The Tale of Cinderannie

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

In Which Cinderannie Makes Very Little Sense

I cannot stand high heels. Tonight I was going to Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM) and I was going to pretend to be a movie star so I put on a shirt with sparkles on it and my earings with the crystals that Papa got me and borrowed my roommates high heels and wore my sunglasses and went. And I was barely through the gate and walking down the street before I wished I was at Magic Kingdom and the heels were driving me crazy. I'm not cut out to be a movie star. I would have gone over to MK but I didn't particularly want to walk around there in high heels either. So I came home and now I'm writing a blog entry and Tiff and I are going to watch Stardust. They all like it so I hope it's good.
I know there were a couple things from work I wanted to tell you about. Oh yeah, I got to do the dinner bell the other day. That means choosing a family to help open the restaurant and go up on the balcony and ring the bell. And all the characters come up too, and the family gets to get a picture with all of them. It was fun, but the script had gone missing so I had to improv it, and for some reason I couldn't pronounce "hospitality" for the life of me and kept stuttering. Dear me. But at least I projected, and got everyone's attention, unlike sometimes when you can't even hear the person and no one knows what's going on.
I keep realizing I have more high functioning autism characteristics than I realize. For one thing, because of my roommates friendly teasing when it happens, I realized that I stutter rather a lot. I didn't notice how often I get "stuck" when I try to say something and repeat the same syllable, word, or phrase over and over again. Also at certain points I get a sort of barrier to talking, like I don't know what to say unless it's scripted, either by standard conversation, or a direct question I can give a direct answer to, or actually scripted like at work. I realized this very vividly when I went to work one morning, having hardly spoken to anyone until I was there, and then I had to seat a family, and when I was at the table needing to say my spiel, I felt like I almost forgot how to talk. I had to make myself remember my lines, "You're seating in the ______ room and ______ will be your server," and I certainly couldn't make myself get out any of the usual pleasantries (have you dined here before? what have you done today? etc). It was weird.



Edit: Grr! I wrote more than this! And the computer ate it! Now I have no idea what it was I wrote. I told you about some other things... that I no longer recall.

Oh yeah, Tiff's birthday party! It was her birthday so we had a party and I made chocolate cake with mint frosting (which I made myself) because mint and chocolate is her favorite.

And I wrote about the stuck-up Disney Vacation Club people! And it got lost... and it's midnight and I don't feel like writing about it over again right now. I am officially frustrated. This has to be the weirdest, most irrelevant and disconnected post I've ever written. Probably related to my very emotionally charged days off. Well, I think I'm going to bed now. Hopefully a more coherent - and more positive - post will follow before too long.

8 Comments:

  • At Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:59:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    You didn't title your post... O.o :-P

    Yeah, I don't like heels either. I hardly wore mine for the Mask Ball. They came off very fast. I can see you all starred up though. :) Sometimes its fun to pretend about that stuff.

    You have autism? I didn't know that. Hm. Meh. I'm glad you were able to bumble your way through what you needed to say. That's what counts. :)

    ~*~ Rad

     
  • At Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:56:00 PM , Blogger loisgroat said...

    High heels - yuk! They look lovely, but feel horrendous. Sorry, I never brought you up with the "beauty is worth the pain" mentality. I believe in "comfort is everything." Momm

    BTW Rad, Joanna doesn't officially have autism, but she and I both have what is refered to as the "autistic personality type". It is common in families where one person has been diagnosed, that others have some classic symptoms, but not enough for a diagnosis of autism.

     
  • At Friday, April 11, 2008 10:28:00 AM , Blogger loisgroat said...

    I LOVE the title you have chosen. It is perfect!
    Momm

     
  • At Friday, April 11, 2008 11:07:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Dear Cinderannie
    It's always a joy to hear from you! we don't need an extended message every time. It's just good to know that you haven't forgotten you "fans". We love you.
    Grandma Sally

     
  • At Friday, April 11, 2008 9:14:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Mother: Oh. Ok.

    Annie: Yes, the internet/computer does sometimes eat posts. Bad, bad computer/internet. But here is love for you!! *Love*

    ~*~ Rad

     
  • At Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:47:00 PM , Blogger GoodyMom1 said...

    y'know, the longer i teach, i realize more and more that i also have many symptoms of high-functioning autism. i even have a random-stereotypical-behaviour of rubbing my face quickly to discharge excess energies, but i'm smart enough to not do it when anyone's looking b'c i know it looks odd... i just manage the stress 'til then... i also get physical responses to certain social or emotional cues, and also stutter occasionally when i have to make up my own words on the spot - i've learned to cope by prescripting responses to almost any situation, rehearsing any possible situation before it arises so i know what to say, etc... yeah.

     
  • At Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:03:00 PM , Blogger Emily said...

    I liked Stardust. And you really should see Enchanted if you haven't yet. I want to watch it all the time.
    I can't wait to see you again soon!

     
  • At Monday, April 21, 2008 1:36:00 PM , Blogger Joel B Groat said...

    Well, I love your writing even if you think you make little sense. Sorry about the reality of movie-stardom not matching the perception in your head, I'm always bummed when reality crashes my imaginings. As far as the lost writing, sometimes its the way of the fallen world (yes even the cyber world is subject to the Fall) and for me sometimes its God sparing me sending out something I wouldn't have wanted to go out if I'd thought about it for a while. I won't even try and say which one it was for you ...

    So I hope the last week has been better for you and you've been able to make the magic happen for people. Love, Papa

     

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