lyrics so sweet:
THE WALK by Zac Hanson
Well deep in the woods
Where nothing is seen
A tightrope is strung to his heel
And high on the walk
He's down on one knee
He waits for the slow of the breeze
Oh, wow, look at him now, on his feet
High up in the sky
And every moment stands endlessly
It feels as though time isn't moving
And every second, one breath not to breathe
I watch as he moves to the beat
While I'm on the floor
I watch from my seat
And watch as he sways with the trees
And slowly he moves, but elegantly
I'm more on the edge of my seat
On the tightrope
Everything's bare
All that there is is from here to there
On the tightrope
The goal is quite clear
Don't lose yourself in your fear
Everyone waits on the walk
Some are long and some small
But all of them tall
Everyone must make a choice
Will I go for it all
And possibly fall
The tightrope is thin
I could possibly win on the walk
Well high on the walk
The tightrope it bends
And nobody knows where it ends
To win or to lose
You're all on your own
Everyone must be alone
On the tightrope
Everything's bare
All that there is is from here to there
On the tightrope
The goal is quite clear
Don't lose yourself in your fear
just a little advice
Don't tell rotund, over-50 police detectives about funny gut feelings, they'll just look at you like you have 3 heads.
Also found out that this, really was a random hit. The guy walked down the block, knocking on doors, waiting until his "type" opened the door. Really unnerving.
It's been one mildy sad January. Go figure, guess the rest of the year might be like this too.
Also found out that this, really was a random hit. The guy walked down the block, knocking on doors, waiting until his "type" opened the door. Really unnerving.
It's been one mildy sad January. Go figure, guess the rest of the year might be like this too.
paranoid
I don't know how many of you remember junior year and my weird pit of the stomach premonitions, or not...but yesterday in the morning a little before 9:30 am my father asked me to walk the dog. So I head outside and I immediately feel something is just totally messed up (the weird, things aren't right, need to leave the premises sort of feeling). I tell Kona to hurry up, which he was so kind to do, and I ran back inside. I start to feel better once inside so a pack my things up and head off to work.
Returning home, my father asks me if I saw anything suspicious around the neighborhood that past 24 hours. I reply no. You all know me, I don't tell people about my weird sense until after events have unfolded. He said the police had come around and asked him that same questions. They said there was a break in several houses down the block. Odd. But wait.
This morning we picked up the paper only to find headline article...a woman was raped on my block yesterday morning at approximately 10 am in the morning. I know!!! Shiznit!!! This is the second rape in 10 days...within I would say a 5 mile radius. So yeah, I'm a little unnerved. But I'm trying to be practical...the guy most likely will not strike this block again. They try to make the hits random....but they usually end up spacing attacks out evenly. (If you missed last sunday...semi-decent show called Numb3rs, dealt with this exact same thing).
Keeping my head up, and my new (my mom got it for me) can of pepper spray close at hand.
Returning home, my father asks me if I saw anything suspicious around the neighborhood that past 24 hours. I reply no. You all know me, I don't tell people about my weird sense until after events have unfolded. He said the police had come around and asked him that same questions. They said there was a break in several houses down the block. Odd. But wait.
This morning we picked up the paper only to find headline article...a woman was raped on my block yesterday morning at approximately 10 am in the morning. I know!!! Shiznit!!! This is the second rape in 10 days...within I would say a 5 mile radius. So yeah, I'm a little unnerved. But I'm trying to be practical...the guy most likely will not strike this block again. They try to make the hits random....but they usually end up spacing attacks out evenly. (If you missed last sunday...semi-decent show called Numb3rs, dealt with this exact same thing).
Keeping my head up, and my new (my mom got it for me) can of pepper spray close at hand.
Liar-Liar, Pants on Fire
So, I am a liar. I lied in my last post, I didn’t follow up. I lied a couple of posts back about how January was going sooo well. I’ve been lying to myself for a long time. But holy cow, I don’t think I have written anything of substance for a long time, maybe that is due to something else that is going on.
