May 02, 2005

Tales of The Dark Lord Mickey

I assume that CNN isn't making this up. One of several horrible, horrible quotes:

Reiger has found in Disney the happiness he never had in childhood. His parents divorced in Tampa when he was young, and his mother sent him to Pennsylvania to be with his grandmother. The adults in his life had two or three jobs, so the television -- especially the Mouseketeers -- became his baby sitter. He got his first Disney character tattoo -- Mickey Mouse from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" -- on his first honeymoon in the early 1970s, around the time of Disney World's opening. He has since covered his body in quarter-inch-size tattoos and has gone on five more honeymoons -- each time to Disney World.

"I'm reliving my childhood basically through Disney," he said. "I'm making up for things I didn't do as a kid."

Read the rest. The whole thing is both pathetic and, at the same time, sinister.

One mouse to rule them all,
One mouse to find them,
One mouse to bring them all,
and in the darkness bind them,
In the land of Mickey where the shadows lie.

Posted by Robert at May 2, 2005 05:30 PM
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pathetic indeed! great poem though.

Posted by: michele at May 2, 2005 11:33 PM
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