The Power of Matching T-shirts: TR is over!~ 9/20

[Tinker'n'Fun]

Done, caught up, cheated used the quick link but didn't close out til the end... So go ahead, write some more....

 

[TarzansKat]

Jiri! Now I know what you look like and can imagine the you perfectly chopping your cauliflower having epiphanies about child-rearing!

Nice update by the way! I love to hear about your touring plans...I have a great admiration for them...especially since I'll be employing absolutely none on my trip.

 

[Sarilas]

I'm so glad you didn't smudge your own face! I love seeing who I'm reading about!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Jiri, You have a face to go with all the witty writing!!!

I'm mean, but I wish that red-headed kid had been doused completely! How's that for a nice teacher comment? Now, karma is going to come kick my rear-end. But I have suffered through three soakings on Kali in my lifetime, and I feel that everyone should experience that feeling. I love the ride, though. I guess that's why I keep going on it!

 

[willwriteforears]

I love the t-shirts, and the story about the red-headed boy I always write down funny things I overhear kids saying on trips to WDW. I have to be careful now though, because I commented on a little girl I overheard make a funny comment on Barnstormer, and someone posted back "Hey, I think that was my kid" Luckily I just thought she was cute.

Ooh, good point. Maybe I should start qualifying all my comments about guests with "But I'm sure the person in question wasn't a reader or friend or family of a reader."

When I hear about young blonde Garretts, I couldn't help but think it was this guy (Garrett Healy, the very first person to be kicked off American Idol '07)

I haven't watched much AI since the first season, but that Garrett is not the Garrett who went to college with me, and therefore he's not mom3sonstt's Garrett.

I swear that I was to young to actually be familiar with him, but the name Garrett always makes me think of Lief Garrett.

Um, I watched like 5 minutes of a VH1 where are they now/ode to musicians past (I forget which) thingummy and saw Lief Garrett. But that's all I know about him.

Well, I've been reading - but that was probably my first appearance out of lurkdom.

Well, thanks for emerging from lurkdom! Is it still really dark in there?

Next time you see Garrett......smack him for me! You don't have to tell him why....just tell him he's had it coming since Sept of '88

That would probably be at whatever college reunion I happen to go to. I can see myself now, scanning the crowd for Garrett, shouting "You!" when I see him, charging, and subsequently smacking him on the head while the hoi polloi of my graduating class watch in astonishment. "That," I will say primly, "was for September of 1988. You know what I mean." Then I'll stride off, and the theme music from, say, Rocky will play in the background.

See that...you wooed me over with your avatar compliments...and I'm super glad I got here.

Flattery will get me everywhere. Thanks for coming by!

I am indebted to you ... or at least your picture ... for teaching me the ways of the ellipsis. You could so be my "biffle" (bffl - best friend for life, according to my 6th graders).

Ahh, grasshopper, the way of the ellipsis is long and. . . dotty. You have learned much.

Your biffle, huh? Shoot! If only more people were interested in three- vs. four-dot ellipses, I would be biffle to many.

Did anyone in your raft say anything to the red-headed boy as he was making those comments?

Nope, we just kinda smiled and nodded. Most of the people were part of his group, I think.

Done, caught up, cheated used the quick link but didn't close out til the end... So go ahead, write some more....

Welcome, Tinker'n'Fun! Next installment day should be Saturday.

Jiri! Now I know what you look like and can imagine the you perfectly chopping your cauliflower having epiphanies about child-rearing!

Just don't forget the shaft of light shining down on me and the angelic chorus. They always accompany each of my epiphanies.

Nice update by the way! I love to hear about your touring plans...I have a great admiration for them...especially since I'll be employing absolutely none on my trip.

Well, since none of us had been to WDW in quite some time, we were all keen on making sure we got to do everything we wanted. Actually, Nevi probably would've been happy without a touring plan--she's not much of a planner herself. But I'm sure that this way we spent much less time standing in queues, which is a good thing. Though we're quite capable of entertaining ourselves while waiting. It's how things like the Great Ninja Debate come up.

I'm so glad you didn't smudge your own face! I love seeing who I'm reading about!

I started to (again, I was really excited about using the smudge tool) but then I remembered myself and was able to undo.

Jiri, You have a face to go with all the witty writing!!!

Aww, thank you!

I'm mean, but I wish that red-headed kid had been doused completely! How's that for a nice teacher comment? Now, karma is going to come kick my rear-end. But I have suffered through three soakings on Kali in my lifetime, and I feel that everyone should experience that feeling. I love the ride, though. I guess that's why I keep going on it!

