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Disneyland!
I was so scared of her and her crow
Boyfriend and I went to Disneyland last week for our 4-year anniversary. It was totally exhausting but super fun. He had never been on the teacups! I got video of him turning the wheel and getting dizzy. I got to sit in the driver’s seat at the Indiana Jones ride (which broke down on us the first time). The Haunted Mansion broke down on us, too; there was a hitch-hiking ghost sitting right between us on the way out. We ate a turkey leg and a pineapple soft-serve ice cream and gumbo and a churro, walked through the princess castle, rode Pirates twice, shot lasers on the Buzz Lightyear ride (I got a way higher score than Boyfriend!), and saw no fewer than 34 little girls dressed up as princesses.
Boyfriend and I have discussed how Sleeping Beauty is probably our favorite of the old Disney cartoons. The thorns, the green flames, the sparkly sword, the giant black dragon! It’s just the best.
Mom asked if he and I had a “big talk” since we’ve been together so long. I said, “No. Our plan remains the same: Stay together as long as we’re happy.” She didn’t seem satisfied, but Sister got a text from some boy she’s smitten about and distracted us by grinning stupidly 🙂
Boyfriend has been really busy with work recently. He did a 9-day shoot in K-town, then we did Disneyland, then he left for San Francisco for a few days. He got back last night, and left again this morning for a shoot someplace else for a few days. I’m not super jazzed about it. We slept apart last night. I can’t get all attached if he’s just going to leave again.
Run, Ichabod, RUN!
holy shit where's his head?!
It’s not often my mind is BLOWN by something I’m working on Office Job. Today was an especially awesome exception.
I hope I’ve made it perfectly clear how much I love old-timey spooky stuff. I was editing a list of addresses for our mailer today when I found the following address mixed into the bunch:
### Ichabod Lane
WTF ICHABOD LANE?! So I looked it up and SLEEPY HOLLOW EXISTS, PEOPLE (in New York). Let your imaginations run wild.
I loved this story as a kid. And poor Ichabod! We all watched the disney cartoon version, but I wanted something darker out of this story, something sinister and inescapable. The Headless Horseman has some pretty neat origins in old folktales, and is the best kind of bad guy: inexplicable, invulnerable, inconceivable. There’s no explaining how he can exist, there’s no killing him, and there’s no understanding him. He just is and always will be, a specter watching every bridge, an untraceable, unstoppable, bloodthirsty ghost.
Like I said, he’s the best. I also completely love Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. I may have to watch it when I get home tonight.
Initiate countdown for when I visit Sleepy Hollow, NY!
Be Random, Be Clear 