How I Spent My 51st Birthday Alone (Kinda) In Universal City California / A Wonderful Relaxing Day
My 51st Birthday
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins looking at
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these koiish
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and these turtles that are getting some
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sun. As the recording of this, it is
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Sunday,
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August the 10th, 2025.
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Also known as my 51st
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birthday.
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51 years
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I have been on this planet.
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Where does the time go? Welcome
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everyone. Adam the Woo here. I'm in need
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of a coffee. Had a late night last
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night. had an amazing experience at the
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PeeWee's Big Adventure 40th anniversary.
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I was 11 years old when that movie came
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out. Warner Brothers did a heck of an
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event. Hung out with a lot of friends,
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met up with some people there. And then
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afterwards, a huge group of us, like 10
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of us, ended up over at Bob's Big Boy
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and ended up having a a late night over
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there. Most of the time that we were
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there, we ate and then we ended up just
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kind of sitting in there for a while,
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you know, catching up, telling stories,
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having a lot of laughs. Yesterday was
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awesome. Last night was awesome around a
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lot of people. Today's going to be a
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little bit different, a little more
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low-key. It's going to be me today. Just
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going to kind of relax a little bit.
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It's probably already around noon, so
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just been hanging out in the room. Talk
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to my mom on the phone. Talk to my
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sister. Talk to my dad. I always get
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emotional when my mom calls me on my
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birthday. Just something about my mom
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talking to me on on my birthday. Kind of
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gets me a little misty eyed and, you
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know, makes me nostalgic
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and uh thinking about, you know, life.
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And I'm officially over a c over half a
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century old. 50 years would be half a
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century. So now that I'm 51, I am over
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half a century old.
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Wow to think about. Yeah. Just something
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about talking to mama that gets that
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gets
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gets gets me thinking about stuff and
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really makes your your life go in front
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of you and looking back on the good
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times, bad times,
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you know, the es and flows of life over
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51 years is really really an amazing
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thing and I'm so grateful to to
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currently at this moment still be here
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and hopefully for years to come. But who
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knows? You never know what the you never
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know what the the future holds for
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anyone. So, I'm just grateful to be, you
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know, living the life that I have. You
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know, very blessed to be doing what I'm
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doing, to have a career,
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doing what I enjoy, doing what I want to
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do, and making a living doing that, and
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to be healthy and able to go out and do
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things and to travel and live my life.
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So, I just want to put that out there
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before I kind of go and just and spend
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the day. Just I'm very lucky and very
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blessed to be to be standing here in
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SoCal, have a place. This is more or
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less my second home even though I don't
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live here anymore. Have a place in
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Celebration, Florida,
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and just so content and happy with my
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friends and my family and my own
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personal life. So, all right, let's
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start the day of inviting you to join me
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as I pop over into Universal. I don't
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really have a major game plan. I'm just
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going to maybe go get Starbucks, get the
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coffee that I like, piping hot
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caffeinated beverage, which is usually
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nine times out of 10 will be a vinty hot
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sugar-free vanilla latte. If there is
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one of those nearby, that's that's
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usually what I will get. And then maybe
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check out some merchandise. Possibly do
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the tram tour. I do like the tram tour.
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Maybe they could see Jaws and the
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earthquake and all that and check out
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some HHN stuff. Again, no major no major
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game plan. No minds are going to be
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blown watching this today, but just
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wanted to chime in for this daily vlog.
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Inviting you to join me. Shall you got
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the allseeing minion over the valley
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looking down there?
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I had thought about maybe taking an Uber
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down to Anaheim and hitting up
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Disneyland. Sometimes, a lot of times,
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I'll ride Dumbo on my birthday. It's
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kind of a thing. Haven't done it every
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birthday, but I've done it a consistent
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amount of times. Not going to do that
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today. Not going to go down to Anaheim.
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I just didn't really feel like battling,
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you know, traffic and going all the way
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down to Orange County when I'm up in LA.
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Even though, you know, as I am as I am
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filming this, it is a Sunday, so traffic
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wouldn't be too bad. It's 12:17 at the
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moment. Usually, traffic starts getting
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a little little hairy around noon.
