so, Thanksgiving...
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la_belle_laideI have no illusions about this country, (for which I'm thankful,) and today I wore my Native Pride t shirt while I was out and about at Epcot Center. I went alone today to see if I could get some Christmas shopping done.* I went in through the west gate, and the ticket guy looked at my shirt and askes what tribe. I told him some choctaw, and some Cherokee or at least that was the rumor. He said he was from some tribe in North Carolina that I had never heard of. (He said most people hadn't heard of it, either.) Then he told me about te fabulous PowWow they do every April and that I should try to come down. So once I get home I have to check out Gathering Of Nations online and see which one it is. Kim and I have wanted to road trip to a PowWow for a long time now.
Then some British people called out "Native Girl!" when I went past. I'm not sure why they felt the need, but it wasn't malicious or anything. When I had made my way to Mitsukoshi, two very NDN looking folks, a man and woman who looked like brother and sister, raised their fists and shouted "NATIVE PRIDE!" as I went by. It was very awesome.
I did have a little politically incorrect fun when passing the American Pavillion. Just as I got there, they were doing this fife and drum routine with the people all dressed up colonial like. I looked at them, looked at the crowd starting to gather, shouted "The goddamn pilgrims are coming!" and ran like hell. It was kind of fun, but I don't think the average Disney-goer was amused.
Anyway, so I spent quite a while in Mitsukoshi which, as everyone who knows me knows, is my favorite store perhaps in the entire world. Going there sometimes feels like coming home, and leaving always feels premature.
I wandered around, finally heading on over to The Land to ask someone who worked there what these shrubs were that smelled awesome when I was there a few weeks ago. They smelled like the sweetest orange blossoms, but they weren't orange trees. I hoped they were mock orange, because I planted a bunch of them last summer. However, no one who worked there--not even the Behind The Seeds folks--knew what the hell they were. WTF?
Headed on downtown, replaced my rusted Stitch earrings, got some goodies for work and something for Chris and Tim, then back to the hotel to chill for 45 minutes before dinner, which was at Fark Pare. There we met up with the rest of the group. I kept it actually very light tonight because I knew we'd go out later for ice cream, but I was the only one.
A note about my Gran: she likes to add her own random syllables after words sometimes; it's just a habit she's always had. For example, she's diabetic, and in the morning she doesn't take her needle, she takes her needleedleedle. Anyway, as we were walking out, my Mom asked her if she was coming downtown with the rest of us for some ice cream. Gran replied, "Nah, I think I'll go home, take a shower, and rest. I'm too fullydildo." My Mom laughed just about until she had tears. Meghan commented, "I love this family. No one is right."
We went for ice cream at Ghirardellis and I had a huge Toffee Interlude Sundae, and then I, too, was fullydildo. I bought some chocolate for Laura and a gift for my folks. We wandered around the huge store for a while before heading back.
And that was this year's Thanksgiving. It was good; I was able to make a statement and have fun at the same time. ^_^
I remembered the other thing I wanted to write about. The day we were all at Epcot, Spence, Meg and I went over to Innoventions for a spell. Spencer rode a Segway, and he was so psyched about it that he left his sweater there. Thinking that he had left it at the other Innoventions, we later went back to look for it, where we were stopped by a woman telling us we had won a special evening pass to stay after closing and ride all the rides with a 15 minute wait or less, and also a special viewing spot to see Illuminations. We figured that everyone in the world had won the same thing, but later found out that it was only a few hundred. We watched the fireworks show (I do love most of this show, but they spin that damn ball for way too long,) and then afterwards we ran off to Test Track. Mom, Betsy, the kids and I all went on and it was fantastic. ("BREAKING! BREAKING! BREAKING!") Then Meg and I stopped at the ladies' room and when we came out I commented that it looked a bit dark. Dad, Betsy, Meg and I ran off to Soarin', only to find that it was out of order. We called up Mom to tell her, and she said that Universe of Energy, which the rest were going to ride, was also down. As it happens, ALL of the rides were down. The rumor from the workers was that there had been a huge blackout. Jonathan later told me that he didn't know of any lackout at all, and anyway, Disneyworld has its own electricity. (My Dad finally figured out that all the rides are probably on a timer, and they just forgot to reset it for the whole E-Night thing. Bah!) Anyway, Soarin' came back up about ten minutes before closing, so we did get one last ride on that.
