, we made a short pit-stop in The Carriage House and picked up a “1st Timer” pin for Tricia. :P It was a nice relaxing evening after a long day.

Thursday was Epcot day. We woke up and caught the first bus we saw to Epcot. The very first thing we did was grab a FastPass for Soarin’, and good thing - that ride started rather late and the standby line was astronomically long. We ran over to the Imagination Pavilion and waited for the “Honey, I Shrunk The Audience” 3D show to start after watching the longest infomercial for Kodak in history ever. XD the show itself was fun, complete with little touches like moving seats for when we were picked up as a whole audience and air blowing around our ankles as rats were scurrying. Directly afterwards we headed towards the Epcot Character Spot. This NEEDS a FastPass. But, alas, we waited in line for about a little over an hour so Tricia could get character photos and signatures with Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Chip and Dale, and Goofy. On the way out, I noticed the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland lurking in the corner, and he bounced over to us and signed her book as well! What a surprise. :) We wandered over to the Mexico Pavilion again and caught Donald Duck to sign her book as well - so many characters today! We got some tacos for a small lunch, and ran back to Soarin’ to turn in our FastPasses.

This was a fun ride, though I was nervous at first. I don’t cope well with heights. Luckily, I felt very safe as the ride lifted us into the dome of aN IMAX screen and moved the seats in accordance with the motion of the camera, blowing wind and scents into our faces of the scenery. One of the better preshows, this ride was hosted by our “Chief Flight Attendant” named “Patrick” (played by none other than Patrick Warbuton, voice of Kronk from The Emperor’s New Groove, Joe from Family Guy, and Brock Samson from The Venture Brothers). Beautiful. XD

And it, again, was pouring when we exited. AND WE FORGOT THE PONCHOS. Damn. Well, screw it, we said. And we continued to the Canada Pavilion in the World Showcase Lagoon. The weather was fitting for this and for the next pavilion, the United Kingdom Pavilion, where we accidently ran into Tigger, Pooh, and Eeyore. Lucky us! Unfortunately, no Manchester United jerseys - all of Disney merchandised sportswear is Adidas, not Nike. Shucks. XD

The Morroco Pavilion was short-lived, but interesting. Majority of our time was spent inside the Japan Pavilion though. The Mitsukoshi store was vast and interesting - anything from Pokemon and Hello Kitty to Kimonos to wooden sandals to sake sets (of which I purchased) to bonsai to gummies and Ramune and Pocky. Tricia picked up some gifts for friends, and then we headed to our only other dinner reservation at Disney: Teppan Edo. This fancy restaurant is hibachi-styled, where we shared the table with two other groups and a chef cooked our meals on a hot plate before us. I ordered the Filet Mignon (which came with sticky rice, Odon noodles and veggies), and California rolls with Coke. Tricia got the Chicken (comes with the same sides as mine), with Miso soup and Green Tea. An expensive check but well worth it (about $75 with tip).

And as we exited, we got fantastic seats to Epcot’s fireworks and laser spectacular: “Illuminations: Reflections of Earth”. Occurring every night over the World Showcase Lagoon, this show costs something like $17,500 a night to pull off. It shows. :D From Wikipedia:

“The lights dim, and torches are lit around the lagoon. The beginning of the show is narrated by Jim Cummings, who says: “Good evening. On behalf of Walt Disney World, the place where dreams come true, we welcome all of you to Epcot and World Showcase. We’ve gathered here tonight, around the fire, as people of all lands have gathered for thousands and thousands of years before us; to share the light and to share a story. An amazing story, as old as time itself but still being written. And though each of us has our own individual stories to tell, a true adventure emerges when we bring them all together as one. We hope you enjoy our story tonight; Reflections of Earth.” IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth is split into three acts:

Act I: Chaos. Chaos represents the creation of the planet Earth from a cosmic event. (This part uses the Inferno Barge.)
Act II: Order. The Earth Globe appears. As the Earth cools, it changes from hot white to red to blue. Images appear on the Globe of countries, famous places, objects, and people. Chaos turns to Order.
Act III: Celebration. The Earth Globe opens revealing a torch and 1,000 white fireworks are ignited. The final loud fireworks explode with a white flash and end with a loud crackle.
The post-show announcement is, “All of us at Epcot have enjoyed hosting you at World Showcase Lagoon, and we hope you have enjoyed Reflections of Earth, presented by Sylvania, a Siemens Company. Thank you and may all your dreams come true.”"

