My Eventual End Goals (Doing Some Mid Year Thinking) -Future Travel Plans & Sometimes Doing Too Much
Mid Year Thoughts
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of Thursday, July 10th, 2025.
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Not sure I said why I said the said the
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year in that fashion, but I am back in
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my hometown of Celebration, Florida
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after being gone for more than three and
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a half weeks.
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Two very faroff international
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destinations. I went to Amsterdam first,
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then I went to England. Amsterdam,
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Netherlands for about a week,
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then I went to England for about a week,
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and then for just about a week went over
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to Paris, went to France. But I'm back
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now back on my own what I consider my
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own time zone, which feels pretty good
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to be to be pretty honest to have kind
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of the normality back. what I consider
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normality, what I am more used to. I'm
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back. Just mobile ordered some coffee
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from Starbucks. Get a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage. Start the day. I
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am not even really going to leave the
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celebration bubble today. Just going to
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stay put, have a relaxing time at home,
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do some things around town, walk the
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lakefront, see what I've missed over the
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past 3/4ers of a month, and just see
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where the day leads. Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here, and I'm inviting you,
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yes you, to join me. I'm going to No
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real plan today. I am going to watch a
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little Rays baseball later. It's going
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to be nice to watch baseball
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before 1:00 a.m. first pitch because
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I've been, you know, 7:00 p.m. here.
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First pitch was 1:00 a.m. in Paris. So,
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there was some late nights. There were
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some interesting nights. So, be back on
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my own time zone for a little while.
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Join me, shall you? Current temperature
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at 1:13 p.m.
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90°.
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90°. means in Paris right now where I
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just was, it is 7:00 p.m. 7:13 p.m. And
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it looks like it's going to be only one
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cloud in the sky today around 5 90°.
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It looks like tomorrow is going to be
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warm. I'm only here for 5 days. 5 days
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from today, I will be boarding a plane
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and I will be heading off to LA for an
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undisclosed amount of time. Short while,
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not too long, but not too short. While I
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was gone, some hearsay kind of popped
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out online onto the interwebs and around
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town. Some speculation, some thoughts
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that have not been announced or
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confirmed that the theater might be
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reopening after well over a decade. Has
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it maybe hasn't been 20 years? It's been
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well over a decade though, 12 years, 13
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years. It's been a while that the
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theater has not shown movies, but
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there's a possibility be able to go
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inside the Celebration Movie Theater
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once again. However, what I am hearing
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is not going to be for having films on
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the big screen. It's going to be used
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for something else, which I hope that's
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not the case, but at least we'll be able
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to walk back in there again. They're
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probably going to have to do a heck of a
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lot of of work inside there if they're
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going to have to to redo it. I mean, the
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snack bar is all still there. The
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screens are all still there. So, it'd be
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nice if it opened as a movie theater,
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but word on the street is it will not be
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for showing feature films or classic
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movies or anything like that. But also,
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I was just in Paris staying at the
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Newport Bay Club Resort and right next
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to that on the Lake Buista, their
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version of Lake Buista, there was a New
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York hotel which is now themed to
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Marvel. But the original New York themed
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hotel was built by an architect that
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designed quite a few things for Disney
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and also designed this post office. His
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name was Michael Graves and he designed
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that hotel that I was staying next to in
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Paris at Disneyland Paris. In fact, part
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of that New York hotel looks very
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similar to this. He also he also built
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the Swan and Dolphin and he also built
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the building at the Disney Burbank
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Studios that has the dwarfs holding up
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the ceiling. That was him as well.
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Michael Graves.
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Not only am I back, but humidity is back
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in my life right now. Oo, I'm in the
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shade and I can already feel my pores
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opening and the sweat starting to
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accumulate.
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I like traveling during this time of the
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year because I do not like the heat. why
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I bought a house in Florida.
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It's stability, but yeah, I don't really
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want to be here during the summer. I've
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been doing a little thinking about early
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into next year, 2026. So, 2025, I'm
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doing one new country a month. I'm going
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to be doing through all those. I'm going
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to end up knocking 12 plus England. Add
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the 13. I'm have a baker's dozen worth
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of countries before Christmas time. But
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I think in 2026, I'm going to going to
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kind of slow down on that thought
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process a little bit. And once I get
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that goal of doing one country, one
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country, one new country a month in
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2025,
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next year it's going to be a little bit
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different. Did this thing move yet? I
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don't know if it Let's just Did it move?
