Dear DIS "Help Me! HELP ME, DIS!" Part II (Getting closer to getting closer to...)

[Curious]

Dear DIS “Help Me! HELP ME, DIS!” Part II (Getting closer to getting closer to getting somewhere I guess?)

Part II: People, People Who Need People Are the Luckiest People In the World (Curious, not Cadenza. Earplugs still recommended. Or Q-tips. )

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I’m Curious, not Condiments, but for those in need of ketchup:

3 R's: Rabbit Holes, Rabbit Trails and Roadblocks
31 DISclaimers
1 DIS Quiz

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Medium Print Middle (so “refreshments” not necessary or provided; rose-colored glasses and/or kaleidoscope optional, also not provided)


Dear DIS,

I’m Curious (except when I’m not); sometimes insatiably so (not to be confused with curiouser, Conversationist, Clumsy, CapeCodTenor, Cantw8, ChrisnSteph or Caropooh).


I need your help. Help me! HELP ME, DIS! Mickey Mouse made me brain-dead, and I don’t know what to do about my Curious, um, conundrum. It’s not that I’m Clueless (‘cause I’m not), but even if I had a clue, I’d still need you, yes, YOU, to help me -- PLEASE, HELP ME! Please!! Gimme, gimme, gimme, I need, I need, I NEED!!!-- navigate the curiously confounding complexities complicating my current existence. I’m just so Confused (even ’though I’m not), and with the collective wisdom of 100,000 more-or-less likewise brain-dead DISers, the conclusion can only become more and more unclear as it becomes less and less clear. If you would be so kind as to help me help you help me, I would be EverSoGratefulToYou if I wasn’t already Curious.


I could never show my face again in public if I dared to ask my RL companions, so *deep breath* okay, *deeper breath*… here goes nothing:


I am a longtime, semi-regular-lurking-and/or-posting DISboards (troll), posting non-anonymously for personal reasons I’m not at liberty to DIScuss at this or any other time. IOW: Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies. Don’t ask, I won’t tell. There are three sides to every triangle: Side A, Side B, Side C; Side X, Side Y, Side Z; Side 1, Side 2, Side 3... so I flunked 2nd grade “A is for Al Gore Rhythm” math. If a "tree" falls in the Grand Floridian pool and no one sees or hears it, it’s Ben Ali Gator. *wink*wink*nudge*nudge* Forget the monorail: Run for your Epcot-lovin’ lives! Mickey’s Magical Settlement Money may finance a lot of future trips, but the “lifetime v. length-of-stay” refillable ECV compensation fallout is a deep, dark bottomless-or-not-bottomless-you-decide-and-everyone-else-will-condemn-you-to-Six-Flags pit of a place where even seditious, sadistic Satanists fear to tread. And yes, I know a few less fingers will make your so-so cool Fab Five MNSSHP costume so-so much more authentic, but if you think your nearest and dearest don’t understand your Disney obsession now…!! Trust me on this one, and just run, run, run, ’k? Just pretend you’re in the WDW marathon goin’ for Goofy Gold or whatever, and ZIP-A-DEE-DO-DAH!!! If you have a stroller, um… well, you’ll have to weigh the pros and cons of ditchin’ the dependants v. gettin’ DISsed on the DIS for child abandonment (yours), child endangerment (theirs) and/or global warming, Palestinian enragement and “the server is too busy” messages (if you’re President Bush). Your call, your choice, your consequences. If you’re indecisive and have a hard time thinking for yourself, you could ask the DIS, but you do run the risk of getting dragged, rolled, drowned and DISmembered (in more ways than one) if your PMs are turned off and the thread gets locked before a reasonable course of action or non-action can be reached. Life’s full of tough choices, innit? But as I was saying four score and twenty chapters ago: “I am a longtime, semi-regular blah, blah, blah……………….. troll, and I like to take long walks in WDW parks in search of Tasty Tubby Tourists to help me stay within my chock-full-of-creative-tips dining budget that Tightwad McScroogists so generously cooked up and critiqued to cheapest culinary per(con)fection yada, yada, yada……………..posting non-anonymously etcetera, etcetera, etcetera whatever-uh……………” I’m DISclosing this information from the not-exactly-get-go with hopes of possibly preventing any potential understanding that might otherwise occur as the thread progresses thereby causing peace, love and piles of putrefying pixie dust to accumulate in a never-ending, so-banally-boring-it’s-barf-inducing thread that’s always being bumped to page one as it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on - kind of like this “sentence”- until some mod unmercifully tacks it to the top of the page with a Sticky and we’re all stuck looking at it forever until our eyes are permanently rolled back into our brains or the boards crash and burn in an upgrade and - you knew this was coming - page one gets covered over with innumerable variations of “Who Moved My Count? Whatever Happened To Baby Jane’s Posts? Oh Where, Oh Where, Have My Little Posts Gone? When Did Bush Reduce My Post Count, How Did He Do It And Why Wasn’t I Informed? I Expect DIShonest Answers Yesterday About This Latest Violation Of My Democratic DIS Rights Or I’m Calling ACLU PDQ U SOB KWIM TIA YAGE!”…. whichever comes first.


