It's August

.... the virus is still around.

I'm still home.

Classes have been applied for.

I'm still making it (if barely) through each day.

Hope you are holding up well too!

OMD: Ghosts in the Halls

With Disney+ I've been going through a lot of old films I grew up watching.

There are films that hit me in the childhood and I will continue to write little blurbs about them when I can.

Film Title: The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

Studio: Walt Disney

Year: 1980-1981

This film came out as a two-parter on the Wonderful World of Disney.

While it may be over 30 years old (if not older, good golly!), the effects still remain amazing.

Buxley Hall is a military school that is having mortage problems. To try and solve them, they become co-ed, bringing in a girls' school which is also floundering.

However, the General who began Buxley isn't pleased with women in the ranks!

Cue three ghosts who go about trying to save the school from invansion!

But is it truly a bad deal to have women on campas, when even West Point is allowing women in?

Oh, let's not forget the heir to a fortune being part of the deal - if he goes, so goes the money.

There are a few twists and turns, but it's a fun film to check out.

What are some of your favorite films? Anything you think I should watch and blurb about? See you next week!

(Also, I am not paid for this blog - any name dropping is because it wouldn't make sense to not mention it.)

W.I.P. Lots of Little Things

In these times I've taken up art.

I have a lot of paint (which increases those few times I leave the house), and I've gotten a ton of projects from Five Below. At this point, I think I'm personally financing the store.

Also - Dollar Tree is a great place to find stuff too.

I don't really have a whole lot of pictures of those projects, but I have been doing some extra writing too.

Here's a little tidbit.

The shot went past her head. She could hear the soft whistle, feel the slight shift of the air as it streamed beyond her. One moment she was facing down the fiend who’d nearly trapped her in another world. Who had succeeded in trapping others.

She watched the look in the man’s eyes as they widened. His fall to the ground had her confused.

Turning slowly she came fact to face with someone she hadn’t been expecting.

“I finally caught up with you.”

Her vocal chords forgot how to work. She barely managed to gape like a fish,. She didn’t think her eyes could grow any larger, nor her lids open further.

“Do you know how long it took me? After that last conversation?”

She continued to stare, uncertain if this was another vivid dream or someone was pulling her leg.

“After that last conversation I realized that I needed to do something to change. Certainly all the movements going around also helped spur me off the main drag. I retired, you know.”

She watched him, wondering if gaping would be acceptable.

Another shot rang past her. She jumped.

“What?”

The word escaped her lips on a confused brush of air.

“He was twitching.”

Confusion was her best option here.

“I went to your home town, looking for you.”

She raised her eyebrows.

“I saw what had happened, then began asking around.” He chuckled, “I suppose I would have made a great detective.”

She was an intelligent, resourseful woman, but for the life of her, she couldn’t remember how to use actual words.

Another shot rang in her ears.

“What the heck was that for?”

She spun around to find the fiend had crawled up behind her.

“What?”

Don't forget to share what you've been working on! Let's get some things done!

Book Nook: What have I been reading?

This week I'm just going to list a few titles I've had on my To-Read shelf that I've finally managed to begin reading.

This blog has been a bit harder to post to since quarantine (don't ask me why, I have no will power at this point in the game, and things are looking downhill again in society).

So without much further ado, and in obviously no particular order:

Legendary - Stephanie Garber
Moriarty - Anthony Horowitz
Stalking Jack the Ripper - Kerri Maniscalco
DeadLand: Ghostwalkers - Jonathan Maberry
Asylum - Madeline Roux

Those are just a few that I can see from my desk.


What books are on your To-Read list?

Which ones have you finished?

Next month I will (try) to get a new little review up and running.

Have a fantastic week, and stay safe!

July Started...

Well.

This is a bit late, but it's quarantine time.

July ushers in yet another month spent home. It's had its pros and cons.

Yet I'm ready to get back to work - right now anywhere would be fine. Just something to get away from the same old routine as before.

Keeping safe and following the rules will be key to this new change of workplace.

I look forward to wearing a mask all through my shift to help keep as many people safe as possible.

It will be nice to have that change of pace.

While I won't be working at Walt Disney World anymore, I will be among something else I love.

Books.

A bookstore might be the best thing right now: usually, it's quiet and not a whole lot of people come in.

Also: I'll be surrounded by something I love most of all every day.


What are you doing as we slowly open things back up? Leave a comment below and let's make it though July together.

Fifth Tuesday - Quarantine Log

I have been quarantining since March.

But the country is opening up!

No.

But -

No.

I am still quarantining because my parents are over 60 and have a higher risk to catch this virus.

I don't want to be that person either.

So - what have I been up to?

CRAFTS!!

Reading.

Movies.



What have you been up to?

O.M.D. - The First Avenger and the Agent

I will add more tomorrow. Things came up.


EDIT:

Right-O. Yesterday got a little bit hectic.

I'm going to add some movie filler in for today, still unsure what to discuss, but I figure I'll give it a go.

I know this is a big budget film, and goes against the title of Obscure Movie Day, but I've been on a Marvel kick what with "Agent Carter" being on Disney+.

It got me thinking about the original film where we first see Agent Peggy Carter.

Film: Captain America: The First Avenger
Company: Walt Disney


This is the film where we are introduced to Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter.

After the film it wasn't too much of a shock when Agent Carter got her own TV series, if short lived.

Both the film and the series take place in the 1940s and are exquisitely done.


If you haven't yet watched the film (which by this point I doubt), then please enjoy it.

If you have Disney+, please go watch "Agent Carter" and bask in the wonderful snark, wit, and sheer power of Peggy.

I promise you won't regret it.



Which film would you like me to talk about? Leave a comment below.