but other than that I'm doing alright. I swear to god it is so hot outside I want to fall over. Even worse I got stuck outside almost the entire day! I mean out of a 7 hour shift I was probably out there for 5 hours.
So where did I last leave off? Hmmm...July 26th was my last update. Since then what has happened? I can't really remember but I'll give it a shot.
July 27th: What day was that? I can't even remember. I think I worked. It was very exciting, or not. Wait, I think that's the day the I went shopping with Kev and his family before my shift. That was actually very fun as I found this awesome awesome jacket at Tommy Hilfiger that I bought and like to take out a look at every so awesome cause it's so nice. After shopping got dropped off at work and worked. The end.
July 28th: That was Friday right? Yah I had the day off. So in the morning Charlotte and I woke up too damn early and took the bus over to Downtown Disney so we could see John Tucker Must Die. It was hilarious, I mean fricking awesome dudes. I loved it. I was laughing so hard I poked myself in the eye and started to cry. After the movie Charlotte and I parted ways and I went over to MGM to meet Meredith and Jimmy who were working til like 3. I ran over to get my paycheck and discovered I'm not set up with direct deposit which sucks as I didn't want that. I don't like having quick access to my money, i spend it faster that way. So went over to coaster and followed Jimmy around til the end of his shift. It was entertaining. When he got his bump out we went back to the breakroom and met up with Meredith. After that we drove over to Jimmy's house so he could change, then we went to Chick-Fil-A for food. It was tasty. After food we went to MK and did a few rides with Meredith's awesome never ending stack of fast passes. Then we went over to MGM for some VIP seating at Fantasmic! It was awesome. Then over to coaster for a quick ride. Then I made Jimmy take me home so I could sleep.
July 29: Worked yesterday morning, the shift was blah. Slightly disappointing actually, but I won't get in to that. After work I got the bus home and sat on the comp for about an hour before heading back to MGM. I met up with Kev and his fam again and I took em all on coaster. Then Kev and I left to head over to the Yacht Club for Jei's b-day dinner. It was a ton of fun. Everyone was so lovely and Jei's mom was so generous and paid for all of us! Such nice people. Then caught a cab home with Louisa, Kev and Andrew. Had to sign Andrew in as he lives at Chatham, then he hung around until his bus came and he went home. After all that I went to bed and slept like the dead.
Today: Woke up at 7 :30 for my 9am shift only to discover upon arriving at work that I had a 9:15 am shift and could have slept an extra half hour. I got put in early at work anyways cause we were so short staffed. 7 people called in sick! Had a never ending shift in which I was outside almost the entire time. I can't stand it out there! It's too hot.
No idea what's up for tonight. I gave away my shift for tomorrow so I'm not working. Going to hang with Kev as he has the day off as well. I know an evening of ice cream at the pavillion is in the works. That's all I know, though.
Tata for now,
Brynna
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Sunday, July 30, 2006 § 0 comments
I refuse to write anymore until I hear from you people! What are you up to, what are you doing? If you read this blog then leave me a comment or send me an email.
Brynna
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Saturday, July 29, 2006 § 0 comments
Quick Recap of Yesterday-
11am-Wake Up, proceed to sit around for three hours reading and playing on computer
3pm- Charlie Calls, we agree to meet at MGM
3:30pm- I catch the bus
3:47pm- Get to MGM
4:00pmish- We ride Coaster
4:30ish- Make Reservations for dinner at Mama Melrose
5:00pm- Get to Lights, Motors, Action and sit in cruel heat for thirty minutes waiting for it to start
5:30pm- It starts. It's okay, not great.
6:03pm- Finally over. My back is killing me from sitting on those benches
6:10pm- Wonder around Muppet Store
6:20pm- Wonder around Christmas Store
6:30pm- Got into Mama Melrose and proceed to be seated then eat dinner. It's before 8:30pm so we're not supposed to be able to use our cast discount but the nice manager says we can as they aren't busy
7:20pm- Leave MM, try and call Kevin but my phone tells me I'm out of minutes
7:45- Take Charlie to Coaster, she won't ride so make her wait in store while I go through twice. Somethings are just worth doing...or seeing twice.
8:23pm- Leave MGM, take Cab to downtown disney.
8:45pm-Buy tickets for 9:50pm My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Then spend next hour wandering around Marketplace.
9:30pm- get in theater, find chairs with raising armrests and take up two seats each. So comfy
9:50pm- Movie Starts, it's awesome. Eat so much Candy I want to puke.
11:35pm- Movie over- we run to the bus stop so we can make the 11:50pm bus
12:25- Get back to Vista late of course as the driver decided to go to Vista last instead of first like it's supposed to. Run to Walgreens to get phone card
12:50- Go to Louisa's apt. and hang with her, Kev, Shanan and Shayna
2:00am- Come home. Am sent disturbing text from Kev.
3:00am- Go to bed.
That was yesterday. Today I've done nothing but sit by my comp and talk.Blah. Work at 5:30pm. Odd time I know.
Brynna
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006 § 1 comments
So went to see Hedley and Yellowcard last night at the House of Blues. Fantastic concert. Well those two bands were, the other two were slightly annoying.
First I'll start with the begining of my day.
Got to work at 7:17am for my 8am shift. Hung around the breakroom for awhile then started work by doing rope drop. The ride wasn't open yet when we got back so got to stand around for half an hour telling people we were sorry, that was interupted briefly by my feeling like I was going to puke and pass out from the heat, so I had to run to the breakroom for a second. Then I returned just as we opened and took over my duties at MERGE. Worked for three hours before my first break. By the time it came around I was starving.
After my first break went back outside I think then eventually got my second break. Had some subway and hung around the break room again. Then I got two tasks in a row after my break so continued to hang around the breakroom as they were tasks that didn't require much work, or any for that matter. After the tasks got sent to Load Advance which sucked cause soon after got bumped to greeter just after it started to pour harder than I'd seen it all summer. I was walking undercover to get my rain jacket from the breakroom and got soaked. It was gross. When I finally made it outside I was drenched.
I finally got my bump out half an hour later and went to the breakroom to wait out the rain before I would leave. It stopped and I walked out with a few people from work. Got to Cast Services 15 mins before my bus so I hung around cause I didn't want to chance going outside and it starting to rain again. Then Josh walked by and asked me if I wanted a ride, of course I said yes... I never turn down a ride. It worked out really well cause had I taken the bus I wouldn't have been back until 4:15ish and would have had to take the 5:15 DTD bus. I got back by 3:30pm and got on the 4:15pm DTD bus. That got me down there by 5 and in time to have some dinner at the HOB restaurant. If you buy an entree you get in before the normal line so it was great. Had i not gotten a ride I might not have been down there in time and would have been standing in a crappy area during Hedley.
So we stood oustide in line for over and hour then got inside and stood for another hour. Then Hedley came on, they were awesome. Jacob was weird as ever. Me and Jei were like two of 7 people who knew who they were. It was great.
Aftet they finished their set we went upstairs and talked to them. When I shaking Jacobs hand he kind of moved my hand to that vacinity and was like 'you just touched me ball'. I know, very classy. Then I got a hug from Chris and he decided to hump me a bit. LOL. So Jei then asked why didn't hump her during her hug, so he did it to her. It was funny. Got an autographed pic. It was good fun.
Didn't like the two bands after Hedley but Yellowcard was actually awesome. Like amazing. I love them to death now. They are so so good. You should go listen to them.
I'm off today. Not sure what I'll do.
Brynna
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 § 0 comments
Half naked guys playing soccer outside my window.....yummmm
On to other things, worked last night, worked this morning. Was terribly unexciting.
