Nothing to See Here...

[Sherry E]

I think it's time to start posting more pictures. I can dig up some more from the PhotoPass bunch that I just got, and I can scan some other older ones.

Now I am trying to justify making another DLR trip (just a day trip) in the near future, even though it would mean spending some kind of money on transportation and I can't really justify that at the moment. I have other important things I have to take care of this year which will require money, so I can't spend frivolously until I can take care of these other issues. Right now, I suspect that I probably will not get back to DL until my birthday (in July), but I don't know if that will be a solo trip or a trip with friends. In the old days, I used to go to DLR for my b-day all the time, but grew to hate the harsh summer heat because I burn so easily and get really nasty sunburns if I don't layer on the sunscreen every 15 minutes....which can be very troublesome. So the only reason I would drag myself to DLR for this birthday in the heat of summer would be to get the Fun Card or get a ticket for a later date. If the Haunted Mansion Holiday is not returning in 2009 due to the HM 40th anniversary festivities, then I may skip a Halloween DLR trip this year and wait until it is brought back (hopefully in 2010). But Christmastime is the time I would really want to be at DLR, so I have to see how likely a December trip would be.

However.....I remembered that another friend of mine has a birthday in February, and I thought I may suggest to her that we make a day trip down to DLR. She can get in free on her b-day and so can I with my AP, so all we would need would be food money, really. Hmmmm.....something to ponder....

 

[Sherry E]

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[mariezp]

Cool picture Sherry. I never made it to DL back in the Skybucket days but I do remember when they had them at Six Flags Over Texas....way back when people had better things to do than to think up mean pranks they could pull while hagning suspended over other people's heads.

I gotta tell you that I heard the sound of Poison coming from my DS's room a couple days ago! The song was Every Rose Has it's Thorn. I told my DS that I knew someone who had worked with the band when they first started and he thought it was very cool!

 

[Sherry E]

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[mariezp]

I'll bet when he had a hit from the song and made a few bucks I imagine it helped "ease the pain" of her cheating on him. He might have even been glad she did, otherwise he might have never wrote the song. You are right, there is often a double standard.

I would hate the life of a celebrity. I doubt anything in there life is very normal.

 

[Sherry E]

I'll bet when he had a hit from the song and made a few bucks I imagine it helped "ease the pain" of her cheating on him. He might have even been glad she did, otherwise he might have never wrote the song. You are right, there is often a double standard.

I would hate the life of a celebrity. I doubt anything in there life is very normal.

Most famous people are crazy to begin with or become crazy after getting famous. So nothing is normal because they have so many people around them enabling them and letting them think that they have to act wild and out of control.

 

[kaoden39]

Most famous people are crazy to begin with or become crazy after getting famous. So nothing is normal because they have so many people around them enabling them and letting them think that they have to act wild and out of control.

That and that it is okay and expected.

 

[Sherry E]

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[kaoden39]

Kaoden39, you came back! I was saying a few pages ago that I wasn't sure who was still hanging in here (this was before I posted my PhotoPass stuff) because I am still planning to scan some more old DLR pictures and post them here. Glad to see you back!

Yep. That's the truth that it is okay and expected to be crazy and debaucherous when you are famous! I just saw Bret's bandmate, Rikki, on a recent E! True Hollywood Story about rock stars' wives. Rikki has apparently married a seemingly nice girl (she seemed normal on the E! special) and has 'settled down.' Rikki said that he got to a point where he realized that just because debauchery is readily available on the road for rock stars to indulge in, he doesn't have to participate in it anymore. He said that a lot of guys just think that they have to "swim in the debauchery" and don't realize that they don't have to, and it can be much more fulfilling if they don't. It is expected and all sorts of people in the inner circles enable and encourage the craziness to ensue!

Oh I am here, I amy not comment all the time but I am always here. I love all the pictures. I have a 28 year old nephew that was thrilled to see the Bret Michaels pictures. It's nice that Rikki grew up.

 

[Sherry E]

Oh I am here, I amy not comment all the time but I am always here. I love all the pictures. I have a 28 year old nephew that was thrilled to see the Bret Michaels pictures. It's nice that Rikki grew up.

Yes, I always wondered if people were still out there but just silent. As long as I know there are people out there, that's cool! I had to come back over here to escape controversial Haunted Mansion 2009 thread!!! Kerri (Pixiewings71) posted a wonderful thread, which turned into a lovefest for all of us, about how nice and pleasant the DLR section of DISboards is, in comparison to some of the other sections (like the Budget Board and Community Board) where people get testy and huffy and attack. And then not ten minutes later I see the Haunted Mansion thread taking a turn for the worse, so I headed back to the trip report section of things!!!

 

[kaoden39]

Yes, I always wondered if people were still out there but just silent. As long as I know there are people out there, that's cool! I had to come back over here to escape the controversial Haunted Mansion 2009 thread!!! Kerri (Pixiewings71) posted a wonderful thread, which turned into a lovefest for all of us, about how nice and pleasant the DLR section of DISboards is, in comparison to some of the other sections (like the Budget Board and Community Board) where people get testy and huffy and attack. And then not ten minutes later I see the Haunted Mansion thread taking a turn for the worse, so I headed back to the trip report section of things!!!

