Day 1276: Dead of Summer

I really love off-season TV shows. Honestly, it almost makes more sense to have a TV show in the off season. Why? Because everyone waiting for their favorite show to return in September or October is sitting bored on their couch, wishing that there was something, anything, on TV worth watching. Of course, the summer also usually means travel for some, and the possibility that viewers won't be at home after all, but it seems that's the risk Dead of Summer is willing to take.

I've never been one for the horror genre. As a kid I would hide behind my Dad's arm and close my eyes tightly even when we passed the Alien section on The Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios, and while my friends venture out to Haunted Houses for Halloween, I'm perfectly content staying at home and watching The Nightmare Before Christmas. And yet, there's something about Dead of Summer that keeps a person hooked, whether they love the horror genre or not.

It should be noted that the show isn't your atypical horror anything though. It's more of a mythological thriller, really, and while it's already obviously slow at the start, I'm curious to see where the rest of the season takes these camp counselors. Reviews for the series so far give low ratings, although I personally believe it has more to do with the format than anything else. Created by the executive producers behind Once Upon a Time, Dead of Summer follows a similar format, exploring the individual stories of each character and then compiling those backgrounds into a current event, connecting the individuals together in one overarching theme. The first episode focuses on OUAT Veteran Elizabeth Lail's character, Amy, and introduces us to Camp Stillwater, a Midwestern Summer Camp with more than a few secrets.

The most interesting moment of the episode, however, came in the form of a big reveal from Zelda Williams' character, Drew. I won't give away the surprise, although if you're really interested and don't feel like watching the show, there are plenty of headline news articles today that can fill you in. All I will say is that while we hardly see Zelda in the episode, I'm already looking forward to Episode 4, when her character's backstory will be explored, and I'm sure that it will be revolutionary.

Dead of Summer airs Tuesday nights on Freeform.

If you watched the premiere episode of Dead of Summer, what did you think?

Have a magical day!

Day 471: Wonderful Dreams Part 1

Sometimes you just have a really great dream. I mean we've all had these moments, right? Either you meet your favorite person, or your biggest dream comes true or you spend a night in the castle suite at Walt Disney World. Yeah, anything like that. Maybe it's just a dream about food. How should I know. But the point is, sometimes we have great dreams.

And then there are the times you have really strange dreams. Where it's like "What in the world was I thinking about before I went to bed?" We've all had those too, and things just get really weird and all we can do the next morning is try to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

The point? There are good dreams, and bad dreams and strange dreams and happy dreams and dreams few and far between. So since I've never really talked about my dreams before, and some of them really do have to do with Disney, I figured I would share a couple of the stranger ones. This is bought on, actually, by the fact that my roommate and I have both had really great dreams within the past few days, which is always a bonus when you're a sleep deprived college student in the first place.

Lately I've had a bunch of Once Upon A Time dreams, and that shouldn't be a surprise considering how important it is in my life right now. It's not even the show, it's just the fact that it's one hour a week that I get to spend with my friends, every single week. It's nice to be all together and not worry about the next test or paper that's due. But I've been having these for a while, hence the one that, for some reason, is saved on my phone:

I was in this theater and we were watching the new episode (I have no clue which one), and Adam [Horowitz] was there too. But the new episode was really confusing because we went to Oz and all this weird stuff happened. Like Emma had a Scottish accent and Hook killed Neal (but Hook wasn't a pirate. They were like soldiers). And then I was talking to Shovell because apparently I hadn't finished watching the episode so I didn't know the end yet and she was like "You're not gonna like it!" So I keep watching and then Regina in her evil queen attire goes to this garden in Oz called the Garden of True Love where there's these little rings and they have the names of two people who are True Loves and she finds one that says Emma and Neal and then breaks it. So I text Shovell and I'm like "Regina is my favorite!" 

Meanwhile, Red is somewhere doing something and is in the theater and hides this doll that kind of looks like Rumple's, under the seat in front of me because someone is looking for it. So I then am like "I'm gonna make sure it stays hidden." Other than that I've got this jumbled mess. I talked to Adam, there was magical nail polish, Henry was missing, and the nail polish enabled me to talk to ApprenticeEh (Figure that one out). I don't know. 

This really was a weird dream now that I write it all down. 

I also had another dream that involved Once and HIMYM. Here's the short version: Basically, I met Jennifer MOrrison, who was super nice in my dream (And in real life too I suppose. I wouldn't know. I've never met her. Someday....), and Lana Parrilla and indirectly Josh Dallas and Ginnifer Goodwin and HIMYM people but missed Colin and became the Blitz (go watch HIMYM) all because I wanted to take a shower because I didn't feel well and then do my makeup so I wouldn't look ridiculous in pictures. Also, JMo was wearing a green dress. 

And that sums that one up. Actually, I think I'm going to split this blog post into two parts so it doesn't get too long. But we'll finish with my most recent Once Upon A Time inspired dream: So for some reason and by miracle of life, I was at this diner eating lunch with Colin O'Donoghue. I have no idea why or how, but we were. All I really remember about it other wise is he laughed at some point (because I remember that of course), and we talked about the time in Episode 2x05 "The Doctor" when he was tied to the tree. Also, Ginnifer Goodwin was there and she was telling Singing in the Rain jokes. The best part of the dream though? Colin and I split a hamburger. It was great. 

