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June 14, 2008
Have a dumpling...
A little more info about why the butterfly population is down this year...it applies to the Dallas area, but if you're experiencing low butterfly turnout like we are in Central Texas, it probably applies to you as well...
We caught the 6:15 showing of Kung Fu Panda and enjoyed the heck out of it...it helped that there were loads of little kids (with parents) in the theatre, giggling, chatting, and giving a great atmosphere to the movie...normally you'd think that chatting and noise during a movie would be bad, but listening to little kids enjoy the movie was half the fun...the movie is just my kinda kid flick - its not too sappy or stupid...there's a real story and its interesting, the animation is pretty and the acting is well done...its not just another kids summer movie, at least it wasn't for me...normally I don't go see kids summer movies, I mean, I've seen Nemo and some of the Disney flicks, but mostly I just write off stuff like Ice Age, Madagascar, Shrek and the really truly stupid looking kid flicks...but this one was a hoot and I recommend it for YOU as well as your kids...
I've got some Bead and Button stories...how about this one...its the afternoon, after the first full day of the show is open to the public (Friday)...I'm heading back to my hotel, and can see the escalator...two women are at the foot of it, with their myriad of bags in tow...they get on the machine, and at about 5 steps up, one of the women gets caught or hung up, and somehow falls backward, hitting her head smack on the ground...it makes the most miserable sound, as her friend screams...thankfully the escalators have attendents located at them (perhaps this has happened before) and he ran right over, turned off the machine and called for help...people started arriving immediately, and while the escalator was turned off, the lady and friend were trying to untwist her from her upside down position...I wasn't sure what to do, and decided to just wait it out to see if they needed me for anything...(there's not a lot of room to fit lots of folks onto an escalator to assist)...after ahwile, I figured they had it under control, so i headed to the elevator and went home...I hope the lady was ok, I didn't hear anything more about it, so I figured she musta been...crazy times...
I'm STILL waiting on my Fed Ex box, they told me it shipped Monday, and yet, nothing...it only took 3 days to ship the thing TO the hotel, why so long to return it...bah...there's not much I can do, I had to ship it separately, there was no way I could lug that stuff back with me...I guess I wait...
I spent a LOT of yesterday driving around w/ the top down, in 100 degree heat...sounds icky to you, but I needed the vitamin C to soak into my body...after spending a chilly (58 is chilly to me) week in Boston and another 9 days in Milwaukee where I was indoors 99% of the time, I needed some sun...so what if I sweated...so what if my hair is a mess...so what if I'm sunburned on my cheeks...(i wore sunglasses and my hat too), I needed to go out and burn up the road...it was fun and I enjoyed it...my car is driving like a brand new car, after all the repairs i've put into it, and its a blast..plus it looks good...new window tint, new detailing, the beast is gorgeous...I enjoyed it...I did spot yet another Smart car, a little blue one and I laughed when I saw it...its about the teeniest thing I've ever seen...hilarious!!
Posted by Donner at June 14, 2008 07:34 AM