I know what you mean about some threads turning ugly. There are people that I will avoid on the boards because I know how they can be. Which is sad, this is supposed to be a fun place.

 

[Sherry E]

I know what you mean about some threads turning ugly. There are people that I will avoid on the boards because I know how they can be. Which is sad, this is supposed to be a fun place.

Yeah, you are right. I have noticed that some folks are consistently or frequently a certain way. I usually assume it is just temporary and the disagreements are over silly, benign things and everything will be rosy in a few days...which it usually is. But a very few handful of people seem to take things so personally or get snippy about fun, harmless subjects. It is easy to get sucked into a disagreement or to misinterpret what someone typed without being able to hear them say it, but then I just remind myself, "This is stupid. I have enough other stuff to worry about!" Still, there are a few folks that I am not entirely thrilled with so I will either try to go out of my way to be nice (and am usually ignored!!! ) or I will just be quiet altogether! But, for the most part, 95% of the folks on the DLR side of things seem to be great.

 

[kaoden39]

Yeah, you are right. I have noticed that some folks are consistently or frequently a certain way. I usually assume it is just temporary and the disagreements are over silly, benign things and everything will be rosy in a few days...which it usually is. But a very few handful of people seem to take things so personally or get snippy about fun, harmless subjects. It is easy to get sucked into a disagreement or to misinterpret what someone typed without being able to hear them say it, but then I just remind myself, "This is stupid. I have enough other stuff to worry about!" Still, there are a few folks that I am not entirely thrilled with so I will either try to go out of my way to be nice (and am usually ignored!!! ) or I will just be quiet altogether! But, for the most part, 95% of the folks on the DLR side of things seem to be great.

I visited that thread and one of the people I avoid was on it. Hmm is it any wonder. This person lectured me one time because I went off topic and well it struck me bad and I have never gotten rid of that opinion.

 

[Sherry E]

I visited that thread and one of the people I avoid was on it. Hmm is it any wonder. This person lectured me one time because I went off topic and well it struck me bad and I have never gotten rid of that opinion.

I know! I just saw your 'Oh my' post over there. I chuckled! Hopefully someone silently lurking on that thread won't jump in out of the blue and fuel the fire. I think it's best to kind of step around it

 

[kaoden39]

I know! I just saw your 'Oh my' post over there. I chuckled! Hopefully someone silently lurking on that thread won't jump in out of the blue and fuel the fire. I think it's best to kind of step around it

I try to avoid those threads but I had to add my two cents. I personally do not understand why the conversation got so heated. It is not that huge of a deal.

 

[Sherry E]

I try to avoid those threads but I had to add my two cents. I personally do not understand why the conversation got so heated. It is not that huge of a deal.

Isn't it weird how these innocent topics snowball (and not the good kind of Disney snowball but the bad kind!)? It is not a huge deal at all, in any way, shape or form, on either side of the issue! I don't think anyone was being offensive in their opinions.

 

[kaoden39]

Well that was my thought. It got way too heated over something that is not life altering and no matter how passionate they get over it Disney will do what they want. And feelings got hurt when they shouldn't and I agreed with Pixiewing and Fairycat was it?

 

[Sherry E]

Well that was my thought. It got way too heated over something that is not life altering and no matter how passionate they get over it Disney will do what they want. And feelings got hurt when they shouldn't and I agreed with Pixiewing and Fairycat was it?

Yep. Pixiewings and Fairycat (and I) were all in the pro-HMH camp, but everyone was trying to be tactful in their opinions because I think we all were aware that certain folks take the HMH issue VERY personally, for some reason.

You are SO right. It is not life-altering in any way, and there are SO many more important issues in people's lives to worry about right now than whether or not the HMH will be around in 2009. Everyone has got some 'thing' they have to deal with right now. If it's not money, it's health or family problems. Everyone I know is going through some kind of hardship right now and trying to stay afloat and sane. It's fun to come to DISboards and kind of escape that stuff for a while, and I mean, it's great to discuss the HMH issue, but once it stops being fun and becomes an argument, then it seems like a waste of time.

 

[kaoden39]

Yep. Pixiewings and Fairycat (and I) were all in the pro-HMH camp, but everyone was trying to be tactful in their opinions because I think we all were aware that certain folks take the HMH issue VERY personally, for some reason. But something or other pushed someone over the edge - not sure if it was Pixiewings said, what Fairycat said, or what I said - or maybe all of the above - and the venom spewed!

You are SO right. It is not life-altering in any way, and there are SO many more important issues in people's lives to worry about right now than whether or not the HMH will be around in 2009. Everyone has got some 'thing' they have to deal with right now. If it's not money, it's health or family problems. Everyone I know is going through somekind of hardship right now and trying to stay afloat and sane. It's fun to come to DISboards and kind of escape that stuff for a while, and I mean, it's great to discuss the HMH issue, but once it stops being fun and becomes an argument, then it seems like a waste of time.

Well that is what I thought. This is my happy place so the unpleasantness is terrible.

 

[Sherry E]

Well that is what I thought. This is my happy place so the unpleasantness is terrible.

What was it that Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) used to say on Fantasy Island when he was greeting the new guests who arrived to fulfill their fantasies? (I am showing my age.)

"Smiles, everyone, smiles!!"