(note: this was written quite awile ago...)
So, I'm going to try to get caught up on this tonight.
The first part of January sort of sucked since it was just Stephen and myself in the house. It was pretty boring without the girls. I guess I'll try to hit the fun stuff
1/20
I went to Ryan's to meet up with a few people and go on a pub crawl with Elaine and her friends but Debbie was so late that we didn't make it. It was ok cause we found a good spot downtown and drank there instead. I brought my camera and left it on the table during our night and between just the three of us we took over 70 photos. Anyway, the next day I went to DAK with Elaine and Sara to ride Expidition Everest. The ride broke down for an hour while we were in line bringing our wait to about 2 hours. The ride felt short but it was still really awesome. It went backwards in the dark and the animatronic yeti was the best I've ever seen Disney do. It moved so smoothly. Before we went on the ride we also saw the last performance of Tarzan Rocks. It was a pretty good show and I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen it before. After that we went to Epcot to meet up with more dpi at Japan for dinner. That was my first time eating there and it was a haibachi grill. The squid steak and suishi I had was excellent.
The following week and made the trip home. I tried leaving on Monday but I had a flat tire and decided to wait a day. I made it pretty far that day and didn't go all the way to Indy. I didn't want to get there so late at night and then have nothing to do while everyone was a work. So I got into Indy and was able to visit Aunt Marybeth and the girls. Cloe was a little shy at first but they both got very excited when I took out my camera and started showing pictures at Disney. I was a little sad to have to say goodbye cause I don't get to see them very much. Dinner with the girls was a good time and I stayed the night at their house. The next day I stopped by SJC to visit Br. Tim and I also saw Bonnie. It was good to see her and she suggested I be in one of the puma success stories. I think I might wait awhile for that. Finally I got home.
I went to the Oak Lawn resteruant with the 'rents and saw Pete when I walked in. He couldn't think of my name but I had a beard so it threw him off a bit. It was good seeing him there running the place. What elese, say all of the grandparents as well. Kyle's band played and I saw them and his younger brother (Karry sp?) was there so we got to catch up. On Sunday Kyle and I went out for a quick dinner so we could have some time together. There was a party at Fox's for Aunt Siobhan's 50th and it was a big surprise for her that I came. John's girlfriend was there even though he was stationed in FL so I thought that was cool of her. I had seen her on myspace and was happy to get to talk to her. It was very tough to go back to FL. I wanted to stay longer but just couldn't. Kelli and I had dinner at the Pub on my drive to Indy where I stayed with the girls again. I made it from Indy to Orlando in one piece and it only got tough at the very end.
Some time after that, one of the following Fridays I met up with Elaine at Howl at the Moon along with a few other dpi. Elaine, Mickie, and myself went back to Lindsay and Danni's apartment to play drinking games. We played drinking Jenga until we ran out of beer then we went to the 711 to buy more but it was too late at night. So Lindsay and I went with Elaine to her place and played I Never, becoming better friends through that. The next morning (Lindsay and I stayed over) we went back to Lindsay's watched Wedding Crashers with a few others and then went to The Studios to get pictures with 2 of the Power Rangers. Those pictures turned out great! TGIFriday's was interesting. Our waiter got mad and never came back to take our orders. He only came back at the end of the night when we were talking to the manager. I'll never go back to that place.
On Valentine's Day, Melissa was supposed to have a party but wasn't feeling good. I offered to come by with movies and juice to keep her company (yeah, I was crushing a little, had been for quite awhile). Jonathon from TT was there too and we went to Walgreens for some liquor and I left my car there. That way, I could drink a lot, stay over, and not get caught. We didn't watch any of the movies I brought and instead watch Mean Girls. I haven't seen her since, none of our tries have worked out.
The weekend before Mardi Gras, Laura and I took a rode trip to MS. We went to the college that she's transferring to next year and I got to meet her cousin and some of her friends from highschool that go there. It was also Laura's first time drinking in 3 years (she and Morgan had broken up earlier that week) so that was interesting. The next day we drove down to New Orleans with some of her friends. We went to a parade where they were giving away tons of beads. We went back to the hotel after that we there was the big debate on going to Bouborn St. or to some area that was more college age. Missy was the one that wanted the group to go to the college area and kept say how dangerous Bouborn was. Finall, Missy, Laura and another went out to the store and left the rest of us to discuss it. My argument was that we went to a college bar last night and that we didn't drive the whole day to do something we could have done back there. In the end, we went to Bouborn St.
I need to stop now for a bit of a break. Sorry.
2/24-26
Ok, so I guess the next big thing to talk about was my trip to Justin's. I flew into Indy and Theresa picked me up from the airport. Later on, Lisa, Sarah, and I drove up to the cabin. When we got there Justin came outside, and I guess he already knew that I'd be there but no one else did. I casually walked in and sat on the couch across from Don and Jackie to their surprise. It was really great to see everyone there, I had such a good time. Kelli came later on that night too, and I'm glad she made it out. The girls played games at the table while the guys (Don, Nick, JoeJohn, Justin and I) played poker and talked. I think most of Nick's stories started off with 'we were at a bar' and mine were 'so this girl' The next day we spent time playing games and telling stories. We went tobogining again this year. I think it was well worth it. On the way back, we lost Kelli, Lisa, Chuck, and Kelly, to a bar. Later on Jackie drove me up there and things got interesting. Some guy but us drinks and then wanted to play pool. It was pretty obvious that he was interested in Kelli but he was also pretty drunk. He and Kelli lost the first game and then he and Chuck kept playing. This guy really seemed like he could go from fun drunk to angry asshole in no time flat. I found myself looking at the people next to us thinking “ok, I could take those couple of guys and I know Chuck could take those guys there...” and then I looked at the rest of the bar, and it was also all mexican and I was like, fuck, we'd lose. We got out of there pretty quick after that game. It was really tough to leave everyone, I really miss hanging out with everyone. Don't know what else to add about that.
3/3
Laura went with me to a bar to see a band called the Veronicas. It was pretty fun, but I didn't know that there'd be several other bands playing too. During one band they ran up and sprayed them with silly string. The next, they ran up and started stealing some the band equipment. The two girls walked by me a few times. So that was cool. They played pretty well, I'm sure they'll get better. During a slow song, the other bands came up and tp'ed them. It was hilarious, more bands should have fun like that.
So not long after that I called up casting to tell them that I wanted to start working again. I think it was March 8th that I went in and had to fill out the paper work. There was no interview and I got to start on the 12th. I picked up a few shifts the first 2 weeks and the 3rd week I had a full schedule. I think it was the 24 of march that Michelle D. had her birthday party. Laura went with me and we had a good time. A few people thought that we were together but no. I had a lot of fun there and had a few new friends at work because of it.
St. Patrick's Day I went to the Ale House on Kirkman with Laura. We met up with Candace, her stepsister, Charlie, and Ryan and Noah came too. We had fun. I couldn't drink much cause I had an early shift. After writing this, I realized that this should have come before Michelle's party but I'll leave it here.
What else....Elaine had a party at Howl at the Moon one Friday night. Joey Fatone from Nsyc was there. The girls got some pics and Jen had him sign her breast. Then Brett got Joey to sign his chest and then someone got Brett's number and had it written on the mirror behind the dueling pianos. Joey had them write another telling Brett to meet him in the bathroom in 5. It was hilarious.
So the weeks have been going by. There was a day where I finally got to see Melissa as Pooh. We hung out during her lunch in the mousetaria. It's sucked that nothing has happened there, she's a nice girl and I think she's hot.
4/22
I was at work and say this girl at the POC, and thought that looks like Nicolle. And it was. It was a huge surprise and I was very happy to see her. She had picked up 2 shifts while in town. That night was also Debbie and Jonathon's going away party. Laura went too, and we were some of the first there. A lot of people went but I felt bad cause only a very few were there for Debbie. Nicolle came too, so that was good. Cute girl there but she was a ditz. We went to Denny's later and I have this great video of her about to limbo under a chain linking 2 'caution wet floor signs' and at the last minute Laura limbos instead, stands up, and falls right over.
Some of my Wensday nights have been spent at Buffalo Wild Wings for Karioki (sp?). Elaine started this whole thing and it's usually fun. The one last week, April 26 was fun. Lot's of DPI so that was good.
4/28
Howl at the Moon party for Colleen ? And Candace, a combined birthday party. Good times, had a little to drink and was feeling good. There was a bride-to-be that had a 'suck for a buck' shirt so I pulled out a 10 and waved it at her. Got a good laugh. Then James wrote a message on a napkin saying to meet me in that bathroom in 5 minutes and I slipped it on her table. Another good laugh, then she wanted a picture.
More to talk about....
12/5
Lisa asked me to the Merchantainment dinner dance. Ashely took Morgan and Jamar took Laura so they could both go. There was good food and the managers sang and danced to 12 days of Christmas. I was pretty impressed with the merchandise managers. The dancing was fun and it was a good opportunity to get a lot of photos with friends. When I dropped Lisa off that night she told me that she had had her eye on me for a long time.
12/8
I stopped by the tent sale to say goodbye to Lisa, I had a flight home that night. Candace also had a flight so Laura drove us both. It didn't take very long to get through the line so I met up with Candace for dinner in the airport. I was surprised with how short the security line was, I just walked right through. I flew into Alanta and when I got off, I asked someone where my next gate was and they said that it was cancelled. Mom told me before the flight took off that there were delays so I wasn't surprised. There was a plane that couldn't stop and crashed through the barrier into the street. So I couldn't go anywhere and the next flight I could get was for the next day around 3pm. I read for quite awhile and walked around before falling asleep on the airport chairs. Well, that flight got delayed for more than an hour but finally I got into Midway and home. I drove downtown to pick up Justin and JoeJohn. We met up with Colleen, Brian, and a few of their friends (surprisingly Kristen who I hadn't seen for a year and a half) at a bowling alley. It was good to see them. I would have liked to have been somewhere a bit quieter so that Brian and I could talk a bit and get to know one another. It's a little hard to have a close friend married to someone you don't know.
The next day we had some of mom's side of the family coming over for cookie baking. I picked up grandma and got to see the knew changes to the house. After I dropped her off, I went to Nan and Grampy's for awhile to catch up with them. Luckily Grampy was up and in his chair, but he wasn't doing as while as when I left. I got home and just about everyone was there I think. We got pizza from Phil's, the best pizza around. I was very happy about that. I was supposed to go out with Kyle that night but something happened with his girlfriend and they were at the emergency room. I just sat at home and relaxed, which was nice to just be there. Sunday I went to the 'graduation' for the dog program. I think there were about 5 dogs and families that completed the training this past year. I went to a funeral for Eb, he was a good influence on me during my senior year of high school while I was working on my eagle. Mom had told me that he passed away while I was stuck in Atlanta. After that I went over to Kyle's and we watched Lord of the Rings on tv while we caught up.
12/12
I flew back into Orlando and went to the Studios. There was a private party for out department at the pizza resteruant, the toy story one. I looked down the NYC street and it was so neat to see no one on there. There were a ton of people there, it was great to see so many dpi in one place. Good food and the best thing was that the arcade games were free for us! That's like everyone's dream when they step into an arcade. It was really neat to walk around the studios after hours, something I hadn't done before.
The next morning I went to the graduation party for the cp's and ai's with Samantha, Amy, and Andrew. I ran into a few TT people and we got our picture taken with Goofy, and Mickey and Minnie, all in their caps and gowns. We also got our Mickey hats with tasels, which I wore, I think every time I went into the park after that.
On the 14th, I went to Ashely's to watch the Little Mermaid with Lisa. It had been so long since I had seen that movie. I really thought that I'd be watching more Disney movies while down here.
After I got off of work on the 20th (well it was the 21st by the time I got out) I went to PI to meet up with Lisa, Ashely, and Sylvia. In the morning I picked up Lisa and Sylvia to spend the day at Epcot. The Wonders of Life pavilion was open, probably the first time in quite a few years. The rumor was that it was being opened on last time before they tear it down. It was great seeing it, I hadn't been in there for such a long time. It was sad to see so few people in there, I remember it being very crowded when I was young. We had some fun in there, going on Body Wars and Cranium Command. We also met Genie, and Belle and the Beast, and saw Crush too. We ate at Mexico early on, I don't remember eating any time else. We stayed for Illuminations, it was the holiday version so it had an extra 5 minutes of fireworks. Very impresive.
