Crowds on the Pier
Originally uploaded by Club Josh.
We didn't feel like getting swallowed up by the mass of humanity. I always feel like piers like this are just waiting to collapse.
May 2007 Archives
Santa Monica Pier
Originally uploaded by Club Josh.
Mom and Gary were out in LA this weekend and we stopped off in Santa Monica and walked around the Third Street Promenade.
IMG_7062
Originally uploaded by Club Josh.
I have posted the photos from the Red Carpet and a few of the party in New Orleans Square and Frontierland. It was an awesome night and a great memory.
Here are the stars I saw that I remember:
Matt Ouimet
Cuba Gooding, Jr
Orlando Bloom
Geoffrey Rush
Yao Ming
Kobe Bryant
Muriel Hemmingway
Kyle Massey
Bill Nighy
Chow Yun Fat
Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson
Cheryl Burke
Wilmer Valderrama
Lee Arenberg
Johnny Depp
Hans Zimmer
Jonathan Pryce
Jack Davenport
Jay Rasulo
Ed Grier
Tony Baxter
John Lasseter
Thank you Ed Grier!
View from Seat
Originally uploaded by Club Josh.
After the movie, they let us turn our cellphones back on so I took this quick shot of our view of the movie. We sat near Muriel Hemingway and the guy who plays Cory on That's So Raven. More photos soon.
Invitation
Originally uploaded by Club Josh.
I needed to test if my new phone posts to flickr for tonight's big party.
Today I was told I had to attend a meeting with one of our Vice Presidents to go over details of an executive ride of the attraction tomorrow. I really thought nothing of it because I have been in so many meetings in the last few months that I rarely pay attention to who is going to the meetings, just the topic. I knew though that if the VP was there they really wanted to get a message across. When they walked in, the resort President Ed Grier was with the VP. I thought to myself, "Man they really want us to behave tomorrow!".
Ed started talking about how much he appreciated the hard work our crew has been doing over the last few months. He also mentioned that tomorrow was a big day at the resort for the World Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End. Ed then mentioned that he had a ticket to the Red Carpet and to the premiere that he would like to give to one person in particular for all their hard work. Turns out my friends, he was referring to ME!
That's right, instead of going to Laughlin to see my mom and grandma, I will be going to the movie premiere at Disneyland. I was very excited and completely floored. I was pretty speechless other than a few thank yous and firm handshakes. It is such an honor to be recognized by people in the resort and it really made me feel good about the work I have been doing over the last year on the Subs.
I am allowed to take photos on the red carpet so naturally the Gorn will be accompanying me. Hopefully I can get some good celebrity photos as well.
Full report by Sunday!
This week has been a rough one on the body. On Monday I was hit in the head, but thanks to my hard head I was just a bit stunned - no serious after effects. Today, I managed to run full speed into something and it caught my cheek and knocked my glasses off. I will need to get my eyes checked to see if I need a new prescription since the lenses are now scratched. In the old days, I could just get new glasses, but now I need to get an eye exam (see rant from lost glasses a few years ago).
I finally got the phone issue resolved - I now have a Motorola Q. Tim has had one for awhile now so I was able to hear about all the pros and cons. So far I am loving it - even though it has taken Daniel to figure out some of the features. I love the fact I can now sync my email with it - and it pulls from my POP3 accounts wirelessly. I wish I could link my work email to it, but alas I guess I will just have to wait until I get promoted to Blackberry level.
In other news I heard from Cooper for the first time in ages. It was great to catch up and I am glad he and the family are doing well. Talking to him made me realize just how far apart we have all become in the last 5-10 years. I think we need to organize a Davis reunion and get everyone together again - including all the offspring that have cropped up. It is scary to realize that my friends have a combined 9 kids with more on the way!!!
I am not really happy with my new VX-8300 phone since it has even more features disabled than my VX-8100 did. But familiarity and comfort won me out in my choice of a new phone. I am going to see if there are any ways to get my MP3s to work on this phone as ringtones. Otherwise I will need to research other phones to see if there is one that does. If not, I will have to think about dumping Verizon all together.
A week without a cell phone went better than I expected, though I certainly prefer to get my messages when they happen rather than waiting until I got home. I did enjoy the fact there was no expectations of immediate call backs and I could take my time. Alas, the leash is back and I am sure everyone is happy.
