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[bumbershoot]

Drooling green slime, LOL....

Correct, my mom didn't know JJ, but met Jimmy Hendrix backstage once, and she did NOT like Grace Slick. Made it difficult for her friendship with P Kantner! I played with their daughter China once when we were kids (she had a HUGE room and 100 million toys, including the inchworm ride-on thing), and met her backstage when we were teens at a show at the then Marriott's Great America, right before she started VJ'ing (or maybe after? can't remember).

Sure do wish I had paid more attention and/or that my mom had written it all down. The stories that come out of my dad's mouth are not to be trusted, which is highly annoying.


I hope you're able to reconnect with Brett M...sounds like you had a friendship and hopefully he will someday remember that.



I myself would not make a good celebrity-friend (though as I said, I'd be a good celebrity). I just know I would always be hoping to have them take me on trips and stuff. Sad but true. At least I know myself.

Hmm, maybe I should apply for that Paris Hilton's new BFF show when it comes time for her to get a new one? I'd be good at it! What to do with the family, though????

 

[Sherry E]

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[bumbershoot]

Is that what Bromance is all about?

Please note I haven't watched the PH show, I've only heard about it (while perusing TMZ and perezhilton). I just figured since I know I would always have a little "will you take me there" thought if I were friends with someone crazy rich and famous, I might as well just put it all out there and be honest with a show like that. But it's possible I'm a wee bit too old to be Paris's best friend.

 

[Sherry E]

Is that what Bromance is all about?

Please note I haven't watched the PH show, I've only heard about it (while perusing TMZ and perezhilton). I just figured since I know I would always have a little "will you take me there" thought if I were friends with someone crazy rich and famous, I might as well just put it all out there and be honest with a show like that. But it's possible I'm a wee bit too old to be Paris's best friend.

I have never actually watched an episode of the Paris BFF show either. I have only seen clips of it on shows like The Soup, where it is made fun of! (I expect they will start making fun of "Bromance," too!) But I do like TMZ and Perez Hilton!!! I always get a kick out of the latest Lindsay Lohan goings-on, where she and her girlfriend are screaming at each other in public. That's another pet peeve of mine about celebrities - so many of them are so over the top. Like everything has to be done loudly and bigger than life, so everyone can hear. I remember when Johnny Depp and Kate Moss were a hot couple, they would have screaming, loud arguments and leave hotel rooms in a shambles, and then people would report on it to the Enquirer (this was pre-TMZ or Perez days). Supposedly, when Brangelina was a hot new couple, they were in Africa, er, uh, um..... 'getting to know each other better,' let's call it, and all kinds of people outside of their little cabana or whatever it was could hear them because they were so loud! And when Lindsay Lohan and her girlfriend get in a fight, everything is loud and over the top so everyone can hear. Don't these celebrities have any discretion or modesty or humility whatsoever? Most normal people try to tone down their arguments so neighbors and passersby don't overhear! Not famous people, though - they live in a whole different universe!!

 

[jnjusoioa]

Sherry, OMG, I just read about Brett M, that is so wild as he was at my highschool graduation, as you know the whole band hails from PA, right where I grew up, and I graduated with is sister. Kind of wild. Small World!!

 

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[jnjusoioa]

Good ol' Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg! Which sister? Michelle or the other one whose name I THINK was Chrissy or something (I only met Michelle)? Michelle looked just like Bret but with different hair! She had more of a mullet thing going on. I am surprised you didn't notice those pictures with Bret on page one of the TR from my DL trip with him back in 1986. I guess it was easy to overlook them!! Yes, it is a small world indeed! I have to take a picture of my platinum album that I received in 1987, I think, and post it. The first Poison album came out in 1986, but they didn't issue the platinum albums for everyone until 1987. There was a big platinum album party on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, and Bret was getting teary-eyed!!

Oh, and your maps went out in the mail today! I forgot to write a note or anything in there because I was hastily trying to get the maps in the envelope yesterday to send them out when the mailman arrived, but as I already told you, the mailman came early and I missed him. So you will just get the maps and no note! I hope they arrive in one piece! The mail system does such damage to things - I have been shocked at how envelopes arrive sometimes, torn and opened and the contents falling out! Let me know when you get it so I know it arrived safely!!

I will have to go back and check out the pictures, didn't realize he was in any of them. Thank you again for the maps, will let you know when they arrive.

 

[mariezp]

Yeah, Sherry... I can see your point about putting a big old bear hug on a big fuzzy character! It just wouldn't come off the same doing that with a princess. I see we are going to have to keep our ears opened for any rumors about the Mad Hatter being manhandled.

