We are off on vacation tomorrow morning! This will be Chance's first trip to Disneyland, and my second. I never went to Disneyland as a kid; Keen took me when he found that out. I must have been about 19. They say Disneyland is magical, but I think you have to go as a kid to get that magic… so I'm excited to see how Chance likes it. And I must admit, like a lot of people, I have a love/hate relationship with Disney. (Good storytelling, evil marketing. Like the heartwarming, hate the cutesy. Yadda yadda yadda.)
I'm secretly hoping there will be another goth convention in town. That would be cool. (What? It's fun to see mickey-toting tourists all freaked out.)
I'm also going completely offline. I won't be checking email (sorry, Wicked Taskmaster). I won't be following any amazonfail-esque tweets or speculating on the potential of an Oprah/Ashton demonic alliance (although, that one kind of keeps me up at night. Quickly followed by the nightmare where I'm being choked to death by pink princesses). I won't even be uploading photos while we're there. I kind of need a computer break. I will be reading Geek Love and the latest Kim Harrison book.
Carnies and witches. Sounds like vacation.
See ya around the 'net when we get back!
– the weirdgirl
P.S. If you type "goth mickey mouse" into google you can find this.
The latest Kim Harrison is all kinds of good. Of course, it left all kinds of plotlines unfinished, so now I have to wait until she writes another freakin book. I hate it when I get interested in a series that isn’t finished yet. It’s a lot easier to just buy the whole seta nd have a good binge.
Oh, and I’ve been to Orlando twice. Been to Aligator world twice. Never been to Disney.
I went to DisneyWorld for the very first time in my mid-20s and had an amazing time, and a few years later, pregnant with my oldest, spent a day at DisneyLand. We’ve had the chance to take our oldest to World a couple times when he was much younger, but still haven’t had the chance to take our youngest. I hope we get to before he gets much older. I kind of still want that ‘magic window’ of childhood to see it through with him.
Have a fantastic time together!
(I finished Geek Love a couple weeks ago, too!)
Since you’ve already left, hope you had a wonderful trip. Enjoy your time offline.
Is Geek Love popular again or something? I remember reading that years ago. Also I want the KH book when you are done…..pretty please.
Thanks for sharing the “goth mickey mouse” item–that’s hilarious!
Goth-girls are sexy, to me! They look so hot in those black, Victorian clothes! But alas, I’ve never had any luck with them!
And in my case it’s Disney World and Epcot Center. As a child, I rode with my family to Disney World. Everything else was great, but the Haunted Mansion scared me to tears!
In 1984, my family drove me to Disney World, for my senior trip (my oldest sister happened to live in Orlando, at the time). Everything was even greater–especially with the then-new Epcot Center. I wanted to go through the Haunted Mansion most of all! And to my utter shock and dismay–the Haunted Mansion was closed for repairs!