How I Spent My 50th Birthday In Anaheim / My Last Day Of D23 & Unplanned Dinner With Friends
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today's adventure begins hello it's my
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shadow this is my 50
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yearold shadow of course probably the
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first few days I was
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alive probably couldn't see a shadow cuz
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I was inside but you
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know at some
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point after I was born I saw my
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shadow I was taken out of the hospital
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Tupelo Mississippi same place Elvis was
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born
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today Saturday August
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10th
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2024 I am half a century old I'm going
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to start the day off taking a little dip
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maybe in the pool but most likely in the
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hot tub at the
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Tropicana Motel here on Harbor Boulevard
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across from Disneyland going to d23 a
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little bit later also if I sound a
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little nasly it's because I've been you
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know a little crying just a little bit
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today it's kind of an emotional day 50
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years my sister called me this morning
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my mom called me ify a really cute
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voicemail I got when I awoke it's the
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time difference 3 hours earlier here
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than it is in Florida and then I called
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her back just a sweet voicemail about
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how 50 years ago she gave birth to her
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son in Tupelo
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Mississippi she was a little emotional
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too
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and time flies it's going to be hectic
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day at the
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convention my second and final day of
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d23 yesterday was the big convention
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floor day tonight is the parks
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panel at the Honda Center and after last
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night's presentation of the movies and
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things I'm expecting a pretty good Parks
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panel now they will not they didn't
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allow filming last night at it so
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probably won't film at it but anyway
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starting off the day here in this hot
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tub there's nobody in here yet which is
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nice welcome
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everyone Adam the woo here kind of nice
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having a hot tub alone I would
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imagine this so this whole this motel
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hotel right across from Disneyland right
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on Harbor
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Boulevard stayed here last week for one
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night and I stayed here last night and
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tonight so I've stayed this will be my
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third night tonight I like it it's right
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across from the
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park just turned the Jets on here the
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hot tub so you got the water kind of
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formulating around my torsa which is
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kind of nice all over my body because I
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have a pretty bad blister on my foot I
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had to wear Crocs yesterday
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around the convention simply because
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having tennis shoes on that back portion
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of my heel the blister is right on my
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heel not fun still not healed up yet the
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heal is not healed yet I think it's
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going to take a few
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days just to kind of see what happens
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with
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that but I believe that probably the
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reason no one's in
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here is because the V d23 the second day
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is happening everyone's over there
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everyone's over at rope drop at
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Disneyland and I'm in here enjoying the
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suds is there any
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more historic important Monumental
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birthday than the 50th birthday the over
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the hill birthday I am past middle age
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the odds of me living to 100 are slim to
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none some people live to 100 I don't
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think I probably will be one of them so
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you figure let's say you lived at 90
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which is a good age 45 would be middle
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age I'm 5 years past middle age and I
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know by tomorrow I won't even age will
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be back to just being a
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number but honestly
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50 it's hitting me pretty hard uh just
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thinking back on everything I have done
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over the last five decades more than oh
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I'm getting old it's not even an
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emotional thing with that but kind of
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looking back at my life and what I've
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done hearing from close friends hearing
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from my family talking to them and just
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to see how time waits for no man
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and really if I have anything to say
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about turning
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50 my advice to anyone out there is
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don't wait to do anything that you want
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to do anything that you are passionate
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about anything that you have a
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admiration of or a dream
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to go do something that's always in your
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head saying oh I really want to do that
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someday don't put it off too
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long because before you know
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it you're going to be a young and you're
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going to be looking back at photos of
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yourself in a hot
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tub decades later and you will not have
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done those things so that's that's my
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advice that I can say all right I'm
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going to enjoy the time in the hot tub
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relax here soak in some quick Rays soak
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in a nice little soakage here anyway
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make sure let me just talk a little bit
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at the beginning of this before starting
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this episode and then I'm going to head
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down Harbor Boulevard got to meet up
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with a couple friends today I kind of
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want to have a little bit of our lowkey
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day which I do not know is probably not
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going to happen once I step foot in the
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convention center that's just the way it
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is kind of the nature of the Beast going
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to the busiest day of the huge Disney
