Day 323: Disneylanddd!

 

November 19th, 2011Today, I went to the happiest place in the world: Disneyland. Luckily, it did not rain a majority of the day. Still, there were some tumultuous ups and downs at the park as it was both extremely cold and at the same time exhausting having to deal with the crowds. Geetha and I grabbed a quick and easy breakfast at Burger King in the morning before meeting Carey, Bee-John, and Nick at Peterson Loop (as we awaited all the partcipants of the WTCC trip as well as the buses). When the buses finally arrived me and Bee-John helped position everyone onto our bus as we got on our way to the wonderful park. On our way to the park, Bee-John and I bugged the bus driver to change the stations while having some rather inelastic conversations with him. When we got to Disneyland, it was every last man for himself as me, Geetha, Bee-John, and Rashika all stuck together to make our adventures within the park.

First, we went to Space Mountain to get fastpasses. Then we went to Materhorn, which broke down right when we were in the cars all ready to go spinning around. This frustrated all of us and made us go to Mr. Toad’s, where the ride broke down when we were in line. We eventually waited as 20 minutes passed and we had a not-so-decent trip in a not-so-decent ride. Things started getting better as soon as we got on Snow White’s Scary Adventures which was a pretty decent ride. Our adventures subsequently continued with a trip to Buzz Lightyear, by far one of the more entertaining rides as I got a miraculous 180,000 points. We went to eat lunch at a Burger place while watching some Star Wars Jedi Training program. Then, I got an emergency call from a person on the trip who told me his friend needed to go home because she felt sick. I gave them the go-ahead, despite them hours later asking if she could rejoin the bus. Shrug. Next up: Space Mountain, where I got extremely dizzy from my motion sickness.

We next got fastpasses for the unforgettable Indiana Jones, before waiting in line for the wonderful Haunted Mansion. I’m not sure if I’m a big fan of the changes they made for the holiday season, but it was still relatively entertaining. We made the mistake of going to Splash mountain next, where all of us ultimately got wet (and subsequently demoralized). We continued our adventures for the rest of the day by going to shop on Main Street, watching the parade, playing on Indiana Jones (FUN!), having a blast on Small World (CUTE!), and finally revisiting Materhorn. We were all hungry and exhausted by that point on so we decided to split up. While Rashika and Geetha watched the fireworks me and Bee-John would walk on over to McDonald’s to grab dinner (for eating and delivery purposes). By the end of the night, I checked everyone back into the buses as we made the wonderful trek back home. We talked to the bus driver about not only pets, careers, but also video games (zzz). When we got back Bee-John called Safe Rides to ultimately go home as I ended the night watching How I met Your Mother at Geetha’s. The end.

On this day in 1776, Congress pleads for the states to send more soldiers to serve in the Continental Army, reminding them “how indispensable it is to the common safety, that they pursue the most immediate and vigorous measures to furnish their respective quotas of Troops for the new Army, as the time of service for which the present Army was enlisted, is so near expiring.” Just as the British had discovered the difficulties of waging war with obstreperous Yankees for soldiers during the Seven Years’ War, Commander in Chief George Washington, the Virginia planter-cum-soldier, was unimpressed upon meeting his supposed army outside Boston in 1775. He saw “stupidity” among the enlisted men, who were used to the easy familiarity of being commanded by neighbors in local militias with elected officers. Washington promptly insisted that the officers behave with decorum and the enlisted men with deference. Although he enjoyed some success with this original army, the New Englanders went home to their farms at the end of 1775, and Washington had to start fresh with new recruits in 1776. Washington and Congress struggled to reconstitute the army at the beginning of each new year throughout the war. THE GREAT FIGHT FOR AMERICAAAAAAAAAAA!

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