Dramamine vs Raptor

I now know why they call them amusement parks. As a kid, I don't think you quite get all there is to these places. You think it is all about the rides, the games, the water slides.

You are wrong.

As an adult you learn it is about the people watching, the naseaua, the exhaustion, and did I mention the people watching???

OMG people. Its like my group of friends is the only classy people that have ever decided to enter Cedar Point! I mean for real! And yes, I am putting myself in the "classy" category. But it is sad. I don't understand how these people leave the house. First it makes you think, "Wow, I am way better then all the people here! What an ego boost!" Then you start looking around and you think "Wait, EVERYONE here is trashy, I mean EVERYONE. How can I be the only non WT here. That seems weird. Maybe I came on trailor park day and didn't know it. Ya, that must be it. Where are Britney Spears and her kids, they gotta be here somewhere, that will confirm it. Damn, no where to be found. Hmmmmm, ok, wait, now my ego is dropping a little. Am I trashy???? No, that can't be it. What is happening to the world? I am questioning my classiness!!!" And your inner-monologue just keeps going like this for a while. It's rough!

Let's review what I have seen: 300+ lb. women in bikinis; 300+lb. women with no pants over their bikinis dropping stuff in line and bending over....a lot; 15 year olds who think Miley Cyrus is not a whore so they dress like her; 11 year old who do the same; 70 year old women who remind me of the old lady in There's Something About Mary....you know the one, she drinks, and smokes, and lays out in the sun with the aluminum foil; skinny girls who still buy their shorts a size too small and have the stupid roll over that makes us normal size girls want to smack them. And that's just the girls.

It's bad. Amusement Park....yes, I was amused, and disgusted. The 99 degree heat and sweat and stank (yes, it was so bad it was stAnk) didn't help.

Ahhhh, onto the nasuea. I must be getting old because I used to start my day by running to the first line to get a good opening spot. This time I started by making sure I had taken my first dose of dramamine for the day and that I had enough to "reboost" at lunch time. Pathetic. I remember rides like the Raptor being smooth and easy. This time around it kicked my ass. Where before I dreaded waiting in line, I now needed that as my recovery time. Who knew 29 was the age where I began to go downhill.

All that being said, who wants to go to Cedar Point this weekend? I will bring the dramamine if you bring your ability to laugh with me at everyone else there. I mean, after all, we will be the only classy people there =)