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Let's just say it moved. I don't think
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it moved. We got a little construction
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over here. Got the genie out. That used
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to be the walkway. I'd walk up to my
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former apartment. Had the apartment for
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3 years before I ended up purchasing the
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house. Used to park over in this area
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right here. Very familiar parking lot.
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I'm thinking next year during the the
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winter months, January, February, I
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might stay put around Central Florida
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and enjoy the only couple months that
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are, you know, that are nice instead of
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trying to venture off and go to other
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places in other countries. So, January,
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February, I might end up just enjoying
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the coolness of Central Florida in
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celebration. And then I'm thinking
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staying home a little bit more. And then
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when I do travel to other countries, I
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talked about this a little bit
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yesterday, but I'll expand a little bit
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today. When I do travel to other
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countries next year, then I'll I'll
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leave for a month, six weeks, and I'll
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knock out a bunch of countries in one
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patch of the world. Instead of trying to
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do one country a month, I could fly to
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one area that has a lot of countries in
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one little region and then just kind of
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country country hop, bounce around and
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do things. But that's next year. So, I
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digress. We'll get back to 2025.
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And a big part of the reason I like to
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travel non-stop and just always stay
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busy is I just know the reality of life
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and you never know what it's going to
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throw at you later on. Just trying to do
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it while I have the financial means to
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do so and the health aspect. I feel like
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right now I'm
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probably not going to get any healthier
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than I am at the moment. It's all
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downhill from here. So you just never
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know what the future holds.
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So
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utilize what you're given. Utilize your
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blessings
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of time and
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having the the money to go do things
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and health. That's why I just always try
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to stay busy. I go stir crazy.
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I wake up and I want to go do things and
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I want to get on planes and trains and
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automobiles.
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But one day it won't be that way. One
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day I will just say, you know, I think
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I'm done. I think I'm going to take a
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step back, tone it down just a little
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bit. But right now, that's not in the
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cards. Right now I like staying very
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hectic, very busy. My brain functions
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better when I'm almost under a little
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too much stress of always
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go go go. Even on bad days when I have
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things happen that are just
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kind of annoying when it comes to
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traveling in a way it's it's exciting.
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It's almost like when something could
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almost go wrong makes life a little
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exciting. I can also see the the writing
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on the wall the reality if you will now
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that I purchased a house here in town.
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The other channel the Adam the Woo
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channel which was my first channel. This
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kind of overtook that as the main
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channel. At some point, I'm still going
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to do the sitdown video desk podcast
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time of type of thing for that channel,
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but that might be a couple years off.
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But I could really foresee myself years
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from now
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just staying put, being on Mini Marge,
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not even, you know, this might even
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break down. I might have to get another
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one, not even taking my car anywhere,
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popping over to Disney. I could even
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take an Uber over there or a ride share,
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get dropped off, saving me having to
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walk from TTC and all that, get
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something to eat, watch a show, do an
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attraction, watch the fireworks, come
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home. That might be what I end up doing
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later in life on a consistent basis. And
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that might even be what a lot of these
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videos will be about. Now, I try to mix
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it up now, but who knows way down the
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road if the mixing up of the travels
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will be what they are now. So, again,
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trying to make the best of it and just
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do my thing. I have no plans to ever
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stop doing YouTube. I mean, unless the
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platform just completely crumbles in
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every way, shape, or form, which I don't
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see that happening. I feel like it's
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here to stay. I've talked about in the
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past about one day kind of walking away
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from all of it and then I I might take
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some breaks,
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but I don't really see myself ever fully
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quitting.
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It's taken me
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15 years, 16 years of my life to get to
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this point.
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In fact, I believe the Daily Woo started
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on July
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2nd of 2012.
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15 years. 14 years. I just I just
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celebrated a anniversary.
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13 years. 13 years. I can't do the math.
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13 years.
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And then two years before that, I
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uploaded my first video on New Year's
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Eve of 2009. So, let's call it New
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Year's Day. 2010 was when I utilized
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that Adam the Woo channel, which I was
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mentioning, which will eventually be
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where the video podcast ends up on. And
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I'll probably keep using the Daily Woo
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channel for daily Woo type vlogs.
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And then the other channel will be do
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more sitdown type of stuff. So, I might
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have I don't say double the content, but
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I might have more out there.
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The only difference is I probably
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wouldn't be hitting the road as hard.