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So, I don't know. It's probably an hour,
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hour and a half to get down there. Much
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easier just to This is the hotel I'm
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staying at here, which is the Hilton
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Universal Universal Hilton. You just
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walk over over to the little parking
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structure over there, the Frankenstein
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Frankenstein parking, and then go up the
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escalator and walk in. I do love
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Universal, so I'm going to have myself a
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Universal day or at least a Universal
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couple hours.
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I believe the Rays are playing today. I
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think it's game three of the series that
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they are in against Seattle. They've
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lost the first two. They hopefully they
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don't get swept. Speaking of, I have
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changed my plans originally. Well, I
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don't they really changed my plans. I'm
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going back to my original plan. Let's
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say that last year I completed all 30
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all 30 current MLB stadiums, Major
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League Baseball stadiums. Seeing the
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team I root for, the Tampa Bay Rays of
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all 30 took me three years to do. Finish
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it up last year. This year I've knocked
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off the 31st stadium because the Rays
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are playing at Stein Burner Field
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because Tropicana Field, their usual
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stadium, was destroyed and damaged in a
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hurricane. So they had to kind of change
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things around and they're playing at
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Steinbrer. So I knocked off the Rays
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seeing the Rays in their new temporary
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home field, Steinbrer Field. So that's
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31.
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And I didn't think that the Rays were
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going to be playing in Sacramento this
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year. I got it mixed up. I thought that
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the A's, the former Oakland A's, soon to
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be Vegas A's in 2028
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would be playing in Florida. Realized
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about a week ago that they are, in fact,
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the the Rays are playing in Sacramento
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at the A's temporary home, but I'm
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flying to Vegas tomorrow. I have a hotel
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already booked. Booked it a while back.
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So, I check out of here. Vegas tomorrow.
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Spoiler alert, I'll be in Vegas tomorrow
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night.
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But I had thought about what if I just
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pop into the Sacramento game tomorrow
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night, the A's, and knock that stadium
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off. I have decided not to do that. I
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went ahead and scrubbed that flight,
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kept the hotel I had in Vegas, and I'm
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going to do the series in 2027, two more
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years when the Rays are at the Soy,
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that's a long-winded explanation of
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something you never asked to hear. But
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yeah, I'm going to save that for then.
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And uh I'm just gonna go right to Vegas
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and continue my my birthday Vegas trip,
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which starts the day after my birthday
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because today
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is my birthday. Going down the hill, the
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Universal Studios Hollywood
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Hillside
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Tram, not part of the park,
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takes you down the hill and up the hill.
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Part of the reason I kind of scrubbed my
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impromptu last second pop in to
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Sacramento, which that's all it would
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have been. I would have flown in
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yesterday tomorrow.
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I'm telling I'm explaining this to
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Frankie also Frankenstein.
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Frankenstein's monster. I refer to him
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as Frank Frankie or Frankenstein. I
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would have flown in tomorrow, gone to
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the game, got up really early the next
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morning, pre day after tomorrow, and
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flown right to Vegas. So, all I would
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have done was the game. And that kind of
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made me think, you know, I should
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probably go back to Sacramento when I do
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go there for that series in 27
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and then I could stay the whole week and
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do Sacramento stuff because there's so
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much to see there that I would I would
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have skipped because Vegas is the plan.
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Vegas is booked. Has some things going
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on in Vegas. For me to just pop into
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Sacramento
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without seeing anything else, I would
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have been a little disappointing for me.
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And I would imagine
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those that are watching would have been
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a little disappointing that they I was
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in an area see in a new area that I
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haven't really documented or seen things
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in and didn't show anything other than
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me sitting almost fell me sitting in a
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dugout or behind on top of the raised
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dugout looking at a field. It'd be cool
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to knock the stadium off. There's so
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much else there that I would have just
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not been able to see and had to get on
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the plane to get to Vegas.
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I probably really didn't even need to
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explain any of that, but just wanted to
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know people because I did say I was
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going to be going there. People probably
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think, "Oh, I thought you were going to
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a baseball game." But
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I'll go to that stadium in 27 before
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they move to Vegas in 28. Yeah, the mega
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movie summer will be ending soon. Hard
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to believe Horror Nights is uh just
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around the corner. Looking forward to
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the Jason Friday the 13th maze as well.