12/22
Lisa, Sylvia, and I met up with Candace, Ginnylee, Stephen, and Tracey at Cowboys that night. Lisa had a little to drink before hand and somehow got a wrist band at the door. I bought us each a drink at some point. They were doing a contest and needed guys and girls and she got up on the stage, and said that if you were here with someone, this isn't the contest for you. I thought, oh crap, it's something sexual. It turned out that they got paired up, and would each do a shot and then kiss. Whoever had the hottest kiss won. I couldn't believe that she didn't get off the stage. I was pissed and waited in horror and it got closer to her turn and she just stayed. Then they did their shot and kissed.
I was so fucking pissed off. I didn't know what to do. I didn't watch to see who won, though I knew it wouldn't be them cause they did a brief kiss but still. I went to the bathroom to try to clear my mind. I couldn't decide if I should stay or just leave. I was afraid that if I left, one of my friends would give them a ride home and I didn't want that. While I was gone, she sent me a text saying “i'm so glad i got paired with him he didn't even kiss me! Where did you go?” Now, I have pretty good eyes, but I know what I saw. I walked outside in the back to call Kyle but he was already in bed. When I got back to the group she was sticking to her story and trying to touch me but I was pretty unresponsive. We went to the dance floor briefly but then I decided that I wanted to leave. I drove them home, I don't think we really chatted when I dropped them off. She kept sending me texts that night.
I talked to both Kyle and Colleen the next day, they had similar advice for parts. I went with Kyle's first cause I hadn't gotten to talk to Colleen yet. I sent Lisa a text telling her I was pissed and we tried to talk on the phone but I just didn't know where to start. Seeing her kiss someone else in front of me was just a slap in the face. I knew that nothing would probably happen with us past January and that it was a bit of a fling but I thought that our mini relationship at least mattered to her. I really liked her. Colleen's advice was to ignore her, girls hate that. So that's what I did. Didn't respond to her texts or even look at her at work.
Christmas Eve, I worked and called nan and grampy's to talk to whoever. Christmas I called home. I did my present exchanges when I went home but my parents mailed a package to me but I didn't get it before Christmas. Lisa tried to stop me at work, asking if I was on break, I said no and kept on walking. She stopped me on stage in the County Bounty and gave me a Christmas card. I was going to get her a card, a framed photo of us, and maybe a pin or two but that all changed. I just ignored her for the rest of the week. Ashely tried to get me to talk to her a few times but I just didn't want to, well part of me did. After it first happened I just wanted to forget that it happened and try to enjoy the last week.
12/27
I went to MK with all of my Mr. Potato Head stuff to try to get some pictures done and Samantha met up with me. I was very excited to see Darkwing Duck and Launchpad Mcquack. I got some great pictures with the Mr. Potato Head stuff, I think the best were Tinkerbell in front of the castle, dressed as a pirate with Schmee, and with Goofy holding me holding Mr. Potato Goofy. Sam and I found a great spot to watch the fireworks in the back of TT on the grass with nothing but a field and trees.
On the 28th there was the dpi prom at PI. I didn't get off of work until after midnight. I found the group at 8trax and hungout with everyone, going to Steak n Shake after.
Anyway, later on the 29th, Ashely told me that some people were talking about going to Cowboys and when she got to Lisa's name, I flat out said no. They would have needed a ride to get there, which is why Laura thought that they wanted to go with them. So I was going to meet Morgan and Laura up there so we could celebrate Morgan's birthday. I saw Melissa on th bus and invited her to come with. I was a little surprised that she wanted to go, but I was happy that she did. She and I tried to dance but it's always so crowded on Thursdays that if you don't know what you're doing, it's very hard to learn. Morgan and Laura got there for the very last song of the night. So we went to Denny's afterwards and hungout there for awhile.
Saw the fireworks on the 30th, they were amazing. It was almost the same as the Fourth of July show. Then on New Year's Eve people watched the fireworks in the back of TT. Lisa was there but we didn't say anything. Before, I was hoping that we'd be together that night, but whatever.
1/1
My last day of work. I worked in TT in the pals room. I was really hoping to get the POC but there wasn't room. The poc would have been nice so I could at least see some merchandise cps. Tim and Ron were both in the room too, 3 people that should have been out at poc, since we had been there so long. It was sort of sad, I got a picture with the characters, again that night.
1/02
All of the interns had to go to the castle this morning for a picture, we'd get a free 5/7 after. Only 4 people didn't make it. We all wore our costumes and also got graduation ears too. I was excited to receive my camera that morning. I had been worried that something would go wrong and no one would get them. I rode splash and big thunder with Tim and then we ran over to TT to get in line before the rooms opened. Seeing all of the people waiting for the line to drop and getting to just walk through a door to get backstage was so great. We were joined by Matt and I think Tom or another Tim. I was the first one in line for the princess room and I had on my green 'green shirts are for pimps' shirt. I was happy to finally get my picture with them wearing that shirt. I was sad walking through there. After that I changed shirts and went through the pooh room for autographs and snuck into the princess room again. I had one last page in my signature book and asked for a picture with all three of them. They all signed the page, writing a little message with their name and then got in a photo once all of the guests had left the room. While waiting for them I actually came close to crying. I met back up with the guys and we tried space mt. But it was closed. Matt and I went to see Hook and Schmee and got magic shots at Pirates of the Carribian. We went our seperate ways after getting back to TT. The plan was to eventually met at the Studios and Epcot but that didn't work out. I saw Lisa at CB and hung around until there weren't any guest but couldn't really say anything. It wasn't the place to try to talk with guests around. So I waited around until she got a break and we went outside to talk. It was very rough. She was sticking to her story for most of the time until she finally sort of admited it. I asked a few questions about her bf, we tried to talk about us, did some small talk and back to us. I don't know what to write here....When it was time to part she hugged me and I hugged back. We had 3 long hugs, it was just tough to know that it was, as far as I know, the last time we'd see each other. She had been asking if she could call at some point, maybe even 2 years down the line. I really wish things had ended differently for us. It made me think of Shakespear in Love. “how must this end? With tears and a journay” I kissed her goodbye and I walked to the bus stop and watched her walk away. I had seen her lip quivering and she had said that she should go so she wouldn't cry in front of me. I sat down and cried a bit, and knew that she was crying too.
I took a nap, packed some more and went to a party at our manager Melissa's apt. Ryan drove Candace and myself. My roommate Matt K was there and we played on a team for darts. That was the most fun I think I had with him since drunken uno. It was sad saying goodbye to people.
1/3 The last day in the park.
I said goodbye to Matt H before going to bed, expecting him to be gone in the morning but he was still there when I woke up. I had taken several small trips to the townhouse to drop things off but this was it. David left without saying goodbye, no big deal, I never talked to him, but M att K and I said goodbye. I had to leave without saying goodbye to Matt H, and I wasn't happy about that, he was a good friend down here. I was in a hurry to drop my stuff off and then go get Ashely. She needed a ride to the airport and asked. So I got her and we went to the post office so she could mail a few boxes then it was off to MK. We said hello to a few people in TT and went to the Plaza Resteruant for lunch. We used our 50% off coupons for our last meal. It was a very nice, cozy place, very good for a date. I would have liked to take Lisa there but I'm sure I'll get the chance to take someone else there instead (maybe it's a good thing then...). We rode space mt, I rode in front. I get such a big smile on that ride, it really makes me feel like a kid again, I just never get tired of it. After that it was back to TT, I got a few pics with people to hopefully put into my signature book (a few others had people write things in books so I liked the idea) for a little yearbook. We left and I drove Ashely to the airport and then went to Epcot to get my free photo. I ended up getting a picture of Lisa and myself in front of the castle and I bought one for her too. (she told me to write what I wanted to say to her and she could 'bawl' over it, I was having a tough time trying to say everything I wanted to. I still haven't done that and probably won't but I do plan on sending her the photo {which would have been her christmas present} and a cd with the photos from our last time at epcot. She has the ones from the other times we went out and I just want to be mature about it, it'd be nice if she sent me the ones from her camera and maybe if I do, so will she). I raced over to MK to meet up with Samantha, her friend, Candace and 2 other dpi. We watched Wishes for the last time, I wasn't expecting to see Sam so emotional. I was very happy to see the show once more. Sam and I rode space mt and then we went to IHOP, without Candace, and were joined by Marly. I was very sad to say goodbye to Sam, I really I hope we get to see eachother again. I'd love to go to SD to see her.
1/04
After my first night in the townhouse, I had to drive Candace to the airport. Laura had left the day before for home and would be gone for a week and a half. Candace would be gone for 2 and a half weeks. As soon as I got home, Melissa called me to see if I'd drive her to the airport, and of course I said yes but it wasn't until later on.
So this is all I'm going to do for now, I'll do more soon. I'm going home tomorrow so on of the next few days I'll write more.
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ok, so I wrote this a few weeks ago and i promise to update on my life after disney
Wow, I can't believe I've gone so long without updating. So I left off on Oct. 23rd. Lot's happened since then and I'm not sure if I'll remember everything that I'd like to write about.
I'll start off with mom, aunt poseyand grandma coming down for a visit at the end of October for Halloween. It was a little hard on grandma and it was rough seeing her with cancer. We went to Epcot after they got checked in and had a really good time. I got her a guest assistance card to help her out. That way she wouldn't have to wait in lines. We were supposed to go to the Halloween party at MK the next day but mom got sick. Luckily a cast member at the wilderness lodge was able to switch the day for us and we could go the next night. That was the 29th so I went to a party on the 3rd floor instead. DPI was well represented and it was a pretty good time.On the 30th we went to MK for the party and it was pretty fun. I had seen everything before and worked it quite a few nights so it was great to take them around. We all wore fun hats as our costumes and our bags were full of candy by the end of the night. I saw Debbie there with Dan, my old homeroom manager. I wasn't happy but they didn't see me, even though I was walking if front of them while we were getting candy. The next day I worked with her and felt much better not having to worry what was going on with us. It was over and I was happy that I could just move on. Later that night I went to PI with Ryan, we went as doctors. He had some kid toy stuff for his and mine had a box that you wore on your head that said “free momograms” on top with a big opening and then place breast here on the bottom. I got so much attention for that and a number of random people wanted their picture with me. We ran into more dpi that night and I ended up running into Lisa from Toontown (TT). I chatted with her while everyone got a group picture. So after that, life started to get more interesting.
The Thursday after Halloween I went to PI with Morgan and Laura. After hanging out in the Adventurers' Club we went to the comedy warehouse where we met Lisa, Ashely, and Diesy in line. We had a good time there and went club hopping after that. Somehow the night ended with us outside of Maniquins and Lisa on my arm.
11/6
So Lisa was a cp from Penn. 19 (almost 20), and going to Penn State. Most cp's don't have cars and for whatever reason, I offered her a ride home. She didnt think I was serious but I did drive her to Chatom. She signed me in so I could go inside, the disney apts are very tight on security. We went up to her apt. and she put on a movie. The next night we watched a movie at my place with Morgan and Laura. They left after a bit and Lisa came over to join me on the couch. I had a really nice time with her and we did a lot of flirting.
I think it was on the 8 that she and I went to see Chicken Little. It was a pretty good movie, we paid our own way cause it wasn't quite a date but it sort of was I guess. I bought a pop and popcorn for us, it's been a long time since I've done that. We met up with her roommate Sylvia after that at PI.
The 9th I had a day off and picked up Lisa to go to DAK with Ryan, Candace and Stephen. We got there first so we went on 2 rides. The second one, Dinasour, was interesting. It broke down several times so the lights kept coming on, sort of ruined the magic. She was holding on to me the whole time so it was weird when the lights came on and there was nothing for people to be afraid of but she went back at it each time the ride started. I thought it was pretty cute. We met up with the rest of the group and did the walking tour over in Asia. I think everyone got a few nice shots that day. After I drove her to work I went back to DAK and everyone was ready to leave. I decided to stay so I could see the parade. It was pretty good, I liked it, and stayed for Bug's Life.