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I do have an end goal. It may not seem
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like I do, but I do have an eventual end
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goal. It's just a long way off. Doing a
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video podcast, doing some deep dives on
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things, hopping over to the parks,
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filming local events, only Central
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Florida stuff, driving over to the
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coast, assuming the Rays stay in
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Florida. If not, traveling to wherever
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they're playing. That's another thing,
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too. People always ask, "What if the
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Rays were to move? They were to go to
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Jacksonville. If they were moved to
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another state, they were going to be in
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Orlando, which would be my ideal spot
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for them to be. If they stayed in Tampa,
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if they moved back to St. Pete and go to
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the Tropicana Field again, I'm always
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going to support them and always going
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to be going to their games, watching
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them on TV.
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But I could I would be perfectly content
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later in life to just be a season ticket
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holder for the Rays if they're local.
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Hopping over to the coast, watching them
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there, get in a hotel, going to a bunch
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of games, seeing them here in Orlando,
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going wherever they are, watching them
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on TV. Be better just to probably stay
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put, watch them on TV, go to see them if
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they were the Orlando race or over to
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Tampa. Occasionally
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you just see myself watching baseball,
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popping over the parks, doing local
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events, and doing deep dives in a video
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podcast type of thing. I'll be perfectly
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happy with that.
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Just thinking out loud. I' I've said too
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I'm not going to talk about it anymore,
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but yeah, it's just been popping in my
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head the last few days. was re recently
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talking to a buddy of mine who helped
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start and is part of an intricral
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podcast that has become really
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successful.
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And he was telling me, you know, just
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through us messaging back and forth that
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he thinks I'm doing a little too much.
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And I agree. I think I think maybe I
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spin my wheels a little too hard,
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but I like it. in case if you're going
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stir racing, pop inside the 192
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Celebration Publix. There's two there's
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two of them. There's one over on Will
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Drive. I call this one the 192 one cuz
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even though it is in Celebration, it's
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right next to 192. And I'm going to get
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my trusty standby for watching baseball,
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which is usually just a a salad from the
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deli area, some cottage cheese, some
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chickpeas, and maybe one or two other
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items, and I'll eat them later when the
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game starts. It's wild when you're like
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traveling and doing other things and
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you're watching a game on my phone. I'm
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like, man, it'd be nice if I was home
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watching on TV, eating my chickpeas and
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my cottage cheese. So, that's what I did
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my first day back. That's just what I
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wanted to do. And then tomorrow, I'm
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going to go out outside the celebration
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bubble and do some do some other Central
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Florida stuff. But today, a relaxing day
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with chickpeas, cottage cheese, and some
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raised baseball later. I don't know if
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this is really propane cuz if this was
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if this was really propane in there and
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it really was a ninja, you wouldn't see
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it. That's like a a failed ninja. If you
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know the propane's there, that is not a
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true propane ninja. You wouldn't even
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see the propane,
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right?
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I got to rewatch Beverly Hills Ninja
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with Chris Farley and Chris Rock.
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>> A lot of people didn't like that movie,
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but I really liked it.
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Beverly Hills ninja. What about Beverly
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Hills Chihuahua? That's another one I
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haven't seen in a long time. Why do I
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have Beverly Hills in my brain? I
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usually get one of these prepacked
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salads down here. I always try to find
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the one where the lettuce is definitely
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fresher than some of the other ones. And
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then I get the Crunch Masters. Again,
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this is part for the course when I'm
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home. And then I get the classic hummus
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right there. Then I add the chickpeas
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onto it. Usually if I am home, which is
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rare, one week a month I'm home. Usually
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I would say 3 days out of that week I'm
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getting this meal from either or Publix.
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Shout out to Publix. My one of my it
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actually it was my first job other than
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mowing lawns and you follow Oklahoma
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under the table for people in the
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neighborhood. But it was my the first
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job I ever had was a Publix 1991 in St.
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Cloud, Florida. That's my first uh first
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retail job where I punched the time
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clock. I'm going to get my trusty can of
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chickpeas, the Goya garbanzos right
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there. I have never had a Goya great
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northern beans. Judius. Oh, looks like
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Cake Cod chips. Has some some new new
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chips here. Look at these sea salt Cape
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Cod Waves. They are great for dipping.
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40% less fat. Nothing added. I think I'm
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going to get maybe I'll get They got
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Cape Cods. Why not? You only live once.
