Remembering Carpe Disneum

In the month proceeding the infamous Dangerous Family Thanksgiving Trip to Florida, Bologna started a daily emailed countdown for the fam. You see, Bologna is Super Disney Horny. She has stated in the past (in all seriousness) that she would bleach her hair blond for the chance to play Sleeping Beauty on a float for a single parade.

But, alas, a certain party found her countdowns full of clip art and fancy fonts insufficient for the purpose of inspiring excitement. 29 days before the exodus to Orlando, a bloodless coup was staged and after a brief struggle, the rebel front, Carpe Disneum, was victorious. They assumed control of the email countdown. Today, we look back at some of the art of the Carpe Disneum era.

23 Days

This is an early piece of Carpe Disneum from the beginning of their reign, during the troubled time when T was an inactive participant. The picture splicing and sentiment suggest a youthful simplicity that would be lost in later works. The alcohol motif is a recurrent one that we'll see again.

10 Days

As the countdown progressed, an intricacy developed that may make this piece difficult to decipher without enlarging it. It charts the projected travel from Boston down through Orlando with extensive annotations. The version we have here has been censored, probably by some fascist anti-Carpe Disneum group. Still, when compared to the work titled 23 Days shown above, it's clear that by the production of 10 Days, a great deal more time and energy had been committed to the movement.

7 Days

Day 7 is a trifecta of images inspired by a survey solicited by the Mayor of Carpe Disneum requesting members to respond with their favorite Disney character. As expected, Bologna is portrayed as Sleeping Beauty. Beau as a charming Dumbo. T, on the other hand, is shown once again as a transgendered character. This antagonistic theme is again, a result of his obstinate refusal to participate. Please note that the picture splicing has increased threefold since 23 Days. At this point, Carpe Disneum had become a become a full time job and the Queen was clearly unconcerned by the impact this might have had on her actual work.

5 Days

We really must count ourselves lucky to have salvaged 5 Days from the rubbish heap of history. Sent as a special "Weekend Edition" this piece has clearly transitioned programs enough times to cause distortion in the background setting. The Empress of Carpe Disneum graced her peoples with a continuation of the survey presented in 7 Days by depicting herself in the same satirical light. This not only gives us a distinct notion of the Empress' benevolence but also shows the progression from weekday to weekend countdowns, a previously unseen exhibit in the Carpe Disneum movement.

Stay tuned. In Part II of Remembering Carpe Disneum, we'll take a look at the final days of the countdown and view footage of the only known gallery displaying the epoch's collected works.