Orlando, I Love You!

Things have been so crazy around Chez Burtt that I haven't had a chance to post.  Also helping that along was a horrendous internet connection at my hotel in Orlando.  I'm baffled that a hotel that caters to convention attendees does not have WiFi nor do they have a strong ethernet connection. That is a review for TripAdvisor, but I just want to give a shout out to Orlando:  "Orlando, I love you, Orlando!"  For my musical theatre geeks, you know this is in reference to the hottest ticket on Broadway. Seriously though, I love Orlando. As a true Disney fan, I love being in the city that houses the happiest place on Earth.  Yes, Disneyland exists on my coast, but it's a fun day trip. Disney World....now that's a vacation!  After my rehearsal on Saturday for the same amazing company that took me to Paris, I hit Disney's Hollywood Studios with my brother and my niece and it was a awesome.  Here are some of the photos from that magical day.  (Yes, my niece really was there, but she doesn't need her photo blasted around the internet.)

 Me and Mike from Monsters, Inc.  I cannot wait for Monsters University!

I need an Incredibles costume for this photo.

I pose no matter where the red carpet is.....Orlando or Hollywood!

Fantasmic! continues to be one of the best shows Disney offers.  

Disney is ready for Christmas, I'm not sure I am though.  

They were looking for dancers, so guess who volunteered?

Me and my big little bro......

I hate to go upside down.  This is me going upside down on Aerosmith's Rock 'N' Roller Coaster.

A little stuffed with fluff love.  

The Little Mermaid show is kind of lame because (wow) is the singing bad, but the puppetry work is excellent. It's worth your time to go and see the artistry and then plug your ears for the song.

Remembering Steve Jobs

At the Oscars with my iPhone 4.

In December 1984, the big family Christmas gift was a Macintosh computer.  I spent my entire holiday vacation inserting the MacWrite and MacPaint diskettes and wasting reams of paper and ink cartridges printing up my creations.  I even went off to college with my Macintosh about a decade later and wrote countless term papers on that computer.

Dancing a little West Side Story with my iPad 2 at the State Fair of Texas yesterday. (I seriously need a spray tan.)

I didn't rejoin the Mac revolution until 2003 when I bought my first iPod, but once I went back to the cult of Apple, I never left.  My old Dell desktop went away as I bought an iBook G4 laptop in 2004, a MacBook Pro in 2008, my 3G iPhone in 2008, a gifted iPad in 2010, an iPhone 4 in 2011, and 2 gifted iPad 2s in 2011. Steve Jobs revolutionized the way we look at technology and I always joke that if I could marry my iPhone, I would.  I'm not kidding.

At CES in 2004 launching iTunes for HP.  (Look at that awful haircut!)

In 2004, I had the pleasure of helping HP launch their version of iTunes and the hPod at the Consumer Electronics Show(CES) in Las Vegas.  Yes, this Apple/HP partnership was short-lived, but it was an exciting time. I remember teaching people how they could find a particular song, download it to their iTunes playlist, and then make a mix of a variety of artists.  I remember adding a plethora of Michael Jackson, U2, and No Doubt songs to my unlimited iTunes account while I was at the show.  I was hooked and I watched as others shared in my amazement that week at CES.  

On the Goodyear Blimp a few weeks ago.....

These days, it's rare to find me without my iPhone or laptop and my iPhone has been photographed everywhere from the red carpet at the Oscars to the Goodyear Blimp. I own a collection of Pixar films from The Incredibles to Finding Nemo and I wear my Pixar sweatshirt with pride.  I am a happy Apple owner and shareholder.  My thoughts go out to his family and friends at home and at Apple.  You revolutionized the world.  RIP, Steve Jobs.

I would love to hear your stories about how Apple and Steve Jobs revolutionized your life.  Share in the comments below.