I've truly got nothing.
My excuse: got sick after a quick trip home last night. Still sick. Lots of work.
......
Check out a random film from the 1990's - most ain't that bad.
:D
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
W.I.P. Kinda Not As Busy
This past week has been one dosy as a time.
I've come up with lots of new ideas. Lots of new places. New characters. Old ones that like to creep into everything else (the jerks).
The newest idea I've labeled "The Mechanic".
It sorta stemmed from my ride on the Smugglers' Run over in Galaxy's Edge. It did begin as a fanfiction, of sorts. Than came to be something else entirely.
A little blurb of what I've been thinking about can be found below.
I had to leave.
I couldn't stay in this land of fiction anymore. I had to move out on my own. I had to become my own person.
Not the person who was known for the lost years I couldn't account for.
I wouldn't account for.
How could I tell them?
It was easier to gather my tools and get on the bus.
I got strange looks. Naturally.
"Who wears long sleeves in the middle of the summer?"
"What's with her face?"
It was easy to ignore them. I'd been ignoring people like that all my life. Why let it get to me? I'd heard worse.
I'd been through worse.
"Kettle Cove."
The bus pulled to a stop. No one got up.
I did.
"Thank you."
The driver's shock almost made me smile.
Stepping into the crisp air I breathed in the scent of pine, pumpkin, and spice.
I already felt home.
What are you working on this week? Leave a comment below and let's help each other.
I've come up with lots of new ideas. Lots of new places. New characters. Old ones that like to creep into everything else (the jerks).
The newest idea I've labeled "The Mechanic".
It sorta stemmed from my ride on the Smugglers' Run over in Galaxy's Edge. It did begin as a fanfiction, of sorts. Than came to be something else entirely.
A little blurb of what I've been thinking about can be found below.
I had to leave.
I couldn't stay in this land of fiction anymore. I had to move out on my own. I had to become my own person.
Not the person who was known for the lost years I couldn't account for.
I wouldn't account for.
How could I tell them?
It was easier to gather my tools and get on the bus.
I got strange looks. Naturally.
"Who wears long sleeves in the middle of the summer?"
"What's with her face?"
It was easy to ignore them. I'd been ignoring people like that all my life. Why let it get to me? I'd heard worse.
I'd been through worse.
"Kettle Cove."
The bus pulled to a stop. No one got up.
I did.
"Thank you."
The driver's shock almost made me smile.
Stepping into the crisp air I breathed in the scent of pine, pumpkin, and spice.
I already felt home.
What are you working on this week? Leave a comment below and let's help each other.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Fall is Here - only I'm still in Summer
Living down in the south, we don't really get a winter. We usually get a slight fall, then more summer.
This week - well, today in particular - I discovered the joys of living through a hurricane.
It's Dorian.
It wasn't too bad though.
I'm living and working down at Walt Disney World. Today was actually fun. The first day of Hurricane Dorian!
I went to the Magic Kingdom.
Wait times were all below 20 minutes.
For the first time, I went on multiple rides in one day. And I tried some I'd never been on before either.
Peter Pan - the wait time was ten minutes.
It was an amazing experience.
Haunted Mansion
Not my favorite ride, but I wanted to prove to myself I could do it.
Pirates of the Caribbean
My first time on the ride ever. It was fantastic!
Met Captain Jack Sparrow
Jungle Cruise
The dad jokes were great.
A little Sorceror's card game.
Winnie the Pooh
Last time I was there it was Mr. Toads Wild Ride, so different, but fun.
I also managed to watch the entire Fantasy Parade - it was amazing!
Now - I'm going to sleep before another long day of work.
Let me see - which would you prefer to see? Check back next week for something more - else?
This week - well, today in particular - I discovered the joys of living through a hurricane.
It's Dorian.
It wasn't too bad though.
I'm living and working down at Walt Disney World. Today was actually fun. The first day of Hurricane Dorian!
I went to the Magic Kingdom.
Wait times were all below 20 minutes.
For the first time, I went on multiple rides in one day. And I tried some I'd never been on before either.
Peter Pan - the wait time was ten minutes.
It was an amazing experience.