I am most unapologetic for the preceding prescription-lenses-required-for-those-with-20/20-vision-and-a- perfectionist’s-netiquette “paragraph” (and I’m not sorry for this one, either). I confess: I did it on purpose. Intentionally. With malice aforethought. I was in my right mind when I conceived it and carried it out. Do not mistake my confession for remorse! I have NONE!! I’d do it AGAIN!!! Hang me high or lock me up and throw away the key, but you’ll have to capture and conquer me first!!!! I shall defend my unreadable “paragraph”, whatever the cost may be, I shall fight on the beaches, I shall fight on the golf course grounds, I shall fight in the fastpass lines and in the Main Street, I shall fight in the hills of Everest, Thunder, Splash and Space; I shall never surrender. I could have offered an advanced warning concerning an oft-times-offensive particular in my post, but you wouldn’t have heeded it anyway. Besides, as I see it, I’ve rendered you a service: I’ve given you cause to complain which most certainly goes above and beyond the call of duty since it’s doubtful you’d need such assistance and would do quite well without my aid. At any rate, I’m Curious, not Considerate. Deal.

Huh? Yeah, 5 -- it’s Euchre, not 52 Pick-Up -- deal! And wouldja toss me the Tostitos? Slide me some salsa? Fetch me a Fresca from the fridge? Yeah, a cup. Um, some ice would be nice. Thanks. Oh, and if you wouldn’t mind nickin’ a napk-- …never mind, don’t bother, got it myself!


If Wednesday’s Child is full of woe
Then Thursday’s Child has far to go
And so I’ll post my Problem(s) when
It’s time you know and not ‘til then,

Curious, not Catch-22



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***General DISclaimer: All grammatical/punctuation/spelling/typing/other annoying errors contained in this post are included solely at the OP’s DIScretion and writ in cyber-stone unless edited or deleted. Irritating style, silly lack of substance, all-around-uninteresting verbal vomit and anything else one cares to fill-in-the-blank ______________ with has been provided free of charge for your reading non-pleasure. (I’m Curious, not Clever.)

 

[Curious]

Just talking to myself.

 

[Froggyswife]

They say that talking to yourself is a form of insanity......so ummm guess that means we have something in common.....(no it doesn't) ... Yes it does..(Oh do be quiet) ..Says who..(says me)

Ok conversation over. (says you )

 

[luvmydogs]

Dear DIS “Help Me! HELP ME, DIS!” Part II (Getting closer to getting closer to getting somewhere I guess?)

Oh, now you have me singing...

ROBERTA FLACK - "The Closer I Get To You"

The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me all you've got
Your love has captured me

Over and over again
I tried to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside
I knew it was real
The way you make me feel

Lying here next to you
Time just seems to fly
Needing you more and more
Let's give love a try

Ooooh-ooh-ooh, whoa-oooooh
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
And Heaven's there for those
Who fooled the tricks of time
With the hearts of love they find
True love in a special way

The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me all you've got
Your love has captured me

Over and over again
I tried to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside I knew it was real
The way you make me feel

The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving you all you've got
Your love has captured me

The closer I get to you
The feeling comes over me
Me too
Pulling closer sweet as the gravity

Such a gorgeous voice...

I must say, that I do enjoy reading your tomes--and yes, I read it all as my beloved English-teacher of a father taught me a love of words ( and I only wish I were as articulate as he). Now, you certainly have a gift for language, and not to take away from your more cryptic musings, but......

"Hang me high"..."Hang me high"???!!!! Come on! This is a giveaway! It's OK--I won't tell. I always liked you, anyway.

 

[Curious]

They say that talking to yourself is a form of insanity......so ummm guess that means we have something in common.....(no it doesn't) ... Yes it does..(Oh do be quiet) ..Says who..(says me)

Ok conversation over. (says you )

They also say that there's a fine line between genius and insanity, and that the only difference is that genius has its limits.

 

[Froggyswife]

Well I do have a reason for my insanity it is called going through teen age years with 4 girls and the last one just turned 14 if I survive this one I do believe I will welcome the guys with the white coats you know the cute one with the arms that tie in the back.

 

[Aidensmom]

I think I need one of these

 

[Froggyswife]

I think I need one of these

I hear ya sista

 

[Curious]

[/silliness mode off] for this post:

Oh, now you have me singing...

ROBERTA FLACK - "The Closer I Get To You"

The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me all you've got
Your love has captured me

Over and over again
I tried to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside
I knew it was real
The way you make me feel

Lying here next to you
Time just seems to fly
Needing you more and more
Let's give love a try

Ooooh-ooh-ooh, whoa-oooooh
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
And Heaven's there for those
Who fooled the tricks of time
With the hearts of love they find
True love in a special way

The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me all you've got
Your love has captured me

Over and over again
I tried to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside I knew it was real
The way you make me feel

The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving you all you've got
Your love has captured me

The closer I get to you
The feeling comes over me
Me too
Pulling closer sweet as the gravity

Such a gorgeous voice...