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fan convention the Ultimate Fan event
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they are calling it a
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conglomeration of Disney folks from all
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over the
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world so I don't know if I'm going to be
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able to lay low and kind of hide out in
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the shadows so I'm just going of have to
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kind of go all in on that but I'm
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preferring to kind of stay lay low but
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we'll kind of see what happens I'm take
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you along with me throughout the course
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today it's good to have you here thanks
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for watching all this time if you've
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been watching a day if you've been
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watching a week if you've been watching
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a year could have been watching a decade
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could have been watching 13 years is
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that how long I've been doing videos
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for I do really appreciate it and I'm
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grateful for my life I'm grateful for
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you I'm grateful for everything that I
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have accomplished and part of the reason
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I have accomplished things that I have
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done is because there is a viewership
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and those that have a bested interest in
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what I do and what I show so thank you
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so much I'm inviting you to join me
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throughout the course to this day my
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50th
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birthday shall you
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this is much needed after yesterday just
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being in this steamy hot tub with the
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bubbles e forant flowing up my
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body I'm going to start pruning up in
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here though all right walking out of the
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hotel also I walked out Harbor a million
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times when I lived in this area but I
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had never been inside the Cove Market
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Cafe here at Tropicana in and sweets but
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yeah a little hack they have ice cold
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water for $150 which is pretty
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inexpensive in comparison to to other
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places especially in the park and stuff
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and Disneyland is right over there
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there's the bunch of other hotels too I
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stayed a few of these but just recently
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started saying Tropicana I like it some
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ways I feel like some of the hotels
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right here on Harbor are even easier to
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get into Disneyland and closer maybe
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than the Disneyland Hotel even though
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Disneyland hotel is on property you stay
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at one of these right here on Harbor all
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you have to do is go across the walkway
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and the light changes and you're right
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there through a checkpoint you're in the
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esplanad for either DCA or Disneyland so
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look into it considerably cheaper than
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staying on property just off property
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only by a couple feet right here in
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Harbor across from the main Disneyland
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entrance I got 28 seconds 26 25 24 to
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cross the road so if you go over here on
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the corner of Disney way in Harbor
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there's something interesting right on
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the back side of the former Hollywood
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Tower now Guardians it's a nice
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little Walk of Fame if you will right
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over here in fact when I lived in this
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area a few years ago
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well 3 or four years ago now more than 3
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or four years ago I remember them
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putting this in they were doing a little
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construction here and they moved
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them having trouble with the gimbal
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there there's uh There's the Man himself
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Walt
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Disney highly doubtful that Walt ever
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knew that his Empire would become what
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it
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is probably didn't I knew he was going I
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think he knew when he was successful but
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I don't probably didn't realize he was
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going to be
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known for one of the most
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massive entertainment companies in the
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world well place I've all want always
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wanted to stay here on har maybe I will
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at some point as the candy cane
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in they were closed for a couple years
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after 2020 but yeah it's right here
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behind Radiator Springs Racers really
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close to the convention center and close
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to
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Disneyland one day when I come back I'll
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stay there Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
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achieved going to be a little more
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mellow day than yesterday because I'm
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not getting here right at the opening
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with The Madness of the crowds opening
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getting here a little bit later in the
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morning and I want to go check out a
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panel Abid Elementary is doing a panel
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so I want to sit it on that the whole
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cast is going to be there I love that
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show also definitely wearing an
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appropriate t-shirt says I'm lost which
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way is over the hill and I have my
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Saturday lanyard and or badge again they
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had a 3-day badge I just got Friday and
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Saturday only 2 days I will not be here
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here tomorrow cheers am I over the hill
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I think I'm over the hill Oh take a look
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you got here's Wall-E right here but
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hello
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W hello there you good to see you oh
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wait there's a behind you all right I'll
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go check it out complicated as it seems
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or all right I'll go check it out Wally
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thank you yeah there's the Agatha all
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along bus over there I got to go check
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that out thanks to wall would have
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noticed it how cool is this love toand
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division
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loves W vision and this seems to be well
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this is the followup to W Vision in fact
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they announced it on the at the d23
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movie and TV panel last night I
