T3 & Credit Union Juxtaposition

Uhm, how nervous should I be about the following:

My Credit Union posts on their website that they have a planned systems upgrade starting on a Friday night at 10pm, lasting...mostly through the weekend. No problem. It is Friday at 3pm, I'll check my accounts, make sure there's no problems, bills are getting paid, etc., and then be out of town all weekend anyway.

Except the logon won't accept my name & password (ARGH). Now I'm calling.

"I'm sorry, our systems are down, and IT estimates 3-4 hours until they are back up."

I'm thinking, "Huh? You're a BANK. You have my money. You can't 'go down.'"

This seemed eerily connected to a comment I made this morning while commuting with my husband. We had finally Netflixed Terminator 3 this past week, and this morning I joked that he could get one of those nifty, non-expiring governmental license plates by doing QA for Homeland Security.

"You can be the guy who makes SURE SpyNet works right when it gets ready to destroy the human race."

Ugh. Looks like they don't need him.

Who is Jean Arthur?

After visiting a new friend's blog I gave into temptation and took the "Classic Dames" test. Do you think it is a sign that I:

a) Was a Blonde
b) Have never heard of this person?

Guess I have some Netflixing to do...

Jean Arthur You scored 19% grit, 33% wit, 33% flair, and 28% class!

You are a little bit of everything: smart, nutty, classy, and even a little scheming when you need to be. However, you aren't exactly the most effective dame around, as you're sometimes given to fainting and mumbling incoherently. But you're pretty steadfast and true, and might I add, cute as a button, even if you're not sure exactly what you want. Still, you end up with the likes of Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant...not too shabby!

Queen of Swords and Seven and Strength

I've been having strange, film-like dreams over the past few days. Dreams where the role I play is pretty spectacular: Today I was a Buffy-like, supernatural evil fighting super-hero. Yesterday I was an acclaimed comedian reviewing my "career" development and funniest moments.

So, this morning, after the rollercoaster dream, I decided to pull a tarot card...see what on earth was happening with my dream-life.

..........

Since I never came back to this post...and didn't even leave myself enough notes to tell the story, I guess I'll never know anything other than what the cards were.

Quickie

I'm working on a Disneyland braindump, and more WorldCon reflections...but while I make those posts work for me, here is a thought on why Disneyland ROCKS!

We were at Disneyland last weekend, and MUCH fun was had. We stayed out late and closed-the-place-down! Turns out Disneyland is VERY fun late at night: Quiet, beautifully lit-up with lights and jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. One of the MOST fun things was having the "run" of Toon Town, with its bouncy-streets, buttons to push, and photo Ops like pictures with a Mickey Mouse that laughed and laughed at the late night silliness. I got an Eeyore watch, and we finally went to California Adventure and "survived" the Tower of Terror.

But really:

It is an amazing & magical place. What we learned THIS trip is that it is especially fantastic late at night after the kiddies have gone to bed. And I like the decor-intensive, detail-oriented....illusions and facades. We know that's what they are, and "Disney" knows that is what they are, but there's something spectacular about such a translucent and guilt free consensual reality....

I'm Late, I'm Late....

For a very Important Date...with my Blog! Hello, Dear Blog! I've neglected you again for several weeks...but I was having FUN this time: Disneyland!

My trip this weekend showed me that Disneyland is definitely what you make of it. The Happiest Place on Earth is steeped in good intentions (and commercial ones), but which of the many flavors you choose to drink in while you are there, can be effectively filtered.

My husband and I have been to Disneyland twice before: 2001 with S&S & my mom, P.; Then again this past February for my 33rd Birthday at Club 33.

For this trip, we were FINALLY going to make it into the second amusement park - Disney's California Adventure, so I bought 3 day parkhopper tickets.

And THEN, Creative Memories scheduled their consultant conference for the same weekend . Well, if I go to the conference I get to WRITE OFF A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND ON MY TAXES - Woo-Hoo!

So M. and I arrived late Friday night, were picked up by my old pal E., and whisked away to our hotel and a late dinner.

M. was VERY tired Saturday morning, so I let him doze while I made my protein shakes, looked at the map, and formulated a weekend game plan. He roused in time to go get some hotel breakfast, then he washed up and we set out for the Magic Kingdom.

Our hotel was a little over a mile away, so we walked to the park, stood in line at Will Call, and then, since we had to be at the CM conference at noon or so, we did some pre-shopping. I bought gifts for my niece, and we surveyed the enormity of "the machine" that is Disney's merchandising conglomerate.