Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
WTF, brain?
OK, so when I was a kid I used to get HUGE crushes on my cousin's older friends. It really all started when I found out that my first crush from the first grade (who doesn't like a 4th grader with a bowl cut?) had not, as I had assumed, graduated the 5th grade and disappeared into the mist, but had actually gone on to subsequent grades and become quite handsome. I found this out when he came over to a party my cousin was throwing for his *high school friends that I had somehow managed to wriggle my way into. (*high school boys were like rockstars back then. This was like getting a backstage pass for a Stones gig.) I went on to fall back into love with him and continued this crush-verging-on-obsession for WAY too long (AKA: I still Fbook stalk. It's ridiculous, but he's just SO DAMN PRETTY!)
Why tell this completely pointless story about Cody Masters and the fact that I never forgave his sister Megan Masters for having my name, because it meant I could never be Megan Masters? Well, because Cody wasn't the only one I fell for. The last one was my cousin's still-best-friend Mike, the incredibly smart raging asshole. Mike is 28, engaged, and a lawyer in NYC, and I'm really fine with all of that, because it was just one of those "forget about it until you're in a room with him" crushes.
Except I just found out that since we are the tallest, we will most likely be paired together at Vinny's wedding. (BTW, I have a "My Cousin Vinny", in case I haven't pointed it out before. It's pretty much the best thing in my life.) So now I'm freaking out because I know that in the desperate state I've been stuck in for the last few months I am not going to be able to hide my stupid-ass-giggling-idiocy from him, only this time it will be as I am taking his arm in a hideous green gown in front of his fiance. FML
Why tell this completely pointless story about Cody Masters and the fact that I never forgave his sister Megan Masters for having my name, because it meant I could never be Megan Masters? Well, because Cody wasn't the only one I fell for. The last one was my cousin's still-best-friend Mike, the incredibly smart raging asshole. Mike is 28, engaged, and a lawyer in NYC, and I'm really fine with all of that, because it was just one of those "forget about it until you're in a room with him" crushes.
Except I just found out that since we are the tallest, we will most likely be paired together at Vinny's wedding. (BTW, I have a "My Cousin Vinny", in case I haven't pointed it out before. It's pretty much the best thing in my life.) So now I'm freaking out because I know that in the desperate state I've been stuck in for the last few months I am not going to be able to hide my stupid-ass-giggling-idiocy from him, only this time it will be as I am taking his arm in a hideous green gown in front of his fiance. FML
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Read this and remember that your job isn't as bad as you think.
Megan: Remember yesterday forever.
Yesterday I had the best tour I have ever had. It was a family of "day guests": Dad, Mom and Luke (age 5) with dad's sister and her kids, Jacob (7) and Clarabelle (5) (ps: !!Clarabelle!!), and Dad's co-worker "Big Jacob". They were polite, they were thoughtful, they were at Disneyland for the right reasons. The kids were adorable (I wanted to take Luke and Clara home with me and keep them forever) and well behaved. They listened to and appreciated my suggestions. They didn't expect me to babysit. They never even thought to ask if I could backdoor them, and were shocked to hear that others would ever expect it.
So remember them. Remember them when you hate Disneyland and everyone in it. Remember holding Clara as she played with your hair and called you pretty. Remember Luke insisting you hold onto him on all the "Jacob rides". Remember Jacob covering your jabot in chocolate while trying to offer you ice cream bar. Remember Mike's smile while he watched the little girls screaming at the Princesses. Remember Big Jacob's comment that "Eeyore must be the only Jewish Disney character, and the jealousy and excitement he had watching the kids and talking about his first baby on her way in June. Remember the moms and how much they appreciated YOU being the jungle gym for the day. Remember that Disneyland isn't a terrible place, even if the people who run it have forgotten. This is why you're here.
Yesterday I had the best tour I have ever had. It was a family of "day guests": Dad, Mom and Luke (age 5) with dad's sister and her kids, Jacob (7) and Clarabelle (5) (ps: !!Clarabelle!!), and Dad's co-worker "Big Jacob". They were polite, they were thoughtful, they were at Disneyland for the right reasons. The kids were adorable (I wanted to take Luke and Clara home with me and keep them forever) and well behaved. They listened to and appreciated my suggestions. They didn't expect me to babysit. They never even thought to ask if I could backdoor them, and were shocked to hear that others would ever expect it.
So remember them. Remember them when you hate Disneyland and everyone in it. Remember holding Clara as she played with your hair and called you pretty. Remember Luke insisting you hold onto him on all the "Jacob rides". Remember Jacob covering your jabot in chocolate while trying to offer you ice cream bar. Remember Mike's smile while he watched the little girls screaming at the Princesses. Remember Big Jacob's comment that "Eeyore must be the only Jewish Disney character, and the jealousy and excitement he had watching the kids and talking about his first baby on her way in June. Remember the moms and how much they appreciated YOU being the jungle gym for the day. Remember that Disneyland isn't a terrible place, even if the people who run it have forgotten. This is why you're here.
Just a short sidebar:
I needed to say this out loud, but I'm home alone and I don't want to cause drama on Fbook/Twitter, so I'll put it here where like 2 people will ever see it.
A big FUCK YOU! to Milissa Carter & Cheryl Galan. If you only saw the actual tour once or twice and you're asked for feedback, DON'T phrase your answers like you're the resident expert on the subject and DON'T give answers that bitterly attack the writing team. Tell me what worked and what didn't and make it clear that you only saw it in action once or twice. Milissa, you're a self-righteous bitch with no reason to be, and Cheryl, you're an idiotic yes-woman who manages to think you know everything when you usually spend the whole shift in the kiosk or RTS instead of helping your guides. If Rachel or Albert or Mirna gave me negative feedback, I'd be fine with it because they were there almost every night. Not from the lead who had 2 lead shifts the whole time. That goes for you too, Mary. As for Milissa's vicious feedback which neither addressed the questions asked NOR provided any suggestions for fixing the alleged problems? Who do you think you are? CCing the leads AND managers in your email slandering me? Even Stephen Stick-up-my-ass-since-steam-trains Odom managed to be CONSTRUCTIVE in his feedback.
So yeah, Fuck you two. /rant.
A big FUCK YOU! to Milissa Carter & Cheryl Galan. If you only saw the actual tour once or twice and you're asked for feedback, DON'T phrase your answers like you're the resident expert on the subject and DON'T give answers that bitterly attack the writing team. Tell me what worked and what didn't and make it clear that you only saw it in action once or twice. Milissa, you're a self-righteous bitch with no reason to be, and Cheryl, you're an idiotic yes-woman who manages to think you know everything when you usually spend the whole shift in the kiosk or RTS instead of helping your guides. If Rachel or Albert or Mirna gave me negative feedback, I'd be fine with it because they were there almost every night. Not from the lead who had 2 lead shifts the whole time. That goes for you too, Mary. As for Milissa's vicious feedback which neither addressed the questions asked NOR provided any suggestions for fixing the alleged problems? Who do you think you are? CCing the leads AND managers in your email slandering me? Even Stephen Stick-up-my-ass-since-steam-trains Odom managed to be CONSTRUCTIVE in his feedback.
So yeah, Fuck you two. /rant.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Home
Unpacking. Settling back into the "Fontana" feeling of "Please dear God, kill me." At least now I have my dog and cat.
The silver lining here is that I get to figure out ME again. When I left here the first time, I left knowing exactly who I was, because I had defined it as who I wasn't. Who I wasn't was someone who was going to stay in Fontana. And when I got out, I luckily landed in the exact place I wanted to be with the perfect people to be surrounded by, and I blossomed. I had more confidence and happiness in that first year than I have ever had in my life.
I will look at the time I will spend here as a "reset" button, so that when I escape again, I will be on track for a second Renaissance.
The silver lining here is that I get to figure out ME again. When I left here the first time, I left knowing exactly who I was, because I had defined it as who I wasn't. Who I wasn't was someone who was going to stay in Fontana. And when I got out, I luckily landed in the exact place I wanted to be with the perfect people to be surrounded by, and I blossomed. I had more confidence and happiness in that first year than I have ever had in my life.
I will look at the time I will spend here as a "reset" button, so that when I escape again, I will be on track for a second Renaissance.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
How, exactly, do people survive here?
So, once again, after dorms, killer apartments with terrible roommates, mediocre apartments with the greatest roommates of all time, amazing apartments with an amazing roommate, the floor of a trailer, shiitttyyyy apartments with amazing roommates and floody apartments minus one of those amazing roommates...I am once again about to be homeless.
I cannot stress enough how much I HATE this process. I would have LOVED to stay in VDC and had Pat & Andrew, but they wouldn't let us. I wouldn't have minded at all staying in RSJ, but I had no roommates since I am a failure at school. I would have KILLED to stay in the Renaissance with Lindsay, but we couldn't afford it. Now I move out at the end of August, I am going back to school (theoretically) so my budget has dropped considerably, and Linds is doing god-knows-what since she's got offers to live with other people and now just as much debt as me. Jeff wants his own place; which I get. I want MY own place, too! I want nothing more in life than to have a job that allows me to finish school AND live in a tiny-tiny studio that I don't have to share with anyone.
I used to be a dreamer. I used to think I could be a rockstar or on Broadway or an Imagineer, or own a bar, or all sorts of things. Now life has worn me down to the point where I can't even see a future in my wildest dreams where I can afford a studio apartment and a dog.
So what are my options?
Option A is to move home:
The Positives
Option B is to live with my brother, who is ALSO being pressured to move home:
The Positives
Option C is some as-yet-undetermined mix of Option B with living with OC people. Trevor and I split a bedroom (hey, at least this plan gives us a door) and 1-5 people live in 2-3 OTHER bedrooms in some magical mystery dream house/apartment.
Add to all of this nonsense that cutting back on work hours in order to finish school means that, EVEN if I took option A with NO rent, I still won't be making enough to cover car insurance, phone bill, credit cards, school loans and gas $. That closet is looking better and better.
I cannot stress enough how much I HATE this process. I would have LOVED to stay in VDC and had Pat & Andrew, but they wouldn't let us. I wouldn't have minded at all staying in RSJ, but I had no roommates since I am a failure at school. I would have KILLED to stay in the Renaissance with Lindsay, but we couldn't afford it. Now I move out at the end of August, I am going back to school (theoretically) so my budget has dropped considerably, and Linds is doing god-knows-what since she's got offers to live with other people and now just as much debt as me. Jeff wants his own place; which I get. I want MY own place, too! I want nothing more in life than to have a job that allows me to finish school AND live in a tiny-tiny studio that I don't have to share with anyone.
I used to be a dreamer. I used to think I could be a rockstar or on Broadway or an Imagineer, or own a bar, or all sorts of things. Now life has worn me down to the point where I can't even see a future in my wildest dreams where I can afford a studio apartment and a dog.
So what are my options?
Option A is to move home:
The Positives
- Don't have to pay rent. (+40)
- Dog & Cat. (+10)
- Have to commute to OC 7 days a week (gas prices & traffic) (-40)
- Have to commute to OC 7 days a week (inconsistent school/work schedules) (-40)
- Have to commute to OC 7 days a week (hate everyone living in the 909) (-40)
- Living with my parents. (-20)
Option B is to live with my brother, who is ALSO being pressured to move home:
The Positives
- Neither I nor Trevor have to move back to Fontana (+80)
- Rent of a studio is 40% cheaper (+20)
- Living with my brother (-20)
- Absolutely no privacy ever (-50)
- Trevor has to pay his own rent by working even longer hours while trying not to fail any more classes. (-30)
Option C is some as-yet-undetermined mix of Option B with living with OC people. Trevor and I split a bedroom (hey, at least this plan gives us a door) and 1-5 people live in 2-3 OTHER bedrooms in some magical mystery dream house/apartment.
Add to all of this nonsense that cutting back on work hours in order to finish school means that, EVEN if I took option A with NO rent, I still won't be making enough to cover car insurance, phone bill, credit cards, school loans and gas $. That closet is looking better and better.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
lists = good
I started doing these "5 things" surveys on fBook and I got hooked. I was trying to think of all the shows I've been to, and I realized I've already forgotten roughly half of them. So I'm gonna use this post to list all the ones I can remember, and I'll come back and update it as I remember more shows. I'll try to go chronologically, but after a few it'll probably just be whatever order I remember them in.
Here goes:
-Sugar Ray w/Everlast & 2 Skinny Js
-N*Sync w/ some chick I don't remember
-Eve 6 w/American Hi-Fi & Sum 41
-Zebrahead
-Concert for Artist's Rights: Weezer, Offspring & No Doubt
-Weezer, Tenacious D & Jimmy Eat World
-Blink 182 w/ Fenix TX & Silverchair
-Blink 182
-KROQ Santa Anita Microbrew festival: New Found Glory, Fenix TX, The Living End, Save Ferris
-KROQ Almost Aoustic Christmas 2000: No Doubt, Papa Roach, Moby, Deftones, Incubus, Coldplay (first U.S. show), At The Drive In, 3 Doors Down, Fuel.
