WORDS OF WISDOM
Never jump rope under a ceiling fan.
You know what's fun to do?
Take a black magic marker in one hand, and Smidgy's crossword puzzle in the other.
Now, carefully fill in some extra black squares and replace.
Man, I can't wait to try it.
Can you tell I've got nothing?
After the bird baiting, we pulled in our lines and through our one catch, the cell phone girl back in the water. At Disney, it's always "catch and release."
We have decided to eat in the food court tonight, so we each grabbed a beer and went on back down to the smoking area by Petals Bar. Smidgy went inside the main building for some reason or other,maybe just to check out menus and left me all by my lonesome out there.
Unfortunately I wasn't alone for long.
I was standing by the ashtray, when a young guy walked up and lit up.
He was hoding a bottle of Bud, so that already had my hackles up, you don't bring bottles down by the pool. I'm not sure what it was, maybe the way he was dressed, but he just seemed like a punk to me.
With me looking at the pool, not making eye contact, he said to me;
"We're a dying breed."
Ok, guess I'm not gonna be able to hide.
"Nice choice of words," I replied.
He looked away, then about thirty seconds later, he laughed a little.
"Oh, I get it."
Spiffy, I"m stuck with the Alabama mensa society charter member.
Then he asked me where I'm from.
"Chicago."
You'd think the one word answers would shorten the conversation, but , no.
"Oh, Chi-town huh? I'm from up north."
Ok, we are in Florida, the entire rest of the country is "up north", nimrod, So, if I'm going to be stuck with him, might as well have some fun.
"Ocala, huh? You fly here?"
"No man, not Ocala, I'm talking the BIG city, way up there!"
"Yeah? How is Sheboygan nowadays? Haven't been there in years."
"Dude, you're weird, I'm talking about New York City, you know? The one with the World Trade Center?" "The BIG CITY."
Now, I know I shouldn't have said it, but I had to. You know what's coming, right?
"What World Trade Center?"
I had no idea what his reaction was going to be, so I kept glancing at him in case I had to duck.
But he was just kind of staring. And looking at my can of beer, which is Busch, a cheaper version of Bud.
"Oh, I get it. Good one."
geesh
"Whatsa matter man, you don't like Bud? Drinking that cheap crap."
This time he has a point. I used to be a Bud drinker for a long time, but for some unknown reason the peer pressure faded away when I had a family and the two bucks a case cheaper for Busch, plus THEY come in 30 packs, won me over.
However, I don't cave in to anyone.
Except Smidgy.
"Ok, here's what I want you to do. Take out your lighter and hold it up to your bottle so you can see. (It was dark out by now)"
"At the top of the label you will see a banner, I want you to read along with me;"
"This is the famous Budweiser beer, we know of no brand produced by any other brewer which costs so much to brew and age. Our exclusive Beechwood aging produces a taste, smoothness, and a drinkability you will find in no other beer at any price."
That oughta shut him up.
"Wow man, you must have good eyes to read this from there."
That line almost made me swallow my cigarette, the hubble telescope couldn't have read that tiny print in the dark from the next table!
But he just wouldn't stop. Next thing he's telling me that Greg Maddux just got elected into the hall of fame, and Tim Raines too.
Tim Raines played for the Sox many years, and I know he was just turned down. And Maddux hadn't even officially retired yet, you have to be out of baseball for at least five years to be eligable.
I pointed these things out to him, but, nope, he was right, and called is buddy on a cell phone who is an "EXPERT" on baseball.
"Well, he says your right, but I know I am too."
"Of course you are," and then Diane joined us. Whew!
Soon, the rest of NYC guy's clan all joined him, and wow, what a clan! They carried down two coolers loaded with beer, and grabbed up all the tables by the bar to watch the Super Bowl.
18 of them. We wondered how long they would be allowed to keep it up, no way will Disney let you bring all that alcohol down by the pool bar.
But I didn't want to get kicked out with them by proxy, so Smidgy and I went inside to eat.
I actually remember what we ordered this night, I had the nachos supreme and Smidgy had the "Mom's Special" which was chicken tonight.
