[sunday morning song]

met jules at 10:30a.m. and headed off on or theme park adventure. i remember it being much bigger when we were smaller. i remember the rides being much easier on our bodies when we were younger. at least the rain stopped for one day. it was 40 degrees out and the sun was behind many many gray clouds, but no rain. i wore two t-shirts, a long sleeved t, a sweatshirt, and a fleece jacket and was still numb by the end of the day. the good thing about the arctic-like temperature was that it kept all the sane people away, so every ride we rode meant not standing in line. my favorite was the x-flight, superman, several name changes due to the fact that ownership of the park has changed hands like three times, ride. anyway, we started out on our backs going up a hill backwards, it flipped us over, and then we spent the rest of the time dangling from the track as if we were flying. i had to hit that one up a second time before we called it a day. the mean streak, villain, whatever, lived up to it's name. i suggested another name, fucked up, that was a more appropriate description. it lifted us out of our seats and slammed us back down at least eight times before it was through with us. i felt it in my back, in my arms that were gripped onto the seat in front of me, and in my clinched jaw. that ride sucked. we hit up the two haunted houses that were there as well. the big top of terror with scary clowns that shook cans of pennies at us??? i guess that was scary. the second one was a little more intense, phobia. it started out with us crawling in through a narrow tunnel with an extremely low ceiling. it was very dark, and impossible to see. i gave up and let jules lead me through it while holding her hand. i considered that to be my best bet since we bumped into two groups of people who seemed to be lost inside, i'm guessing for like hours. they seemed to be really upset when they asked us if we knew how to get out of there. we both grabbed a subway (rach!) sub for lunch. for some reason we paid three times what you'd pay for a foot long in any other subway for the six inches we got, but whatever. later jules got a free slice of pizza when the girl couldn't figure out how to ring it up. i ordered "loaded" fries in an attempt to help warm me up. cold fries topped with HOT cheese and some sort of meat looking product, that was also cold. mmm, yum. wtf? but we had a great time, laughed a lot, and rode all the rides we had on our list so that's all that matters.

my favorite conversation of the day:

jules: what's your pickle on a stick.
girl: it's a big pickle...on a stick.
jules: well that clears that up.

followed closely by:

us: (standing alone on the platform looking at the 4 workers with their backs to us).
girl: if you want to ride the ride, get on the ride.
me: yeah i feel secure in knowing that our lives are in the hands of kids half our age.
jules: it's been really great knowing you for the last 24 years.