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MK Train Station rehab

I was walking to the Backstage Bistro for lunch the other day and was shocked to find they have walled off about half of Town Square for the Train Station rehab. Why do they need so much room? I hope it’s worth it.

Amusing Anecdotes

Yesterday I was scheduled to work overtime at Epcot. I hate the Epcot beam. I hate the Resort beam too, but I’d rather work there than Epcot. So I traded with Corey (and got another 1.5 hours in the trade, too!) to be at the Poly.

On my first lap around the resort beam, I dropped off a watercraft castmember at the Contemporary. As he’s walking the train towards me and the escalator, Mike says to him, “Expecting high water?” The castmember didn’t get the joke–even though he was on the 5th floor of the tower. I laughed.

I had expressed an interest in going to the Magic Kingdom and eventually I was moved there too. Not bad, huh? I got a call around 8pm to expect a bump when I got back around to the Kingdom, so I stayed in the train. I picked up my things at the Poly and was downing my cup of water. Thomas says, “Dude, your cup!”

I hold the cup up in the light and turn the back of it towards me so I can see and there is a palmetto bug on it about four inches long! I immediately threw the styrofoam cup and it smashed on the wood floor, splattering water and ice everywhere.

I stared at it for a moment. Then I grabbed a towel from the console and threw it on the floor, pushing it around with my foot to absorb some of the mess.

There was a custodial castmember there who had just emptied the can and come through the gate where Thomas (bright red, shaking, and silent with laughter) and I were standing.

Without a word, he looks at the mess, takes his nabby-grabber and picks up the broken cup and puts it in his wheeled trashcan. Then he grabs the towel, rubs it around on some of the ice cubes, and then discards the towel. Finished, he headed back towards the Polynesian’s upper lobby. We thanked him as he walked away.

Today a family of four English folks hurried up the ramp at the Kingdom only to have the doors and gates of Green close in front of them.

The mother, visibly irritated by this, chanted “bugger-bugger-bugger-bugger!” I thought it was funny to hear that strung together that way, but I dared not approach them for immediate guest service recovery. heh.

I came back from a break and heard that a manager apparently said there were too many of us up on the platform, so we should greet from the mall area. Bonus!

Weston and I stood down there together for over an hour ogling girls–particularly the ones who were bouncing.. er, I mean, running for the monorail.

Sorry, no photos today. I really ought to carry my camera to work more often.

Please don’t do this to your roommate

This is what I pulled out of my disposal today.

I was cleaning up the kitchen and dumped some food scraps into the disposal and turned it on. It made a funny noise.

I remembered that you can sharpen the blades with ice, so I took the bowl of ice from the freezer and dumped that in too. It made a horrible noise as it chewed up the ice. It took an unusually long time too.

I flicked the switch on and off a couple times and the motor sounded like it got stuck! I turned it off and investigated with the plastic handle from a drinking glass sponge. I discovered the yellow plastic bits and removed them using a pair of salad tongs. Ugh!

This is what it used to look like.

Unlocked Nokia 3120 for sale

I’m selling this phone in an auction on eBay, or you can Buy It Now! Do it!

After I originally posted this, I decided to auction a couple of other things. Follow that link and look at my other items. Something for everyone!

PO:Riverside, BK and some other acronyms

I’m on vacation this week. Mostly I’m spending time at home getting things done, which is great, but I did manage to get away briefly. I went to DisneyWorld! Yeah, it’s kinda sick. I really feel like I was away though. Here are some pics. Tracy and I stayed at Riverside for a couple nights.

Last night I did something I haven’t done in nearly 30 years. I also can’t believe I’m old enough to say shit like that. Goodness. Anyway, I went to Burger King and ordered onion rings! As a wee lad I loved BK’s onion rings. About the time I discovered there were ONIONS in onion rings, I stopped eating them. Onions are the fruit of the Devil. I feel kinda dirty.

I repaired my computer’s surround-sound system today. Apparently it wasn’t all that broken–just the power cable I hacked in (long story) was shorted on the metal cover that apparently had cut through the insulation.