Had some awful news, looks like one of my friends is being termed. I'm shocked and it just sucks.
I've got other things to do now, like bathe and stuff.
Brynna
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Sunday, July 23, 2006 § 1 comments
So yesterday morning I worked at 7:45am. It was a very early morning and I felt it. I was very tired and walking in a haze for most of the morning. Then I kept getting stuck at crap positions all day long. I had front grouper for a little while which was nice but other than that I was at load advance or outside the entire time I think. After front grouper I was supposed to go to Studio B but because Josh was in there training with his trainee that position got skipped on the rotation and i got sent outside for like the millionth time. Then when I signed back in after one of my breaks I got sent to Load Advance so Josh and his trainee could leave the positions. I hate load advance almost as much as I hate it outside. It's on my list. So as far as positions go I wasn't having a great day. After work I meant to go get my paycheck but the sun was so hot and I didn't want to walk that far so I got a ride home from Naveen and we agreed to meet later to go shopping at Wal-Mart. Fast forward three hours and we were there and I bought a ton of stuff. 80 dollars worth. Hopefully it will last until mom and dad get here so I don't have to go back for two weeks.
After shopping came home and relaxed for a few hours then Naveen called and we went to see the 12:25am showing of Lady in the Water. It was really good and not really scary. Not as good as his other movies but still great. When I got there I really wanted a pretzel so I ordered one and the girl was like today we're doing buy one get one free so I got three pretzels. No worries, I only ate one. Naveen had one and the other went to the trash. No wonder people are so fat here, giving three pretzels away for three dollars. It's insane.
So got home at something like three last night and went to bed. Slept until noon and now I'm awkae. Just showered and now I'm writing you people. I work at 4:00pm this afternoon until 10:30pm. Am going to pray for a somewhat early release as I have to work early tomorrow morning and I'd like a bit of sleep.
As I haven't mentioned it in a while there have been lots of 'M' sightings. Sadly nothing to exciting to report. It really sucks that I have just over a month left here and I'll probably leave still totally liking this guy I may never see again. It really sucks. I really don't want to come home. I'm not looking forward to it at all. School is going to suck and working will suck. I'm sure I'll spend my birthday in tears. It all just sucks. Why can't I just stay?
Brynna
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Saturday, July 22, 2006 § 0 comments
If you are one of those people who know what EMH is then bear with me for a moment. For those who don't, here's the gist. EMH stands for Extra Magic Hours, these are special hours in the morning or evening when the parks are open only to Disney Resort Guests. Now you'd think this would make visiting the parks easier and less busy but you think wrong. Because only one park a night is open for EMH every last resort guest floods into that park packing it tighter than it ever gets during regular hours. I know this as I work at MGM where it gets absolutely nuts. The line for coaster can stretch all the way to the outer edge of the courtyard during EMH. During the day it doesn't go much farther than the Greeter position and that is rare. Walking through the parks during EMH is like a never ending obstacle course and people are just insane, rude and stupid. I hate EMH with a passion, therefor you should too. Maybe it's not so bad at other parks but it is not worth it at MGM.
I just thought I'd share that bit of info with you all in the event you ever decide to visit WDW. It's just not worth it!
Now on for an update on my life. Where did I even leave off? Oh yes, the day of the great watch fiasco. The day before yesterday. Well yesterday I started work at 8:45am. It was an ok work day. Nothing great or amazing happened but I was happy all around. I even extended my shift for an extra 1.5 hours. After work I met up with Louisa, Kev and his family. I proceeded to backdoor the lot of us onto Coaster then get a No Strings for tower. Then after that we walked over to Lights, Motors, Action and discovered the entire show was full and we couldn't get in so intstead we went to the backlot tour. Just as we got under cover it started to rain, so we didn't get wet! We were standing in the queue waiting to get on the tram when we noticed them emptying the LMA stadium so that probably got called off anyways cause of the rain. After the tour, which was lame as the stunt demonstation wasn't fully working as well as the truck in the canyon didn't come sliding towards us. It was lame. So after that we did dinner at Sunset Ranch followed by one more trip to Coaster and Tower. Then I left as I had to head home to sleep. The rest of em stayed for a little while.
This morning I got up at 9 for my 10:15am shift, got ready and left. Got to work, had the slowest morning ever. Thankfully I got an ER (early release) at 5. Was supposed to stay until 9:30pm but since I work tomorrow at 7:45am I really didn't feel like working til later. So now I'm home, doing laundry and getting ready for bed. Must go now.
Brynna
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Thursday, July 20, 2006 § 0 comments
Or I go nuts when I'm at work. If I don't have my watch on me it drives me insane. So this morning I got up at 9:30am and got ready to go to AK with Charlotte and Jei. Just as Charlie and I were about to leave I ran back in to get my watch but I couldn't find it anywhere! The bloody thing was missing. I needed to catch the bus so we left. We got to Animal Kingdom and Jei and I single rided on Everest (Charlie doesn't like big rides, they freak her out) then then three of us did Kali River Rapids. I, being as prone to bad luck as I am, got drenched. I mean soaked through and through. It was very very uncomfortable. So after the ride we walked over to the Flame Tree BBQ for lunch then I decided we had to back to Vista so I could change and not be so uncomfortable and itchy. Then we were to head off to MGM. Jei decided she didn't want to go to MGM so she went back to the Commons. Charlie and I went back to our room, first encountering a snake on the way (we both ran and screamed) and then I got changed into so nice dry clothes.
We were just about to leave when it started to pour so we hung around the apt for a little while longer. I searched some more for my watch but no luck we decided that after MGM we'd run over to the outlet mall so I could get one from Fossil.
It stopped raining in time for us to catch the 3:00pm bus. We got to the park and I backdoored us onto RRC. Charlie had never ridden and was freaked out but I dragged her on. It was fun. She enjoyed it, although seemed very shaken. Then we left and popped into one of the shops. Just as we emerged it started to rain again. We walked over to the Great Movie Ride in search of shelter but were appalled to find an actual line stretching around the building. Something I have never seen before. I mean I've always walked right on that ride. It was crazy. So we opted to go sit in the ABC Commissary and wait out the rain. Charlie bought me a hot chocolate and we sat for awhile. Then we walked over to TOTS to see Beauty and the Beast. It was a cute little show, I'd love the job of the girl who plays Belle. I think the best part of the show was the pre-show with the group 4 for a Dollar. They're very good, one was very hot!
After that we strolled back to the entrance of the park. We stopped in Mickey's of Hollywood and I took one look at my hair and gasped. It was bad. So I bought a hat. It was a hat I'd been eyeing for awhile. It's jus tlike the other one I bought, but it's an olive green colour and on the side it says Pirates of the Caribbean. It looks great on me, I really suit that style.
So after my purchase I took Charlie backstage and we went to Cast Services. I got another costume shirt as mine are all dirty and then we used the bank machine. We caught a bus over to the Commons and met up with Jei again and walked over to the Outlet Mall. First we went and had some dinner in the food court. Then we did a bit of peeking in the shops. I went to Fossil and bought a nice watch. Purple with a dark metal wrist band. We walked all the way back to the Commons and sat down in Jei's apartment. I took out my new watch and pushed the little thingy in and the damn thing didn't work! After all that trouble the watch won't work. Now I need a watch and I was very pissed off. So Charlie and I came home and we went to Walgreens and I found a nice watch there, very reminiscient of the one I lost. So now I have two new watches. I'm going to take the Fossil one back when my parents get here. I don't feel like walking back there anytime soon.