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They got the BOGO going on on the
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cottage cheese. Breakstones cottage
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cheese. Buy one get one for those in the
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know. BOGO. BOGO. Buy one get one. You
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understand? Well, this looks pretty
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good. Life magazine has
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little Superman edition here. 1978. The
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Daughter one. My favorite. Chris Reeve.
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I think I might get that. The Man of
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Steel soarses again. I'm going to get
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this. I'm going to get this. Maybe some
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gummy bears. How about some gummy bears?
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There you go. Superman approved. All
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right, back to my golf cart. I just had
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quite the quite the moment. I know. I
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spent a long time over in England and
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the Netherlands and France when I got
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this electrolyte Gatorade
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rapid rehydration. And I went to unscrew
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the top and the top popped off. And I
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was like, whoa, that's supposed to be
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staying on there. Now, when I first went
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over to the UK and the top went like
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this and it stayed on, it's it stays
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attached. I was like, "Oh, that's
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annoying." Like, why doesn't it come
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off? But now, I prefer the versions over
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there where the top stays on. Less
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litter. I think they got something
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figured out there on the other side of
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the world. Also, keep in mind all the
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future plans that I was talking about a
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little bit ago. They might not come to
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fruition for another 5 years. I mean,
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this isn't something that's going to
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happen next week, but eventually
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leaf blower.
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Looking for gators.
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See any gators in here next to the golf
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course.
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Sometimes there's a couple, but they're
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being shy today. They're submerged.
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Yeah, I do a lot of thinking out loud.
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If you haven't noticed,
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especially when I get back from trips, I
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have things on my mind.
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Really enjoyed this last trip. It was a
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good time. 3 weeks being gone anywhere
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from home is a little much. I'd like to
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shorten that into next year as well. But
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this year, staying the course, it is a
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hectic. It is like full throttle now
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until the end of the year.
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I mean, it's kind of always like that,
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but I think it's going to be more hectic
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now than it has been the first half of
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the year.
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A lot of travels, a lot of fun, but no
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gators. I didn't see any gators in
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there. Speaking of the new Superman film
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that comes out technically tomorrow, but
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it's playing at Disney Springs. I was
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thinking about going and see it this
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evening because I really love Superman.
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My favorite superhero. Love DC comics.
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Batman. Superman. Superman a little bit
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more than Batman, but love Batman as
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well. But I don't really feel like going
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over to Springs tonight and dealing with
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the hustle and bustle there. But I do
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want to see the new one. Even though
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original 78 Richard Donner, that one's
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hard to touch. But I saw the trailer for
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the new one. It looks pretty good. But I
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will not be seeing it tonight. But
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hopefully before I leave to go to SoCal
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in the next 5 days, I'll go see the new
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one.
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But this guy,
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come on. That's Superman. Here's an
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update on my magnets from the other
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countries. So, so far I've gone to seven
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countries in six months.
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England I kind of threw in there in
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January and this month as well. So, I
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started off with Bise. That was the
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first country I went to. Then I went to
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England at the end of January. Then in
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February I went to Ecuador. I did two
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weeks in Ecuador. Got some magnets, had
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some experiences. Then I went to Canada.
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I spent some time what 10 days or so in
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Vancouver. Canada. Where did I go after
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that? Oh, I went to South Korea. After
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that that would have been let's see
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January would have been Biz
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Ecuador
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February
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March Canada April
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South Korea
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May
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where did I go in May?
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Yeah. Where did I go in May? Oh, Mexico
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city. July I went to France. So that's
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it. It's easy to forget things when you
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just constantly go go go. So it's good
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to have souvenirs, things like that.
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Have the videos out and go back one day
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and look at those.
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So that's that's uh so far this is my
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international magnet cabinet wall. And
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then I got my Disney wall
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and then my
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US magnets over here.
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I do have some theme parky stuff. For
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example, I have Phantom Manor right
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here. Not Mortime Manor. That's at
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Oldtown. I got confused and I called it
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the first day Mort Manor. But Phantom
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Manor, even though that's a Disney, it
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is International. So, I have it wedged
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on there. It's interesting, too. I only
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purchased one magnet from the Disney
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parks. I got some other souvenirs, but
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only the one magnet. I really loved
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Phantom Manor.
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I have a tea kettle arriving today too
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off Amazon. Also, before leaving town, I
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need to take this over to my storage
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unit. And I also need to go and look
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around
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at some Halloween decorations that are
20:26
now at some of the local stores. So, I
20:28
need to do that before leaving and going
20:30
to SoCal. Put this in the storage unit
20:32
with all along with all the other ones.