A couple of weekends ago, I made my first trip down to Blacksburg to drop my brother off at school. It was quite an adventure. Virginia Tech is gorgeous. Large, but absolutely beautiful. To meet it felt like Dickinson on a grander scale. The campus was divided much like in Carlisle. One half contained all of the dormitories and the student center. While the other half contained amazing academic buildings. I suppose what made me think of Dickinson was the simple fact that the buildings’ outer façade was made of limestone. I didn’t get an in-depth tour but I really only had 6 hours there. I’ll be the first to admit it. I miss my lil’ bro. Just so much more laughing when he is around. He won’t be back home until May when the semester is over (maybe not if my mother has anything to do about it). We joked about how when I do the whole grad school, he would be all about joining me in an apartment down there. ‘Twould be fun. Besides, apartments down there are uber cheap.
I believe that I’ve collected my list of graduate schools that I think might work for me. I still need to work it down some, even though I have a pretty good idea for sure of a couple of them.
Princeton (Program of Applied and Computational Math)- that’s a heck of a reach
Duke- You all know my affinity for Duke basketball, who happen to be one of 3 unbeaten teams at the moment- ranked number 2 in the nation.
VT- dirt cheap program not to mention, it has a great ranking in US News
Lehigh- where I wanted to go as an undergrad, somewhat close to home, know the area pretty well
Clemson- it popped up in one of my many searches
Cornell- good school, it’ll stay on the list until I make a real decision about whether or not I want to deal with more cold for the next 4-6 years.
UNC- miss liz bouzarth goes there, which gives me reason at least to consider it
NC State- family friends go to school there…
UMBC- I debated applying here as an undergrad
Rutgers- it is 5 minutes from my house, what have I got to lose right?
If anyone could let me know how small I should cut this list that would be greatly appreciated. Also, any help on explaining to me the whole personal statement business, I would be forever indebted.
The semester has picked up again. Nice cause it gives me something do to for 8 hours a day now. All in all I feel like a zombie. I wake up in the morning, breakfast, go to work, come back from work, eat, do pilates, watch tv, go to bed. It doesn’t change, outside of the tv show I watch. Empty. No meaning. Just feel there is really nothing special about life right now. Just not a thing to make living enjoyable, or my own. I can’t think of anything that I can call my own. Pathetic I know. I need to find something. Do not expect big things from this corner all year. If there is, you can be just as surprised as I will be.
Other than that, snow has made me miss Carlisle, and Dickinson, and the only snow day we had. Something about the snow just felt so much more pure there…as opposed to the disgusting stuff we have here. But I was quite happy to see (something which I haven’t seen or experienced since I was about 10) the hordes of small children going to the end of my block for sledding. I was beginning to think fun things like that had gone out of style. We need to save it. Make sure no one ever forgets to go sledding.
And with that, I leave you for probably another long extended period of time.
A couple of weekends ago, I made my first trip down to Blacksburg to drop my brother off at school. It was quite an adventure. Virginia Tech is gorgeous. Large, but absolutely beautiful. To meet it felt like Dickinson on a grander scale. The campus was divided much like in Carlisle. One half contained all of the dormitories and the student center. While the other half contained amazing academic buildings. I suppose what made me think of Dickinson was the simple fact that the buildings’ outer façade was made of limestone. I didn’t get an in-depth tour but I really only had 6 hours there. I’ll be the first to admit it. I miss my lil’ bro. Just so much more laughing when he is around. He won’t be back home until May when the semester is over (maybe not if my mother has anything to do about it). We joked about how when I do the whole grad school, he would be all about joining me in an apartment down there. ‘Twould be fun. Besides, apartments down there are uber cheap.
I believe that I’ve collected my list of graduate schools that I think might work for me. I still need to work it down some, even though I have a pretty good idea for sure of a couple of them.
Princeton (Program of Applied and Computational Math)- that’s a heck of a reach
Duke- You all know my affinity for Duke basketball, who happen to be one of 3 unbeaten teams at the moment- ranked number 2 in the nation.
VT- dirt cheap program not to mention, it has a great ranking in US News
Lehigh- where I wanted to go as an undergrad, somewhat close to home, know the area pretty well
Clemson- it popped up in one of my many searches
Cornell- good school, it’ll stay on the list until I make a real decision about whether or not I want to deal with more cold for the next 4-6 years.
UNC- miss liz bouzarth goes there, which gives me reason at least to consider it
NC State- family friends go to school there…
UMBC- I debated applying here as an undergrad
Rutgers- it is 5 minutes from my house, what have I got to lose right?
If anyone could let me know how small I should cut this list that would be greatly appreciated. Also, any help on explaining to me the whole personal statement business, I would be forever indebted.
