More Disney Photos

The spacecraft from "Flight of the Navigator" (How cool is that!)

The motorcycles from Indiana Jones

Jeff posing for picture at "Sci-Fi Cafe"

Me in front of "Thunder River"

Allie inside the "Pirates of the Carribean" ride.

Disney World

We decided to go at 10:00 in the morning, Monday; by 5:45 P:M, we were on a plane.
Mickey Mizouse

"Thunder Mountain Railroad"

"Sci-Fi Cafe" (Lunch at MGM Studios)

Allie next to barrell

First Part Of "The Haunted Mansion" ride.

Rocky

Do you guys have any idea how excited I am about this movie!!!? I will be at the theater opening day, December 22nd.

Miscellaneous

I have a few things to talk about today.

First off, "Gun" is one of the best games I've played in a long time. I don't remember the last time that I sat for five hours straight playing a game. If you haven't played this, get it...it rocks!

Second, doesn't this Middle East war stuff suck!? It is really getting scary. It seems that every day I turn on the tv, something else has happened; katrina, forest fires, Iraq, Israel and Lebanon, etc. I don't even want to turn on the tv anymore.

Speaking of not wanting to turn the tv on, here are my new favorite shows:

1. "Kathy Griffin: My Life On the D-List" (BRAVO) ...this woman is hilarious
2."Project Runway"; call me gay because this focuses on clothing designers, but the show is strangely addictive. It's refreshing to watch a reality show based on talent. Really good show.
3." Family Guy"; I've known about this show for a while. If you haven't seen it yet, watch it. Funniest cartoon ever, it is.
4. "Something Chef": I can't think of the full name.....but this show is really good too.

Anyone see the new 2007 Toyota Yaris? These things are nice...and cheap! Invoice is just over $11,000. I might be checking these out more.

"Fun with Dick and Jane" sucked! I couldn't believe Kel when he said it, but come on!!! Sucks!

Kel, Matt, you wanna go see "You, Me, and Dupree" Wednesday afternoon? Looks pretty funny.

Just Our Luck

The above photo is probably the last pleasant moment of our short lived camping trip. This trip (Today is Thursday) has taken so many strange turns. It originally started as a camping trip filled with hiking, reading, and fire building. That lasted for about two hours until the rain came. I guess I made the tent wrong because we were soaked while trying to sleep for the entire night. Like this wasn't enough, later into the night, Allie and I woke up to a huge light going back and forth in our area, as if someone was searching our site. This is not something you want to wake up to at 1 in the morning. It turns out that someone just had an extremely powerful flashlight and it kept sweeping our campground. The next morning, instead of hiking on soaked soil, we decided to go into Helen, a local town, to spend the day. Being utterly exhausted from lack of sleep the previous night, we decided that we should just check into a quaint hotel for the night and come back to the tent the next day. Maybe this was a waste of money, but you have to remember that we had no sleep and spent the entire night wet. You would think that this would have been a good idea. Unfortunately, this was not the case. See picture of said hotel.....




...disgusting.....disgusting. I personally enjoyed the red carpet, the terrible entertainment center, and the outdoor white table disguised as a dinner table. You should have seen the bathroom. The next morning as we headed back to the campground- by the way, it poured that night too- we got to our tent...and felt really depressed. Although neither would admit it, we both wanted to leave.

Two hours from home, as I became more and more completely lost on backroads, I made one last try for "happiness"....looks like I'll be doing this twice in the next month or so with brother, Kel.




...I'll let you know tomorrow, when we go, if it rains or not. That would seal the day if it did.

Best "Just Kidding" Ever!

The other day, while buying a few more supplies from Walmart for the camping trip, something strange happened. I went to the cashier to pay; she bagged our items (slowly) and I reached into my wallet to pay. Afterwards, she handed the two bags to me and, what I realized a few minutes later, one additional bag. I can only assume that somebody returned a few small miscellaneous items and the cashier accidentally gave me that bag of items. As we walked to my car, I realized I had an extra bag. As I looked into the bag, discretely, I found two pairs of 3 year old sized shoes, some dishwashing detergent, and some colored thread for needle work. The fact that all these items were so random gave me and idea....a wonderful idea! I thought to myself, "Hey man, Allie doesn't know about this. How often have any of us been given an extra bag of stuff we didn't purchase? Probably, never." Ding Ding Ding...a light bulb's silhouette comes over my head.
Casually, as we get into the car, I say, "Now don't get mad at what I'm about to tell you."
"What?", she says curiously.
"I don't think I've ever done this with you around, but I honestly believe that you need to do things like this to keep your body and your "rush" alive and well."
"What did you do?", she once again asks.
"You promise not to get mad?" (I've learned that stretching things like this out make for a much more dramatic climax.)
"Sometimes, when I go to places like this, I take things."
"....You're joking.", she hesitantly says.
"No I'm not. It's not like I'm trying to profit from it. I take random cheap things that don't matter to me. It's not a greed thing."
"....Yeah right, Jeff."
"Fine, look in the bag.", I say as I desperately try to hold back a smile.
She looks into the third bag and gasps. Instead of saying anything, she just stares at me with a "I can't believe you just did that" sort of expression.
"Allie, you have to do things like this!! It keeps you young! Do you really thing I want little kid's shoes and thread? I just grab random things for a rush. Don't get mad!"
As we pull out of the parking lot, Allie, with a very angry expression, jolts open the passenger door and begins to throw out the Walmart bag.

"...Wait...Wait...Wait!! I'm just kidding!"

I enjoyed this prank just about more than anything I've ever done. What a perfect setup.