So those are my Once Upon A Time inspired dreams. Tomorrow, since this is already a really long blog post and why not just make it two days, I've got a real wonderful story about Pirates of the Caribbean, and then there's the random Boardwalk dream I had this week too. Plus, if my roommate will let me share, I'll tell you the story of her dream she had the other night too. Haha, this just in, she's letting me tell you. So that will be tomorrow. ;)

Have a magical day and sweet dreams!

Day 400: Times Four

Goodness Gracious Me! Four Hundred Days of Blogging here! Granted I'm behind again, but I've got very little class today and plan on working the entire day through on my homework and the blog and everything. I'm determined this time, and I'm going to finish all of this!

But aside from that, 400 days. Honestly I talk about it all the time, but I was surprised when I hit Day 100, and to be here writing about Day 400, that's ridiculous. Absolutely Crazy. I never thought that I would make it this far!

So let's do this in multiples of four, since today is February FOURTH, Twenty FOURteen, and it's day FOUR hundred. That means that today is going to be a bit random, but I have FOUR big things to talk about! The question is, do I start out with the most exciting one, or do I do the least exciting one first? I don't know, they're all pretty exciting.

Number 1: WDWPhotoADayFeb2014

You guys remember how I did Frumpstagram back at the end of last year, right? Well, I think I'm going to try and do these Disney Photo Challenges more often. I've got tons of great new pictures from Florida from my parent's recent trip, and since I'll be headed back in both March AND June, I'm sure I'll have pictures galore.

That means that when I realized it was a new month and other people were beginning to do their own photo challenges for February, I decided that I might as well join it. Boy are there some tough ones this month too! Here's the list, and since it's only Day 4, if you want to join in there's still time! And then down below I have my first four pictures for the month. I won't be posting them every single day like I usually do, but I'll probably do a post at the end of the month. You can always follow me on Instagram to see them all as I post them! =)

Number 2: Featured Attraction Friday

If I ever catch up on the FAF from January, I've got the February posts lined up (and will hopefully be working on writing them out later today so I don't have to get behind again...especially since February is a very busy month for me). Remember how January had a theme of "Starting Out?" Well February is Fairy Tale Month, in honor of the fact that I'm in the middle of my Classic and Contemporary Fairytales Class! 

That means I can also announce which of the wonderful attractions we'll be looking at this month! In just a few days, on February 7, we'll be looking a bit closer at the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel (yes that's spelled right according to the WDW Website). It works great because I just read Cinderella in Class! Then we'll check in on one of my current favorites, largely thanks to a certain pirate, Peter Pan's Flight! The week after that I'll be reading Alice in Wonderland in class, so it only makes sense for me to take a look at the Mad Tea Party. And finally, to round out the month with our last post of February we will take a closer look at the Swiss Family Treehouse. Hopefully I'll have Swiss Family Robinson read by then! 

Number 3: A Little Bit of SSE

While this isn't really an announcement, I figure it should really go into today's blog post since I really was just talking about this about an hour ago. 

You know how often I relate things from my classes to Disney, and this is honestly one I've been waiting for for a while. That's right, in Music History we've past the cavemen and the Egyptians and the advancements in Rome and Greece and then the BBQ sauce smell of the burning of Rome. We've hit the Renaissance! 

This time period was a bit one when it comes to music, as things finally branched out from the strict rules that the church imposed on composers. Of course, we talked a little bit about art as well, but honestly I had a bit of a hard time focusing on the entire thing, mostly due to the fact that I had "In 1450, Gutenberg invents the movable type printing press. Now knowledge can travel as fast as these new books, and travel they do. Books make it easier to invent the future in every field, and the result is an incredible explosion of innovation we call the Renaissance." And then I just got Hallelujah stuck in my head. 

There's actually a story behind the Hallelujah part of SSE for me, of the entire Renaissance portion actually. Back when they refurbished SSE to create the new version, I was lucky enough to get on it before it's grand reopening (the terror that I wouldn't be able to ride SSE at all on that vacation was awful...but it was ok, I got on it). Either way, the VERY FIRST TIME I was on the refurbished version, we got stuck. Stopped to load someone or unload or for some other random reason. What ever it was, we got stuck right in the Renaissance portion, just about to head into the next room, but stuck under the scaffolding...and still very much listening to Hallelujah and the Renaissance theme. Goodness it was ridiculous. I mean, it's a wonderful arrangement they have on the attraction, but that song will forever be stuck in my head. 

Number 4: Adam Horowitz

This is probably the most exciting of the four. And as my roommate can attest to, I was literally freaking out when this happened last night. Like I was in my bunk and I was shaking and Shovell (My best friend Megan...it gets confusing because my roommate is also named Megan) texted me and said she was surprised I didn't faint. 

So this is what happened: 

To be honest, I didn't think it was going to work. I tweet the ONCE cast and Adam (one of the creators) all the time, but I generally don't get a response. I mean, I don't blame them. In the case of Jennifer Morrison she has like 300,000+ Followers on Twitter...and if they all tweet her there would be just too many tweets to go through. Someday I'll get a response, but when that happens it may not be in the form of a tweet. More on that later though. 

And then, after this happened I couldn't sleep, of course. It took me a good hour (although that hour was filled with my roommate and I going through our old tweets and wondering why we aren't twitter famous yet) to calm down and actually fall asleep. 

But let's just say that I'm still happy and in a wonderful mood on this fine Tuesday morning because of it. Thanks Adam! 

And that's about it for today (honestly I don't think I could top that last one unless for some reason Harrison Ford walked into this building or I got a tweet from Colin or JMo). I mean, I did say that today was a celebration of four, not five or six (maybe when we hit those days haha!) 

Have a magical day!