I have been missing a lot around here now haven't I? Your's really has been a great trip report! I do appreciate your readership, as well. I am hoping to get another day's report up soon. I'm half way through! I don't think I have put any of the fisheye photos in the trip report yet. I am pretty sure they are coming up in the next installment so stay tuned!

Dear me! I bet it would be a mess trying to please up to 13 people at a time! I feel like I am successful enough if I just keep the four of us happy for most of our trip.

I do agree that it was a bit insensitive to pick somebody up as early as your friend did without a bit more warning! If it had been me I would never have made it or at least left half of the things I had needed at home! I think for all you do you should receive some sort of recognition. Do you think there is any chance that maybe Shawn doesn't feel she owes you anything since she does the driving? Still, a thank you would be nice. I cannot imagine your friends expecting to go only if you are footing part of their way every time. Do you suppose your friends would even think of going on their own if it weren't for you? I think if I were you I would be tempted to just go by myself next time!

Well, now wait a minute, yes I can think of someone who expects someone to help pay the way everytime. I love our step daughter dearly but... They, DD, DSIL & DGS, went with us for a week in 2006. We paid for their room, park tickets, plane tickets and most of their food. All they had to pay for was snacks and souvenirs and any meals they did not eat with us. We offered and were happy to do it. However, now the only way they will most likely consider going with us again is if we pay their way again. When I suggested that they might try to save some to pay for a part of their way she said they would just wait and go with her mom because she would pay. I would love for them to go again because they are so much fun (she loves DL as much as I do) but I really think they should at least make an attempt to pay for whatever they can instead of just expecting us or her mother to foot the bill.

I may just have to try the Goofy dinner buffet. Making notes.... Ooooh, did I read quiche? Wonder if they have any salmon for DS?
May have to stick with Storytellers for breakfast. I LOVE their banana stuffed french toast!
We had PS for Wine Country Trattoria this trip but passed it up. Will have to think on it some more.
I am pretty sure we are going to give Yambuki a try next time. DH loves sushi and DS has even been willing to try it.

Thanks for eating the cookie for me! DH and DD made a gingerbread house that we have been munching on but it is a poor substitute!

I agree when you are tired and achy sometimes just working through the pain is best! We start out thinking we are about to die for the first several days but by the second week generally most of the pain has subsided. Imagine if I gave up at the first sign of sore feet. I would be sitting in my room for 10 day! Who cares about the pain anyway? It is so worth it!

Glad this sickness is not quite as bad as last time. Those NyQuil caplets are lifesavers! I am so glad they came up with that form of taking it! I can tell you I am so glad to be able to get the same effect without having to taste that nasty stuff and feel the burn in your stomach for 30 minutes!

 

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[jnjusoioa]

I forgot to add that Nikki was the sister I graduated with. We were pretty good friends, she could always make me laugh, which is sometimes hard to do.

 

[bumbershoot]

I keep forgetting to mention this...sometimes when people don't pay towards things, they act really weird about it. When I was a practicing chiropractor, the founder of the "type" of chiropractic I did ended up telling the people at his seminars that everyone needed to pay something. Even when the chiros in my area would meet up to check each others' spines, it was strongly suggested that we each pay the person checking. That way we felt more a part of it.

So it might be the very act of paying for her could be adding to the strangeness.



Or not.

 

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[travelmel]

Hi Sherry!

Do you read this TR (link below)?? It's a great one, I know you would like it. Plus, I referenced you in a goofy way and I wanted to let you know that I did it!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2035488



Melissa

 

[Sherry E]

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[travelmel]

Anyway, um, thanks, I guess, for referencing my long answers in a random, arbitrary way in someone else's thread....

It wasn't an insult. Actually, I am alot like you! I love to be detailed and chatty sometimes. And I appreciate all of your comments as I'm sure everybody else does. I tease. But it's with love!

 

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[jnjusoioa]

Awesome Poison photos, enjoyed them Sherry!!! Thanks for sharing, also wanted to say thank you for the maps, they arrived this week and they were in one piece. Thanks again, can't wait to see your photopass photos!!!

 

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[mariezp]

Sherry! I'm still here! Bring on more DL photos! One can never get too many of those.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Hi, Sherry! I'm enjoying the old photos, too, the ones of you and Bret and the ones on the character thread of you and characters.

I was telling my DH about the ones with Bret, and how YOUNG he looks. I vaguely remembered how he looked back then and have seen more recent photos of him from a reality show he was doing. I don't know why I am so struck by his youth and carefree smiles in the old photos, I'm sure we all look a lot older and tired these days. (I won't be posting any photos of me anytime soon...)

Anyway, it's fun walking down your Memory Lane. Thanks!