Disney Commandments: Break 'Em, Go to Universal

Most people with neuroses try to conceal them. Not JL Knopp. She flaunts 'em.

Knopp's neuroses (at least those we know of) all involve Disney, and her site TheDisneyDrivenLife is group therapy for the many other folks who share the same neuroses. In fact, JL has an acronym for people like herself: NDM. Give up? (Yeah, I couldn't figure it out, either.) Neurotic Disney Mom.

Recently, JL came down from Space Mountain with a set of seven commandments that you must obey, sayeth the Prophet Knopp, to enjoy a perfect Disney trip.

I routinely break five of those commandments. I'm going to Hell. Or Universal. Whichever comes first.

The only commandments I don't break are riding the monorail and arriving at a park before the gates open. I don't play Disney music on the way to Disney (unless Janis Joplin used to work in Disneyland). I sometimes exit a park before I'm forced to do so - because I'm tired. And I don't have my picture taken with Mickey - because I know that the person inside keeps muttering 'what a big, weird...'. You get the idea.

See for yourself whether you're Disney devout. And then check out the many other cool features on JL's site, including the ever-popular Neurotic Disney Person of the Month and a new live show called Inner Mouse.

I'm off to find the three commandments JL dropped. I'm sure one of them is about turkey legs.