Taking a break at work to say: Waiting is not fun.

I put another offer on another house on Monday, and I was supposed to hear back by noon today, but so far NOTHING. I guess I will call my realtor when I get off work. This is incredibly frustrating.

In other news, I am apparently going to Six Flags this weekend to roast in the hot sun of Atlanta. Luckily, the line for Batman: The Ride is mostly indoors, and that’s all that matters. But Ben, Wayne, Wayne’s brother, Chance, Kelley, Jon, Faithe, Matt, Karen, Sam, Brent, Chad, and maybe a couple other people are all going as well, so it should be pretty fun. Haven’t been since Fright Fest ‘05.

Then in two weeks it’s back down to Atlanta for Dragon*Con! Yay! I never did work on any new costumes though….

Back from Six Flags…

We arrived in Atlanta around 7 pm (after wasting endless time at Wal-mart, in traffic, and going the wrong way a few times). We met up with Frances and went to the park. We immediately headed over to the Superman and got in line. An hour and a half later, we were to the front. Then the ride broke down. Then it was fixed. Then it broke down. Then it was fixed. Then it was our turn. Then it broke down. Then it was fixed. We finally got to ride it, but for some reason it wasn’t nearly as AMAZING as last time.

After that, we went on Acrophobia, since it had been closed when we went in July. It was okay, but I remember the Hellevator at Kentucky Kingdom being a little better. After that, it was Batman and Batman again. Then it was 11 pm and the park was closed.

The next day, Joe showed up and he and Frances headed into the park earlier than Ben and me and got a Q-bot. When we finally ventured out of the hotel and into the park, it was about 3 pm. We ate and made plans to meet up with them after they got off the Mindbender. So, when we did, we got in line for the Georgia Scorcher, another ride we had skipped last time. We waited in line maybe about two hours for it. It was a stand-up coaster and definitely a ton of fun.

After that, Frances and Joe had to go ride Superman (their Q-bot time was up) so Ben and I went on the Ninja. We wanted to go on Batman again after that, but it was closed, so we went on some smaller stuff, like the parachute drop, the swings, and this spinny thing inside a dome. We had a lot of fun. Then we went back to the hotel, where we managed to stay up till 3 pm talking with Frances and Joe.

It was a really fun trip. Pictures, as always, can be found with the others.

Being without vehicle is not fun.

My car is being worked on, so I can finally get that huge dent out of the side of it. However, it won’t be ready for about a week. Therefore, I get the joy of relying on other people for rides everywhere. I hate this. I would really like to go driving around right now, as I always do about this time of night, but I can’t. Grr.

All I can do is sit here and play the Six Flags theme song in my head (”We Like to Party” by the Vengaboys, for the curious, but without all the corny lyrics).

Speaking of Six Flags, we are definitely planning another trip for October. We’ll probably go ahead and get season passes, even though the year is almost up. Season passes are basically cheaper than tickets for two days, and we want to spend our whole weekend there. Note to self: see if they sell season passes at the ticket office on campus. Going to be an even better trip. Cooler weather, less people, less daytime, open later, Fright Fest.
Ben and I are going to enter the Great Knoxville Rubber Duck Race this weekend. Should be a lot of fun. Cross your fingers for our duck!

I should probably have another board game party in a month or so. It’s been awhile.

Lydia is psycho. I came home today to find her in the cabinet where her food is stored. Apparently she learned how to open it. There was also a glass broken on the floor in the kitchen. And potpourri everywhere.

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.

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.

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.