Nothing to See Here...

[Sherry E]

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[callmeblissful]

Ashley, I found a link to the Mickey statue display/art installation I was talking about (the one that reminds me of the buffalo art installation on Catalina back in 2002 - 2003). Look how cute they are! I cannot believe I caught the buffalo display but missed Mickey! Here are some pictures:

http://www.allears.net/tp/mk/mick75.htm

You know, if I lived where my friend Shawn lived (she is going with me on the 21st and has been on all the last DLR trips), which is 5 minutes up the street from DLR (she hears the fireworks every night), I would be doing all of these special 'trips' to DLR that I have thought of. I would just go by myself here and there and spend a whole day Hidden Mickey-hunting. Or I would spend a whole day only looking in the shops for different details I haven't seen before. Or I would spend all day photographing the different ponds/fountains/bodies of water and all the flowers and foliage in DLR. Or I woudl spend a whole day looking for the pressed penny machines (without the help of the list that DLR offers). I would look for all those easily overlooked things - like weather vanes and topiaries, etc. I live in L.A., which is not far from Anaheim compared to living out of state, but without a car it is tough to get to DLR as often as I would like to go. My friend Shawn lives close enough to walk to DLR but she doesn't have an AP (she doesn't want one, really). I need to be living where she lives!!

I was laughing about wearing a full beekeeper suit to Catalina!! I am shocked that you didn't encounter a lot of bees over on the uncivilized side when you were camping. (Maybe their City Council paid for the bee removal that year.) I encountered the most bees at Two Harbors - I think because there are fewer people over there and there are no businesses (other than Doug's Harbor Reef). Avalon is not nearly as bee-infested. There is a lot of lovely outdoor dining right by the water (which is cool, because you can look down and see fish swimming around, and an occasional flying fish come whizzing by), and occasionally a bee will come 'visit' your table, but they leave pretty quickly. I had the bee in my face when we were tooling around in the golf cart by the golf course. Somehow I came away un-stung. Actually, we were in more danger from the golf course - JUST at the very minute we were crusing past the golf cart, and the bee had already gone, someone hit a ball that sailed all the way out of the course and just missed our cart by about 2 feet! If one of us had been whomped in the head with that thing, it would have been bad news! But I think you would enjoy Avalon a lot and I would enjoy Hamilton Island in Australia - I would love to visit Down Under one day (add that to my list along with Greece and Italy!).

Last time I used RideMax, it was somewhere around $15 - a good deal for a 3-month period or whatever the window of time is.

I can't believe how many DIS-ers encounter each other at DLR. They are alwasy spotting each other and I have not seen one! My friend Shawn has eagle eyes as far as spotting things, and I even put her on alert to look for the LGMH's and she saw none...and no one saw me, that I know of. And yet, Bumbershoot (Molly) was with her family at DLR, and they climbed in one of the Main Street vehicles (which many people ignore and never ride) and another DIS-er just happened to be in the vehicle and overhear Molly's son's name and instantly recognized it as being the name of her son, and turned around to say hello! Isn't that wild??

I am seriously behind on meeting many of my DIS-friends, as we always seem to be at the parks at different times, or the plans just don't work out that way. If I renew my AP and get another full year, I hope to try to figure out some way to get to the parks more often and meet up with people here and there. Still undecided on whether or not I am renewing the AP yet, but we will see. As much as I get out of my trips to DLR, and as much as I want to do there, I should definitely always have an AP!

Those are too cute! Thanks a million for the link. Maybe I can find some more stuff on it.

You would have so much fun on those trips. How far away are you exactly? I am an hour and ten minutes away; my dad is forty-five minutes away. I don't have a car either...I don't have a license. Sad but it's just the situation, and my roads up there are "too fast for me" anyways, according to my mom. Do you mostly use public transportation? I can't believe your friend doesn't have an AP and doesn't want one!!!!! Are you kidding me? Why not? You ought to switch places with her!