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Also, there's no Poltergeist merch out
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yet, but they're bringing Poltergeist
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back, which man, I love me some
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Poltergeist. Oo, I've seen photographs
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of these, but I haven't seen one in
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person. This is like one of the cool
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Look at this. There's like this Jaws
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like mug right here, or a Jaws, not a
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popcorn. It's a sipper. Not a popcorn
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bucket. It's a sipper right there. Look
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at that thing. That is That is awesome.
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Wow. Looks as if there's a new mural on
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the side of the Fast and the Furious
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attraction right there. The the future
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coaster is going to be opening. Also,
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got my coffee. Here's a little update on
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coaster. This thing's coming along
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pretty quickly. The park's pretty busy
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at the moment, so don't know if the tram
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is going to be something I go on. 30
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minutes, I think they were saying the
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wait time is. I saw the board as I was
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going in. So, maybe I don't I don't know
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if I want to wait in any major lines or
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anything today. Just kind of having a
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casual kind of a chill day. That's the
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plan. Get caffeinated. Maybe get some
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food a little bit later. I think I am
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going to buy that Jaws sipper. I think I
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can put it in my bag. I I got other
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places to go before I get home. But
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going to be I'm going to go to Vegas for
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a little while and then back to LA again
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for for other things and then before I
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head back to before I head back to
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Central Florida. But I think I got room
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in my in my bag.
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Maybe. I'm going to think about it. I I
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feel like I'm going to I'm going to do
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the impulsive birthday gift to myself
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and get the the Bruce the Shark Jaws
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with the uh sipper cup. I think I'm
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going to get that. I don't think I'm
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going to do the tram. I'm going to do
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the tram a bunch of times. It would have
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been nice to just jump right on it, but
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it's a little bit too little longer than
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I want to wait on a on a birthday weight
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day. So, I'm still on the fence. Thing
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is kind of heavy. It's got a little bit
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of weight to it, but I definitely have
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room in my luggage. The one thing I I
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have never purchased, but I really like
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the King Kong here with the little plush
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tra. I looked at the board one more time
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and the backlot tram tour was up to 50
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minutes. Yeah, it's busy in there.
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Go back to the room for a little bit,
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maybe watch the game. It's like a 110
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first pitch today. The game's probably
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already started, but I might hit the
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pool a little bit later. I got to figure
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out what I'm going to do for food. But I
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end up getting the Jaws 50th. Jaws
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turned 50 this year
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and I just turned 51. So
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Jaws and I are kind of the same age
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within a year. Current temperature it is
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83 degrees in Hollywood. Not a cloud in
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the sky. Look at that. It's like sunny
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and 83.
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There he is in all his glory.
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That's pretty neat. It again it's a
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little heavier than you think it would
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be, but dimensionwise
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not too bad. It'll fit snugly in my
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luggage. Put my some clothes and other
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things around it. And it is a zipper. It
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has the rope there you would put around
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your neck. Probably not the most
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comfortable thing to carry around a park
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all day, but
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yeah, kind of a neat little thing. I
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Every time I look at this now, I
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remember my 51st birthday. And uh happy
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birthday. Happy anniversary to
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Jaws.
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And this pops out. Let me pop up this
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down here real quick.
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This goes out. It's got the 50 logo on
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it.
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Watch out down there in the pool,
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everyone.
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Bruce is up here. The shark.
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I might wait till a little bit later,
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maybe when the sun starts to go down,
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then hit the hot tub, cuz there is no
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shade at all down there.
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No shade. Is it very sunny out? There's
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a little shade in the hot tub. A little
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little shade. No shade in the pool.
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Maybe later. Maybe later. Again, no
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plan. I'm just
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don't know what I'm doing today. I'm
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just just just hanging out. Decided to
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walk back over to CityWalk.
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I've used my
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Stubs A-list
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AMC
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membership that I hardly ever use.
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I probably see one movie in a theater
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every two or three months,
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but I figure I might as well utilize it
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because I've heard the new Naked Gun is
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great. And after seeing Pebby's Big
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Adventure
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last night at Warner Brothers, which is
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just a laugh a minute. I mean, non-stop.
