Orlando adventure!
So this past weekend, fuyu_no_fuhei and I went down to Orlando to play in the parks with springfrost and wicked_swann . It was crazy fun. Winter made us take Southwest which is a stupid airline and it makes no sense. It's like a buffet line of air travel. It also leaves out of Midway, which is a silly airport because it is nowhere near my place. Then again, most of the world is silly for not being near my place.
So here is a statue representation of the battle of midway. I didn't realize buff aviators wearing naught but clingy wet pants were so prevalent at that battle. Perhaps I was not paying attention. Either way, I made Winter touch his package. No sense in it not getting touched just because I know better than to do it myself!
I brought sticky notes, which turned out to be a good call. I hid this one in Midway.
I also left some notes in the Sky Mall magazine.
We got a shuttle. They gave us a little plastic buzzy disk like some restaurants do when your food is ready.
We stayed at a super cheap hotel with tiny paper-thin towels, pillows that were far too full, and mattresses that were like stone slabs. The water pressure was actually quite good, but it was Florida, so the water had a distinct sulfur smell to it.
Friday we went to Hogsmeade.
You're right, Tiff, Ron Weasley is riddikulous.
Blast-ended skrewt crate. You guys, I rode the Hippogriff ride! Never again, though. Never again.
To Butterbeer!
We were all showing our house pride. Well, we were showing some house pride. Cindy and I were representing Slytherin. Tiff and Winter were representing Gryffindor. Winter borrowed Tiff's Gryf tee because she had no HP stuff with her to wear. She bought a Ravenclaw shirt while at the park, though. It was awesome being dressed up because we totally got special treatment. A Gryffindor on Forbidden Journey, Mike, let us go through the fastpass lane multiple times because of Tiff and Winter, and a Slytherin let us go through the fastpass lane at Hippogriff because of Cindy and me! It pays to be spirited!
And Cindy separately because my aim sucks.
The conductor didn't realize who he was messing with when he decided to quiz us. He asked Tiff a few easy questions, then tried to stump her by asking who the Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team was. He realized his error when she asked which year. Then he was going to test my knowledge of Slytherin, but I called him out on the fact that we're not all evil. He appreciated our excessive knowledge, though.
OH, and the coolest damn thing! So we decided to go to Olivander's even though there was a super long line and they always just pick a kid. We waited and waited, and finally got let in. THEN OLIVANDER PICKED ME! It was so fun! He had me wave a wand and it broke something which I immediately said "oops" to. I won't say the whole deal, since it'd ruin it if you've not gotten to see it. Being chosen made it totally worth it. I get such a stupid smile just thinking about it. :D
I miss having Tiffy around all the time.
This was such an awesome group to go with. Also, I'll never go to this park NOT dressed up.
So, if you have a prosthetic leg, do you need to remove it at the lockers or can you just bring it with and have one of the ride monitors take it? And I did not notice this on the sign last time, did perhaps they find out the hard way?
I left a note for Snape, not sure if he got it. It read:
"Snape,
I can't make it to detention today. Catch you tomorrow.
-Harry P."
Hogwarts students loitering in Hogsmeade.
"Frowg"
The Hogwarts chorus.
But wait, what is that?
Yep. Did it again.
Winter, stop touching Captain America's junk, it's bigger than you.
Three birds! Duck, Seagull, Dude
Chillin like villains as Tiff and I used the bathroom hand driers to dry our white shirts. The One Fish, Two Fish ride turned into an impromptu wet button-downs contest...
I slipped under the railing to touch Snape's door. Cindy made me do it.
The Albus Dumbledore School for Witches and Wizards that can't Magic Good and Want to Learn to do Other Things Good Too.
Is this a school for ants?
This school is going to need to be at least three times this size!
"Look at that window!"
"Wow, that is a fabulous window. Thanks, Salazar!"
Tiff chose a valiant steed.
Winter's steed was noble, even with the gimp mask.
And my steed was stoic and intense.
And now for some proof that sometimes I take pictures of things because I think they are pretty instead of only taking pictures of things I find funny:
Eh, it was a good run while it lasted.
We went out to eat afterward and I made sure to ask for some crayons. This was my assignment:
And here is my masterpiece:
It says "again?" and Rachel Age 7
We were a bit tired. End of park day one.
The next day we went to Magic Kingdom.
Our parking attendant said they charged for pictures when I took one of our parking sign. So I figured why not make it worth my money and take one of him, too!
DOUG! Our river tour guide. I untied his shoe, but I think he loved us anyway.
I almost won that one, I swear.
Tiffany and I got sworn in as pirates on Jack Sparrow's crew again. This is our second commission with him. We're old pros now.
Motherfucking princesses, awww yeah!
I accidentally a princess!
We were hungry, but luckily someone left a repeating pattern of salad lying around.
Tiff and I found our sized door!
Gangsta tea cup! We each had our roll on the cup. Winter was spinner. Tiff was instigator and assistant spinner. And my job was to look really damn casual while we spun like a top.
This is my favorite. Also, look at little Watson on my shirt, he doesn't like the snake.
Sooooo.... this exists. Not quite sure why it exists, but it does.
This bear totally reminds me of Ren and Stimpy.
Cindy while she's taking a picture of herself and a country bear.
Tiffany was editing photos while we waited for the Country Bear Jamboree.
I love this bear's song. It's so... me.
I love Tiffany so much.
Look at Winter's little happy little head.
This is a picture of pure concentrated fun. Yes, this is what fun looks like. Let's get down to business.
"Shhh, I'ma shoot'n"
Old lady in a baby stroller.
Sneaky Winter, photobombing Cindy.
I don't remember having fingers growing out of my head... Tiffy doesn't remember them either.
So elegant.
Why is Tiff so happy?
Because Hatter stopped right in front of us and blew us kisses. His dancing was so sassy, too.
Accidental Star Wars costume. All four of us thought it independently before expressing this out loud.
People Mover! No football poses on the People Mover.
The guy that took our picture asked if I wanted him to take another picture, since I made a face. I thanked him, but if I need a good picture of myself I'll just take it myself at home.
It's a small boat after all.
Cindy couldn't stay out as late as us, but since she lives there, we can't really blame her for that. And Magic Kingdom was open until midnight. We stayed until the end.
YELLOW SHIP!
Tiff and I cracked ourselves up on the Peter Pan ride so hard. We decided the ride needed Old Jewish New Yorker narration.
OMG, HORSE!
And then we passed the fuck out. End of Park day two.
We ended up parking right near Cindy. We'd have stayed and talked, but we were in a hurry to meet Cindy at the front gates of Animal Kingdom.
I want this bird! There were so many birds I wanted.
This is what it would look like if a hippo died eating me and then the carcass-stripping beetles hauled ass.
Ice cream! Yum!
I am sorry to say I did not get a picture of the man in the audience of the Lion King show that had a full tiger face paint that was sitting staring so stoically. It cracked me up.
The dinosaur ride made us all so sleepy.
We ran over to Epcot.
We saw a girl pose for a picture and her pose looked so good that we felt the need to do the pose, too.
My camera asked if someone blinked.
Pop goes the Winter!
Tiny sombreros, margaritas, and watching people try on huge sombreros... Mexico is delightful.
Late night Turtle Talk.
I didn't get to take very many pictures after Saturday early evening because my camera ended up full. I deleted what I could, but alas, the photos of the weekend are a bit front heavy. It was so great hanging out with Cindy. It was really fun getting to bring Winter with me on an adventure. And it was amazing getting to play with Tiffany all weekend. I miss hanging with her every week.
Oh Midway, your art is amazing...
Quotes of the weekend!
"Like a carp with a K" -Tiff
"Your tits are agitated, calm them."-me
"OH MY GOD, can I braid some flowers into your Gimli beard?" -Tiff
"I'm jonesin' for a U-turn" -me
"I have to go visit Myrtle" -our new way of saying 'I have to pee'
"Did you just say Vaginasaur!?"-me
"No, Jurassic Park." -Winter
"I'm going to sleep in the shower. If I drown, make me a towel death shroud." -me
"You guys, I'm a Sea Merlin." -me
"It's just shame and cheese everywhere..." -Cindy (it is our new favorite phrase)
"Special Needs Dad Who is also Misogynistic and is Set in the Future Eighties" -our sitcom idea based off the Carousel of Progress
"Vague racist statement" -me (in an old New York Jewish lady accent)
"Tripletto?" -Tiff (the followup to ditto)
"You can't engrave lies!"-me
"It was written in Papyrus!"-Winter
"That's the most trustworthy font!"-Tiff
"Have you ever seen a corpse so beautiful you just had to kiss it?"-me in the Snow White ride.
"The distant future, the nineteen eighties." -sung to the tune of The Humans Are Dead by Flight of the Conchords.
"Approach it very slowly and quietly so as not to startle it, then pee on it."-Tiff
"SKY PUPPIES" -me
"I just saw a shirt that said Skydogcon and all I could think was it was a convention for adult sky puppy enthusiasts." -me
"Legitsies!" -Tiff
:D -everyone else
"Yes, that just happened. Right now." -Tiff
Tiff overheard in the bathroom: "It's just all drippin' out of you!"
"Can I have an LJ mood theme of your face?" -Winter
Cindy's priorities:
1. Get ice cream
2. Take picture
3. Post to internet
4. Eat ice cream
"I thought they said crate 42"-me
"ME TOO!"-Winter and Tiff
"... and then it explodes!" -Cindy after any mention of an owl.
"They're building Italian dreams." -Tiff
"They're building underwater dreams" -Winter (I think?)
Other odds and ends
- ROPE BRIDGE
- barrel riding
- We're good on odd boat rides
- goodbye dapper sassy man
- Joel is our favorite person in Seuss land!
- The cell phone couple on the magic carpet ride
- Never thought I'd be on a tea cup
- You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a teacup baby
- Canada! OooooOOOOOoooooh, didn't mean to make you cold.
- Books made inventing the future possible.
- I support you
- future 80's costumes!
- Hedwig handshake
- Son, put away the porn before your mother sees.
- I'm not dressed dad! That's okay, these are friends.
- NO HOBO
- NO ROBO
- Nick the Safari guide! And the hippos!
- Joking with the postmark stampers about AVPM
- Tiger belly: it's a trap
- Cat belly: it's a trap
- Breakfasting as batman
- Laptoplaptoplaptop
- Our lobby smells worryingly of BBQ
- The hotel gift shop was magical
- Oh man, hair wraps!
- Next time we stay at a hotel so cheap, we're bringing our own pillows and towels.
- There are no bathrooms in France, everyone just goes over to Morocco to visit Myrtle.
Dancing Tiffany to end this post on a high note. You can hear my laugh at the beginning.