20:34
I've already moved over there. Purchase
20:36
some new stuff. Look at some of the
20:37
stores. So, I might take a day and do
20:39
some Halloween shopping before leaving
20:41
to go to SoCal in 5 days, give or take a
20:44
day. Can also say I'm the proud owner of
20:46
a leaf blower. I purchased a leaf blower
20:49
with the batteries over there just to
20:50
like blow the porch off, blow the garage
20:52
out, do whatever. Makes things easy. And
20:55
I wanted to be part of the leaf blower
20:57
club. So, I ended up laying down on the
20:59
couch over there. Turn the lights off.
21:01
Well, I have the light behind me on now,
21:02
but turned the living room light off,
21:05
laid down on the couch. Two hours later,
21:08
I wake up thinking, where am I? Was kind
21:11
of hard to comprehend comprehend that I
21:13
was back in Florida. I was thinking I
21:15
was either still in Paris or Amsterdam
21:17
or somewhere. Got a nice little power
21:19
catnap, a lengthy power catnap. And my
21:23
tea kettle has now arrived. Pretty
21:26
excited about this. I do drink a lot of
21:28
coffee, but I feel like sometimes during
21:30
the day, I don't really want another
21:31
coffee. coffee. I usually drink one
21:32
coffee in the morning, pretty large
21:35
coffee, and then later in the early
21:37
afternoon, I'll have another one
21:38
sometimes. But sometimes I just drink
21:40
the one when I'm out and about. But it's
21:43
usually the venti. It's usually a bigger
21:45
coffee. But sometimes I I want something
21:47
other than coffee throughout the day.
21:49
Last time I was in England, I had quite
21:51
a bit of tea. Most of the hotels there
21:54
have tea kettles.
21:57
So, I kind of got my first taste of a
22:00
how easy it is to use a tea kettle. So,
22:03
I ordered one and I just unboxed it and
22:06
I ordered some little starter pack of
22:09
Twinnings tea. Now, I've had the green
22:11
tea before. I've had the English
22:13
breakfast before, which I really like.
22:15
These are a few of the other ones that
22:16
are kind of just mixed in. a nice little
22:20
little mixture that I could see which
22:22
ones I like. I know I like English
22:23
breakfast, but there's a bunch of
22:25
different ones in here. There's a chai
22:26
tea. It's a pure peppermint
22:29
green tea,
22:31
Earl Gray. The brand name is Chefman.
22:36
Boils faster. Let me hook this thing up
22:38
and see see if I can have a late
22:42
evening. Well, it's 7:20 right now. Rays
22:45
games on. As at the moment, they're
22:47
winning two to one over the Red Sox.
22:51
So, we'll see how I think it's the sixth
22:53
inning right now. Make some tea, finish
22:55
off the game, and then eat my salad and
22:58
stuff a little bit later. And I found a
22:59
good spot over here next to my curig.
23:03
And then I got the kettle all set up. It
23:05
is a plugin to the wall type of unit.
23:08
And it looks like there's different
23:09
temperatures that you can choose. So,
23:11
let me just turn this on. It's lighting
23:14
up red.
23:16
Let's see. Temperature. Let's go with
23:18
the 200
23:24
right there. Now, what do I do to turn
23:24
it on?
23:26
No, that's not it.
23:36
Okay.
23:36
Might have to
23:38
check the info card here on the
23:43
Chefman.
23:53
maybe it takes a minute to warm up. Oh,
23:53
you know, there it goes. Oh, it's
23:56
boiled. Okay. It's not as fast as some
23:57
of the kettles that are in the hotel
23:59
rooms. Some of those you just turn it
24:02
on, hit the button, and it's like
24:05
out of nowhere.
24:07
Let me grab the info. Let me grab the
24:09
info card. All right. But according to
24:10
this, the different colors. The one I
24:12
have it on
24:14
right now is purple,
24:17
which is a coffee flavored, so I don't
24:18
need it that hot. I guess
24:28
we go. We'll go with the full heat.
24:28
Features and presets,
24:30
temperature presets, power button.
24:34
There's also you can also put your tea
24:37
in this little tube thing right here. I
24:40
think I'd just rather have the water and
24:42
then throw the tea bag in there.
24:48
Fill the kettle to at least
24:48
the minimum line. Okay, I'm above the
24:50
minimum line.
24:53
Place water in it. Place the kettle
24:55
securely on the base and plug in. Put
24:58
the lid on with the infuser attached.
