Stupid stupid internet...I've been trying to put all of these on for the last three days, and had to give up and walk to the learning center to steal their internet.

So I'll have to add today's to this too.  I went early since there was a cast preview for Food and Wine (really a soft opening) and we also were having a party for doing a good job on the Basics.  New signage was up

and I bought my first food and wine entry, a Moroccan mint iced tea.  I know they sell it normally, but it was the only thing I was sure was ok on the diet.  Tomorrow I'm going to get the seared tuna from Spain.   I enjoyed my drink while I watched MoRockin.

Yesterday I met Laura for lunch at the House of Blues.  I've been down that way, but I never noticed that the restaurant is actually down by Cirque du Solei.  The other part is the concert venue I guess.  It's got some pretty cool statues in the front.

On Tuesday I went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.  I had a blast, even though it rained like crazy before the party started.  That actually made for some really cool shots, particularly at sunset.

Hallowishes was an awesome fireworks show.  They really incorporated the lighting system on the castle - this is the picture that turned out the best, it was a part featuring Ka'a from the Jungle Book.  Trust in me, just in me...

And I love to see them use the perimeter fireworks

Here's my shadow on a projected Mickey pumpkin.  (I went as Maleficent)

I watched both parades...because of the rain, the first one did not feature the headless horseman, so I had to watch again anyway.  I tried desperately to get pictures of the gravediggers in action - this is the best picture of the lot, but significantly more impressive when you realize that those are sparks from them dragging their shovels on the pavement.

And I realized that my true calling in life is to be one of the dancing ghosts

It was cool to see Main Street specially lighted too.

And I didn't have pictures of me in my Maleficent costume, because they weren't the best pictures of the night, but of course I should have included them.

Before the party, and before going out into the rain.

Me as Maleficent riding the TTA.

Me with my costume inspiration...she said I obviously had good taste.

Day off!

Ok, so I took too many awesome pictures today to just share one, so you can step through the day with me.  After teaching a violin lesson to a mariachi (and learning my first mariachi tune in return) and grocery shopping, I went over to the Studios with Andrea, my roommate.  She had to work at five.  Those of you in the know can tell that her shift was at the ice cream cart at Tower of Terror, which I rode twice because you can't pass up a 13 minute wait.

After, I looked for Avery at the Dockside Cafe, but to no avail.

I saw that I had just missed the boat to Epcot, so I had to wait for the hour boat.  I did not ride anything after the studios, but I did walk through to take pictures of the Food and Wine stuff that has been newly set up.

Pretty pretty Spaceship Earth

Then I went to the Poly for dinner,

as I had my heart set on sashimi.  They have a sashimi plate, with salmon, tuna, and chef's choice (yellowfin today) and it was all on a bed of seaweed salad.  Delicious, and 20% off.

Then I went to the Magic Kingdom to watch Wishes, so that I could compare it to HalloWishes tomorrow.  I had a unique perspective for the first half of the show, as there were two of those Mickey-inside a bigger balloon-balloons in front of me.

I stood close to the Crystal Palace on the walkway.  Finale!

The internet is working for the moment, yay!  A quick update before it goes out again...this is the sign at our exit on the way to work.  I had to drive today because the bus was full, but this is from when I was on the bus before...

So I realized while trying to get this online last night that I didn't take any pictures on Saturday.  I worked, but I did buy a fun new pin at Company D for Halloween, so I'll have to take a picture of that and put it here.  It features two of my favorite characters, plus it's cast exclusive!

And then on Friday, we had our first rainy/grey day.

Ok, it actually wasn't nearly that gross looking out.  The lens just kept fogging up and even wiping it off I couldn't keep it clear long enough to take a shot.  After wandering around a bit though, I was able to take a picture of the front of our apartment.  This is looking at our living room window.

Boo to You!

So I didn't get to take any pictures again today - I had another nice shift where I got to watch Illuminations, and I saw lots of pretty things along the way, but no camera on me.  The gross thing the last few days has been the love bugs - they are disgusting and should all die.  I was so upset when I first started seeing them the day we went to Blizzard Beach. My coworker Olivia was taking great delight in destroying them today.  Anyway, it was payday and I did something fun with some of the money - I bought a ticket to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!  I only had one day left that I wasn't working and could still get the cast discount.  This way if I don't get to see it when Mom and Dad are out, at least I didn't miss it, and I'd always be happy to go again!  The ticket looks like a regular park ticket (Minnie on the front of mine) but at least the back shows that it's something special!

OK, so I've been trying since the Daily Show about 3 hours ago to get this one, not terribly impressive photo to load, and our internet truly truly sucks something serious, so I finally have to give up.  I'll load the picture tomorrow, perhaps...

Today I was just working, and as always there were many beautiful times, like the sunset and Illuminations (I love working that 9:15 shift), and actually I had a really close up view of the globe today.  Of course, I wasn't able to take any pictures, and I didn't manage to take any at all today, so here's a shot of the busses that I took yesterday.  This is what I see every day when I head out, either to work or the parks.

I was being quiet last night, as my roommate is sick, so I didn't add anything.  I had an unplanned exciting day - I signed up for a heritage class at Disney University, but because of a fun quirk of the Disney system, I showed up for class 3 hours early.  That however meant that I had time for lunch with my sister, which I had to originally turn down.  I had to cut through the Utilidor system to get out to the Contemporary, which I ran to in my little mickey mouse flats and just caught the bus to downtown.  I had a delicious salad at Wolfgang Pucks before heading back to the Magic Kingdom - so even the day that I didn't think I would go to a park I still walked through Main Street twice!  I got back to Disney University in plenty of time to stop at Company D there and make a purchase - they have different items available!  The class was an hour long, and I knew most of the information, but there were some new tidbits and I was particularly happy with the room decoration!

Then I got to go to Cast Connection.  I got a lot of fun things there - I was so impressed at what was available.  I'm going to have to go and dig through the sunglasses bin soon - mine are not in great shape, and you can't beat 50 cents.  I spent quite a bit of time there, and was very pleased with my purchases.  Yay!

I didn't post a picture last night because I actually didn't take any pictures yesterday.  I saw some cool stuff, but only while I was in costume, so no pics.  However, here was from my first purchase on my Disney visa - it was a big one, so I'm super excited about it!

Then today I took a lot of awesome shots.  Here's the one I'm most proud of tho, since it was out of the moving TTA and at night too!

It was another really pretty sunset tonight - it was even prettier by the time I was on the bus, but I couldn't get a clear picture of that.  This was while I was waiting on the bus to take me home.