Oh and the stupid people at the church decided to put a fence up along the border between the church and the mall so now we have to walk all the way around it now instead of just cutting over at the end of the wall. It was very very annoying. If they think the little fence will deter all us from cutting through their parking lot to get there they have no clue. Young people, especially girls, like to shop!
Anyways, I work at 8:45am tomorrow so I'm off to bed. Have a good day all.
Brynna
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 § 0 comments
I promise. After my post yesterday I went out with Kevin and his family and had a blast. Nicest people ever! It truly was tons of fun. We attempted to go to Celebration for dinner but in small town fashion everything was closed at 10:00pm and we'd gotten there at 10:15pm. So we drove back to the Vista area and had a nummy dinner at The Orlando Ale House. I had a burger that was to die for. Red meat and I have been apart far too long. Sure I've had a cheeseburger from McD's but that's not real red meat, it's imitation at best. Then I ate a bunch of Kev's hot fudge brownie, nummy as well. Then it was back home and back to sleep. Man do I love my sleep.
This morning I was up at 9am to make it to my 10:30am shift. My shift, as you may remember me metioning, was 11 hours long. My feet are going to fall off. On the bright side, I didn't hate it. I had a pretty good day actually. Until I got stuck at Unload for 1 hour and 45 minutes that is, that kinda blew. Other than that life was fun. Although over 10 Brazilian groups came through which was it's own kind of hell. Have I mentioned the Brazilians before? If I haven't I'll tell you. For some reason beyond me Brazilian tour groups seem to be obsessed with Disney World. Every day hundreds of Brazilians come through the parks not understanding a word we say and being louder than I thought was possible. They sing and chant and rush at you and don't listen to a word you say. You send them to row 7, then end up in row 11. If you ever want to make a load of money, just set up a tour agency in Brazil and send everyone to Disney World, cause they all want to come. I think by the end of summer over half the country will have been here. Most of the time the members of each tour group wear matching shirts. Like today I saw 2 different groups in green shirts, 2 in blue (one navy/ one sky), 2 in red, 1 in grey, 1 in orange and 1 in white. The worst is when they don't wear the matching shirts and wear just plain clothes because you don't expect them. They sort of come up on you without warning and it really shakes you to the core. The singing is the worst, though, cause they are so incredibly loud and you have no idea what they are saying. The other guests cower in fear with you. So I had to deal with a ton of Brazilians today which wasn't in the least bit fun, but oh well.
On the bright side I did encounter the hottest Brazilian ever. He was gorgeous and he had a good command of the English language and he was super nice. I was at FP return and he had 54 tickets to get fast passes for so I started to help him out as no one else was having any problems. He was super nice and very grateful. And he called me by my name. So nice and did I mention? So gorgeous!
The other day Naveen told me the only word he knew in Spanish was Salida (Sp?) which means exit. Then today some non english speaking spanish woman came up to me and said 'Salida?' and I knew what she wanted! It was wonderful. So I sent her in the right direction. How cool am I?
I'm off tomorrow, no idea what I'll end up doing. Maybe some food shopping. Tuesday I beleive it's park day with Charlotte and Jei. Who knows? We'll see. Then I think I'll work something like 6 days in a row. LOL. By choice too. I could have Monday off but I'm trying to get a shift switch so my days off are blocked together.
Whenever I'm away from the computer I always think of tons of great things to mention in my blog but I always forget by the time I get here. It's annoying as I really have all these funny little things to share with you. Like how slow the people who work at the Take 5 Subway are. It's really annoying as you only get a half hour break and they take like half of it to make the sandwhich, and they don't even do it well.
Oh I know what I did today that was stupid, I dropped an entire box of blank fastpass slips and ruined them all. I was trying to refill the machine but my hands were slippery from sweat and I just kind of slipped. It was embarassing.
Oh and the heat here right now is insane. So those at home know what I'm talking about. Imagine the hottest day possible, then imagine being out in that and standing behind exhaust pipe of a running vehicle. That's what it feels like here all the time. Then every once in awhile it rains, it doesn't stop being hot, it just gets thicker. So those of you in other places thinking it's too damn hot, try living in Florida during the hottest months of the year. I do not understand why people come here in the summer. It's too hot and too wet. And they always complain to you about it. I'm getting used to it, though. So good on me.
I'm running out of things to say, so bye all. More later.
Brynna
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 § 0 comments
The thought of even coming home makes me sick to my stomache. It's not meant to be an insult to any of you or anything, because I do miss you all and can't wait to see you again, it's just the thought of going back to that mediocre thing I used to call a life. My entire year last year I had all of what? 2 friends that I saw. Tabitha and Amanda. Sure we're incredibly close and all but we've all got our own agenda's that seem to clash more often then not, in can be a lonely kind of life. It will be so nice to have Nicole closer this year for sure. I'm excited as hell to have her just s a ferry ride away. The thought of going back to Malaspina, though, petrifies me because I'm so sure that I'm not sure about anything. I have no idea where I want to go with my life anymore. I still love writing but I wonder if that will ever amount to anything. It's such a risky career choice. Maybe I'm not as good as I hope I am? The only way my degree won't have me washing toilets for a living is if I get into the publishing program at Simon Fraser and they take so few people, I'm not sure I've got what it takes. The whole West Coast notion that Malaspina isn't good enough will hurt my chances even more, which sucks because Malaspina isn't actually all that bad. I'm probably better off than most of the people at SFU or UVIC or UBC because I have such easy access to my professors and such small class sizes. That's a whole three years away, though, I'm not even sure I want to do six years of school, so in that case I will have a useless degree. The only shred of hope I may have in a future is the paltry business minor I'm going to attempt to complete.
Life would be so much easier if I could just sit down and write a novel and then sell it. For one it would make life so much easier because I wouldn't have to worry about money and maybe I could do the schooling I really want to. For another it would make me feel so much better because until I can sell something how do I know I'm good enough? It's all my stupid Fiction professors fault. Though I don't even want to call her a professor as she wasn't much older than myself and that, in my eyes, makes her far less qualified to pass judgement on my work. It baffles me how she stuck me with a B in that class while people who were far less writers than myself walked off with higher marks. I'm not trying to sound egotystical, I swear, but some of the writers in that class were awful. Their language didn't flow or they over used big words. There were people in that class who could write but didn't have an ounce of creativity in them. I mean the stories I handed out for the class to read, well the chapters of my novel, people loved them. I got one person hand my story back with a comment that said it actually made her cry. So it's just incredibly frustrating. This stupid teacher has gone and made me really doubt myself at at time when I really need to be sure of stuff.
I'm being really depressing I know, this is what happens when I'm left alone for extended periods of time. I start to think about stuff. I wish I could just take a year off and stay here, or go to school here. There's something about Florida that makes life sunnier or something. I've only been unhappy here when thinking about going home. Maybe it would suck here after everyone leaves, though. I have no idea. I have no way of knowing anyways as I have to go home on the 1st whether I like it or not. Stupid Visa. I wish I could have dual citizenship or something, just so I could come back and work seasonal when I want. I'd love that so much.
I need to stop thinking, it only leads to bad things.
Today was an okay day. I didn't do a hell of alot. I woke up and went on my computer then had some lunch. Then Charlotte and I went to DTD to see Click. It was an okay movie. I enjoyed it. After the show we went to the cast McDonalds which was cool. I didn't know there was one there. I had a happy meal for 3 dollars which wasn't bad. Then Charlotte went to work and I caught the bus home. I read for awhile then came on the computer and began to obsess again. It's my worst fault. I obsess like nobodies business. I'm going out for dinner with Kevin and his family in like half an hour I think. Somewhere in Celebration. It should be nice.
