The CocoNut Blog

What will you remember most about this summer?

Summer doesn't end in Florida until like mid-October so there's still a lot of summer left.

I'm going back for the annual pilgrimage to the Florida Keys to get Lobster.

Keys Trip 3 7-23-2006

I love that place!

Okay, so I'm done with 1 of two finals for my second semester and I have to say that these classes were A LOT harder!  Almost rediculous hard!  Talked to the Capt. (aka Dad) who is an Accountant and a Finance guy and he even said that the Accounting class was too specific.

Anyway, if you're going to get your MBA from Stetson then be careful of the Accounting class... you have to already be an Accountant to come close to doing well.  Here's hoping for the best!

1. when someone complains that I don't "vox" enough and then they haven't voxed in over a week.

Thank goodness!  Epcot will be back to normal!!!

"Mickey Mouse gloved hand and wand to be removed from Spaceship Earth

Date: 07/09/2007

Removal of the Mickey Mouse gloved hand and wand treatment that was installed on Spaceship Earth at Epcot as part of the Millennium Celebration will start today.

Cranes have begun removing the icon, which was later updated for the 100 years of Magic celebration. The removal will be complete by mid-September, shortly before Epcot's 25th anniversary Oct. 1.

Refurbishment of Spaceship Earth also is underway. Spaceship Earth's Post Show will remain open during the closure, and the attraction is scheduled to reopen in late November."

I have waited for this day since they said they were going to keep it after the 2000 celebration was over.  Now if we can just get rid of the silly hat at the Studios!

So today is ACTUALLY the day that was supposed to be Independence Day.  Why, you ask?  Well, I'll tell you... and show off my crazy Declaration of Independence knowledge...

Without making a long story short, July 2nd is actually the day that the 2nd Continental Congress passed the Resolution for Independence.

John Adams actually wrote to his wife, Abigail, the following on July 3, 1776:

"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore."

So, John Adams sort of came up with the idea of the "4th of July" but it was supposed to be "the 2nd".  So why do we celebrate the fourth?  It isn't for sure known.  There were a lot of things that happened in the day between... there were some rewrites, changing of words, and they had to make it all "pretty".  The 4th was, as history tells us, the first day it was read to the public... not really the day it was "signed".  The copy you see in the Archives wasn't signed until like August 1776... but we won't get into that.

So Happy 2nd of July Everyone!  Beers and burgers for ALL!

What is the most interesting class you have ever taken? 
Submitted by Melissa. 

The class I'm sitting in, not paying attention, is NOT the most interesting... I'll tell you that much.  Who makes us take an hour and a half mid-term and now is lecturing for probably another 2 hours?  Seriously!

I've come to the conclusion that I really don't blog enough.  I enjoy the concept... though I'm sure there are only like 4 people who read it.

Since I have a few minutes I thought I would throw out some of my thoughts on Pirates 3.

First off, I have to say that I've seen it twice and I liked it the first time but LOVED it the second time.  I know that most of the world won't see it twice but I think it is for sure a better movie the second time.  Pirates 2 did the same thing for me but I have to say that I like 3 better!

While the movie is 2 hours and 45 minutes, it does not feel that long.  POTC 2, for me, felt like it was as long as it was but 3 doesn't.  Sure, there are some scenes that they could have trimmed and you wouldn't be missing anything... but all in all it didn't feel like almost 3 hours.

The last 45 minutes or so really went by fast!  Maybe one of my top 5 scenes in movie history!  I really loved the battle and the filming and the effects and how they used some humor too during this big serious battle.  Very well done I thought.

All in all, I am pleased with the ending.  I'm sure there are lots out there who are not, but that's their opinion, not mine.

Yo Ho!  Waiting for #4!

Pirates 3 opens on Friday.... well, really to get more money it opens Thursday at 8pm.  So those people, like me, who are going to the midnight showing really aren't the first to see it.  But whatever.

I'm excited and am looking forward to it!  It should be awesome!

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