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attended that Agatha all along is going
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to be the
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continuation of the character of Agatha
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cuz it was Agatha all no spoilers but
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yeah kind of kind of gives you the SPO
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Well yeah if you haven't seen W division
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the name of this kind of ruins it a
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little bit look at this witch's Road
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interest I guess they're going to be
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doing like a little walk you
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later all right back in
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d23 the
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ultimate Ultimate Fan event I believe
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second floor up there is where the Abbot
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Elementary panel is but they also have
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Ava Fest from Abbot Elementary over here
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in the main floor yeah so this is it
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right here Ava Fest over here presented
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by Abid Elementary yeah it's a really
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entertaining show it's kind of filmed
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filmed in the same way the office is
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filmed in maybe not as dramatic with the
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zoom in but they do kind of do the look
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at the camera zoom in shots the thing
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that Mr rer made so famous back in the
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Threes Company area era and now a lot of
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shows do that now where they kind of
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break the third wall but it is just such
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a such a funny show I re I highly
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recommend it all right the line was
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pretty long to get into the Ava Fest but
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up here at the Backlot stage on the
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second floor is where the panel is now
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it's about another 50 minutes till it
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begin
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and you had to have a virtual que to go
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into room
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201 however they do have a standby line
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I did not get in the virtual queue but I
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asked if the V if I getting in the
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standby now if I'll get in the room and
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they said yeah I should probably get in
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line now cuz this he's got a hit
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capacity so I'm getting in the line now
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this is the standby not those who have
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virtual queue well people most people
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are sitting by but yeah sit standby in
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here it's going to fill up fast all
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right it appears as if everyone now is
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standing
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up now it's a standby
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standby oh they just said you're not
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guaranteed to get in being right here
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all right the standby queue has now
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turned again into a sit down queue we
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were moving just a little
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bit also hoping to get some merchandise
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today but a lot of the merch stands
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also have virtual cues that are all
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empty or all all filled up so hopefully
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they have standby later but right now
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they don't yeah for example the d23
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marketplace the Hollywood store virtual
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queue is closed if they're not already
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in the group Micky of Glendale closed if
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you're not are in the group Walt Disney
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Pen Company Store close if you're not in
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the group and the Walt Disney Company
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store closed if you're not already in
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the group so snoozed on that one all
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right now the group is being told to
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stand up
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so this is looking good I not at the
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back of the line so I have hope I'm
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going to get a seat in here okay I have
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hope
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I was doing the count off and he stopped
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right where I am so I'm thinking it's
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going to be right where I am for the
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final
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seeds just oh my gosh I can already see
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the room is full I can already see the
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room is so full oh my gosh
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look at
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this okay there's a few people there's
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there's still a little around little bit
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around
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okay twice for outstanding informational
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talk show host she's got an exciting
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September ahead with the release of a
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new cookbook a confident cook that'll be
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September 3rd and the premier of the six
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season of our hit daytime talk show on
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September 3rd as well
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cat her later today she's signing copies
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of her cookbook at
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Disney narator but in the me welcome
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back to
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collaboration what word um
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the project I've been waiting for my
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whole
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life now like you said iconic
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yes
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historic
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family
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grateful
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Joy funny
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all right that ended up being really
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awesome didn't really give too many
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teasers about the next season but
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definitely a good panel very informative
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we have to talk to everybody producers
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writers and the entire cast so pretty
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cool looking forward to the next
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season they said production starts on
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Monday next there Vader down there all
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right Mickey's of Glendale now has a a
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walk up non virtual queue but it's
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pretty lengthy pretty lengthy oh there's
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Tim there's Tim all right ride vehicle
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right here from Bugs land former bugs
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land ride vehicle all right almost on
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been waiting I don't know probably 20
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minutes or so 25 it says stand here oh
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you are standing there okay there's two
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of them so I got to stand here too you
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guys standing other in smile look at
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each other in
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smile got some imagineering stuff
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imagary behind the dreams hats right
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here also this t-shirt also get it on a
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magnet or some pencils if you so choose