I said in another post that I'm here to maybe in some, small silly-ol'-bear way bring a smile to some folks' faces. Smiling AND Singing was more than I'd hoped for, and I'm so glad you've found a song. With a smile and a song/Life is just a bright sunny day...

And yes, you do have a gorgeous voice. Thanks for singing.

I must say, that I do enjoy reading your tomes--and yes, I read it all as my beloved English-teacher of a father taught me a love of words ( and I only wish I were as articulate as he).

Thank you, luvmydogs. And thanks for speaking of your father as you have. (I know that probably sounds strange, but it's meaningful to me to hear such stories.) You "speak"/write very well IMHO.

Now, you certainly have a gift for language,

Thank you. A long, long time ago in a small elementary school far, far away, I once thought I'd like to be a writer of some sort when I grew up. I'm still working on the growing up part, though.

and not to take away from your more cryptic musings, but......

Cryptic? Moi??? And here I thought I was Curious! Methinks I feel another identity crisis coming on...

"Hang me high"..."Hang me high"???!!!! Come on! This is a giveaway! It's OK--I won't tell. I always liked you, anyway.

I'm sorry to DISapppoint, but as stated in another thread, I simply can't take credit where credit ain't due. There is no giveaway. There is only evidence that I may not be a newcomer to the DIS game, and even that isn't conclusive.

No need to not tell; there is nothing to tell. I'm glad to hear you've always liked me, but I'm afraid that I'm not who you think I am. I'm telling you the truth, and do not wish to mislead you into thinking you're speaking to someone you're not. As I said elsewhere, I'm not here to hurt you or anyone else, and although I enjoy being playful, I think it best to be straightforward with you in this regard.

I hope you'll still maybe sorta consider liking me a little if you'd like to even though I'm Curious, not your DISbanned friend.

 

[Froggyswife]

I think you could very well write a book. My dd is 14 and is in the process of writing a novel. She has the first draft done and is typeing it up so she can edit it and do her second draft. I am a proud mom. Even if she is a teen ager and drives me nuts sometimes.

 

[Curious]

Well I do have a reason for my insanity it is called going through teen age years with 4 girls and the last one just turned 14 if I survive this one I do believe I will welcome the guys with the white coats you know the cute one with the arms that tie in the back.

That is quite an accomplishment! I can only imagine the bathroom chaos, among other things. I have a cousin who has 4 girls, btw. She's homeschooling.

You may not need to welcome them. You may be too far gone by then.

It is my mission in life to avoid being introduced to that kind of cute white coat. Gets a bit iffy at times, but so far, so good.

 

[Curious]

I think I need one of these

Don't drink the water; that's what I've been guzzling. Unless you'd like to, of course. There's always room for one more...

 

[Froggyswife]

home schooling OMG I would be bald from pulling my hair out.

 

[Curious]

I hear ya sista

Aidensmom is your sister??? Is she in an amphibious marriage too????? Man, you meet all kinds in Disney cyberspace.

 

[FroggyinArk]

home schooling OMG I would be bald from pulling my hair out.

i already am and all of ours went to public school.

 

[Froggyswife]

Well it is time for this lil frogett to get some beauty sleep. Guess I will grab froggy and drag him over to my lillypad. Good night all. It was very interesting meeting you courious and hope to converse with you in the near future.

 

[Curious]

I think you could very well write a book.

Oh, I "write" lots of "books" most every time I dare to open my mouth. Not that they're fit for publication.

My dd is 14 and is in the process of writing a novel. She has the first draft done and is typeing it up so she can edit it and do her second draft.

I wish your daughter all the best in her literary endeavors and otherwise.

I am a proud mom. Even if she is a teen ager and drives me nuts sometimes.

 

[Curious]

home schooling OMG I would be bald from pulling my hair out.

Well that helps make sense of your earlier Eagles' reference.

i already am and all of ours went to public school.

The Fine Frog Himself! Well, considering the tippy cup head-banging, you'd have been wise to not let them cut their teeth on your noggin like that...

Well it is time for this lil frogett to get some beauty sleep. Guess I will grab froggy and drag him over to my lillypad. Good night all. It was very interesting meeting you courious and hope to converse with you in the near future.

Beauty sleep or lack thereof is of no consequence to the Curious, but even the Curious get a little sleepy from time to time.

I hope you have a restful sleep, sweet dreams and all that sorta stuff. I'll say my g'nights as well.

Interesting? That's my "catch-all" word. Well, at least you didn't say it was curious.

I'm sure I would enjoy conversing with you as well. All I can say is that I'll be here when I'm here. I'm very behind on some important things for important people (in my little corner of the Curious world) as well as some other things, so no promises.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Interesting? That's my "catch-all" word. Well, at least you didn't say it was curious.

Just when I was proud of myself for persevering and getting through all the pages of the other thread, I find that there's this thread.

"Interesting" That could make a good screen name for you!

 

[Froggyswife]

Good morning everyone. Just read the responses that were posted after I retired to my lillypad last night. It is so nice to start the day with a chuckle.