Day in, day out. Same routine. The beauty of being at The Golf Channel for five years is an extra week of vacation. Lately, I've been having some pretty awful headaches at work. Sitting in front of that gigantic monitor everyday doesn't help things. Is it stress? High blood pressure? Computer work? In any case, I needed some time off to do absolutely nothing and at the same time anything I wanted. I'm taking some time off.
After a few doctor's visits to get checked out (mostly good news with some repair work needed) earlier I decided earlier last week to have a plan. What's the plan? To not have a plan.
This weekend El and I did some shopping, movies (Wedding Crashers is hilarious - check it out!) and went out for dinner (no cooking!). I met up with a buddy to hit some golf balls and brush up for my game later next week in SC. Hopefully if things go well I can squeeze in 18 holes at the local course - I suck. Alright I'm out.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Monday, July 18, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Disney is the Man!
El and I both grew up going to Walt Disney World many times with our families. Even though I've been there countless times we ended up buying annual passes to the theme parks - we never seem to grow tired of the park.
Last night on a whim we went to the Magic Kingdom. It's A Small World had been closed for quite some time for "refreshing" and we both hadn't been there in years.
We arrived at the park via monorail/tram around 9pm and had an agenda as to what we wanted to see. With only two hours and most of the crowd enthralled by the Electric Parade we were able to zip in and out of most rides no problem. We managed to hop onto the Small World, Pirates of the Carribbean, and Buzz Lightyear attractions among others.
One of my favorite rides has always been the Haunted Mansion and it never fails to entertain. It's pretty amazing how the Imagineers came up with some of the ride's more interesting features. Even the "ghosts" you would think as holograms or some other hi tech gadgetry is nothing more than basic, old school optical illusions. Uncle Walt is the man. Basic. Simple. Entertaining. A true craftsman's art.
Of course, for every great classic there's one ride that just sucks ass - namely Stitch's Out of Space (or whatever the heck it's called) attraction. Now normally I wouldn't put anything negative on my blogger but for the love of Christ was it bad. What the heck was the movie about anyways? What now unemployed designer/engineer brainstormed this P.O.S.?
Oh it looks great going thru the queue with the nifty animatronics and high falutin' gadgetry. You get into a round room lined with seats with safety bars over them. You think you're going on some crazy looking Gravitron ride and behold! You merely sit in the dark with speakers screaming in your ears and getting sprayed with different smells and water. Wow. Really interactive. And then you leave...
And you wonder why Disney's stock along with their animation/park reputation continually declines. Best to stick with their tried and true formulas.
Last night on a whim we went to the Magic Kingdom. It's A Small World had been closed for quite some time for "refreshing" and we both hadn't been there in years.
We arrived at the park via monorail/tram around 9pm and had an agenda as to what we wanted to see. With only two hours and most of the crowd enthralled by the Electric Parade we were able to zip in and out of most rides no problem. We managed to hop onto the Small World, Pirates of the Carribbean, and Buzz Lightyear attractions among others.
One of my favorite rides has always been the Haunted Mansion and it never fails to entertain. It's pretty amazing how the Imagineers came up with some of the ride's more interesting features. Even the "ghosts" you would think as holograms or some other hi tech gadgetry is nothing more than basic, old school optical illusions. Uncle Walt is the man. Basic. Simple. Entertaining. A true craftsman's art.
Of course, for every great classic there's one ride that just sucks ass - namely Stitch's Out of Space (or whatever the heck it's called) attraction. Now normally I wouldn't put anything negative on my blogger but for the love of Christ was it bad. What the heck was the movie about anyways? What now unemployed designer/engineer brainstormed this P.O.S.?
Oh it looks great going thru the queue with the nifty animatronics and high falutin' gadgetry. You get into a round room lined with seats with safety bars over them. You think you're going on some crazy looking Gravitron ride and behold! You merely sit in the dark with speakers screaming in your ears and getting sprayed with different smells and water. Wow. Really interactive. And then you leave...
And you wonder why Disney's stock along with their animation/park reputation continually declines. Best to stick with their tried and true formulas.
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