Previously on What Kind of Day Has It Been: [nothing that would make sense since I am doing these out of order. --Michael]
The Hilton Pasadena is not as bad as the Hilton website made it look. In fact it was a hell of a lot better. We pulled up, got out of the car, and walked into the San Diego room. The time is 4:30. Start the clock.
4:30 - Check in, Depart for room 811.
4:35 - Arrive in room, declare it satisfactory, check view.
4:45 - Depart on Private Brochure Excursion.
4:50 - Arrive at Pasadena Convention and Visitors Bureau.
4:55 - Depart for Westin Pasadena Hotel.
4:57 - Arrive at the corner of Los Robles and Colorado. Spot DSW for Mom.
5:02 - Arrive at Westin Pasadena.
5:06 - Depart Westin Pasadena.
5:10 - Arrive at Los Robles and Colorado
5:18 - Arrive at Pasadena Hilton
5:30 - Find out about room 812, check TV for Bravo.
5:35 - Stake out room 812, promptly surrender room and king bed to Mom.
5:45 - Prepare for Welcome Dinner and Reception
6:00 - Depart for Reception.
6:03 - Arrive in Pasadena Room for Reception
6:05 - First Cocktail. All right, it was a Shirley Temple. Shut up.
6:08 - Third Shirley Temple, realize that hotel food is depressing.
7:00 - Depart for California Room for Dinner
7:05 - Opening remarks, informing us that the owls on the float celebrate the summer release of the third Harry Potter movie. I kid! Ha Ha Ha...ahhh...
7:17 - Rolls
7:25 - Salad
7:34 - Entree which is unidentifible meat product.
7:50 - Dessert
8:00 - Speeches Begin
8:10 - Speech
8:20 - Speech
8:30 - Video
8:40 - Homily
8:50 - Antecdote
9:00 - Oratory
9:10 - Blah, Blah, Blah, Conservation Cakes
9:20 - Schedule for Tomorrow
9:30 - End of speeches
9:45 - Run up eight flights of stairs to avoid crowded elevator.
10:00 - CSI Miami. Gross but pretty good.
11:04 - Sleep...
11:34 - Sleep?
11:55 - SLEEP!?
12:00 - zzzz...
12:15 - zzzz...--huh?
12:30 - mmmm...
12:55 - mmmm...zzzz...
Tomorrow - "20 Hours in America, Part One" Floats, from roses to clover seeds. Also answering the questions Can Hilton make Michael happier? Is it possible that the family probably screws up? No. No. And Yes...
Nathan: How can there be a third response? There were only two questions.
Jonah: Shhh...Implausability is a way of life on the internet.
