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If you remember, Samantha and I had a horrible time at the Circus. We were really upset about it and to try and make it up we ordered the DVD from Ringling Bros. Then yesterday she came over and we made circus food (Nachos, French Fries and more junk) and sat down to watch the DVD.
Well the DVD is a lie! It’s 20 minutes of rough cut footage. The actual circus is 2 hours long! No where on the DVD case or online does it say that the DVD is so damn short. It was a total rip off. The people that are on the cover of the DVD are barely in it or not in it at all!
So last night I called the 24 Hour Costumer Service for Ringling Bros. online store. I told the woman that I wanted to return the DVD because it was so short and that the website was misleading about it. The woman told me that it was non-returnable because it was open and that it wasn’t her problem. She then gave me the snail-mail address for Ringling Bros. headquarters and told me to write to them ((oddly enough its based like 45 minutes away which I had no clue)).
I spent this morning writing a 2 page letter about our whole circus experience and I’m mailing it off this afternoon. Hopefully I’ll get our money back for the DVD and then maybe even like FREE VIP seats to make up for all the garbage they’ve put us through.
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After all the events in the past few weeks, Samantha and I finally saw “300.” Both of us liked it, though she laughed at several points because cheesy/lame things were said.
It seemed to me, the two biggest changes from the comic to the movie were good ones. The Queen was added to the movie and her storyline fit with the overall plot. And then the King was far less stoic in the film and more badass. I know the movie was set in ancient Greece, but the King was soooooo an American Action Hero in the movie. He just would make snarky comments or every now and then would give off an ancient-Jake-Bauer vibe.
Other than the over the top cheesy moments the only other problem I had with the film was the underlining message. I read the comic back in January so maybe I’m remembering wrong, but the movie just felt 10 times more political. How many times in the film was it mentioned that the King and Queen were fighting for freemen and all that jazz? It just felt like the filmmakers were beating a dead horse and overfeeding the theme. By the end of the movie it was way more an allegory about America and freedom than I remember the book being.
As a birthday gift, Samantha got us tickets to see Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. So last night we hit up Baltimore and were excited for the “Circus of Dreams.” It started and we found out that there was an overall narrative to it. It seems a “family from the audience” is picked to be in the circus to have their dreams come true. The father became the ringmaster. The wife a trapeze artist. The daughter a slut …errr I mean dancer. And Dan, the son, was on a quest to find his place in the circus.
Well Samantha and I never found out where Dan fit into the circus. You see the event was the worse event her and I have ever attended. We were forced to leave our seats and demand our money back! ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Samantha and I visited the Geppi Entertainment Museum and we were both thoroughly disappointed. The first problem with the museum is that its in downtown Baltimore, where the only real option for parking is in a garage where you can easily pay $10 to $20 for merely two hours.
The next step is finding the museum. I went to college (undergrad) just outside of Baltimore, so I?m familiar with both the city and Camden Yards. When I saw the photos on the internet of the building where the museum is I wasn?t worried. I knew exactly where it was, yet when I got there all the signs said ?Sports Legends Museum.? I don’t mean just one sign, but like six or seven.
I was really confused and worried that the Geppi Museum had closed. Samantha and I ended up walking over to the Oriels-ticket box office and asked the guy there. He told us that the Geppi Museum was above the Sports Legends Museum and that we had to use the back door of the building and go up a flight of stairs to find it. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It?s my favorite time of year! For a limited amount of time, Samantha, Sarah, and I are all the same age: 24! Samantha?s bday was this past weekend and I have a butt load of pictures. I?m mostly posting these for her and some of her friends who bugged me for copies so if you don?t enjoy looking at really dumb drunk photos of Samantha don?t ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn?t get to have a ?snow day? with Sarah, something I?ve wanted for like FOREVER. I?ve been soooooooooo wanting snow that Sarah cut out the comic to the side months ago. So it really sucked when it snowed on Sunday and instead of getting to enjoy it, I had to ride back to Ocean City with Samantha to get my broken car.
Of course things weren?t that easy. We left her place (just north of Baltimore) at 3. We drove for 30 minutes and in that time we saw at least 20 accidents. The highway was insane and after passing a major accident, where we saw dead bodies, Samantha?s car started sliding all over the place. She got really nervous and we decided to turn around. It took us until 5 to get back to her place because we had to drive so slow in the snow and because everyone else was going slow.
But I?ve never seen so many accidents at once. It was literally a new accident about every 100 feet and roughly 50 total in the two hours we were on the road.
