Month: August 2006
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Tropical Depression
When I’ve been to Disney World before, the trips have never been quite long enough, and I’ve wondered how long it would take for me to get tired of all of it. It turns out the answer is two and a half weeks. Entering week three here, I can say that this is the most…
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You Know What I Did Last Summer
It looks like it’s finally safe to talk about what I’ve been working on for the past year. (With the reminder that this is a personal blog and neither I nor this website is a representative of the Disney company. I don’t speak for them, they don’t speak for me, etc.) It’s a playtest for…
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The Brave Little Barfly
Today was the first day I’ve had off in a couple of weeks. I spent the bulk of it napping, interspersed with rides on the Tower of Terror. After being awakened (awoken?) by fireworks, I headed to Downtown Disney to the Adventurers Club. Full disclosure: this was my second night in a row there, and…
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It’s Fun to Be Free
Okay, yeah, this kind of sucks. Somehow “you get to spend over a month at Disney World” didn’t register with me as “you get to work from around noon to 4am or later every day sitting in an abandoned store staring at a computer screen, occasionally going out into the heat to have mediocre food…
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Living at Disney World
Today I moved into what’s going to be my new home for the next month. It’s one of Disney’s timeshares, with a nice tree-obstructed view of Spaceship Earth at Epcot and fireworks visible from my balcony. Even though I didn’t get to sleep last night until around 2, I suddenly woke up at 7am —…