The semester has picked up again. Nice cause it gives me something do to for 8 hours a day now. All in all I feel like a zombie. I wake up in the morning, breakfast, go to work, come back from work, eat, do pilates, watch tv, go to bed. It doesn’t change, outside of the tv show I watch. Empty. No meaning. Just feel there is really nothing special about life right now. Just not a thing to make living enjoyable, or my own. I can’t think of anything that I can call my own. Pathetic I know. I need to find something. Do not expect big things from this corner all year. If there is, you can be just as surprised as I will be.
Other than that, snow has made me miss Carlisle, and Dickinson, and the only snow day we had. Something about the snow just felt so much more pure there…as opposed to the disgusting stuff we have here. But I was quite happy to see (something which I haven’t seen or experienced since I was about 10) the hordes of small children going to the end of my block for sledding. I was beginning to think fun things like that had gone out of style. We need to save it. Make sure no one ever forgets to go sledding.
And with that, I leave you for probably another long extended period of time.
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Hmmm, this seems somewhat far from the truth. Maybe I'll write more later.
And So It Is...
Well, it is almost mid-way through January, and I am actually feeling pretty good about the month. At the beginning, I was not really all sunshine and butterflies. But I am starting to feel better.
Sunday, I picked up a filing cabinet. I was super excited. You all know I am an oddball (sheesh this is coming from the gal who thought a can opener was the greatest christmas present one year). Finally, I feel like my life, or what little of it I have control over, is organized, ordered, and safe from being in total disarray. All of my important job papers (I had a stack that filled the entire drawer of my desk) are all labelled. It is now really easy to say, hey I need this, and *pop* all i have to do is pull it out. No more shuffling all over kingdom come to find things.
I decided that my working has caused me to become absurdly sedentary. I bought myself a mat and an intro Pilates dvd. It was so surprising the first time through to see just how inflexible I am. I can't say that I have miraculously dropped 5 pounds over the past couple of sessions, but I am happy to report I have a little better outlook (yey, andorphins), and I feel more physically able to do activities, like packing the boxes upon boxes of labs, handouts, homework, and test review sheets. Can not wait until it is warmer outside so that I can do the workouts out in the backyard.
I saw the Incredibles with Beck on Saturday, at last. It was adorable. I haven't seen a Disney flick in the theaters since...I can't remember when. Go see it if you haven't see it yet. While we were at the mall, I stopped in Abercrombie and Fitch (i had a gift card). I believe it is one of the most scary places on the face of the planet. Someone explain to me why people buy 80 dollar jeans with holes the size of Pennsylvania in them, when if you were smart you could buy jeans at target for 60 bucks less and take a scissor to them to obtain the same effect. Maybe I am just not wired the right way. Must be something wrong with me.
I pity the man that marries me, cause I'm a total nutcase.
Sunday, I picked up a filing cabinet. I was super excited. You all know I am an oddball (sheesh this is coming from the gal who thought a can opener was the greatest christmas present one year). Finally, I feel like my life, or what little of it I have control over, is organized, ordered, and safe from being in total disarray. All of my important job papers (I had a stack that filled the entire drawer of my desk) are all labelled. It is now really easy to say, hey I need this, and *pop* all i have to do is pull it out. No more shuffling all over kingdom come to find things.
I decided that my working has caused me to become absurdly sedentary. I bought myself a mat and an intro Pilates dvd. It was so surprising the first time through to see just how inflexible I am. I can't say that I have miraculously dropped 5 pounds over the past couple of sessions, but I am happy to report I have a little better outlook (yey, andorphins), and I feel more physically able to do activities, like packing the boxes upon boxes of labs, handouts, homework, and test review sheets. Can not wait until it is warmer outside so that I can do the workouts out in the backyard.
I saw the Incredibles with Beck on Saturday, at last. It was adorable. I haven't seen a Disney flick in the theaters since...I can't remember when. Go see it if you haven't see it yet. While we were at the mall, I stopped in Abercrombie and Fitch (i had a gift card). I believe it is one of the most scary places on the face of the planet. Someone explain to me why people buy 80 dollar jeans with holes the size of Pennsylvania in them, when if you were smart you could buy jeans at target for 60 bucks less and take a scissor to them to obtain the same effect. Maybe I am just not wired the right way. Must be something wrong with me.
I pity the man that marries me, cause I'm a total nutcase.