-KROQ Inland Invasion 2001: Offspring, Beastie Boys, Incubus, Social D, Pennywise, Weezer, Long Beach Dub All Stars
- KROQ Inland Invasion 2002: Sex Pistols, Offspring, Social D, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Pennywise, Buzzcocks, New Found Glory, X, The Damned, Unwritten Law, The Vandals, Circle Jerks, TSOL, The Distillers, The Adolescents.
-Cypress Hill Smokeout (I WORKED this show, so I don't know if it counts. I certainly wouldn't have been there if I weren't being paid for it): Cypress Hill, Snoop Dog, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Kottonmouth Kings, Circle Jerks, Everlast
-Harley Davidson 100 Year Anniversary show: Stone Temple Pilots, Billy Idol & Nickelback
-Jack's 1st Show: Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Violent Femmes, Journey & Def Leppard
-Def Leppard w/Brian Adams
-Def Leppard & Journey
-Tom Petty & Jackson Browne
-Eagles of Death Metal
-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-Reverend Horton Heat
-Hootenanny 2006: Reverend Horton Heat, Tiger Army, Flogging Molly, Supersuckers, Horrorpops, The Living End, Wanda Jackson, Lee Rocker, and about 20 others on small stages
-Warped Tour 2006: 30 Seconds to Mars, AFI, The Academy Is, Against Me, Anti-Flag, Bedouin Soundclash, Bouncing Souls, Buzzcocks, Casualties, Gogol Bordello, Gym Class Heroes, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Less Than Jake, The Living End, New Found Glory, NOFX, Paramore, Plain White Ts, Rise Against, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, Silverstein, The Used, Zebrahead & others (OK, so I cheated and looked up the list on this one, sue me.)
-Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, and Weezer
-Foo Fighters, Against Me, and Serj Tankian
-The Living End
-Flogging Molly w/ The Briggs
-Queen w/Paul Rodgers
-Bad Religion
-Bad Religion
-Flogging Molly
-We Are Scientists
-We Are Scientists w/Bishop Allen
-Brian Setzer Orchestra
-Buck-O-Nine
-Coldplay
-The Decemberists with Loch Lomand
-Everclear, Fastball & Marcy Playground
-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 40th Anniversary Concert: Cheap Trick, Aimee Mann, Joan Osbourne, Ian Ball, Al Jourgensen (from Ministry) & Al Laufer
-Good Old War & The Union Line
-Green Day
-Nekromantix, Horrorpops & Tiger Army
-The Aussie Invasion: The Living End, Jet, and The Vines
-Poison & Ratt
-Blink 182 & New Found Glory
OK - phew! That's all I can think of right now...I know I left out a lot of good shows (and I'm sure a few bad ones too). Now I think I'll rework this list into an fBook note that's categorized and has notes. Thanks for playing along with me on this exercise. I'll keep adding to the list as I remember shows.
Here goes:
-Sugar Ray w/Everlast & 2 Skinny Js
-N*Sync w/ some chick I don't remember
-Eve 6 w/American Hi-Fi & Sum 41
-Zebrahead
-Concert for Artist's Rights: Weezer, Offspring & No Doubt
-Weezer, Tenacious D & Jimmy Eat World
-Blink 182 w/ Fenix TX & Silverchair
-Blink 182
-KROQ Santa Anita Microbrew festival: New Found Glory, Fenix TX, The Living End, Save Ferris
-KROQ Almost Aoustic Christmas 2000: No Doubt, Papa Roach, Moby, Deftones, Incubus, Coldplay (first U.S. show), At The Drive In, 3 Doors Down, Fuel.
-KROQ Inland Invasion 2001: Offspring, Beastie Boys, Incubus, Social D, Pennywise, Weezer, Long Beach Dub All Stars
- KROQ Inland Invasion 2002: Sex Pistols, Offspring, Social D, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Pennywise, Buzzcocks, New Found Glory, X, The Damned, Unwritten Law, The Vandals, Circle Jerks, TSOL, The Distillers, The Adolescents.
-Cypress Hill Smokeout (I WORKED this show, so I don't know if it counts. I certainly wouldn't have been there if I weren't being paid for it): Cypress Hill, Snoop Dog, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Kottonmouth Kings, Circle Jerks, Everlast
-Harley Davidson 100 Year Anniversary show: Stone Temple Pilots, Billy Idol & Nickelback
-Jack's 1st Show: Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Violent Femmes, Journey & Def Leppard
-Def Leppard w/Brian Adams
-Def Leppard & Journey
-Tom Petty & Jackson Browne
-Eagles of Death Metal
-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-Reverend Horton Heat
-Hootenanny 2006: Reverend Horton Heat, Tiger Army, Flogging Molly, Supersuckers, Horrorpops, The Living End, Wanda Jackson, Lee Rocker, and about 20 others on small stages
-Warped Tour 2006: 30 Seconds to Mars, AFI, The Academy Is, Against Me, Anti-Flag, Bedouin Soundclash, Bouncing Souls, Buzzcocks, Casualties, Gogol Bordello, Gym Class Heroes, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Less Than Jake, The Living End, New Found Glory, NOFX, Paramore, Plain White Ts, Rise Against, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, Silverstein, The Used, Zebrahead & others (OK, so I cheated and looked up the list on this one, sue me.)
-Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, and Weezer
-Foo Fighters, Against Me, and Serj Tankian
-The Living End
-Flogging Molly w/ The Briggs
-Queen w/Paul Rodgers
-Bad Religion
-Bad Religion
-Flogging Molly
-We Are Scientists
-We Are Scientists w/Bishop Allen
-Brian Setzer Orchestra
-Buck-O-Nine
-Coldplay
-The Decemberists with Loch Lomand
-Everclear, Fastball & Marcy Playground
-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 40th Anniversary Concert: Cheap Trick, Aimee Mann, Joan Osbourne, Ian Ball, Al Jourgensen (from Ministry) & Al Laufer
-Good Old War & The Union Line
-Green Day
-Nekromantix, Horrorpops & Tiger Army
-The Aussie Invasion: The Living End, Jet, and The Vines
-Poison & Ratt
-Blink 182 & New Found Glory
OK - phew! That's all I can think of right now...I know I left out a lot of good shows (and I'm sure a few bad ones too). Now I think I'll rework this list into an fBook note that's categorized and has notes. Thanks for playing along with me on this exercise. I'll keep adding to the list as I remember shows.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
On a psychological note:
This one is personal. Don't worry, I'll get back to bitching about work all the time later. Just getting this one off my chest.
I am never going to be able to move on from my DUI. It was 3 years ago this year, and it was a fluke thing after someone spiked my drink, but I still take everything I see as an indicator that I am a failure and an attempted murderer.