Well, it's not like the water would've hurt him, despite his fears!

But really, while he was annoying, I had an amusing anecdote to put on my TR. So I'm okay sending him non-soaking vibes. Particularly if a relative or friend of his, or even the red-headed boy himself, are readers. Truly, the whippersnapper was a delight! Ha ha ha! Ho ho ho!

*shifty eyes* Think they bought it?

 

[TCKK]

Sounds like a fun time at AK. Looking forward to hearing more.

Cathy

 

[willwriteforears]

Sounds like a fun time at AK. Looking forward to hearing more.

Cathy

The best AK stuff is yet to come. Trust me.

 

[willwriteforears]

Nevi took me up on my offer to share her thoughts on the red-headed boy. From my e-mail inbox to your eyes:

...regarding the red-haired boy, I did mutter under my breath "why is he on this ride?" and "geez I hope he gets soaked" and "but not traumatically soaked, just enough to teach him a valuable life lesson about not getting on rides that you know frighten or upset you". Alas, none of these happened, though I think his riding buddy (mom or whatever she was) is less likely to ever take him on that or other such rides again.

She did ask how she and Melneth can reply directly, and I explained about properly joining the DIS in order to post. Slowly, I am wearing them down.

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

She did ask how she and Melneth can reply directly, and I explained about properly joining the DIS in order to post. Slowly, I am wearing them down.

Excellent. Your next assignment will be to come out here to my coast and work on BF. All expenses paid, of course.

 

[TCKK]

The best AK stuff is yet to come. Trust me.

Okay I'll be here to read it!!

 

[willwriteforears]

Excellent. Your next assignment will be to come out here to my coast and work on BF. All expenses paid, of course.

Methinks the BF would be much more difficult. Nevi and Melneth, after all, wanted to go to Disney World. Now it's just a matter of "encouraging" that willingness to develop into a DIS-obsession. BF, however, for some inexplicable reason is anti-Disney. With the exception of Lilo and Stitch. Why is this?
*Getting out the legal pad, "thoughtful-glasses," and ink blots.* He was not attacked by a mouse when a small child, was he?

Okay I'll be here to read it!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Methinks the BF would be much more difficult. Nevi and Melneth, after all, wanted to go to Disney World. Now it's just a matter of "encouraging" that willingness to develop into a DIS-obsession. BF, however, for some inexplicable reason is anti-Disney. With the exception of Lilo and Stitch. Why is this?
*Getting out the legal pad, "thoughtful-glasses," and ink blots.* He was not attacked by a mouse when a small child, was he?

I think you are on to something!!

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

BF, however, for some inexplicable reason is anti-Disney. With the exception of Lilo and Stitch. Why is this?
*Getting out the legal pad, "thoughtful-glasses," and ink blots.* He was not attacked by a mouse when a small child, was he?

::settles back into the chaise lounge and taps finger to chin::

No mouse attacks. He cites "too many visits to Disney" as a problem. However, the man has never been to MGM. Or the Animal Kingdom. Which means only Epicot and MK. And I think it's mostly MK. Perhaps he has nightmares about IASM. WWFD? (What What Freud Do?)

 

[mom3sonstt]

Rocky[/I] will play in the background.

Yes it is still dark in lurkdom - but fortunately the glow from my computer monitor keeps me from running into things


Once said smacking is done - the crowds will cheer and you'll see me lurking in the corner holding my cell phone in the air.
What???
Has she lost her mind???

Oh - I get it - you don't realize that the reason the theme from Rocky is playing in the background is because it is the ringtone that plays when my youngest son (who is NOT named Garrett!) calls me!!

 

[willwriteforears]

I think you are on to something!!

There's a reason I almost minored in psychology. Bwa ha ha ha ha!

Once said smacking is done - the crowds will cheer and you'll see me lurking in the corner holding my cell phone in the air.
What???
Has she lost her mind???

Oh - I get it - you don't realize that the reason the theme from Rocky is playing in the background is because it is the ringtone that plays when my youngest son (who is NOT named Garrett!) calls me!!

That's me, nodding sagaciously. The cell phone raising will make sense.

::settles back into the chaise lounge and taps finger to chin::

No mouse attacks. He cites "too many visits to Disney" as a problem. However, the man has never been to MGM. Or the Animal Kingdom. Which means only Epicot and MK. And I think it's mostly MK. Perhaps he has nightmares about IASM. WWFD? (What What Freud Do?)

