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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Mulan, Shan Yu, Mushu, and Yzma.

What a tough day of finals. Making a contact sheet for photo, playing Jenga and Clue in Yearbook, eating enchiladas at Mikie's, then going to Disneyland. What is a poor boy like me to do with this intense workload?

I kid. Today was epic. Disneyland with some close friends? Yeah.

I hate to bore you all with the details, but this is more for me to remember in the future.

From the beginning, the guy at the Annual Pass center was awesome. He gave us permission to tickle anyone who didn't smile. People like that make me laugh.

So it was hot...the first attraction we did was run onto Splash Mountain. Five minute wait? Pretty much. The ride was bumpier than usual. Pain in the butt. Oh, and Alex wins the (nonexistent) contest for most epic ride photo.
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With our wet jeans and sloshy feet, we formed the Squishy Feet Club! Mikie was shunned. Randomly headed over to the Pooh ride...tripped out. Major trip, man. Watch out for those heffalumps.

Sloshed over to The Blue Bayou where we had reservations. Enjoyed the meal thoroughly, after a back-and-forth of whether Ashley should get gumbo or salad. She got salad. Figures. Those darn healthy people. The table was filled with Montecristos and Mikie's shrimp thingy. Yummy. Oh, and before I forget, Alex is "in love with a flamboyant gay singer." His words, not mine.
Le Special de Montecristo

and my Mint Julep...
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Ernie, the blues guitarist, was playing from the balcony of the plantation house. Sandwiches for soul food, jazziness for some earfood. Awesome.

We got some to-go bags and Alex wrote our names on them. Spelling fail.
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and since Ashley's birthday's coming up, I called in advance and arranged for some chocolate mousse birthday goodness. We tried to sing Happy Birthday and failed somewhat.
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we left, fat and happy (and with significantly lighter wallets) and went to Indy, where we had gotten fastpasses some time before. The ride broke down, so we headed over to California Adventure. In the meantime, Mikie decided to sneak off and get Ashley a birthday pin, which resulted in 1000 or so people wishing her a happy birthday.
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Off to the Tower of Terror we went, to fulfill a dream that I had of riding it a few nights ago. Not a dream as an aspiration, but something that my mind thought about during my sleep. Don't get them confused. Oh. WOW your MOM's a COW. MOO.
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Next, we went to the Animation Building, possibly my favorite thing at DCA. We attempted to draw Winnie the Pooh and for the most part failed. Then we took some quizzes in Beast's Library, which explain the title.
Cogsworth: "Hello! Up here!" 3. 2. 1. *snap*
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then we sang and acted in Ursula's Grotto, laughing all the while. The park closed, so we walked back on over the Disneyland. Mikie and I took Ashley and Alex into the reopened castle walkthrough. So puuurty. Then we walked around Fantasyland and hopped onto the carousel. I really wanted to go on it. Noooo idea why. Freaking cast member wouldn't let me ride backwards.
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Right. So then we went to Astro Blasters. Me and Ashley versus Alex and Mikie. Guess who won? Oh, and they owed us a chocolate cake. I got something over a million. Woot.
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This game makes my arm sore.

Got some Dole Whips then ate them in line for the Jungle Cruise. Vanquished the terrifying Dole Whip monster. Gar.
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IMG_2284Dole Whip Monster

The skipper was quite entertaining. Got our daily dose of corniness that I so desired.

Then we headed back to Indy since it was closed earlier in the day. There was an OBEY sticker or two in the queue. Cool.
OBEY.

Rode it once. Enjoyed it. Rode it again. Enjoyed it more.
*spears flying everywhere*
Random guy in car: "Get down! Get down!"
*everyone actually listens*

The second time, we were the last ones in line for the night. Somehow, the girl and her mom we let go in front of us ended up being the last ones on the ride. Which means they got a car to themselves. It was also her birthday, so good for her. Hope she enjoyed it.

And because the park was closing by the time we got out of the ride, there was no one around. So what did Alex and I do? Run around like madmen with our cameras, of course.

The Indy queue. Deserted.
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While leaving Adventureland, we all flipped out in the vast expanse that was the empty walkway. Not a soul to be seen. It was as if the park was keeping itself open solely for our own enjoyment. Lovely.

So I sprinted over to the castle, since no one was around it. Except for a security dude who politely moved aside. Sooo happy I got this picture without anyone in it.
Sleeping Beauty Castle

Looked towards Tomorrowland. Snapped this shot off for fun.
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As we walked down Main Street to end our day of awesomeness, I took one last picture of the park.
Good ol' Main Street

and Mikie was nice enough to talk a shot of me and Ashley. I hate pop-up flash.
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ahhhh...twas another lovely day. Good food, good company, good music. And how weird to think that we were at school that morning? Hm.

4 comments:

  1. o.O Your photos are extremely noisy... What ISO did you set it to??

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  2. o.O Your photos are extremely noisy... What ISO did you set it to??

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  3. a lot of em are 1600. Not much else I could do shooting somewhere like the Blue Bayou...

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  4. a lot of em are 1600. Not much else I could do shooting somewhere like the Blue Bayou...

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