Thanks Michael!!

Thank you!!

Everything about this message is incredible, right down to the gif. Thank you so much for these fabulous birthday wishes!!

Ohhh this is art!

They're going to love owning the 18-song albums for musical luminaries like Marcy's Playground and Jimmy Ray.

Ooh sign them up for job searches on LinkedIn, too. They'll get 74 annoying emails a week and hey, maybe they'll actually leave Disney.

Did you read my entire thread? That's just not what I'm talking about at all.

My point in citing those numbers was to establish that there's plenty of money coming in to build their new ideas correctly and expand the park, rather than ripping and replacing.

"If I lived 'til I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you"

We all have ghosts of our past selves inside us, and the 19-year-old black eyeliner-wearing emo version of me keeps subconsciously conjuring this song re: RoA. Honestly I find this mind meld embarrassing, but I know you're all going through it too, so whatever. open.spotify.com/track/2IR01O...

It all matters. And it will always be cool to care.

Surprise surprise, I'm still thinking about this. The essence of a theme park is in the quiet details. The exploratory walking paths, the corners that showcase an unexpected view, the barely there audio cues that .01% of visitors actively notice. But Disney is dismissing passive perception.

Thank you for your monetary contributions to the "keep the rivers" fund. They've gone straight to Josh's bank account for safekeeping.

And STILL they won't do the necessary backstage work to add new attractions and lands while keeping the atmospheric placemaking that makes the place a transcendental theme park instead of a four-day church fair on cracked asphalt.

It's unforgivable.

If they're not calling the office Pekara, it's a galaxy-sized missed opportunity.

"...While half of this world is being forced to shout 'Heil Hitler,' our answer is to say, 'Saludos Amigos.'"
-Walt Disney

Hahaha the other irony here – both of us have been and will return to Tokyo, a place we love dearly.