GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes
If it’s still here tomorrow… I may ignore it again
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2007
I shoulda taken that left in Albuquerque
Let me go on ahead and immediately make one thing very clear
You should not read this Trip Report.
Its just not in your best interest to do so (and its probably not in mine to be writing it). Now, if one were to continue reading anyway, then the only guarantee I can make is that the following paragraphs, images and commentary will not transport you to Disney World or any of Walts associated parks, resorts or attractions.
And Why Not?
Well, because the sad truth is that through the entirety of 2012 my family succeeded in visiting Disney property a some total of exactly: ZERO times. After near a decade of finding one way or another to get ourselves a little bit of Pixy Dust about once per annum, we finally hit a dry patch; a very dry patch.
Were talking arid
parched
desiccated
Sahara-esk in scale.
The reasons for this Ill get into later, but they really dont matter to you right now. That would be due to the fact that youre not going to be following along any farther anyway. Therefore youll never see the reasons even if I were to post them.
Right?
OK, so whats the point of all this then?
Well, there are actually two points (neither of which will do you a lick of good).
Firstly (and I use that word just to antagonize the ghost of Mark Twain) firstly, I said that we did not travel to Disney, but and this is key but that dont mean we didnt travel (and by definition this is a trip report). It is true that we did not originally intend to travel at all during 2012, but we succeed in doing so despite that initial lack of planning or foresight. Which means there are stories to tell and things to see.
They just may not be very interesting to you and/or you may well not care about them.
But theyre there.
there, their there ,theyre their, theyre
Oh, never mind
OK, secondly
Yah I know Sam just you get over it now, ya hear!
As I was sayin Secondly, Im writing this simply to be writing this.
(Aaaaaaaand, theres a bad reason if ever Ive heard one.)
Ya see, I didnt discover the art (or is that vice ) of TR composition until after our 2010 Christmas adventure to POR. Which is why you were spared the horror of enduring reports for every other On World appearance we made through the rest of the twenty-aughts. But the thing is I like writing them. Really. So much so, that it doesnt matter to me that much whether or not anyone else reads em (which is a good thing cause not many folks choose to do so or at least not many go beyond the lurking stage and officially admit to it we all have our reputations to consider dont ya know). No matter, I just enjoy taking the time to recount the trips for my own amusement. It gives me something to focus on beyond the job that no longer captures my imagination.
And that is why Im tellin you now that you ought not be reading any farther. My demonstrated lack of devotees (beyond a few diehards that enjoy ripping my prose to shreds purely for the sport of it) confirms to me that the writing cant be all that engrossing. Combine that last point with my frequent tendency to wander away from the main story line and dredge up or over analyze unrelated topics from the random to the obscure, and then go ahead and add in the fact that we still just aint goin to Disney
and there should be plenty enough reason for you to just move along.
These arent the posts youre looking for move along
But Im going to write about it anyway.
That being the case
why not take the time to regularly insult me and savage my feeble linguistic abilities.
That part of it might actually be fun
For you.
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*** Table of Contents ***
Because this looked like as good a place as any to put one
So you get one
Chapter 1: Road to Nowhere
Chapter 2: With Arms Wide Open
Part-0: The Introduction you foolishly asked for
Part 1: W. G. I.
Part 2: Long Strange Trip
Part 3: The Opportune Moment
Part 4: Descending the Schmatterhorn
Chapter 3: A Lack of Adult Supervision
Part 1: Just what do you think youre doing?
Part 2: Via Regia
Part 3: How Not to be Seen
Part 4: Have Fun Storming the Castle
Part 4.5: Let Me Sum Up
Chapter 4: The Peninsular Campaign
The Opening Salvo
Phase-1
Operation: Glass House
Operation: Glass House (Continued)
Operation: Home Plate
Phase-2
Operation: Old Country
Continued: Shifting Battle Lines
Continued: The Evening Engagements
Phase-3
Operation: Tinder Box
Continued: The DoG Street Offensive