the web

Spiders.

I have found out that I do not like them very much, they creep me out. 

One night I felt like something was watching me, looked up, and on the wall over my head was the largest spider I have seen or encountered.  My general rule is as long as they are out of arms length from me, they live.  In this case I couldn't.  I had to get rid of the nasty spider. 

There is a spider in the jeep.  It continuosly spins a web over the dashboard and steering wheel.  I have not been able to locate it to exterminate. 

I was cleaning up the kitchen after dinner when I saw a good sized spider crawling across the side of the refrigerator.  It had a very distinct white spots on its body.  It scared the hell out of me and I scrambled into the living room.  I searched the Internet to see what kind of spider it was.  The Phidippus Audax, a common jumping spider.  I went back into the kitchen to see if I could find it.  I did.  Crawling on my leg.  I screamed, swatted, missed.

Several days later I was riding in Shane's car.  We were picking up supplies and things for the move.  Guess what?  There was a spider with distinct white spots crawling up my leg onto my knee.  I screamed, tried to flick the damn thing out the window, but didn't succeed.  Frantically I searched the area to find the spider, found it on the floor, stepped on it.

Ick.  Spiders.

on the horizon

It started on Friday night 9:00pm.  Sky darkened.  Opened up.  Lights flickered.  Power out.  Lightning, thunder.  Rain.  it continued throughout the night.  Power on about 4:45am.  Rain continued.  Stopped around 10:00am.  Sun ventured out.  Heated up.  Heat advisory.  Humid.  Dinner with friends.  Shopping.  Clouding up.  More storms.  Overnight.  Today sun, heat, picnic.  One week of packing boxes.  Next weekend is the move.  I am using bubble wrap.  (FUN!) 

Factual Data

In the production of The Lion King on Broadway, 3000 stalks of grass are used for the Grasslands headdresses each year.

More than 30 tons of fruits and vegetables grown at The Land pavilion at Epcot are served in Walt Disney World restaurants.

At The Tower of Terror, the elevators don't freefall, they are actually pulled downward faster than the acceleration of gravity.  FUN!!!

Walt Disney World Resort is roughly the size of San Francisco at 30,500 acres.

Many of the faces of the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean are modeled on those of the Imagineers (the park’s artists and engineers) who created the ride.  One face was modeled on Walt Disney’s.

During the production of Up, the Animation Department produced an average of 4 seconds of animation a week.

The fountain at Epcot Innoventions Plaza can shoot water 150 feet in the air, within 30 feet of the top of Spaceship Earth.  If all of the shooters were fired at once, there would be 2,000 gallons of water in the air.

Depending on the occasion, Mickey Mouse has 175 different sets of outfits ranging from a scuba suit to a tuxedo to wear. Minnie Mouse's wardrobe contains some 200 outfits including everything from a cheerleader ensemble to evening gowns.

*all information and images provided and copyrighted by WDC.

once upon a time

Road trip to Milwaukee.  Side trip to Chicago.  Road trip to Battle Creek.  All the miles put on the Jeep.  It was well worth the trips.  Seeing family, spending time together.

toying around

Saw Toy Story 3 3D.  What a movie.  Incredible.  Heartwarming.  Heartwrenching.  Right from the opening sequence it grabbed me, had me.  Wow.  The animated short accompanying the movie, Day & Night was a fun frolic using hand drawn and computer animation.  Disney and Pixar have created a fitting sequel to a wonderful story.