We went to Florida for a week of sun and Disney. We drove down, spent the week and I noticed a few things…
1) Floridians drive fast. I admit that I am a bit of a slow poke. I had the family in the car and I wasn’t in any hurry to get anywhere, but I kept the cruise control at about 75 and people were blowing by me like I was standing still. That’s too many blue-hairs driving WAY too fast.
2) The University of Florida is beautiful… lots of trees, awesome buildings. Hell, if I was an athlete I’d commit to UF just for the 3 girls I saw in the bookstore.
3) Six Flags take note... Fast-Pass and single rider lines ROCK!!! If you go to Disneyworld use them! I also highly recommend the first week of June for Disneyworld. Maybe the East Coast schools weren’t out yet, maybe we were just lucky, but the crowds weren’t bad at all. The longest we waited in line was 45 minutes… and that was because the ride broke down for 10 minutes. We got to ride a lot of the rides at Disney and Universal Studios multiple times in a row. Spiderman is the ****.
4) There are a lot of women with eating disorders. I know that Texas is one of the fattest states, but I’ll take some Texas beef over some of the scrawny ******* I saw in Florida. You always see skinny women and think they could use some weight, but I saw some ladies this week that would make an Ethiopian kid feel heavy. I’ve just never seen that many in one place at the same time.
5) The Disney princesses are HOT! Ariel, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella. Disney knows how to cast girls… that’s for damn sure! It’s fun using your toddler son as way to get a better look at a college girl in a Tinker Bell costume. It’s also fun trying to hide an erection from your mother-in-law.
6) What is it with Epcot and gay men? Look, I live in Austin. I have family in the San Francisco area. I’ve been to gay weddings. Hell, more than one girl I’ve dated turned lesbian. The point is I got no issue with two guys holding hands, but Jesus Christ, there were a lot of gays there. Maybe I’m making assumptions about men that wear Crocs, but I doubt it. Not that there’s anything wrong with it!
7) If you ever have the chance to see NASA do a launch, GO! You see it on tv and it is nothing like seeing it live. We were about 15 miles away from the pad and couldn’t see the shuttle with the naked eye, but when that thing took off it was amazing. You just see this cloud of smoke then this streak of fire starts going into the air. About a minute after launch the sound reached us. 15 miles away and it still sounded like I was next to a jet engine only with the ground shaking. I can’t imagine what its like at the bleachers closer to the pad at Kennedy Space Center. You feel a little bit of everything… patriotism, a little bit of fear, but mostly amazement at what people are able to do.
1) Floridians drive fast. I admit that I am a bit of a slow poke. I had the family in the car and I wasn’t in any hurry to get anywhere, but I kept the cruise control at about 75 and people were blowing by me like I was standing still. That’s too many blue-hairs driving WAY too fast.
2) The University of Florida is beautiful… lots of trees, awesome buildings. Hell, if I was an athlete I’d commit to UF just for the 3 girls I saw in the bookstore.
3) Six Flags take note... Fast-Pass and single rider lines ROCK!!! If you go to Disneyworld use them! I also highly recommend the first week of June for Disneyworld. Maybe the East Coast schools weren’t out yet, maybe we were just lucky, but the crowds weren’t bad at all. The longest we waited in line was 45 minutes… and that was because the ride broke down for 10 minutes. We got to ride a lot of the rides at Disney and Universal Studios multiple times in a row. Spiderman is the ****.
4) There are a lot of women with eating disorders. I know that Texas is one of the fattest states, but I’ll take some Texas beef over some of the scrawny ******* I saw in Florida. You always see skinny women and think they could use some weight, but I saw some ladies this week that would make an Ethiopian kid feel heavy. I’ve just never seen that many in one place at the same time.
5) The Disney princesses are HOT! Ariel, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella. Disney knows how to cast girls… that’s for damn sure! It’s fun using your toddler son as way to get a better look at a college girl in a Tinker Bell costume. It’s also fun trying to hide an erection from your mother-in-law.
6) What is it with Epcot and gay men? Look, I live in Austin. I have family in the San Francisco area. I’ve been to gay weddings. Hell, more than one girl I’ve dated turned lesbian. The point is I got no issue with two guys holding hands, but Jesus Christ, there were a lot of gays there. Maybe I’m making assumptions about men that wear Crocs, but I doubt it. Not that there’s anything wrong with it!
7) If you ever have the chance to see NASA do a launch, GO! You see it on tv and it is nothing like seeing it live. We were about 15 miles away from the pad and couldn’t see the shuttle with the naked eye, but when that thing took off it was amazing. You just see this cloud of smoke then this streak of fire starts going into the air. About a minute after launch the sound reached us. 15 miles away and it still sounded like I was next to a jet engine only with the ground shaking. I can’t imagine what its like at the bleachers closer to the pad at Kennedy Space Center. You feel a little bit of everything… patriotism, a little bit of fear, but mostly amazement at what people are able to do.
