I was staying at a hotel in an Atlantic City casino, and I had to take one of the elevators to get from my room - down to the casino floor. Once I got in, the elevator started going down - but as it did, the ceiling started to come down towards the floor even faster. The elevator was slowly going to crush me, and my only hope was that I would reach the bottom floor before the ceiling reached the floor.
As I was passing the 4th, 3rd, 2nd floors... I saw a chance to roll out of the current elevator and into one that was travelling beside mine. I rolled out and the compartment I was just in sealed up, but this elevator was doing the same thing. Luckily, as the ceiling had me pressed against the floor, the elevator arrived at my floor and the doors opened up to let me out.
There was a woman standing there, looking at me laying on the ground, and she helped me up. She took me over towards the casino security office to file a report about what happened. As I was waiting for the security guard to take my statement, a cleaning lady that worked for that same casino started laughing at me and telling me that I was full of it, and that none of what I said even happened. I started yelling back at her and threatening to chase her down and kill her if she didn't shut up, because I had video to prove what happened.
Mom and Dad were playing slots right next to the security office, so they both heard what happened - but they didn't seem interested, almost as if they were embarassed by the situation and didn't want anyone to realize that they knew who I was. The woman (who now is recognizable... it was Amanda from work...) and I then left the security office and headed towards the area of the casino where the "grabby games" are. I looked through a few of them, and played a couple times - trying to use the claw to grab a stuffed animal for Amanda, but I was never sucessful. We had to leave empty handed.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Ryan Newman Visits
I was in the middle of spring cleaning at my house when Ryan Newman came over for a visit. This was the first time I had met him, so I was a little nervous. He got to the house and we went out back to try out the new go-kart track that I had built. I told him that he could take the lead and I'd follow him around the track so I could find out what the best racing line was.
As soon as we started our first lap, I could tell he wasn't willing to help me learn. He went out and started racing all crazy, doing donuts, running into other cars and into the walls... so we just put in a few laps and then quit.
I headed back inside and started cleaning up the extra room where my computer and XBOX system was, and Ryan sat in the living room watching TV with Genesee. While I was cleaning, I was also taking breaks to get online and check my mail and stuff - and before I knew it, several hours had passed. I remembered that Ryan was waiting in the living room for me to finish up my cleaning so we could play some XBOX, but when I went out to check on him he was gone.
My cousin Jim was there instead. He said that Ryan left a while ago, because he thought I had fallen asleep in my chair. Jim then gave me a bunch of stuff that he found while he was at work, including an alarm clock and a laptop computer.
As soon as we started our first lap, I could tell he wasn't willing to help me learn. He went out and started racing all crazy, doing donuts, running into other cars and into the walls... so we just put in a few laps and then quit.
I headed back inside and started cleaning up the extra room where my computer and XBOX system was, and Ryan sat in the living room watching TV with Genesee. While I was cleaning, I was also taking breaks to get online and check my mail and stuff - and before I knew it, several hours had passed. I remembered that Ryan was waiting in the living room for me to finish up my cleaning so we could play some XBOX, but when I went out to check on him he was gone.
My cousin Jim was there instead. He said that Ryan left a while ago, because he thought I had fallen asleep in my chair. Jim then gave me a bunch of stuff that he found while he was at work, including an alarm clock and a laptop computer.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Crazy Bus Ride
Amanda and I were working nightshift in a casino somewhere, and it was time for us to clock out and go home. We made our way to an exit, but we kept trying to scan our badges and were having no success. I swiped mine a few times in a reader on one side of the wall, she did the same on the other side. She started pressing buttons on the intercom, trying to get security to let us out - just as someone came out of a side room to show us an alternative.
The guy showed us that if we stuck our badges in this older looking card reader, it would clock us out and let us out of the building. I ran my badge through the machine, and it spit out a paper receipt with handwritten entries showing my name, badge number, the time I clocked out, along with a couple other things. Amanda did the same and we headed on our way.
As soon as we got outside we hopped in a taxi that was waiting there. I got in the driver's seat, she got in the back. As we started to take off, I realized that the roads were icy and the drop-off area where we were was covered was very constricted. I slowly pulled out of the taxi queue and turned to head down the hill past the bus stop pickup area. As I went down the hill I pushed the brake pedal to the floor, but the taxi still kept sliding down the hill past some people and towards the busses. The road was narrow so there was no way for me to avoid hitting the bus if we didn't stop.
When we reached the bottom of the hill, we were now suddenly on the bus that we were going to hit with the taxi. Instead of Amanda, it was now Gloria that was with me. The bus was parked, and we heard a voice saying that it was the bus driver's 25th anniversay with the company, and that if anyone wanted to shake her hand they should come outside now. Everyone left the bus except for me and Gloria... so I ran up front and took over, pulling away from the bus stop.
We travelled until it was getting light, then we stopped off at a rest area. There was an older "mom & pop" type truck stop there that sold a variety of things, including NES games which were advertised on their display as "3 for $7.00" We got back on the bus and continued down the road... and without explanation it was nighttime again.
I attempted to take an exit off of the freeway, but the bus was going too fast. We started onto the ramp but realized that the brakes weren't slowing the bus enough to make the curve - so I turned the wheel left and made the bus jump off the road and down towards the interstate that we were wanting to merge onto. (Picture the I-270 S -to- I-70 E exit on the east side of Columbus) The bus banged the ground as it jumped off the road, quickly crossed the other road, and headed towards an embankment on the other side. When we hit it, the bus went up in the air but landed relatively gently a few hundred feet later. We were driving off the side of the road, but the bus was still travelling way too fast. We hit another hill on the side of the road, sending the bus flipping and flying through the air again. We landed on the wheels without damage and ended up coming to a rest outside of a videogame convention.
