Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Thought

Hi,

Monday was all spent in one place. Universal Studios was the place, and we had quite a time. Read all about it. One more night and we fly back to Thailand.

I thought it was 'Easy' but apparently not. Only four responses so far. Maybe today's lyrics will make it clear.
"It's your life, and you can do what you want. Do what you like, but please don't keep-a me waiting, please don't keep-a me waiting 'cause I'm..." Hint: My brother's response is quite clever and may shed some light: "I'm too tired to reply, and if I did it would be kinky." Go for it.

The consensus was that since everyone was back in school, Universal Studios would be lightly populated. As we arrived we found it to be true. There was a very short line at the ticket window so it wasn't long before we were figuring out our strategy for the day. The first show that was about to start was the 'Animal Actors'. That was fun. There were birds doing tricks, really smart dogs, and an orangutan who was pretty funny. Lisa plans to try and teach Daku to lie on his side.

The Shrek show was billed as '4-D', but that was a bit of a stretch. The 4th D was chairs that jerked about in response to the movie, and water that squirted out from the chair in front of us at appropriate moments. The 3-D was cool though. We all had food passes so we could eat at certain places for free (Ha). Lunch was at Mel's Diner, listening to Oldies and sitting in the sun.

One of the things we definitely wanted to do was go on the Studio Tour. That was very interesting. Not only did we get to see the back lot, and the sets of familiar movies and TV shows, we also saw a new King Kong feature that was really something. Using new technology, we watched the giant ape battle dinosaurs all around the tram. At one point Kong jumped up and landed right on top of us. The whole thing was in 3-D and felt incredibly real. August was quite taken with a flood we encountered, and kept talking about the earthquake in the subway, with many questions about everything.

August and Anna went to see the Simpsons show while Lisa and I waited and watched people. Our final adventure was the Special Effects Show. It was like a mini history of movie effects. Not only was it entertaining, but we learned a lot. Mr. August was impressed with that, but seemed more interested in the mechanical effects we saw earlier.

We left the place tired and happy that we'd finally experienced the place. I think we've all seen enough monsters, disasters, and scary things to last us awhile. Oh yes, it was also fun to see various 'characters' in person. I hadn't realized how tall Frankenstein was, or just how tall Marge Simpson's hair is. (Ha) What a day.

Have a Happy Tuesday.

Peace,
Danny

"Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought."
~Napoleon Hill

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