Back from Atlanta!

That was a great trip. We left early Wednesday morning and sped towards Atlanta. We arrived around 11:30 or so, got turned around a few times, and eventually ended up at our hotel. Since it was still early, we couldn’t check in, so we freshened up in the bathroom and were soon on our way to the Marta station.

It was blazing hot outside. We had packed a ton of water, even though you are only supposed to have one bottle per person. But the security really wasn’t that tight. After walking around aimlessly for awhile, we finally found the schedule board. Jason and Becka decided to go off to find the Maurice stage while Ben and I opted for the Brian stage where the Vandals were about to start. The Brian stage was out in the parking lot in the hot blazing sun, while the Maurice stage was in the cooler ampitheatre. So we ended up going back and forth, trying to cool off. Because of this, we ended up seeing some very sucky bands on the Maurice stage and a couple cool ones. Bands we saw included: the Vandals, the Casualties, New Found Glory, Yellowcard, NOFX, Avenged Sevenfold, and Bad Religion. Very cool stuff.

When we got back to the Marta station, we couldn’t remember which station to get off on. So we tried one. Wasn’t it. Tried the next one. Wasn’t it. Tried the next. Nope. We did this five or six times before we finally found the right one. We were all pretty exhausted by this point.

The next day we slept in till about 11:30 before getting up and going to Six Flags. The first thing we went on was the Free Fall, which was pretty awesome, although I’m sure Acrophobia if it had been open would have been more awesome. Then we went on the Georgia Cyclone, which was an old wooden coaster. That pretty much sucked. Very shaky. And painful. Ow.

After that, we took a break for lunch. We left the park (due to insane prices) and went to Wendy’s, where I found out that you can pay $3 for a miniscule amount of chicken strips. Then it was back to the park.

It was starting to get really hot again at this point, so we went over to Splashwater Falls to stand on the bridge and get soaked. But that didn’t happen. There wasn’t a whole lot of splash that hit the bridge. We didn’t want to wait in line for that, so we continued on our way.

The next ride we hit was the Ninja, which is a coaster. It was pretty cool, but was nothing compared to what was coming up: Superman. Oh. My. God. Greatest coaster ever ever ever ever ever. We were in the front. It really felt like you were flying. Can’t even describe it. If you’ve never been on it, GO NOW. I mean it. Stop reading this and GO.

We were getting hot again after that (the wait for Superman was over an hour), so we decided to hit a water ride. We found Thunder River, which is one of those water rides with the big tubes that hold a ton of people. I got moderately wet on that and it cooled me down a bit.

It was beginning to get late at this point, so we headed over to Batman the Ride. That was pretty awesome too, in a different sort of way than Superman. It’s a hanging coaster, very reminscent of the Hangman at Opryland (RIP). We went on the Mindbender after that, which was the world’s first triple loop coaster, and it has no over-the-shoulder restraints, even though it has loops, so you can put your hands up even upside-down which is pretty cool. We went on Batman two more times after that, since we were right there and the park was about to close.

After all that, we drove home. It was a very fun trip, and we hope to go back to Six Flags in a couple months when it’s cooler and less crowded. I’ve put up some pictures in the gallery if you want to check them out.

Now we know why Microsoft sucks.

All their employees listen to crappy music.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/20/musical_preference_survey/

Leaving for Atlanta in about 31 hours!!

I’m so excited. I haven’t been on a vacation in forever. And, I know, this is only like a two-day vacation, but it’s better than nothing.

We’re leaving Knoxville around 7:30 on Wednesday morning. Then we’re going to go by the hotel, park the car, hop on Marta, go down to Hi-Fi Buys, and spend all day there at Warped Tour. Then sleep. Next day: Six Flags! I can almost feel the adrenaline rush from the coasters now.

I will be sure to post tons of pictures when I get back.
I still need to do a ton of stuff before we go. Such as, clean out my car, pack, burn some CDs, and I can’t even remember what else. I made a list last night, but I lost it. Meh.

My hair color has been fading. It’s not really black anymore, just dark brown with some dull red streaks. So I redid the red streaks today to intensify them. Except I’m not sure I hit the same places where they were before, because now I seem to have huge chunks of red streaks. The aren’t really streaks anymore I guess. Just chunks. It’s interesting.