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And I love the Leslie Nielson versions.
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The 80s, 90s, what was it? Early 90s.
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Been a while ago. The Lesie Nielson
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versions.
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Kind of want to see a good comedy. So,
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choosing that one. Maybe I'll get a
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little snack, some popcorn or something
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while I'm while I'm in there. Starts in
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a few minutes. All right. I just looked
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it up. The first one came out in 88. The
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second one, Naked Gun 2 and a half, came
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out in 1991 when I first moved to St.
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Cloud. We moved there when I was 17
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years old. Got my driver's license and a
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car. went on one of my very first dates
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having a car. The girl I took to the
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movie, she did not find it as
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entertaining as I did, but I remember I
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was like crying, laughing during the
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second Naked Gun sequel. So, I got a
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little time. Movie starts at 2:15, I
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think. Well, the preview started at
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2:15. They got some Megan 2, which is
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already out in theaters. I haven't seen
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the second one yet. I've seen the first
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one. I didn't I didn't realize the
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second one was already out. This is how
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this is how completely behind on movies
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I am. I hardly ever go to the theater.
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The last one I saw was the new Superman,
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which was about a month and a half ago.
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On my parents' anniversary, we went and
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then they stayed at the Riviera and then
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we went to Topelino Terrace. That was
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the last time I went to a movie.
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It's kind of funny, too. When I walked
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in here, the I showed them the AM the
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AMC Stubs membership. They scanned like,
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"You have an ID for the AMC Stub?" I go,
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"No problem." And I showed the ID and
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the guy didn't even look at the ID and
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was like, "Oh, it's theater 3." I go,
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"You didn't even look at it." And he
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just let me in. And have some looks like
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some screen used uh clothing here from
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Jurassic World Rebirth. I have not seen
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this yet, but when I was in London, they
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were doing the premiere. I happened to
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walk by the the premiere of this when I
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was in London last Yeah. fun fact.
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Haven't seen the movie yet. That's nice.
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This is a fullon a Hitchcock would be
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proud. Last year, me and my buddy Kevin,
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we went and saw the re-release of this
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in the uh in the theater. So, I'm gonna
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chop see Naked Gun. I've seen all three
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of them. The first one that came out in
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88 was back in the when I was living um
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you know, definitely living at home back
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in Niceville, Florida in ' 88. We
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watching a lot of VHS stuff. We lived in
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Niceville from 84 to 88 in the panhandle
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of Florida. And my dad and I would laugh
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so hard at the baseball scene. The
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baseball scene in the first one is just
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incred so so dang good. And then
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evidently, yeah, 91, we moved to Central
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Florida and I saw the second one, two
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and a half in the in the theater.
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Man, I laughed so hard during the second
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one. I mean, I just remember like crying
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laughing.
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So, I'm in the mood for a good comedy.
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What is this?
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Dwayne Johnson. Look at that.
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Okay.
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Yeah, there's some movies I need to
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watch.
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I don't know if I'll do a double movie
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day, but you know, and the reason I was
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kind of drawn to see Naked Gun is
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because I, you know, I need a good
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laughing comedy. It's good that some
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laughing comedies are back in the
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theater. Some non-stop laughs, but also
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the fact that it's only like an hour and
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25 minutes, which is sounds amazing.
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Short, short, quick, and to the point.
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Dang, they got a lot of props in here.
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Check out Steve Carell, 40-year-old
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virgin.
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Screen you. Oh my gosh. What the heck?
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The original Fletch came out in ' 85.
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Also the 40th anniversary of Fletch.
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This is Irwin M. Fletcher. You choose
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Chvy Chase. What the heck? This is like
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one of my all-time favorite Chvy Chase
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movies, if not the number one. What the
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heck? They have this in here. Irwin M.
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Fletcher. You choose
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gray area. How gray charcoal. All right.
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This is what I end up getting. I got
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some Red Vines original red twists here.
