The Ice Park.
So Stephanie and I went to the Ice Alaska event tonight. My mom didn't want to go because it was windy and cold. When isn't it? anyways, stephanie agreed to go. I got all bundled up and rode with her to the park. We got the best spot except for the handycapped ones, because we're awesome. It was a pretty sweet experience. We went over to the kids park first, where all of the sculpted things were mad for people half our size. we went on a little slide first
The theme for the park this year is "ice camera action" and a bunch of the stuff is made after the ice age movies, and in the first one remember the spa with all the birds? well they had one there made of ice
that thing was so hard to get out of, no joke. it's like a bowl made of ice, which is slippery, and has no traction. i think a kid had a nosebleed in there earlier though, there were red drips on the ice. ewwww.
anyways, the next attraction was the slide. THE slide. that was off the back of a full size wooly mammoth carving. the thing was huge. but super fast too. stephanie went first
then me
We walked around the rest of the kids park stopping only for turtles
which can get out of control pretty quick. they say those things are slow, but look out.
by this time it was about 6, and we knew that John would be showing up at 7, so we went and looked at a few sculptures
a hawaiian dancer
a pegasus/unicorn
fairy
fiddler
Fishies
and my personal favorite, the angler
there were a bunch more, but it was 6:30, so we wandered around looking for the stage where all the hubub was supposed to be. We found the right one at about 6:40, anad moved in to get the best view. we were kind of up on a hill and the stage was in by a pond where the ice age park was going to be opened. steph's toes were really cold, but she stuck it out like a trooper. they were playing Ice Ice Baby over, and over, and over again. the first time it was fun, but it can get old, you know? so after 20 min this guy comes up and tells us that clint is gonna tell us whats going to happen. Then the guy tells us what is going to happen, so by the time Clint gets a shot at the mic, all he has is lame jokes. poor guy, but i cheered for him. he tells us that the governer and john leguizamo are gonna come in on sleds from around the corner. Thanks for narrowing it down clint. anyways, the next thing he does is say that its 30 seconds till they come, and starts counting down, except that nobody counts with him, it just falls flat. Then he makes a joke about how alaska is pretty and cold. pretty cold. geeze, is this really the best they could do? i mean, i know Leguizamo isnt A list anymore, but still, he deserves better than this. Anyway, the finally come around the corner, Governer first
these are his dogs, stephanie has great aim.
Gov on left, John on right. you can totally see them right?
So the crowd is going crazy, and Clint is still trying to recover, but eventually gives up and passes off to the Gov.
I honestly have no idea what he talked about, i was staring at the hottness which is John leguizamo. obsessed? me? Note the ribbon in this picture, which they cut with blowtorches to open the park. Anyways, the governer makes some small talk, then hands off to JOHNNY!!
So he was actually funny, and the crowd loved him. i was screaming and freaking out, stephanie wasnt as excited as i, so she probably thinks im crazy. but i did spend many an hour in my youth oogling over him. anyways, he talks, it that voice of his. sigh. and they cut the ribbon, very dramatically. I tried to call kim at this point, to tell her i was looking at John right at that moment, but she didn't answer! the nerve! for shame. Stephanie basically has frost bite at this point, so we headed back to the snack shack to get some snacks. I had to get some water. coincidence? i think not. So i'm sitting there, waiting for steph to get her hot dog, and i hear a scream in the hallway. And then it happened. John Leguizamo walked RIGHT PAST ME! like, within 10 feet, with nothing in between us. RIGHT PAST ME! IN THE SAME ROOM! He walks into some offices to do some interviews, and i freak all over again. I cant stop talking about it, and i keep looking over to see if he comes out again. he didnt. but i mean come on, right past me! It pretty much made this whole alaska thing worth it. So stephanie wants to go get a picture of one last sculpture, and i'm up for it, so we head out. Its actually one of the best ones out there
in case you cant tell, its a moose being hit by a truck
so we decide to pack it in, but as we are walking back past the snack shack, there is a little crowd gathering by this window. of course, we are obligated to investigate. guess what? JOHN IS INSIDE! he was getting his coat and stuff on and had stood up at the exact moment we walked by. So i freak out all over agian. im yelling "there he is, there he is!' stephanie is yelling back "where?" and trying to get here camera. he could have been no more than 6 feet away. i was in shock, it took me so long to get my phone to go, but this is what i got
if you look above the colored things at the black rectangle, to the left there is a lighter greenish triangle thing. thats the back of his jacket hood. IIIII know! i love it. I could not stop talking about it, and then i was laughing about how excited i was. I should not have been as excited as i was, but then again, John Leguisamo! it was freaking awesome.
I saw him not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES! best night in Alaska, hands down.
see, i wasnt joking about the essay part. if you make it through, give yourself a pat on the back. but do make it through, it took me a WHILE to do. :)