Time to catch up, again...

Things just come up and I get all excited about it and then before long I find that I'm like a year behind on this thing and trying to catch up. Ok maybe it's not that bad, but pretty close.

Last week I "drove" up to Hollywood with my sisters to see Chicago. It took about an hour to get up to around Anaheim, and from there on it took 2 hours to get to Hollywood, traffic was very bad, so it was very good that I left at 3:30 for the 8pm show. We ate at a pizza place on Hollywood boulevard which was awesome and then saw the show at the pantages theatre, which is where we saw Lion King during the rose parade trip. While there were quite a few lines that were word for word in the movie, the play was very different, and much more comical. I shouldn't ruin it for anyone who wants to see it someday, but I'll just say that "things aren't what they appear to be".

On saturday I drove to Disneyland because RBV was there, and if you're someone who read this normally, you already know that and I don't have to tell you. I woke up way early and was in the park by opening, which was at 8. It rained all the way up and was a little hard to drive, but ok. RBV's schedule said their arrival would be at 9, so after waiting around in main street for hafd an hour (in the rain), I called up Derek to see how far the buses were, when he said that RBV hadn't even left school yet. I decided to ride everything in the park because of my abundance of free time, which I did, and then I still ended up waiting in main street for another hour and a half, while reading lemony snicket and playing kingdom hearts, until rbv people showed up at 11 (by that time it had stopped raining). Great organizational skills they have, I swear.

I hung out with Laura, Therese (sp?) and Paul for most of the day. Rode Indy, Big Thunder, Mansion, Pirates, had lunch (Laura and Therese at New Orleans Square, Paul and I at Pizza Port), rode Star Tours, Matterhorn, played in Toon Town, and rode Peter Pan. That took us to 4, where the three of them went to the Small World Bazaar to wait for band people and change and etc., and I finally had a chance to to over to DCA for a while. All I had time for was the Aladdin show, but that was alright because I hadn't seen it in a while, and it was probably the best performance I've ever seen them do. Crowd response was the largest I'd ever seen. Then I went back to watch them march, and saw Cade and Tina along side the street so I stopped and talked to them and sat with them as the parade went by.

After the parade (at about 6:15) I grabbed my backpack out of my locker and headed straight to the Fantasmic seating area to save a spot for the 9pm show. I had a big blanket in my backpack so I could spread it out for Laura and whoever she decided to show up with at 8:30. Cade and Tina found me, and they put a blue tarp down next to my blanket (I think it was a poncho, but it was huge), to help me save more space, and they kept my company which was good. Somewhere in there, Ben Neal and Derek showed up and joined us, and then Laura and Paul showed up at 8:30. The show was great, except for the absence of the mark twain at the end, but the replacement scene was not quite as horrible as I thought it would be.

After the show, pretty much everyone left. Band people needed to go because their bus curfue was almost up, and everyone else was tired so they went home too. The only person who stayed was Ben, which I'm greatful for, because I didn't have to feel weird sticking around for the second fantasmic showing by myself. We moved our blanket up to the very front as soon as the first show was done, and seats were perfect. The second time around it was almost like "Fantasmic w/ Ben & Chewy Audio Commentary". We sat there and analyzed the show, and it was still just as spectular seeing a 2nd time in a row. One of these nights this year when they do three showings, I gotta go, that way I can watch all three. ahh. It'd be amazing.

We were both pretty tired (and hungry) by then, so we left soon after the show and went to the In n Out in tustin to get food, and we talked about stuff and it was good times. Half of our conversation consisted of either one of us repeating "heh...that was a great day". Then I drove home. I had to put in Blue Man Group and turn the volume up really high to stay awake, because I was super tired by then. When I got home, I got to experience the wonderfully amazing feeling of collapsing into bed after a long tiring day of anything and falling straight to sleep, without a care in the world. Yeah, you all know the feeling.

That's pretty much all that needs coverin'. Man, I need to take more saturdays off. It's good for my sanity I think. I know I won't do it, or not for a while at least, but it's a nice though. Maybe if the Aquabats come back to town. Or maybe I'll just take another trip to DL. This weekend is going to be a 4 day weekend, and I'll almost certainly be working all four days. Ahh crap. That reminds me. I was at the movies today, Laura and I went to see Hitch (a very funny movie, funniest I've seen Will Smith in a while). I forgot to check my freaking scheudle. DAG NABBIT. Oh well. Maybe I'll call right now. Yeah that's what I'll do. Well that puts an abrupt halt to this already very long entry. See you later.

Oh, and happy valentines day.