11/10
Lisa, Ashely, and I met up with Candace, Stephen, Tracey, Heidi, Laura, and maybe someone else at Cowboys. She and I had a really good time. At the end of the night I dropped Ashely and her off and she stayed in the car. She told me that she had a boyfriend back home and thought it was unfair not to tell me. I didn't know what to do so I just kept up a happy face. My mind was racing and I was pretty pissed. I met up with the rest of the group at Denny's and at the end of the night I told Laura and Heidi. They weren't happy and thought I should just drop her.
The next day at work I told Candace about it and she had the same feelings. She also told me that Ashely had told the rest of them at Cowboys that Lisa had a bf and she was there to help make sure that Lisa told me. It made sense because towards the end of the night Laura came up and really wanted to leave. I said one more song which lasted a few and she came up again. I was also sort of happy that no one said anything at Denny's to me about it and just let me have my space.
One night at work she came up and wanted to talk, giving me a note saying that. After a few days I decide, fuck it, I don't care that she has a boyfriend. She was obviously into me and I tried to rationalize it all. People find new people all the time, it's ok, etc.
11/14
I called her up and made plans to see Saw 2 with her, Morgan and Laura. Festival Bay is definitely the best date theater to go to. Nice big chairs and armrests that go up, very nice. Saw 2 was pretty gorey and while Laura was curled up with Morgan, Lisa was doing the same. We were going to go to PI after the movie but we decided to go back to my place instead. The movie was just too much to try to party afterwards. She picked out Shakespear in Love, good movie. I think that was the night we ended up kissing.
She stayed over pretty late (or early) and we went to the Studios later in the day. It was very good to have the same day off. We had a good time and then went to MK for the Christmas parade preview. Mainstreet was so beautiful with all of the decorations and even better with a great parade.
The next day Candace and Stephen were looking for places to live and offered Laura and I to live with them. It was good to know that life after the internship was starting to come together.
I think (but could be wrong) it was some time between that and Thanksgiving we rented Polar Express. We went to Pizza Hut and was told that they were out of that pizza. How do you run out of pizza? Any just wanted to add that date night in there. I'm probably going to miss a few ones.
The night before Thanksgiving we got a frozen pizza from Walmart and watched the Nightmare Before Christmas. I think that was the night she stayed over. She finally brought a bag with her for pj's and her contacts.
Thanksgiving day I picked her up and we went to TT. Her department was having Thanksgiving dinner so I had just a little bit to eat because her manager told me to. Entertainment invited dpi to join them so I ate that food as my big dinner and ate with Ginnylee. I called nan's to talk to the family too. I spent the rest of the time in the park and saw the Christmas version of the country bears. It was very good, I enjoyed it more than the normal show. After Lisa and Ashely got off of work we went back to my place and did some shots. Morgan drove my car to Cowboys cause none of us could and Laura was in the other car with some other people. It was Lisa's b-day, she turned 20. Ashely slept in my bed that night and Lisa and I slept on the couch.
I'm going to take a break right now and have some dinner.
Ok, back. This is proving to be pretty difficult....I really have to get better at this.
Let's see..on the 27th we went to MK and rode the Indy speedway. I hadn't riden it for such a long time. When we went to the castle for a picture the photographer took a few then told us to kiss. We didn't quite know what to do but we didn't. When we went to DAK a photographer told us to do that right away and it was a bit awkward.
11/29
Went to downtown disney with Lisa and we shared an ice cream sunday, her treat. Unfortunately she had to work that day.
I was also trying to see the townhouse that Candace and Stephen had found around this time. I went one day and the woman couldn't show me the place because the carpet cleaner had the keys. It was pretty difficult dealing with them.
My parents came down for a few days in the beginning of December. I guess I'll write about that. I didn't get very much time off during this visit. On the 1st, we went to the Very Merry Christmas Party. I took them to the country bear jamboree show, and we did a few other things too, Dumbo, Carpet ride, and a few other usual ones. We did some characters too, Donald, and the pals room. I was pretty excited that Daisy was in there, she's never out. She recognized me though I don't know who it was. Mickey knew me and I was pretty sure who it was. We saw a show in the Galaxy theater too, at the beginning of the night. I don't think I had ever been in there before. We went on Buzz Lightyear and we each took our own car. Mom beat the game with her gun and I finally beat it with both guns. I was very excited and I haven't ridden it since. And that's one of my favorites. I think it'll be a long time before I ride it again. Anything less of beating it would just be disappointing. That was the most time I got to spend with them but it was ok since I was going home later that week.
12/5
Lisa asked me to the Merchantainment dinner dance. Ashely took Morgan and Jamar
That's all I have time for right now. I'll continue in a few days...The dance was fun though...
10/3
I spent the day at Epcot with my parents. It was a good time. Afterwards I stopped by their hotel to pick up some food that they had bought but hadn't used. I made plans with Debbie to watch a movie when I got back. I went over to her place and she put on Roger Rabbit once everyone else left the room. She was on one end and I was on the other. I really had no idea what to do. I was getting a rather cold feeling from her that night. During the movie she got a call from someone (I knew who) and talked for a bit. I was just blown away by that. I wasn't sure what was going on, if there was some games going on that I had missed. I fell asleep during the movie, I hadn't been getting much sleep and was worn out. When I was leaving I decided to test the water and leaned in to kiss her. I knew that I'd either get her lips or her check and would know everything that way. Well, she turned her head. I left pissed off and totally confused. Even worse, I knew that we'd be working everyday together for quite some time so there was no way for me to get away to forget about her.
10/4
I had to work with her and it was just a miserable day. I was in a bad mood and I'm sure she knew. I guess I didn't really do anything that week. I was just miserable.
10/10
I went over to Susan's and hungout with her. It was my day off and she had the day off too. Once Laura got home we went out for Mexican food. It was great. I really miss little places like that, that aren't chains.
10/11
I went to the park by myself, sometimes it's good to just get out and do just what you want to do here. I finally maxed out all of the points on Buzz Lightyear! I had been trying since June. Before I left the first room I had over 900,000 points. Once I beat it, then I used the other gun for the rest of the ride. I bought myself a piece of fudge as a reward. I also went through the lines in toontown. Minnie was excited because she recognized me and gave me a kiss :o) Princess Aurora wasn't there that day but I'm sure I'll be going back again.
For most of these updates, I've had to rely on the pictures I've taken over the last few weeks so I might have missed a little thing here or there but hopefully not. And I'll continue...
10/17
I had off, I think I got bored and ended up going to the park later in the day. I ran into my roommate and we got our picture taken on Main Street.
10/18
One of the best days ever. We finally started doing our photography field trips. I was in the first group to get to do macro photography over at Epcot. It was the first time that I learned something about photography since I've been here. Crazy huh? Nikon sent us macro lenses to play with for free, helps that we use all Nikon cameras here. Glenn taught us a few things about it, lighting, focusing etc. Then we got to go outside and he took us around to a few spots with great flowers and leaves. It wasn't even 10am so there was still water droplets on them. Very neat to photograph. Then we went to the Land to meet one of the VPs or Managers there. We rode the attraction then she took us backstage and led us back on stage to do our photography. We were given booties to wear so we could walk in the sand. This was all while the regular boat tours were going by. I got some really neat picutes, I can't wait to send them in to get developed. We were given cds with our pictures and Disney gets to use and that they like. Our names won't appear but we'll get to say that we're published photographers. I'm still tweaking some of them.
Afterwards, I borrowed Trent's cell so I could call Nicolle. We met up at Epcot and mostly stayed in the World Showcase. We tried a few of the countries that are there for the Food and Wine Festival and each had a drink in Morrocco. She showed me the giant penis over there too. I'd been looking for it and always thought that it'd be just a little thing that was hard to find.
Some people were going to PI that night to check out the new Irish Pub. I went with Candace and Ginnylee. We weren't that impressed with it. It was way to fancy and big, but that's Disney for you. We walked around for a bit and came back to find that Matt, Tracy, Dave, and Mandy were finally there. Nicolle was supposed to come with us but ended up coming later with Debbie. I wasn't thrilled but what could I do. We went to BET after Maniquines. I got to watch some guy hit on her, though I knew that was inevitable. She wasn't that interested and tried a few times to loosen me up. Somehow we ended up dancing together for a song or two before leaving BET. I wasn't sure what was going on, it was starting to be a bit of a rollarcoast on my emotions for the night. We went to 8trax, ok, I thought. But then Debbie and Nicolle wanted to do a contest to see who could get the most drinks. Totally unfair, I had no chance to win unless we were at Maniquines. Right away she and Nicolle get some guys over to them. Candace and Ginnylee weren't in to the contest either. And we all walked away to a different part of the club. I wandered around later to see them with a couple of older guys. I wasn't impressed with they way they were just using people. I went outside for a bit to get away from it all. When I went back in I found that Candace had gotten stepped on by some drunk woman and her foot was swelling. Not good. Soon it was time to leave. I wanted nothing more than to put Candace on my back and just get the hell out of there. But I couldn't. Debbie and Nicolle came up to me and each took my arm bacause the guys were following them out. They said something about protecting them or being their bodyguard. I pulled my arms away angerly and told them that they got themselves into this so you can get yourselves out. What did they expect would happen? So I stormed off and heard someone calling my name. It was Debbie. She wanted to apologize for what had happened between us before, I didn't want to hear it since she was a bit drunk. Finally I gave in so we could do some talking. She said that she'd attracted to me but doesn't know what I think. I dont talk enough, she never knows what to talk about with me, I dont open up enough. There was a bunch of stuff talked about. I told her a few things. I'm attracted to her too, I find it hard to talk at work when we always have to put the guests first. It's hard to carry on any converstations with guests always coming up to us. Basiclly I told her that it was her choice if she wanted to try for more, that I would. Candace and Ginnylee didn't say anything on the ride home about it. I'm sure they didn't know what to say since I'm sure that they didn't know anything about it before that night. I carried Candace up the stairs that night too. Her foot was pretty swelled up by then.
I don't know what going to happen. I saw her give her number to another guy that night too. I think that I need to be trying a lot more at work. 10/21 Two nights ago I wrote her a little note, a little highschoolish but I don't have a phone to call or text for that sort of thing (oh, I dont think I wrote about that yet. I lost my phone. Getting a new one soon). I ended up going to Trent's halloween party. My roommate went and told me about going so I decided to go too. I went as a guest. I had a mickey shirt, a goofy hat, photopass cards, map, stickers on me etc. There weren't a lot of people yet, just DPI and entertainment people really. Two the the princesses came as aisan girls. It was funny, they gave the peace sign any time someone took their picture. Debbie came too, nothing really happened. She quiet too. We need to talk more, something I really need to try and do.
I've been at the POC for a long time now. Not much I can do about it. I was on restrictions for 2 weeks, off of it for a week, and then was put back on. I shot for a half hour during that week to break someone. Tomorrow I'll see if the restrictions are over. My hand isn't totally better yet. I still need more strength training. If I go back to shooting now, I'll only do castle, I'm sure my managers will understand.
I guess, I'm sort of caught up here for the most part.
Laura and I talked about looking for an apartment together, maybe with at least one other person too. A manager was walking around a few nights ago and was letting us know that if we were interested in staying on, that we needed to email our area manager by tomorrow. Thanks for letting us know. There is very little communication getting to us at the POC, we are very much left out of everything. She put my name down for me so hopefully they're saving me a spot in January. They're doing it this way, saving spots full time/part time spots for interns right now because they're hiring so many people. I don't have to take it but at least I should have something in January no matter what. I'm starting to look into school too. I just want to take one class at a time. I want to be full time so I get benifits but it will make it harder to take a class. I'd like to try to find somewhere to do an independent study to be more flexible.
There's also a few more things I'd like to look into first but right now, by staying in DPI I'd be making more money than if I went to another department. This is leading into another entry, so stay tuned.
My Mom, aunt and Grandma are coming down this week. Looking forward to it but also I'm a little nervous to see my grandma since I haven't gotten to see what she looks like after going through surgery and chemotherapy.
Well, I'm working from 4 -midnight and I still have to get ready.
Later.
So last night was a huge rollarcoaster. I'll get to it eventually, things sort of got better. I have no idea as to what's going to happen now.
Just remembered something. On 9/23, a group of us went out to see The Corpse Bride. It was Matt, Heidi, Mandy, Ginnylee, Laura, Debbie, Nicolle, and myself. It was a pretty good movie, very different.