Anyway, tomorrow is the last full day. This is especially freaked out, because it's the last trip before Spencer goes off to college. How the hell did that happen?
*(I didn't. I bought stuff for myself.)
Then some British people called out "Native Girl!" when I went past. I'm not sure why they felt the need, but it wasn't malicious or anything. When I had made my way to Mitsukoshi, two very NDN looking folks, a man and woman who looked like brother and sister, raised their fists and shouted "NATIVE PRIDE!" as I went by. It was very awesome.
I did have a little politically incorrect fun when passing the American Pavillion. Just as I got there, they were doing this fife and drum routine with the people all dressed up colonial like. I looked at them, looked at the crowd starting to gather, shouted "The goddamn pilgrims are coming!" and ran like hell. It was kind of fun, but I don't think the average Disney-goer was amused.
Anyway, so I spent quite a while in Mitsukoshi which, as everyone who knows me knows, is my favorite store perhaps in the entire world. Going there sometimes feels like coming home, and leaving always feels premature.
I wandered around, finally heading on over to The Land to ask someone who worked there what these shrubs were that smelled awesome when I was there a few weeks ago. They smelled like the sweetest orange blossoms, but they weren't orange trees. I hoped they were mock orange, because I planted a bunch of them last summer. However, no one who worked there--not even the Behind The Seeds folks--knew what the hell they were. WTF?
Headed on downtown, replaced my rusted Stitch earrings, got some goodies for work and something for Chris and Tim, then back to the hotel to chill for 45 minutes before dinner, which was at Fark Pare. There we met up with the rest of the group. I kept it actually very light tonight because I knew we'd go out later for ice cream, but I was the only one.
A note about my Gran: she likes to add her own random syllables after words sometimes; it's just a habit she's always had. For example, she's diabetic, and in the morning she doesn't take her needle, she takes her needleedleedle. Anyway, as we were walking out, my Mom asked her if she was coming downtown with the rest of us for some ice cream. Gran replied, "Nah, I think I'll go home, take a shower, and rest. I'm too fullydildo." My Mom laughed just about until she had tears. Meghan commented, "I love this family. No one is right."
We went for ice cream at Ghirardellis and I had a huge Toffee Interlude Sundae, and then I, too, was fullydildo. I bought some chocolate for Laura and a gift for my folks. We wandered around the huge store for a while before heading back.
And that was this year's Thanksgiving. It was good; I was able to make a statement and have fun at the same time. ^_^
I remembered the other thing I wanted to write about. The day we were all at Epcot, Spence, Meg and I went over to Innoventions for a spell. Spencer rode a Segway, and he was so psyched about it that he left his sweater there. Thinking that he had left it at the other Innoventions, we later went back to look for it, where we were stopped by a woman telling us we had won a special evening pass to stay after closing and ride all the rides with a 15 minute wait or less, and also a special viewing spot to see Illuminations. We figured that everyone in the world had won the same thing, but later found out that it was only a few hundred. We watched the fireworks show (I do love most of this show, but they spin that damn ball for way too long,) and then afterwards we ran off to Test Track. Mom, Betsy, the kids and I all went on and it was fantastic. ("BREAKING! BREAKING! BREAKING!") Then Meg and I stopped at the ladies' room and when we came out I commented that it looked a bit dark. Dad, Betsy, Meg and I ran off to Soarin', only to find that it was out of order. We called up Mom to tell her, and she said that Universe of Energy, which the rest were going to ride, was also down. As it happens, ALL of the rides were down. The rumor from the workers was that there had been a huge blackout. Jonathan later told me that he didn't know of any lackout at all, and anyway, Disneyworld has its own electricity. (My Dad finally figured out that all the rides are probably on a timer, and they just forgot to reset it for the whole E-Night thing. Bah!) Anyway, Soarin' came back up about ten minutes before closing, so we did get one last ride on that.
Anyway, tomorrow is the last full day. This is especially freaked out, because it's the last trip before Spencer goes off to college. How the hell did that happen?
*(I didn't. I bought stuff for myself.)
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Date: 2006-11-24 11:22 pm (UTC)http://www.biotaspringwater.com/ Wonder if it actually tasts any good. (the water, that is.)