Topic: The Real Diary of a Pretend Princess

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-07 19:12 EST
Yes, here is a pic of me as Rapunzel with my Flynn. Don?t know him personally (yet) but he does Flynn really well. (And he isn?t hard on the eyes.)

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/halfevilblonde/tangled-meet-and-greet.jpg



Soooo?. California. So far so good. The park is smaller than Florida, but it has a real sense of history to it. The tributes to Walt are everywhere. It?s really quite difficult not to feel the magic here.

Magic. Ha. Had more magic than I knew what to do with in Rhydin. At least I haven?t met anyone too ?spooky? here; other than the girl that that plays the Wicked Queen. She?s a little spooky even out of costume.

I really need to check in with Colt to see that Slate got my key back to him. I?m sure he did, there?s no real reason for him to keep it. I really kind of miss my place, even though the little apartment I have here has furniture and a roommate. I miss my stereo system!

And yes, I admit I miss my family. I?m pretty used to being on my own, but it would seem the time in RhyDin was time spent growing accustomed to having them around. I?m not sure how long I can stretch this gig out after the holidays, but I guess I have somewhere to go once it?s done.

Never thought I?d long for a mattress on the floor.

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-12 13:53 EST
I don?t know what the blazes was going on today, but I?ve never sat for so many pictures in one day! It seemed as though every little girl had 4 relatives, each with their own camera that just *had* to get a picture with Rapunzel. I?m still seeing blue-white floaters, even with my eyes closed.

I know it?s all part of the job, I just wish at times I could do the singing part of it and let the rest go to someone else. At least when I?m singing, I?m everywhere I want to be. Yup, just me and Visa.

Speaking of Visa, Mine is almost paid off! That is the LAST Time I max out a card for the sake of bail, next time I?ll just sit in the cell! Then again, there shouldn?t be a *next* time, right? I think Mama would just about die if I had a next time.

But then again, I?m not exactly ready for the rocking chair and knitting either. (Not that I have a rocking chair or know how to knit.) I may not be where I thought I would be, but I?m okay with where I?m at? for now.

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-13 21:46 EST
Ooh, Joy of Joys. With all this holiday preparation going on all around me, I?m starting to get a bit of a homesickness itch. California doesn?t look much like Thomaston, but there are certain times where I see RhyDin every-frickin?-where! Not that I?ve ever spent a holiday in RhyDin, but there?s so much family there, it?s hard not to call it home.

Hell, even Seth is there! I often wonder what life would have been like had I just done what I was supposed to and marry that man. We?d probably have kids by now! I can?t even imagine me as a mother!

***

Ok, so I took a break to get some food, and while doing that, I thought about me as a mother. I lied. I can imagine it. I was never much for dolls growing up, so I never really thought about being a mom; but the thought of that (almost) unbreakable bond between me and a baby is surprisingly appealing.

Of course that would require a sex life. I wonder what ?Flynn? is up to. Ha! Ha! Turns out Flynn is from West Hollywood. I?m not his type. The guy who runs around as Phineas (or is it Ferb?) told me Flynn and he had a thing last year when Flynn was playing Ferb (or was it Phineas?)

Disney Gossip definitely runs rampant! Apparently Belle and Beast were an item, but Beast and Tink were supposedly caught stirring up some pixie dust together over at the Matterhorn. I think Tink?s green leotard is just a little too tight and is cutting off air to her brain. Goofy 2 really had a thing for the flirty fairy until then. Goofy?s a good guy, too. I guess Tink just couldn't see the good in Goofy and wanted the bad Beast.

Oh $#!+. I think this wig is starting to rot my brain.

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-19 11:59 EST
I surfed! Ok, so it wasn?t surfing exactly, more like attempted surfing. There?s this beach community down towards San Diego called Carlsbad. I glomped onto a deal through Groupon and got my first lesson free. Let me tell you, I should never be seen in public in a wetsuit! I'm pretty certain children and small animals ran away crying.

It definitely wasn?t the zen-like experience the instructor painted it out to be. I swear this guy completely went off on the meditative qualities associated with riding the waves on a long board. He was all about the peace and tranquility of not only catching the wave, but the wait for it. I'm sure it was some big metaphor for life that sailed right over my head.