I work tomorrow at 10:30am til 9:30pm, so think of me as I'll be dying by the end of my shift. It's going to be a long day. Lots of people do them just fine, though, so hopefully I'll be alright. At least I don't work Monday or Tuesday. Then I'm back again on Wednesday for four straight days. No idea what my schedule is like for next week yet. I'm sure I'll know by tomorrow, though. I must be off as my hands are starting to wear out from all the typing. Have a nice night all.
Brynna
P.S- hopefully I didn't depress anyone. I promise you I'm not actually depressed or anything, just contemplative.
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 § 1 comments
Justin Timberlake's new song "Sexyback" sucks. I do not like it one bit. It's ridiculous and it doesn't even sound like him. He sounds stupid and he's swearing. He's trying to be a rapper or something, it sucks.
On to other things. I worked today. It alright. Nothing that exciting to report. Got a ride home from Horace. That was nice. Was walking with him and Scotty backstage and this nice guy with a golf cart stopped and gave us a ride to Cast Services. That was the highlight of my day. lol.
I have the day off tomorrow. I'll probably do nothing but relax. I'm not sure, though. We'll see.
Brynna
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Friday, July 14, 2006 § 0 comments
My day turned out to be alright. Got up this morning and did nothing more than piddle around on my computer and read. Very rewarding. Left for work on the 2:30 bus and got there about fifteen minutes later. Got into work and sat in the break room for like half an hour before my shift started. All this is so compelling isn't it?
So I started my shift at 3:30 and was sent somewhere, not sure where. Probably load. I'm always at load these days. It sucks. I hate load/load advance. Too much walking. Plus brings back the memories of my dreadful fall. My work day kind of went by slowly. About half way through my shift I somehow got Meredith to switch shifts for tomorrow so now I'm working close which rocks. I also got someone else to take my Saturday shift cause I don't want to work. It's a morning shift and with my closing shift tomorrow it just wouldn't be fun. Plus my shift tomorrow is like 8 hours long opposed to the 6 it was supposed to be, so I'm only losing like 4 of my scheduled hours which isn't that bad. So now I didn't have to race home and go to bed I asked Naveen if he had room in his car to go the the Ale House after work. He did, so plans were set to go.
I worked until 10:20pm. I was supposed to be out at 10:00pm but was forgotten about for a little while. So I signed out then put my civilian clothes on and went back inside for the all ride which was fun as usual. After the all ride hitched a ride with Naveen and headed to the Ale House for Jake's goodbye thing. The Ale House was tons of fun. It was cool to see people outside of work. I enjoyed myself. It sucks that Jake is leaving. I'm gonna miss him, he's fun.
We left the Ale House at 2am. Were supposed to leave earlier as Naveen has to work at 9am tomorrow but alas it took forever to get him out of there. There I was feeling all bad cause the waitress hadn't come back with my credit card and when I finally get it back he's off chatting to people. lol. It was fun, though. Now I'm home. I've just eaten a frozen lasagna. Didn't end up eating at the Ale House despite my intense hunger. Cheaper this way I guess. Just had a drink to get me through. So no worries mom, I charged all of $2.50 today.
Working tomorrow at 2:30pm now so I'm happy. I don't really know if I have anything left to say. Just that I had a pretty good day.
Funny thing, some guy figured out I was Canadian because I said Pardon. Had no idea that was a Canadian thing, but whatever. lol.
Goodnight all, or good morning shall I say. I'll update again when I've more to say.
Brynna
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Thursday, July 13, 2006 § 0 comments
In the month I've been here I've learned one thing; it could all end in the drop of a hat. This place is fantastic and I love it but I've also come to realize this place won't always stay the same. Come three months from now about 75% of coaster's cast will probably be people I've never met before. There is a ridiculous amount of people here on either CP (college program) programs or seasonal. It's incredibly sad to see them go so soon after meeting them. Three really cool CP's have come to the end of their program in the past couple weeks and I just found out today that another CP I work with that is really nice and cool got termed for a stupid little thing. Not exactly sure of the details but it's ridiculous; there are idiots who don't give a crap running around here breaking the law at every turn but he made a tiny mistake as I understand it and it cost him his job. Disney can be ruthless. It's very sad and annoying. None of this means I want to come home or anything, I'd love to stay here or come back, it just makes things less fairy tale like.
On to more happyish things. Well at least not depressing things, my day wasn't wholly exciting so you may not even crack a smile. But who knows, perhaps just the thought of my wonderfulness makes you smile, and in that case, smile away.
This morning despite all my bestest efforts I was up at 11:30am. That might seem late to you, but when you didn't go to bed unitl 4:30am it's not. I topped out at just under 7 hours of sleep. I can barely survive off that. Last night I was out til like just before 4 with Louisa, Kev, Shannan and Vanessa at Wendy's/the Pavillion. Got home and found Charlotte reading on the couch. I hadn't had much of a chance to talk to her in the past couple weeks as she's been off with her parents so I spent like twenty minutes gabbing at her; telling her almost everything that's happened in the past two weeks. The poor girl. After that I managed to force myself to go to bed and there I slept. I might also mention that yesterday I literally sat in front of my computer for 13 hours watching tv shows my mom had burned and sent me. I know, I'm shocked as well. I guess I just didn't realize how much I miss TV. Once I started I couldn't stop, I had to keep watching. I got through ten episodes of All My Children, two Alice, I thinks and two Beautiful Peoples. Then last night I dreamed about TV's and us getting one in our apartment. Scrubs was on and I just had to watch it. lol. I have wierd dreams I know.
So this morning I woke up and, like always, plunked myself down in front of my computer and did a myriad of different things. Checked email, read stuff, watched another Beautiful People episode, chatted. You know the drill. I ate some yummy raisin toast as well. I also read my book for a few hours today. Then at around four a started to make my dinner. I made a big nummy plate of spaghetti and just as I was carrying it over to the table I dropped it. It was all over the disgusting floor, no hope of recovery. So I decided to have one of my frozen meals. I started to eat it and it felt like there was sand in it. Then I found a little hard thing that looked like a piece of glass so I thought it best to throw that out. So before I worked I didn't really have much to eat at all.
Went to work, Helen rode on the bus with me cause she was going into the park. Started my shift off in Launch Base, the only nice hours of my shift. The rest of the time I was stuck at Load or Load Advance with a pop off to Unload Advance for awhile and short time at Merge and Greeter. Mostly I was on the load platform though. It sucked. That's where you're constantly walking back and forth checking the harnesses. My feet are killing me now. Kev, Louisa and Jei popped by and rode about half way through my shift which was nice. Good to see some friends. Then they came back about ten mins before close and rode again and Kev reminded me that I'd mentioned I might be able to get them on an all ride one day. So I mustered up the courage and asked my boss and she said it was alright so Kev, Louisa and Jei got to ride Coaster with the lights on. Kev nearly cried he was so happy. I'm pretty sure they'll love me forever. It is an experience one shall never forget, even if they've done it a ton of times as I have. They shall worship me forever now that I've let them in on the wonder of the lights on Rockin' Roller Coaster. It is pretty cool to see, it's all strange and fun. Alas mother, don't get any ideas. You have to be a cast member to even be considered to be allowed on the all ride.
After my shift got a ride home from Naveen which was lovely as I hate the buses with a firey passion. Who wants to ride that damn thing for 45 minutes after a long shift. NOT ME.