9/25
Went to work, not too bad. Debbie, Tim, and I closed the POC. She and I changed and walked over to base. I hadn't been there for a week and a half. There was a special event for CP and AIs at the MK in Frontierland. They opened that land up for all of us to see a preview of the Not-so-scary halloween part. We got free hotdogs and icecream too. The parade was awsome, I think my favorite part was with the haunted mansion. This big group of butlers did this awsome thing with shovels, hitting them on the ground and then scrapping them in a circle with sparks flying up! It was so cool seeing some characters that you just never see out. I watched it with Matt, Heidi, Morgan and Laura. We met up with a few others for icecream back at Pacos Bill's and then went over near the rides. Mickey and Minnie were out in costumes and I saw Debbie and Nicolle in line along with a few others. A group of us got on big thunder and then over to Splash. I was pretty happy that Debbie rode both rides with me. It was interesting walking back to toontown with the park closed. Just totally empty except for a few interns walking through it. It was just nice.
9/28
I decided to go to the goth club with everyone. I didn't have anything gothy to I tried me best. I went there with Matt, Tracey, Amy, Mandy, Dave, Ross, and Samantha. Turns out, its not really my type of place (big surprise). People danced so strangley. No one dances together and needs lots of room to move around in their own little world. I'm still glad I went, now I don't have to go again. I stayed up way to late that night too. We went back to Dave's place and he made pizza. I was practicly falling asleep on the couch before that.
9/29
My parents fly in to visit for the weekend. They got in on this day and I was able to ER from work and met up with them. We went to Cosmic Ray's, did a few rides, and watched wishes. I should them where base was and finally left well after the park closed. I raced home got ready for PI. I went with Debbie, Nicolle, and Ginnylee. We met up with Samantha, Amy, and Dinah and went to BET. This guy tried to hit on Debbie or something so she stayed over by me and the guy just kept on staring at her. Soon we left and he tried following her. I tapped him on the arm and when he turned around I walked past him so I'd be behind her. He just kept following us, up the stairs, out the club. As soon as we got outside I grabbed her hand hoping he'd get the message that she wasn't interested. But he just kept getting too close. I figured I needed to get a security guard or I was going to end up in a fight with this guy. Luckily I saw one over buy 8trax and suddenly pushed the group over to him. It happened quickly enough that the guy didn't know what was happening. I angerily told the guard that the guy was harrassing her and wouldn't leave us alone. The guy tried to start explaining and the guard asked Debbie if she wanted to talk to him and she said no. The guard said a few things and took the group away and waited for the guy to walk off, I didn't want him following us into the next club. So we went to Maniquines for another drink and then to Motion. Nicolle drove us home and dropped Ginnylee and I off and as I was walking away, Nicolle called me back and told me to get back in. So I did. The three of us hungout for a while back at their place. Well, long story slightly shorter, I ended up staying the night. I gave her a kiss goodnight and we fell asleep together. We only got about 4 hours of sleep. We kissed a little bit in the morning then we needed to get ready for work. I came back over to drive us there. After work we changed and went over to Epcot so she could meet up with Nicolle and me with my parents. I introduced them to my parents and then we went our seperate ways. We did a few things over there and then went looking dinner. It was the first day of the food and wine festival so there was a lot to chose from. We ended up just eating in France, in the back quick service place. It was really good though, one of my favorite places to eat at Disney. I took them to a good spot in front of the bridge so we'd be right on the water for Illuminations. After that we had dessert from France but ate it in England in the gardens. The girls met up with us again and did 1-2-3 Sober! Before reaching my parents. They did very well with that. Nicolle talked with my parents while Debbie and I walked behind talking. We went our seperate ways again and my parents and I made meal reservations for the rest of the weekend.
10/1
I some how got 3 days off in a row, no easy feat, let me tell you. We met up at DAK, I saw the lion king show for the first time and then we did the safari ride. After some ice cream we went over to MGM for dinner. We had reservations for the 50's Prime Time Cafe and my parents requested to sit in Dale's section. He's their favorite waiter at Disney
He of course remembered them and even talked out of character to us since I'm a CM. It's a very fun place. He made me wear a bib because their was a crumb on my plate. We got a picture with him too. We did a few rides their too and tried to see Fantasmic but got rained out. We went to Downtown Disney instead for a bit.
10/2
We went to MK for the day. I started them on autograph books since they've never really gotten pictures with characters before. We did a few of the ones in Townsquare. Then we had lunch at Tony's. We got to sit outside, I told the CM that they really wanted to see the parade and they found someone to wait on us in the outside part. I also saw Cinderallabration for the first time all the way through. I've heard the music countless times from working around the castle but could never watch it. I had gotten us tickets for the Halloween party. We went around to the candy places and rode a few more rides. They liked the parade and Hallowishes, the villians dance party, got some pictures with a few villians too.
I'm going to take a break from this for a while. It's my day off so I'm going to go have some fun for a bit then come back here later tonight and write somemore.
Ok, so I'm starting this update on 10/4 and I know I won't finish this right now.
September 7th I got invited to Chillers by Nicolle. I had run into her, Katie, and Debbie at PI a few days before along with Ginnylee. I hungout with them and watched a bunch of guys try to hit on them and fail. So I said yes and ended up bringing along a few other people as well. Sarah, Amy, Ryan and I rode together and Nicolle, Katie, Debbie, Trent and his roommate rode together. We met up and the drinks were only a dollar. I mostly danced with Sarah, I think it was sort of our group and their's that night. It was still a good time, we ended up going next door to Maco's too. My group ended up back at Ryan's sitting on the couch falling asleep so finally I got up and turned the light off and we all slept sitting on the couch.
The 8th was a pretty lazy day. Sarah and I had lunch at Moe's and then met up with Michelle. Sarah changed her mind about going out and stayed home while Michelle and I went to Epcot. We went on Mission Space, Energy, Soarin' and I think that's it. Then we went to MGM and did a bunch of things there too. I had a really nice time that day, it was good hanging out with her because we hadn't for quite a while. I ended up going out to Cowboys that night with Ginnylee and Candace. It was pretty intimidating, everyone knew the moves and moved as one big group. I couldn't do anything because it was so crowded. I don't think I'll ever go back there though, it's just not my type of place.
Anyway, I have to end here for now. Some people just got here and I'm going to have a drink with them. I'm sure it will end up in here at some point.
It's now Oct. 12th, I'm so far behind on this. Im pretty unhappy about that.
It looks like I forgot about a day too. I'm using my pictures on my computer to remind me of things. On 9/4 Susan and I finally met up. She came over with her b/f and friend Laura. I was very happy to see her. We tried going to a few places in Orlando but Mike wasn't old enough. I suggested going to PI we he could get in everywhere but one club so that's what we did. It was a good time too.
So skip ahead to 9/10. After getting off the bus Amy, Sarah and I were trying to figure out something to do for that night and I came up with playing Uno and drinking. They came over later on with Kristen and Frankie came down too. We sort of just started playing and figured out the rules as we went for the first bit of the game. Drink when you get skipped, when the color changes and the person changing the color gets to make someone(s) drink the amount of the card number, drink 10 for getting a draw 4, on a reverse. It went pretty well. Brian and Michelle came by too. Things got a bit sexual that night and there was a lot of it surrounded Michelle's chest. Very interesting. Brian got a little mad at me for it. The next day Michelle saw me in the tunnel and told me how she had gotten pissed at Brian for how he acted and Brian apologized in base to me.
On the 14th, I went to Health services and the doctor perscriped therapy three days a week for 2 weeks. She wasn't going to put me on rescrictions and I got upset about that. I explained to her that the following I'd be doing characters everyday for 6-8 hours. What good would therapy do for me if I was going to just keep on damaging my hand? So I went back to work and told the MOD (manager on duty) who was Michelle. I told I could go to the POC (point of contact) at Toontown. It had just opend the Sunday of that week. She changed my schedule for me and I just went there. Later that day Laura came by there and was in guest clothes and looked really depressed. Morgan had broken up with her and she had taken 2 days off to spend at the beach and what not with his family and now had nothing to do. I told her that when I got done I'd go to my car and grab my spare shirt and we could room around the park. We had a few fun times like on Splash and Big Thunder. We actually rode that one twice. The bar came down to my leg but because she's so petite, on the drops she would come off her seat quite a bit. After that we went back to the apt. and got ready to go out for the night. We went to a salsa club with Ginnylee and Candace. It was interesting to say the least. The girls of course all danced with a few guys. I didn't dance at all and wasn't that happy when I left, my mind was pretty much on Ginny that night.
9/15
2nd day the POC, Laura came by again. I had forgotten a change of clothes so I actually ended up driving back to my apartment and back to Disney to meet up with her, Samantha, and Tracy. We hungout for a while there and finally went back to the apartments. Laura came over again and we went over to Debbie and Nicolle and Katie was right ahead of us. We were going to go to Tabu for $10 all you can drink night. It turned out that I wouldn't be able to wear my sandles so we swung my my place and I ran in to change. I had to change all of my clothes of course. I got a call from Ginny and the way there and got a little razz from the girls for it. I wasn't really looking forward to the night, actually. I figured that guys would come swarming for the girls and I'd of course be left standing alone, and that none of the girls in the group would be interested in dancing with me anyway. As soon as we got to one of the bars of course this guy and his group started up. The girls introduced themselves and then me as their bouncer. There was a deal on shots 2 for 1 going on and one guy offered shots for the girls (Laura wasn't old enough so she couldn't drink) and he wanted to get an even number. So it was 6 shot of tequellia for 5 people. He scored points with me for offering to buy one for me and a few more for giving me the extra one. Debbie got me started on malibu and pineapple that night too. I was on my 4th drink in about 15 minutes of being there. We went to the dance floor and Debbie was dancing pretty close. I tried giving some space and after a while she finally said over her shoulder, Come on sean, work with me here. Well, I got the message loud and clear and we danced for the rest of the night. We walked around the bar a bit for a bar with a shorter line holding hands. It was pretty nice actually, since we had started working together at the poc.
9/17
I had off that day. I drove down to Susan's and picker her and Laura up. We drove down to St. Petersburg to go to the Museum of Fine Arts. It was small but there were a few paintings and photos that I really liked. Sarah and Amy were at the Dali museum a short distance away and came to meet us. From there we drove to Clearwater Beach. It was very cool getting to see the Gulf Coast and swimming in there for a little while. We stayed to watch the sun go down. I got a few pretty good pictures from there. We stopped at a seafood place in Tampa and a had a good time. Susan enjoyed a drink and got one to go. I've never seen a place do that so we put it in a spare gatorade bottle. It was a great day, really.
9/19
The week before I had what I thought might be an ingrown hair and of course couldn't help but to pick at it and made things worse. Friday morning it suddenly started looking bad and by Monday it hadn't improved. I tried looking for a place to go to but everything looked close or I just had no idea where it was at. I looked up a few things on the net and thuroughly freaked myself out and finally called Kyle. He told me to just go to the emergency room and I did. I wanted to go but really needed someone to just tell me to go. I called my dad right before I went in to let him know what was going on. He was a big help for me too. And of course and the way there people kept calling wanting to go out but I didn't want to let anyone know that there was something wrong. I didn't want to talk to anyone down here about something like that. So I feel asleep for a good 40 minutes before they called my name. I was pretty amazed because they said that the wait was about 8-10 hours. I had a female doctor, she looked at the problem and thought that it was just a regular infection. Germs getting into the pore and that's it. The second doctor thought the same. Then he said that they were going to have to drain it. Cut me open drain it. I should add that on the pain scale it was like a 2 sometimes a 3 but my anxiety level was off the charts. So I got prepped and got to stay in the bed I was in. Another doctor came in to do the draining. He had the stick me with a needle a few times to numb the area. I was fairly fine with that, I had lots of allergy shots when I was little and can handle that. Then he started cutting. I had my hands clasped together and eyes tightly shut and my arms were shaking. Each little cut seems liked it was going incredible deep and were huge cuts. After a few times he got up and got the other doctor. As soon as he left I felt fine. I could hear him tell the other doctor that this guy in there is being tramitized by the procedure. So both of them came back in and guy that started let the other doctor finish it. It was so horrible, I just couldn't handle it from all of the anxiety. If I known what it was before I had gotten to the ER I'd probably had been fine or at least not as bad. They drained it and the male nurse came back in to put the gauze on and tape it down. I went straight out to get my antibiotics and pain killers. I only got about 4 hours of sleep that night. And was in quite bit of pain in a very sensitive area. (if you really need to know, email me, I'll tell you even more details)
9/20
I was in pain at work. I took pain killers twice which helped but I couldn't bend down. I changed the bandage to give myself more flexibility. I could walk but not very fast. Later that night I got voicemail from Brian about watching a movie at his place with Michelle. I called back saying I wasn't up for it and ended up calling Michelle while she was there and asked if she could leave there to come talk with me. There are only a few people I would feel totally comfortable talking about that matter with down here. Actually at the ER they asked if there was anyone to drive me home if the numbing medication was too much for me and she was the first one I thought of. So we talked for a long time and we able to joke about it quite a bit, she did a great job of cheering me up.
