Well dade and I had been planning to go to WaterWorld yesterday for a week. The website said WW was open during the regular SFAW hours. Well yesterday's hours were from 9a-4p so we made plans. On a whim I decided to give them a bell and check to make sure... guess what only Sat and Sun! Fix the damn website! ... oh wait they did! Sometime between Last weekend and friday they changed it... bastards so we went to Splashtown instead...
When I pulled in I though "OH SHIT"! There were about 40 school buses in the p.lot. We go up anyway while I'm standing in line I notice sign that says the following attractions will not be open today... and there are 9 things listed! I have no idea what this park is like and how many that leaves but how do I tell Dade... I mean he's been doing extras all week just to get to go! So we go in... after walking all the way around the joint I found f'ed up locker system they have there and we got changed. They did not have any kids areas open and the 3!!! things that were open were so jammed up with obnoxious jr.high aged kids you couldn't move. The wave pool was so full that the waves weren't even making it to shore! incredible! So right away I'm in a shit pissed mood... we decided to get int he lagoon thing and at least get wet and then we slid this tiny little slide in the lagoon. While we were doing this I noticed they opened another slide, a tandem slide. So we go and the line is not to bad yet so do that. By the time that is done they have open the kids pirate ship area! yea! Dade get's on the ship and plays for about an hour... we trek over to the wave pool for a set and immediately head back to the Pirate ship. They slowly opened more and more things almost none which Dade was tall enough to ride, last thing before we left they opened the river which was fun... overall I'd say it's about the same as WW. I won't be going back though. It's to expensive and I already have a season pass to WW not to mention to far away... I'd say they barely pulled the day out but squeezing a few things open. I wonder if the dressed the gardeners as lifegaurds and put them in the seats just to stuff open. Probably!
Would you like to have your name on a comet? now you can!
the new Top thrill Dragster opened at Cedar Point last weekend and the line were so long the officials had to hand out passes to the bathroom !!!
just in case ou need a penis shaped chicken nugget, someone has put one up on ebay ... that place has everything!
Well I felt my first really bad pang of vicarious emotional pain through my son today. It seems the neighborhood kids were picking on him by hitting him in the face with a ball. He was outnumbered 4-1 and while he wanted to stay he didn't know how to handle the situation. I gave him all the advice I could but he still chose to sit and wallow around the house. I feel so bad for him. It's really his first foray into this type of emotion for him. He can't grasp the concept of someone NOT being nice to him... totaly my fault for spoiling him and allowing him to be spoiled. I'm sure he'll get over it, but in the meantime my gut and head are in turmoil. while I want to help him I realize that would be one of the worst things I could do. I'll just encourage him to stand up for himself.
i.am.samu
I have just had a sit down read of Salam Pax's blog catch up entries and I must say that I am saddened and relieved and angry and scared. He captured a very small slice of what it was like to live through the short Iraqi war that has been going on. He also confirmed for me what I thought must be happening, CNN and MSNBC are to far left, Fox is to far right and all of them are slanted and sensationalizing the coverage. I was happy to see the that some of the things I thought impossible to believe were true(fall of the statue) and sad to hear that the Iraqi people did not all embrace the change. I understand, as best I can. If this were not to have happened, the house across the street would not have burned for 3 days and you would not have had 15 guns pointed at you all at once. How can that be something to wish for! As it turns out I think Salam is starting to see the good that could come out of this. Saddam was a bad man and now half of Iraq is starting to say it, but why not everyone? Look to yourself for the answer there. Do you know someone who in this day and age is racist? I know that my grandparents were to a degree. They may not have freely said as much but you could tell. Why? That is what they grew up with, what was put into thier heads from day one to day 9001! What would you say if tomorrow you were told the sky is actually red and not blue? Would it not be impossible for you to say red red red when you are thinking, nothing has changed and it is still blue? Over time things will normalize and even though I do not know Salam I wish him and his family and friends well. Please stay safe and thank you for what I believe is the most informative and best thing I have read or heard in all the coverage and news on the war.
Do you KaZaA? Well recently the RIAA has been targeting people through the network. Basically if they catch you sharing copyrighted songs they are notifing you and maybe even getting after you legaly... well check out this. PeerGaurdian can firewall you so they can't, sorta, detect who you are. AWESOME!
INDY! is finally coming to DVD! Yes it's not out there yet, but it will be.
Look at the this and see how the media bends the truth to the sensational. Aholes!
I have one thing to say about the Stars... shit. Oh well at least ratty ass beard is gone now... I'm feeling pretty sleepy so this is going to be short today.
WTF! I swear the next time the French need help I hope it's because we are kicking thier ass... France helped Iraqis escape... what did they have to gain after the fall anyway? Just to spit in our eye I guess!
When I was little I looked just like Dade! I mean t's uncanny! Look at my baby pictures and you'd think we just took them of Dade. Anyway check out WhenIWasLittle.net. Kinda fun there.
WTF is today Monday? Shouts out to JG happy bday! This weekend was a giant blur... Friday came and went in a few minutes with a haircut and trip to see X2... which I thought was better than the 1st one. Saturday STARS WIN! Sunday huh... alot of coding in the middle and a cople of games of Mario Sunshine! I like MS better than Metroid Prime right now due to the Dade factor. Anyway I'm fried but I'll dispense a few links for masses!
For those webdev heads out there we've been waiting for this for a long time! To cool!
Damn this Iraqi thing is scary Nuclear site looted ... now wtf happend to that uranium?
The Star Wars kid is getting very very very popular. That was the remix that added music, sfx and sound!
SPOILERS WARNING The Matrix Unlocked over Time magazine has some small spoilers into the new movie that I refused to read but if you caught in the hype swirling around and thirsty for more go on with it!
The RIAA and others are quietly seeking a software bullet to kill file swapping. This is treading on a very slippery legal slope here and if they don't watch out they are going to have the wrath of a thousand hackers after them, as if they didn't already.
Ok so your at a bachelorette party when the stripper dressed as a cop shows up at your door... umm wait is that a real cop? Hilarious!
Finally some tech reading for all you geeky Digital Video nerds out there... the infamous doom9 have put out the comparison article for video codecs... have fun!
Whew! I am whooped today! I need a nap, but I have to rush home and do a little work, one screen and fix some credit card thingy, then I need to get in a game of Super Mario Sunshine with Dade, then I can get a nap before the 9p game. It'll never happen! I'm stuffed!
I was sent to the 3rd Level of HELL! where will you be! Gluttony is my sin...
There are some beautiful photos here, but the interface is ummm IMHO crummy.
Star Wars Episode III will be here in May 2005! but the trailer is already out... we are screwed! ... here is the first extra... behind the scenes... I think I have tear in my eye!
STARS WIN! It's about damn time! BTW I am growing my playoff beard which I know is weird and I think it's not going to make the entire playoff run but wtf I might as well for now, plus I am a lazy bastard.
BTW if your getting the cup crazies like I am the 'nucks v.Wild game should be, well wild! In the last game they were scrapping during the warm ups! I haven't watched any of the Wild games yet but I think I will try to watch tonight!