I work again tomorrow at 3:30pm-10:00pm. Then the next day I start at 7:45am which I really don't want to do. Trying to get rid of the shift but no luck so far. We'll see what happens. It would be lovely if I didn't have to do it. I don't want to be up that early on Friday. On the brightside I managed to switch next friday's shift to the morning instead of night.
(SHIELD THIS SECTION FROM EYES OF SMALL CHILDREN)
OOOO funniness I forgot to mention. Was walking backstage from cast services to Hollywood BLVD when I looked over and saw Darth Vadar with his head off. Scared the daylights out of me. He was followed by bunches of other characters from the Stars and Motor Cars Parade which was making it's way off stage. I also saw Sully and Mike without their heads. Odd. Just as I was getting to the gate I saw Lilo and Stitch and was gripped with fear they'd remove their heads. I don't want to see my fave characters without their heads...it would be saddening. And the Aladdin in the parade, not so hot up close.
That's all I really have to say for now. No 'M' sightings today, sigh. Oh well. Yes on the 'stalker' sighting though. Shudder. Although I think he has gone down from stalker status to just creepy annoying. We'll see.
Brynna
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 § 1 comments
Well not really, but I wouldn't be surprised with the amount of rain out there it won't be long before we've a new lake outside. The raindrops are so fricking fat the look like they might knock you out. I don't know for sure as I'm not going to even attempt to go outside. I like my dry little cocoon here. Of course I'm bored out of my mind, but I'll deal. I'd rather be bored and dry then drenched and uncomfortable.
I had the day off yesterday, as I'm sure all of you know because you all love me so much, you must have my schedule on your calendar because you must know what I'm doing at all times or you'll go insane. So in the morning, well early afternoon, Jei and I headed over to Disney University so I could go to Vista Credit Union and deposit my paychecks. That took forever but now I have access to money which is lovely. After the bank we walked across the large cast parking lot over to Cast Connection which is a giant discount disney store for Cast members only. I got some fun little things for next to nothing. Then it was over to property control which was disturbing and horrible. I wanted to leave immediately. So we left and stalked back across the parking lot under the hot hot sun over to the bus stop. When the bus finally arrived we jumped on and headed back. Jei went back to the Commons and I went home to Vista. About a half hour later Meredith from work called and we arranged to meet to go see Pirates. About an hour later I was on the bus and she got on at Chatham and then it was off to Downtown Disney. We caught the 7:30 show. It was in the biggest movie theater I have ever been in. I mean the thing had a second level balcony! Insane! It was a fantastic movie, though not as good as the first. Jack Sparrow was a laugh as always and Orlando was just as nice on the eyes as ever. P.S- he's got like the nicest back ever.
After the movie I read the bus schedule wrong and so we ended up sitting at the bus stop for like an hour before the next one came. LOL. I'm loads of smart. Got on the bus and Meredith and I said goodbye and I went straight up to Kev's apartment when I got back to Vista. He had apparently received a somewhat promising email from his manager about transferring to MK. Of course it's not a definite or anything but it would be so lovely if he could move. We hung around for awhile lamenting at the fact that we were both starving but had to wait for Louisa to get home before we could go to Wendy's. When we finally went I went all out and got a potato and chicken strips. I know it was a lot of food but I hadn't had much of a proper meal that day. Mostly snacks. So I dug in. It was good and no, I didn't finish it all. Then we walked home and went our separate ways. My way led me back to my computer for a few minutes before I crashed into bed and slept for nearly 6 hours without waking up once. That's very rare. I slept in til after 11 which was really hard to do. I made myself sleep though because I needed to catch up. I've been getting alot less sleep then I'm used to these days. With my illness and all I figure I need to get as much as I can. I'm getting better, though, which is super cool. Hopefully I'll be good for my 6:30pm- 1:45 am shift tomorrow. Lovely aint it! Not really, no. At least I don't work the next morning. Sweet sweet Meredith switched with me so I don't have to go in until 3! Yay. Tomorrow begins 5 straight days of work before another two days off. It's going to be a long few days but I think I'll get through. I better. I hate morning shifts but I've got a few coming up. Oh well. Irony, next week I'd rather work in the morning than the evening. I'll see if I can switch or not.
My god the weather is gross. The thunder is getting closer and I can see lightning now. It's pouring like you Canadians have never seen. It rains hard at home but not like this. You step outside for ten seconds and it's a toss up between human or drowned rat. Sadly I don't look good when I'm wet. My hair gets plastered to my head and my face gets all red and blotchy. I feel bad for those I know who work outdoors, Jei comes to mind. She's out there now selling popcorn. Poor Jei. And anyone at work stuck at greeter, FP distro or FP return, my heart goes out to them. lol.
I have a song for everyone to go out and listen to. It's called 'I write sins not tragedies' and it's by a group called Panic! At the Disco. If u can't download go to myspace.com and search panic at the disco. You can listen there. It's a great song. I'm addicted. Someone from work turned me on to it. Now I can't stop listening. It's replaced Jaded as the most played song on my computer.
Holy crap the lightning is close. Like super close. The thunder is almost right above me. I need my Tabitha. We get very few storms back home but whenever one occurs she's always there. Hiding on the couch while watching Grease 2. Ahhh the memories. Nothing, I mean nothing could get me outside. Well one thing, but I'd rather not say as you probably guessed and it's pathetic. lol.
I should stop rambling now and go hide under my covers. Good day all.
Brynna
P.S - post some comments or email me to let me know ur reading!
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 § 1 comments
Don't worry, I'm not dying. I just got a bit of a booboo, I'll tell you how in a minute.
So where did I last leave off? I'm really not sure. I'll just do a quick recap of yesterday just in case. So I had the day off yesterday and went off to MGM to return that extra jacket I took out and get my paycheck. After I did both tasks I got back on the bus and headed home. The entire trip took over two hours. Damn buses. After my jaunt on the E bus I decided I'd hop on the H bus and head over to Wal-Mart so I could eat this week. I got there and got enough food to last me a few days. I spent the last of my cash then had to charge a little on the credit card. After Wal-Mart I lugged my bags of grocerys back to my apartment where I proceeded to finish off the rest of the Battlestar Pilot. Then I decided to go all out and actually make some real food. I made a very delicious chicken curry pasta salad. It took forever but is quite easy. I didn't have a recipe so I kind of just did it from memory, it turned out really good though. I didn't finish making it until after 10:00pm, though. I quickly ate some for my dinner then put away a few containers of it for lunches this week. Then it was off to bed.
This morning I woke up with a searing pain in my left ear. I very strongly considered calling in sick then realized I didn't have a clue what the number was. So I got up and got dressed and popped a few pain killers. I got to work and groggily made my way to the break room. I signed in and was assigned Greeter 2, which isn't really a real position, it's basically just helping out Greeter. So that was a pretty easy hour. Then I got bumped and got a break which was nice. I like breaks. After my break I was off to Launch Base for like the only second time ever. It was slightly nerve wrecking as it's can get a bit 'busy' in there. Then I got bumped to Load about an hour later and that is where I was walking down the side of the car and tripped and scraped my knee. I got right back up and it didn't really hurt but I few minutes later I looked down and noticed there was some blood running down my leg and a giant scrape on my knee. As blood isn't really part of the Disney look Janelle (who was in launch base) quickly switched with me so I would be out of site and called a person to come cover for me so I could get a bandaid. When my replacement came I quickly ran off to the break room and put some bandaids on. It took three to cover it. I also put some neosporin on it. Then I returned to Load and finished out that part of my rotation. Not before I was asked several times by my manager if I was okay. Then I was bumped to Unload Advance which I really don't like much, I don't think anyone does. I was quickly bumped for my lunch break, though, which was good as I'd started to bleed through my bandaids and needed new ones. I ate my yummy pasta salad and hung out with the other CMs on break. There were quite a few of them. Managed to gross out a few people with my wound. After break I got a task, then another, then another, then another, then another. About an hour and fifteen minutes later my run of tasks finally ended (which sucked as I love tasking). Then I got sent to Unload which I don't like all that much. I was bumped by josh for training pretty quickly, though, and I got one more task before I had to clock out. It was a pretty good shift.
