Despite the fact that my mom loves Disneyland so much she would live there if she could AND my grandpa used to play drums at Carnation Plaza with the big bands, growing up in LA means numerous unwarranted trips to "The Happiest Place on Earth". I even moved to Anaheim at 19 to try to get a job at Disneyland. No, it didn't pan out but did happen to crush my "enchanted" Disney dreams. If I never ever ever had to step foot in The Magic Kingdom again in my life, I would be THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON EARTH. And wouldn't you know, I marry a guy who would go every other weekend if he could. WTF?
My LEAST favorite ride, or should I say attraction at Disneyland has to be the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. I don't know why but I effing HATED it when I was a kid. All that chirping, cawing, tweeting, and "singing" just sounds like NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD TO ME. ...And like morning traffic, it honestly makes me want to punch my own face in.
1:47 - 2:37 = my nightmare
For almost five years now, my husband and I have lived in the same condo at the border of Studio City/Sherman Oaks. And for the last five years I have been forced to listen to the screams of a bird which at first sounds like a woman screaming HELP! HELP! HELP!
After about two years of tolerating this bird, whose cage sits directly in front of an open widow screaming HELP! which echoes through the courtyards as if it were actually in our house, I lost my mind. I posted a sign on the front door of the building that stated the following:
FUNNY :)
Helena Bonam Carter's Sex scenes in the movie "Fight Club"
NOT FUNNY :(
The bird in unit 6 reenacting those sex scenes EVERY MORNING FROM 5:45-6:15 am
The sign was quickly removed yet the bird continued.
One morning after being woken up yet again by the sweet yells of the bird, I put on my robe and with sleep in my eyes knocked on the woman's door to explain how loud her bird was and if she would kindly move it to another area of her house so that it did not echo through our windows and wake us up. She refused to take responsibility but tattled on me to the manager. AWESOME.
Since that time however, the "bird lady" has been more respectful and only lets the bird scream at certain hours of the day ...something about removing its cover wakes the bird up and makes it talk. It is still extremely annoying but at least she is TRYING to be considerate.
A couple months ago, I started hearing a new noise which at first sounded like a machine of some sort. I have deduced the noise down to yet another bird owner in the complex.
This past week it seems as though a family of crows have made nest nearby because they have a little CA-CAWING parting in the morning as well, right after the "singing" performance of the early bird choir.
As if that were not enough to test my patience every single day, some new neighbors moved in directly across from us. In fact, they are moving in today. And what do my ears tell me ..THEY HAVE A FUCKING PARROT which has not stopped talking all day long.
HELP! BA-CAW! TWEET TWEET! POLLY WANT A CRACKER! BUZZ BUZZ! is now the soundtrack to my life. And we just signed a new contract while we wait out the real estate market FOR ANOTHER YEAR. If this year doesn't kill me, I don't know what will.
My LEAST favorite ride, or should I say attraction at Disneyland has to be the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. I don't know why but I effing HATED it when I was a kid. All that chirping, cawing, tweeting, and "singing" just sounds like NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD TO ME. ...And like morning traffic, it honestly makes me want to punch my own face in.
1:47 - 2:37 = my nightmare
For almost five years now, my husband and I have lived in the same condo at the border of Studio City/Sherman Oaks. And for the last five years I have been forced to listen to the screams of a bird which at first sounds like a woman screaming HELP! HELP! HELP!
After about two years of tolerating this bird, whose cage sits directly in front of an open widow screaming HELP! which echoes through the courtyards as if it were actually in our house, I lost my mind. I posted a sign on the front door of the building that stated the following:
FUNNY :)
Helena Bonam Carter's Sex scenes in the movie "Fight Club"
NOT FUNNY :(
The bird in unit 6 reenacting those sex scenes EVERY MORNING FROM 5:45-6:15 am
The sign was quickly removed yet the bird continued.
One morning after being woken up yet again by the sweet yells of the bird, I put on my robe and with sleep in my eyes knocked on the woman's door to explain how loud her bird was and if she would kindly move it to another area of her house so that it did not echo through our windows and wake us up. She refused to take responsibility but tattled on me to the manager. AWESOME.
Since that time however, the "bird lady" has been more respectful and only lets the bird scream at certain hours of the day ...something about removing its cover wakes the bird up and makes it talk. It is still extremely annoying but at least she is TRYING to be considerate.
A couple months ago, I started hearing a new noise which at first sounded like a machine of some sort. I have deduced the noise down to yet another bird owner in the complex.
This past week it seems as though a family of crows have made nest nearby because they have a little CA-CAWING parting in the morning as well, right after the "singing" performance of the early bird choir.