It was also my brother's birthday and I had already called him when I got home from work.
9/21
Had my checkup at the ER, it was a long wait. It looked like things were going to be fine (it seems like it's almost healed now) Laura called while I was waiting and there was a kid crying. She wanted to know what was going on and I had to tell her I was at the ER. She was worried right away and I promised that it was ok, it was just a checkup and that I'd tell her everthing at work the next day. s
9/22
I told Morgan most of the story, even the really person stuff. He was next on the list of people I'd feel comfortable with talking about that stuff. I had to tell Laura too (she and Morgan were pretty much back together at this point and wasn't much longer till they were official again). I had started telling him during our break and Laura came in and had some time too. I got through most of the story with them, I had to start over for Laura. Then Brian came up and I stopped talking about it. I just didn't want to talk about the really personal stuff with him. I gave him a very short version.
That night I went to PI with Nicolle and Debbie. She and I were sort of matching, there's a pic on my photopass site. We went to the adventurer's club but it was already closed so we did a shot at 8trax, went to Maniquine for the cool air blast, and then to Motion. Some guy started talking to her there and finally she had enough of him. She wasn't interested to start but finally turned and we started dancing. We ended up holding hands again, this time to the car.
9/24
Susan and Laura came up to do Around the World at Epcot. This is basicly a pub crawl, you drink at each of the countries, or at least all that you can get to. We went to Target and bought a poster board and wrote “wish you were here” on it, since we were travelling 'around the world' We went on SSE right away bcause it started pouring when we arrived. Then it cleared up and we went on Soarin. Then the drinking began. We skipped Canada, not much of a selection, only beer on the street. So of to Rose and Crown for Woodpecker Cider. It was very good. France we had wine. In Morocco it was daquirries, Laura had strawberry and Susan and I had tangerine. We had saki(sp?) in Japan. Susan's was good, she had plum wine. Mine was way too strong, there was a little that I didn't finish. We skipped America cause we drink there all of the time :o) More wine in Italy. And strawberry sparklers in Germany. I called Kelli from there. Homecoming was going on (Susan and I were also celebrating that in Epcot). We talked for a bit. Michelle and Brian met up with us there. Michelle was going to be my DD home. We ended up skipping China, we were starting to run out of time before Illuminations and really wanted to get to Mexico. At Norway (we skipped that too) I called the girls in Indi and Theresa answered. I was like 'where are you guys' 'im at st joes' I was very entertained. Then I was like yeah, I'm here talkin to Susan and she got in too. Then I blew it by saying that Justin was there too. I was just trying to push it and she finally knew that I wasn't really there. (sorry for the drunked call but you've got to admit, it was pretty funny, especially on me end). Fiesta margaritas at Mexico. Gooood. During Illuminations I made the mistake of texting Colleen. I figured since I had talked to a few pumas already, I'd just send her a quick text to let her know she was on my mind. I've now learned that Im not allowed to use a phone after 9 countries. I think it was 'wish you were here. I miss you.' I was going to put a smilie after it but I thought it sounded ok as is. Wrong. I got a call very quickly with a worried/alarmed voice wanting to know what was wrong. Mind you, this is not the voice I was expecting. I was expecting a happy, how's it going, good to hear from you sort of thing. I got a lot of questions, ones that I'd never been asked before so I threw in more details to let her know that, yes it was in fact me. I suppose my voice was probably slurred a little (i was feeling good that there was now a fiesta in my stomach...see my last drink). It sort of made me feel a bit bad that I've never really gotten to drink very much with any of my friends. I know what you are all like after drinking but very few of you know what I'm like ( i smile a lot and once i realize that i'm smiling i cant stop and sometimes i'm very talkative). Well, the phone call didn't go very well. (and I dont know if you read this or not hon but it is something that i had to write about, i hope you aren't offended that it's in here). Michelle drove my car and was the 2nd person other than me to drive it that day (susan being the other) and we went to Friday's down the street from the apartments. Brian drove seperately of course and picked up Laura (the other Laura) and later Morgan stopped by too (he was out of town). It was a good time there too. Lots more fun. We might not have had a drink in every country but we did get our picture in every country with our awsome sign!
Ok so I'm going to have to stop here. I'll start of on the following day and let you know the date that I'm continuing this entry.
(This part's for me to remember, not really trying to share this with everyon else...)
So after work last wensday I met up with Samantha and her friends Justin and Ginny from college. I thought that Ginny was pretty cute and for whatever reason she ended up sitting very close to me on Splash Mountain. During the first big crop we ended up holding hands some how and stayed that way for most of the ride. Then on the Haunted Mansion I ended up kissing her twice. I had a good time that night at MK. After that I met up them at Sam's and started drinking. I found out that she has a boyfriend and that they've been going out for about 2 weeks. We were siting next to on another and flirting a bit with body launuage and touching. We took a long walk around the complex just talking and ended up coming back to my place to sleep. I found out something interesting from her, my friend Sam thinks that I'm gay. I turned down 2 girls at the start of the program so I guess she thinks I must be gay. I haven't talked to her about this yet, don't know if it's going to come up but I think that she might just be jealous that her friend sparked my interest so quickly.
The next day she came down looking even cuter, all ready for the beach. She stayed for a little bit and let me get ready but when I got up there the group had sdecided that they weren't going any more. Katrina had been affecting the weather that day and we ened up going to the mall instead. Later that night I met up with them and we all went to PI for some fun. She went from cute to hot that night, wow. I was just watching her dance at Motion and this guy started coming up to her trying to dance. It really made me miss my friends from home cause I know I would have been able to say something to someone and gotten some help, maybe a girl to go cockblock this guy. A little bit after that guy we went out to take a break and the group decided to go to Manquines (sp?). Justin asked if I minded (it's known as the gay club), I told him I didn't. The dance floor slowly spins around and I can't tell you how hard it is to step onto a moving floor when you've been drinking. She and I started dancing there and I kissed her again while the cold fog thing started so no one could see us. You couldn't see more that 2 feet in front of you. Apparently Sam has pics of us kissing and what not, but it's on Ginny's camera. On our way out I let the rest of the group get a head and stayed back to get her a rose. I had to sort of pull her away from everyone to give it to her. We went to IHOP for some food, Brian and Michelle had stayed with us for that too. After that it was time for them to leave, we went back, they got there stuff and left for the airport. Ginny wanted me to go with but Sam wanted some alone time with them, I can understand that.
We've talked every night since, just for a little bit. Sam told her that she was worried that she was leading me on. How? I knew that she was leaving and has a boyfriend (though I dont know why Sam would be worried about that if I'm supposedly gay, right?) . That and she thought the we would get too attached. Don't know about that, it's not like I can date her. She thinks I'm cool to talk to and I like getting to know her.
Colleen and I talked the other night too, it was very good to hear from her, sometimes I don't know what I'd do without her. She brings a whole other perspective that I just wouldn't get from the guys.
JoAnna came back to town 2 nights ago, I went over there last night and we talked for about 4 hours. It was good conversation, but it's too bad that it's too late for anything to happen.
Talked to Susan a few nights ago too, she wants me to do some nice photos for her. I'm definitely happy about that, she was very good to work with and I'm really excited to get to see her next week. I'm really looking forward to seeing a friendly face.
Yesterday was my day off. I went to MK, got there in time for the set in Townsquare where Mickey and Minnie are together. I bought an autograph book and when I got up there Minnie recognized me. I dont know who it was but I had photographed Minnie for about 6 hours the day before. Under her autograph she wrote 'Click!' I went to the base too, another manager was leaving and there was cake. Mickey and Minnie showed up too and Mickey served some cake and then tasted the frosting. He was doubled over in laughter about it and the manager had to clean it up. I was surprised that we were allowed to start taking pictures in there for this. About 4 of us had our own cameras and a few people use the DPI cameras and scanned it all on to a card for him. I got my hair cut, it looks great, best it's looked in a long time. This guy's my new barber for the rest of the time here. I got green coloring in my hair and pixie dust too, needed it to get the feeling of having a day off. Then I was off to MGM. I went to get a picture with Chicken Little, and Mickey in the Sorcerer's costume, and watched the Little Mermaid show. The first song was soo cool, go see it if you ever come down here. Watched the Muppet pre-show since I hadn't gotten to see it since I've been down here. Went through most of the shops, and pics and autographs with Buzz Lightyear and Woody. I went on Rockin Rollarcoaster twice. First time in front and second time in the last row. It's so awsome in the very back cause you can see the rest of the cars in front of you. After that I came home and changed for PI. I just went by myself. JoAnna had said that she was going but she didn't answer when I called. I never saw here there but luckily I ran into a few girls from my department. I had a good time with them, watching all of these guys come up and try to dance with them. I got some good insight from them, though apparently I wasn't doing my job as their bouncer. I told them to let me know if they need me but it got way too difficult when four guys came up to the four girls, I didn't know where to start. They were fun, I hope I go out with them again.
When I got home I hungout with Michelle for a long time. We went to one of the docks and just talked. I didnt get in bed until 5. I got up at noon, I had big plans for today. I'm working on 2 right now, laundry and updating this. I need to getthe oil changed, buy my dad a birthday card, mail my aunt a postcard, and go to Walgreens and print out a bunch of photos from my camera. Also email Ginny photos from last week. I wanted to go to a museum today but oh well. Oh, I need to get info on the classes down here too. Crap, I should start taking a 2nd day of every week now.
Later.
So I guess I need to do another update....there's a lot more going on these days than before I came down here.
Last Sunday I went to a little going away party for JoAnna, she was done working for DPI and was going away for 2 weeks coming back here and then starting her new job on a cruise line. It was her me, Morgan, Laura, and laura's 2 friends from home. Jennifer, who had a crush on me came too. Joanna and I went in a room at one point were, shrot story shorter, I ended up kissing her. after a few moments, she said she couldn't and started leaving and I said, but I like you. Well, while we were in there, Jennifer had left, probably mad. Joanna and I ended up laying in her bed kissing a bit while I slowly reviled a few things from over the summer, how I liked her, brian and I decided to see who she would for at PI so he and I wouldn't be competing. That night Jen went to me and she went to brian. I told her what really happened at the movie, what she didn't see with me and jen. Jen trying to cuddle and me not reacting. Finally she and I went to the waffle house with one of laura's friends holding hands the whole way there. He left shortly after we got there and she and I stayed for a bit. I paid for her meal saying something about wanting to try to make up for not being able to take her on a date before. The conversation was really good, I thought. I found her to be very interesting and I really liked hearing about herself. We were passing a resturaunt on the way back and there was some slow music playing so I stopped her and started dancing. After a minute or 2 there was a knock on the window and a guy waving us in. We decided to go in and the man was very friendly, asking what we were up to that night. She explained how she was leaving and he said we were welcome to stay and dance, we said sure, and he introduced us to the boss so that everything would be cool. The boss was very drunk and very happy to see us. We even switched partners and he was telling me not to let her leave. We triend leaving after a few songs but he wouldn't have it. Finally the guy that brought us in advised us to just sneak out, explaining that was what he usually has to do. I carried her luggage to the car, open and closed the door for her and drove her to Ft. wilderness where she was going to hitch a ride on a magical express bus. I sat with her until her ride came and we had a nice goodbye. I think she was feeling the regret of not being able to have a short relationship with me and instead of having a bad time with brian. I need to find out exactly when she'll be back, I'm thinking about leaving flowers in her apartment with a note that just say's 'welcome back' I think she'll know who left them.
