November 1, 1999

This is Terry, Mary and me waiting for the bus in Disney World. I think this was the first day, based on my outfit. So we were waiting to go to Disney/MGM Studios. I have like one picture of Jim at Disney because he didn't want any proof that he was actually there, I think. But I do have one, at least.

Well, I'm back! Did you miss me? I did have someone sign up for my notify list, so someone wanted to know when I was going to update, at least.

I had a really nice weekend. I'm sure I'll keep remembering stuff all week that I wanted to talk about so I'll just give a quick overview today. Thursday, Molly picked me up and we drove to Caledonia. I had bought some new clothes because I didn't have enough semi-dressy winter type outfits to wear for the weekend. I was really excited about the shirt I was going to wear on Thursday night for the bachelorette party. It's purple (who would have guessed?) and made of nylon, but it kind of looks silky and a button-down shirt. It was a little wrinkled so I decided to touch it up with an iron. Of course, I melted it, right in the front where you can't miss it. So I didn't wear it, but I was really disappointed, since I didn't even get to wear it once.

Anyway, I went over to Gretchen's mom's house where we were all meeting up so that the limo bus could pick us up. We had a group of 15 women. We ate pizza and stuff and had some drinks. I was psyched because someone brought Equinox, my favorite type of wine from Bully Hill, a local vineyard. Once we got on the limo bus, I had a glass or two (or maybe more) of champagne because we were all doing toasts. Now, keep in mind that I don't drink alcohol all that often, and even when I do, I have maybe one or two drinks. We had a good time on the bus. Brenda brought the Beastie Boys' Licensed To Ill CD. Brenda and Gretchen and I must have listened to that tape a million times while sitting on Gretchen's front porch. We even dressed up as the Beastie Boys for Halloween one year and I think we did a lip synch contest to "Paul Revere". So that was cool, and I was rocking out. Once we got to the club in Niagara Falls, just over the Canadian border, I had maybe two beers, and then switched to water because I realized I was pretty drunk. The strippers were just gross. The whole thing was just funny. I thought we were going to get kicked out for heckling the strippers. We weren't there that long - maybe 2 or 3 hours tops. Finally, we got back on the bus to go back to Rochester. Gretchen's one request was that we go to Nick Tahou's for a garbage plate. I was really excited about that because I haven't had a plate in many years, and when you have been drinking, it's like Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone was complaining about having to go to the bathroom, and saying they were going to bust and all that. I don't know if I have a huge bladder or what, but I hardly ever have that problem.

We finally got there and Gretchen ran into the bathroom and Molly and I ordered her plate. She wanted the 2 cheeseburger plate, all french fries. See the link for an explanation of what that means. Everyone else got their orders in first and Gretchen was yelling at us from the back of the place to hurry up with her food. She gets a little cranky when she's hungry. As we were standing there, I realized that I really didn't feel like eating. In fact, I felt the opposite of that. We went and sat down. I looked at my food. I pushed it around. I put ketchup on it. I ate one potato. I decided eating was definitely not a good idea. Then I went in the bathroom and threw up. Then I came back out and fell asleep with my head on the table. I'm not proud of my behavior, but I'm trying to be honest for you guys! Anyway, we had sent the bus to drop off some of the girls who lived nearby so we had to wait for it to come back. Some of the girls were convinced the driver wasnt' coming back and started calling him on their cell phones. Our driver hated us, I think. There was a bit of a quarrel about whether the driver was coming back. I didn't participate. Finally, he returned and we got on the bus. I asked for a plastic bag, and good thing, because it sure came in handy. That's all I have to say about that. I got home and walked across the street to my house and gratefully dropped into bed. There were a few more trips to the bathroom, but that's already too much information. I was sick as a dog.

I think that's quite enough information for today. Tune in later this week for tales of the rehearsal dinner, wedding and reception. I took about 55 pictures but God only knows what some of them are of, because I don't really remember taking that many pictures. But they should be back sometime next week. Also, I probably won't be updating tomorrow. Join the notify list if you want to know when I update!

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Please, go read Bobofett. Don't just read one entry. Read a couple of entries. It took me a few to truly get into Dana's genius. She is hilarious and I am so excited to have found a new journal!

Please tell me that Chrissy Lecreme, the straight cross-dressing cream-pie-faced lady of country music and the Weather Channel is not for real.

I also hope this is a joke. The best line is "I like sex". He wants to kiss you!!!

Eday, the eBay item of the day

I am enjoying the sweet and sour links at Whim & Vinegar

Dack.com is a great site too, especially for interface design stuff.

A kid from my hometown is trying to decide where to go to college. He's facing the same choice I did - Cornell or LeMoyne. I chose LeMoyne. Am I crazy? I don't think so. I don't have any student loans. I come from such a small town that I think I would have been overwhelmed by Cornell. Anyway, this article talks about how Ivy League schools might be overrated in terms of future job success.

I'm going to have to look at this moreover.com more closely. I've been using mylook.com, but it gets kind of repetitive - not enough sources.

I turned to Jim last night and said, "Are they serious with these leprechauns?"