:oP
short story:
I was watching Princess Diaries 2 the other day with my mom. It is very cute, you all should watch it. While being forced to watch the previews (Disney dvds have managed to disable hitting the menu button to pass the previews...*or I could just be stupid and not know how*), I saw that this summer Disney is releasing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Yeeey, that should be a great one. This year's movies should be good- Batman (with hottie Christian Bale), Hitchhiker's, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter.
*Just so you all know, I'm still not used to it being 2005, cause I kept writing next summer's movies, or next summer. Bah*
Here's to hoping I don't have some crazy eye disease, but after having the shingles, i'm game for it.
I was watching Princess Diaries 2 the other day with my mom. It is very cute, you all should watch it. While being forced to watch the previews (Disney dvds have managed to disable hitting the menu button to pass the previews...*or I could just be stupid and not know how*), I saw that this summer Disney is releasing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Yeeey, that should be a great one. This year's movies should be good- Batman (with hottie Christian Bale), Hitchhiker's, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter.
*Just so you all know, I'm still not used to it being 2005, cause I kept writing next summer's movies, or next summer. Bah*
Here's to hoping I don't have some crazy eye disease, but after having the shingles, i'm game for it.
New Year....
New Layout. Just a little different. I was getting a little bored with the other one. I have an eye doctor appointment tomorrow. I have this funny little black spot that floats around my vision. Probably not a good thing. Have about 3 hours left of work, then only one more day. Thank goodness for short staff schedules and Fridays off.
oh and it's a poo-py day outside. just thought you would like to know.
oh and it's a poo-py day outside. just thought you would like to know.
Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!!
I am forewarning you all right now. This post is going to be SUPER long. I have not written in almost 2 weeks. So I have some fun juicy stuff, or maybe it isn't. Who knows.
I suppose I will start at Christmas Eve. I woke up kinda late (here I really mean an hour later then I usually do) and did a little Disney World packing. I got all prettied up and headed over early to 5 pm mass to listen to my mom sing in the choir. I think this is the first time in a while that I enjoyed mass. The church was all decorated, the seats were packed, (i sat in front of two very, very cute guys), the songs were great, and not to mention the homily was short!!! Afterwards, we trekked out to the Sullivan's house for a party with them, the Slic's and the Picc's, who I haven't seen since the June wedding. Good to see everyone, kinda like old times when we all lived on the same block. Good food, played games, opened gifts, and before we knew it, it was past midnight. We all needed to get back home in time for Santa. Arriving home, we all decide to open up gifts early because of all the packing and laundry that needed to get done the next day. Having fun opening the presents, when at about 1:30 am, we hear this *thwack* sound outside and some car headlights. Thinking it is nothing we all head off to bed, to dream of sugarplums, or mickey mouse, or whatever was in our heads.
Christmas day was relaxing, outside of the running up and down stairs to find things for the trip. But later in the afternoon, I hear from my mom that my car got hit last night. Not to mention that every other car on the block had their windshield wipers lifted up for some bizarre reason. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper, I still don't believe I am okay with it. I treat my car soooo good, only for it to get hit right in front of my house. :oP Anyways, we left later that evening to go have coffee and dessert at my uncle's house. My little cousins are so cute. They kept asking if they could sit with me on the plane. Since there is such a huge age difference myself and my lil cousins (13 years between me and Elena; 16 years between me and Arianna), they inadvertantly call me aunt Theresa instead of cousin Theresa. It makes my one aunt a little angry, but really I don't so much mind, so long as they remember my name.
The next day we all get up at the butt crack of dawn to leave for the airport. The flight was scheduled for 7:20. It was delayed til 9:05. Everyone boards the aircraft, only to have to sit in it for another hour and a half at the gate (it is about 11:30 now). Really can't be flying if there isn't a pilot to fly you. But we finally took off, managing to arrive nearly 4 hours later then we had planned + we had dinner reservations. We make it to the Beach Club with about an hour to spare before dinner. Caught the boat to MGM and had dinner at Hollywood and Vine after which we got super cool seats to see the Fantasmic! show. Now you all probably imagine that we are walking around in shorts, t-shirts, soaking in the sun. WRONG! We sat on those cold aluminum stadium seats, it was just about 35 degrees out and the wind was whipping. I was thanking god (not for my breast like in march) but for the fact that i brought my gloves along with me from home. Not to mention I don't think I could ever imagine the day that I would be buying hot chocolate in Disney World. But the place was packed. The show was fantastic even if you do get sprayed with water for a good majority of it. Fave part that evening was when they lit everything on fire. So warm. Once the show was over, the little ones were tired so they headed back to the room for an early night (it was only like 7 pm). My family walked to the special Osbourne Family Light Spectacular. They aren't kidding when they use the word spectacular. I don't think I've been in awe of christmas lights (outside of how i did the tree this year) until then. Hung all over the street the is a mock set, were hundreds of thousands of dazzling Christmas lights. It is amazing to see of the different things you can do with that many lights. I think i could go on forever about these lights...but how about i just move on.
