Jeff in BigD
Oldschool DISer
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- Aug 18, 1999
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Well, I'm totally zonked. This past week has been pretty wild.
Monday - make some last minute errands & I got to my folks' house. My sister was an hour late & almost had to meet us at the airport. Once we got there the flight boarded an hour & a half late. We got to Long Beach & had to walk down steps from the jet (whoa, old school). It was as humid as Dallas was.
We grabbed In-N-Out before we headed towards the relatives.
Tuesday - The folks took our relatives to Laughlin. I wanted to get to Disneyland close to when the park opened (8am)...we ended up getting there at around noon.
My cousin used his AP, so we got $30 off our 2 day hopper passes & got free parking. We had a pretty good time in the park. We had some good Chili burgers from Tomy Burgers.
As we were getting in line for Small World, I saw Tom from Blink 182 only a couple people ahead of me. There was an extra space on the boat, but when the loading CM asked me if I was part of their party I said know because they were with security. I tried to snap a picture nonchalantly, but his wife got kinda snippy & asked me not to "do that". I guess it was because they had their kid with them. My friend told me that I should have told him that I was a really big fan & I just wanted a picture with him - hindsight, 20-20...
Wednesday - We hit Del Taco for break/lunch & went to Huntington Beach. It was cloudy for a good part of the day. I learned that my shorts were a little too big the hard way - the waves forced them down. I had to spend the whole time with a hand on my shorts to keep the family jewels from being publicly displayed. After 30 minutes or so, I was done for the day. On the way back we saw a toy store & an adult toy store right next to each other.
Later that night we went to see Pirates again & used my sister's passes at the Block. My cousin & I went to corner bakery & I tried to use my Brinker discount (which I just found out is only good in the general city area you live in) & ended up getting a discount, though it took a good 20 minutes to resolve & I only got 20% instead of 25%. Then my sister & her friend came into eat & she asked my if I could get a discount.
Thursday - I asked if everyone could be ready to go by 8:30 to get to the park at 9 & they all said that we could do it. 2 girls, 1 bathroom...yeah, we didn't get to the park until 10. We went to DL for most of the day. We had a pretty good time. We went to In-N-Out for lunch. We then head for DCA & do Soaring, Animation Tour, California Screamin & get ready for MSEP. I took a ton of pictures but was disappointed that they'd shortened it. We got back on CA Screamin (via fast pass) & were on the ride right as the fireworks were going off (mega-rad). We hit Mullholland Madness & then hopped back over to DL for Matterhorn & Peter Pan (which turned out to be the longest wait we'd see the whole time. We'd missed dinner, so we grabbed some Del Taco on the way home.
Friday - We get up & start packing. My cousin wants to come over & have lunch with us. We have...you guessed it, In-N-Out. My sister polished off 2 double-doubles! I was leaning back in one of the lawn rocking chairs & hit my head on the concrete. I don't know what happened to me, but I felt dizzy & drunk the rest of the day. Our flight was supposed to leave at 3:30, but didn't take off until nearly an hour later. We get back to Dallas & by the time we get to my folks' house it's 10. My dad fixed some steaks for us & I went swimming for a bit. When I got dressed & ready to leave for home around midnight, only I have a flat. I'd filled it a couple days before we left, so I knew I need some fix-a-flat. I ended up spending the night.
Saturday - I get up around 10:30 & head out to fix it. My sister was really hoping to make it to the Warped Tour at 11 (when the gates opened), but I knew that wasn't going to happen. By the time we get ready to go, it's about 1. We didn't get there until about 2. We had a lot of fun there & I enjoyed seeing Tsunami Bomb, The Ataris & Face to Face. Face to Face were signing free posters, so I got mine. My camera's batteries died halfway through, so I didn't get a ton of pics of my favorite bands. Bowling For Soup had a large crowd, but they had their mics screwed up. The Fat Wreck Chords tent was a disappointment & the whole "Not My President" thing has gotten really old.
I saw this couple I'd talked to at another show in April, which was pretty funny. The Warped media guy wanted to get a picture of me & my "Sanchez" shirt.
