LA: Day One

A bus waiting just for me, a remarkably easy passage through security and a delayed plane conspired to ensure I was waiting at San Francisco airport for quite a while. But eventually the plane made it, and I arrived in LA.

After a few minutes of panic, I found Megan (or, more accurately, she found me) and we found the shuttle to our hotel.

THAT was an experience.

We hopped in the back, and we busy chatted away, catching up and all that. A very tall man sat down in the front passenger seat, and boisterously announced that he was in the army. Twice.

Anyway, we got to Anaheim, all safe and well, and hopped out in front of the "Anaheim Camelot Inn". So did the army guy. We both were slightly surprised by this, as he really didn't seem like the Anaheim Camelot Inn type. When we were paying our fares to the driver, we discovered he wasn't.

The Army guy exploded at the driver. "I did not," he yelled. "Survive two combat tours to die at the hands of dangerous driving in a shuttle. You, sir, are a dangerous driver."

We paid our fares, didn't worry about the change, and snuck away, because it was becomming difficult to contain our laughter.

After checking in, we explored the shops and cafes of downtown Disney for a while, before deciding to see a movie. The next starting was I am Legend, which we both thought was a actiton/adventure/drama type movie about life after the apocalypse. Standard Will Smith fare.

How wrong we were.

It turns out it's about a virus that killed 90% of humans. 5% were immune, but the remaining 5% became mutated, lost all pigment (so they can't come out in the day and are a scary white colour) and began FEASTING ON THE REMAINING HUMANS. Will Smith, of course, is the army dude who can save the day, but is slowly going mad living alone in Manhatten with his dog.

I have never watched less of a movie. I spent probably 85% of the film with my hands over my eyes.

After dinner, we went back to the movies to watch something sweet and endeering (Enchanted) in a futile attempt to forget what we had seen.

Oooh, sorry, Disneyland time... I shall fill you in on Disneyland Day One and Two tonight. Stay tuned, because we saw someone famous. Hint: he's in a Drew Barrymore movie and his wife is way more famous than he... Any guesses?