Malibu Entry #14 (edit +2 w/ added pics)

Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:05 am

Off To Disneyland...
2 Days off in a row. First so far...


Beams of light as we wait for the Winnie and the Pooh ride.

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We have fambly down. Like we're not going to turn them on to the Wonderful World of Disney. I know, I know... to you West Coasterners, it's like... Astroworld to Houstonians (us). But we're going to live it up in style, like it's our first and last (we all know it won't be... we're sorta fanatics). It was cool of Richard to be cool with everyone taking off the 2 days. They're on the downside of this mountain of recording... in fact, I'd say, they're sliding down the slippery slope toward completion. I'm pretty sure, in 2 weeks, we'll be back home in good ole East Texas. Meanwhile, I made the decision to take my camera today. Maybe I'll have a few pics to toss up on this post.













































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I took over 565 photos!
It's going to take some doing just to trash the blurry and crappy ones. I'll do my best to get something up tonight... cuz, tomorrow, I have to get back to work. We've been having one non-stop party since Kim arrived.

What a day. We stayed until it closed... saw the parade, the whole thing... walked out shoulder to shoulder with thousands to that long car thing that picks you up... it took half an hr just to get on that. But it was a blast. Pics asap. Thanks. boyd

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Been workin' on those since my last post. It's 1:11am. The Santa Anna winds are howling low again... Chauntelle and I just heard a loud hoot owl. There's tons of wildlife here... Racoons the size of bears, gopher looking things, bunny rabbits everywhere... other stuff. I'm falling over. The sun baked me... dried my eyes out. More tomorrow if possible... boyd

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I Added a Few This Morning
But forgot to hit "submit". I'm at a Sherman Williams store in Semi Valley with the girls - sans Stacy, who is a keyboard slave to this record. Cheers ya'll! bd

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Apple Store - Semi Valley Mall
Girls are shopping feinds. (fiends? sp?) Even if they don't have money, they still shop. They just "look"... but it's just like shopping. That's why married guys (and boyfriends) don't really have to shop... the women are going to buy it for you anyway... with your money. What's the point? But where would we be without them? We might be like... cavemen or something. Ogilvy (the late, great ad man) said something like, "your wife isn't stupid... She's the consumer". In other words, they make most of the purchases... smart marketers appeal to them. Girls are the best thing ever. And I mean that. Without girls, we wouldn't have malls, or shopping centers or movie cinema's... I think we would have Apple Stores, but they'd be in office complex's. Thanks to women, I can get out of the cave, go to a luxurious outdoor shopping center, get coffee, read a book... and get on line at an Apple store. Yea, girls.

I'm reading a book on designing DVD menu's. It's a beautiful day. California sure has the edge on us - weather-wise. Back to my book.

bd

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i added 3 more pics. (duh...) can you find the hidden pictures?

36 Comments

nevernever
yaayyy, disneyland is amazingggg. i live 20 minutes away, but i haven't gone in about a year!

it's such a satisfying feeling to walk amongst all those people at the end of an amazing day at disneyland, knowing you get to go home all sleepy eyed and warm and fuzzy and full of good feelings. i love it. its weird that a place like that can create such feelings of attachment and familiarity.

posted Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:00 pm
CUBSWINWORLDSERIES
565 photos? Must have a 2 or 4 gig memory card. It is so amazing how they stick 4 gigs of memory on a little chip now days, when 10-15 years, all the computers in my department where I worked could be backed up on a couple gigs (I had this tape system I ran every night to back up the departments system). Amazing how much things change in a little over a decade. Glad you had fun! Very Happy

posted Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:23 pm
do not be afraid.
Quote:
Slightly off topic from Disneyland but related to Astroorld...Here in Bakersfield, there's a nasty rumor going around that Magic Mountain might be shut down and sold for real estate development, which would ruin my life...

i doubt it. six flags has said that it's considering a possible sale of magic mountain to help off-set costs at their other parks, however it's very likely that whoever it is sold to will continue running it as an amusement park, unlike astroworld. there are a lot of differences between the two which need to be taken into consideration: nearly all of astroworld's major rides were standard models you could take out and plop down anywhere, many of magic mountain's major rides are highly customized models you couldn't even relocate a few inches away; astroworld is an unsuccessful amusement park, magic mountain is a highly successful amusement; astroworld is located in an urban area, magic mountain is located in a suburban area; and, perhaps most importantly, the city's economy is heavily tied to magic mountain, and they'd likely fight to keep it running as an amusement park. so, basically, it probably wouldn't be worth the hassle for a developer to try to come in and redevelop the park as anything but an amusement park! although exactly who would buy it is another question altogether! the only companies who commonly go around buying up existing amusement parks are six flags and cedar fair. six flags isn't going to buy their own park, and cedar fair owns knotts berry farm, and recently purchased paramount's great america, so they don't really need another park in california, and have had issues with over expansion in the past (as have six flags!) so... who knows?

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:34 am
golly andrew
"Texas Love". awwww.......

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:45 am
LeslieAnnLevine
aww, looks like you guys had a blast. i'm going to disney (world in FL) for my birthday; haven't been since I was 5.
Smile

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:52 am
YaTebehKohayu
Awww, I love the pictures of the band. =]

Boyd, keep it up cause I check for new posts every day. [No pressure!]

PS...not to sound creepy or stalkerish...but Garron....is looking pretty cute.

=D

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:22 am
The boney king of nowhere
I really like the pictures. I wouldn't be surprised if one of you guys ended up getting sunburns because it was extremely hot yesterday.[/quote]

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:09 pm
Miss Pine
Those are great pictures. How I love all things Disney.
Thanks for the updates, boyd!

Quote:
"Texas Love". awwww.......

<3

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:51 pm
starnothing
Greeze Lightnin' was my favorite.......

They should have just put that in my backyard since they weren't going to make better use of it Crying or Very sad

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:00 pm
LeslieAnnLevine
yeah!! girls rule and boys drool!!! nah, boys are very awesome too. they're our fearless protectors! i think both girls and boys rule.

posted Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:09 pm