*readjusting the thoughtful glasses* Hmm, "too many visits to Disney," he says? Hold on, let me write that down.

Delusions . . . of Disney . . . overexposure. And he's never been to DHS nee MGM, or Animal Kingdom. Exhibits . . . reluctance . . . to seek . . . new . . . experiences. *pause* Even with . . . Tink's presence.

This is particularly troubling.

But yes, It's a Small World is quite capable of inserting itself into one's psyche, burrowing deeper and deeper, much like a parasitic worm, and replicating its high-pitched repetitive message of togetherness until one feels no recourse but to quiver in a fetal position on the floor of a darkened closet.

Not that I have ever been there myself, mind.

And no offense to my dear friend Melneth, who loves IASW.

Anyway, I would agree that it might--might--be possible for IASW to frighten a person so badly as to render him or her anti-Disney. Such is the power of the ride. Normal course of treatment would be small Disney doses to prove that there is much more to Disney than singing dolls, and gradually increase the dosage until a Disney affinity develops. If the BF enjoys Wall-E, it might then be a good idea to begin dosage by showing him how the parks integrate the movie into their theming (because you know it's gonna happen).

Should that fail, brainwashing him while he sleeps is always a possibility. "You love Disney. Disney is for adults, too. Disney World is a happy place. There are no singing dolls. It is not a small world after all." Of course, including that last bit of brainwashing would mean you'd have to avoid IASW entirely, so as not to spoil the conditioning and risk severe repercussions, but the results are probably worth the inconvenience.

 

[Sarilas]

Delusions . . . of Disney . . . overexposure. And he's never been to DHS nee MGM, or Animal Kingdom. Exhibits . . . reluctance . . . to seek . . . new . . . experiences. *pause* Even with . . . Tink's presence.

This is particularly troubling.

But yes, It's a Small World is quite capable of inserting itself into one's psyche, burrowing deeper and deeper, much like a parasitic worm, and replicating its high-pitched repetitive message of togetherness until one feels no recourse but to quiver in a fetal position on the floor of a darkened closet.

Not that I have ever been there myself, mind.

And no offense to my dear friend Melneth, who loves IASW.

Anyway, I would agree that it might--might--be possible for IASW to frighten a person so badly as to render him or her anti-Disney. Such is the power of the ride. Normal course of treatment would be small Disney doses to prove that there is much more to Disney than singing dolls, and gradually increase the dosage until a Disney affinity develops. If the BF enjoys Wall-E, it might then be a good idea to begin dosage by showing him how the parks integrate the movie into their theming (because you know it's gonna happen).

Should that fail, brainwashing him while he sleeps is always a possibility. "You love Disney. Disney is for adults, too. Disney World is a happy place. There are no singing dolls. It is not a small world after all." Of course, including that last bit of brainwashing would mean you'd have to avoid IASW entirely, so as not to spoil the conditioning and risk severe repercussions, but the results are probably worth the inconvenience.

My husband has never been to ANY Disney park, ever. When I first mentioned going to the World for our vacation he looked at me like I'd lost my mind. Somehow in the planning process he's been bitten by the DIS bug though - now when a travel packet or something arrives in the mail he's just as giddy as I am. THANK GOD. It's much easier to justify the $$$$ when he's more likely to buy what I'm telling him.

 

[RachelNinja]

Nevi took me up on my offer to share her thoughts on the red-headed boy. From my e-mail inbox to your eyes:

...regarding the red-haired boy, I did mutter under my breath "why is he on this ride?" and "geez I hope he gets soaked" and "but not traumatically soaked, just enough to teach him a valuable life lesson about not getting on rides that you know frighten or upset you". Alas, none of these happened, though I think his riding buddy (mom or whatever she was) is less likely to ever take him on that or other such rides again.

She did ask how she and Melneth can reply directly, and I explained about properly joining the DIS in order to post. Slowly, I am wearing them down.

Just a direct message to Nevi ... you also have quite the way with words. I particularly liked the "traumatically soaked" part because I'm interested to know what that would actually mean because in some cases, that can actually be a relative description. See, you need to share your thoughts and nuggets of wisdom with us so this requires signing up with DIS! C'mon, you know you want to ... How else are you going to reply to my post? Please don't leave me hanging

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

*readjusting the thoughtful glasses* Hmm, "too many visits to Disney," he says? Hold on, let me write that down.

