A year in review...
I posted this on MiceChat, and that thread kind of died...and I don't want to lose it so I'll put it here.
My favorite trips from 2008. (This is cut and paste from MiceChat so I'm not using the nicknames we have for all the Hatters and Alices.)
1) February 15. I went with a few friends and this was the first time I got to see the Mad Hatter. What's funny is I don't remember much of the things I did with my friends, but I remember everything that had to do with Hatter. Not to mention he was a total camera hog during the parade and was very pose-y for me.
(he is doing Thriller, yes)
2) March 30th. This was the day I met the girl who I can now call my best friend, Leanne. I also saw my favorite Alice for the first time, the man who got me to love Hatter in the first place for the first time, and my favorite Hatter (pictured above)
(And he continued to pose for my camera.)
3) May 18th. This day was so chaotic. This was the second day I saw my favorite parade Hatter out doing walk-around. This was the day he tried to pull me up for the castle show. I also got to meet another girl who I can now call my best friend, Lizzi. We also had a strange moment with Aladdin and Jasmine when they walked past us several times going from backstage area to backstage area. This was also the day that Leanne and I decided to do something we had wanted to do for awhile. Ask Merlin why he wears a purple dress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwwXToupBu8
4) July 2. This day was CHAOS. I would go into why, but it wouldn't really make sense. I can tell you that I spent it with Leanne and her friend Rachel and we spent a lot of time at Jedi Training Academy seeing a friend of ours. Besides that nothing would make sense, but it is why we laugh everytime we walk past Tomorrowland Terrace, make jokes about a man named Brian, and say "I need you to keep your parents behind this blue line at all times!"
I don't have many good pictures from this day since most of it was spent at JTA. Almost all pictures have the back of Brian's head in it like this:
5) July 27th. I got to give Hatter a little present this day, which was the first of MANY presents he got from us wonderful people he sees every Sunday. Everytime I would watch a meet and greet, someone would have no idea who he was. And everytime after they left he would look at me and shrug. So I decided to make him a nametag. What was originally going to be "Hello my name is the Mad Hatter" became names like "Tea Man" "Guy in the hat" "Alice in Wonderland's friend" and "Crazy Person.". Most of them were names I had heard him refered to as before. This was also the day I became better friends with Lizzi because of the four words "What Would Jonas Do?"
6) August 3rd. Two of our amazing Disneyland jokes were created this day. "THAT'S A LADEH!" and "Good job Brian!"
Ladeh: So we were watching Hatter and Alice's meet and greet when someone, no one really remembers who, pointed out a Peter Pan "imposter" (AKA someone wearing the Peter Pan hat) When Leanne turned to see, she thought whoever it was was refering to some woman walking past. So, the wonderful Leanne, YELLS "THAT'S A LADEH!" causing everyone, especially Lizzi, to collapse on the ground laughing.
Brian: Later that night it was just Leanne and I. We decided to go on Thunder Mountain (which claimed to have a 1 minute wait but actually had a 10 minute wait) While waiting in line we're talking innocently, then hear one of the ride attendants say "Good job, Brian!" Of course we automatically thought of July 2nd Brian and we could not stop laughing. Later while we were eating one would look at the other and say "Good job, Brian!" causing the other to choke on their food.
(outcome of the LADEH incident)
7) October 10th. Leanne, Lizzi, and I (AKA SC...don't ask) got to go to the Halloween party this day. It was just beyond amazing. Leanne was Merlin, Lizzi was Lillian Gracey, and I was the Mad Hatter. Most of the night was spent dancing, watching Peter Pan (who would look up and wave at us every 5 minutes), and being crazy. It was such a fun night and we can't wait to return next year to do it all again!
Me with Littlecricket because she's awesome!
Three strange people...
8) November 9th. This was, least I believe it was, the day that most of the Sunday Group formed. The Sunday Group is made up of people who are Micechatters and Hatter fans. Lizzi (SkeletonStockings), Leanne (DisneyGirl52), Me, Troy (Hilsbro), Blake (lovedisney33), and Erica (Mowgli) were the main group members who joined this day. There were more people, but we don't see them every Sunday. Also the day the famous Interuppting Platypus joke was made. If you ever see Blake, ask him what it is.
9) NOVEMBER 26TH PROBABLY THE BEST TRIP OF THE YEAR. We got to see Merlin at Goofy's Kitchen this day. It was Leanne, Lizzi, Lizzi's boyfriend Ray, Leanne's friend Rachel, a new friend Heather (SonicHearts), and me. We spent 3 hours at Goofy's Kitchen and got to spend quite some time with our great friend Merlin. He is such a crazy wizard and we love him for it. Oh we also met Tony Baxter this day. He's awesome.
We all look like idiots, but that is entirely Merlin's fault. He YELLED something that won't make sense to people here and we all started laughing when this picture was taken. Oh and Merlin is a Doctor Who fan. Fear it.
10) December 14th. This day was very very sad, but also so much fun. We, mainly me because most of the main members saw her again, had to say goodbye to our favorite Alice this day. She left to go on and do bigger and better things, and she gave us a warning in advance about it. We were planning on giving Hatter and Alice presents this day, but knowing she was leaving made her presents a bit more special. Everyone wrote them little notes which were put in decorated boxes (done by Lizzi and Erica) and we presented them to the two before they went backstage at one of their later sets. I would go more into detail about this day, but it's one of those days that is hard to think about without getting emotional. We all loved her so much and we were all very sad to see her go. I know some people here aren't big character fans, but she was very very special to us. She wasn't really a character, more of a friend.
He isn't looking at the camera in this one, but he is in another one so it's ok.
My two favorite people in the world
Alice with the presents I gave her
SC in front of the doors they will one day walk behind
If anyone read all that, good job. It was a lot. But this year was the best year of my life and I owe it to all the friends I made during it. I'll never be able to thank them enough for all of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYoKatPz6bE a video I made about the year