December 2010
Disneyland Day 9 - Favorite Frontierland...
This is actually tough for me. Not as in what to choose, but the reasons that I should and shouldn’t choose it.
I’m going with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the mine train roller coaster. The pros outweigh the cons as far as my memories go, but I have a feeling I’ll never ride it again at Disneyland, even if I am there.
First, the reasons I almost disqualified it, and will...
November 2010
Eat Mor Chikin
I spend too much time reading comments on some websites. Now, whenever I see a Chick-Fil-A commercial and the cows have signs that say “EAT MOR CHIKIN” all I can think is
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Disneyland Day 8 - Favorite Toontown Attraction
Toontown, while my least favorite land at Disneyland, does have its charm. Besides the two rides (three if the Jolly Trolley happens to be running), there are a lot of gags throughout the land. Step on a manhole cover, and it talks to you. Try to open a mailbox and it talks to you. See a TNT detonator? Go for it. You may blow up the fireworks factory, or you may make a cow moo. That door to the...
New Blog Title
I hope all my JM friends will forgive me to switching to a Green Day reference for the blog title. It just seems to fit better. From “Jesus of Suburbia.”
I love winter. The air is crisp and clean, and it smells different, in a good way. i love the snow (probably because I grew up in Souther California, and I’m not used to it, even after 5 years in Chicago and 2+ years here. Not a fan of shoveling driveways or slippery, icy sidewalks, and cold rain sucks, but it’s worth it, overall, to live somewhere that seasons actually exist. i love...
Disneyland Day 5 - Favorite New Orleans Square...
Easily, the Haunted Mansion takes the crown here.From the spooky music in the foyer, the stretching room (yes, it does indeed stretch), to the disembodied voice of the Ghost Host, this ride is full of things I love. Even the wallpaper in the ride rules (it’s the background on my twitter page).
I also love the humor in the ride (hey, something has to turn grim ghosts into grim grinning...
Disneyland Day 4: Favorite Tomorrowland Attraction
So many to choose from, since rides in Tomorrowland don’t exactly have the longest shelf-life. Sure, I would still enjoy Adventures Thru Inner Space today (where you “shrink” down to smaller than an atom and explore a water molecule), I would still enjoy America Sings (American music through the years, or at least up until the 70’s), and I still miss the heck out of the...
WatchI once had a roommate who thought she could drink anyone under the table, until she met me. This guy may even beat me (and he’s a New York state legislator). 2½ Four Lokos in an hour, and he recovers with one slice of pizza and a glass of water. The only way I could maybe do that was if I was already tipsy (the only time I ever get into “chug mode”), but not on strong stuff.
For...
Disneyland Day 3 - Favorite Fantasyland Attraction
Getting this one out of the way early, since I’ll be out for my birthday tonight.
So many good choices (not like yesterday’s Main Street post, where there isn’t much variety). Peter Pan, Snow White, Pinocchio, Mr. Toad, the Teacups, Alice in Wonderland, It’s a Small World, Casey, Jr., King Arthur’s Carousel, Dumbo, Storybookland, Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, and...
Disneyland Day 2 - Favorite Main Street Attraction
So many to chose, yet so little variety…there’s the Model A, the mini fire truck, the horse-drawn streetcar, the omnibus (all of which take you from one end of Main Street to the other at slightly faster than walking pace). There’s the Main Street cinema, where you can partake in some air conditioning and watch old black-and-white Disney cartoons. You can hop aboard the...
Disneyland Day 1 - Your Favorite Land
This is actually a little tough for me to decide. Tomorrowland has more rides, some of them my favorites, though several of them no longer exist (The PeopleMover, America Sings, the old Submarine Voyage, Adventures Thru Inner Space).
New Orleans Square has only two rides, but they are arguably the two best in the park (The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean). I guess you could argue for...
Another 30 day chellenge!
The last challenge was very deep on a lot of days, so I’m going to take a break (mostly) from the depths and do one that’ll be more fun for me. Hopefully it will be fun for you, too.
I know I’ve been depressed some nights because of my ex-Disney status. But I’ve come to realize that it can’t define who I am, but I can always cherish the memories, and the stories it...
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Day 30 - Me
By now, you know me pretty well. Stay tuned to get to know me better. All I can add that I may not have spelled out:
I have issues. As do we all. I’m just a little bit more honest about them. I’m not a bad person, and I’m not a great person (though I would love to be considered “great” later in life).
I have foibles. And I have strengths. I think my strengths...
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Not sure...(part 2)
And trust me, the old adage of “picture your audience in their underwear” is not something I want to do in front of this crowd. But it’s not that I’m nervous; I used to work in several jobs where public speaking was a part of the gig…be it making announcements or giving presentations. I just don’t know if I want to share this with people that I don’t know....
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Not sure...(part 1)
We’re having one more memorial for my grandma at 1:30 today for residents of the assisted living place where she spent her last couple years. Have no idea what it consists of (except, with new owners, they wouldn’t let my mom pay for a really nice meal for everyone…it’s the same crap meals Grandma complained about…they used to do really nice meals in special...
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Day 29 - My Ex(es)
Most of you already know about my exes. I haven’t been shy about talking about them on tumblr. So instead of going down a long, emotional road about them tonight, let me just say one thing, directed to them, and then move on.
Thank you.