The Inferno Barge is a platform in the center of the Lagoon that explodes HUGE explosions of fire and gas, and the Earth Globe is a one-of-a-kind spherical video display system hosted by some 15,600 pixels, each consisting of 12 LEDs. Magnificent. If you’ve never seen it before, PLEASE watch the embedded video. It’s unlike any show you’ve ever seen before:

Breathtaking. Since Epcot this evening had Extra Magic Hours for guests staying in resort hotels, we got our wristbands that permitted us to stay until midnight as opposed to 9PM like everyone else, and we finished the rest of the countries in the World Showcase, including a taste of Lefse at the Norway Pavilion. Mmm. :D

We went to bed that night after packing up some belongings, as we had to check out early in the morning. =/ Our vacation was coming to a close, it felt like. We awoke and got off to a slow start, fearing we’d miss one of the things we’d been looking forward to the most: the Star Wars Weekend Parade in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We checked out just in time at 11AM, and the parade was scheduled for 11:15AM. 11:35 we were entering the park, knowing we missed it. :( But wait - there’s still a crowd…? I walked to the road and asked a man standing nearby, who said the parade was just about to start! 11:45, not 11:15! Lucky us, and front row seats! I went photo-happy:

Now, as we were at the gate where the parade started, when it ended the rest of the park was still watching. So we ran to the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular and voila! Center row seats for the 12:30PM showing! This show has three acts to it: the giant rolling rock bit, the marketplace fight, and the German mechanic fistfight, all from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Intermitten in between are some presentations and funny skits from volunteers and the director. Altogether a fun, exciting show. We then walked around to see celebrity character signings, and managed to (after a lengthy wait) get Darth Vader’s!

Then, off to The Magic Kingdom, which involved a monorail ride - something we hadn’t gotten to do yet. :D Tricia got the full Disney Experience, I’d say. We only went back for The Haunted Mansion ride, altogether a good pick. Entertaining and cooling, even more so since the ride halted for a moment because someone invariably did something stupid. XD We checked back into the Doubletree Hotel and were rewarded with warm cookies yet again, and soon found ourselves in Downtown Disney. This time parking took forever, like everyone in the world wanted to be a part of Pleasure Island. People were following each other mindlessly looking to snipe a parking spot, but I was lucky enough to snag one after we drove around for a bit. We then began gathering souvenirs and gifts for our friends and family after a quick bite to eat at Downtown Disney’s McDonald’s (most expensive ever - $6.50+ for a Big Mac Meal, and no Dollar Menu). For dessert we headed to the Ghiradelli soda fountain for their World Famous Hot Fudge Sundae. Mmmmmmm. :D

Saturday morning we checked out and began the long drive back to Atlanta. Sad, I know. The weather got nasty, demonstrated by a branch with Spanish moss flying off a tree and next to the car… and on the road, the wind and rain was so severe we were slowed to about 40mph in a 70mph zone, complete with hazard lights we didn’t know how to turn off once they were on. XD We passed through Macon again and ran into Maria and Stambo at their home this time, and met Jack, their Jack Russell Terrier. I was covered in hair (the car still is!) XD. From there we drove to a little local pizza shop and had a great time talking, laughing, and eating. I hope we can spend more time together soon.

We hit Atlanta around 9PM, and made our way back to the fraternity. I left my car in the alley next to the house, and I was luckily not ticketed. XD Eowyn put us up for the night in her room, considering she was going to be out and her roommate was out of town. Tricia and I slept pretty soundlessly until the wee hours of the morning, when we had to get up and double check all of her belongings before I dropped her off at the airport via MARTA. :( Sad times, man.

Afterwards I went back to the fraternity and slept some more before picking Eowyn up from work, sharing a lunch with her, and them coming home, tired and not really looking foward to work the next day. Such is life, eh?

Well, that’s my (incredibly long) Disney Vacation report for you! Hope you enjoyed it, and leave me a comment!

5 days to go

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fish

on June 15, 2008

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Really looking forward to Friday at this pace. At least this week shouldn’t be too shabby - Tricia’s out of school and getting ready for our vacation, I’ll be busy packing and the like, and on Thursday I don’t really have a “work” day - Tim (the boss) is taking all of us interns with a few other employees in a big government van to go see the Hunley. Our workgroup at SRS is doing partnered work with the Hunley group, so we get to go see it. The Hunley is a Confederate States of America submarine, the first submarine to ever sink a warship. However, in that process, it sunk itself and over 136 years later from that fatal mission in 1864 it was recovered and sent to Charleston, SC. Our trip will be taking off at 7AM and getting back around 5PM - I hope to take a ton of pictures. :D

So last night I saw The Incredible Hulk. It lives up the the title “incredible”, that’s for sure. :D I don’t want to say too much here in the instance that someone hasn’t seen it yet and doesn’t want it spoiled for them, but I will say there’s a lot of great acting, some unexpected humor, some really fun cameos, and a lot of KICKASS motherfuckin’ HULK action. ^__^ (Also, don’t bother waiting after the credits - there’s nothing. The scene that should be there was moved to the very end of the movie… you’ll be able to identify it easily.)

