Darien Lake day

I have to start out by saying this...

I hate Darien Lake

Yesterday just pretty much reinforced that, it's not that I didn't want to go, I did. Kim was really excited about seeing the laser light show / fireworks display. (Gotta admit, I wasn't really all too happy about the fireworks display.) Like Kim said, it was going to be practice for seeing Bob and Lisa's RV sometime next weekend for the 4th of July.

We got to Darien Lake and waited in line to get in (no big deal there). While we were going in, we had to pass through a metal detector and, of course, I went off because of my keys, cigar cutter, and lighters. I was told that I couldn't come into the park with my cigar cutter, or my keychain because of the cigar scissors / knife on that. I had to wait in line to get out, and then back in again after I took the cigar scissors off of my keychain in Kim's car. I was even questioned on the way back in on why I had two sets of keys. I told the jackass that I just have that many keys and I needed to have two keychains. I thought that at least if I could relax and have a cigar while I was waiting for Kim to go on rides then things would be okay.

We had dinner at the HSBC pavillion which wasn't that bad, but Kim felt like crap because of the food and the heat, so we left. We managed to blow $28.00 on Jelly Beans on the way out. (And Lisa had suggested at the carnival that I pay 50 cents for IGotIt.) On the way back from Darient Lake, I managed to spill about 15 dollars worth of jelly beans in her car which pissed me off. (Total time in the park 2 hours.)

After that Kim and I came back here and we started to watch Spiderman 2, and then went over to Dean and Kyle's so that Kim could see Kyle's engadgement ring. The night got cut short because another one of Kim's friends had a problem and she had to leave. Oh well, shit happens...

Shogun and Carnies

Kim and I went with Bob, Lisa, Michelle and Bryan to the Shogun restaurant for dinner upon our recommendation. (Sorry again about the seeds there, Chuck...) We had a great time at dinner except they stuck a couple with the six of us which sucked. I had the Hibachi Chicken again which was great.

I ran into Mel and Carolyn while we were at Shogun. Kim and I are going to have to stop by Tom and Carolyn's on a Satuday night too see (and meet) everyone. I haven't seen them in almost 8 months.

After that, we went to the Alden Carnival. The carnival was cool to just hang out and check out the freaky hats and a bunch of hicks. However, Kim and I are now proud parents of our new daughter, Jem. (Yep, we now have a snail and a goldfish.) We didn't get to go on Kim's favorite ride, (beer garden) while we were at the carnival. I had an Opus X while we were at the carnival which was cool as well.

I know that I had fun Friday night, I hope that everyone else did as well.

Apartment Sitting

Well, it was a great week at Chris and Dawn's. It's too bad that things didn't work for them while they were there.

Happy Birthday Dan

After I had a whole ton of frozen foods from the freezer Monday and Tuesday, Kim decided to make me an awesome dinner of Chicken Breast with Italian Dressing and some potatoes on Wednesday. There were the fixin's for some strawberry shortcake, but we were both stuffed from dinner that it never quite happened. Kim also bought me a bottle of JD which mixed great with Diet Pepsi with Lime.

Kim and I went out to Chef's restaurant on Friday and had a great night. The spaghetti parm was excellent, as always... That was the first time that Kim has been there for dinner except for Bob and Lisa's wedding shower and she loved it as well. It's a place that we're definately going to have to go back to. I just feel bad because Kim forgot her leftovers in Chris and Dawn's fridge and didn't get to have them. I just told her that it means that we'll have to go back.

We rented some movies and had a good time...

Comix Cafe and messed up day

Yesterday afternoon was just f'd up... (Sorry Lisa, for you that's l'd up)

I got phone calls from Lou and Sue and then Anthony which I'd never really expected. What's messed up about it is how both conversations seemed to be the same. Everyone is worried about Chris and Dawn moving. I have to say, I don't really get it...

Yeah, I am worried about them too, Chris and Dawn are my friends, and not being able to see them is depressing as hell, but I know that what they're doing is what's best for them. After all the crap that they've been through over the past year or so, they deserve to get a fresh break and hopefully start up a family of their own. It's funny, in the 17 years that I've been friends with Chris, I've never really known him to make a bad, hasty decision. (Unless it's related to video games, then I have to bring up the 800 dollar Sega Saturn.)

As I said in my post yesterday, we went to the Comix Cafe. The group wound up going from almost 10 to just 4 of us (Kim, Michelle, Bryan and I). Charlie Weiner was goddamned funny, the other comics were okay. After that, we headed off to Sunset Bay beach again. At first, I was pretty tired but I got a second wind on the drive out there. Plus, all of the Diet Pepsi at the comedy show finally kicked in...

We had fun, but we both thought that it would have been nicer if there were waves. It was completely quiet. I love just laying down on the beach and just looking up at the stars with Kim. We both realized that we don't know anything about stars. What's funny about that is I was huge into Astonomy growing up so it was surprising when I couldn't remember anything anymore.

Whodunnit

Kim had a bad day of boozing it up at Thursday in the Square last night. (Just kidding, I know you didn't have THAT much to drink.) That combined with two teachers calling in made for chaos for her. Since we've now been going for two months, (yes, I've been paying attention), I wanted to do something nice for her. I tried to find her tulips which are her favorite flower, but discovered that they're already out of freakin' season. Yep, my girlfriend loves flowers that apparently only available two weeks out of the year in Buffalo.

So I bought her a dozen pink roses and a crapload of balloons. Apparently, I have a knack for buying her flowers and balloons whenever her niece Eva spends the night.

We had a great time going to see a play in East Aurora called "Over My Dead Body". It was fun, I think that if they had other other plays which were interesting we'd go back. Although the seats were harder than hell. They could take a hint from Regal Cinemas.

After the play, I was finally able to introduce Kim to Chris and Dawn and Lou and Sue. Chris has been having such a hard time with working three jobs that it doesn't leave much time for a social life. (Yeah, I know how ironic that statement is coming from me.) We left a little bit early because Kim had to go engagement ring shopping today for her friend Kyle's wedding. Everyone really liked Kim, I wasn't worried about it, cause I knew that they would, it was just really nice to hear.

Tonight we're going to the Comix Cafe to see Charlie Weaver which should be fun.