Weekend musings....

Saturday, trekked down to The Grove and The Farmer's Market with Tim and Jim...hey, that rhymes!...hey, who cares...

After a lunch a Johnny Rockets (where we discovered that if I tap my sneakers quickly and loudly enough on the tile floor, I sound like Fred Flintstone scampering to run away), we went over to Duck Soup, this fun little pop culture store. There, I drooled over their home arcade games. They have this really cool Mini-cade in both upright and cocktail table form. Each has multiple games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Dig Dug. And they don't look like emulators. It's the real deal...and it's costs quite a bit...which is why all I could do is drool over them.

But alas, I did purchase a few things...a couple of retro-pop culture books and most importantly a turntable! I was finally able to listen to all those vinyls I've been purchasing at used record stores in L.A. Mmm...Broaday cast recording of "Chess"...mmmm...

Went with the Jims that evening to Akbar for a ho-hum evening of noneventfulness...dunno where it was the crowd or if I was tired, but it left me feeling just blah. I have to say, I don't think I've ever met anybody at a bar. Did I mention earlier that dating and me don't mix? :-)

Yesterday, the guys and I did our annual tradition of going to Disneyland on Superbowl Sunday. We got there around 10 AM and it was a bit more crowded than usual...to the point where it took a half-hour just to get to the parking booth. The day was low-key...we kicked things off by going on the new Monsters Inc. ride at California Adventure. It was delightlfully above average. At least it's better than Superstar Limo. But then again, so is having my face nibbled at by hungry ants. It's ok, but not worth a 90-minute wait as it was the week before when I went with my family.

Space Mountain was closed for part of the day, but we were able to hop in during the evening and our timing could not have been more perfect. As we got into the final tunnel, the ride stopped. For those of you who haven't been in the final tunnel at the new Space Mountain, there's this really cool light effect that makes you feeel like you jetting back home...however, when your sitting in the tunnel with the car stationary and the light effects still on, it feels like your car is moving backwards. Fortunately, they stopped the lighting effect and turned the house lights on before releasing us from our "brake zone" (#14 for those two of you regular readers keeping score) and back into the loading/unloading area (which wasn't white...damn you Airplane!).

Random food thought...Taquitos-to-go from 7-Eleven...not too bad...especially the buffalo chicken flavored and potato skin flavored ones...