Recently, I’ve been reading Super Effective, a side comic from VGCats. Granted there’s only 8 comics so far, I do rather enjoy this project of Scott’s. I hope that he continues this and it fleshes out more. :)

Mr. Bill was a fantastic skit 3 decades ago on SNL, wherein Mr. Bill was ALWAYS abused and mutilated during routine tasks. Seems like Mastercard decided to reach back for some good old humor with their latest commercial, reviving Mr. Bill:

:D “Ohhh noooooo!” XD

I don’t really know what else to add other than what I’ve already said. Chances are this will be my last post until I leave for my vacation, where I hopefully will have a ton of pictures and anecdotes to elaborate on. So, until next time, toodles!

Media Musings

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fish

on June 2, 2008

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First up: it’s Sex AND the City? I swore it was Sex IN the City. News to me. @_@

I notice I rant a bit as you pointed out, Seph, but… sorry, here’s another. XD Sex In The City is… well, it’s one of those many, many TV shows in the media today that enrapture people for all the wrong reasons. What happened to the days of dignified acting, responsible and respectable actresses like Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, or Judy Garland who still managed to be outrageously attractive and not complete ~~sarcastic sluts~~ sorry, “four intelligent women in control of their own lives” - wherein “control” somehow means being ridden like a racehorse in the bedroom at every opportunity.

And yet Sex and the City stars are today’s Hepburn, idolized and inspiring all the wrong ideals. “It’s okay to be a high-priced whore with expensive shoes, wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other!” Shows like this (and “My Super Sweet 16 - don’t EVEN get me started) emphasize and underline a syndrome in today’s youth I like to call PPS - “Pampered Princess Syndrome” - an overwhelming sense of “can’t do wrong” inspired by feminism and shallow media like this.

Finally, Sarah Jessica Parker: you look like a horse. Stop it.

Robot Chicken nailed this:

ANYWAY. I should be sleeping soon. I need to go make my lunch for the morning, though, and retrieve my work pants from the dryer downstairs first. But… I had to rant a bit. XD My camera battery died today. :( It was the free disposable that came with it - I’d say it lasted rather long. Good run - I hope the camera continues some good battery functionality like this. Speaking of cameras, my brother and I had a good time in Wal*Mart today going and getting a camera SD card for him along with a USB memory stick - each at 1GB. Our plan had been to get him a nice LCD HDTV at around 19″, but the only good one we liked was sold out… so we abandoned that, put down the nice $44 upconverting (!!) DVD player we found, set aside the HDMI cable for it, and gathered the other goodies. I like electronics shopping. XD And I’m liking how often I can hang out with Cody lately - I guess we’ve bother matured past the “we hate each other” stages of our lives. :) Funny, eh? We’ve been playing GTA 4 almost every night, laughing and having fun. ^^

I also got a nice pair of cheap sunglasses (cue ZZ Top). I look so cool. :D I’ve always liked the cheapos - who can afford or actively require the hundred dollar sunglasses (unless they’re prescription)? And I don’t feel nearly as bad as those spendy people would when I’ll inevitably break mine. XD

18 days and 16 hours til Tricia arrives. :3 It’s getting so close! I washed the car today and everything (trust me, it needed it). I’m so anxious to see her and drive to DisneyWorld. I feel like a kid again. XD

OH! So Andrew graduated, and we attended that ceremony as well. Very different from my brother’s. I liked the speeches given, particularly the one from the Salutatorian, who was both entertaining AND intelligent (as well as humble). The Valedictorian was a bit preachy, but damn… he was offered full-ride scholarships to Harvard, Princeton, AND Yale. @_@ Anyway, Saturday was spent in the morning at TKD for the testing, where I got to have some fun, but my brother and Andrew put on a demo that, while very cool, resulting in my brother breaking some minor bones in his foot. =/ So he’s been limping around. Hope he feels better soon…

I should wrap this up - gotta sleep. @_@

LEAVE ME COMMENTS. @_@

FOX REPUBLOVISION

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fish

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Pretty much sums up that network in a breeze. So the other day a “FOX News Contributor” Liz Trotta had a very interesting remark live on-air:

Wow. You stay classy, Faux News. She wasn’t fired or even reprimanded - she only gave a contrived and condescending “I’m SOOOO sorry! *snicker*” apology as an afterthought at the end of another segment a few days later. Y’know, maybe that “apology” is all she had time for - knitting all those white hoods must really cut into your free time.