I’m sick of all this low-carb crap.

I just saw a commercial for low-carb Bacardi Silver.

Uh………..

Okay, first of all, I don’t think Bacardi Silver tastes that great to begin with. And then I can only assume they are reducing the amount of sugar to make it low-carb, thus making it even grosser. But that’s not even the big problem.

Low-carb crap has taken over America. You cannot go into a restaurant anymore without them having some low-carb menu. Everything you could possibly ever want comes in low-carb now. I went to Sbarro’s a few weeks ago and asked for a slice of pepperoni pizza. “Uh, all we have right now is low-carb. Is that okay?” I said whatever and took it. It was more expensive than their normal pizza. Tasted worse. Didn’t make me feel any healthier either. Especially considering that it still had about a pound of grease on it.

What is the point? I don’t even think all this low-carb crap is actually good for you. It seems to me that carbs are something you NEED. But what do I know? I’m not a nutritionist.

STOP THE INSANITY!!

Jeopardy is getting old.

Okay, so I regularly watch Jeopardy. Think of me what you will because of this fact, but I do. Every day (thanks to TiVo). Anyway, I remember when they lifted the five-day rule last fall. I thought it was kind of neat to see how long someone could go.

Until Ken Jennings.

Now Jeopardy is just boring.

I no longer get to wonder who is going to win. It’s going to be Ken. Every time. I wish they would kick the guy off. They need like a 30-day rule now. Today was like his 30th day. That’s six weeks of being on Jeopardy. The guy is just a little over $20,000 away from a million. I feel sorry for all the people who have to play against him. Obviously, the guy just has more practice with the buzzer than they do.

I want to stop watching, but I can’t. I keep thinking that someone will beat him. A couple weeks ago, someone almost did. Really wish that guy would have. Jeopardy is really boring now. Half the time, I just fast-forward to the end to see if Ken won or not. I don’t even really care about the show anymore.

On a side note, I named the kitten Lydia.

Ah, the weekend…

Thursday I went and saw Spiderman 2. I really enjoyed it. I don’t know if I thought it was better than the first one, but for a sequel, it was definitely great.

I also bought Butterfly Effect on Tuesday when it came out. I really liked it too. The DVD includes the director’s cut with an alternate ending. I had never seen the movie before and we were watching the director’s cut first and when the movie ended, Ben (who had seen it before) was like, “That’s not right! That’s not how it ends!” So then we had to watch the theatrical ending. I don’t know which I prefer.

Went to Bailey’s last night and had some drinks. We tried their white pizza, which has olive oil, garlic mozzarella, parmesan and monterrey jack cheese, sliced tomatoes, and fresh chopped parsley on it. It was very very good (minus the tomatoes - I let Ben eat those).

Not much else going on. Work is still going well and stuff.

Yay! I got a kitten!

I haven’t fully decided on a name for her yet. I picked her up yesterday and she spent the majority of the evening exploring every inch of my apartment. Now I just need to get used to sniffling and sneezing all the time. I do, however, plan on keeping my bedroom a kitten-free zone, so that I will be able to sleep in peace. Anyway, here’s some cute kitten pictures:

Aww. She was sitting on the back of the couch last night, sleeping, while we were watching Along Came Polly. Pretty funny movie, by the way.

Tonight is the Fourth of July party. Hopefully I will have some pictures up by tomorrow. Oh yeah, and I don’t have to work. Yay!

I can’t believe I’ve been writing in this blog for over a year now.

Ah, it’s almost Friday.

Sunday is Fourth of July. Looking forward to that a lot. Not looking forward to going to work the next day. I’m going to be useless.

I’m planning on going to Six Flags Over Georgia while I’m in Atlanta at the end of the month. I’ve been craving rollercoasters for a few months, so I’ve decided to give in. That should be a blast. I’ve never been there before.
Got paid today. Too bad I have to use it all for bills. I need to sit down and figure out how I can cut some costs. Like I need to call and hassle Bellsouth and get them to lower my Internet rates. It’s not fair that everyone else is paying $30/month for faster Internet than me while I’m paying $50/month. Maybe I will do that Saturday.

I might be getting a kitten.