We got out of the bus to make sure we didn't hurt anyone and to explore what was going on. (It was Amanda that was with me again. *shrug*) We saw Carl when we got out of the bus, and realized it was some sort of Star Wars / XBOX convention, and there were rows and rows of people standing around at game machines. As we walked past them, I remarked to Carl that they must be using XBOX 360 technology - because everyone we walked past actually had the face of someone that I knew. It seemed that something scanned my PC, downloaded all of my personal pictures, and then displayed the faces from those pictures onto the people that were playing the game machines. We walked around for a while, looking at people and trying to figure out what picture their face came from.
The guy showed us that if we stuck our badges in this older looking card reader, it would clock us out and let us out of the building. I ran my badge through the machine, and it spit out a paper receipt with handwritten entries showing my name, badge number, the time I clocked out, along with a couple other things. Amanda did the same and we headed on our way.
As soon as we got outside we hopped in a taxi that was waiting there. I got in the driver's seat, she got in the back. As we started to take off, I realized that the roads were icy and the drop-off area where we were was covered was very constricted. I slowly pulled out of the taxi queue and turned to head down the hill past the bus stop pickup area. As I went down the hill I pushed the brake pedal to the floor, but the taxi still kept sliding down the hill past some people and towards the busses. The road was narrow so there was no way for me to avoid hitting the bus if we didn't stop.
When we reached the bottom of the hill, we were now suddenly on the bus that we were going to hit with the taxi. Instead of Amanda, it was now Gloria that was with me. The bus was parked, and we heard a voice saying that it was the bus driver's 25th anniversay with the company, and that if anyone wanted to shake her hand they should come outside now. Everyone left the bus except for me and Gloria... so I ran up front and took over, pulling away from the bus stop.
We travelled until it was getting light, then we stopped off at a rest area. There was an older "mom & pop" type truck stop there that sold a variety of things, including NES games which were advertised on their display as "3 for $7.00" We got back on the bus and continued down the road... and without explanation it was nighttime again.
I attempted to take an exit off of the freeway, but the bus was going too fast. We started onto the ramp but realized that the brakes weren't slowing the bus enough to make the curve - so I turned the wheel left and made the bus jump off the road and down towards the interstate that we were wanting to merge onto. (Picture the I-270 S -to- I-70 E exit on the east side of Columbus) The bus banged the ground as it jumped off the road, quickly crossed the other road, and headed towards an embankment on the other side. When we hit it, the bus went up in the air but landed relatively gently a few hundred feet later. We were driving off the side of the road, but the bus was still travelling way too fast. We hit another hill on the side of the road, sending the bus flipping and flying through the air again. We landed on the wheels without damage and ended up coming to a rest outside of a videogame convention.
We got out of the bus to make sure we didn't hurt anyone and to explore what was going on. (It was Amanda that was with me again. *shrug*) We saw Carl when we got out of the bus, and realized it was some sort of Star Wars / XBOX convention, and there were rows and rows of people standing around at game machines. As we walked past them, I remarked to Carl that they must be using XBOX 360 technology - because everyone we walked past actually had the face of someone that I knew. It seemed that something scanned my PC, downloaded all of my personal pictures, and then displayed the faces from those pictures onto the people that were playing the game machines. We walked around for a while, looking at people and trying to figure out what picture their face came from.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Big Wheel
I had just purchased a new adult sized big-wheel and was out in the road in front of the house, getting ready to take it for a test drive. For some reason, it wasn't ridden like a big-wheel most of us had when we were kids. You had to actually lay on your stomach on the big-wheel to operate it, pedalling the thing with your hands. So, I was on the thing, resting my head on the handlebars to steer... and I headed down the road.
I went a couple of blocks and then turned around to go back to the house. As I drove up onto the sidewalk, I saw our neighbor and two of her kids walking down the sidewalk towards me. They looked and kinda smiled, probably amused by the sight of an old guy like me riding a big wheel... especially since I was on my belly and steering with my face. After I went past, they yelled to me that they were disappointed that I never updated my webcam page anymore. I didn't realize that they knew about that page, so I told them that I would turn it on as soon as I got back home.
So I went back into the house and went up into my attic, where I had an elaborate webcam and computer system set up. I grabbed my phone and called the neighbors to let them know that everything was turned back on again. I also told them that sometimes I aim my cam out the windows and it catches some of their yard in the field of view, and all they had to do was let me know if they ever wanted me to turn it in another direction. As I was talking to them, I heard a knock on the door.
The neighbor girl on the phone said "did you hear that?" because she could see the person knocking on our front door from her window. I looked out the window and saw that it was a Brinks security van. I went downstairs and let the guy in. Dad had called him for some reason, and he was there to inspect the house for potential fire hazards.
I went a couple of blocks and then turned around to go back to the house. As I drove up onto the sidewalk, I saw our neighbor and two of her kids walking down the sidewalk towards me. They looked and kinda smiled, probably amused by the sight of an old guy like me riding a big wheel... especially since I was on my belly and steering with my face. After I went past, they yelled to me that they were disappointed that I never updated my webcam page anymore. I didn't realize that they knew about that page, so I told them that I would turn it on as soon as I got back home.
So I went back into the house and went up into my attic, where I had an elaborate webcam and computer system set up. I grabbed my phone and called the neighbors to let them know that everything was turned back on again. I also told them that sometimes I aim my cam out the windows and it catches some of their yard in the field of view, and all they had to do was let me know if they ever wanted me to turn it in another direction. As I was talking to them, I heard a knock on the door.
The neighbor girl on the phone said "did you hear that?" because she could see the person knocking on our front door from her window. I looked out the window and saw that it was a Brinks security van. I went downstairs and let the guy in. Dad had called him for some reason, and he was there to inspect the house for potential fire hazards.
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