Monday (27th) we headed out to the Magic Kingdom to have breakfast at the Crystal Palace. There we met/took pictures with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore. We got ourselves on the Jungle Cruise, which by the way I don't think I've been on for at least 5 years, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion, and Buzz LightYear. We all were really suprised because after about 12:30 nearly every ride in the park had wait times longer than a hour. Went back to the hotel for a little while, then headed over to EPCOT to have dinner at Le Cellier in Canada. Can we just say, yum for steaks. After we got prime seating (front row) for the Candlelight Processional in the American pavilion. 50 piece orchestra, 100+ people in the choir and....drum roll, please....Gary Sinise. He read the Christmas story with interludes of hymns and music played by the orchestra. The conductor and the sign-er (a guy was sign-ing the words throughout the show) were both somewhat flamboyant and way over-the-top in their gestures. You could tell Gary was trying not to laugh the whole time, he even put his glasses on to try to hide it. The music was outstanding...they ended with Handel's Messiah. Like WHOA! Once the show was over, Gary walked right past the front row. I waved to him (tee-hee), to which I got a wink, smile, and wave back. Just so you all know, Gary Sinise is short. We could start a club, the Short People Club. Anyways...as we start walking around the rest of the park, my dad asks, "Who the heck was Gary Sinise waving at?" To which my mother replies, "Your daughter." Sigh, my own personal Gary Sinise moment. Okay, back, I swear no more Gary interludes. The little ones went home early, and some of us went back to Magic Kingdom to ride on Space Mountain and Stitch's Great Escape, which was malfunctioning and we couldn't go on.
Tuesday the Little kids went back to the Magic Kingdom and myself, mom and dad, left to go to EPCOT early. We got on Test Track, Mission Space (with Gary...sorry), and Spaceship Earth all before 10 am and the crowds. We also got these great pictures with a bunch of characters, Chip and Dale, Gipetto (???), Meeko, and Timon. Once the World Showcase opened up, we headed to Norway to ride the Maelstrom ride. We literally walked right onto the ride, and had our own private boat. Headed to America to have some early morning chicken strips and funnelcake. Strolled through Italy (it was still a little too early for gelato). But by the time we made our way to the UK it had past my 12 noon requirement for a beer, so dad and I had a Boddington's and Harp and strolled around. We all met up around 1 at Innoventions and we played the wonderful Fire Safety Game. Yes, Fire Safety. Anyways, in honor of Suzer, we walked back towards the UK and watched the British Invasion play a set. For dinner we went to the California Grill. We got to watch the fireworks in the Magic Kingdom from the top of the Contemporary. Everyone else headed home except my fam, cause we went resort hopping to see how each of the other hotels were decorated for the holidays.
Wednesday, my bro and I went to MGM Studios...I'm sorry, they changed the name of the park but I can't bring myself to call it the Disney Studios. BOOO on that. We got fastpasses for Rocking Roller Coaster and since the standby was only 45 minutes, we decided to go on line. The second we did though...the time changed to an hour. So we got off the line and walked to the Great Movie Ride in the meantime. We went back cause the fastpass time was right, and we head up to the front of the line to find that we just cut in front of the people who were standing in front of us before we left for the Great Movie Ride. Oh the hilarity of it all. Last ride we did was Star Tours. Later went to do some shopping and eat, and Thursday we came back home. It felt nice to sleep in my own bed after a while.