After working I met up with Jei in the Coaster break room and we rode the coaster then went on Tower, then headed over to Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular and tried our hardest to be volunteers but we weren't picked. We followed that with some dinner at the Sunset Ranch. I had chicken strips which were pretty good. Then we rode coaster one more time (walked right on as I have the power of the back door). We then went to the Coaster Breakroom and I got my stuff. Then it was off to the bus and back to Vista so I could drop off my stuff and change out of my clothes. We then caught a bus to Downtown Disney and went to Gharadelli for some sundae fun. I had a brownie sundae which was fabulous. Then we looked around for a bit then bussed it back to Vista, met Kev and went to Wendy's. It was too late for Jei to be back on Vista grounds so she took off and now I'm in the pavillion with Kev, Louisa and Vanessa. It's all very exciting. Kevin's writing an email to send off to his area manager pleaing to be released to the Magic Kingdom. It's his last chance.
I don't work tomorrow. Meeting Jei to go to the bank and property control tomorrow then might meet up with Meredith from work to go see Pirates.
Oh and just so you know, I have a bit of a 'stalker'. It's not very nice. It's just a guy that likes me who I don't like back and I'm trying to get rid of him. LOL. It's slightly annoying but one day it will be a funny story.
I don't know what else to tell you all. I can't think of anything else that might keep you on the edges of your seats. So I'll be off. It's kind of late.
Brynna
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Sunday, July 09, 2006 § 1 comments
but I had good day yesterday. Was walking to the bus stop and staring up at the sky with anger as it began to rain. Just as I got to the bus stop I hear someone calling my name, pronouncing it wrong while they were at it. I looked over and there was Naveen sticking his head out of his car window. He asks if I'm going to work. As I was wearing my uniform it was pretty definiate I was. I'm not exactly dying to go out in public dressed like that. So I called back, yes and he offered me a ride. Being driven in an actual car instead of a bus is like the most fantastic thing ever. I hate the buses. As we approached MGM the rain just got harder and harder and harder. By the time we were parked it was ridiculous. I pulled on my costuming issued clear rain jacket and walked briskly to cast services. When we got there I stayed put while Naveen headed off as his shift was starting. I still had 45 minutes. I didn't want to leave the cast services building it was raining so hard. It got ten times worse about ten minutes later and there was no way I wanted to go out in that. I had left my coaster jacket at home cause it was slightly damp from the day before and I just knew that if I got stuck outside that when I came indoors into the air conditioning I'd freeze, so I got another from Cast Services. We are technically only supposed to have one out, so I have to take it back today. I also took out another uniform in the event that if I got positively drenched I'd have another to wear. So I hung out at cast services as long as I could then braved the rain. By the time I made it to the coaster break room I was soaked.
I signed in and my first assignment was Studio B, which would have been nice, except I was bumping someone for break and the actual rotation was going to go through soon. After studio B comes Fast Pass Distribution which is of course outdoors. Needless to say about 15 minutes later I was outside and freezing and wet. That lasted for about 1.5 hours as after distribution comes Fast Pass return. Then annoyingly I got my half hour break. I enjoy the break of course, but wish it had come later on in the shift. I got another sub at subway then back to the breakroom where I ate it. Thrilling eh? After break the computer told me to start a rotation so I went to Unload. I hate unload. You have to yell and it's just not easy when you have no voice. By the end I was just waving my hands at the people to get them to leave. After unload comes backgrouper which is now my fave position. I was there for about an hour and then got bumped to Load advance. Then shortly later I was bumped to break again. Had my break then the computer told me to start the same rotation all over again, so it was back to unload. Thankfully I got to Backgrouper at about 8:45pm and was there til closing. It was a good time. Went on the all ride which was as always a blast. Who doesn't love being paid to ride a coaster?
Sometime during my shift while I was unload and Naveen was unload advance the two of us decided we wanted to try and see pirates after work. Sadly it became obvious that Pirates was sold out for the night so we decided on Superman instead. So I got a ride home with him. Got changed then we went to Perkins for some food with some other guys from work. I got french toast. We ate incredibly fast then raced to the theater for the 12:30a.m. show. We got there just in time. It was a really good movie but not quite satisfying. The man in tights was fantastic though. Yummy all around. We didn't actually get out of the theater til about 3:15a.m. so it was a very late night but fun.
I still have no one to see Pirates with and I'm still sad. I may have to go alone if no one turns up. Oh well.
On the 'Malcolm' front I saw him yesterday for about 2 seconds. Blah. At least he said hi.
I've got to go into MGM today to drop off that jacket and pick up my pay stub so I should do that soon.
Brynna
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Saturday, July 08, 2006 § 0 comments
I've been abandoned. I know I shouldn't be so annoyed but I am. Everyone I know is going to see Pirates today, except me. I have to work at 3:30pm. Of course I could go after my shift but who the hell can I go with?I have nobody... It sucks in a major way. All those plans made months ago, ripped to shreds. I have no idea when I'll get to go or who with. Everyone seems to have conflicting schedules with me. I'll probabably have to go alone tomorrow, which sucks. Without someone to punch and say holy crap this is good, it's just not that fun. And when I start thinking about how depressed I am about this my mind also goes, hey I'm depressed about other stuff too...like coming home. So I'm a big ball of black energy right now. The only thing that may save me is a 'malcolm' encounter which I'm pretty sure probably won't happen tonight. Apparently, I'm just not that lucky. Sure I'm lucky enough to have gotten my dream job at Disney, but that's about as far as it seems to be stretching right now. I'm big on the self pity right now.
As for last night, went out with the traitor and Shanan and Shayna to Wendys. It was alright, nothing to write home about, though technically I am writing about it. Anyways, after that came home and found a roommate and her friend being very loud in the apartment. Then a few minutes later two guys came in and I wouldn't let myself go to bed til everyone left cause I didn't want them to do anything stupid like start drinking. I feel bad for the girls who had to work this morning. We really need to set some house rules, isn't fair for some people to have friends over that late when others have to work at the crack of dawn. I know as it happened the other day too.
Anyways I gotta go do laundry and mope,
Brynna
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Friday, July 07, 2006 § 0 comments
It's been a hectic couple of days. Well not so much hectic as just plain old tiring and busy. I left off here on the afternoon of the fourth just as I was heading off to work for one of the busiest days of the year. It was an alright shift. There were lots of people around which was annoying but I got through. Still there are only so many unintelligent guests you can handle. I don't even really remember getting home that night or anything.
Yesterday I worked at 8:45a.m. so I didn't get as much sleep as I'd have liked the night before. So I went to my shift and worked. It wasn't a horribly exciting day but enjoyable. I do like working there. After work I rushed home and agreed to meet Jei at Downtown Disney so we could catch The Devil Wears Prada. I got home and showered in a hurry then caught the bus downtown. Got there and got some chicken strips from McD's then we headed off to the show. It was very very good. I really enjoyed it. Kinda got lost at the end, though as in the span of three minutes my mom text messaged me and Kev called and texted me. I haven't figured out how to silence the phone so I was having a little freak out trying to shut it off. Therefor I'm not too sure exactly what happened but I'm sure I'll find someone who can tell me. After the movie we took a quick gander in World of Disney as we had about 45 mins before the next bus. I finally bought the pirates T I've been staring at for weeks. Caught the bus after the buying and then came straight home and dived into bed, stopping only long enough to change my clothes.