Anyway, another Jen likes me. I think she just wants a piece. I'm not into that anymore, I'm getting too old. I ahd to drive her to the airport on wensday, giving up a large portion of my day off for that. I went to Epcot by myself and had a very nice time. I did quite a few things, walked onto Space ship earth, mission space, and had to wait about 10 minutes for test track. After dinner I used my fast pass for Soarin' and got on the top section of the middle of the ride, it was a great spot. The 2 people in front of me were also with disney, one AI and a full timer. I was going to continue hanging out with thier group but they got out voted and were going to Fantasmic at mgm. One of the girls in the group works with me and was very drunk. They were trying to do "around the world" This is a challenge that college programers take up at Epcot. You have a drink at each one of the countries, basicly a pub crawl. I havne't done it yet, I think I will at some point though.I watched Illuminations, I think I really like it because it has nothing to do with any disney characters, unlike all of the other night shows. While I was doing some ameatuer photography in Italy, Luke called me. We talked on my way out and until after I go home. He was leaving in 2 days for the seminary and would no long be able to talk on the phone. Now it's just email and snail mail.
Last week I also finally took over a thousand photos in a day, 1013. A few days later I got to 1005, I had to extend to get that. Yesterday, I was breaker in toontown and was at 990 when the last guy came back from his break for me to leave. I asked if I could stay for a few more families and showed him what I was at and he said, yeah, go for it. I got to 1001 and then left. I went to health services yesterday because my wrist has been hurting, along with my finger and a few knuckles ( I've had to stop a few times to rest while typing this). I went back this morning for my appointment and the doctor gave me a brace to wear at night. I have to go back next week to see how it is. If it's not getting better, I might have to take a few days off. Today I took over 800 photos. I was taking photos of Goofy, then Minnie, and finally Donald. Donald's sister came through the line early in the day, she was very cute. I watned to say something to donald all day long but didn't. Morgan decided to run into the cast room for characters for me while I was leaving, I suppose it's easier if it's not about you, huh? I dont know what was siad or what happened yet, hopefully I'll see him tomorrow.
I also forgot to talk about saturday, it was Michelle's b-day, 26. I met up wit hher and Brian and a few others at Cyrstal palace for dinner. Very good buffet. At the end of the night we went back so she could have a picture with the characters. A few stuck around just for her because she is a greeter.
I just remebered about Friday night. I called my dad's phone so I could talk to a bunch of family. There wasa going away party for my cousin John who's going into the marines. I talked to dad first, than speaker phone, than John, Kevin, Monica next, who said hello prince charming. I wasn't sure what was up with that since I had heard some other people saying that while it was on speaker phone. She didn't want to say at first but finally said that my dad told everyone ( I don't know how they got this out of him) that I had thought about trying out for prince charming. I don't think I'm tall enough but who knows, I didn't try out because I can't get hired while I'm an AI. So she and I talked a bit, she wanted to hear about the girls here, I gave a short version of what's on here and she told me about her new guy at home. I briefly met him before leaving home, seems like a very nice, level headed guy. Talked to my uncles john, jim, and matt, aunt renee, bridget, and siobhan, cousins ellena and megan, and my mom. I think that's about it. Aunt renee was very happy about my offer of watching the kids for a night (or two) if they make it down here, they're planning on coming in early november. I called John the next day before meeting up with Michelle for her b-day. We talked for quite awhile. He wants to be a fireman in the marines, I'm a little bit more comfortable with him going now knowing that he's not going to fight (he's fine about being sent over if they decide though) I won't get to see him when he's home for thanksgiving but there's a chance I'll get to see him around christmas depending on how long the base stays close for the holidays.
That's it for now I guess.
I really want to spend an entry at some point making complaints about the job, not for anyone who reads this but just for my own future reference. Over the last year I think I've tried to move this journal from something that I write to everyone else, about what I've been up to, to more of a personal thing.
Crap. One more thing. Colleen's getting married, dont remember if I wrote about that one before but she called me last week about it. She's said for the last 2 years that she wants me to stand up in her wedding. I saw a few weeks ago on her wedding site who her bridesmaids were and I wasn't on there. I was a bit shocked that she didn't even say anything. Last week she called me to tell me that and try to explain why. She wants me up there but her fiance doesn't. He wants to be the only guy up there for her that day. He's losing more points with me now. To me, I'm just a friend up there supporting a friend. I'll stand up there on here side in a tux, even if it's the same color as the girls' dresses if I have to but I still want to be up there for her. She asked if I would still do something for the wedding, I said of course, I'll do what ever you want me to do. I don't have a preference, just whatever she wants me to do. Maybe this guy feels a little threated by me since we've only met once. I know it took him a bit of warming up to the photos of Colleen that I had taken (what I had taken was more for her and less for me). After Kyle, I've known her the longest, and I've known her since the beginning of college, first weekend. I know I'm not as close to her on somethings in life as I am with otheres but we've had a nice friendship. I hope when he and I met again he's nicer, he's going to have to really impress me some how to earn back these points.
Ok, now it is time for me to go, the wrist is aching.
Later.
I wrote this last night.....
So I left off talking about the wedding. It was great like I said. On the way home I just
had to stop at White Castle, I had been having cravings for that for quite awhile.
The next morning I had to get ready quickly to be able to make the plane. My parents had
gotten me dounuts and a cofee cake from the local bakery, very tastey. My mom packed a
copule of dounuts for me to take back so I could have them for my birthday. They also
gave me some money to help buy my own digital camera. My grandma gave me a very nice gift
as well. On the trip back I got to sit in business class up front. It was my first time
getting to do that. So much more room, very nice. I started researching cameras and going
to stores out here. I wanted to fin one by my birthday but didn't.
I had a really good birthday this year. I went to Epcot and my friends Samantha, Brian
and Michelle met up with me. We went to lunch at Italy, I got lasagnia (what I pretty
much always have on my birthday). At the end, I saw our waitress come around the corner
carrying something and new that someone had told the cast members that it was my b-day.
She and a bunch of waiters sang happy birthday to me in Italian. It was very cool, and
I got a free diessert which I slpit with Sam. There was no way I could finish that after
eating that big lunch. I was very touched that they did that for me after only knowing me
for such a short time. We went to see Crush at the Living Seas, too. that was so neat.
He would talk to the audience and even picked on Brian a little. We took the monorail
over to the Magic Kingdom (MK for future reference) and got to sit up front with the pilot
(I actually got to sit up front 3 times that night :o) ). When we got to MK Michelle and
Brian went to geta whell chair cause her ankle was hurting and I got a birthday button.
We got a few pics from our fellow photopass photographers as well. We went a bunch of rides,
and I talked to my parents in between walking to them. It was a very good day.
Since it's been awhile, I keep forgetting everything that I wanted to write about.
two nights before my b-day this girl Jen asked me to the movies with a bunch of other
people, I said yes. I knew she had a crush on me but I thought I had made it clear that
I only wanted to be friends. Well, the next night it was only four of us, her and me,
and Brian and JoAnna. We were late to the movie(I was early and had to wait for everyone)
so I wasn't happy about that and then she started trying to cuddle with me, touching my
arm and what not. Well, I didn't do anything back, hoping she'd get the message but she
never did. I just wanted to watch the movie and was pretty uncomfortable the whole time.
I couldn't think of a way to tell her to stop, I thought a big scene would happen. I got
a text the next day during my b-day lunch, she wanted to take me out for dinner for my
b-day. Like hell that was going to happen. I was my b-day, I was at the parks having fun,
I wasn't about to let that stop. So we just all made sure that we didn't run into her.
So the next night I went to club Paris with a group and then to PI where of course I
ran into her. I had a gotten a couple of texts and didn't reply to the last few. She
wanted to dance, I didn't and told her maybe later. Friday night there was a toga party
at her apartment. Playing twister in togas was pretty interesting, I have some pics of
that night, fun stuff. She and I had a little talk, I thought she understood everything-just
friends, I'm not interested. Well, last monday we ran into each other before I started
work and she asked me out to dinner. I said no, I'm short on money, sorry. So I think
that's the end of that-I hope!
I went to the beach on the last day that I tried writing in my journal. It was fun, it
think it was the 27th. The water was very warm, I was pretty surprised at that actually.
I saw a sea turtle too. It was a good time, I wanted to go to the parks too to met up with Michelle but that didn't happen. I finally
did met up with her and her friend Jason to go swimming at her apartment (I had spent about
3 straight hours in the ocean) but it was closed. We decided to go to the Grand Flo but that
was closed too, Brian met us there. We tried Pop Century but couldn't get in.
Let's see, I went to MGM with Laura one night too, that was fun, we looked for hidden
mickey's.
I did buy a digital camera. It's a Nikon Coolpix 7900. It's great, I love it. I brought
it out to Jelly Rolls the first night I had it. That was a great place (this is before I
went the beach, I think the night before) Dualing pianos, they were very talented.
There was a point where they were doing Disney music from some of the rides. It's a
small world was the loudest out of all of the songs that night.
There was a Pirate party I think two weeks ago, only Morgan and Joanna dressed up.
I drank a beer while playing drinking jenga. I got to know Kim better too, I had
forgotten that I had met her the first night.
I went to the park maybe a night or two ofter that and was on my way to Pirates when
someone hit my shoulder. It was Kim who was with Kristen. So I was pretty lucky to run
into them, we went on some more rides and had
a quick dinner at Casey's.
Last week I also saw this beautiful girl again. I saw her my first day and hardly did
any work while she was out working. I've been going by where she works when I'm not
working but never see her. Oh well.
Anyway, found a pool hall near by, I've been twice now. Pool, darts, and booze, good
music too. It was a great find.
Last wensday I had off, I went to MK for a haircut and got some color and pixie dust put
in my hair. That was great, and then met up with people later.
We were informed last Thursday that we would be moving into to toontown on Sunday. Kodak
was asked to leave that area, that weren't doing a good enough job. I went on Fridany
morning 7:30am, to do work over there. They were trying to workout a bug in our equiptment,
a few people had trouble, I didn't. We got to ride the tea cups before the park opened too,
thanks to our manager, that was really cool.
Sunday I photgraphed Mickey. It was a bit slow with the rain, don't know when I get to
go back there yet. I had yesterday off. I went to MK and got a few photos taken with
characters. I got Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, and Goofy. I brought my Goofy hat from
more than ten years ago. Goofy and I did a great pose, I might have to buy that one.
Samantha called me and I met up with her, Brian, and Michelle at cast parking and we
went to MGM. We only did two rides and Fantasmic, not as productive as I would have liked
but whatever. I'm glad I didn't wait around for people, it's my day off and want to do as
much as I can.
Well, I'm going to get dressed and go into work early. They're letting us pick up more
hours this week and probably next. We had to go dark in a lot of areas because of moving
into toontown. I'll probably do 10 hour shifts, maybe more for tomorrow and and Saturday.
Later.
Ok, so I said that I was going to continue with updating that last journal but I'd rather just start a new one.
I flew home for Dave and Chris's wedding, it was great to be home. My parents picked me up and we went to Millie's a few blocks from home where Kevin met up with us for lunch. Then I went home, Kodi was bit confused about seeing me at first like "where have you been?!?" and then she got very excited. Pepper was excited too, and they both took turns following me around. I raced over to the church, it was wonderful seeing them up on the alter together. What can I say about, it was just great. I talked to Don and Jackie quite a bit after the wedding and when Dave and Chris (crap, i have to stop here, i'm going to the beach...)
Geez, where to start. It's been so long...I'll hit a few things that have stuck out, things that I want to remember and what not...
June 23 I had off so I went to DAK. After awhile I ran into the people that I was hoping to run into. Two girls from my small group and their friends, it was a good time hanging out with them. Poured so much...
Let's see, June 25 we did character shots, it was our last day of training. Our trainers had been telling everyone that they would be standing in for characters and just acting for us. My roommates had the training on the 23rd and had already told me what happened but it was a great surprise for everyone else. Mickey Mouse should up for us to practice with! And when he needed a break to check on the park, Goofy would come in and help us out. Stich would walk in and out of the place that we were at and one of the girls, Kristen yelled out and Stich put his arms out for a big hug thinking she would just duck under all of the lean rails (we were in the TimeKeeper). Instead she ran all the way around to his aisle, and when he looked up to see where she was at he saw her coming and ducked under a lean rail. Then she started to and then he ducked under the next one and so on...very funny to watch.
