Orlando Magic Game 2K8

Julie had free tickets to an Orlando Magic game and she wanted someone to go with her, so my name was the lucky one that she picked out of a hat! I'm almost certain that story is true so I'm stickin' with it! Of course, I brought along the camera so here's what happened.....






Word on the street was that the party was over at the Magic fanbulance, so me and my team spirit made it over there post haste.






Julie could care less about the fanbulance and wanted to go check out the cool stuff with cool people.






After picking up some cool stuff and hangin' out with the cool crowd she busted out the tix so we can head on inside.






I was so excited that I blew off all of Julie's new cool stuff from yelling with my ridiculously-sized mouth.






I don't usually like to brag but I can do a pretty good impression of a ridiculously-sized Dwight Howard bobble head.






We got free posters of YOUR Orlando Magic dancers!






Julie could care less about the poster of YOUR Orlando Magic dancers so THEY GOT SERVED!!!






The starting lineup was going on when we walked into the stadium and the dude in the dragon suit was already hogging the spotlight.






Although you can't see it, my socks were knocked off after being amazed by the starting lineup.






Here is a fine example of me and Julie's point of view of watching a nice and clean game of professional basketball during this fine evening.






They spare no expense for the halftime show at the Magic games, so it was quite a treat to watch DRASTIC PLASTIC perform in front of our very eyes!






It was even more amazing to see DRASTIC PLASTIC jumbo sized and surrounded by various advertisements.






The T.G. Lee Dairy advertisement was clearly the coolest one of all, so I hopped on and did my best to balance myself while floating around the court.






I was eventually dropped back into my seat and Julie was happy that I had a fun ride.






Seeing the Magic logo in green was almost as amazing as being in the presence of DRASTIC PLASTIC!






As much as I love yelling at librarians inside libraries...I must say that yelling at referees inside sports arenas are just as fun.






The opposing team fouled Dwight Howard and now he's at the free throw line. How dare they foul Dwight Howard...THE Dwight Howard!






The opposing team crossed the line again and fouled THE Dwight Howard.






GET THE ROCK!!!






Once again, Dwight Howard was fouled...THE Dwight Howard.






After a while THE Dwight Howard wasn't shooting free throws for a while so the refs stopped the game so THE Dwight Howard could take a few shots.






Then the dragon mascot found a huge Magic flag and wanted to show the crowd, so the ref also allowed the game to come to a halt for this.






According to the Magic announcer it was "time to make some noise." Julie followed the announcers instructions suitably.






As did I.






I ended up making so much noise it was bound to blow off some of the fans' cool stuff.






The game is now over and MAGIC WINS!!!






Julie begins to have a celebration in front of her seat.






I too, begin a celebration in front of my seat.






Hooray for the home team!






Seeing the Magic win made us think, "it was totally worth using those free tickets!"






Now it's time to get out this dump!






But Julie still wanted to celebrate and used a kazoo she had in her purse.






Then I continued to celebrate and used the two thumbs that I had on my hands.






We met up with THE Dwight Howard cardboard cutout in the hallway and all celebrated together.






Julie continued to celebrate by stomping on the virtual Magic basketball court while the usher politely watched.






When Julie was distracting the polite usher I totally busted out my thrashin' skillz to grind down a stairway railing outside.






Then me, my team spirit AND my two thumbs partied it down at the fanbulance 'till the break 'o dawn.

Strawberry Festival in Plant City, Florida

Theresa, Jeremy and I made a trip down to Plant City for the ever so popular Strawberry Festival!






We were immediately greeted by an old friendly cow who I have named Beatrice.






Here I am with the one and only.....Beatrice.






The party finally started when I met up with my favorite restaurant mascot even though I have only eaten at Pollo Tropical once.






Theresa was super excited to find out she could be a winner with BEEF just by standing next to this fence.






I think it's pretty clear you don't want to mess with us and when we want your greasy festival food you best just hand it over!






The only purpose of this picture is to purely tease my friend Holly De Ruyter.






Me, Theresa and Jeremy enjoy the day thus far.






I was the big winner in playing the game, Find The Lost And Found Caboose...even though I was the only one playing.






Theresa did a fantastic job when I told her to go stand next to that.






We found some kind of fake concert going on and it was pretty rad.






Jeremy and I are huge fans of fake concerts.






This was a lot more fun than getting your picture taken at the mall.






Theresa and Jeremy check out all the cool fair food.






Here is a the first picture of a two part series I like to call "Me Taking A Picture Of Theresa Taking A Picture Of Fair Food."






This is part two of the series, which is also regrettably the end of "Me Taking A Picture Of Theresa Taking A Picture Of Fair Food."






I get nervous around dino-balloons.






Then me and Theresa were lightly jabbed by a bunch of unsharpened dino-balloon teeth.






While we were both being lightly jabbed and eaten, Jeremy tried to pull us out but he was simply no match for the mighty dino-balloon and ended up being next on the menu.






Luckily I had a thumb tack on me and we were are able to escape after I popped the inside of the dino-balloon. Then to celebrate I rode a mechanical bull for the first time in my life.






i find that stealing any kind of treat and/or candy from a child is pure joy...even if the child happens to be fake.






After stealing a huge fake ice cream cone from a fake kid, Jeremy and I decided to steal a real John Deere utility vehicle.






Even though Jeremy was a mad man driving that utility vehicle I still felt like I needed to live on the wild side a bit more. So I did the unthinkable and purchased a huge Italian Sausage that was sure to destroy my insides.






It looks horrendous but the smell was just too enticing to resist.






We always look like this when we sit on barrels.






The amount of crap at the Strawberry Festival was overwhelming at times.






To end the night we headed over to the booth where you can make your very own strawberry shortcake.






Jeremy and Theresa pile up on the strawberries.






And I did exactly the same!






I call this piece "Me Taking A Picture Of Theresa Taking A Picture Of Her 'Make Your Own' Strawberry Shortcake."






Theresa is very excited about her treat.....






.....as am I.






It's time to chow down!






We walked by the strawberry chair that belongs in a mall once again and I pretended that I was the emperor of all strawberries throughout the world.






Then I was merely exhilarated of the thought that I had so much power over fruit.






While Theresa was merely exhilarated with her purchase of strawberries and can't wait to eat them at home.






And now it's time to go home after a fun-filled day of cows, hot wisconsin cheese, lost and found cabooses, fake concerts, fake children with fake food, dino-balloons, mechanical bulls, John Deere utility vehicles, and of course STRAWBERRIES!!!