I have hardly been able to watch or listen to any of the news this week about the Angels' pitcher. I feel personally responsible for every drunk in the United States, and I don't know how to remove myself from that. I hear people go on their rants about how senseless a tragedy it was, and they're right. But at the same time, looking at all "drunk drivers" in the same light without taking their individual situations into account is wrong. Making me go to 9 months of classes, 6 months of AA, check in with my "case worker" every other week, pay tripled car insurance for 10 years, pay $10k in fines AND mark "yes, I have been convicted of a crime" on every job application for the rest of my life, all because someone spiked my drink? It's wrong. Beating a sense of guilt into me that I will carry with me forever over something that truly wasn't my fault is wrong.
So here I am, afraid to drive to my parents' house on any holiday weekend, because I know that I'll be confronted with 6 marquee signs on the freeway all saying, "Report drunk drivers" on the way home. Every time a cop passes me on the street I cringe, because I'm afraid he'll pull me over just to harass me (Anyone with a DUI can be pulled over with no cause for the next 10 years and asked to take a breathalyzer). Every time some irresponsible idiot drives drunk on a suspended license for the 8th time and kills a carload of innocent children, I have been conditioned to feel just as guilty as him.
Brittany says I have a control issue, and I can't accept that things simply happen; I have to tell myself they happened because of something I did. She's probably right, but how do I let go of this? All I know right now is that if I keep letting things that aren't my fault make me feel like I've failed as a person, I won't last long.
I am never going to be able to move on from my DUI. It was 3 years ago this year, and it was a fluke thing after someone spiked my drink, but I still take everything I see as an indicator that I am a failure and an attempted murderer.
I have hardly been able to watch or listen to any of the news this week about the Angels' pitcher. I feel personally responsible for every drunk in the United States, and I don't know how to remove myself from that. I hear people go on their rants about how senseless a tragedy it was, and they're right. But at the same time, looking at all "drunk drivers" in the same light without taking their individual situations into account is wrong. Making me go to 9 months of classes, 6 months of AA, check in with my "case worker" every other week, pay tripled car insurance for 10 years, pay $10k in fines AND mark "yes, I have been convicted of a crime" on every job application for the rest of my life, all because someone spiked my drink? It's wrong. Beating a sense of guilt into me that I will carry with me forever over something that truly wasn't my fault is wrong.
So here I am, afraid to drive to my parents' house on any holiday weekend, because I know that I'll be confronted with 6 marquee signs on the freeway all saying, "Report drunk drivers" on the way home. Every time a cop passes me on the street I cringe, because I'm afraid he'll pull me over just to harass me (Anyone with a DUI can be pulled over with no cause for the next 10 years and asked to take a breathalyzer). Every time some irresponsible idiot drives drunk on a suspended license for the 8th time and kills a carload of innocent children, I have been conditioned to feel just as guilty as him.
Brittany says I have a control issue, and I can't accept that things simply happen; I have to tell myself they happened because of something I did. She's probably right, but how do I let go of this? All I know right now is that if I keep letting things that aren't my fault make me feel like I've failed as a person, I won't last long.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Crazies
I have a new favorite crazy-person-at-Disneyland story!
I'm the Lost and Found working lead (again. balls.)and Amber W. comes back to me and says "I think I have the crazy woman on the night. You're up." I rolled my eyes and went onstage. Little did I know at the time, she had the crazy person of the YEAR.
"I need to know who to talk to about taking back my business." she said forcefully.
"Uh...what business?" I ask.
"THIS business." she says, pointing at the floor/my counter.
"...Lost & Found?..." I venture a guess
"NO. DISNEY. MY BUSINESS."
"Uhm...I'm sorry mam, I don't think I understand. Are you a shareholder?"
"No. I DESIGNED this."
"Oh, are you an Imagineer?" I ask, as the other L&F guests start snickering and one man winks at me.
"NO! I DESIGNED ALL OF DISNEY!"
"Again, I'm sorry...do you mean the theme parks or animation or...?" (Thinking MAYBE she's not nuts and I'm just not getting something. More shocking things HAVE happened.)
"ALL OF IT. Disney! I designed...me and Mr. Linkletter....We...I DESIGNED THIS! I DESI...I need to talk to someone about taking back my BUSINESS!!! GET ME A SUPERVISOR!"
At this point, two guys at L&F walk away from the counter so she won't hear them laughing, and my CMs have one by one moved to the back and closed the curtain so they can listen. I have now given up on thinking it was me. She's clearly off her rocker, so I decide to mess with her just a bit. (We don't get paid enough to not find the fun in encounters like this!)
"I am the supervisor in this location mam. Again, if I understood better what it is you want, I could try to get you a phone number or contact information."
"You are NOT a supervisor for long, I will see to that! I want whoever is in charge."
"Who's in charge of me or who's in charge of the parks or...?"
"DISNEY."
"OK. Our CEO is B..."
"I AM your Chief Executive Officer!"
"Mam, Bob Iger is our Chief Executive Officer"
"Yes. Bob Ig...I am him. I am the Cheif Executive. I designed this!"
I stifle the biggest laugh EVER, and say, "Mam...I hate to disagree, but this was designed in the '50's."
"Yes, I know...the 50s...Don't you think I know that, I designed it! Art Linkletter and I designed it. And it WASN'T Mr. Disney, so don't try that. I designed it. NOw get me someone who can give me back my business!"
"OK, I'm going to get you my supervisor, one moment."
I go in the back and call Lauran with the best parting gift EVER. "Hi, Lauran? I have a woman who is quite irate over at L&F."
"What's her deal?"
"She claims she's Bob Iger, and would like possession of the Walt Disney Company back from Lost and Found."
"I'm not coming over there! Call security!"
So I did. Mike answers in the Com and I tell him I have a 10-99 at Lost & Found. He asks what the concern is, and I say "The woman is claiming to be Bob Iger and would like possession of TWDC back from L&F."
Mike laughs and says, "Really? OK, but I'm putting out over the radio EXACTLY the way you just said it."
"OK!" lol
A few minutes later 3 officers and Delta 1 show up and I fill them in. Unfortunately before they got there, the woman had approached Amber again (who had been the only one brave enough to go back out on the counter with her still there after I walked away). She yelled at Amber, "WHY was I directed here!"
"Uhm...I don't know?"
"I NEEDED GUEST RELATIONS and THAT'S over THERE!" she says as she points at the window.
"Well mam, we're ALL Guest Relations, so they can do the same thing there that I can here. The manager that's coming is the same person either way. You're welcome to go over there if you'd like."