Delusions . . . of Disney . . . overexposure. And he's never been to DHS nee MGM, or Animal Kingdom. Exhibits . . . reluctance . . . to seek . . . new . . . experiences. *pause* Even with . . . Tink's presence.

This is particularly troubling.

But yes, It's a Small World is quite capable of inserting itself into one's psyche, burrowing deeper and deeper, much like a parasitic worm, and replicating its high-pitched repetitive message of togetherness until one feels no recourse but to quiver in a fetal position on the floor of a darkened closet.

Not that I have ever been there myself, mind.

And no offense to my dear friend Melneth, who loves IASW.

Anyway, I would agree that it might--might--be possible for IASW to frighten a person so badly as to render him or her anti-Disney. Such is the power of the ride. Normal course of treatment would be small Disney doses to prove that there is much more to Disney than singing dolls, and gradually increase the dosage until a Disney affinity develops. If the BF enjoys Wall-E, it might then be a good idea to begin dosage by showing him how the parks integrate the movie into their theming (because you know it's gonna happen).

But I guess the real question is...isn't there some Disney PILL one could slip into his protein shake that one so lovingly made with absolutely NO pharmaceutical ulterior motives?

Should that fail, brainwashing him while he sleeps is always a possibility. "You love Disney. Disney is for adults, too. Disney World is a happy place. There are no singing dolls. It is not a small world after all." Of course, including that last bit of brainwashing would mean you'd have to avoid IASW entirely, so as not to spoil the conditioning and risk severe repercussions, but the results are probably worth the inconvenience.

Hm. I suppose the "Fiesta on the River of Time with the Volcano near the Restaurant with Donald and the Three Caballeros" or whatever they're calling the latest incarnation of that ride, is out too. It's Small World-ish.

 

[willwriteforears]

My husband has never been to ANY Disney park, ever. When I first mentioned going to the World for our vacation he looked at me like I'd lost my mind. Somehow in the planning process he's been bitten by the DIS bug though - now when a travel packet or something arrives in the mail he's just as giddy as I am. THANK GOD. It's much easier to justify the $$$$ when he's more likely to buy what I'm telling him.

That does make it much easier! I suppose one of the good things about being single is that I don't need to "convince" anyone to go to Disney. Right now I'm banking on flying solo to Lapu Lapu Fabby Fest '09, which is fine by me. Much more flexible!

Just a direct message to Nevi ... you also have quite the way with words. I particularly liked the "traumatically soaked" part because I'm interested to know what that would actually mean because in some cases, that can actually be a relative description. See, you need to share your thoughts and nuggets of wisdom with us so this requires signing up with DIS! C'mon, you know you want to ... How else are you going to reply to my post? Please don't leave me hanging

Ooh, Nevi, look, a fan! See, you must join, you must! And Melneth, even though you're super busy being an intern and all, you could join and just post the occasional "That was taken completely out of proportion" or "At that point, I chose to pretend I didn't know you."

But I guess the real question is...isn't there some Disney PILL one could slip into his protein shake that one so lovingly made with absolutely NO pharmaceutical ulterior motives?

Maybe on the black market...

Hm. I suppose the "Fiesta on the River of Time with the Volcano near the Restaurant with Donald and the Three Caballeros" or whatever they're calling the latest incarnation of that ride, is out too. It's Small World-ish.

Ahh yes. That it is. I think I managed to block out the vast majority of that ride, aside from when we passed the diners and I wondered if any of them had read your PTR and were considering pelting us with chips. But no one did, so I guess they have not yet been enlightened.

And to all my faithful readers and those who are not faithful yet but were considering becoming so, and those who just happened to click on my TR willy nilly: Sorry, no update tonight. Between trekking from my apartment to my parents' house, giving the dog (well, my dog who lives with my parents since he'd hate living in an apartment) a bath, realizing I'd forgotten some items necessary for house-sitting, and trekking back to my apartment, returning to my parents' house, having trouble getting the stupid TV input to work so I could play my Wii, and prefacing all that with a thorough cleaning of my apartment so I don't return to nastiness, I'm kinda wiped. The muse is vacationing in Bermuda, I think. Hopefully she'll fly back tomorrow and I'll have an update then.

And TK and Tink: Oh yes. I am giving both of you a run for that longest-sentence award.

 

[TarzansKat]

And TK and Tink: Oh yes. I am giving both of you a run for that longest-sentence award.

Ooo, snap! Tink, I think I feel a challenge coming on.