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I don't drink a lot of soda, but today
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I'm going to splurge because, you know,
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it's my birthday. I'm going to get some
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Mr. Pib. Usually, I just drink coffee,
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water, maybe some juice and stuff. I'm
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going to go with a PIB right here. And I
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got some uh perfect AMC perfect popcorn
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with a little little butter and a little
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salt on it right there. Get to my seat
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cuz I think the I think the previews are
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probably already starting in the movie.
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So, I can carry all this. The new Austin
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Butler movie. He's the one that played
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Elvis in the Elvis movie. Caught
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Stealing. Comes out August 29th. This is
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the theater. Oh, downtown Abbey right
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over here. It's playing in here as well.
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All right, heading in to the cinema, the
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Universal Cinema AMC Theater. All right,
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just finished it. I loved it. I thought
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it was hilarious. Non-stop. I mean, just
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non-stop laughs. I feel like you need to
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watch it probably more than once at some
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point. Probably when it goes on
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streaming, I'll watch it again just to
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catch stuff I didn't miss cuz it's just
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constantly from the very beginning to
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the very end.
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And there's references to the original,
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you know, the ' 80s and '9s versions,
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the Lesie Nielsen versions, which I
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think I think I prefer Leslie Nielson as
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Frank Drebin a little bit more, but this
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was really really good. Liam Niss did a
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did a great job. I I thought it was I
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thought it was hilarious, and I
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encourage anyone that likes good, dumb,
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fun, fast-paced comedy to see it. I feel
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like I feel like more movies like this
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need to come out. I I I definitely like
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those type of comedies where it's just
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kind of like no holds barred, no real
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point, just go go go go go. Just just
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laugh for the sake of laugh. All right,
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I think I'm going to get some Panda
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Express
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for dinner back at the hotel. I get back
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to the hotel in a little bit, but I also
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got some Voodoo Donuts. So, treat myself
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to some Voodoo Donuts and some Panda
19:16
after the movie. A little bit later.
19:17
I'll take it back to All right. Bag of
19:19
stuff. Voodoo donuts.
19:22
and a little panda.
19:27
Actually, uh, not a bad price on the
19:27
panda compared to the other stuff that
19:29
are up here in the food court. Some of
19:30
the other places up here, the upper food
19:32
court are more expensive. Yeah. 51 years
19:35
old.
19:41
Time just keeps trucking on.
19:41
There was a time in my life when I was
19:42
younger that I couldn't even fathom
19:44
being 51. But I'm sure when I, you know,
19:48
years from now, let's say I make it to
19:49
60, I'll probably be like, man, I wish I
19:51
was 51 still.
19:59
Some I feel like I'm still, you know, 27
19:59
or 28 or 30 or 35.
20:03
When I turn 40, that was a huge deal for
20:06
one day. I was just like, wow, 40, what
20:09
is going on over the hill?
20:17
Now, fast forward 11 years later, still
20:17
feeling pretty good. I mean, I'm not in
20:20
the most fit shape I've ever been in.
20:23
Slightly overweight.
20:25
Joints hurt a little bit. My knees hurt
20:27
more than they used to. My ankles have
20:30
some issues here and there, but all in
20:31
all, I'm doing all right for 51. I feel
20:34
good about myself. One take away from
20:36
this year, well the last few years, but
20:38
especially this year from 50 to 51,
20:41
especially in the last few months, I've
20:42
kind of just got the attitude of just do
20:45
what I want, live my life,
20:49
doing my thing. I've kind of always done
20:52
that,
20:55
but really more prevalent recently. I
20:58
think the older you get, you just kind
20:59
of develop that attitude where you're
21:01
just like, "Yeah, whatever. Whatever
21:03
happens happens. and just check the
21:05
score on the Rays after the game end.
21:07
The after the movie ended, the game kind
21:10
of ended around the same time and the
21:12
Rays lost. They got swept by the
21:13
Mariners.
21:16
Pretty much the postseason hopes of the
21:19
Rays are more or less out the window
21:21
unless a miracle unless an absolute
21:23
miracle happens and they just, you know,
21:25
go on a tear
21:27
rest of the season. But it's not it's
21:29
not looking it's not looking super
21:32
promising. It's not out the window, but
21:35
man, I had I had some I had some high
21:38
hopes for this year, but I don't know.
