I’ve brought my whole family down to Disneyland! \u00a0It’s been about 30 years since I was last year, and it’s the first time coming to Disneyland in California for the rest of my family. \u00a0Melissa and I went to Disneyland in Paris about 18 years ago, but that’s a whole different story.<\/p>\n
We live in Northern California, and while it might have been faster to fly down south, we chose to drive. \u00a0I always prefer to drive, when I can. \u00a0About a month ago, I’d made the same trip, vising the Anaheim conventions center for MLG. \u00a0Like that trip, I decided we’d best be entertained by listening to an audio book. \u00a0We listened to the first half of Ender’s Game.<\/p>\n
I was really hoping that Chris would enjoy it. \u00a0He’s not much of a reader, and I was hoping exposure to a really well done story would help sway him to the literate side of life. \u00a0He enjoyed it some, but he’s not going to pushing to go to the bookstore or the library any time soon.<\/p>\n
This reading of Ender’s Game isn’t particularly good, to be honest. \u00a0It switches readers, which is a little bit jarring all by itself. \u00a0It’s made worse by the fact that the woman reading when it’s from Valentine’s perspective is really terrible. \u00a0She stretches out words too long, and ends sentences with overly lengthy pauses.<\/p>\n
Our tickets for the parks themselves are for tomorrow and the next day. \u00a0We walked together to visit the “Downtown” area, which is full of stores and restaurants. \u00a0We acquired starter sets for pin collection and trading from one of the stores for Bryanna and Melissa. \u00a0After that, we ate at the Rainforest Cafe. \u00a0We concluded our long evening by watching The Wolverine.<\/p>\n
All in all, it was a very good day, and a really great start to our vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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