That is strange. I actually don't remember seeing bees at all, but it could be a lapse in memory, because there were a ton of other things going on. You are right, better a bee than a golf ball! Australia was one of my favorite places ever. If it had a Disneyland, I'd probably end up living there! You will have so much fun when you eventually get there. I've never been to Greece or Italy, but I have been to England and France. France has Disneyland Paris, so it's just that much better! You should try to get there too, in case you haven't already.

$15 is a lot of money for one person, but it could still be worth it!!

Strange that you haven't seen any DIS-ers!! Crazy about your friend Molly, the other DIS-er must have had an excellent memory! I think the last time I rode a Main Street vehicle was when I was four in the mid-1990s. I probably won't ride one again until I have kids, as it is. I know what you mean about renewing the AP! I'd have to renew next April, and since I'll be leaving for college (probably out of state) in August or September, I wonder it's worth renewing. As much money as I might waste though, I never want to be without an AP again...I just love the perks that come with it! I think renewing could be worth it for you. I wonder if you could take a bus to the Los Angeles airport, then take the Magical Express to Disneyland! It might be more trouble than getting someone to take you though!

***Just found a new link for the DLR InspEARations!

http://www.mouseplanet.com/parkupdates/dlr/mickey.html

 

[Sherry E]

Ooooh! Ashley, that is the best link ever for the InspEARations display at DLR!! It is much better than the one I found, because the one I found largely focused on the display at WDW which seemed to be located in one area of the park, whereas in the link you found, it clearly shows all the Mickeys spread out all around DCA in different areas. I CANNOT BELIEVE I MISSED THAT WHOLE THING! I would have been SO all over that with my camera, hunting down and photographing every single Mickey statue in DCA! That would have been right up my alley - I love all those different interpretations of Mickey! Drat! Anyway, thank you so much for posting it!

And I still plan to reply to everyone tomorrow, if not later tonight - so that means Jasmine, Casiland, Marie and Ashley!! As our Governor says, "I'll be back..." So everyone hang in there with me!

 

[merrrydeath]

Another one of our DIS-ers (who has disappeared), Merrrydeath, got the Canon SD 880

Oh geez, how embarrassing! What a bad Dis-er I have been.

 

[Sherry E]

Oh geez, how embarrassing! What a bad Dis-er I have been.

Oh well, you were gone but not forgotten (at least not by me, anyway)! You are the only other person I know who has admitted to the Sliding Butt Syndrome on the train in DL - you are a kindred spirit! And I got the camera based on the review you provided and linked me to, so I certainly remembered you and wondered where you had been!

 

[merrrydeath]

Oh well, you were gone but not forgotten (at least not by me, anyway)! You are the only other person I know who has admitted to the Sliding Butt Syndrome on the train in DL - you are a kindred spirit! And I got the camera based on the review you provided and linked me to, so I certainly remembered you and wondered where you had been!

Well it's nice to be remembered!! Off topic, but whenever I hear someone say "kindred spirit" I think of the Anne of Green Gables movie and when she says "bosom friends"

SBS(sliding butt syndrome) is a serious affliction.

 

[bumbershoot]

"Crazy about your friend Molly, the other DIS-er must have had an excellent memory!"

that's me.

IT was pretty amazing! But DS's name isn't really usual outside of Ireland, and she knew I was going to be there those days (some of us had thought of getting a Meet going) and it would be his birthday, so when she heard the CM say Happy Birthday then ask for pronunciation, and I said his name, she just knew!



Sherry those pix are killing me! The fashions, oh the fashions!!!! Did your pix encompass both 80s and 90s? I can see both. Those jeans on that furry armed guy...oh those jeans, what were men thinking? And your friends who are a guy and girl, they were all matchy matchy!

And you had a Mickey applique on your shorts....awesome....

 

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[prettyprincessbelle]

Oh no way really !?!?! I'd be sooo stoked if I could see both Courtney and yourself How fun would that be !??! We could totally bungFACE the whole resort!! WOO.

Woo! Bungfaces everywhere!!!!!!

Sherry, I love your Catalina pics. Sooo pretty! I notice your Mickey shirts in some of them too!!!!

 

[Sherry E]

Woo! Bungfaces everywhere!!!!!!

