Well I’m on my flight back from LA, the flight is crowded and the ass in front of me has his seat totally reclined using a 17″ PowerBook, I can’t even fit my 12″ PowerBook on my lap in front of me! Ordinarily I’d be ecstatic to see another Mac user but WTF? Who needs a 17″ laptop on a plane in COACH! Ugh.

Anyway, my trip to LA was fantastic. Thanks to Vu for making it so special. You’re the best and you better know it.

My trip started with a so so flight out to the coast on Friday, the flight was turbulent and they wouldn’t let us get up much and the in-flight movie, Along Came Polly was such drivel. All the good parts had been revealed in the previews and though it was par for the course for Jennifer Anniston, Ben Stiller should be embarrassed to have been in such a catastrophe. When I landed at LAX I of course rang the hubby to let him know I was safe and then called Vu to tell him where I was, apparently he had parked and was at the next terminal over! He came walking (fast too!) up to the terminal I was in and he looked so happy to see me! He gave me one hell of a big hug and we were off. Vu has a beautiful ‘03 Acura TL Type-S, very sweet ride! He took me back to the hotel, a very nice place abt 1 mile from Disneyland. It was nice with 2 double beds and High Speed access whoo hoo! We decided we’d go down to the OUTBACK which was right outside the hotel, but it was 11 and they were not seating! So we made off to Downtown Disney. We found a cool place called the ESPN Zone and got some grub and spoke as if we the oldest of friends. He’s an awesome guy. After that we ran back to the hotel and I crashed bad.

First thing Saturday morning I got to chat with Shawn on iChat with our iSights (ain’t technology grand?). We had an awesome visit and then Vu and I headed out to lunch, we went to a cool place called the Lazy Dog Cafe, we at these tasty chili cheese fries that made us both sick so after we went back to the hotel and rested. I got to chat with Shawn again and this time Lori was there. We had a ball laughing our asses off chatting. Vu woke up from his nap and we were off to Disneyland.

Disneyland was one of the best times of the trip, not only is it way cooler than I expected, Vu is apparently one hell of a Mouse head and knew so much cool stuff about the park. He told me abt the woman who died on the Matterhorn and how where her head struck the lights, they won’t work again no matter how many times they have tried to fix it and that Walt had an apartment (more like a condo) built inside Disneyland where he planed to live. He also showed me where he did live during construction. We were mostly there to see a show called Fantasmic, and we were going to sit on the balcony in Walt’s apartment, just about the best seats in the park to see the show.

We went to Fantasyland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland and Toon Town! We rode the Indiana Jones ride, and go to use this thing called Fast Pass, you put your ticket in to a card reader and it holds ur place in line while you go back to the park! Once we got into the ride it was neat. You sit in a large jeep with about 12 people, and you go off on this wild track thru an ancient temple. What also was cool was how the queue was set up, all kinds of things to make you feel that it was a temple. And around one corner Vu ran and yanked on this big vine and there was a huge noise which scared the CRAP out of me, he was laughing so hard he could barely stand up :). The ride was very fast and bumpy and very cool. We also went on the Star Tours ride which was cool but also kinda sad since you can get the same experience in a Game Cube game these days!

Next we went over to Toon Town and saw Mickey’s house, it was a riot, we took alot of pics of that. Vu has a great camera (I am insanely jealous and I want one!) called the Sony DSC-F717. This thing took amazing pics (check out the my photos section). Then we got our picture taken with Mickey. There was a very nice photographer who I believe was family and was EXTRA nice to me and Vu (hey I was bear of the day LOL! hahaha). Then we had to run to get to Fantasmic.

I was all out of breath when we got back to New Orleans Square (where Walt’s Apartment is) and I said to Vu shouldn’t we get something to drink before we go up and that’s when he informed me that there were desserts and drinks to be served on the balcony! COOL. Walt’s Apartment is now an Art Gallery and they were featuring art from Haunted Mansion ride and movie. It was neat. They checked us in at the apartment and seated us on the balcony. For dessert they had, Cheesecake, Fresh Fruit, Apple Fritters, Napoleons, Black Forrest Cake, Strawberry and Lemon Tarts. The food was great, then the show started.

I had asked Vu many times what the show was like and he said he could not explain it. So when it started I was amazed. It is part live action and part movie. It started off with Mickey and he was conducting a series of Fountains, and suddenly the fountains when off and they began misting until they actually made a SCREEN, and they showed a movie on this WALL of WATER, un-freaking-believable. Next these floats came out with Belle and the Beast, Aladdin and Jasmine and Ariel and her beau(I don’t remember his name!). More video on the water wall, and then the freaking Boat from Peter Pan came out, no crap a huge pirate ship (Vu informed me is called the Columbia) and there were people fighting on it! There was a huge crocodile following it too! Lots more video and some other stuff and the finale was a huge Steamboat called the Mark Twain which had all the characters on it. Then there were also fireworks and a grand stage show with the evil queen from Snow White and Mickey dressed as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. It was amazing and all done to music of course! The show was so good, almost as good was how excited Vu was that we were watching it. He must have seen this thing a hundred times but he was so excited! It was so neat.

We then wandered around the park for about an hour and road The Toad’s Wild Ride, took some pics at Snow White Castle and then finished the evening off on It’s A Small World. We took tons of pics of the topiaries and the ride (it takes 15 minutes!). I had the best time. So much fun, all thanks to Vu. On the way out we stopped to get our pictures with Mickey, all digital, set up right in front of your face on monitors with frames around them :). We went back to the hotel and talked until we both passed out.

Sunday morning we woke up wayyyy late and I tried to call Shawn and my mom but there was no one home at either place so we headed over to Vu’s house so I could hook up his network. We put in a wireless network so that everyone in his house could surf at the same time. I met his sisters and his parents all of who were so nice. His sisters were so excited about the wireless network. Vu has a great house, so nice, so Cali style and one hell of a Anime collection (he says it’s nothing compared to others). We watched some of it on a huge projection screen TV and had a great time.

By this time it was late on the East Coast and Shawn was home. We got to chat on iChat for a couple of hours before Vu and I went to dinner at the Outback finally. (I am still pissed about not paying!) After that we went back and I helped Vu with his iBook a bit and we went to bed (we had to get up at 4am!)

We woke up on time, I got to LAX wayyyyyy early :). But It was good. I didn’t want to miss my 5 hr flight home :). Like I said earlier I am now on the plane SQUISHED! You know dude in front of me is an ass cause not only does he have a 17″ PowerBook, he also has those BOSE Noise Canceling Head Phones. It OK though, as Steve has said…”Karma baby, karma!”. I stil have about 3 hrs left, so I think me and Depeche Mode are gonna try to take a nap! Wish me luck

To Vu…thank you so much for:
1. being you, your cool baby!
2. giving me such a great time. I had so much fun
3. being my friend. I am a lucky man!

Zya!

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