"FINE!" she said as she went and lined up at Marissa's window. Luckily, this was when security arrived, so Marissa was spared (she got stuck with crazy Jasmine man 5 minutes later anyways.)
The woman was a bit calmer with security, but told them her story anyways. Security was smiling and nodding as she recounted her adventures in the 50s (she was like 35) with Art Linkletter designing "Disney". A few minutes into the story, however, and mid-sentance, she stops and says, "I want IHOP."
Delta 1 says, "OK, how about we go to IHOP?"
"Can I go through Downtown Disney?"
"No, You need to go out this way."
"OK" she says, and they follow her all the way to Harbor to make sure she's off property.
Scene.
I'm the Lost and Found working lead (again. balls.)and Amber W. comes back to me and says "I think I have the crazy woman on the night. You're up." I rolled my eyes and went onstage. Little did I know at the time, she had the crazy person of the YEAR.
"I need to know who to talk to about taking back my business." she said forcefully.
"Uh...what business?" I ask.
"THIS business." she says, pointing at the floor/my counter.
"...Lost & Found?..." I venture a guess
"NO. DISNEY. MY BUSINESS."
"Uhm...I'm sorry mam, I don't think I understand. Are you a shareholder?"
"No. I DESIGNED this."
"Oh, are you an Imagineer?" I ask, as the other L&F guests start snickering and one man winks at me.
"NO! I DESIGNED ALL OF DISNEY!"
"Again, I'm sorry...do you mean the theme parks or animation or...?" (Thinking MAYBE she's not nuts and I'm just not getting something. More shocking things HAVE happened.)
"ALL OF IT. Disney! I designed...me and Mr. Linkletter....We...I DESIGNED THIS! I DESI...I need to talk to someone about taking back my BUSINESS!!! GET ME A SUPERVISOR!"
At this point, two guys at L&F walk away from the counter so she won't hear them laughing, and my CMs have one by one moved to the back and closed the curtain so they can listen. I have now given up on thinking it was me. She's clearly off her rocker, so I decide to mess with her just a bit. (We don't get paid enough to not find the fun in encounters like this!)
"I am the supervisor in this location mam. Again, if I understood better what it is you want, I could try to get you a phone number or contact information."
"You are NOT a supervisor for long, I will see to that! I want whoever is in charge."
"Who's in charge of me or who's in charge of the parks or...?"
"DISNEY."
"OK. Our CEO is B..."
"I AM your Chief Executive Officer!"
"Mam, Bob Iger is our Chief Executive Officer"
"Yes. Bob Ig...I am him. I am the Cheif Executive. I designed this!"
I stifle the biggest laugh EVER, and say, "Mam...I hate to disagree, but this was designed in the '50's."
"Yes, I know...the 50s...Don't you think I know that, I designed it! Art Linkletter and I designed it. And it WASN'T Mr. Disney, so don't try that. I designed it. NOw get me someone who can give me back my business!"
"OK, I'm going to get you my supervisor, one moment."
I go in the back and call Lauran with the best parting gift EVER. "Hi, Lauran? I have a woman who is quite irate over at L&F."
"What's her deal?"
"She claims she's Bob Iger, and would like possession of the Walt Disney Company back from Lost and Found."
"I'm not coming over there! Call security!"
So I did. Mike answers in the Com and I tell him I have a 10-99 at Lost & Found. He asks what the concern is, and I say "The woman is claiming to be Bob Iger and would like possession of TWDC back from L&F."
Mike laughs and says, "Really? OK, but I'm putting out over the radio EXACTLY the way you just said it."
"OK!" lol
A few minutes later 3 officers and Delta 1 show up and I fill them in. Unfortunately before they got there, the woman had approached Amber again (who had been the only one brave enough to go back out on the counter with her still there after I walked away). She yelled at Amber, "WHY was I directed here!"
"Uhm...I don't know?"
"I NEEDED GUEST RELATIONS and THAT'S over THERE!" she says as she points at the window.
"Well mam, we're ALL Guest Relations, so they can do the same thing there that I can here. The manager that's coming is the same person either way. You're welcome to go over there if you'd like."
"FINE!" she said as she went and lined up at Marissa's window. Luckily, this was when security arrived, so Marissa was spared (she got stuck with crazy Jasmine man 5 minutes later anyways.)
The woman was a bit calmer with security, but told them her story anyways. Security was smiling and nodding as she recounted her adventures in the 50s (she was like 35) with Art Linkletter designing "Disney". A few minutes into the story, however, and mid-sentance, she stops and says, "I want IHOP."
Delta 1 says, "OK, how about we go to IHOP?"
"Can I go through Downtown Disney?"
"No, You need to go out this way."
"OK" she says, and they follow her all the way to Harbor to make sure she's off property.
Scene.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Dear Ugly Girls...
...making a stupid fishy face in every picture you take will not distract people from the fact that you are obnoxious. In fact, it reminds them. That is all.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Over it all.
I am broke. I have borrowed money from my parents and grandparents just to pay the rent, and even after that I still don't have enough to cover utilities. I have had a 2 inch rip in the side of my work shoes for 4 months, and I would like to replace them. I have been living on Vons-brand macaroni and cheese since August, NOT because I'm a fatty but because it's 75cents a box, and I would LIKE to start buying healthy foods like salads so I could lose some weight. I have had a 13" crack in my windshield for a YEAR, and I haven't been able to afford the deductible on my insurance to get it fixed (and this goes for the thousands of dollars in body-damage as well), and outside of the pipe-dream of one day having a NEW vehicle with a back seat, I would LIKE to fix up the truck.
I would LIKE to go to dinner with you.
I would LIKE to go out for drinks tonight.
I would LIKE to go see Watchmen with you at midnight.
I would LIKE to visit you in Florence.
I would LIKE to visit you in Manchester.
I would LIKE to visit you in Accra.
I would LIKE to LIKE MY LIFE.
But I can't afford to right now, so stop giving me guilt because I don't hang out with you enough. You're right, BOTH of our bank accounts are overdrawn right now. Yet somehow you will get a tour that tips you well and you'll spend the whole thing on a flight to Hawaii to hang out with your guests because, 'Oh well, I'll pay back the people I owe money to NEXT time!', while I will do the responsible thing and spend the little money I have now that I HAVEN'T had a tour since New Years on paying off the $500 over limit credit card, the $2300 loan from my family, and the ungodly amount I owe on the education I can't seem to finish. And what will I get for doing the right thing?
Everyone I know will treat me like a bad friend who doesn't want to spend time with them.
I would LIKE to go to dinner with you.
I would LIKE to go out for drinks tonight.
I would LIKE to go see Watchmen with you at midnight.
I would LIKE to visit you in Florence.