This morning I was up early again as I had to work at 8:30a.m. It was not pleasant being so tired/stuffed up. I got the bus and walked as if in a haze into work. I stopped at Take 5 for a bagel as I still have no breakfast food. I was really after some special K with a banana (I'd brought the cereal just needed the milk and banana) but they didn't have any bananas out and I can't hae special K without Banana. It just isn't right. So I got this kind of crappy bagel which I ate. Then I started work. I got to pick what position I wanted to start with which was really cool. I picked back grouper which has become my favourite shift. It's all about the math which I love. It's just one giant math game, or as a girl at work once said, a game of tetris. Must make the lines even. Back Grouper also gets to do Rope Drop in the morning which I had yet to do so I was really eager to go. Basically what is is that the park will open the gates around 8:45a.m. and start letting guests in but they can only go up Hollywood BLVD, then there's a rope holding em back from all the attractions. A couple people from Tower of Terror come out and a couple from the Coaster to 'lead' the people back to the attractions so they don't all run in a mad frenzy. Before that though the cool 'Stars' came out and did a little pre-opening show. The stars are a group of actors portraying actors/directors who think they're living in the 1940's. They are very funny to watch. If your ever in MGM and you see them you have to stop and watch cause it's tons of fun. So I got to watch they're little opening show and they did the countdown to dropping the rope. Then everyone started to rush and of course we had to yell to them that they couldn't possibly get on the ride if they don't stay behind us as we have the keys (we really don't).
So we got the people there only to have to inform them that we were having an opening delay and the ride wasn't working yet. Well I didn't tell them, I kind of ran inside with Austin (other guy at rope drop/front grouper) and avoided the wrath (if there was any) of the impatient guests. Inside we hung out for like half an hour until the ride was finally up and running. Got to go on the ride to do a test run which was, as always, cool.
After we finally started letting people in I was grouper for awhile before I got bumped to Greeter which was nice and hectic as we got so backed up the line was stretching all the way through the courtyard. I'm not too sure what else I did today and in what order, I know I was at backgrouper again and at Unload for awhile. That's really all I can remember. It was only a 6 hour shift. After work I came home and got changed then went to Epcot to go to the SALSA sale which sucked. Spend a little save alot: not really. More like...Sucky a little, sucks alot. I'm sure there was some nice stuff but it was so overwhelming and hard to find things and there were so many people and it was storming. I didn't buy anything, just wanted to get out and get home. So I did.
I came home and the went to Walgreens to load up on a few things (TP, Milk, Ice Cream...) Then I came home and made some spaghetti which was yummy. I put a ton of cheese on it and it makes it fantastic. Now I'm here bloggin to all you folk. You better be reading cause I could be doing other things like watching Battlestar Galactica (I'm in the middle of the second half of the pilot. It's taking me awhile to get through as I'm so busy!).
I work again tomorrow night. I must remember to pick up my check tomorrow. Don't want to forget that. I also need more uniforms. Pirates comes out tomorrow. I'm bitter as I may have no one to go with. Stupid people can't wait til I get off work. If I have to see it alone I'll be very depressed.
As for any other news I really don't have any...haven't seen you know who since the 3rd:(
I must go now as I'm boring myself to death with my less than exciting life. Though it's still miles more exciting than any life back in Ladysmith. Sorry guys, but it's true. I miss you of course, but you'd all be much more fun if you were here.
Brynna
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but what else is new? More on that later.
So yesterday after I posted I went to work. I know! Thrilling, eh? Work was good, slow but good. The fact that I'm sick made it seem like an eight hour shift not a six hour one, but whatever. I started out at Fast Pass distribution then moved up to Fastpass Return. After that I had a break which was nice. When I got back I was off to cover someones break. Was told to find them in studio C but they were still at MERGE as the rotation hadn't gone through yet. So I was Merge for all of one show before I got sent to Studio B where I spent over an hour watching the 3 min little show over and over and over and over and over. Every three minutes it's the same thing. By the end I was going a little insane. After someone finally releived me from C I got another break. After my break the computer sent me off to deliver the Lost and Found items from Coaster to the park Lost and Found. That was a nice little walk. After that I was sent to Load where I remained for nearly two hours until closing.
As for my spazziness....there's this guy I like. Won't say his name or how exactly I know him cause you'll know who it is then, and I have no idea who is reading this blog, so just in case...I'm not saying. For now, let's call him Malcom in honour of Malcolm the Bunny, my giant stuffed Duck that I sleep with at home. I miss him. In case you were wondering, I didn't get it confused, not that time. Malcolm is in fact a duck but before I had him I had a bunny named carrot. Unfortunately Carrots head ripped off (he's been repared since) and I got a duck to replace him. Alas I can never actually remember that Malcolm is a duck and whenever I refer to him I say bunny. So I've officially changed his name to Malcolm the Bunny. So as I was saying...Malcolm was saying goodbye to me (won't say when and where)yesterday and instead of being nice and flirty like I should have been I pretty much grunted at him. Had I not been deathly ill and felt like a brick was squeezing in my skull with my brain I might have been a tad more aware of my actions, but I wasn't. So this guy who I like immensley probably thinks I'm an idiot. Like I said 'What else is new?'
Anyways, I'm back to work this afternoon. We're having a potluck dinner thing at work so I baked some cookies (bought the dough). Of course as I am a spaz in the kitchen as well I managed to overcook them. So they'll be fine and crunchy.
I'm feeling pretty drippy and gross right now. I don't have alot left to say. Just that I love it here even when I'm sick. So tata for now. Wish me well and wish me some non stupidity for my next encounter with 'Malcolm'.
Brynna
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006 § 0 comments
Well maybe not, but I feel like crap. I refuse to call in sick, though. Love my job far too much to dare miss even a day. Unless I start feeling any worse, in that case I may have to, which sucks. I really don't want to.
This'll be just a quick little note as it's been a very short while since my last post and there isn't a ton to report. Last night I got a call from Kev just as he was getting off work. He decided that him and I were going to rush over to the Magic Kingdom once he got home and ride Pirates of the Caribbean as it is now open for 'soft opening'. It officially opens Friday. That was at about 9:30 and he'd yet to get the bus back from Epcot. Magic Kingdom closes at 11 so our chances weren't looking to good. He called me a little while later and said we wouldn't make so we wouldn't bother. Then at about 10:09 he called and said we were going to try. So we met at the bus stop and he ran up to his apartment and got changed in record time. Then just as the A bus was pulling away he got back to the bus stop and he managed to get the driver to stop and let us on.
Once we got to the Transportation and Ticket Center we bolted over to the monorail. Evil Kevin made me run which was not easy as I am sick, my jeans were falling down and I'm just not a very good runner. It was painful. We got on the monorail and made to to the gates of MK at about quarter to. Then we bolted through the park, Kev trying to make me run and me telling him it was impossible. We made it to Pirates 7 minutes before closing. The excitement between the two of us was extreme. We couldn't beleive we'd made it. We got on the ride and then we were taken through the magical world of Pirates and Jack Sparrow! It was great. The animatronci Johnny Depp is freaky. I mean he looks so incredibly real it was almost creepy. I'd swear that Johnny Depp had taken a new job moving his head left and right in the ride if I didn't know better. He makes three appearances and looks just as real each time you see him. He even talks at the end. It was great. Kev loved it but said it was also ruined. Something about it being to open. I really didn't see too much of a difference besides the addition of Johnny. It was fantastic and I'll ride it again and again. Can't wait for the movie to come out.
