2008-10-16 - Ignorance IS Bliss

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ignorance IS Bliss
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Life

As I grow older there are more and more things I wish I did not know. Every year it seems that there are new things that want to destroy my childhood and adolescent dreams/wishes and realities. The question then is do you try and keep your childhood wishes and adolescent dreams alive when you know it is a losing battle? Or do you accept and understand that new wishes and dreams must be made as you learn new things, therefore leaving the old ones behind? "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things". - Corinthians I (First heard in the movie "Hackers." Gotta love the educational system in catholic schools!) Is this true? Must we put those wishes away? make new ones? or can you modify them?? (NOTE: If you are under the age of 18 please stop reading - Pac*, you too).

Childhood Reality 1 - "Disney tells you the way it REALLY is".

Disney LIES… ugh. This one was REALLY hard for me to swallow. There ARE NO: dwarves that live in trees, mermaids that sing, glass slippers, elephants that can fly, pixies, princes who appear out of nowhere and marry a chick based on a kiss, swords in stones, mad tea parties (at least with talking rabbits and huffy puffy tea kettles), owls that can talk, and this list can go on and on and on… I did not JUST realize all this, but it has been a gradual learning experience; which started when I was about 8 and my father asked me to explain to him how Mickey who is a MOUSE can own Pluto as a pet, but not Goofy who is ALSO A DOG, and how come Goofy can talk but not Pluto? Welcome to my childhood! Surprised I'm not more deranged?? I am too.

The most recent myth I have debunked by Disney is the "Happily Ever After (HEA)." I thought once the Prince married the Princess (or the small footed chick ) and everything was awesome. They then treated each other with the utmost respect, talked to each other about their feelings and opinions and made sure the other was always happy. We all like to think this is true; that we all treat our spouses/partners like this. I have seen MUCH evidence to the contrary. I have seen one person ignore the other in favor of a video game/sports game/[insert favorite hobby here], I have seen some women not hold doors open for guys, I have seen people just really be nasty to each other. Contrariwise,* I have seen others be SUPER nice, caring and considerate couples - but is this just a "show" in public? I have seen more against the "HEA" dream then for it when it comes to an intimate view of a relationship. I ALWAYS thought my folks had an "HEA" but wow, things slip here and there - verbal and non-verbal (sorry to burst YOUR childhood vision Pac*, but I DID warn you) that makes me wonder if my folks have been "putting on" a show for my brother and I all these years, if it is something I am noticing as I grow older (and now more observant), or if it is a recent development?? So now I must decide if my Disney "Dreams/Wishes and Realities" must be kept alive for the sake of them, if I should discard them or modify them.

Well, obviously some have to be discarded if I want people to know I am sane (Flying Elephants and Singing Mermaids? Puh-lease!) Some you have to keep strong (I'm keeping Cheshire Cats with crazy grins, god damnit! Because I am only SOMEWHAT sane.) The one I have to modify is the "HEA." Some people might actually choose THIS as the one to keep in its original packaging - but now I will call that original "TWG" = The Waiting Game - because it will show how insane YOU are. I, however, will be modifying it to "SHATWTCMPAM" = Sometimes Happy After The Wedding That Cost My Parents A Mint. :D And if that doesn't work then you are all going to be invited to the event of the year in 2011!! The "Lisa- doesn't-god-damn-need-anyone-but-herself-and-the-buzz-buzz" Party.

COMING SOON:

Childhood Reality 2: "Be nice to others, and they will be nice to you."

*Issues with this word??? Take it up with Charles Dodgson. If you can. BUHAHAHA (my evil laugh)

2010 Note: OMG... I cannot believe I actually had posted this. >.< Let me apologize to any family reading this!
Well, I am now in a relationship that I can DEFINITELY say is HEA. It IS so far... so there! and the wedding: 2010 and it is costing untold dollars - just ask the 'rents.