Haunted Mansion
Not my favorite ride, but I wanted to prove to myself I could do it.
Pirates of the Caribbean
My first time on the ride ever. It was fantastic!
Met Captain Jack Sparrow
Jungle Cruise
The dad jokes were great.
A little Sorceror's card game.
Winnie the Pooh
Last time I was there it was Mr. Toads Wild Ride, so different, but fun.
I also managed to watch the entire Fantasy Parade - it was amazing!
Now - I'm going to sleep before another long day of work.
Let me see - which would you prefer to see? Check back next week for something more - else?
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
O.M.D. Bedknobs And -
This is my third Tuesday down in Florida. It's been a blast so far, working in Hollywood Studios!
Throughout these past few weeks, I've come to the realization that there are a lot of films Disney made that people don't know about.
One of my personal favorites, and one that I've been talking about a lot to guests recently is one that I grew up watching.
The Setting: England, on the cusp of World War II. A small countryside town. Children are being evacuated here from London to keep them safe. We see a group of three waiting to be placed.
A loud boom resounds and a plume of yellow smoke comes around the corner. We see one Miss Eglantine Price (portrayed by the exquisite Angela Lansbury), ride up on a motorcycle. While picking up parcels she is also given the three children, Carrie, Paul, and Charlie to look after.
That night, as the children are sleeping, Eglantine hurries downstairs to a locked room off the kitchen. The parcel she has received is a broom. We learn she has been taking part of a correspondence course for witchcraft. While the broom riding isn't the best, we learn she is quite apt at the spells that come through the mail. The children witness this moonlight ride while trying to sneak back to London. Instead they divert their plans to try and blackmail Eglantine.
When a letter arrives informing her that the course has been cancelled due to the war she decides to go to London to confront the headmaster of the school.
In order to travel, and to appease the children who now know of her unique talent, she gives them a give of a magical bedknob. It can take them, via the bed, anywhere they want to go.
Arriving in London, the children find Professor Emelius Brown - and find him to be a fraud.
They stay the night at an abandoned mansion with a bomb in the front yard. Here we learn that the book Emelius used for the course was torn in half and he discontinued the course because he didn'
t have the rest of the book.
The following scene takes place on Portobello Road. It's a crowded street market where people gather to sell things old, borrowed, new.
Eglantine and Emelius encounter someone who knows where the other half of the book is. We head down to meet the bookseller, who is close to killing them for the sake of the book.
They vanish, via the bed, to the Isle of Naboombu.
Landing in the bay, they float along with the fish until being caught by a fishing bear.
These animated sequences combined with the live actors makes for a pleasant visual aid. While on the Isle they attempt to get the Star of Astaroth from the King, a formidable lion. They assist in a game of football, where Emelius is the referee. At the end of the game, they make a switch and gain the star before quickly heading back to Eglantine's home.
Because the Isle was a magical place, the star has disappeared with it. While trying to recall the words, Paul reads them out loud from his book - which happens to have the whole thing.
Eglantine performs the song for Substitutiary Locomotion, bringing inanimate objects to life. This was the reason she took the course for magic, to help aid in the coming war. The spell works, but backfires when the objects garner a life of their own.
That evening, Emelius heads back to London. While waiting for a train he sees someone cutting the telephone wires and we learn that a platoon of Nazi's have invaded.
Eglantine's cottage is the first landing spot, and we see the family being escorted to the museum in town when they try and get her spell book.
Emelius joins them there and she once again recites the chant for Substitutiary Locomotion. In a final burst of magic, she helps in sending the Nazi's running for the water, believing that she is a hexen (a witch).
I highly recommend watching this film. At only 139 minutes, the restored version is the best adaptation.
Starring the following:
Angelia Lansbury - Miss Eglantine Price
David Tomlinson - Emelius Brown
Roddy McDowall - Mr. Jelk
With a G rating, animated sequences, and a list of catchy songs, this is a film for any family looking for a fun time.
Which film would you like to see on Obscure Movie Day? Got anything nobody's probably heard of? Leave a comment below and I'll catch you next week!
Throughout these past few weeks, I've come to the realization that there are a lot of films Disney made that people don't know about.