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little imagineering water bottle all
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right I found an item to purchase Walt
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Disney imagineering shirt over here it
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comes in a couple different s couple
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different colors you have the light blue
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which I thought about trying to wear
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kind of more colorful stuff but I do
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like the just the straight uh dark black
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one as well of course Sorcerer Mickey
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print is Mickey here as well kind of
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like an aquatic Mickey there
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aquatic Peter Pan as well picking up
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like an aquatic watery theme over here
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got
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Rapunzel all right I ended up getting
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the T-shirt I got I'll show the haul at
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the end but I also got this pencil
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number two pencil take a look at this
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this is interesting how it makes up
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Sorcerer Mickey but how the heck do you
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use this eraser how is this eraser
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utilized with the pencil that's self I
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think it's just for I think it's just
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for looks all right I think we're going
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to head over to Red Robin here in a
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little bit get a little birthday meal a
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group of
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us what is this what is this for this is
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for your birthday I got a nice Hamilton
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for you nice portrait of Hamilton we all
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saved up and chipped in together me and
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David and Liz this is from everyone yeah
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Natalie and um and yeah like a that my
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yeah um what's your name again it's
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really nice to meet you and we got we
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all pitched in and we got you this this
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Alexander Hamilton just don't put him
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next to an Aaron Burr oh I get it and
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you'll
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be happy birthday I'm just not going to
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soft recording I love you so much and
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it's your birthday you old I
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am thank you 30 years what happened to
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your regular glasses uh oh uh they're in
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my pocket put my debut of the I'm taking
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a poll I think you look like a sexy Rick
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Moranis with them on a
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sexy yeah look see I have to wear these
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you look like what's his name from
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Weezer as soon as I put these on I get
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less confident I'm like there dead
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there's a Deadpool mash up here behind
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you so you obviously watched my video
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from yesterday you needed to wasn't that
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the weirdest thing I know it's crazy
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right thank you I have no idea what's
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happening I get it I get it I was
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there that's so great that you have
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if you know you know I don't know you
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know you know and no one's going to tell
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you look at this right here this is like
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kind of like uh anaheim's Convention
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Center version of glorified golf cart
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right
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there we're going over to story parking
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lot going to be car
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pooling over
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to toy not Toy Story but over to get
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food oh yes the bottomless th
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bottomless what bottomless
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Li I see the bottom right here there's a
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bottom you get all that working for you
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guys I cheers it up cheers it up 21 I'm
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half a century old 21 all right now
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going to head over to Joe's Italian ice
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for a little sweet treat haven't been
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here in a long time oh they have Joe's
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merchandise over here now
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we're heading to the Honda Center all
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dogs eat free ended up getting a Joe
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latte I've not had this in a long time I
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figured this is a really really good day
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to just kind of go off the rails with
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things had a burger which I haven't had
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a burger in a while and having a little
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Italian ice Joe latte they got the
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little little uh soft servy goodness
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right there in the middle of it Joe
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lattes
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used to live right up the road on Orange
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Wood next next block over and up the up
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the way used to come here all the time
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old stomping grounds all right heading
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over to the Honda Center now and
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hopefully get some good news about at
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the parks panel for d23 all right
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cruising along in the fresh Bak
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mobile fresh
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Bak riding in the we opted not to take
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the
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shuttle these are the shuttles so I'm
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not going to be able to bring the camera
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inside for the parks panel cannot bring
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any cameras
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in and you're not allowed to film videos
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you can do little pictures social media
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on your phone and things but last night
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tried to bring
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a little camera I have in they told me
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no so I'm not going to bring it in
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tonight park over here and have our Joe
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lades and then enjoy the parks
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panel Joshy D Kevin that's Kevin Kevin
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he's like who is that all right a
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successful
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d23 I
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personally really enjoyed the parks
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panel Parks experiences panel was the
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best one I think I've been to d23 a lot
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of times I think it was the best one for
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me since 2015 way better than last year
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lot of announcements for Walt Disney
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World which I'm happy about
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it was a good night it was a good
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birthday was a good
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50th it was a good time it's very late
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now thanks for watching I'll see you in
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the next
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video I'm now officially 50 years
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old the
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Vlog is over