Well folks, yours truly has been selected as one of the lucky few that can pre-order the Cities 97 (Minneapolis 97.1 FM) CD Sampler 16! For those that are not aware, the sampler is created each year and includes a track listing consisting of a handful of Studio C (Acoustic) recordings by various artists with the proceeds going to charities in the Minneapolis Area. I missed out on my chance to buy the CD last year so I was so delighted to come home from work and see the e-mail in my inbox telling me I could pre-order it. Check out the link to the site by clicking the album art and listen to some of the samples from the tracks.
Monthly Archive for October, 2004
Well, I logged in to the web today to check on some news and what did I find? Apple Computer has upped the bar again for the digital music industry. First, the iTunes Music Store is now available across Europe and North America. Second, Apple has launched an Exclusive U2 branded iPod but the third item is the coolest yet. The third item is iPod Photo. iPod Photo can not only play your iTunes music but, you can now store all your photos on the iPod and share them via the television or the color screen on the device. Solid move Apple. I can’t wait to see one in person.
Ok so I showed up to work a bit early today. Mostly to go visit Paul and Shane at work but also to try and ride the latest attraction to the Magic Kingdom, Stitch’s Great Escape (SGE). SGE replaced the old Alien Encounter attraction in Tomorrowland and officially opens to the guests on 16 November with cast previews being 1-4 November. Now, limited numbers of guests have been able to ride the attraction this weekend as they have been doing limited previews. Well, I was able to get in line and ride the new attraction.
The attraction follows a similar storyline as Alien Encounter did with the exception that it revolves around Stitch or Experiment 626. You are asked to trained as security guards by the Federation Council Women and Captain Gantu. You then move in to a pre-show area where you are issued a brifing by C3PO90210 (cheesy name I know) and then you proceed to the telportation chamber where Stitch will be transported too. I wont go in to too many more details becasue that would spoil the show. If you want to know more, send me an e-mail and I will fill you in. This will be a hit this holiday season. Well, off to costuming to change and get up to the Emporium to work till 02:30.
Well, I know it has been a LONG time since I got time to sit down and make a post to my blog. What can I say, I am back to working 40 hour weeks again. Yay! For those that didn’t know, when October rolls in, they park attendance drops so there isn’t a need to have us work 40 hour weeks and we get cut back to the minimum of 30 hours a week. Not anymore though, we are now getting more crazy with the approaching holiday rush. Along with the holiday rush though means the Cast Holiday Celebration (CHC). CHC gives us an extra discount on merchandise and coupons for great deals on meals and treats throughout the park along with comp tickets. Don’t bother asking for the comp tickets though as they are already claimed by family members, sorry!
Chris is up for the weekend from Eckerd to visit his family so we got a chance to hang out at Pleasure Island last night thanks to my roommate who has a special ticket to get us in. For those that don’t remember, Chris is my roommate from last year at Eckerd. He is finishing his second major this semester and then will join the rest of us in the world of being an Eckerd College Alumni.
Hmm what else is new? Hmmm…Well, I called the Job Line (407-828-1000 for those interested) and found out that I need to wait till December to align a job for January but that it wouldn’t be an issue going full time. So that was a relief but now, I needed a place to stay. Enter in JK and Norm. One of their roommates moved out so I will have a space to move in to their place in January. Don’t you love friends? So I am all set to start a career at the Walt Disney World Company.
Well, time to get ready for work. I have an 8 hour shift as runner tonight so need to get some food and what not before heading to the Magic Kingdom.
Well, the temperature is finally dropping. As I type this entry, the temperature outside is roughly 64ºF. For Florida, that is the time to pull out the sweatshirt and pants. Work today was a nut-house as well. We had the usual after parade rush at 3:30 when Share a Dream Come True passed but the rush never stopped! I am so glad I was out of there at 7:30 tonight. Now I am just relaxing at home till a few friends get off of work and call me watching the new ABC Fall TGIF lineup. I have to say, I love the new show Complete Savages. Reminds me somewhat of Home Improvement, another classic ABC sitcom. Looks like ABC (read Disney) has finally started to do well again. Well, back to TGIF and e-mails.
Well, I know it has been a long time since I last updated this thing. What has been up with me? Well where do I start. Last Thursday, Brandon and I took a short get away day trip to Ft. DeSoto and Eckerd College for a day of relaxing in the sun and for me to visit some old friends. Met up with some of my old professors and friends including chilling with my roommate from last year, Chris before we met with Dean Annarelli to say hello. Got back up to WDW around 10 but opted not to go to Pleasure Island for cast night.
Now this weekend I haven’t had internet access since I have been staying in Disney’s Pop Century Resort with my brother Tim. Tim had a long weekend from Bowdoin College in Maine and he came down to visit me and go to a Pixies concert at Hard Rock Live here in Orlando. We went to Epcot Center on Saturday before I went to work for the evening and then on Sunday, we went to Property Control and Cast Connection before he went to his concert and I went to work.
Monday though, I had a day off and we went to the Magic Kingdom where we met up with some of my co-workers and more of my Eckerd Friends (Ian, Clare, Ann, and Laurel). Did the classic rides before going out to dinner at the Whispering Canyon and the WIlderness Lodge Resort for an all-you-can-eat meal. It is a great place to eat and it is filled with lots of crazy fun like horse races and dancing. After dinner, we went back to the Magic Kingdom to watch Spectromagic and Wishes, a magical gathering of Disney Dreams before calling it a night.
Now this brings us to this morning. Tim and I left Pop Century for the airport at 5 this morning and then I went back home to crash until noon. Brandon and I met up and are now at Mall at Millenia where I am writing this from the Apple Store on a new iMac. Well, time to run and head home for work.
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