I would LIKE to visit you in Manchester.
I would LIKE to visit you in Accra.
I would LIKE to LIKE MY LIFE.
But I can't afford to right now, so stop giving me guilt because I don't hang out with you enough. You're right, BOTH of our bank accounts are overdrawn right now. Yet somehow you will get a tour that tips you well and you'll spend the whole thing on a flight to Hawaii to hang out with your guests because, 'Oh well, I'll pay back the people I owe money to NEXT time!', while I will do the responsible thing and spend the little money I have now that I HAVEN'T had a tour since New Years on paying off the $500 over limit credit card, the $2300 loan from my family, and the ungodly amount I owe on the education I can't seem to finish. And what will I get for doing the right thing?
Everyone I know will treat me like a bad friend who doesn't want to spend time with them.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
What can you do me, I love you!!!
A few days ago someone posted a newspaper article in the back of City Hall. it was a story about Florida's Tower or Terror and a suit that has arisen. A woman with abdominal adhesions and an Annual Pass had been riding Tower 12+ times every Saturday for almost 4 years. She claimed that the G forces helped break up her scarring and cut down on not only her pain, but the number of surgeries she needed.
So far, so magical, right? Disney attractions literally save lives! WRONG.
Turns out she was a wench. She was pushy and rude with the Tower CMs and the guests, and she had been using the alternate entrance to the attraction without a GAC for the first 3 years. At one point, she got too aggressive and a Tower manager told her she could no longer use the backdoor without a GAC. So she went to City Hall and got one, and continued to use it for a few months. Then another manager tried to limit her to only 4 rides a day, and revoked her GAC. (Attractions friends, help me out here; what's the rule on multiple rides with a GAC? This is the ONLY part of the story that seems a little fishy on Disney's side.) SO she went to City Hall again, cursed and yelled and threatened, security was called, she was offered a different GAC to allow her to use the Fastpass lines and refused, and left.
Security followed her to make sure she was leaving the park. Instead, she was headed...FOR TOWER! So they intercepted her and asked her to leave. She refused, she was escorted off property and issued a trespass. While in the holding room, she claims she overheard the park security officer and the Orlando PD officer laughing about "finally getting rid of" her. Her AP was revoked, she was cited, and it was off to the races!
She is suing TWDC for 1. Breach of contract (for her AP) 2. Intentional Emotional Distress & 3. False arrest. She claims she never cursed and it was all a big conspiracy by Disney to cause her physical and emotional pain.
She has also previously appeared on Maury. ;)
Number 1: Breach of contract
Your AP may be revoked by Disney at any time for misuse (including harassment of CMs.) Also, Your AP contract states that all attractions are subject to availability and change without notice. How do you find on the first count? Not Guilty.
Number 2: False Arrest
WDW is private property, and you may be asked to leave at any time for any reason. If you refuse, you are subject to trespass citation. If you are being held in "a small room adjacent to the Security office" (as your suit claims), you are being detained while the citation is completed. You are not under arrest unless you have been read your rights. Detention may last a maximum of 48 hours without arrest. You were detained 45 minutes. False arrest cannot occur without first having an arrest. How do you find on the second count? Not Guilty.
Number 3: Intentional infliction of emotional distress
I'm sure there are a million directions you could go with this one, but this woman has decided (as per her suit) to focus on the overheard conversation between the Disney officer and police officer. First off, any "overheard" conversation cannot be argued to be intentional. Overhearing something implies an intention of the speaker for the conversation to have been private. Second, if the plaintiff claims the phrase used was "finally getting rid of her", then it can be inferred that there is merit to Disney's claim that she had caused problems previously. This discredits not only her false arrest claim but also her breach of contract claim, since both cases would be justified by any "misuse" of her AP or disturbance caused within the parks. Either way, if you scream and curse at me, I throw you out of my house, and that hurts your feelings - you brought it on yourself, I am not intentionally causing you harm. You chose to misbehave. How do you find on the third count? Not Guilty.
Disney should counter-sue for trespass, harassment and libel. Also for being a turkey leg gobbling annual passhole.
So far, so magical, right? Disney attractions literally save lives! WRONG.
Turns out she was a wench. She was pushy and rude with the Tower CMs and the guests, and she had been using the alternate entrance to the attraction without a GAC for the first 3 years. At one point, she got too aggressive and a Tower manager told her she could no longer use the backdoor without a GAC. So she went to City Hall and got one, and continued to use it for a few months. Then another manager tried to limit her to only 4 rides a day, and revoked her GAC. (Attractions friends, help me out here; what's the rule on multiple rides with a GAC? This is the ONLY part of the story that seems a little fishy on Disney's side.) SO she went to City Hall again, cursed and yelled and threatened, security was called, she was offered a different GAC to allow her to use the Fastpass lines and refused, and left.
Security followed her to make sure she was leaving the park. Instead, she was headed...FOR TOWER! So they intercepted her and asked her to leave. She refused, she was escorted off property and issued a trespass. While in the holding room, she claims she overheard the park security officer and the Orlando PD officer laughing about "finally getting rid of" her. Her AP was revoked, she was cited, and it was off to the races!
She is suing TWDC for 1. Breach of contract (for her AP) 2. Intentional Emotional Distress & 3. False arrest. She claims she never cursed and it was all a big conspiracy by Disney to cause her physical and emotional pain.
She has also previously appeared on Maury. ;)
Number 1: Breach of contract
Your AP may be revoked by Disney at any time for misuse (including harassment of CMs.) Also, Your AP contract states that all attractions are subject to availability and change without notice. How do you find on the first count? Not Guilty.
Number 2: False Arrest
WDW is private property, and you may be asked to leave at any time for any reason. If you refuse, you are subject to trespass citation. If you are being held in "a small room adjacent to the Security office" (as your suit claims), you are being detained while the citation is completed. You are not under arrest unless you have been read your rights. Detention may last a maximum of 48 hours without arrest. You were detained 45 minutes. False arrest cannot occur without first having an arrest. How do you find on the second count? Not Guilty.
Number 3: Intentional infliction of emotional distress
I'm sure there are a million directions you could go with this one, but this woman has decided (as per her suit) to focus on the overheard conversation between the Disney officer and police officer. First off, any "overheard" conversation cannot be argued to be intentional. Overhearing something implies an intention of the speaker for the conversation to have been private. Second, if the plaintiff claims the phrase used was "finally getting rid of her", then it can be inferred that there is merit to Disney's claim that she had caused problems previously. This discredits not only her false arrest claim but also her breach of contract claim, since both cases would be justified by any "misuse" of her AP or disturbance caused within the parks. Either way, if you scream and curse at me, I throw you out of my house, and that hurts your feelings - you brought it on yourself, I am not intentionally causing you harm. You chose to misbehave. How do you find on the third count? Not Guilty.
