Two weeks from right now I will be at Disney/MGM Studios. I will have already had my fun on the Rock N' Roller Coaster. I will have finally ridden Star Tours. I may or may not have done Tower of Terror. I told E that I would ride with him, but if he backs out, I may back out as well. I rode it last time because the Vansome really likes it, but he'll have a big crowd to ride with him this time, so I'll be happy to sit this one out. Actually, it didn't bother me quite as much when I rode it last September. I didn't hear that "clunk" sound as the elevator settles into the bottomless shaft, right before the series of drops. The sound causes me anxiety as much as the drops themselves.
Star Tours I'm excited about, not because I've heard it's a particularly good ride, but just because I've never been able to ride it. It's a motion simulator type ride, and the guys do not do motion simulators. Our first Disney trip, I was all excited about Body Wars at EPCOT, and I stepped off the ride saying "Wow, that was fun!" Then I looked over at both guys, their faces a little green, and realized they did not have the same level of enjoyment that I had. The Vansome asked The Boy if he felt as sick as he did. Then we looked for a cool quiet place where they could get their bearings and not hurl on me. So that was the end of me riding motion simulators.
The survey guy came today to finish up. He said our numbers looked good so far, meaning cheap flood insurance. He said he would call me tomorrow, YAY! Maybe the loan will finally be taken care of when we get back from Disney.
Last night I started re-reading my Harry Potters. I asked the Vansome if he wanted me to re-read them to him so that he could jog his memory about where we are in the Potter-verse in time for the last book. He said no, he didn't really need to. I told him I was going to re-read them for my own benefit. Before the last two, I either re-read or listened to a friends audiobooks of the series thus far. It really helps me prepare. I catch things I either forgot or didn't notice the previous reads and that really makes me notice a lot more when reading the newest book, enhancing the experience. When I told the Vansome I would be reading them anyway, he decided that I might as well read them out loud. I'm happy to do it, but it does kinda mess up my plan. I will most likely not finish all 6 previous books by July 21 because it takes a lot longer reading them out loud. I can't get as many chapters done each night because my mouth gets tired and my jaws start to ache. I may read ahead on my own so that I can get through them all in time.
I do hope I don't get to Order of the Phoenix before the movie comes out. I've found that it's a bad idea to read the book right before the movie, because if it's fresh on my mind, I notice the little changes and omissions alot more and it takes away from my enjoyment of the movie. If it's been a while, then I can appreciate what does make it to the screen and not spend my time waiting for my favorite scenes from the book. OOTP is my favorite of the first 6 books. Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite when that movie came out, and I was really bothered by how different the movie was. I am afraid of that happening with OOTP.
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The thing that bugged me the most about the Azkaban movie was that they never explained who had made the map. That's rather significant, don't you think?
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