21:41
What can you do? The life of a a race
21:44
follower. Let's see what's going on at
21:46
the old fish pond.
21:48
Oh, the turtles have turtles have got
21:51
off the little platform, started
21:53
swimming around. Get out of the
21:54
elements, I guess. Get the koi down in
21:56
there. Hello, koi.
22:16
It's been just a chill day.
22:16
I need to start going to more movies. I
22:18
need to start just detaching. You turn
22:20
the phone off, grab some popcorn,
22:29
watch a film. Couple hours later.
22:29
I wish the previews were shorter.
22:30
There's like 35 minutes of previews.
22:33
You're just sitting there waiting like
22:35
is the movie ever going to start? But it
22:36
did.
22:38
But it's good to just detach. I'm really
22:40
starting to get into watching uh TV on
22:44
planes, watching movies. I use this on a
22:46
podcast all the time, but recently I'll
22:48
just throw the Bluetooth headphones I
22:50
have. I'll link them up to the the
22:52
screen and I'll watch movies. So, I've
22:54
been getting caught up on movies on
22:56
plane. That's like my thing now. It used
22:57
to be podcast, but now I'm like use that
23:00
time kind of off the grid in the air. I
23:04
I don't ever connect to to Wi-Fi really,
23:07
so I'm not like checking my phone. I
23:09
just watch the movie and you know, if
23:11
it's a 5 hour flight from Orlando to LA
23:14
or LA to Orlando, you get a couple solid
23:16
movies.
23:19
Cuz I sure
23:22
sure don't watch a lot other times. I
23:25
think that's why I love '8s movies so
23:26
much because I'm going off a memory of
23:27
ones I watched a million times when I
23:29
was young.
23:31
So, I'm kind of going off those
23:32
memories. I don't really I don't really
23:34
sit around and watch a lot of movies in
23:36
TV. So, that's why it's good to just do
23:38
it sometimes like I did today. And this
23:42
is what we're dealing with from Panda
23:43
Express. Got some chowine, got some
23:47
chicken. Look like you got some beef
23:48
broccoli there.
23:50
And then after I polish this off
23:54
and go in on little voodoo donut there,
23:57
the voodoo guy.
23:59
I ended up taking a little bit of a nap
24:01
for about an hour or two, which was
24:03
really nice.
24:05
Ate my food. Kind of relaxed a little
24:08
bit. Sat around the hotel room.
24:13
Caught a little catnap.
24:16
Now the sun has gone down. See how the
24:20
my bathing suit on. Hot tub down there.
24:22
The pool. Go hit the pool in the hot
24:25
tub.
24:27
Hot tub does look really full.
24:30
However, looks like there's some people
24:32
with inner tubes in there.
24:34
So, if it's too hectic, I'll just hit
24:36
the regular pool.
24:38
Anyway, heading down. I like the sun.
24:41
Sun's setting over there
24:44
off in the distance.
24:46
The end of my birthday.
25:00
>> Ah, it feels so good outside now. Nice
25:00
little nice little breeze in the air.
25:02
Ah, yes. And not a whole heck of a lot
25:04
of people in the pool tomorrow. A lot of
25:05
people just left. So, this is the view
25:07
the opposite side of the theme park view
25:09
looking up. My room would be I think on
25:10
the 12th floor right up there uh looking
25:13
down upon the pool. Look in the opposite
25:15
angle of what I just showed. See how
25:16
cold this water is. All right. It's a
25:18
little brisk. I got to admit it's uh
25:21
it's a little bit brisk.
25:31
Okay. It's refreshing. It is definitely
25:31
one of those things once I get out of
25:33
the pool and in the hot tub, I will end
25:35
with the hot tub and not get back in the
25:37
pool. But what a view that is, right?
25:39
You got the you got the hotel right
25:41
there off in the distance. I'm kind of
25:43
loun. Look, I'm in the pool. Somebody
25:44
else was in here and now they just got
25:45
out. Now I'm kind of dog paddling here.