25:01
Press the power button. Cattle will
25:02
default. kettle will default. Press the
25:05
temperature. Once the desired
25:07
temperature preset is selected, the
25:09
water will automatically
25:11
begin heating and then you can use the
25:13
infuser and all that. Step three,
25:17
steep
25:19
according to directions as you like.
25:21
Typically for an average of 4 minutes.
25:23
When finished steeping, that's the
25:25
cooking.
25:26
Lift the kettle off its base to serve.
25:29
So, this is not as fast as some of the
25:31
ones that were in the hotel rooms, but
25:34
yeah, three or four minutes pretty
25:35
pretty quick to to boil some water
25:37
without having to use the the stove top.
25:39
There are a few different English
25:40
breakfast blends. You got the
25:43
decaffeinated, you got extra strong, and
25:45
you got the regular. So, it looks like
25:47
all these packets are just one of each.
25:49
That's how many different ones there
25:50
are. Sure, as time goes on, I'll
25:53
probably just find the ones I like and
25:55
just stock up on those. I think Epcot
25:57
sells these. Also, it' be kind of neat
25:59
to buy some twinnings from the tea shop
26:01
at Epcot. Need to get back over to the
26:04
Disney parks while I'm here as well.
26:06
Yesterday, I was doing my flight video.
26:08
I was in the the Air France lounge. I
26:11
was talking about how I ordered a tea
26:13
kettle. It was going to be here when I
26:14
got home. And I put the water in first
26:16
and then I put the tea bag in. And
26:19
people quickly corrected me that that is
26:21
not the correct and appropriate way to
26:25
make tea. You put the tea in first or
26:28
you put the bag
26:30
in first, then you put the water on like
26:33
that.
26:34
A proper cup of tea, if you will.
26:38
There you go.
26:42
I got my Walt Disney Studios park mug,
26:46
which made the commute home.
26:49
Let that Let that steeped water
26:53
in the kettle.
26:56
Pour it in there with the bag. Got my
26:59
new mug. Got all my mugs over here. I
27:02
got a couple in the strainer as well. I
27:03
got a lot of a lot of mugs. I guess
27:05
they're coffee mugs, but now they could
27:06
be tea mugs. I'm not going to stop
27:08
drinking coffee, but you know,
27:10
throughout the course of the day after
27:11
I've had too much coffee, I could have
27:14
some tea. I could have a spot of tea.
27:17
Look at that. It's already starting to
27:19
tee itself up. Well, the Rays blew it a
27:22
little put the bullpin in I think the
27:24
seventh or the eighth inning. Gave away
27:25
a few runs. They were doing well. Had
27:28
the bats, hit some home runs, two home
27:30
runs into the over the green monster and
27:34
then they put the bullpin in and blew
27:36
it. So, not going to make it to the
27:38
postseason and not going to make it deep
27:40
in the postseason unless the Rays can
27:42
fix their bullpen problems. Offense
27:44
doing good. Lots of bats, but yeah, the
27:50
pitching in the seventh, eighth, and
27:51
ninth inning definitely the issue. But
27:55
that game's out of the way. Carrying on.
27:58
Also, I was speaking earlier about the
28:00
eventual podcast type of video podcast
28:03
room, deep dive type of things,
28:06
interview room, just talking about
28:08
things, going down a rabbit hole, more
28:11
specifically, showing some things in
28:14
greater detail than being out and about,
28:17
more of a desk style video podcast for
28:21
the future.
28:22
This is the room that will probably
28:24
happen in. Right now it is, you know,
28:27
dressed in a different fashion. And I'm
28:30
still kind of working on this room. This
28:31
is probably the most unfinished room in
28:33
my home, but I have the cabinet here,
28:36
which reminds me of the cabinet from
28:38
Beauty and the Beast. This was left over
28:39
from the previous owner of the house. It
28:41
was in the garage. One of the few things
28:43
they left when I bought the house, and I
28:45
was going to get rid of it, and then I
28:47
realized this room was pretty empty for
28:48
now. So, I have my old couch from my
28:51
apartment when I lived on Market Street,
28:53
which is very, very heavy. It's like one
28:55
of those ones you plug into the wall,
28:57
and each side of this will open like
29:01
each side will open up so you can have
29:03
like a footrest on it. And this is uh
29:06
this is probably the most heaviest piece
29:07
of furniture that exists. So, it's in
29:10
here in this room.