So to cheer everyone up after that:

PANCAKES. Apparently Cabin Fever was supposed to be scary - news to me! I just laughed when I saw this. :P

As an update to something I previously wrote, MSN will allowed Youtube links now - they fixed that fast, thank goodness.

So I didn’t do too much at work today, sadly. I got to read Tricia’s paper on the Haitian Vodou religion and proofread it back for her, then I stalked Marci for a while to get her to look at the website stuff I’ve done. Unfortunately after a long weekend Marci had a lot of other more important things to get done, so I scanned a TON of drawings with Amanda in Document Control. I came home and sleeeeept. About to sleep some more, and work, and sleep… I hate how that happens to my summer. Sure, I get a nice paycheck, but all my time just goes…. away. Which is worth more? Time or money? Money’s only important if you have none… *shrugs*

Rap entertains me when it’s done right. That is to say, intelligent humorous lyrics help. :P That said, check this video out (thanks to Maria for this):

Priceless. XD Alright, I’m done here.

Tummyache. :(

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fish

on May 26, 2008

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I feel rotten for not having posted here in a while. I feel like I’m failing whoever might still read this.

Ugh. I feel rotten overall, too. I had Waffle House tonight - we (Stan, JJ, Cody, and I) went there and got a midnight snack. I guess it didn’t agree with me… Overall today was pretty long, but rather cool - Cody graduated and all.

……Fast Forward.

I wrote that last night. Got tired of trying to write and instead spent the night online with Tricia. :)

Whenever I sleep at Stan’s I get very, very strange dreams. Unfortunately I can never remember them. Sometimes I do for some time of the morning… but never long enough to write them down. As was the case this morning, too - I was in a daze as Cody drove home, I went upstairs and flopped onto my bed and I was out for the next several hours of dreamless sleep.

I also sat around and rearranged my iTunes songs for my iPhone and ended up downloading some trailers via iTunes: Tropic Thunder, which looks terribly entertaining, and the new The Incredible Hulk trailer:

The Motherfucking Hulk SMASH. I think they nailed this one. Looking forward to it. :P Let it buffer for a while - someone managed to get an HD video on youtube, but it takes a bit. Speaking of movies, my brother and I just finished watching Fight Club. :D

Anyway, back to what I’d written last night. As we were watching the graduation ceremony for my brother, I found myself in conversation with his girlfriend about the… exaggerated appeal of it all. It’s just high school, we remarked. Yet the excitement and the seriousness, the “sanctity” of the event - all laughable. No air horns, no beach balls, yet people still yelled and cheered for their kids like lunatics - as if that diploma was the sole culminating achievement of their children’s lives. Speeches by students saying “We did it!” Well… yeah, so did about 95% of everyone else sitting out in the audience did too - let’s face it, the district we live in has a ton of money and wealthy families. Given the resources and help, anything less than graduation would be pathetic. If this were the county next door, or inner city kids, then that’s a different story. And the little Valedictorian girl was pretty pompous; full of hot air and an overwhelming sense of self-pride. Go on and tell everyone at college you were Valedictorian of your class and see how long it takes and how many “so whats” you’ll get before you realize it’s a one-time title, and after that it’s essentially useless. Get over yourself.

*coughs* That being said, I beat GTA 4. Probably the best story for a video game I’ve ever seen, period. Especially the ending. SPOILERS AHOY!

To sum things up:

11:47:54 PM Chik and Lemming: so? GTA?
11:49:14 PM Fish: so the game begins with Niko stepping off the boat, ready to start his life anew in Liberty City. He is met by his cousin Roman, and Niko soon discovers that the “American Dream” Roman told Niko about is a lie - Roman is a struggling owner of a small cab business
11:49:46 PM Fish: Niko is frustrated, but also learns that Roman has a bit of a gambling problem and owes money to the Russian mob.
11:50:43 PM Fish: Niko begins taking oddjobs from them to pay it off, eventually earning some clout with them. Finally, one of the bosses goes kinda nuts, so his best friend and right hand man, Dimitri, has Niko kill the boss.
11:51:29 PM Fish: Turns out Dimitri was using Niko, and wanted Niko and Roman dead, but you and your cousin eventually escape. Dimitri torches both the cab business HQ AND their apartment in the slums.
11:51:52 PM Chik and Lemming: o.o hmmmmmm
11:52:17 PM Fish: Roman’s girlfriend takes them in for a while, and you do oddjobs for other mobs around town. You also find out why Niko came to the states aside from a new beginning… he fought in the Bosnian War.
11:53:11 PM Fish: his squad was betrayed for money, and they and their entire village was slaughtered… he and only 2 others of the squad survived, so one of the other two must’ve betrayed them, and they both live in Liberty City.
11:53:24 PM Fish: Niko wants to know why - they were practically brothers.
11:54:06 PM Fish: that’s why he’s taking these jobs… so the mob can find these men for him.
11:55:40 PM Fish: so… the plot continues… Roman eventually gets engaged to his girlfriend…
11:56:11 PM Fish: Niko takes more jobs, meets more new interesting people… the McReary’s are an Irish bunch of mobsters, but they have a sister, Kate, who Niko begins to care for.
11:56:31 PM Fish: Niko finds one of his old squad guys, Florian.
11:56:52 PM Fish: Florian changed his name to Bernie and is now a gay aerobics instructor - not the betrayer.
11:57:17 PM Fish: Florian’s obviously moved on.
11:57:28 PM Fish: which brings me to me finishing the game tonight.
11:57:43 PM Fish: They got the other guy, Darko.
11:58:13 PM Fish: you’re given a choice - execute him for his deeds or leave him.
11:58:17 PM Chik and Lemming: mhmm?
11:58:42 PM Fish: I left him. he was obviously ill in the head - tortured himself with drug addictions…
11:59:12 PM Fish: it was powerful, but just after that was the final mission.
12:00:22 AM Fish: Jimmy Pegorino, an Italian mobster you’ve been working for, has finally got buyers for a HUGE shipment of heroin you’ve been helping to hide and stash for a while: The Russian Mob. Their contact and business parter? Dimitri.
12:01:27 AM Fish: Niko refuses, but Pegorino threatens him and Roman and says once this is done, they get a huge payload, he’s no longer indebted to any mafias, and he can start his new life having settled his troubles from the Bosnian War past.
12:02:28 AM Fish: Well, after the “assignment”, Niko calls Roman for advice, and Roman slips that he found out where Dimitri is.
12:02:45 AM Fish: Niko now has the choice of killing Dimitri or doing the deal.
12:03:19 AM Fish: Roman begs him to do the deal. Niko calls Kate for advice, she begs him not to trust Dimitri, he’s betrayed him before and will again.
12:03:35 AM Fish: I was given the choice.
12:03:51 AM Fish: I chose to do the deal for the betterment of Niko and Roman’s new lives.
12:04:14 AM Fish: of COURSE the deal goes sour, but you get the money and Niko is still alive.
12:04:34 AM Fish: this sealed the fate for the final mission - Roman’s wedding.
12:04:49 AM Chik and Lemming: mhmm?
12:05:15 AM Fish: you go to the church, watch the wedding…. when one of Dimitri’s hitmen shows up to silence Niko.
12:05:29 AM Fish: they scuffle over the gun, and it goes off, killing Roman in the arms of his new wife.
12:05:46 AM Chik and Lemming: o.o
12:06:33 AM Fish: Niko looses it - unloads the gun into the corpse of the assassin, and vows revenge on Dimitri (who you witness murdering Pegorino so he can keep all the heroin money)
12:07:26 AM Fish: after a lengthy chase involving cars, speedboats, helicopters.. you finally kill him at the base of the Statue of Happiness (Statue of Liberty, basically)
12:07:39 AM Fish: just…. incredible cinematography.
12:07:42 AM Fish: and the dialogue.
12:07:43 AM Chik and Lemming: yeah? o.o
12:08:07 AM Fish: I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it could be the best game ever.
12:08:24 AM Fish: I was choked up by the end of it. Niko is a powerful character.
12:09:16 AM Fish: after the credits, the game saves and Niko calls Roman’s widow to say he’s avenged his cousin… you find out she was pregnant, and they were planning to announce it at the reception.

The other ending, less powerful, was that you chose to kill Dimitri, then at the wedding Pegorino and his men perform a driveby, killing Kate by accident. Then the chase is after Pegorino. An FAQ summed up my feelings on the ending perfectly:

“In my personal opinion, however, after having played through the entire game twice, I believe that the “Deal” option is actually the better ending, for several reasons. First, the loss of Roman is quite a bit more substantial of a blow to Niko than Kate. Roman is literally the first character we as the players meet in the game, and the tendentious bond between the cousins is substantial and even poignant at times. Kate is merely a single love interest in a series of potential love interests in the game, and the player can quite easily progress through the game while ignoring Kate almost entirely, save for her appearances in a few pre-mission cutscenes.

