What a Pointless Day

Even on days where I don't have anything at all to do, i try to accomplish one productive thing, just so it feels like I didn't waste twenty four hours. Not today. Crap.

I did go to the Virgin Mega Store cuz I needed a book, and it was the only place that sells them I knew I could find. I'm not particularly thrilled with the idea of throwing money at the perpetually creepy Richard Branson, but, hey, what could I do? I haven't had anything to read in like a month.I got this book, Never Mind The Pollacks. I was hoping it would last me awhile but I'm already halfway through it. At least my roommate isn't bothering me. He got a PS2 for christmas and hasn't left it since.

Splash Mountain Factoids

Here's some crap I found on the Internet. Enjoy.

• The idea for Splash Mountain was originally conceived by Imagineer Tony Baxter in 1983 during his morning commute in rush-hour traffic on Interstate 5.
• Splash Mountain was originally going to be called "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah River Run."
• Nick Stewart, the voice of Brer Bear in Song of the South, also provided the voice for Splash Mountain's Brer Bear.
• The voice of Brer Rabbit is supposedly that of Jess Harnell, best known as the voice of Wakko Warner from the Warner Brothers' cartoon show "Animaniacs."
• Disneyland Splash Mountain's Zip-A-Dee Lady showboat is the largest animated prop ever—measuring 50 feet long and 30 feet tall.
• At the time of its opening, Splash Mountain's 52.5-foot flume chute was the largest of its kind.
• Bear Country was renamed Critter Country for Splash Mountain's premiere in 1989.
• Before Splash Mountain existed, on the site was a cave with a snoring bear inside and a sign warning "Sleeping Bear - Quiet!" The soundtrack can still be heard in Splash Mountain during the ride as you pass by Brer Bear's house... now it's Brer Bear snoring!
• Disneyland's Splash Mountain is covered with nearly 20,000 flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables, spread over a 3/4 acre carpet of exotic grasses.
• There are 180 optical sensors throughout the mountain to monitor the progress of the logs.
• The Zip-A-Dee Lady showboat and a small mule cart are the only two major props in Splash Mountain that are not sculpted out of concrete (a special concrete mixture that Disney designers nicknamed "mud.")

I am now bored with Splash Mountain Appreciation Day. I have decided it is now Go Home And Eat Nacho Cheese Twistaroni For Lunch Day.

Splash Mountain Appreciation Day

Well, I'm having a hell of time finishing this list. When I thought it up I had a few entries I figured I could base it around, then I could flesh it out. Well, it's taken a little longer, what with me not really watching Disney movies these past several years. When it's done, it'll be done.

In lieu of that, enjoy the lyrics to Disneys only perfect ride-

How do you do?
Mighty pleasant greetin
'How do you do?
Say it when you're meetin'
How do you do?
With every one repeatin
'Pretty good sure as you're born.

What goes up is sure to come down.
A penny lost is a penny found.
How do you do?
And here's a hearty back
A little bit of this and a little bit of that.

How do you do?
Fine. How are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good sure as you're born.

Stop jumpin' around,You'll run out of breath!
Why don't you sit backAnd calm yourself?
You can hurry on now if you must.
We'll do what we like, 'cause...That suits us.

SOLO (by Thurl Ravenscroft):How do you do?Mighty pleasant greetin'.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
How do you do?
Mighty pleasant greetin
'How do you do?
Say it when you're meetin
'How do you do?
With every one repeatin
'Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
The weather is good,
The fishin' is fine.What do we do
With all of our time?
Well we sit and we think
and we wiggle our toes.
That's what you ask us.
That's what we know!

Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
How do you do?
Fine. How are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.

Time to be turning around.
Time to be turning around.
Here's lookin' forA little more adventure.
But he's headed forA little bit of trouble.
He's headed forA little bit of danger.
Time to be turning around.
Time to be turning around.
Time to be turning around.

Ohhh.... wiggle our toes.... I always thought it was wiggle our tongues. Heh, I guess this makes more sense.
Well, I'm gonna bop around the net for awhile and see if I can find some Splash Mountain trivia.