29:12
And then I got the Route 66 sign up on
29:15
the wall there that my buddy Dune Buggy
29:17
Jim gave me.
29:19
He had it in his place and he didn't
29:21
have room for it. So I was like, I'll
29:23
take it. So I got it in here. So this is
29:25
kind of the unfinished room, but
29:27
eventually this room will be rethemed,
29:29
but for now, again, it might take a few
29:30
years before I kind of go into that
29:33
project.
29:34
And I just Today was kind of a thinking
29:36
out loud day with what the future holds.
29:39
I'll be 51 in August. On August 10th,
29:43
I'll be 51 coming up very soon. And it's
29:45
hard to believe it's almost been a year
29:46
since my 50th.
29:49
And who knows, three or four or five
29:50
years from now. Things could be a little
29:52
different as far as how much traveling
29:54
I'm doing and stuff, but still stay in
29:57
the course. Still still constantly
29:59
traveling and doing things and living
30:02
life and seeing new things, having
30:04
different experiences.
30:06
But you never know, you never know what
30:07
the future holds. You always got to
30:10
utilize what you're given at any current
30:12
time. So that's why that's why I'm
30:14
always doing stuff now. But I also have
30:16
eyes towards the future.
30:19
And that's why one of the reasons I
30:21
bought this house, just to get it dialed
30:22
in, because you never know what could
30:24
unfold. I don't even know why I'm even
30:26
saying this because nothing's nothing is
30:28
happening. There's nothing dramatic
30:30
that's going down or anything like that.
30:31
But I just wanted to have a place to to
30:34
lay my head that was paid for. Wasn't
30:36
going to get evicted. You know, if crap
30:39
ever hits the fan or life changes, you
30:42
always want to have a a spot to lay your
30:45
head and have a roof over your roof over
30:47
your head and and you know, four walls
30:50
and things like that. So, it's good to
30:53
plan for the future, but also stay busy
30:56
in the current days. I have decided to
30:58
throw a James Bond Roger Moore classic.
31:01
Believe this came out in the mid 80s, 85
31:05
right here according to the screen. So,
31:06
I've rented it, streamed it. View to a
31:10
Kill. Roger Moore. I believe his last
31:13
appearance as James Bond. And I haven't
31:15
watched this probably since the late 80s
31:18
back in the VHS video store days when my
31:20
family and I would rent movies.
31:22
Living in Niceville, Florida. I believe
31:24
my dad rented this and we watched it. I
31:26
don't think I've seen it since then.
31:27
I've seen a lot of James Bond stuff. My
31:29
personal favorite James Bond is Shan
31:31
Connory, but I think close second would
31:33
be Roger Moore.
31:35
I don't know. Sometimes Roger Moore
31:37
overtakes
31:39
Connory, but I feel like Connor is the
31:40
the number one. My friend Greg from
31:43
Greg's Game Room, when I was in Paris,
31:46
when I went up with the Eiffel Tower, I
31:47
was mentioning how, you know, European
31:49
Vacation and other films use the Eiffel
31:51
Tower. Hundreds of movies have used the
31:53
Eiffel Tower. And he was like, "Oh, you
31:55
should give View to Kill a rewatch." Or
31:58
I'm paraphrasing what he said, but he
32:00
mentioned he mentioned this film. So,
32:03
I'm going to settle down from the raised
32:05
loss, the the bullpin blowing the
32:08
bullpin blowing it, and I'm going to I'm
32:10
going to watch this into the into the
32:12
evening and eat my eat my Publix.
32:15
Oh, also, I want to go up to the
32:16
corridor goons and show you a couple
32:18
things. So, I got the teac kettle that
32:19
arrived, but I've also got a corkboard,
32:21
a pin board that I'm probably going to
32:23
put either down there or maybe behind
32:26
this door here
32:28
at some point because I'm running out of
32:30
space over on these Disney pin boards.
32:34
And I feel like I need a little bit more
32:36
room, especially for all my Mickey pens.
32:39
So, I've added in some of the new ones
32:42
I've gotten. I got the Disneyland Paris
32:44
pen down there. And then all the all
32:46
this area here, all my Mickey pens. You
32:49
can see I'm running out of room. I think
32:51
I might buy a couple of the the pin
32:54
books that they have at Magic Kingdom or
32:56
Epcot or any any of the park studios,
32:59
Animal Kingdom. They probably even have
33:01
them at Disneyland. They have these pin
33:03
books that are really really nice for
33:06
ones that I don't want to have on
33:07
display. But I think I'm going to give
33:09
Mickey his own his own pin board.