As if that were not enough to test my patience every single day, some new neighbors moved in directly across from us. In fact, they are moving in today. And what do my ears tell me ..THEY HAVE A FUCKING PARROT which has not stopped talking all day long.
HELP! BA-CAW! TWEET TWEET! POLLY WANT A CRACKER! BUZZ BUZZ! is now the soundtrack to my life. And we just signed a new contract while we wait out the real estate market FOR ANOTHER YEAR. If this year doesn't kill me, I don't know what will.
51 Amazing people left a comment here:
Holy hell, that is obnoxious!! I've never been to Disneyland/World, and that doesn't exactly make me want to...
oh god! i hate the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, too!
I'm always stuck going into it... but I do have to admit that it's the best place to cool down haha
& i'm sorry about the neighbors and the baby crows :P
i don't know how you're going to stand them for another year!
but i definitely LOL'd when i read what you put on the sign(:
hope you have a good week!
*dani
LOL.
A least u had the guts to do something about it. I think I would have just put up with it! :S
xx
aww, how funny and sad!! i don't know how i would deal with it!
i've never had a bird as a pet, so i don't get people who own them...why aren't they annoyed by the chatter??
xox
I think it is time to start looking for some new digs.....
Oh I feel your pain!
When I lived Melbourne there was this demented crow that used to go crazy when it saw it's own reflection in the windows of the building opposite us.
Now I'm an animal lover, but gosh I wanted to shoot that bird!
OMG! I'd be fine not setting foot there again either....but I'm pretty sure at some point I will have to show the kiddies the lovely magic kingdom lol
your sign was amazing! LOL I'm still laughing thinking about it. I'm so glad you said something about it! There should be some kind of noise policy! I can't believe SHE would complain about YOU! How is that, that kind of stuff always happens! The good one gets in trouble for complaining about the annoying one~ UGH that seems to always be the case!
Maybe you can break your lease for stress inducing reasons! blood pressure rising/ lack of sleep/ causing you headaches/ difficulty focusing ... LOL
oh boy! SO SORRY!!
<3
Lol, poor Disney is taking some serious hits.
Check out my last blog. The Disney Princesses are getting plastic surgery, using guns, and living UNhappily ever after. lol
At the very least...a small distraction from the bird from hell.
I would make up some poisoned bird treats....
lol
I hate the tiki tiki room tooo!!! I always go over there though...they sell that frozen pineapple yogurt stuff and bacon wrapped asparagus...yum
lol fight club
AHH. That is so ridiculous...I don't even know ONE person who owns a bird, yet alone a while choir of screamingcowbirds. Just because some people wake up obnoxiously early doesn't mean their birds need to. Keep the cover on, woman. If that lady who owns the bird walked around her apartment all morning screaming, I'm pretty sure your complaints would be more valid with the manager. Doesn't seem right though, does it? Maybe the bird is screaming because, oh I don't know...IT DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE IN A F***KING CAGE! haha.
Jenna :)
PS I would curse, but I don't know you, & I don't know if your pretty little eyes condone reading such profanity.
i like what yaya said up there :)
-zarna
http://zarnasrunway.blogspot.com
you made my day, with the soundtrack of your life...I laughed out loud.
I F*CKING hate birds of all kinds, so I would not have been so nice about this. I think they are vile, dirty creatures and I will admit they sort of scare me. I don't know how you handle being woke up so early. I have a problem of similar, yet opposite, issues: some kids have been playing basketball at the court RIGHT BY MY HOUSE late at night while I am trying to fall asleep. I hate the sound of a dribbling ball. So I am now the crazy lady in the neighborhood who yells at kids to shut up. Oh well.
Seriously, as a pathologically noise-sensitive person I can so empathize. I REALLY feel your pain, M. This is a torment. If you have an iPod, download Ambiance and maybe you can drown out the sound.
1. Cali girl, not supposed to say this-hate Disneyland. I get so much flack from friends and then I always date the guy with the annual pass and wants to get me one. Cool. Because I heart tourists and crowds and lines soo much.
2. NEVER understood people with birds as pets. They're supposed to fly free. I don't get, and I'm SORRY you now live in the Tiki Room. That place used to freak me out...omg I am picturing it in my head, flashbacks.
I'm actually in a good mood, even though it doesnt sound like it...i just feel for you! haha!
And fight club LOL. don't do that! XOXOXO!!
OH MY GOD! It's like Zooey Deschanel's character in Failure To Launch! And they try to murder the bird with the b b gun. OMG. hahaha...I don't condone that behavior but this just reminded me and we know I heart her. And you! :)
I'm literally laughing out loud! How horrible! I'm with you 100% on Disneyland! Lived in Cali my whole life and after many-a-day-trip there, enough is enough! Great post :) xo
I love Disneyland, but I've always hated that damn Tiki room.
