Day 1078: A Perfect List

Christmas is coming up, and that means Christmas Lists are now a thing. In typical Disney-Fan fashion, there are several gifts that just have to be on my list:

1. BB-8 Anything

This BB-8 4GB USB Flash Drive happens to be directly from the Disney store, but let's be honest, I'd be good with just about anything BB-8 or Star Wars related this year.

2. Dooney & Bourke

No one really has money to buy these bags, but if someone DID have money to buy one, I'd be totally ok with this Haunted Mansion Shopper Tote or one of those new Star Wars design ones.

3. Millennium Falcon Drone

I don't know about you all, but I'd LOVE to get my hands on one of these Millennium Falcon Drones. They're just so adorable, and considering the fact that my car is already called the Millennium Falcon, it just seems right to have one of these of my own.

4. Graphic Tees from We Love Fine

I just so happened to come across this collection in the midst of writing this blog post, and gosh do I ever want one of these. Actually, I wanted one so much that I ended up ordering the Endor Tee as a "End of the Semester Treat Yo Self" present. I'll just take it out of the money I have stashed away for Florida, I suppose, but when it comes to T-Shirts, $20 isn't all that bad...especially when it's Star Wars!

5. Thinamavlogs Beanies

We all know that I'm a pretty big Thingamavlogs fan (and that they're one of the reasons I ended up doing YouTube videos), so it'd be pretty awesome to get one of these for Christmas! However, Whosits and Whatsits has more than just Thingamavlogs, and you can't deny that pretty much all of their merchandise is brilliant!

6. OUAT Calendar

Megan got me the 2015 calendar for Christmas last year and I've absolutely loved having it, so for the Once fan out there this is the perfect ticket. It doesn't get much better than having your favorite characters up on the wall every day of the year, and Cardboard Colin doesn't seem to mind much either...even when it is Rumpelstiltskin.

Other than that, honestly pretty much anything would be brilliant as a Christmas gift, even just a gift card for the theater so one can go see The Force Awakens as many times as possible! Or flat out cash because some of us are headed to Disney World shortly after the new year and will definitely empty out a significant portion of our bank accounts on the awesome new merchandise that's made an appearance in the parks. Or you know, whatever you want to do.

Now, considering the fact that, as I write this, Christmas is only a couple of days away, it should be interesting to see how many of these things actually appear in wrapping paper.

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on December 22).

Day 84: Long Weekends

This upcoming weekend is a long one for me, as we have three days off (Thursday, Friday and Monday) for our "Spring Break." Honestly it's kind of annoying to not have an entire week (I could fill the entire time up with work that I could be doing), but at least it's something.

I figured that since it's almost spring break again, I'd share what I did last year. Since I had a lot I wanted to accomplish then, I started a spring break mission log. It worked pretty well, and there's a couple of Disney themed examples of what I spent my week doing.

First, I really wanted to learn how to do Princess Leia's Rebel Assault Hairstyle from Return of the Jedi...you know, the one on Endor...like in this scene...

It worked out pretty well, considering my hair was probably two inches too short. It's plenty long now though, and I've gotten it pretty down packed. But, my first attempt really helped me figure it out. Of course, I never complained about having to watch Jedi a few extra times.

Second I decided I would learn how to create lightsaber effect on pictures. It seemed like a pretty fun and cool thing to do, and it really didn't take that long for me to master. Granted I probably wouldn't remember how to do it now, but it was still something that was a lot of fun to learn...and I could figure it out again.

Of course, that's not all I did over break, as I had plenty else going on, but I do plan on doing another spring break mission log this year. Posting the pictures to Facebook, and this year, to my blog, was always exciting and really got me excited about finishing the tasks that I needed to complete.

Here's today's Disney History: 1954: Disney is awarded 4 Oscars at the 1953 Academy Awards. The Short Subjects, Cartoon category is won by Disney's Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom. Disney's True-Life Adventure Bear Country wins an Oscar for Short Subjects. The Disney/RKO The Alaskan Eskimo is awarded for Documentary, Short Subject and the True-Life Adventure The Living Desert wins for Documentary, Feature. It is the first time one individual has one 4 Oscars in a single year.

Have a magical day!