Sherry, I love your Catalina pics. Sooo pretty! I notice your Mickey shirts in some of them too!!!!

Hi, Courtney! Yes, my Mickey shirts (that one with Mickey bending over and peering through his legs used to get some odd looks because people thought he was doing something kinky!) - I wear them to death. I have the same Mickey/paint splatter shirt that Jasmine's cousin Patrick has, and she said she and Eric just bought the same shirts too. I love that shirt and I want to get an extra one - just for when I wear the first one out! A back-up shirt!

And I used to have regular Mickey shorts and Mickey bike shorts, Mickey socks, earrings, Mickey pants, etc. As I have aged, I have de-Mickeyfied somewhat, so now it may just be a Mickey shirt and no other Mickey.

I am so glad you like the Catalina pictures! One of these days we will get you and Jesus over to Avalon and have some frothy, frou frou drinks! I had to post something on this TR or this baby will slip to Page 2 before I get to DLR next week and everyone will forget me!

 

[bumbershoot]

The Mickey applique was on the shorts when I bought them - they were special Mickey shorts!

What gave it away that the Catalina pictures were mostly from the '80s and '90s (there are a couple from the 2000's but mainly '90s)? Just the furry guy's jeans, or the rampant scrunchy use or the L.A Gear clothing? Did you see my old DLR pictures from the '80s and '90s (somewhere in this TR) - there were green fluorescent shirts and shorts happening in those days!! 'Oh the fashions' is right!

To the bolded...well, high waisted jeans = 90s. The adorable SHORT sundress is also 90s (I loved those, especially wearing with bike shorts? I still have mine, for when I'm skinny enough to wear it again, no matter what my age).

What's funny is that I really don't regret much of the 80s/90s clothing, but to see it all in those pictures was knocking me to the floor!

And then of course there are the ZZ Top poses....


By the way, what kind of scanner do you have? Those pictures are REALLY good quality, at least on my screen. My scanner/printer/copier doohickey doesn't give anywhere near that quality with prints. Or were you some kind of early-adopter of digital cameras?

 

[Sherry E]

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[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Oh geez thats terrible !!!

50 SPF, Sherry I don't even go for that. I'm all about 70 SPF. I'm just like you, I burn like no other, so I'm 200% prepared! Oh gosh, I really hope the weather changes its mind for you, that would be so nice!

 

[kaoden39]

I am with Jaz. I use 70 spf especially on my face. The rest of me I don't worry so much but I have a tube of 70 spf that I carry anytime I spend time in the sun. That and water lots and lots of water.

 

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[kaoden39]

For some reason, the stores in my area are lame and I never seem to find 70 SPF. In fact, I even see less and less 50 SPF these days. I assumed it was because of that study that was done a few years ago that announced that a sunscreen's potency and effectiveness does not increase beyond 30 SPF, and so anything we buy above 30 SPF really isn't doing any extra good. After that info was released, I noticed that the stores around here were selling less of the 50 SPF. Even if that is true and that we really are not getting any extra protection beyond the 30 SPF level, I like to convince myself that the higher numbers are giving me more protection!!! So I can pschologically tell myself that I am extra-protected with 70 SPF - IF I can find it, that is!!

What brands are both of you guys using that are 70 SPF, and I will go to a different store this weekend and see if I can find some? Banana Boat used to make a really good sunscreen for faces - in fact, it was called Faces - and it was sweat proof, but it was only 25 SPF or something crazy. But It didn't run into my eyes, though, which is important. I have to get something waterproof or sweatproof because I'll perspire all day long. Molly suggested Ocean Potion but I have to see if that is at my local CVS.

You guys can see in some of the Catalina pictures I just posted on the last page (Page 30, I think), that my legs and arms are quite red and burnt - and that was with loads and loads of sunscreen applied. But at Disneyland in the old days of summer trips, I would get burns that would have my friends ready to drive me to the ER. They were all very concerned about me because my arms and any exposed skin would burn so badly it would swell up.

Sherry, I use Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock. and it is an spf 70. I figure if you know the name it will make it easier to find it.

 

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