33:13
Maybe my Mickey pens could go over there
33:14
in the in the corner or behind the door
33:16
or somewhere. But then I might take a
33:20
few of these. I've also got some in some
33:22
bags down here that aren't on display
33:25
that I could put in those books just to
33:28
have cuz sometimes I don't buy pens just
33:31
because I don't have room for them. But
33:32
there's some pens I just I feel like I
33:34
need to have that way I can just keep
33:36
the collection going. So, you might see
33:40
in the next day or so a rearranging of
33:43
these. But yeah, I got Mickey here on
33:45
the with the Eiffel Tower
33:48
right there. I wonder what his favorite
33:49
James Bond is.
33:52
His might be Timothy Dalton. I don't
33:53
know. Mickey's might be Timothy Dalton.
33:55
I like Dalton
33:57
as well. So, I got a few new ones. I got
33:58
the Phantom Manor
34:01
right there. Stitch. Stitch almost needs
34:03
his own section as well.
34:05
So, basically, I have these organized.
34:07
Like, I got some Disney resorts up
34:08
there. I got some D23s. I got some real
34:11
classic ones up there, like the paper
34:13
fastpass ones. Great movie ride, MGM
34:16
Studios era, five-legged goat
34:20
right there. All my May the 4th pens. I
34:23
wasn't able to get a 2025 May the 4th,
34:26
which is kind of a bummer. They were
34:27
sold out. So, I'm on the hunt for that
34:30
at some point to get a 2025 one.
34:35
similar to that. Maybe I'll find one on
34:37
a pen trading board or something or I
34:39
mean worst case I could always go on
34:41
eBay or something. But
34:44
yeah, I like this one too. So I got all
34:46
my Mickey's in the one area. Got
34:49
Salacious down here. This is definitely
34:51
my my nerd room, I call it. Got all my
34:54
retro stuff. Got the old large Marge
34:59
license plate I had on my RV. I need
35:02
like a Mini Marge sticker for the front
35:04
of Mini Marge. Kind of like that be kind
35:08
of neat. I can't put a I don't know if I
35:09
have room for a license plate on the
35:10
front of Mini Marge, but I do have a
35:13
license plate on the back. It has to be
35:14
tagged and registered when you have a
35:17
have a golf cart here in Celebration.
35:19
So, got to do things the right way or
35:21
the HOA will be not happy with you.
35:25
Man, it's hard to believe.
35:28
It's been 10 years since the 60th, the
35:30
greatest Disney year of my life at
35:33
Disney parks.
35:35
This is definitely my a good little
35:38
a good little room full of nostalgia.
35:42
I've definitely come to the realization
35:43
I mean, it's been pretty obvious. I
35:45
definitely come to the realization in
35:46
the last year or so that I get most
35:49
excited about nostalgia. Like for me, I
35:52
have to have nostalgia. I think one of
35:54
the reasons I had so much fun at
35:56
Disneyland Paris was because of the
35:58
nostalgic element of some of those
36:00
attractions from what I remember from
36:02
Magic Kingdom and Disneyland and MGM
36:04
Studios.
36:06
I don't get as excited about places
36:08
where I see things that are completely
36:10
new. takes me a little while to brush
36:13
away the newness and build up a little
36:16
nostalgia for something even in, you
36:19
know, it's just I definitely focus on
36:22
the past a little too much. But that's
36:25
just how I am.
36:27
That's just how I am. That's that's the
36:29
things I get the most excited about.
36:32
It's like a it's a mental thing. And
36:35
there's there's a few other people that
36:37
I know are kind of that way, too.
36:46
Dragon Con carpet. If you know, you
36:46
know. Old school Dragon Con carpet.
36:49
That's That's from the Marriott
36:52
right there.
36:55
All right. Anyway, I'm going to go
36:56
prepare my meal. I'm eating a little too
36:58
late, but get my chickpeas, salad, etc.,
37:04
and go from there. Turn this light off.
37:08
Woo. Abraham Lincoln here. And that's
37:11
going to do it for today. Yeah, I do
37:13
want to see the new Superman at some
37:15
point.
37:16
I do want to see the new Superman. Just
37:18
didn't get around. Didn't get didn't
37:19
really feel like going over to Springs
37:20
today. But I'll see you in the next
37:22
video. Thanks for watching. The vlog