Friday was New Year's Eve. Went over to Rusty's house. I was still wiped out from the trip. But I made it to the ball drop, although I didn't sleep the night. Saturday, my father and brother headed out to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans (which is tonight by the way). Go Hokies. I'm not nearly as mad as now as I was about it. But that's the way things have always been, I try to do everything right that I can, but I still don't the same sort of attention my brother gets. Whatever...I'll explain maybe some other time. Sunday was my cousin's engagement party. Yikes, that was an experience. My mom and I spent the weekend watching movies: Princess Diaries 2, the Stepford Wives, and Garden State (which I bought, I heart that movie).
So here I am, back at work. I managed to get a bunch of things done today, suprisingly enough, this very long entry. Fun Stuff:
I probably could have told you that one.
Masters of the obvious.
I loooooove mashed potatos. And that I think is more that enough for you to handle.
I suppose I will start at Christmas Eve. I woke up kinda late (here I really mean an hour later then I usually do) and did a little Disney World packing. I got all prettied up and headed over early to 5 pm mass to listen to my mom sing in the choir. I think this is the first time in a while that I enjoyed mass. The church was all decorated, the seats were packed, (i sat in front of two very, very cute guys), the songs were great, and not to mention the homily was short!!! Afterwards, we trekked out to the Sullivan's house for a party with them, the Slic's and the Picc's, who I haven't seen since the June wedding. Good to see everyone, kinda like old times when we all lived on the same block. Good food, played games, opened gifts, and before we knew it, it was past midnight. We all needed to get back home in time for Santa. Arriving home, we all decide to open up gifts early because of all the packing and laundry that needed to get done the next day. Having fun opening the presents, when at about 1:30 am, we hear this *thwack* sound outside and some car headlights. Thinking it is nothing we all head off to bed, to dream of sugarplums, or mickey mouse, or whatever was in our heads.
Christmas day was relaxing, outside of the running up and down stairs to find things for the trip. But later in the afternoon, I hear from my mom that my car got hit last night. Not to mention that every other car on the block had their windshield wipers lifted up for some bizarre reason. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper, I still don't believe I am okay with it. I treat my car soooo good, only for it to get hit right in front of my house. :oP Anyways, we left later that evening to go have coffee and dessert at my uncle's house. My little cousins are so cute. They kept asking if they could sit with me on the plane. Since there is such a huge age difference myself and my lil cousins (13 years between me and Elena; 16 years between me and Arianna), they inadvertantly call me aunt Theresa instead of cousin Theresa. It makes my one aunt a little angry, but really I don't so much mind, so long as they remember my name.
The next day we all get up at the butt crack of dawn to leave for the airport. The flight was scheduled for 7:20. It was delayed til 9:05. Everyone boards the aircraft, only to have to sit in it for another hour and a half at the gate (it is about 11:30 now). Really can't be flying if there isn't a pilot to fly you. But we finally took off, managing to arrive nearly 4 hours later then we had planned + we had dinner reservations. We make it to the Beach Club with about an hour to spare before dinner. Caught the boat to MGM and had dinner at Hollywood and Vine after which we got super cool seats to see the Fantasmic! show. Now you all probably imagine that we are walking around in shorts, t-shirts, soaking in the sun. WRONG! We sat on those cold aluminum stadium seats, it was just about 35 degrees out and the wind was whipping. I was thanking god (not for my breast like in march) but for the fact that i brought my gloves along with me from home. Not to mention I don't think I could ever imagine the day that I would be buying hot chocolate in Disney World. But the place was packed. The show was fantastic even if you do get sprayed with water for a good majority of it. Fave part that evening was when they lit everything on fire. So warm. Once the show was over, the little ones were tired so they headed back to the room for an early night (it was only like 7 pm). My family walked to the special Osbourne Family Light Spectacular. They aren't kidding when they use the word spectacular. I don't think I've been in awe of christmas lights (outside of how i did the tree this year) until then. Hung all over the street the is a mock set, were hundreds of thousands of dazzling Christmas lights. It is amazing to see of the different things you can do with that many lights. I think i could go on forever about these lights...but how about i just move on.