The “Mr. and Mrs. Bellic” cutscene respective to the different endings underscore this distinction quite nicely, in my opinion. The cutscene with Kate’s death seemed rather abrupt and poorly acted by comparison to the one in which Roman was killed. Niko, who rarely loses composure, firing the gun repeatedly into the lifeless corpse of the assailant was an extremely powerful scene and one that brought to life the powerful drive for revenge that would culminate in the final showdown with Dimitri. The event also solidified the folly of trusting Dimitri, both with respect to honestly carrying out the drug transaction and the likelihood of him leaving Roman and Niko alone.

The finale sequence is laden with irony in this respect. Those who had grown to have an affinity for Roman, and were thus inclined to accede to his wishes for Niko to forget his thirst for vengeance and do the deal with Dimitri, were punished with Roman’s death. By listening to Roman, you seal his fate, which is actually quite appropriate given Roman’s tendency to get himself into bad situations. By listening to Kate, you end up losing her. It is an appropriate twist for the rather grim and dark tale told in Grand Theft Auto IV.”

I can’t think of much more to say, other than you should play this game. You need to, if you love a good story. Even my telling of it all cannot do the real thing justice.

That’s it for now!

Super Cruel Mario.

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I’ve not done very much lately. Worked all last week, having a great time doing it. It really makes time fly - Disneyworld will be here in no time at this rate. And I have a 4-day weekend coming up! Victoria will be visiting, and I might get to see everyone in Atlanta again. I sure hope - I really miss all of them.

Last night I spent the night at Stan’s house and we spent a good portion of it looking at videos of Mario mods. I’d figure I’d share them.

First up is Cat Mario. Thanks to Brandon and Eowyn for this hilarity:

The video has a slow start, but give it a bit to really get you laughing. It’s not so much of a mod as it is a completely from-scratch game that resembles Mario in level design… until you realize all the components you take for granted in Mario don’t apply here. Bricks and platforms dodge to avoid you, appear out of nowhere to kill, enemies and items don’t do their normal functions, etc. It’s rather a bitch. You can play it here at this applet.

Next is a rather difficult mod, but the humor in this is the voiceover for me. XD

This time, there’s no floor, but at least items act as programmed. It’s just a bitch. :P Not too much to say other than I love it when this guy gets upset. XD

And now for Asshole Mario:

This one is INTENSE. Everything works as you’d expect it to in Super Mario World, they just program stages on a Legendary difficulty. It’s pretty much rape, and you have to rely on exploits (mostly spin jumping on enemies you wouldn’t expect). There are quite a few installments of this series, and the editor does a nice job of cutting out the unnecessary.

Anything else? Let’s see… I played Rock Band for the first time the other night. I give it hell, and for some good reasons. The difficulty for the guitar is nothing compared to Guitar Hero’s… The GUI is SHIT. I couldn’t figure out what the hell I was selecting for multiplayer. The animation is choppy and feels incomplete. The only redeeming factor is having friends aimlessly yell into the microphone (the mic detects only pitch and not the word… so “blah blah blah” or “bitch dick whore” work just fine) and banging on the drums as loudly as possible to drown out the rest of the game. Because controllers should always be louder than the actual game. *rolleyes*

Tricia sent me a box of goodies! A bunch of awesome ducks are now miiiine, and a Free Tibet bumper sticker is on my car. I got some kettle corn, some carmel corn, and some magnet toys and Stephen Colbert’s “I Am America (And So Can You!)”. I can’t wait to read it cover to cover. :)

That’s all I really have for right now.

High as a kite

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….Explains this Haitian man entirely:

I laughed my ass off. Fantastic 10 second clip.

I feel rather guilty that I’ve not written in a few days. I started my job at SRS Monday, and since then I’ve had my free time severely cut down. I wake up at 6AM, get to work at about 7AM, and work until about 4:30-5PM. Then I drive an hour home, and have about 4-6 hours do to what I want before I sleep….not a lot, sadly. Since I’m waiting for an opportunity to get the computer at work fixed up for me (and a computer account in general), I’m more or less Marcie’s workdog, doing oddjobs (mostly pulling staples out of papers older than I am to be scanned and digitized). Today I did sit in a meeting for 4 hours though. @_@ At least the company of my coworkers is the same great group.

As you can see, though, in the meantime Tricia’s been writing quite a bit. Please keep up with and read and comment on her blogs! <3

Tonight I spent hanging out at Border's and Wal*Mart with Charlotte, Aaron's girlfriend. We had fun talking this and that about movies - good times. I fueled my media whoring a bit and I purchased T2, The Emperor’s New Groove, and The Mask.

