broken ride mountain

this past weekend, i spent a day outside in the blazing heat at six flag's magic mountain with my cousin 'J'. the first ride we got in line for was tatsu, a rollercoaster that even got advertisements on the radio here in arizona. unfortunately, about 30 to 40 minutes into the line, we heard that the ride had broken down and that it would be a 3 or 4 hour wait before it would be up and running again. so we said screw that and went off to another ride.

when tatsu was finally up and running, we waited the hour and forty minutes to get to the front of the line. it's very exciting to be next in line to get on the ride. your anticipation is through the roof as you realize that a multi-hour wait is about to pay off. when our coaster whooshed in with a bunch of frazzled riders, the crowd waiting in line gave a cheer for the safe arrival of our predecessors. unfortunately, it was at this precise moment in time, just as the roller coaster we would be riding on arrived, that the restraints holding the riders in place refused to unlock. this kept the riders stuck inside the roller coaster, which meant that i could not get on said roller coaster. what can you really do when you're next in line? nothing really. you can't go on the ride, but you surely can't leave, as it might be up and running at any time, and you would have wasted all that time you spend in line. so, we waited. and waited. we were next in line for forty or more minutes before they were able to get the ride back up and running.

a single ride down two times in one day. not exactly an impressive showing for the ride maintenance people at magic mountain. incredibly enough, that wasn't the only one. throughout the day, we saw three other rides that were broken, either temporarily, or for the entire day. at least we didn't have to walk down from the big hill like some people we saw.

donkey punch

every wednesday night,
you're with my in my living room.
i just can't get enough of you
on my tv screen.
i know that it's not right.
i know that you're not really real,
but that can't change the way i feel.
if only it could be every wednesday night.

i finally started watching the show. what show? the one that's on every wednesday night of course! well, to be honest, it's no longer on tv anymore. but being swayed by the lyrics of ann arbor's local ska band, i feel obligated to watch the oh so popular show that ran back in the long long ago of my college days. i already feel my vocabulary has expanded with the pedantic banter of the teenage characters. for example, yesterday i learned what the term "walk the dog" means. but seriously, i never had such a profound knowledge of SAT words when i was in tenth grade.

i doubt anyone really understood this post. bonus points for people who know the show.

a new friend!

recently, i have had the supreme pleasure of talking to the one and only everywhere girl! well, not so much as talking, as an exchange of comments on myspace, but still quite exciting! so now i have a new (myspace) friend. i would be surprised if anyone i knew actually knew of everywhere girl, since one would have to be quite geeky... however, a lot of you people out there might have unknowingly seen her around before, seeing as she is... everywhere! but even if you don't know her, just know that i consider this quite an achievement!

hand eye coordination and such

while i would not consider myself a hard core gamer, i do believe that i have reasonably good hand eye coordination. at least when it comes to new games, i am able to become at least proficient fairly quickly. which is why i was pretty confident when i sat down to play a new game (to me) with girl, person 'A'. before we began our head to head matchup, there was a difficulty setting for each player. as i saw person 'A' move her cursor down to the easiest setting, my confidence went up and i increased my difficulty setting to the hardest. however, when we started the game, i soon realized that i was in over my head at the hardest setting and quickly lost. when we started another match, we both went on the normal difficult setting. i figured i'd play along for a little while to make the game interesting before pulling out the victory. how the scene played out in real life and how i had originally imagined it was slightly different. i did play around at first, but when i tried to close the deal, i found myself on the losing end. somehow, i had lost a video game to a girl! "let's play again!" i demanded, eager to redeem my video game manhood. much to my chagrin, person 'A' placed her setting on the "harder" setting and proceeded to beat me again; and once again when she changed her setting to the hardest! after a few more beatdowns, i gave up. to a girl.