Disney should counter-sue for trespass, harassment and libel. Also for being a turkey leg gobbling annual passhole.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
"Shut up, Jeff."
In honor of my roommate's calling me on my BS so bluntly this morning, I wanted to post an entry from the book my other roommate got me for Christmas; "Brocabulary: The New Manifesto of Dude-Talk."
OK, so replace "cup size and hairstyle" with "body type and love of sports" and you have an accurate depiction of my recent idiocy. Thanks, Jeff.
Approxidating: Dating someone who is an approximation of another person, sometimes known as a "dopplebanger". You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might just get a girl with a similar cup size and hairstyle, and sometimes that's all you need to help you get over a hopeless obsession. Just make sure you don't go to too much trouble searching for a "body double".
OK, so replace "cup size and hairstyle" with "body type and love of sports" and you have an accurate depiction of my recent idiocy. Thanks, Jeff.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Sorry about all the emo...
OK, this one's gonna be emo; deal with it.
I feel like a couple of different pieces of my heart are all dying at once. Some are a big deal, some are very small, but they're building up on me and I feel like I might drown in them.
First off, Indie 103.1 is gone. FUCK. I listened from the beginning and LOVED this station. I found about 900 new bands thanks to them and now fucking KROQ killed them. Fuck you, Livenation.
More importantly, I have been screwed over by work one too many times. If I have to endure 1 more disappointment from this place that I have worshiped, I'm gonna lose it.
Also, fuck Europe. I'm definitely getting a cat now, because it's the only thing that won't fucking move there without me.
I feel like a couple of different pieces of my heart are all dying at once. Some are a big deal, some are very small, but they're building up on me and I feel like I might drown in them.
First off, Indie 103.1 is gone. FUCK. I listened from the beginning and LOVED this station. I found about 900 new bands thanks to them and now fucking KROQ killed them. Fuck you, Livenation.
More importantly, I have been screwed over by work one too many times. If I have to endure 1 more disappointment from this place that I have worshiped, I'm gonna lose it.
Also, fuck Europe. I'm definitely getting a cat now, because it's the only thing that won't fucking move there without me.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
BoyFail.
I don't get it. I honestly don't get why any girl is willing to play stupid little games, and I don't get why any boy would be attracted to girls who do. I sat there last night and watched 2 girls try to out-cutesy each other in the most disingenuous and obnoxious way possible, and I watched a boy I had formerly been attracted to just eat it up.
I can't do that. It may be why I've been single for 5 years, but I just can't make myself do it. Sure, if I WANTED to, I could do it 10 times better than you. Problem is, I just don't want to. I am not going to use the girly-voice to beg for your attention, and I am CERTAINLY not going to raise the pitch of the girly voice each time to get your attention away from the other girl doing the same thing on the other side of you.
I'm not going to pretend I don't know more about sports than you.
I'm not going to pretend I'm drunk so I can hang all over you.
I'll bake you a pie, but I'll do it because I like baking, not because I want to show you what I good housewife I would make.
I'm going to listen to Def Leppard AND Bon Iver, and I don't care if that confuses you, because somewhere out there is a guy who thinks that's awesome, and HE's the one I'm holding out for.
I can't do that. It may be why I've been single for 5 years, but I just can't make myself do it. Sure, if I WANTED to, I could do it 10 times better than you. Problem is, I just don't want to. I am not going to use the girly-voice to beg for your attention, and I am CERTAINLY not going to raise the pitch of the girly voice each time to get your attention away from the other girl doing the same thing on the other side of you.
I'm not going to pretend I don't know more about sports than you.
I'm not going to pretend I'm drunk so I can hang all over you.
I'll bake you a pie, but I'll do it because I like baking, not because I want to show you what I good housewife I would make.
I'm going to listen to Def Leppard AND Bon Iver, and I don't care if that confuses you, because somewhere out there is a guy who thinks that's awesome, and HE's the one I'm holding out for.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Movie to watch this month: Ed Wood
Eddie: "If I had half the chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage! The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo, so the military are called in to solve the mystery!."
John: "You forgot the octopus."
Eddie: "No, no; I'm saving that for my big underwater climax!"
John: "You forgot the octopus."
Eddie: "No, no; I'm saving that for my big underwater climax!"
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Regarding my love of the 'stache
No longer are they only for '70s porn stars and child molesters. I love a man with a 'stache, and I thought I'd post a top 5 for them. It's actually more like the first 5 that came to mind, so please post your favorite mustaches that I may have forgotten.
1.) Teddy Roosevelt: a 'stache that says "I'm a fucking GENTLEMAN, and my stick is very big."
2.) Daniel Day Lewis: a 'stache that says "I drink your milkshake!"
3.) Sam Elliot: a 'stache to go with that sarsaparilla.
4.) a TIE between good friends, Dave Grohl and Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes: Nothing says raunchy rock and roll like an awesome 'stache.
5.) Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused: All the good 'staches are on the stoners!
1.) Teddy Roosevelt: a 'stache that says "I'm a fucking GENTLEMAN, and my stick is very big."
2.) Daniel Day Lewis: a 'stache that says "I drink your milkshake!"
3.) Sam Elliot: a 'stache to go with that sarsaparilla.
4.) a TIE between good friends, Dave Grohl and Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes: Nothing says raunchy rock and roll like an awesome 'stache.
5.) Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused: All the good 'staches are on the stoners!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Birthday-bauchery
So, it's decided. We're going to...Stateline?
I found a deal for 2 free nights at Buffalo Bills, so we jumped on it and we all took the deal individually & now we have 4 rooms/8 beds for the 22nd and 23rd at Stateline. We also have $100 in free slots and tickets to a burlesque show!!! lol.
This is going to be the most ridiculous birthday party since FONTOGA, and a fine way to say goodbye to my best friend for a few months. (BTW; FUCK YOU, EUROPE!) And don't worry, Linds...I promise I won't let anyone get your kidney. ;)
I found a deal for 2 free nights at Buffalo Bills, so we jumped on it and we all took the deal individually & now we have 4 rooms/8 beds for the 22nd and 23rd at Stateline. We also have $100 in free slots and tickets to a burlesque show!!! lol.