One of my personal favorites, and one that I've been talking about a lot to guests recently is one that I grew up watching.
The Setting: England, on the cusp of World War II. A small countryside town. Children are being evacuated here from London to keep them safe. We see a group of three waiting to be placed.
A loud boom resounds and a plume of yellow smoke comes around the corner. We see one Miss Eglantine Price (portrayed by the exquisite Angela Lansbury), ride up on a motorcycle. While picking up parcels she is also given the three children, Carrie, Paul, and Charlie to look after.
That night, as the children are sleeping, Eglantine hurries downstairs to a locked room off the kitchen. The parcel she has received is a broom. We learn she has been taking part of a correspondence course for witchcraft. While the broom riding isn't the best, we learn she is quite apt at the spells that come through the mail. The children witness this moonlight ride while trying to sneak back to London. Instead they divert their plans to try and blackmail Eglantine.
When a letter arrives informing her that the course has been cancelled due to the war she decides to go to London to confront the headmaster of the school.
In order to travel, and to appease the children who now know of her unique talent, she gives them a give of a magical bedknob. It can take them, via the bed, anywhere they want to go.
Arriving in London, the children find Professor Emelius Brown - and find him to be a fraud.
They stay the night at an abandoned mansion with a bomb in the front yard. Here we learn that the book Emelius used for the course was torn in half and he discontinued the course because he didn'
t have the rest of the book.
The following scene takes place on Portobello Road. It's a crowded street market where people gather to sell things old, borrowed, new.
Eglantine and Emelius encounter someone who knows where the other half of the book is. We head down to meet the bookseller, who is close to killing them for the sake of the book.
They vanish, via the bed, to the Isle of Naboombu.
Landing in the bay, they float along with the fish until being caught by a fishing bear.
These animated sequences combined with the live actors makes for a pleasant visual aid. While on the Isle they attempt to get the Star of Astaroth from the King, a formidable lion. They assist in a game of football, where Emelius is the referee. At the end of the game, they make a switch and gain the star before quickly heading back to Eglantine's home.
Because the Isle was a magical place, the star has disappeared with it. While trying to recall the words, Paul reads them out loud from his book - which happens to have the whole thing.
Eglantine performs the song for Substitutiary Locomotion, bringing inanimate objects to life. This was the reason she took the course for magic, to help aid in the coming war. The spell works, but backfires when the objects garner a life of their own.
That evening, Emelius heads back to London. While waiting for a train he sees someone cutting the telephone wires and we learn that a platoon of Nazi's have invaded.
Eglantine's cottage is the first landing spot, and we see the family being escorted to the museum in town when they try and get her spell book.
Emelius joins them there and she once again recites the chant for Substitutiary Locomotion. In a final burst of magic, she helps in sending the Nazi's running for the water, believing that she is a hexen (a witch).
I highly recommend watching this film. At only 139 minutes, the restored version is the best adaptation.
Starring the following:
Angelia Lansbury - Miss Eglantine Price
David Tomlinson - Emelius Brown
Roddy McDowall - Mr. Jelk
With a G rating, animated sequences, and a list of catchy songs, this is a film for any family looking for a fun time.
Which film would you like to see on Obscure Movie Day? Got anything nobody's probably heard of? Leave a comment below and I'll catch you next week!
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
W.I.P. - First Week
It comes as no surprise that last week's post was short. Abrupt, and not entirely about a movie or book (I think it was Book Nook week).
I did it at the last minute while working some crazy shifts at my new job while trying to make meals and take care of car insurance.
For this week, I'll try and take a little time to post some little blurbs that have been going through my mind. Working a fast-paced job can sometimes bring inspiration from the most mundane of things.
Mind Reeling
Can't escape the feeling
I'm losing time
To figure out life
Someone stop the world
For a moment of time
To catch my breath
I've lost my mind
Escaping to the world
Taking my brain
Off the Planet
To the Outer Rim
Is there anything that you're working on this week?
Leave a comment with your favorite fiction author and I'll do a drawing at the end of the month for a free giveaway.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Book Nook: ??
Been working - not reading much.
Leave your top 5 favorite books quotes and see if we can guess them.
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