Rather than achieving Nirvana, I managed to ?hang ten? for about as many seconds before I face planted into the ocean. Which was FREEZING. Wetsuit or not, it was cold!

Oh Well, at least the instructor was worth watching. He wasn?t my type, but eye candy all the same.

Do I even *have* a type?

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-19 20:05 EST
Captain's Log - Supplemental:

Hey! I can be a geek in my own personal diary if I want. Besides, I totally heard that in my head in Jean-Luc Picard's voice.

My face hurts. I'm sure any number of family members would come back with "It's Killing Me" if I complained anywhere but here.

I. Am not. A surfer. (But I like to do it.)

I hope Chey's upcoming visit eases the homesickness. If it doesn't, freaking out about my place will likely drive me back to RhyDin. I don't mind sharing with my family, it's just I don't like the lack of control over what's going on there. I'm not sure if Colt threw the furniture in the place for my sake or Ford's, but I hope he isn't too emotionally attached to it. I have a vision in mind for it and I plan to make it so. (Picard again!)

I hope it's not awkward for Slate when I come back. I don't see why it would be though, we rarely saw each other in the halls unless it was prearranged. I'm sure he'll be fine. I know I will. I can only see it being awkward if we happened to run into each other while one or the other has a date with them. Even that isn't too much of a worry. Slate is sort of closed off and I try to keep my relationships on the DL as long as possible. No sense letting the family scare them away before I have a chance to do it myself! At least I have it easier than Jackie, HaHaHa! Dakota is usually so wrapped up in his own thing he doesn't have a chance to pull the big brother crap on me and Chey. Hell! I even have it easier than Chey, I don't have a big sister to worry about either. I'm sure at this point the whole famn damily thinks I'm going to be the old cousin who just never got married.


I think I'm going to start collecting cats. If I'm going to be an old maid anyway, I might as well add on crazy cat lady too, right?

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-21 14:22 EST
Sunny Southern California, My Sweet Georgia A$$! Its cold and rainy in Anaheim. I thought old Walt had made some sort of deal with God to keep the weather here nice. Or maybe it was that he sold his soul to the devil? Either way, it is sooooooo Not. Working. And neither am I. Somewhere amidst all the little girls hugging me, coughing on me and wiping noses on the skirts of my dress, I have caught a cold.

Gee, I wonder how it happened?!

So now I lay here, listening to mythical rain that couldn?t possibly be happening in Southern California, with a vaporizer vaporizing me, a box of tissues and more Nyquil than I think is legal.

Even my roommate has abandoned me. She said she was going to stay with her boyfriend until all possibility of catching it is gone. My boss told me to take a week, she didn?t want me getting the kids sick.

A week. In bed. Sure sounds better than it is.

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-11-26 22:31 EST
YAY FOR CHEY!

I have my little sister! Okay, its only for a short time, but at least it eases the homesickness a little. I?m not sure what it is, but she does seem a little distracted. Its probably just all the excitement of traveling and shopping.

I?ve managed a way to sneak her into Club 33. We only get an hour, but most people never get in the door. It?s costing me dearly though. I have to fill in for a Belle and a Tink at twice each before Xmas. Dammit, I look awful in yellow! But I bet I totally rock those fairy wings. Unfortunately, I don?t get to fly, just parades. Apparently the flying requires training. Pfffft! I still say old knotted ropes over the quarries back home were far more dangerous!

It seems like with all the running around we?ve done, Chey and I haven?t talked about anything that matters, but does that really matter? I?m just so happy to have her here. Christmas is still going to be tough though. Sheesh, Colt is already giving me crap about not visiting, what the hell is he gonna do if I don?t get back to RhyDin around Christmas?! Maybe I can placate him with cereal.

Then there is Ford! I have decided that whether or not he?s really messed up my place, I?m gonna mess him up just for making me worry. Ha! Hope someone is rolling a video camera when I do. That would make for fun family movies in the future, wouldn?t it?

When I was little, I used to wonder what it would be like to be an only child. Now I?m quite happy with the enormous size of my family. I?ve never had a problem being alone, I can do that. Its being lonely I can?t take for long. With the Daniels Clan, that is *never* a worry!