25:49
Yeah. And truthfully, I'd rather be here
25:50
in this empty pool cuz I'm like at one
25:53
with my thoughts than get in a small hot
25:55
tub with a few strangers and have a
25:57
random conversation and be stuck in a
25:58
hot tub. Me and random conversations
26:01
don't go along too well with people I
26:02
don't know. I just just saying I'd
26:04
rather just be in this pool enjoying the
26:06
nice cool cool Christmas of this pool by
26:08
myself. Isn't it wild to think that
26:10
right you can kind of hear the freeway.
26:12
Well, you can hear the freeway. The
26:13
freeway is on the other side of that
26:14
burm down the burm. So, you got pool,
26:17
hot tub. Behind me is the hotel. But
26:19
from here, all you're seeing is the
26:20
Hollywood Hills off in the distance. You
26:23
don't see that there is a busy freeway
26:26
below this. I don't know. You're just
26:29
kind of like secluded down in here. And
26:32
then the Sherin is over there. And this
26:34
is the front level that you pull up to
26:37
walk out of the hotel right up here. You
26:40
drive up, get dropped off, take an Uber,
26:42
take the shuttle over to Universal, etc.
26:44
Yeah, you honestly you get acclimated to
26:46
the water pretty quickly. I got out.
26:47
It's really not that cold sitting out
26:49
here. I'm just kind of sitting here
26:51
underneath Well, not underneath the
26:52
moonlight, but underneath the the dusk
26:54
lights of the of the sky. I don't see
26:57
the moon above me. All I see is the all
27:00
I see is the hotel right there and the
27:01
palm trees. I've stayed here a few
27:04
times. Uh in the last few time, well,
27:06
I've stayed here more than a few times,
27:07
but the last few times I've stayed here,
27:09
I haven't hit the pool, but I decided to
27:11
hit the pool this evening. Stayed in for
27:14
a little bit, got out and just kind of
27:16
sitting. Not really. The sun's not
27:17
drying me off, but I'm just uh just air
27:20
drying out here. Back up in my room now.
27:23
It is completely
27:25
nightfall. Well, nightfall
27:29
has happened. There's no more sunset, no
27:31
more dusk.
27:33
It is dark
27:36
outside.
27:41
That's going to do it for today. I'm
27:41
officially 51 years old. I'm one year
27:44
over half a century, which is kind of
27:47
wild to wrap your head around.
28:06
Yeah. Checking out tomorrow
28:06
and heading to Vegas
28:09
for a few days.
28:25
be in Vegas a few days and then get back
28:25
on a plane and I come back out here
28:28
for another few days. So, I'm kind of
28:30
bouncing around.
28:33
But I am not going to Sacramento
28:34
tomorrow, which was a last second detour
28:38
I was going to do. I decided not to do
28:39
that. As stated earlier,
28:46
it was just going to be a quick little
28:46
pop in, but I'm not going to do it
28:52
as I already have the hotel booked in
28:52
Vegas.
28:55
Viva Las Vegas soon.
28:58
Look at this line for In-N-Out down
29:00
here. I thought about doing In-N-Out
29:02
today on my birthday, but I didn't.
29:06
But right down there
29:08
is in and out. And take a look at the
29:10
drive-thru.
29:12
It goes around the parking lot. Parking
29:14
lot's small, but then the car line of
29:17
cars. Look at the line of cars right
29:18
there on the road. Goes out into the
29:20
road where the light is and goes down
29:24
the road. Probably about 25 cars deep on
29:28
the road itself.
29:31
Got to love some In-N-Out.
29:34
All
29:39
right, that's going to do it for today.
29:39
Thanks for watching.
29:41
Much appreciated.
29:48
And I alluded to it in, you know, pretty
29:48
good detail earlier, how grateful I am
29:51
and how happy I am with my life and
29:55
what I do when I how I make money and
29:58
make a living and able to travel and do
30:01
what I want and
30:18
I'm very grateful. I appreciate anyone
30:18
that's watched either, you know, maybe
30:22
recently stumbled upon what I do, been
30:24
watching for a brief while, maybe a
30:27
couple weeks or a couple months or a
30:28
couple years, or maybe been watching the
30:31
15 years I've been doing this.
30:34
It's been a fun ride.
30:56
See you in the next video. The vlog
30:56
is over.