This is a massive photo-dump from our trip to Philadelphia. It?s really just so Samantha can get copies of some of the pics, but feel free to check them out (ps may take a while to load). ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of the many many reasons I love Samantha. The above picture was taken today on my cell phone while Sarah and I were at the Arboretum. I text-messaged it to Samantha with a message saying, ?Hey! We R in freaking Rome! Sarah surprised me as an early bday gift. R U Up Yet? Call me Dude!!!?
I talked to Samantha a little bit later and she was shocked to find out we were in Rome. Though she was a little upset because next week her and I are finishing her portfolio and then going to Philly, and I told her I wouldn?t be back from Rome to do that.
Samantha totally believed me on all of it!!! Hahahahaha isn?t that great? Man I?m so lucky to have her as a friend!
When Sarah and I went to the zoo in December ?05 we saw that they were building a new section called ?The Asian Trail.? Ever since then I?ve been super excited to go see it! Well Samantha and I went on Thursday and we were thoroughly disappointed.
The first problem was that we didn?t see any animals! Yes I know its ?January? but when we went it was almost 70 degrees out. Also, these animals are the kind that stay out doors year round. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Samantha and I hit up the National Art Gallery today. This was our fifth time going in seven years. I was pretty bored. Even she was bored. But we had to go because she needed to look at ancient Chinese ceramics and I needed to look at a photography exhibit. Both of us were getting extra credit for classes we’re taking.
But even though the gallery was boring, I had fun because I was with Samantha and I always have fun when I’m with her. We also got lunch and I had a cheeseburger with French fries, but you aren’t allowed to tell Sarah or I’ll get in trouble.
A cool thing that came up today too was that we heard an ad on the radio saying that "Wicked" is comming to Baltimore and that tickets go on sale next Sunday. It’s a show her and I have tried to see twice in NYC, but it is always sold out. So we are really excited for getting tickets to see it.
Uncle Tim and (Aunt) Laurie’s wedding was really nice. The ceremony was held at 5:30 at the Blue Ox in Ocean City and the reception was immediately afterwards.
The ceremony was a family-only-event and was very simple. Actually it was awesome! We didn’t have to listen to a full mass or long boring stuff. We just got there, sat down, and BAM the wedding happened.
Samantha is trying to go to grad school next fall for Art Therapy. As a result she has to take the GREs and is freaking out about it. She needs to take the test by the end of September and can try it again in October.
Since I just took the GREs myself, to get into AU, and since I’m a pure genius when my maturity level doesn’t get in the way, she came over today and I tutored her on math.
We basically did a full day review that covered basic arithmetic, all of algebra, and geometry. I also gave her some tips on how to handle the math section of the GREs.
She’s going to do some math practice work on her own and then we are going to meet again in a week so I can help her out more.
So that’s why I was busy today and there were hardly any post. TRUST ME, it took all day! But it was a huge help to her and that’s all that matters.
When we were done I cooked us dinner and we settled down and watched a movie with Sarah before she headed back to Baltimore.
Note: I’ll post about the first week of my classes and AU stuff tomorrow.
This cartoon… which I dont’ remember where I found it, reminded me of Samantha.
OH my god. Samantha drives me absolutely crazy. There is literally no other person alive that drives me as insane as she does. The only solace I get from it is knowing that I make her feel the exact same way.
Her and I hit up the Maryland State Fair. I don’t know why. We just always do dorky things. I think I’m her only friend she can be “dorky” around so she always makes me do extra dorky things with her.
We had fun at the fair, we’ve been before, but I was surprised at how much smaller it is from the Delaware State Fair. I think it’s about 30 or 40 percent of the DE fair.
There wasn’t anything too exciting, but being the manly man that I am, I won her a prize. I played a dart game, popped three balloons and won her a stuffed pug dog. She decided to name it “Bud” since she was drinking Bud Light at the time. 
For the rest of the day and night, I kept Bud in my pocket. We didn’t get many stares when we were at the fair, but later when we went shopping and out to dinner, everyone gave us weird looks.
It was just really cool to hangout with her ‘cause when we aren’t arguing like a divorced couple I have more fun with her than I do with anyone else.
I’m also really excited cause it looks like she’s coming here to visit next weekend. I mean her place in Baltimore is only a 40 minute drive so its not like she’s far away or anything, but it looks like she’ll come next Friday and stay for the weekend.
Other Samantha stuff coming up: She really wants to go with me to the Baltimore Comic-Con since I have press passes. I think she’s hoping to be the only girl there so that she can pickout any guy she wants. I tried explaining that there probably wouldn’t be anyone that would interest her but she doesn’t listen to me. Then in two weeks she’s being my date to Uncle Tim’s wedding so that should be fun too!