Sunday - *sigh* I was back at the daily grind...
Monday - make some last minute errands & I got to my folks' house. My sister was an hour late & almost had to meet us at the airport. Once we got there the flight boarded an hour & a half late. We got to Long Beach & had to walk down steps from the jet (whoa, old school). It was as humid as Dallas was.
We grabbed In-N-Out before we headed towards the relatives.
Tuesday - The folks took our relatives to Laughlin. I wanted to get to Disneyland close to when the park opened (8am)...we ended up getting there at around noon.
My cousin used his AP, so we got $30 off our 2 day hopper passes & got free parking. We had a pretty good time in the park. We had some good Chili burgers from Tomy Burgers.
As we were getting in line for Small World, I saw Tom from Blink 182 only a couple people ahead of me. There was an extra space on the boat, but when the loading CM asked me if I was part of their party I said know because they were with security. I tried to snap a picture nonchalantly, but his wife got kinda snippy & asked me not to "do that". I guess it was because they had their kid with them. My friend told me that I should have told him that I was a really big fan & I just wanted a picture with him - hindsight, 20-20...
Wednesday - We hit Del Taco for break/lunch & went to Huntington Beach. It was cloudy for a good part of the day. I learned that my shorts were a little too big the hard way - the waves forced them down. I had to spend the whole time with a hand on my shorts to keep the family jewels from being publicly displayed. After 30 minutes or so, I was done for the day. On the way back we saw a toy store & an adult toy store right next to each other.
Later that night we went to see Pirates again & used my sister's passes at the Block. My cousin & I went to corner bakery & I tried to use my Brinker discount (which I just found out is only good in the general city area you live in) & ended up getting a discount, though it took a good 20 minutes to resolve & I only got 20% instead of 25%. Then my sister & her friend came into eat & she asked my if I could get a discount.
Thursday - I asked if everyone could be ready to go by 8:30 to get to the park at 9 & they all said that we could do it. 2 girls, 1 bathroom...yeah, we didn't get to the park until 10. We went to DL for most of the day. We had a pretty good time. We went to In-N-Out for lunch. We then head for DCA & do Soaring, Animation Tour, California Screamin & get ready for MSEP. I took a ton of pictures but was disappointed that they'd shortened it. We got back on CA Screamin (via fast pass) & were on the ride right as the fireworks were going off (mega-rad). We hit Mullholland Madness & then hopped back over to DL for Matterhorn & Peter Pan (which turned out to be the longest wait we'd see the whole time. We'd missed dinner, so we grabbed some Del Taco on the way home.
Friday - We get up & start packing. My cousin wants to come over & have lunch with us. We have...you guessed it, In-N-Out. My sister polished off 2 double-doubles! I was leaning back in one of the lawn rocking chairs & hit my head on the concrete. I don't know what happened to me, but I felt dizzy & drunk the rest of the day. Our flight was supposed to leave at 3:30, but didn't take off until nearly an hour later. We get back to Dallas & by the time we get to my folks' house it's 10. My dad fixed some steaks for us & I went swimming for a bit. When I got dressed & ready to leave for home around midnight, only I have a flat. I'd filled it a couple days before we left, so I knew I need some fix-a-flat. I ended up spending the night.
Saturday - I get up around 10:30 & head out to fix it. My sister was really hoping to make it to the Warped Tour at 11 (when the gates opened), but I knew that wasn't going to happen. By the time we get ready to go, it's about 1. We didn't get there until about 2. We had a lot of fun there & I enjoyed seeing Tsunami Bomb, The Ataris & Face to Face. Face to Face were signing free posters, so I got mine. My camera's batteries died halfway through, so I didn't get a ton of pics of my favorite bands. Bowling For Soup had a large crowd, but they had their mics screwed up.
The Fat Wreck Chords tent was a disappointment & the whole "Not My President" thing has gotten really old.I saw this couple I'd talked to at another show in April, which was pretty funny. The Warped media guy wanted to get a picture of me & my "Sanchez" shirt.
Sunday - *sigh* I was back at the daily grind...
