This isn't my original work, but some of these are pretty funny so . . .

You know you’re a Cast Member when:

In 1973, Disney produced an educational film about STDs. Called VD Attack Plan, it featured a sinister general leading his troops, Gonorrhea and Syphilis into battle against Mankind. This short film was ahead of its time, recognizing the role of condoms, birth control pills and same sex unions. Wade Sampson from Mouse Planet has put together an exhaustive report here.

Maybe I wear too much black. Maybe I sketch too many skulls or obsess over E.A. Poe and Morrissey. Or maybe I'm just in a spiritual cul-de-sac right now, looking for double chocolate relevance in a vanilla circumstance.

Fantasia, created in 1940 is arguably Disney's most powerful work of art. State of the art animation set to classical compositions performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Every time it's remastered and released, I marvel at the simple beauty. But there's a dark secret as well.

One of the most Magical encounters a Cast Member can have is with a child from the Make A Wish Foundation. Disney does a lot of work with the Foundation to provide final wishes for kids with terminal diseases. Not surprisingly, these wishes often include meeting a favorite Disney character, and Disney goes all out to accommodate them, rushing them to the front of the lines, giving them full VIP status. Mickey and Minnie are favorites, as are Pooh and Tigger, but all the characters give extra time and energy to the "Wish kids."

After being kicked out of Indonesia, Lou Perelman is back in the States to face bank fraud charges. You remember him, don't you, the guy who created Backstreet Boys and N'Sync?

I would have happily died never knowing that name, if it weren't for my roommate, who wants to be Lou Perelman.

I've been thinking a lot lately about my reasons for leaving everything behind in LA and coming to Orlando. It feels like I did the right thing, but sometimes I wake up in the night, panting and sweating like an escaped convict. It's worst when I talk to my brother or my parents, but every interaction with the Wish Kids gives me a twinge of doubt too.