Oct 18, 2007 12:16
Okay, so... I think I forgot to update this little monster here. And, like a monster, it hounds me for snacks and small children. So lemme feed the beast.
WE GOT DOMIRICKY! He's my friend. It was crazy. And kinda fun. Well, fun in general. So here's the scoop.
Originally, I was supposed to go.. and then the film club thing to pushed back.. and back.. and was running into that Saturday, suddenly. And so I couldn't go. But then people bailed and I could go again. So, long story short, we got to stay in some hotel.. and we got to drive a lincoln. It wasn't my first time in a town car, but it was probably my second or third in a brand new one.. and definitely my first driving it for any decent distance. So that was enjoyable.
The car is.. wide. It's like way wide. Turning is ridiculous. Imagine holding two 12 x 12 pieces of wood on either shoulder.. and turning with that. It feels that bulky and huge. The rear view mirror and the side view mirror had this real slick trick where they'd automatically adjust if there were bright lights on them.. so you didn't have to worry about trying to find a position where you weren't blinded by the light. That was convenient.
At first, we were worried that we couldn't play my iPod since the little a/v jack thing was broken. But there was a second one, hidden in the depths of the creature, that we later located. And we were okay with this. Haha.
I brought along WoT Knife of Dreams because.. well.. there is an awesome part in it with Rand and... well, if you haven't read it yet (and I can't believe you kids) then I won't spoil it on accident. But, it's somewhere near the end of part 2 (which we found out because it was literally the last thing we heard before we pulled into the subway right down the street from our house on the final end of the journey) so we had some listening to do. Although hearing the book is vastly superior to reading it. The guy does voices, it gets all exciting.. just believe me.
So, dad and I saw some cool clouds and enjoyed WoT and slept in a hotel and chatted. Pretty much what you would expect for a road trip. We had a good time. I'm glossing over a lot of this. It's been like.. two weeks, almost. I can't remember everything. Haha.
We got the Dominator, or arrived to get him, around 1 or so in the afternoon. Maybe later. We ran into some crazy traffic and there were babies on the road and such.
So, hugs were thrown around. We packed up. And then I went with Momma to drop off Danny at his band thing. Then we went out to get some Steelers stuff.. and then we came back to get Dad.. and went out to get Aunt May.. and then we went to Danny's band festival. Tom didn't go. And Tom is apparently the recorder guy. So I, with my half completed film 'n video degree, had to do the videoy part. It was okay. I knew I made mistakes as I was doing it, which was depressing, haha. But it really ain't no big thing. I did what I thought kids would want and the best I could with a crappy camera. Haha.
It was pretty cool, though. Some of 'em kids have talent. And they had this drum line... drum off thing. That was neat. One band set up the bass drums on the grass and ran around in circles around them, hitting them in time and.. stuff. It was pretty cool. They poured water on all the drums, too, and smacked 'em and that was neat. Also, one band did an 80's set and they did Thriller.. and the dance too, and it was quite nearly flawless. I can't remember anything they screwed up with, but I'm sure there was something. >.>
We came back, after dropping off Aunt May and saying hullo to Grammy and D, and baby Gia-goo-goo was there! Yaaaay. She's a cutie little lady. We had some fun. Lots of fun, I dare say. She was pretty cute. She says 'how come you not stay with us?' and I was like.. 'well, we just came to get Dominic.. I have to go to school' and she said 'can't you stop school and take it up here and go?' and I that made me laugh, but I told her no. And she later she asked 'how 'bout you take Dominic and we get you?' referring, o'course, to us taking Dom and me down to the big FL. It was pretty cute. Made me sad, too. She's cool.. 'n I missed her lots after we left. Well, missed my whole family. I love my momma. And Tom is really awesome, too. Rayray wasn't there, but Danny was. I gave him the batarangs and said 'I know it's not your thing [ 'cause he's Superman ] but here's a little gift from me to you. Keep Metropolis safe' and he was like 'wha... oh man!' and got excited. So that was cool. I felt way gay. Lol.
My mom is crazy.. what more is there to say? Haha. I love her lots. We had some fun bonding time, we chatted. I enjoyed chatting. I'm a chatter sometimes.
And the ride back was pretty cool. We had some mountain dew. We had some snackies. Dom rode up in front.. and dad did a bit. We got to the hotel easily enough, though we did almost run out of gas in West Virginia. We went through this like.. crazy windy road.. for 3 miles to get to a closed f-ing gas station. And the previous two exits (the last of which took us to the same gas station) had nuttin' open. So we doubled back to the rest stop on the other side of the road and got gas there. So, for all you drivers.. be careful in West Virginia... they go to bed early.
But, overall, we enjoyed more WoT and some more chatting and sleeping and fun. Dom got a little sick off of the McDonalds.. and so did I, actually. A bit. Lol.
So, it's been pretty cool havin' Dom in the house. For the first few days it was weird. Not weird like 'woah' but weird like 'wow.' So that was cool. Still is cool, really. We've played some Guitar Hero and some Halo 3 and some Bioshock (which is awesome) and went bike riding and such.
School started again and this first week has been good. I had the first of three or so production days for the HD short. It went well. I burnt my face a bit. Josh screwed up two shots, but one was kinda my fault I guess.. though I thought I had told him I wanted it in CU. Whatever.
I have a shoot Friday that I have to be up early for and will be shooting all day.. with. That promises to be exciting. I suppose we'll see. Bought that cleaning kit finally.. and I'm trying to get Factions up and going but it won't let me buy it on-line for some reason so I'll have to go to the store for it. Which is fine, I just wanted to get something outta the store. =D
Well, I'll try again and we'll see. Anycase, laters.