coolness
coolness is going to Disney and being a kid with friends... and that's what I did today... it is something I should do much more often, but friends like me are not easy to find cuz most grown ups run out of energy long before I do and I don't have friends who have kids I can borrow and besides, I'd like to share adventures with friends who have some shared/collective history from the last millenium...
not meaning to come off ageist or anything, cuz ageism sucks linty gumdrops and it's one of my least favorite of all the myriad of human prejudices... but as much as I can (and do) learn from little people who've only been alive a few years, what I want most is a balance in sharing that comes from not only the most essential ingredient, as mind and heart as open and honest as possible, but also from some reasonable measure of equivalent experiences that seem to only come with time in this life...
feel free to prove me wrong cuz anyone who can will surely be exactly what at least part of me is looking for... and there's much more seriousness than irreverence in this challenge...
but meanwhile, back in the day as in this day as in today, coolness prevailed in the play... we played at Disney's Animal Kingdom... the kid almost popped out and let loose, almost (we didn't quite run around cuz, well, I didn't feel like her energy level was ready to run around in the heat {and I didn't want to lose her in the crowd, so I kept slowing down so she could catch up} and we left at about 4pm after 7 hours {who's up for a dozen twelve hour days at the parks in two weeks like we used to do?... running around until we were ready to drop... where are you now? [lost deep in a parenthetic spiral, no doubt] and who are you now [as the Moody Blues sing] and whatcha gonna do when they come for you?}, but we did have fun at the parks and that's coolness and definitely one of the better weekends {even more fun than Warped Tour} so yay for almost cuz iot's a lot better than anything else except all the way)...
the roller coaster was a happy surprise... the water rapids was a disappointment even though we got good and soaked... the Finding Nemo live musical was teary-eyed fun... the walks through animal habitats were not as depressing as most zoos... the drive through animal habitats was a tease as the size was so tiny and population so few... the bird show was awesome, seriously amazing trained birds...
the day was steamy hot, no rain, good sun... the crowd was big, not packed, mostly tourist... the food was Disney food, reasonably decently prepared fast food, sadly overpriced... the waits were excellent for Disney as we timed everything with fast track passes and seldom waited more than five minutes for anything... all in all, fun and yay, coolness...
in case you are still out there and have not already noticed, I slipped in Thursday and Friday entries that may be more revealing (or imaginary) than anything you've ever read here before (or this may simply be adesperate clever attempt to influence you to suggest to you that your desire to read the entries you may have missed is strong enough to click on the days that link to the entries you may have missed that you are now curious enough about to click on the days that link to the entries you may have missed that...
and there's a song that never ends too...
did I mention I had Mountain Dew today?... and a frozen banana covered in chocolate and nuts?... read nothing sexual (or gross) into the banana and nuts covered in chocolate (cuz sometimes a banana is just a banana, as Freud was proported to have said to Anna according to the voices in my head and/or the prophets of SNL, circa 77 or possibly 76, not route or sunset strip either)... there could have been so much more... bouncy bouncy... the fun was much fun and when there is no one left to share the fun, the fun bounces around inside and comes out in words... at least for me, it's fun... but then, that may be because I know everything the words are not saying and there's amazing fun happening even if the words don't get it all explained quite as clearly as it might need to be to be conveyed into your brain's fun center, but I appreciate the benefit of doubt you give me when you take my word for the fun that the fun is...
I suppose I coulda had a V-8, but then, I coulda done a lot of things and I did what I did and it was fun so what do old commerical references have to do with anything anyway other than to segue to nowhere in an irreverent flash?...
so I watched John From Cinncinati again (which will seriously disappointment me if it turns out to be yet another typical God-message show)... and then I watched The Dead Zone as I do when I am home on Sunday nights and all the while, I was writing this entry just for you, yes you, because you are the most special you in the whole world and that's coolness... thank you for being you, for being here, and for reading all the way down to this line... that's coolness too...
hope your weekend was fun and full of coolness too :)
not meaning to come off ageist or anything, cuz ageism sucks linty gumdrops and it's one of my least favorite of all the myriad of human prejudices... but as much as I can (and do) learn from little people who've only been alive a few years, what I want most is a balance in sharing that comes from not only the most essential ingredient, as mind and heart as open and honest as possible, but also from some reasonable measure of equivalent experiences that seem to only come with time in this life...
feel free to prove me wrong cuz anyone who can will surely be exactly what at least part of me is looking for... and there's much more seriousness than irreverence in this challenge...