This is going to be the most ridiculous birthday party since FONTOGA, and a fine way to say goodbye to my best friend for a few months. (BTW; FUCK YOU, EUROPE!) And don't worry, Linds...I promise I won't let anyone get your kidney. ;)
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
For the sake of being succinct
Why is it we all seem to create lists around New Years? Lists of goals for the new year, lists of favorite parts of the year that's gone. I suppose it's for the sake of being succinct. So that when you look back on 2008, you won't have to sift through all the nonsense to find what was important to you. That said, life is in the details to me. I don't want to be a big walking highlight reel; we're more than that. We're made up of all the insignificant interactions, the mundane tasks, and that one song you hated that they played on the radio every 7 minutes. Oh sure, I'm gonna post my lists - but please try to remember that they're not all that I am.
Top 5 Songs of the 2008
1. If the Brakeman Turns My Way - Bright Eyes (Get out of my head, Conor!)
2. Coney Island - Good Old War (Where the hell have you been all my life?)
3. Record Year For Rainfall/Valerie Plame - The Decemberists (I couldn't decide!)
4. Radio, Radio (Live, Washington DC 1978) - Elvis Costello (AuralOrgasm)
5. Lost! - Coldplay ("You know how I know you're gay?")
Top 5 Experiences of 2008
1. Burning the cardboard bar with Andrew: It was the perfect way to say goodbye to my best friend without having to actually say it. I will remember sitting on that beach for the rest of my life.
2. The Decemberists at the Wiltern with Lindsay: Nothing else could have made me happy to have turned down my #1 tour guest.
3. Coldplay at the Pond with Drew: 10 feet away from Chris Martin when he played "The Scientist" with a wonderful new friend? Top THAT.
4. Writing Disney's Happiest Haunts Tour: Having created a product for a company like Disney is a feeling I never really understood until I had done it. It's very hard to put yourself creatively on the line that way, and I will cherish the feeling of immense accomplishment forever. Also, getting to tell Nick and John that my tour out-sold the Holiday tour this year was the best "take THAT" moment of 2008.
5. Getting my first tattoo: Yes, I said first. I got something meaningful, something literary, something I had been doodling on notebooks for 6 years. It took 3 hours and was not pleasant, but the pain was a bit cathartic and I couldn't be happier with the end result.
Top 5 Movies of 2008
1. The Dark Knight - EPIC comic book win
2. Wall-E - John, you've done it again.
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Dear god, hilarious.
4. Sweeney Todd - I set the bar high for this one, and they met it.
5. Australia - Can we please, for god's sake, get Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale shirtless in a musical already? I don't think it's so much to ask for. Just be hot and sing to me.
Top 5 Books I read in 2008
1. Born Standing Up - Steve Martin
2. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
3. Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
4. The Pixar Touch - David A. Price
5. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson
Top 5 Things I Could Not Stop Thinking About in 2008
1. The election
2. Money
3. School
4. Work
5. Ways to trap my friends so they cant all move to fucking Europe.
Top 5 TV Shows of 2008
1. West Wing (It's been off the air for 2 years, and it's STILL the most relevant show on television.)
2. Dr. Who
3. Heroes (I finally got on the bandwagon in '08)
4. The Office
5. Top Gear/Daily Show (tie)
OK, there you have it. I'm sure I forgot a whole lot of things - perhaps I should have done quarterly lists. Fare thee well, 2008!
Top 5 Songs of the 2008
1. If the Brakeman Turns My Way - Bright Eyes (Get out of my head, Conor!)
2. Coney Island - Good Old War (Where the hell have you been all my life?)
3. Record Year For Rainfall/Valerie Plame - The Decemberists (I couldn't decide!)
4. Radio, Radio (Live, Washington DC 1978) - Elvis Costello (AuralOrgasm)
5. Lost! - Coldplay ("You know how I know you're gay?")
Top 5 Experiences of 2008
1. Burning the cardboard bar with Andrew: It was the perfect way to say goodbye to my best friend without having to actually say it. I will remember sitting on that beach for the rest of my life.
2. The Decemberists at the Wiltern with Lindsay: Nothing else could have made me happy to have turned down my #1 tour guest.
3. Coldplay at the Pond with Drew: 10 feet away from Chris Martin when he played "The Scientist" with a wonderful new friend? Top THAT.
4. Writing Disney's Happiest Haunts Tour: Having created a product for a company like Disney is a feeling I never really understood until I had done it. It's very hard to put yourself creatively on the line that way, and I will cherish the feeling of immense accomplishment forever. Also, getting to tell Nick and John that my tour out-sold the Holiday tour this year was the best "take THAT" moment of 2008.
5. Getting my first tattoo: Yes, I said first. I got something meaningful, something literary, something I had been doodling on notebooks for 6 years. It took 3 hours and was not pleasant, but the pain was a bit cathartic and I couldn't be happier with the end result.
Top 5 Movies of 2008
1. The Dark Knight - EPIC comic book win
2. Wall-E - John, you've done it again.
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Dear god, hilarious.
4. Sweeney Todd - I set the bar high for this one, and they met it.
5. Australia - Can we please, for god's sake, get Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale shirtless in a musical already? I don't think it's so much to ask for. Just be hot and sing to me.
Top 5 Books I read in 2008
1. Born Standing Up - Steve Martin
2. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
3. Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
4. The Pixar Touch - David A. Price
5. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson
Top 5 Things I Could Not Stop Thinking About in 2008
1. The election
2. Money
3. School
4. Work
5. Ways to trap my friends so they cant all move to fucking Europe.
Top 5 TV Shows of 2008
1. West Wing (It's been off the air for 2 years, and it's STILL the most relevant show on television.)
2. Dr. Who
3. Heroes (I finally got on the bandwagon in '08)
4. The Office
5. Top Gear/Daily Show (tie)
OK, there you have it. I'm sure I forgot a whole lot of things - perhaps I should have done quarterly lists. Fare thee well, 2008!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Alright, already!
I used to write a blog about 6 years ago, but that was at a time in my life when I used it to create drama with roommates and ex boyfriends. Naturally, I realized I was an idiot and the blog faded away into the surely terrifying place where websites go to die. Then about 2 years ago, I tried to start another one to log all of my ridiculous experiences working for Disney, thinking one day I would write an awesome book about it. That one, however, dies as well when I realized that all I was basically doing was coming home to re-live my horrible day all over again by writing about it.
Jump to today, I've decided to try again. I'm hoping this won't become
A) Me being emo
B) Nothing but bitching about my job
C) another forgotten blog
So if it becomes any of those things, please hit me. I plan to just update whenever I feel like it and not advertise that it exists. If friends find it, great. Here goes nothing!
Jump to today, I've decided to try again. I'm hoping this won't become
A) Me being emo
B) Nothing but bitching about my job
C) another forgotten blog
So if it becomes any of those things, please hit me. I plan to just update whenever I feel like it and not advertise that it exists. If friends find it, great. Here goes nothing!
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