I was disappointed with the nachos tonight, seem to remember them having more ground beef and cheese but Smidgy like her chicken ok.
On the way out, I never expected that group to still be there but they were, coolers and all. All I could think of was they would have fit in perfectly for Pop Warner week.
Back in the room, I'm studying the weather channel again. Not good.
62 tomorrow with rain.
56 Tuesday, clear.
58 Wednsday, clear.
64 Thursday, sunny.
73 Friday, sunny.
I'm still not sure what's the difference between clear and sunny, but these temperatures are NOT what I go to Florida for. Crap, I can get this at home.
After much research and planning, we have the whole schedule made out for us ahead of time. You know how that goes.
Monday is an Hollywood Studios day, a short day at the park, followed by some pool time.
Yep, page one of the schedule just went into the trash, but we kept with the rope drop at HS.
With umbrellas in hand, we decided to for once drive there, and it worked out pretty good. The first thing we did was the new Toy Story Midway Mania ride, then grabbed a fastpass to do it again later.
I'm sorry, I have read nothing but good reviews on this ride, but I was a bit underwhelmed. It was just one screen after another that you would shoot targets in. Your gun would either fire baseballs, darts, or rings, depending on the screen you were faced in front of.
Also, the 3-D effects seemed almost nonexistent.
Of coarse, Smidgy beat my butt again. After the fastpasses were obtained, then it began to rain.
Can't believe I'm in Disney wearing long pants, long sleeved shirt and a jacket.
(happy happy happy,)
Oh shut up!
Little Mermaid came next, and after, Smidgy ran over to TOT to get fastpasses. For me, not for her, but this way she can help me through the line up until the loading dock. After checking the times guide, we went into Beauty and the Beast.
Sad to say, the opening act, Four for a Dollar, is history now, and they didn't replace them with anything.
I was beginning to notice more and more, the cutbacks that were being made, from the cutdown of Hippy Dippy Pool lifeguards from the usua mob they have, to the preshow here, and I suppose even a lot of the ducks were given their walking papers.
It's funny, I still love B and the B, but it took us forever before we ever saw it the first time, one of those things we just never go around to do. By now it was time to use the fastpasses and I let her kick my butt again on Toy Story.
Nature was also kicking my butt, by now I have stepped in enough puddles that the water has found the cracks in the bottoms of my old sneakers, and my socks and feet are soaked. After a smoke by the Brown Derby DSA under our umbrellas, we did Good Movie Ride and then found ourselves standing out front, deciding.
"You know," I confessed, "I'm not really in the mood for splashing all the way down to TOT."
"Ok, what about the fastpasses, then?"
I thought about it, "How about we just give them to a nice looking couple on their way in?"
This is easier to say than do.
"Nope, too old."
"Nope,,,,,,,,,,UGGGGGGLLYYYYY!!
"Nope, too many of them."
Then we saw a young couple on the way in.
"THere we go. Perfect!," I told her.
We went up to them and Diane offered the tickets.
The girl was appreciative, the guy, HAH!
"We really need Toy Story passes."
"Yes, and you can still get them." My jaw dropped with his attitude.
Now Diane is explaining to them how fastpasses work, how this won't screw them up at all, and with the rain the car stunt show will be cancelled and all those people will be going elsewhere to get out of the rain, like TOWER OF TERROR!
I just stood there, thinking of the irony of all this, (wow, we're arguing with people we are trying to give fastpasses to).
Sometimes it doesn't pay to get out of bed.
Finally he said, "Well, ok, if this is all you've got," and he took them from her. Well, that's what it sounded like to me.
I said the only thing I could think of then, "Oh, thank you, thank you, you've made my day now!" And we left.
Geesh!
Have you noticed a theme so far? It's only our second day in Disney, and apparently I'm not doing the best job interacting with the natives.
I'll try harder.
Honest.
Happy, happy, happy
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About dial-up... I've got DSL going through Verizon and it's FAST! Often faster than my super-duper cable LAN connection at work. $14ish a month.
I DID let someone else pont out "goodbye" in spanish is "adios", does that count? and how many times have we sat in our boat in the "good-bye room" on Small world?
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Nebo - way to brighten a Friday night!!