My grandfather has malignant melanoma on his face. At first they thought it was carcinoma and removed it, but found out it wasn’t when it came back… and worse yet, it’s an odd strain that travels via nerves as opposed to tissue… So my folks are driving him short-notice to Orlando, FL, tomorrow for radiology treatment. They don’t know how long they’ll be gone. Until then, it’s just my brother and I holding down the fort. Kinda worried…

An interesting video I ran across earlier - so apparently back in the day it was popular if, during a radio interview, if you didn’t want it to be aired you simply laced it with as many profanities as you can muster. This made me laugh so hard - you can hear the baseball coach almost laugh twice near the end:

One last thing since I’m a bit… unable to sleep. Wal*Mart bathrooms are ridiculous. 2 stalls, 2 urinals…. and SIX sinks? Who the fuck thought that up? Why do we need to be able to handle more hand washing than pissing/crapping in a restroom!?! Furthermore, the sinks hardly fuck work. They have automatic sensors that are so out of alignment that by the time you get them on to wash your hands, they cut back off. One sink drained the water straight onto the floor! Nice job there, Lou. Good to see technical school for plumbing paid off in full. Then again, if I could con people THAT well, I’d be a bit more rich, eh? :P

And that’s all I really have to say for now. More survey to come later!

loadoffowl

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Trish

on May 11, 2008

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As in birds. Because I’m known as “Chik”. Moving along.

As you can immediately tell, Clint has foolishly given me the power to write here, which will eventually lead to a most imminent demise. In the mean time, I’m thanking him greatly for letting me have access in lieu of obtaining my own blog.

I hope that my writings can serve the site well, although nobody should expect me to be quite as active as Clint. He’s got a creative genius in journalism that I can’t compare to.

Anyway, I’ll offer you a bit about myself (hopefully not too much of which you could have gotten from reading my response to his surveys thus far). My name is Patricia Lownds, 23 year old senior at University of Oregon. Brown hair, green eyes, 5′3 and about 98lbs. An Aquarian Rat who only likes long walks on the beach if the breeze isn’t too strong and I haven’t been out wading in the water too long. Trust me, sea salt on your legs itches.

In other words, I grew up in a coastal town of about 5,000, though the population can get up to about half a million in the summer when we host the Hood to Coast Relay, the largest relay race in the world, which (big duh) starts at Mt. Hood east of Portland and ends in Seaside, lasting two days before large-scale festivities occur on the beach. We also host an international volleyball tournament in August and an amazing fireworks display on the 4th of July, at least so far as you can expect for one hosted by a small town. The official ones (and thousands more illegal ones) are being shot off right above you, so pretty damned fun.

Let’s see. Interests. I’m majoring in Cultural Anthropology and and also trying to get a certificate (which really counts for nothing but looks nifty) in Folklore (as they only offer Masters and Doctorates in the field here). Enjoy drawing, fave T.V. shows that are on the air include Desperate Housewives, Lost, and Heroes. I love food. Loooove food. I can be a bit picky, but eating’s always on my mind. Blame the high metabolism. Oh, also like the interwebs, but otherwise I wouldn’t be talking to you right now for a variety of reasons.

Well, need to cut and run- about time to go after dinner! So I hope to see everyone soon and actually give you something to look at!

Just beat it… just beat it…

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on May 5, 2008

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On the radio this afternoon as I drove to the movie theater to see Iron Man, a song came on the radio… “Beat It”. It wasn’t MJ though! It was Fallout Boy. What the hell. @_@

Anyway. Leprechauns apparently exist, and climb up trees in southern Alabama. It’s an OLD clip, but I rediscovered it last night and hell… it never gets old. To those of you who remember this, cherish it, and to those of you who’ve never seen it, enjoy it:

Gotta love that amateur sketch. Enjoy the rap song someone made out of this piece.

I’ve been researching cameras again, and I think I’ve made the decision that I don’t need the humongous Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT anymore. It’s too big and too expensive, doesn’t do videos and uses only the viewfinder to take pictures… So I’ve looked into Kodak, and I think I’m going to go with the Kodak Z1012 IS.

It’s just as good, really. 2 more megapixels (for a 10.1MP count), lighter/smaller, and does HD video recordings (nifty!). If I order it soon from the Kodak website, I get a 2GB SD card free (another plus is that Kodak cameras use SD, which I already have; Canon cameras use Compact Flash, and I would have had to buy a different card) and free shipping. And no interchangeable lenses means I won’t be tempted in the future. XD

I feel really bad about Nancy, Eowyn, and Brandon getting mugged the other day. I wish I could help somehow, but I don’t know how, or if I even can… I just want to say I love you guys. <3

And more survey:

SLEEP
(110) What’s the average amount of sleep a night you get?: Lately, enough (at least 8 hrs). At school, totally not enough (less than 5 hrs).
(111) Do you sleep on your tummy, side, back, …or...etc?: Always fall asleep on my back.
(112) Do you sleep sprawled out, straight out, or curled up?: Pretty much straight out.
(113) Do you drool?: >.> I have on occasion, but only if end up face down some how, which is rare.
(114) Do you snore?: Not that I’m aware of. I doubt it.
(115) Do you talk in you sleep?: Nope.
(116) Types of nightmares that actually have an effect on you when you wake?: Ones very similar to reality, or touch close to home. Once in a blue moon do they occur though.
(117) Type of dreams do you prefer best?: Crazy, sci-fi dreams. :D
(118) Latest dream theme: Random. Totally random.