but meanwhile, back in the day as in this day as in today, coolness prevailed in the play... we played at Disney's Animal Kingdom... the kid almost popped out and let loose, almost (we didn't quite run around cuz, well, I didn't feel like her energy level was ready to run around in the heat {and I didn't want to lose her in the crowd, so I kept slowing down so she could catch up} and we left at about 4pm after 7 hours {who's up for a dozen twelve hour days at the parks in two weeks like we used to do?... running around until we were ready to drop... where are you now? [lost deep in a parenthetic spiral, no doubt] and who are you now [as the Moody Blues sing] and whatcha gonna do when they come for you?}, but we did have fun at the parks and that's coolness and definitely one of the better weekends {even more fun than Warped Tour} so yay for almost cuz iot's a lot better than anything else except all the way)...
the roller coaster was a happy surprise... the water rapids was a disappointment even though we got good and soaked... the Finding Nemo live musical was teary-eyed fun... the walks through animal habitats were not as depressing as most zoos... the drive through animal habitats was a tease as the size was so tiny and population so few... the bird show was awesome, seriously amazing trained birds...
the day was steamy hot, no rain, good sun... the crowd was big, not packed, mostly tourist... the food was Disney food, reasonably decently prepared fast food, sadly overpriced... the waits were excellent for Disney as we timed everything with fast track passes and seldom waited more than five minutes for anything... all in all, fun and yay, coolness...
in case you are still out there and have not already noticed, I slipped in Thursday and Friday entries that may be more revealing (or imaginary) than anything you've ever read here before (or this may simply be a
and there's a song that never ends too...
did I mention I had Mountain Dew today?... and a frozen banana covered in chocolate and nuts?... read nothing sexual (or gross) into the banana and nuts covered in chocolate (cuz sometimes a banana is just a banana, as Freud was proported to have said to Anna according to the voices in my head and/or the prophets of SNL, circa 77 or possibly 76, not route or sunset strip either)... there could have been so much more... bouncy bouncy... the fun was much fun and when there is no one left to share the fun, the fun bounces around inside and comes out in words... at least for me, it's fun... but then, that may be because I know everything the words are not saying and there's amazing fun happening even if the words don't get it all explained quite as clearly as it might need to be to be conveyed into your brain's fun center, but I appreciate the benefit of doubt you give me when you take my word for the fun that the fun is...
I suppose I coulda had a V-8, but then, I coulda done a lot of things and I did what I did and it was fun so what do old commerical references have to do with anything anyway other than to segue to nowhere in an irreverent flash?...
so I watched John From Cinncinati again (which will seriously disappointment me if it turns out to be yet another typical God-message show)... and then I watched The Dead Zone as I do when I am home on Sunday nights and all the while, I was writing this entry just for you, yes you, because you are the most special you in the whole world and that's coolness... thank you for being you, for being here, and for reading all the way down to this line... that's coolness too...
hope your weekend was fun and full of coolness too :)
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posted by candoor at 10:59 PM
5 Comments:
I loved going to Disney World when I lived in Florida. I knew that place like the back of my hand, and would sometimes go alone - when I couldn't corral any of my friends (yes, as an adult).
A lot of the high schools in my area had their "grad night" there, and we were no exception. Tommy Two-Tone played. You know, "Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?" "867-5309".
It has been so many years, I would never recognize the park now. Epcot was just in its beginning stages when I left, if memory serves, in 1985. I've been back to Fla, but not to DW.
Anyway, I am SO happy you had such a fun time today. You needed that, I think. A day full of uninhibited happy-go-lucky. I hope your week is great as well.
oh wow, so much is different... and there's MGM and Animal Kingdom and Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach so much more...
and there's Universal...
I used to go out there alone all the time when I lived closer (I lived on Disney property for a year and 1 mile from Disney property for four more years)... for most of 1991-1993 I was out there five or six days a week if only to drop off and pick someone up (I'd usually hang out at least an hour or few)... I had annual passes to everything from the early 80s through 2001...
the theme parks will be one of the toughest things to leave behind when I finally decide to move away (as will the climate and beaches)... I think some intensive park hopping is necessary over the next year or few to prepare me for relocation :)
I love Disney, even the Disney that is here and old and original and fun. The frozen bananas and cotton candy are just magic at Disney. Entering a perfect world of manicured bushes and fantasy and brightness..it's a small world after all.
You're relocating?
Cool, being able to have fun with kids, and not run out of stamina Super Cool
I've got no time for half the things some people do for kids whether panto or the school play
Give me an outdoor activity, cycling or swimming, camping or safari, gibe me Disney any day
S - I sense a lot of upbeat in you these days - YAY if I sense right :)
anywhere that people are encouraged to get in touch with their inner children and let them out is my kind of place (I've learned to overlook the commercialism :)
relocating, hmmm, eventually, probably... I've babbled about the thought before :)
Q - that's why i love the parks, cuz it's one of the places in the world where bouncing around (literally) is more or less acceptible :)
it's exercise by default, but not 'working out' so it's much more freestyle and I love freestyle... random bouncing is the most fun :)
we're going back on the 18th for another day of park hopping :)
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