After we got back we went over to Wendy's and I had some chicken strips. Figured I deserved them after all that running. Then we went to Walgreens where I bought a large amount of Nyquil and Dayquil. Then it was to the Pavillion for a little chat, then home. It was a good night. I work in 2.5 hours now. I'm looking forward to it, but also dreading it as I feel like crap. Oh well. We'll see how it goes. Next week I have a shift that end at 1:45am then I start the next morning at 9:45 am. If I'm not better by then I might not make it.
Have a great day all! I'm off to work where it shall be a mad house as all them idiotic folk who came in for the 4th of July will probably be around.
Brynna
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Monday, July 03, 2006 § 0 comments
It's true. Don't try and deny it, because you know it's true. I mean how many of you (besides you Disney working folk like myself) have such a cool job? How many of you get total free access to the Disney theme parks all the time? How many of you get a 20% discount on all Disney merchandise. How many of you get paid to ride a roller coaster? NONE OF YOU! Except maybe you disney folk.
Yesterday I had a nice long eight hour shift at the coaster. Usually an 8 hour shift would send me into a tizzy but not at Disney. I didn't mind one bit. Sure my feet were hurting and I was a bit sleepy, but I didn't mind. I like my job that much. I could stay there day after day. Admittedly there are a few positions on my rotation that aren't the greatest but I get through all right. I started work at 2pm yesterday and worked until 10:30pm. I didn't get to do most of the positions though. I spent most of my time at Front Grouper and Studio B with a little bit of time at Unload Advance, Merge and Greeter. Well not so little time at Greeter. I was there twice. The first time it was awful as it started to rain about seconds after I got out there. Yes I have a bit of shelter to hide under but it doesn't work that well when it's windy too! So I got a bit damp. Florida being florida, though, meant it didn't take me a ton of time to get dry. One of the reason's this place rocks. There was virtually a river going through Greeter during the rain then just a few short hours later it was bone dry.
After my shift ended I got on the bus and came home. I got home from work at like 11:30pm. I came in the apartment and proceeded to attempt to read and not fall asleep. Didn't work. Eventually started to nod off but was abruptly interupted when my cell phone started to ring. It was Kevin telling me he was on his way home. I'd agreed to meet up with him and Louisa at the Pavillion when he got back. So about ten mins later he called again and I headed over. Thankfully I wasn't that drowsy after my ten second cat nap. So we went to the Pavillion and sat for awhile and talked. It was very exciting...or not. But it was nice.
This morning I slept later than I have since I got here. A sure sign I'm actually sick. For some reason Disney motivates me to not be so lazy. Most of you are well aware that I spend most days sleeping until 11am or noon. Here I'm usually up by 9:30am. I know, shocking! Today I wasn't up 'til 11am, though. A little while after I got up Kelly, Laura and I paid an anormous amount of money to take a cab to the Florida Mall. It was worth it, though, I think. It was a mall after my own heart. It had everything I love in it. Old Navy, the Gap, American Eagle, a book store, Shaper Image...the list goes on and on for 260 stores. Needless to say I spent alot of my (mom's) money. At Old Navy I got a pair of very comfy brown capris and some socks for work. I got a burgundy henley from American Eagle and a Blue stripey shirt from Aeropostle. I also got three book from Waldenbooks. I could have spent alot more money but I was sort of weary of it. So I didn't. That's why mom and dad are coming down in August anyways! P.S to all of you wondering to get me for my birthday...cash is nice. LOL. I'm burning through it here and will be dead broke come September.
After we finished shopping we paid another exorbatent amount of money to get home. Now I'm here typing to you people. I wanted to see Superman tonight but don't really have anyone to go with. I dunno if I'm willing to go by myself yet or not. Maybe. We'll see. Seems everyone has already seen Devil Wears Prada, which sucks as I am desperate to see it. I'm the only person here who's even read the book!
Funny story. Three days ago I lost my nail clippers. They were no where to be found what so ever. It was incredibly irritating! I searched everywhere. Under the bed, in the dresser and nightstand, my closet, the bathroom, the living room. They were absolutely no where. Then last night I look over at my nightstand and there they are just sitting there. So I'm either going crazy or I've a borrowing roomie.
So I don't really think I've got anything of interest left to mention. I could ramble on for awhile but I'm not sure you'd keep reading. Perhaps you would as my prose are always witty and interesting, but I don't want to chance it. So I'll go, but not before reiterating again just how much I love it here and how much I want to stay here forever. The prospect of going back to school in September is not exciting. I can't get myself excited about my major anymore which sucks.
Anyways, I'm going to go now.
Brynna
P.S- Mom I charged a bit on the card today, but not a ton!
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Sunday, July 02, 2006 § 0 comments
I bet that's the question on all of your mind, Did she or didn't she...pass her assessment? The answer is YES! Of course I did. To all those who doubted me, SHAME! It was a very easy assessment as, for reasons you're well aware of, the attraction wasn't attracting that many guests yesterday. It was pretty much walk on all day long. Which meant that in the highly stressful busy positions, I kind of just breezed through.
I started yesterday at 4pm. For two hours my assesser (Elliot) and I walked through each position where I demonstrated my saviness at each position. I passed in every area and apparently did extrememly well. One of the best he's assessed, Elliot said. I was done being assessed at about 6, then I had to wait around til 6:30 so Elliot could get the managers signature. After that I had my half hour break then at 7pm I was officially a Rockin Roller Coaster Cast Member. I was meant to go right into rotation but the first two times I signed into the computer it tasked me. That means going off and doing little tasks instead of doing the regular position. Each task is about 14 minutes long. The first one told me to go and pick garbage out of the planters. They were relatively garbage free so I just swept the queue. The second task had me out in front of the Guitar asking people if they'd like me to take pictures of them together. I didn't actually take any pics as the few people I asked refused the offer.
At 7:30 I was finally back in rotation. I did literally about 2 minutes at Unload Advance before I got bumped up to Front Grouper. I was there for about half an hour, then I was moved to Studio B. Stayed there for maybe twenty minutes then was sent on break. After break I was sent back to Studio B. I was there not long before I was sent out to Fast Pass Return at 9pm and I got stuck there until close. As it was a walk on and very slow, I was bored out of my mind.
After I finished my shift I came home and went to bed. Very exciting right? I got myself another shift today. I was start at 2pm and work until close at 10:30pm. I was hoping to get a morning shift but when I asked I got stuck with this, oh well. I'm off tomorrow. Don't know for sure what I'm going to do. Laura and Kelly are cabbing it to Florida Mall, might tag along. Then I work Monday-Friday. I'm very angry I don't have Friday off as Kev and Shanan are going to go see Pirates that day and of course I can't go! Meanies. After all that talk of going together months ago, Kev is deserting me. Just Kidding. I'm not all that bitter, just wish I could go. Now I'll have to coherce someone to go with me to either the midnight show on the 6th or an early early show on the 7th or any time on the 8th. I'll work it out.
It is officially the first day of July today. That means I've just two months before they make me go home. It's very depressing. I'd just rather not. Sure I miss you people, but what are the chances I'll see all of these people again? Maybe a few of them, but some of them live across the Atlantic. How the hell am I going to see them? It's just not a nice thought. I shall stop thinking about it.
Okay, I should go or I shall start thinking more dark thoughts.
Brynna
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Saturday, July 01, 2006 § 1 comments