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A Productive Weekday Off

Jasmine was nice enough to give in to my badgering and let me have the day off. Aside from me giving up some overtime hours, I promised to take her somewhere nice for dinner on-property. I hope she chooses someplace I can afford

Speaking of money, I made it to the bank to deposit the other half of Pepe’s down payment. Yay!

I drove really close to to Coggin Pontiac–ok, I went down a side street and gawked into the storage area in back–to see if I could spot Ol’ Blue. I figured they would hold onto it until my loan was final but I couldn’t see it. I had considered going in there and offering them $100 to take it back so Tracie could drive it. Oh well.

Like yesterday, for lunch I hit Publix and had another sub. Only this time I gave in and got the black & white cookie from the bakery. If you don’t know what this is, you MUST try one. It’s one of those things you have as a kid and have to have every couple of years.

I came home and continued trying to install gentoo Linux on Tracie’s PC. I kept getting stuck on the stupid gnome-vfs problem. Turns out I had to recompile libIDL. Took me two days to find that!

Around 19:30 tonight Tracy got home and IM’d me. I suggested we go to Sonny’s and get some food before I had to go back to Disney and pick up Tracie. (confused yet?)

I read she was putting her shoes back on and logged off, ran downstairs, and drove over to her house. I got there and she was gone! I called, she was in my driveway. Funny stuff! When you invite someone out, always communicate how you are going to get there. haha. Fortunately we aren’t far apart… we decided to meet at Cracker Barrel for dinner instead.

Jump, Maggie! Jump!

A single engine plane crash-lands onto an iceberg in the north Atlantic. All but the pilot escape serious injury.

Robert, Linda and their young daughter Maggie are hurrying away from the crash site as thick, black smoke rises from the wreckage. Just then, there is a loud snap and a jagged line forms in the sheet of ice.

Maggie is frozen in terror as she is steadily separated from her parents.

"Jump, Maggie!" Robert screams and reaches for her across the crevasse.

"Jump, Maggie! Jump!"

Water rushes in to fill the divide and Maggie looks down to see that the ice is at least twenty feet thick above the watery depths. There’s another loud crack as boulder-sized chunks of ice fall off the face and splash below.

A frigid blast of arctic wind stings Maggie’s face and she suddenly realizes this is her last chance. She takes a few steps and leaps toward her father.

Robert slips but manages to catch Maggie by the collar of her jacket and pulls her to safety across the two-inch gap and into the Monorail just as the doors and gates are closing. The train releases a puff of air from the brakes and accelerates out of the station, headed back to the parking lot.

Saved Disney!

Some time ago I complained that Roy was letting savedisney.com go to waste, that it was a good resource for Disney-related news if nothing else… Well, Miracle Studios and Trivera Interactive have picked up the slack.

We now have Saved Disney. Go and check it out!

The longest 6.5 hour shift EVER

I don’t know what it was that made it drag on. The uncomfortable weather? The relatively low attendance in the park? Not many cast to really talk to? *shrug*

I set up audience control today for the MK exit. I haven’t worked MK a/c since May 19, 1999. Insane. I’m glad I didn’t actually have to work the exit though, I was gone at 9:15.

One last look at Ol’ Blue

I had to run by the dealer today to sign some updated forms (yay, my payment is slightly lower!) and Tracie and I swing around back to take one last look at the car that was so good to us this past year. We said our goodbyes and had an excuse prepared in case anyone asked us why we were driving all over the dealer’s lot

I got a new car!

So naturally, I feel like I’m gonna hurl. I don’t think I got ripped that bad, even considering my situation. I just always feel a bit ill when I spend money.

What is it? It’s a 2004 Pontiac Sunfire. Not a screamer, but it’s peppier than Ol’ Blue and it’ll be better on gas. Oh, it’s got air conditioning!

“What about this ‘Save whimmel’ stuff,” you ask? Ol’ Blue needed: power steering pump, brake pads and rotors, master cylinder, tires, shocks and struts, a/c compressor, motor mounts, oil, transmission service… The Sunfire will get me to work and back so I can continue to pay off those old debts. Keep those t-shirt orders and web site hosting orders coming!

Worst Buy and PCs

Today I was lucky enough to give my shift away to Jasmine (Thanks!) so I ran some errands. Kim asked me to take one of her Worst Buy gift cards and pick up a Wi-fi adapter for her ancient laptop.

This time, the trip to Worst Buy really wasn’t all that painful. Someone jumped me as I went in and wanted me to see some new video game. I care very little about games, so I kept walking. When I checked out, I received about six feet of register tape for the two rebates and extra copies of the receipt. Nuts!

From there I went to Barnes and Noble. I priced The Half-Blood Prince there… It was $20 and I knew it was cheaper at Wal-Mart I also looked in the crafts section to see if they had anything on mold-making. Some of you know what that’s about… hehe. Not ready to take it public yet.

The whole store smelled of mocha java so I left there really hungry. I went over to the Florida Mall and got some “Mall Chinese” food. On the way in a girl jumped me and wanted to do my nails (!). What the hell is that about? “It’s free!” she cried.

On my way back I checked Home Depot and Lowes to see if they had any silicone rubber (nope), then to the Post Office and home. I managed to stay dry even though the sky opened up several times while I was out. It seemed like every song I like was being played on the radio…

It was a pretty good day until I got home.

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Disney Park Deaths; Vista FCU; Harry Potter 5

While the recent deaths at WDW are unfortunate, given the population of the area on any given day I’m really surprised we don’t have more. I read once (but can’t find the source) that we should have one death per day, based on the death rate in the US. The reason we don’t, I suppose, is because people generally go on vacation in good health.

Vista’s new fee schedule pisses me off. No longer is it free with direct deposit… that merely waives the Classic Checking fee. The fee to have a savings account is back to $3/month unless you have $1,000 in deposits and loans. I’ve had enough so I’m in the process of switching to: