My weekend adventure

Let the list begin....

Friday

• Got a visit from Drew and Matt...Grabbed some dinner wtih them at Popeye's where the sassy server behind the counter gave Matt some grief about talking on his cell phone


• Ted brought home "Kingdom Hearts," the new roleplaying Disney-themed game for Playstation 2...It is nothing short of beautiful. Even still, I don't think I'll ever give it a shop because it looks complicated as hell

Saturday

• Had lunch with Drew and David and then Drew and I headed over to Hollywood to catch some tapings of "Russian Roulette"


• Bumped into a good number of familiar faces including two fellow "Greed" writers, Howie and Joe. Kinda like an old homecoming day seeing that "Russian Roulette" tapes at the Tribune Studios where we used to do "Greed."


• There were some subtle changes for the new batch of "Roulette" episodes...the most notable being the look of the show. There are some new lights and lighting cues which have helped to improve the look of the show quite a bit. The game is pretty much the same and really played well on the shows we saw.


• After the taping, Drew and I headed back to my place and try to figure out what to do. Should we go to the Jude concert later that night or do something else?


• We ended up decided to stay in at my place and have dinner. This was a bit special though...Drew cooked up quite the feast for Ted, Larry, and me. It was deeeelicious


• We all capped off the night by watching some TV and playing the board game version of "Rollercoaster Tycoon." It pretty much plays like a simpler version of Monopoly. Not bad, but it needed a few house rules to really make it click with us.

Sunday

• California Adventure day!!!


• Ted, Matt, Drew and I spend the day at Disneyland and California Adventure. Ted was able to get us in to the special cast preview of "Flik's Fun Fair" at DCA. It's cute, but a 'twee bit on the kiddie side. We tried out the bumper cars which were ridiculously cushiony and slow. An interesting addition to DCA, but not really any super special. However, off in the distance, we could see construction shaping up for the "Tower of Terror." I just hope that the rumors about it being a smaller-scale version (namely...missing the "Fifth Dimension" section) of the Florida version aren't true. Doing so would just kill one of the strongest-themed thrill rides in the Disney theme park canon...


• It was hell-a hot...and there were more lines than we had expected at Disneyland. This was probably due to the unusually high number of attractions that were closed. Is Matterhorn EVER open??


• After the theme-parking, we headed to the Lego store and then we went to the AMC theater at Downtown Disney to watch Lilo and Stich. Suuuuuuuch a cute movie. Almost got a bit teary eyed watching it...Fine, laugh at me...I don't care! :-P