My brother is over for Thanksgiving and I picked up him myself! My first time picking someone up at the airport…Long Beach, no less! I had to do a little circling…and pulling to the curb…and it was dark…I feel really brave. ^____^. Aaaand he is over for a week! Yaaaay. Aaaand we are going to go to Disneyland today! I feel like I still go there enough that I need a pass @_@. Pictures will ensue, and my brother takes great pictures so we are in for a special treat. I’m going to bring my Princess Aurora (Briar Rose) tiara today. And I’m going to curl my hair.

How many times have I started a sentences what “and” today? Tsk tsk…my second grade teacher would be ashamed.

The newer attraction I went to see this time was the House of the Future. I was a little unimpressed. It’s not really “House of the Future“. It’s more like “House of the Now-if-you-have-a-lot-of-money-to-spare-and-don’t-mind-the-electricity-costs“. There were just a couple innovative ways to use technology we already have now and a mass abundance of the same concepts that filled the home making electricity the blinding cost in my eyes.

This is the living room with a nice glass screen that reflects everything.

And this is the back. <: / Seems a little unnecessary to me.

This is the kitchen. There really wasn’t much innovation for the kitchen specifically. Just a bunch of older model HP Touchsmarts all over the place. I wouldn’t mind having one, but two in the same kitchen? @_@

And yes, a lot of digital photo frames EVERYWHERE. This was on the piano. I suspect they hid all the cords inside the piano. Their solution for the home was “if there is an empty space, put a digital photo frame there” and “cover the walls with huge monitors that displayed photos of real art pieces”.

Supposedly the fun part of the home for entertaining guests.

This might be the only thing I actually wanted to steal from the house. I like that the Yamahas keep the silhouette of the cello. There are lots of electric celli out there that just look like a stick. Ick.

This was the girl’s room. I think the image is project from behind and the guy there said that the screens are all controlled from the girl’s laptop so she can customize it herself. That’s kind of cool. I know how I would fill up my media wallpaper…(full sized pictures of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Keanu Reeves, and Audrey Hepburn)

Who needs all those tiny digital photo frames when you have this anyway? She also had a “mirror” which was actually a video from a camera pointed at you when you stand in front of the “mirror” and you could try on digital outfits…that’s a pretty neat idea.

A boy’s room, Peter Pan themed. This hired guy had to read the Peter Pan story over and over again while the images in the “window” and on the pirate ship sail behind him changed.

I tried out the Microsoft surface. There were a bunch there too. Sometimes it wasn’t so responsive.

Here I am messing around with it.

A dining table of four Surfaces. At one point they were all showing a video of a rock pond that rippled when you touched the surface of the “water”.

The conclusion of this home is that it would be futuristic and cool if all this was totally normal for every home to have. Like, if the prices were brought down ridiculously low and you could find all this in every home.

This was on the second floor, out of the Home of the Future. We have a couple of these at every mall now.

Play Pirates of the Caribbean Online! I ran around yelling “I’m stuck at Disneyland!” and people came up to me and said “Do you need help?” People actually play this game?!

Segway training. Funny to watch.

This is the new monorail being tested out, the Mark VII. It will officially start next Spring. It’s a cool blue metallic color with purplish tinted windows. The Mark V has been working since 1986. Don’t ask me what the Mark VI is.

Here it is running. Zoooooom.

I love the Disneyland handstamp. It smells like lemons. I keep smelling it like it’s crack. And that says “TIGGER” for your information.

That said, we managed to get a Disneyland trip together! Bryan, Julie, Brandon, Paco, Henry and me.

Soooo cute! Brandon looks a little unwilling though….jK <: P

So fast my tongue is sticking out.

hahaha.

My hat is stuck! Henry’s idea.

Is it just me or do other people like to take pictures of people shooting stuff?

Everyone has something to say. Brandon tried to cover my eyes! No waai!

This is so awesome I wish this show was up when I was little. The trainer was an asian with an Ewan McGreggor accent. Totally weird but cool at the same time. I wish I got a closer look at him…

Once you guys become king, make sure I get to be a princess of the castle mmkay?

Stitch!

Y SO SRS?

DISNEYLAND

disneyland

the word “disney” is kind of weird…right?

Is it just me?!?

I saw this movie last Friday. It was amazingly great. I loved it! It’s almost as good as my Pixar favorite, Finding Nemo. Actually, there are so many good Pixar movies that it’s really hard to choose a favorite. I don’t really know why I choose Finding Nemo over the others. Maybe because it’s in the ocean and has a great soundtrack (but so does A Bug’s Life). I love the Finding Nemo ride at Disneyland too! Omg, best new ride Disneyland has had since Indiana Jones. No kid. None of those stupid new dark rides they have now with no ingenuity. If I want to ride a dark ride, I’ll go on a classic, not one about hollywood with cardboard cut-outs.

Anyhow…this wasn’t meant to be a rant about Disneyland. hehe.

This movie makes you love older technology and drool over new technology as well. Wall-E is a loveable machine that brings a new perspective about the things we take for granted around us. Wall-E’s love, EVE, is a spicy character, reminiscent of Angelina Jolie. The movie has a message, maybe two or three, about wastefulness, love, and the growing inability to tear our eyes away from our glowing lcd screens.

Oh, and this movie made me cry. You know a movie is good when it makes me cry!

Well…there is gas…and depreciation on my car. <: /

And it comes to no surprise that everyone was Indy crazy. There is a new little “show” they have that is Indiana Jones themed. It is on top of the shops in front of the Indy ride. A fake Indiana Jones does some fight scenes up there from time to time and I was lucky enough to catch the ending to one of the shows. I had no idea what was going on but everyone was cheering for him!

And…I got this hat > <. I really want to wear it on a regular basis! Do you think this is normal enough to wear… If I go hiking I will. Maybe I’ll wear it when I play Wii Fit! Wearing this hat makes me feel more adventurous.

Aliens in a temple?!?! Let’s do it!

I like it when Indy pulls his hat down when he tries to sleep.

See my pigtails? They mean business.

oOOoooo

Ahh…….

Eeeee…..

Cheshire cat! My cheeks hurt smiling this much…and it doesn’t even look like that big of a smile!

How can you not smile after seeing this mug? Picked this baby up at Disneyland. If you go to the right store, not the emporium, but the store that specifically has mugs and a coffee store in it, you get a free cup of coffee or hot chocolate with a purchase of a mug.

I was actually at the Emporium buying something, and the girl in front of me was buying a mug that could be found at the other store, and I was really disappointed that the cashier didn’t tell her she could get a free cup of coffee is she just walked across main street and bought it there. I was buying a different mug that you can’t buy at the free coffee place, and I casually told him

“It’s too bad they don’t sell this mug at the other store, because you get free coffee if you buy over there”

and the cashier man said

“oh really? I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool”

I don’t even think he thought to think “oh, man, I should have told that lady just now then”

bleh.