On Friday, we all piled into faith's car and went on route to find the 1 out of 3 Olive Gardens here in California, only to find ourselves stuck in a ridiculous traffic jam on Hollywood and Highland ave. Why? No idea, there must be some huge concert going on at the Hollywood Bowl. Seriously, we moved slower than a sleeping snail. There were probably ants crawling along the sidewalk, snickering at us as they passed. So after an hour, we gave up and went to the next nearest Olive Garden (faith was determined to get to one cuz it was her birthday celebration, and birthdays in the midwest usually means Olive Garden/Flattop/Cheesecake Factory. there isn't much variation with the traditions).
So we happily arrived at 9.30pm, starving half to death, parked the car, and walked around the block 1000 times before asking someone where on earth this legendary Olive Garden was. And they laughed and told us it closed down TWO YEARS AGO. great. so much for breadsticks. we ended up at California Pizza Kitchen, which was pretty good too, but it wasn't Olive Garden. so that was the end of that.
Oooh funny quote of the day: 'why am i sitting next to the two food coma patients??' -- Dana
Because Hani and i were slumped over in the backseat of the car, ready to fall asleep after stuffing our faces. haha.
Also, i was cleaning my side of the table with a napkin before we left, and josh was like, 'whatcha doing?', in a really confused and amused way. i think i've given off the impression that asians really love cleaning. and then he was like, is it true that it's bad luck to stick your chopsticks straight up in food? i was like, um, no, i don't know where you get this kinda information from. haha
More Flags, more fun!
Sat we went to SIX FLAGS!!! it was completely awesome and totally exceeded my expectations. the park was HUGE! i think it's one of the bigger Six Flags in the US.
we got in for only 10bucks 'cause of some discount coupon, and paid 30 more to get the FlashPass! totally worth it, because we waited in line for like 5 mins for all the rides, except those without Flash passes. so while everyone else was in the hour-long line, we flew right by and went on all the rides!!! it was one after another so fast that i actually got a little dizzy from non-stop rollercoaster rides.
the Superman ride?? it shoots you right out of a tunnel, and you go straight up in the sky, VERTICALLY. and there's a Superman figure waving at you in the sky on the top of the ride. COOLNESS.
the Tatsu ride was awesome too. you're strapped into a harness, with your legs dangling, face and stomach toward the ground, so it's like you're flying. i was actually kinda scared, cuz if the harness were to give way, there'd be nothing to stop me from falling and splattering all over the pavement.
But the best was definitely the new X2 ride. OMG. you get on, and it flips you so you're lying on your back, facing the sky, and then you go up this slope, and it plunges you down backwards, headfirst!! and then it spins you around so you're upright again, with your legs dangling in the air, and throws fire at you, and spins you 360 degrees at least 5 times!! it was totally INSANE and i've never been this scared on a ride before, but it was also definitely the BEST RIDE i've EVER been on, and i've been on a ton of rides!
If you wanna see the X2 ride from the rider's point of view, here's the link (start from 2:30min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrVO1wiFmw
CRAZINESS! :)
And then since Halloween is approaching, the park got all decked out when the sun set, and they had people dressed up as scary creatures prowling the park, jumping on people and chasing them around. it was pretty intense! and they had a Michael Jackson Thriller dance off, and a huge stage, and crazy music and lights. it was so awesome!!! they had tons of haunted houses and mazes too, but i was too chicken. haha.
SO fun though. i love six flags and all 10++ rollercoasters and crazy rides they have!! we were there from 10.30am till 9.30pm :)
Mondayyy
Today was another slow day at the office. lots of shredding paper again, which was actually kinda fun. i got to read a book, a magazine, and play my DS while waiting for the stupid shredder to cool down every few mins.
Watched the movie Rear Window for class tonight, it was interesting. the first Alfred Hitchcock movie i've ever seen. i always thought Hitchcock was known for his scary movies, but this was not scary AT ALL. i think maybe we've become so desensitized to violence and gore that a movie from the '50s hardly even raises our eyebrow.
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