FRIENDS
(119) List your closest friends: Ooooh no I don’t. If I do this, I’m bound to miss someone and offend them.
(120) Which ones would you sacrifice yourself for?: My closest ones. HA RECURSION.
(121) Who do you believe to be the strongest mentally? (can choose yourself): Jessica is smart. @_@
(122) Who do you believe to be the strongest physically? (can choose yourself): Nancy has tolerated a hell of a lot more than I think I can.
(123) Which one is the sweetest? (can choose yourself): Tricia. <3
(124) Which one is the most sarcastic? (ca- aww heck, you all get the drift -.-): Jessica by far.
(125) Which one whines the most?: I'm a whiner. XD
(126) Which one is the most playful?: Eowyn is pretty playful. :P
(127) Which one is the most serious?: Hm. Richard, methinks.
(128) Which one is most understanding?: Tricia gets me most (bias, I know).
(129) Which one is the most stressed?: Eowyn gets a lot of shit she doesn't need.
(130) Which one is least likely to survive out in the wild?: Get back to me on that. >.>
(131) Which one to do want to change, even if it’s a minor change? (nyeh, can’t choose yourself): Tricia’s location. :P
(132) Last person to have a phone conversation with?: Tricia, but before that Stan.
(133) Last person to have an instant message conversation with?: Dally!
(134) Last person to send/receive an e-mail to/from you?: …Tricia?
(135) Last person you touched/had physical contact with?: Seph, methinks.
(136) Most liked by your parents?: Tricia.
(137) Most likely to be sent to jail?: STAN.
(138) Most likely to die first?: No clue, really.
(139) Most likely to die last?: Not me. I dunno though.
(140) Most likely to lose their virginity first?: …Isn’t this a little invalid now? This was made ages ago…
(141) Most likely to just run and tackle a black bear?: @_@ Uh…
(142) Most likely to somehow drift/break/etc. from your friendship?: I hope none. I really can’t say I think anyone can escape me. Muahaha.
(143) Most likely to scream and run from a vampire?: None. XD

ELK VS EAGLE VS AMERICA

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on May 1, 2008

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type, and don’t backspace at all. My name is Trish and I like fish. :D Especially salmon. Although albacore and and and shrimp on salad and of course halibut and cod are also good. Fried, anyway. With crust. Num num.

It’s “OM NOM NOM”, hon. o.o

I’d say that the elk on the dorm room door disagree. They are eating grass. And saying “numnumnum” about it. Like civilized herbivores.

Leave it to Canadians to screw it up. Canadian ELK.

…but it’s elk in Clatsop County. Like…a half hour from my house at the most. XD OMG CANADA IS INFILTRATING OREGON.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. WE NEED MORE WALLS. AND BORDER PATROL FOR THE GORRAM ELK.

GET THE EAGLES TO PATROL THE BORDER! Bald eagles! - what the fuck is an eagle going to do against an elk? That’s like… one epicly bad battle. Really? C’mon. “I’LL PECK YOUR FUCKIN’ EYES OUT AND….AND NOTHING ELSE.”

No, you’re getting it wrong. They’ll shat upon the elk’s fur. And get it incredibly and disgustingly sticky. Besides, if you’re dissing eagles for not being able to do more, you’re also dissing my high school mascot. BECAUSE I WAS A FRICKIN ANAL PROBE.

A.HAHAHAHAHAH.

Okay, now that we’re going to IGNORE Fish. IGNORE. Riiiiiight. Ignore. HA. HAHAHA.

Yeah, he really does need to get more sleep. This multiple personality bit is just freaky. Anyway. Eagles are a symbol of AMERICA. Not the America that includes both “North” and “PENIS” and therefore those ridiculous Canadians (except the ones who are really PENIS), nor the PENIS that have those damned terrorists (by that I mean Nicaraguans, not Mexicans). The America where freedom PENIS reigns, apple PENIS is baked, and birds represent all of our hopes and dreams rolled up into one feathery ball. ESPECIALLY the ones that are endangered PENIS.

Also, Fish is a twat. HEY. Just because there is an old saying “You are what you eat” doesn’t make it true.

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