The 29th I was like 20minutes late, and I wasn't in a good mood. When I got there a manager told me that they were trying to get a hold of me so I could go to Epcot instead. When I got to my car I checked my phone and there were no missed calls or voice mails so I knew the guy lied. After work I went up to Sarah's apartment but she wasn't there but luckily on my way back to my apartment I ran into her. So skip this and that, I had a great time hanging out with a bunch of people and got pretty drunk. I got into bed and I'm not sure if I fell asleep first or what, but I just started throwing up. Yeah, that's right. I puked all over my bed.
The next day I had off and went to MGM with Samantha, Sarah, and Brian. I had a good time but I was still feeling a little sick from the night before.
One of the days that week I got to do characters over at Epcot, it was Aladdin, Jasmine, and The Genie. At one point, these 3 girls came up to me and asked if they could have their photo taken with me instead of Al and Jasmine. Of course I said yes, and Jasmine kept razzing on me for blushing so much. I also met Jo Anna that day. She needed to switch PDAs and when she came back I was backstage eating a subway and she was like, 'are you still here?' 'no, i'm back at base.' That just really confused her and the next time she saw me she said 'hey, it's the jackass' So this is now July 3rd I'm talking about...there was a party that Jennifer threw. Samantha and I went but showed up really late...and I have to stop here. I'll come back and add to this post...
Later.
I'm not sure what I want to write about right now. I've had a bit of an emotional rollercoaster while I've been here. I'll guess I'll start with some bad news. Two nights before I left my mom told me some news that I had to keep secret for awhile. My grandma, her mom, has colon cancer. My grandma didn't want any surgery but the doctor said that wasn't an option, and explained how terrible it is to die from this cancer. I think she didn't want to try to fight it because my great-uncle, her younger brother died from lung cancer. It was terrible to watch him slowly pass away,my siblings and I were the only ones old enough to really handle going over there. Well, I couldn't talk to anyone about it and now 2 nights ago my mom told me that the surgery would be taking place at the end of this week. It was very hard to deal with and I nearly broke down in the shower that night. I'm happy that no one called me because then I know I wouldn't have been able to stay strong. So she'll be in the hospital for I think 3 weeks and then at home for 6 more under constant care from family.
I've had some trouble here trying to be social. I can sort of do it while in class with people but outside of that, I can't go up to people and just start talking. I know my job entails going up to strangers and talking but I still view that as being different. I'll know pretty much everything about the service, tips on how to engage the guests, etc. so I think I'll be ok after a day or so on the job for the most part. I'm sure I'll get thrown off by a random question here or there, but I'm sure I can deal with that. Hopefully as we continue with this week I'll be able to talk to more people and maybe even hangout with people outside of my apartment.
I hung out at MGM yesterday, I wasn't impressed with the photopass people there. They're with Kodak, I'm sure we can do a much better job. I wasn't with anyone so I didn't do some of the big things there. Maybe on my next day off I'll have someone(s) to go out with. I went on the Great Movie ride and there's a scene with the Wizard of Oz where the witch comes up just like the movie only it didn't. Pretty funny to me, since I've been on it a bunch of times.
We had training today on our cameras and wireless system, pretty neat stuff. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it quickly. My phones not letting me call anyone so I need to take it in tonight, that's were I'm headed in a few minutes. I might go to PI tonight, don't know yet. I'd like to run into some fellow photo people there if I do.
Well, I think that's enough for now, wish I could go on but...
Later.
Ok, I'm going to do it. I'll update my journal.
The week before I left was very hectic and stressfull. My mom made my birthday dinner for me for a special dinner. I'm pretty disappointed that I didn't get to say goodbye to Kyle. I tried getting a hold of him but he didn't return my calls, maybe he just wasn't handling it well. I dont know. I went to bed around 4am after packing most of my things up.
Friday
My dad woke me up around 9, he'd come home to go out to breakfest and say goodbye. After packing the last of my things in the car, my family went out for breakfest. After a couple of pictures in the parking lot, I was on my way to Fort Wayne for the wedding. I arrived several hours later to the hotel, greeted by the guys. Don, Justin, and I went to the tux place to get my tux. The wedding rehersal went well, and then the wedding party went out for dinner afterwards. Don gave all of us guys very nice books. Mine was on Ireland. I think Don knows us all very well to be able to buy such thoughtful gifts. Nick had gotten a journal to write in and earlier in the day he had mentioned to me how he wanted to start writing again. It made me realize how observent Don is. We had a good time in the pool too...
Saturday
We arrived to the church early in the day to start getting ready. We had pictures of all the guys taken and then it was the girls turn. Joe John and I helped do the ushering in of guests, not a bad job at all. It was neat see people come in. Finally it was time and JJ and I walked back to join the guys to go out. As soon as the ushers came back we started walking out. It was a lovely ceremony. I think it was great that Jackie had wanted to wait on the special lines until Saturday. After the ceremony the party had to slip away so the guests could quickly leave and we could take the rest of the pictures. When Don and Jackie drove away in their classic car we all drove the the reception. It was interesting getting announced to the guests and walking down the stairs with everyone looking at you. The food and dinner music was great. Justin gave a terrific speach and Nick gave a very nice toast. Jackie's bride's maids gave a nice speach as well. After some dancing, some of us slipped out to decorate Don and Jackie's car. The girls wrote on it and we blew up balloons to fill the inside, I'm sure neither of them suspected a thing :o) We got back just in time for Jackie to throw the boque (flowers) and the guys pulled me in for a quick huddle. The plan was that when the garter was thrown, we'd all let it fall and not touch it since we were all single. I thought it was pretty funny and it was great that the Dj had the 4 yr old ring bearer pick it up. After a great reception and seeing Don and Jackie off, the party went to a large bar for a few hours. It was a pretty fun time and afterwards we hungout at the hotel.
Sunday
I had decided sometime on Saturday night not to just take off in the morning, I was enjoying everyone's company too much. So I went to the brunch to Don and Jackie's surprise. I'm very happy that I went. I left in the afternoon and started my big drive to Florida. My parents called me around 9 to see where I was at. I was going to try to push it and make it down to Knoxville for the night but after that I decided to just stay in London. Monday
This was a very long day. I got into Orlando sometime around 11:30 I think. First thing I did was go to Downtown Disney. I knew I couldn't get in to the Pleasure Island part but I walked around the rest of it. I looked for a hotel and couldn't find the one my parents' had suggested so I ended up staying at a Day's Inn.
Tuesday
I woke up and decided to drive to the apartment complex, they looked pretty neat and fun. I also drove to Vista Way, the place I needed to check into on Wensday. Then I went back to Downtown Disney and walked through all of the shops. I got back to the hotel around 7, with enough time to get ready for dinner. I was planning on meeting a group of advanced interns (AIs) at the Rainforest Cafe. I took on step in the shower and fell. I hit the top of my head, my right hip, and my left shin. I was soo shocked, I'd never done that before. My hip is bruised and still hurts and I'm surprised my shin didn't bruise more. Anyway, when I could stand, I got on the phone with the front desk and told them what just happened. I wanted a shower mat or I was leaving. They couldn't find one so I went do to the front desk and checked out. Now I had to find another hotel. I did but by the time I got to the resturant it was 8:40, I totally missed it. I was pissed off and now had nothing to do. I eventually made it over to Pleasure Island (PI) and was early enough to walk in for free. I couldn't get in to any club but I could at least walk through the shops and watch music videos on the big screens.
Wensday
I got to Vista Way at about 10:15. Things were going well, I was getting a 2 room apt. but then it turned out I needed my SS card or a passport. This I didn't know and I wasn't happy about it. When I finished the check in process I went to the apt, had to go through a group tour of a few things, and the first thing the lady said was that they learned from the last group and there was now a 10pm quiet hour. I think that sucks a bit. We're told we can be loud at the bar at the complex, but that closes at 10 too. I really don't know whats going to go on, I guess I'll just wait and see after I meet more people. Anyway, I met 2 of my roommates, put a few things in my rooom and hurried off to the SS office and had an hour wait. When that was done, I had to go to a meeting at the Commons (Vista and the Commons are 2 places were the college program interns or CPs are housed) for more info. At the end we had to get our parking passes and I got to meet my other roommate(Matt Matt and David), the one I'd be rooming with. We didn't talk at all while putting stuff away, I was pretty quiet in general. Later in the evening 3 of us went to these girls' apt and couldn't believe the size of one of the bedrooms. It was sooo huge. Their walk in closet is about the size of my new room. I'm serious. Anyway, we had a big group to go to Bennigan's where, to no surprise, I was pretty quiet. I saw a guy wearing an Irish cap and when he was leaving one of the girls made a comment about it. I was like, what's wrong with it. He's trying too hard to be cool. Maybe he's Irish. No, he's just trying to be cool. I wear one. Oh, well me too. They're pretty normal were I'm from, I brought mine with me. Myself and 2 of my roomies are doing photopass. There's about 60 in all out of about 200 interns.
Thursday
Meeting at 10am, signed more stuff, nothing exciting. I went to the Casting office so they could xerox my SS reciept. Had lunch at the McDonald's at Downtown Disney where an old woman sitting near me told me at the end of her meal, "I just have to say, you are a very handsome young man" Uh...thank you. Found the Disney University building, that's where I had to go today. I went to the mall here, it's incredible, just huge! There was a massive downpour on my way out, that's 3 days in a row (counting today, I think it going to happen a lot). I also reserved a copy of the next Harry Potter book. I walked around the complex a little, there just wasn't much to do last night. I sent a thank you card to Susan and Erin for helping me with my photo final and include pics of the project and extra photo copies. I tried calling a few people and finally Kyle called me back and we talked for 1/2 and hour so that was good.
Friday/Today
I was up at 6am this morning and got ready for "Traditions." I drove the Matts to Disney U. The interns were split in 2 and luckily we only had it for 4 hours. It's supposed to be 8 but they decided to start making it 4 for the AIs. After that 2 people from Disney Imaging came to talk to the Photopass interns. I have to buy white shoes and socks. I have some socks but I might was well buy some more. Our costume sounds pretty cool and we get to move from park to park and spot to spot. So that is good news, not having to stand in the same spot all day long. Our training starts tomorrow. We have to park arcoss from Disny U and then there is a bus service that takes cast members (employees) to each park. I've been on the computer for quite awhile now. Around 6ish I think there's going to be some people meeting at the "pub". There's a big tv, they serve some food, beer, wine, no hard stuff :o( there's a pool table and a 2 lane bowling alley.
I really haven't written what I've been feeling on here for this. It's a lot different from the first weekend at SJC where there's a ton of things going on so you can meet people. That's not the case here. A lot of people have done an internship here before so they know what's going on and have something to talk about. Everyone wants to know did you graduate yet, what was your major. I just say yes. It'll come up, I know. So far I've said both SJC and Moraine. Where did you graduate from - SJC Where do you go to school - Moraine. For now at least that's what I've said. I'm more proud of my time and connection with SJC then Moraine. I feel I just went there to get the internship and to get back on track. I'm sure after we get into the training I'll be meeting more people. I know it'll take time for it to happen, I'm just being impatient about it. Hopefully I can also break out of the shy shell i'm in right now.
I guess that's it for now.
Later.
So my mom told me the other day that after I leave she's going to take the cat to the shelter. Uh...no. I'm sorry he throws up hairballs. I'm sorry he got them on things he shouldn't have. I told her that when I move out of the house that he'll come with me. He follows me around all of the time and curls up with me on the couch. I'm going to miss him in FL but don't get rid of him. He's been there for 13 years. Last night the dog chewed up the garbage in the bathroom (for the countless time) and again this morning. When I got home this afternoon she had gotten into the bagel bag that was on the counter and into another bathroom. I told my mom about it and said that when she takes the cat in to bring the dog with. I'm going to fight her on this. The dog craps all over the back yard, I hate having to stare at the ground when I'm out there for fear of stepping in shit. Every time someone comes to our door we sound like madmen trying to get her quiet or enough room to open the door. "Hi there. QUIET! Come on in. NO! DOWN. Go To Your Room! NO! DOWN! Welcome to our home..." She jumps on all of us when ever we come in, it sucks coming home sometimes getting pissed when you come through the door. Personally, I think it would be devestating to our cat if he suddenly didn't have us anymore. Put up with him for while I'm gone and then I guess I'll move out when the internship is done and take him with.
