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Posted on Friday, July 13th, 2012

Dave!Problems arise when I travel all the time. But I'm not accustomed to having problems when dealing with those problems. I have a stack of loyalty cards... frequent guest cards... preferred guest cards... etc... which make dealing with problems not so problematic. When something comes up, the airline/hotel/rental-car/whatever takes a look at my credentials and makes it go away. It's one of the perks of being a frequent traveler, because your repeat business is something these companies value. They do whatever they can to keep you coming back.

But every once in a while...

This morning after a 45-minute nap, the only sleep I'd had in 23 hours, I had to get back to the airport to turn in my rental car by 10am. My plan was to then go directly to the hotel and get an early check-in so I could catch up on some sleep.

But the hotel was having none of it. No matter how great a customer I was.

They were overbooked with a convention and, unlike previous times I wanted a room early, there was nothing they could rush to clean so I could get some sleep. In fact, they had no idea when I might get a room... even at their usual 3:00 check-in time.

Well this was something new.

After wandering around the lobby in a daze for ten minutes, I eventually decided to drop off my suitcase, drink my fifth 5-Hour Energy, take a MARTA train into Atlanta, see a movie, then have some lunch. What else was there to do?

The movie I decided to see? TED! The story of a teddy bear that comes to life and the life-long friendship he has with the kid he grows up with.

Ted!

It wasn't as funny as I expected.

It wasn't as raunchy as I had been led to believe.

But it hits far more often than it misses, and I really enjoyed the film. Yes, it's reminiscent of director/star Seth McFarlane's other work (namely, Family Guy) but it has a surprising amount of heart, some genuine laughs, the creepiest dance scene ever recorded, some great 80's-related homages, and (most importantly) a lead character that's about as real and believable as he could possibly be (despite being a teddy bear). Definitely some R-rated stuff, but worth your valuable time to check out.

Lunch was at Johnny Rockets, because I just can't help myself.

Then I took a train back to the airport at 2:30... finally got my room at 3:15... then got dressed and took another train back into the city so I could have a last-minute dinner with some - bloggers - of - great - importance, which is my favorite thing to do in Atlanta.

Despite having 45-minutes sleep in 38 hours, I was never really tired. I guess that's the power of keeping active with fun stuff to do... and loading-up on energy drinks.

I'm going to keep this in mind as I try to busy myself before my 7:30pm flight home tomorrow...

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  1. the muskrat says:

    Great to see you again!

  2. Sarah says:

    I’m glad Ted is a decent flick. I’ve been wanting to see it and I have a free movie coupon from Regal so I just might have an excuse to go now.

  3. martymankins says:

    My daughter and u saw Ted and loved it. The heart of the movie is a nice addition to the jokes and raunch.

    And fun to hang out with Fran and Kevin.

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