Monday (27th) we headed out to the Magic Kingdom to have breakfast at the Crystal Palace. There we met/took pictures with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore. We got ourselves on the Jungle Cruise, which by the way I don't think I've been on for at least 5 years, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion, and Buzz LightYear. We all were really suprised because after about 12:30 nearly every ride in the park had wait times longer than a hour. Went back to the hotel for a little while, then headed over to EPCOT to have dinner at Le Cellier in Canada. Can we just say, yum for steaks. After we got prime seating (front row) for the Candlelight Processional in the American pavilion. 50 piece orchestra, 100+ people in the choir and....drum roll, please....Gary Sinise. He read the Christmas story with interludes of hymns and music played by the orchestra. The conductor and the sign-er (a guy was sign-ing the words throughout the show) were both somewhat flamboyant and way over-the-top in their gestures. You could tell Gary was trying not to laugh the whole time, he even put his glasses on to try to hide it. The music was outstanding...they ended with Handel's Messiah. Like WHOA! Once the show was over, Gary walked right past the front row. I waved to him (tee-hee), to which I got a wink, smile, and wave back. Just so you all know, Gary Sinise is short. We could start a club, the Short People Club. Anyways...as we start walking around the rest of the park, my dad asks, "Who the heck was Gary Sinise waving at?" To which my mother replies, "Your daughter." Sigh, my own personal Gary Sinise moment. Okay, back, I swear no more Gary interludes. The little ones went home early, and some of us went back to Magic Kingdom to ride on Space Mountain and Stitch's Great Escape, which was malfunctioning and we couldn't go on.
Tuesday the Little kids went back to the Magic Kingdom and myself, mom and dad, left to go to EPCOT early. We got on Test Track, Mission Space (with Gary...sorry), and Spaceship Earth all before 10 am and the crowds. We also got these great pictures with a bunch of characters, Chip and Dale, Gipetto (???), Meeko, and Timon. Once the World Showcase opened up, we headed to Norway to ride the Maelstrom ride. We literally walked right onto the ride, and had our own private boat. Headed to America to have some early morning chicken strips and funnelcake. Strolled through Italy (it was still a little too early for gelato). But by the time we made our way to the UK it had past my 12 noon requirement for a beer, so dad and I had a Boddington's and Harp and strolled around. We all met up around 1 at Innoventions and we played the wonderful Fire Safety Game. Yes, Fire Safety. Anyways, in honor of Suzer, we walked back towards the UK and watched the British Invasion play a set. For dinner we went to the California Grill. We got to watch the fireworks in the Magic Kingdom from the top of the Contemporary. Everyone else headed home except my fam, cause we went resort hopping to see how each of the other hotels were decorated for the holidays.
Wednesday, my bro and I went to MGM Studios...I'm sorry, they changed the name of the park but I can't bring myself to call it the Disney Studios. BOOO on that. We got fastpasses for Rocking Roller Coaster and since the standby was only 45 minutes, we decided to go on line. The second we did though...the time changed to an hour. So we got off the line and walked to the Great Movie Ride in the meantime. We went back cause the fastpass time was right, and we head up to the front of the line to find that we just cut in front of the people who were standing in front of us before we left for the Great Movie Ride. Oh the hilarity of it all. Last ride we did was Star Tours. Later went to do some shopping and eat, and Thursday we came back home. It felt nice to sleep in my own bed after a while.
Friday was New Year's Eve. Went over to Rusty's house. I was still wiped out from the trip. But I made it to the ball drop, although I didn't sleep the night. Saturday, my father and brother headed out to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans (which is tonight by the way). Go Hokies. I'm not nearly as mad as now as I was about it. But that's the way things have always been, I try to do everything right that I can, but I still don't the same sort of attention my brother gets. Whatever...I'll explain maybe some other time. Sunday was my cousin's engagement party. Yikes, that was an experience. My mom and I spent the weekend watching movies: Princess Diaries 2, the Stepford Wives, and Garden State (which I bought, I heart that movie).
So here I am, back at work. I managed to get a bunch of things done today, suprisingly enough, this very long entry. Fun Stuff:
Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence |
 You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it. You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician. |
I probably could have told you that one.
You are 93% Virgo |
Masters of the obvious.
You Are Mashed Potato Soda |
 Like sucking on a stick of butter... |
I loooooove mashed potatos. And that I think is more that enough for you to handle.
2005
Happy New Year, everyone!!
Just a quick note....I swear in the very near future I will write all about my Disney vacation and stuff that has happened like:
will my car ever be saved?
why little cousins are so cute
or why does t have a Gary Sinise fetish?
All this and more...forthcoming.
Just a quick note....I swear in the very near future I will write all about my Disney vacation and stuff that has happened like:
will my car ever be saved?
why little cousins are so cute
or why does t have a Gary Sinise fetish?
All this and more...forthcoming.
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