Anyway...still stressing...lots of stuff to get done.
Later.
So there was a lot of work to be done around the house for the party. I cleaned the pool three days in a row. It was looking pretty good until all of the dead flowers from the neighbors' tree flew in there. Saturday was pretty stressful, trying to say hello to everyone and take care of people. I was really thankful that Kyle agreed to play with the band. It was fun playing again and there wasn't any pressure this time, just have fun with it. I would have liked to have played some more after Kyle left but I kept having to take care of things (not that I'm unhappy about spending some time with Monica and Colleen, there was only so much time to do stuff). Dinner was nice at Fox's, I'm happy that we went. The dancing was good too, there aren't many places like that. I'm a bit sad that I didn't get to see Calvin and Jillian, with only three more night here (includes tonight) I don't think I'll get to see them. Sucks since I haven't seen them since November, but what can I do. TC Pub was good, at least getting to see Kyle's band play once more. If you thought he sounded good at the party you should see him play with his band. Also 2 bucks for a vodka and cranberry! Why did I just find that out now! I'd have been going there a lot more, it's in walking distance (and cute waitresses :o). I got to Cork and Kerry's and they wouldn't let me in. I got a hold of my uncle John and he drunkenly told me that they were at Quigley's. So I raced over and got cheered when I walked up to the table. Uncle John and Jim, Aunt Patty, Eileen, Elena, and Dan were there. After we moved inside Monica, Michael and Abby came. I also ran into John K. a trumpet player who was a senior when I was a freshman, he taught me how to march. When Quigley's closed John, Patty, Eileen, and Dan all went home while the rest of us went to Hearts. This is a bar that I must have passed countless times and never new that it existed. 2.50 for a drink, not bad at all. After that I drove to White Castle for the new garlic chicken sandwich, it was goood. I'm going to miss that food when I'm in Orlando.
It was great seeing everyone, I'm going to miss everyone when I'm there. It was great seeing family but there were a lot of people I didn't get to even talk to or even say hello to.
Now I'm trying to get things in order before I leave. I have a number of things to mail out, I'm not sure if I'll buy any more clothes though I could use some more shorts. It's going to be so warm there. I can probably wait until I'm there. I have a few $10 off of $50 or more purchases at AE and I'll probably spend those in FL.
A fellow photo pass AI emailed me, I've emailed back, got a response and emailed again. I look forward to meeting her. I also got an aim for a girl that's already done with one AI there and is starting another one up. I look forward to meeting the people that have been posting on this message board for several months.
Ah....so much to do still.....have to go...
Later.
Ok, so this is a big one...I'm not sure if I'll get everything down.
So May 25 I woke up a bit after 3am to get ready for my flight to california. I got the the OHare at 4:30, my mom drove me and had to bring our dog. She was freaking out, thinking that it was mom leaving again. My flight was at 6 and I was able to sleep for a few hours. Once I landed in Los Angeles I found my gate and slept for 2 hours. The flight to San Jose was pretty short so I didn't sleep. Right as I was getting to baggage claim I saw Luke walking in. We took the bus to his house and then he showed me around Santa Clara. Wow. What a beautiful campus, the Mission Church was very nice. We got some dinner at University Chicken, good food. I met some of his roommates throughout the day and after dinner we watched some tv with them. I was just too tired to really go out.
Thursday
Luke had to work so I went out with Chris and his friend Dan from home and toured San Jose. The famous Wendy's resturaunt is right across the street from where Chris works. We also stopped at St. Joseph's Cathidrale, very neat church. Luke's law foundation was having their fund raiser that night so I helped out, along with Christine, Amanda, Chris, and Dan. It was pretty interesting to see it, lots of money was raised, and Ben Stien was the guest speaker. Christine, Chris, and Dan got a bit drunk there and didn't give Luke's coworkers a good impression of the JV's. I waited until we got to a bar to do that. We brought some leftover medals (awards to those who donated money) to give away to girls as prizes for the most beautiful girls. Dan gave his away, I wanted to give mine to her friend. I thought she was very cute. I only had 2 drinks, a screwdriver and some that had 7 shots in it. It didn't tasted good but wow did it work. I fell asleep in the common room upstairs, someone put a blanket on me in the morning. I'm sure it was either Melissa or Christine (I think Christine but who knows). Friday
Luke went into work again so when I woke up I went to University Chicken for lunch. This chicken sandwich was fantastice, huge, and covered in cheese. Chris Dan and Luke picked me up from the store next to it, I needed sunblock before heading to the beach in Santa Cruz. We walked around the shopping street of Santa Cruz, nice little touristy place. Nice beach, we layed out for a while and then Dan Luke and I walked some of the beach. Luke and I got in the water to go around a cliff and then walked some more of the beach. The water was cold but it was fun with the waves. I didn't surf but that's ok, incentive to go back, right? The worf was pretty neat, it went pretty far out into the water. Luke and I hungout with Amanda and her friends when we got back.
Saturday
Chris, Dan, Luke, and I woke up early to go to a private mass with one of the priests who was leaving that week. The chapel was very neat, there were 6 stain glass windows in the back made to look like the sun rising and that was where the sun was coming up. Very neat. We had a very long trip down to Los Angeles and got there after 6 I think. We drove Mullhaland Dr.(sp?) through some of Beverly Hills and parked at the Kodak Theater where American Idol is taped. The Chinese Theater is next to it and wasn't what I thought it would be. I'm way too used to the one down at MGM in Disney World. It was neat seeing the names in the cement in front of it and some of the stars in the sidewalk. After dinner we drove around a bit and went to a bar and played darts. Luke and I won the game. We met up with some more JV's and stayed the night in East LA.
Sunday
We woke up and went to mass with some of the JVs in the house and hungout in the parking lot eating mexican food. We drove through LA again and saw some of Beverly Hills. We didn't get to see very much unfortunately, I would like to go back some day and spend some more time out there. When we got back, Luke ,Jane and I went to our 3rd mass, a student mass at the Mission Church. It was great seeing the church with so many students. Percentage wise, I'd say probably about the same amount attend mass at their college compared to SJC. We went to someone's house afterwards for pie and ice cream, very nice of the student to open her home like that. I guess people do it every week or so. On the way back Luke and I decided that we were going to get pissed (drunk) when we got back. We made giant screwdrivers, he succeded, I did not. He called a few people too. Colleen was one of them, then he hung up on her after barely saying anything. Maybe I shouldn't have given him her number but he was entertaining us.
Monday
The guys and I drove up to San Fransisco. Saw a great photography gallery at Pier 39 and some of Fisherman's worf. We drove down the steepest street, the one with the switchbacks. Chris got some room in front of us and would let the van speed up. Drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and we made 2 stops for great views of the city and bridge. After that we went to the Cliff House for dinner. It's on a cliff over looking the ocean. Very nice place. When we got home we put on Caddy Shack for a few good laughs.
Tuesday
After lunch, Chris drove me to the airport, along with Luke and Dan. The flight was good, I stayed awake this time and watched Windixie. My parents picked me up and that's it.
Good time out there, don't know what else to say about it.
My next entry I'll write about my this past weekend and what's going on with the Disney stuff right now.
Later.
So crap. I just spent $237 on new clothes at american eagle. I bought 3 long sleeve striped button down shirts, a polo shirt, 2 pairs of jeans, a pair of flip flops, and a necklace that had a shamrock on it. I charged it, but crap. I'm almost out of moneys. I have to take money out to give my mom for the airplane ticket, money for my trip to Cali, and now this. I still need to have enough to get through the first week or two at Orlando. I also need to buy some business casual clothes and some new shorts and tees to just wear around. But crap!
I just went tanning for the first time, it wasn't very pleasant went it first started up. I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to see once I got out. I don't think it really made a difference, I only went for 10 minutes. I guess I'll have to go again. I don't think I'll go tomorrow, I'll just wait until I get back.
Thursday Tom came over and we ran through all of the Spunky songs that I had on my computer. We played for about and hour and a half, not too bad. Some of them we butchered pretty badly, but at least that was only a few. Sarah called. She and Kyle went out to a bar so she probably get bitched at for not calling me at all last weekend. I know he bitched her out last Saturday for me. She wanted me to call her when I got home this weekend, I still haven't. It's on my to do list. I'm just busy trying to get things together.
Friday I made another batch of chocolate ice cream, worked out, and drove to Justin's lake cabin. I got there just in time for dinner. It was a very fun weekend. The beanbag game and that golf ball game were great additions to the weekend.
My parents got home about an hour and half after I did, they had a great time in Florida. My mom brought back a bunch of park maps and things about Orlando for me to read up on.
I still need to work out, practice guitar, and start going through my stuff out in the garage. Oh, and start packing. And call Luke, John, Joe, maybe Sarah, and go to the store for a few things I'll need.
Later.
Ok so Kevin and I got to the theater at about 10:30 and there was no line. There were like 12 people in there and people slooowly trickled in. When it got closer to the movie, though, the crowd did show up. We brought a deck of cards with and played rummy for an hour, that was a good idea. What can I say about the movie, it was awsome! What a rush! I was soo into the story. When we got home we wrote this on our family website, the first part is his, the second mine. We actually rewrote his review to Yoda-ize it.
See this movie you should. Out of the midnight show, Sean and I just got. 11 Egans and all the grandkids we do give. Different from other Star Wars movies this is. Focus on action and darkness there is. Proven is Obi-Wan's fighting abilities in this film are. Samuel L. Jackson, the Shaft of the Jedi is he. And Yoda, the Emperor's Little Green Friend once again proves size matters not. So to reiterate, SEE THIS MOVIE YOU SHOULD. And now for something completely different... Sean's opinion!
OH MY GOD!!!1 We got there an hour an a half before the start for great seats. This is a big movie event so don't wait for it to come out to DVD. As soon as you are done reading this, get in the car, and go to the theater. The fights scenes were incredible. Yoda was amazing. I could go on and on but I don't want to give anything away. Why are you still reading this? Go see this now!
And may the force be with you :o)
My first batch of stuff didn't turn out, but I remade it today and I think it's going to taste good. If it does, I'll make a second batch so hopefully there'll be enough for everyone to have a taste this weekend.
Tom's coming over tonight to practice. My Uncle Jim wants to get in touch with John and Joe. I don't really want to. I'm fine with John but I don't like playing some of the songs with Joe. He only does his thing and doesn't listen to anyone else. Oh well.
I have to go. I'll probably write more this weekend about Star Wars.
Ok, well not that far. Just down to Crestwood. My brother drove south morning to some theater by 170th and couldn't get tickets. The place was going to be showing Star Wars on all of it's screens, one starting at 12:01 and every minute after. He stopped in the Lowes in Crestwood and got tickets for 12:06 tonight, we have to get there earlier cause they're opening it up at 11pm. I can't wait, we've seen the last two together. I would have been bummed if we didn't see this one together too.
My finals are over, I'm not sure how my grades are going to be. After I got accepted to Disney, my interest in my other classes starting dropping. But my final project for photography turned out well, I picked it up on Monday.
I have like 24 days left before I leave, I think 28 days before I check in, and about 15 days where I'll actually be at home cause I'll be going to California next week. I'm having a party on June 4th. I called my uncles and cousin and Spunky's Toupee will be playing their last show for quite a long time. Kyle's going to play that night too, we need a few good solos and the show will last longer with two guitarists soloing on a few songs. Tom and I are getting together on Thursday night to practice, hopefully the uncles and come, I haven't heard from them yet. I need to clean up the garage tonight or tomorrow. I think I know what I'm going to make for this weekend but I need to try it out tonight to see how it goes. I can't find vanille bean anywhere so I'm going to try vanilla extract. The trouble is I'm not sure how much to use. Well, I'll have to experiment with it.
And no Disney packet yet. Getting anxious...
And I've been seeing the bigger picture and I'm not happy about everything. Some of it has me nervous, some of it is the unknown and some of it is knowing that there may not be much for me to change. Oh well, I'll deal with these as they start to come up.
I also emailed out "The Story" to everyone. Wow, brings back memorys.
Later.
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