So much to say, so little time...

So it's been a while. Here's what we've got.

1) I fed the snake. Here's the video! (Viewer discretion is advised... if you think that adowable wittle mouses don't desewve do be eated, wook away)

( You can hear the little mouse! how sad!)
2) Paige and I went to Disneyland on March 22, and as a birthday present to me she promised that she would go with me on all of the rides that she rarely, if ever, goes on (Maliboomer, Mulholland Madness, Tower of Terror, and California Screamin'). Well, after we got there she started to get cold feet (even though it had to have been over 90 degrees that day-pretty warm for March). She has already been on both Mulholland Madness and California Screamin' so I gave her a pass on those. As for the Maliboomer, she needed about 20 minutes of convincing before she would even get in line with me. When we got to the front, she said she didn't want to do it. The girl operating the ride said she "would be fine and it's not as scary as you think." Well, we went to be seated and as Paige was trying to sit down she wussed out completely and left the ride. So I rode that one alone, and you know what? IT WAS SCARY! I think it was because I felt like I was on it alone so I could only focus on my own feelings instead of watching someone else's reactions. Anyway, I wasn't too upset for her not going on it.

So then we headed for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. You'll have to check our her blog for the rest of the story there, but on my side, it was lots of fun with her head buried into my arms and chest the whole ride (Probably because I wasn't so focused on my own feelings as much as I was able to watch her reactions).

3) We wanted to go on Splash Mountain, but the line was at least 75 minutes long, so we got in the single rider line (which is amazing by the way if you just want to get onto the ride fast and you don't care who you go with). So to get to that entrance you have to go to the exit of Splash Mountain and go in backwards and then there's a little bridge to get you over to the loading dock. Well, we got there, and in the tunnel there was this huge group of kids with people we thought were camp counselors or something. We asked one of the adults if they were all waiting in the single rider line. The guy told us it was the other line up ahead a little bit. So we walked forward into the sun and I noticed they were all on a special Disneyland tour (their guides wear the plaid consierge type costumes). When the guy walked out of the tunnel into the sun I thought he looked familiar, and then I saw this teenager walk up to him and ask him something. The guy nodded and stood there for his picture to be taken with the kid. Then another kid did the same thing and it dawned on me that this guy was famous, and it hit me. TONY HAWK!!!! So I had to get a picture too, right?! I mean how many times do you get an opportunity like that. (My wife thought it was a little rude, but he was just standing there waiting to get on the ride, and he wasn't going anywhere anyway) So I walked up to him and said, "Mr. Hawk, could I get a picture with you?" "Sure," he says with what I'm sure was just a polite smile. Paige took the picture. Here it is. YAY!