And people with birds as pets? They're idiots. I'm a total animal lover, but the bird thing just baffles me. They can't cuddle with you, they have feathers instead of fur, they have disgusting beaks, and they make the most god awful noises. It's just not natural to keep one as a pet.
You have my sympathy.
Too funny but that sucks!
Oh my...
UGH!! I freaking HATE birds!!!!
Oh my. I feel for you. I really do. I can practically hear the noise while I read the post and it is already is starting to give me a headache. You poor thing!
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDUDE. it is uzi time. birds are FOR THE BIRDS. i will kill them for you. or set them free in balboa park or SOMETHING. this is just not fair.
p.s. love the fight night gif. bahahha!
I just went back to Disneyland for the first time in like a decade and I stayed THE HELL away from the Tikki Room. I still have that godfuckingawful song spinning around in my head. Never again.
And that sucks about the parrot. They really are fucking loud. But maybe this adorable video will restore your faith in our avian friends:
http://bit.ly/zgsVW
Funny story, but that would really tick me off.
whaaaaaaaaaat! i love disneyland. i could live there. it's funny though i've never even heard of that tiki tiki tiki ride, must be in that one part i never go to.
There are birds on my windowsill that make me want to go on a shooting rampage. I hate them!
That is so ridiculous!
Sorry you seem to be living in your own tiki tiki hell at the moment. I find it hard to believe so many people would own birds... wtf? Is this a new trend I'm missing? Maybe it's time you got yourself a cat... or tiger...
I work with a lady whos voice sounds like a cackling witch trying to talk in baby talk while she has huge loogies caught in her throat.
Did I mention she has no volume control and she talks to herself all day?
I feel for you.
Lol... I think your sign was funny! haha it's also funny to think of who removed it
That sounds like brain damage! Like, big time! Lovely lady, I left you a little award on my blog just becuase you're pages are filled with so much beautiful inspiration xoxo
I want to die just thinking about all that damn chirping!
Bribe her with your headbands and/or fringe necklaces.
you are one of the funniest people I know. :)
I would hate that and it would drive me crazy. I love the sign you made. Hahah. You rock! What a rude lady. Ppl are so inconsiderate.
BTW, come enter my giveaway contest.
I literally held my composure until I saw the video/pic of the dude punching himself repeatedly in the face! Hilarious.
Sounds like you are in a zoo...literally!
You poor thing! What is it with completely self-centered bird owners? Don't they get it?
Oh my gosh, I would flip my lid! The only thing I've ever had to deal with is an old lady that watched her mexican novelas too loudly, and even THAT got me annoyed to my limit.
As for Disneyland, I moved to Texas a few years ago [from california] and have been desperately craving a trip. I told my boyfriend we should go for Christmas and he responded with "... isn't that place just for little kids?" Which led me to lecture him for ten minutes, haha.
you have the best stories, i love it!
I've never been to Disney but would love too! About birds though my mom had one while growing up in Africa that would whistle at the girls when they were walking home from school. Their father's came to complain to my grandfather that his son was being obnoxious but really it was the bird LOL!
This does sound horrible indeed.
It's too bad that there's not some service where you can "rent a pet" for a week or two -- something where you can borrow an insanely noisy, annoying animal to try and out-do your insane, annoying neighbors.
I have a feeling that PETA would be all over this one though...
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Oh dear lord woman. That sucks major ass. And WTF w/ the woman tattling on you? You did nothing wrong. At least you haven't yet. I'd be tempted to somehow steal those birds and let them loose... :)
Heres what you do, go to wally world....get a lil black floor fan turn it on high...HEAVEN it may take a while to get used to the white noise but once you do you will sleep like a flippin baby!
birds as pets.......SO WEIRD.
yuck me too, I live right next to a creek and there are birds up the ass here. in summertime I leave my window open for a breeze and I realize that's the stupidest idea ever by about 6am. I hate those birds! I think mine are called mocking birds- the ones that screech and chase cats for fur. oh and have babies. every. single. year.
time to get a fan & leave my window closed!...
Seriously, I LOVE the Tiki room. I even have the nickname of Tiki( not for that reason). I have the music on my I-pod. So, do you still love me know that you know I am a Tiki lover?
p.s. my pot from Monday was about Disneyland too.
OMG i didnt realize how close you lived! my boyfriend and i own a condo in Tarzana. :)
My BF has a parrot and I hate it!!!! The freaking thing going off all the freaking time. But luckily the BF does not get up early to uncover the bird, or else I would have to break up with him.
Love the Fight Club reference on your note. Classic!!!
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