Thanks for showing me that I am capable of loving, and being loved. Thanks for making me a better person in small ways, as you showed me things about...
Google it
Last I checked, you can google video to see “Believe… In Holiday Magic” on youtube. I may post it anyway, I may not. I miss the place, but not as much as I enjoy the memories of when I was there.
Last Night's Depression Report
You’ll be happy to hear that last night’s Disney mix on iPod didn’t depress me. It just let me live some great memories. The one that almost set me off was audio of “Believe…In Holiday Magic,” their Christmas fireworks show. “I’ll Be Home For Chrsitmas” part always brought tears when I worked there, because I wasn’t home w family. Does...
Disney mix on iPod
I’ve gotten to the Disney playlist on my iPod, and it has one of three effects on me. Either I listen to it and it’s in the background as something I’m used to, it makes me tear up a bit at the happy memories of working at Disneyland, or it makes me cry (maybe even weep) at the fact that I’m not there anymore.
Not sure which will be the case tonight. So, as I said on...
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Day 28 - Justin Bieber
I’m sad that he made it onto this 30 day meme, although I guess it lets you read into other peoples’ reactions to him.
Look, I have no love for Justin, other than as a fellow human being. The only song of his that I’ve heard is “Oh, baby baby baby ooooooh, baby baby baby ooooooh, baby baby baby ooooh….” which any 4 year old could write (and other than that...
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Day 27 - Your Parents: Addendum #2
More disclosure: Mom’s 2nd/3rd marriage to abusive jerk (physically, sexually, and emotionally). Will dance on his grave if I ever see it. Biological dad would not get that treatment. Had to give that info…not sure why, but I felt like it was important to mention.
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Day 27 - Your Parents: Addendum
Full disclosure: I was *very* close to taking the title of thise day too literally and making about *your* parents instead of mine to save myself from writing what I wrote. But that would have been an epic cop-out. And I don’t regret it, since I have a better chance of learning something the way I wrote it. Besides, it helped me to write it as it was.
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Day 27 - Your parents
Not sure I can handle this tonight. I will try. If this gets posted, I handled.
My mom: I love her. I would die for her, and I’m positive that she would do the same for me. We’ve been through 4 of her marriages together. The middle two were to the same abusive asshole that I still don’t understand why she married a second time. But through all her fuck-ups, and my fuck-ups,...
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Things I can do in dreams that I can't do in real...
Time for the equalizer from my last Tumblr post. In dreams, I can: fly (sometimes), breathe underwater, work at Disneyland again, get the girl (not in an “I’ve gotta wash the sheets” kind of way, you sicko, but find true love), run as fast as freeway traffic (I know I mentioned that in last post, but this is different context), be a stuntman.
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Things I can do in real life, but not in dreams:
In my dreams I can’t throw a baseball, catch a baseball (I played Little League when I was younger…when I wasn’t on the bench), run (with regular strides…I always trip and end up crawling, unless I dream long strides that let me run as fast as freeway traffic — usually one leg is shorter and I can’t run at all in dreams), or avoid dying in life-threatening...
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Day 26 - The World
It sucks for most of us. Just take solace in the fact that it sucks as much for me as it does for you, and everyone else. So stick around…this world may take us somewhere happy if we hang around. And, if not, at least we can say we went down trying.
It's Tumblr Tuesday!
postapocalypsenow:
And I’d love a recommendation for this blog but I’m not quite sure where it fits. :/ So feel free to let me know if you recommended and what category you think I should be in!
I put you in the “weird” category, since I didn’t want to choose poorly and risk my account getting suspended. My 7 followers would cry…OK, maybe only 2 of them…if I was...
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This "30 Day" meme
Don’t be surprised if I re-do (or, more accurately , add to) some earlier posts of the 30 Days of Rants. I won’t be deleting anything…but it seems like, after I re-read a post from a couple days earlier, I think of something else I should have also said.
So if you see me post a “Day 3” after I’ve finished the 30 days, it’s not a re-post. It’s just...
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Day 25 - Regrets
I had planned on stopping after the last one, but this one ties in too closely. Re-read my Day 24 post.
We all have regrets, though most of us lie about them. There’s nothing wrong with being who you are, even if bad decisions got you there. We’ve all made bad decisions.
Though I am happy with who I am (overall), I wonder how much better I’d be without some of those bad...
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Day 24 - Guilt
Yes, I’m catching up a little bit by doing three in one night. Sue me.
If you don’t have guilt, you aren’t human. I’m pretty sure we’ve all done things that we regret. Whenever I hear someone say that they have no regrets, I assume that they’re lying. Sure, our bad decisions make us who we are, and we may have been better off without them…but I think we...
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Day 23 - Jealousy
I know I just posted Day 22, but I’m behind (thank goodness I called it “30-ish” days). But this fits so nicely into last post that I’m gonna do it now.
Tumblr and Twitter (and, of course, real life) have taught me that there’s really nothing to be jealous of. Sure, some people have more than me. Others may currently be happier than me. But like I said on the Day 22...
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Day 22 - The 3 Things Most Discussed on Tumblr
From my experience:
#1: John Mayer (isn’t he why we’re all here?)
#2: this “30 Day” meme [Edit - Disney has taken over for this one!]
#3 (and most important): Admitting that we’re human. Here, since very few of us know each other in person, we feel comfortable to admit our faults…even the big ones. This is where we read each others’ posts and realize...
