Day 1091: Binge Watching

In an attempt to figure out what else to round out 2015 with, Megan suggested that I talk about the different shows I binge watched this year, and when I got to thinking about it, I have watched several of them...In addition to Once Upon A Time, which I just watch all year every year, I also caught up on shows such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Orange is the New Black, but when it came to binge watching whole shows, 2015 was the year of Parks and Recreation, Friends, and Psych.

Honestly, I'm not totally sure how any of these shows directly relate to Disney. After all, with things like Full House, there are actually episodes that go to Disney World, but with these, they pretty much take place in one location.

However...it seems the Pscyh was filmed in a location very similar to another show I happen to love. In fact, they use many of the same on-set locations. I had picture evidence of this at one point, but I've since lost it and while I may be able to find the episode in OUAT, I definitely won't be able to find the correct spot in Psych as quickly. Either way, you can see one of the locations in a music video that I've also watched time and time again this year:

Yep, Zelena's house is used in the music video for Christina Perri's "The Words," and also in an earlier episode of Psych. The other one happens to be the boathouse in Steveston, which I thought was pretty funny, because they would have filmed there around the same time considering when the episodes aired! 

What shows did you binge watch this year? 

Have a magical day! 

(Note: This blog post was written on December 31).

Day 938: Just Like TV

I've never really thought about it before, but with binge watching Friends, I've been thinking a lot about the titles of episodes. I famously know the titles to basically every episode of Once Upon A Time, going through and basically memorizing them as they're released...although that has more to do with figuring out DisneyBounds than it does being a crazy fangirl. Each title definitely tells us something about what could be happening in that episode. One of the more frequent questions I get with those OUAT DisneyBounds is how I always know which character to do for an episode, and I'm telling you right now that about half of it has to do with the title of the episode. Here are some examples:

For Episode 3x17, the title was "The Jolly Roger," signaling to me right away that the episode probably had something to do with my favorite pirate. But because I had already done a DisneyBound as Hook earlier in the season, I brought back his Naval uniform for a Killian Jones DisneyBound. Not directly related to what was happening in the episode, as the uniform was from 3x05 (Good Form), but definitely still related to Hook on so many levels. It also happens to be one of my favorites that I've done!

Another quick example is definitely 4x14: "Enter the Dragon," of course, we all knew it was going to have something to do with Maleficent, but I wanted to save that DisneyBound for later on in the season (and it worked out well as I used Maleficent for 4x20, "Mother"), so instead I went back to Maleficent's routes and DisneyBounded as Aurora! Perfect timing for it too as this is one of the last times we've seen the Princess on the show! 

Anyway, back to the point of the blog post. If you guys know Friends, then you'll know that every title is something like "The One With..." and then includes various elements relating to that specific episode. It's great because when there's an episode where Monica decides to make Jam, it's called "The One with the Jam," and everyone automatically knows what you're talking about. But what occurred to me this morning is the idea that, on TV shows, every episode has a different title. It never repeats, and it's always telling you something about what's to come. And do you know what that sounded like to me? 

This blog. 

Even here on Day 938, every single blog post has a different title. Some of them are definitely similar, but it never officially repeats. Not even posts about things such as the Everyday Disney Challenge have the same title. At most, every so often you'll have a collection of series, in which there will be a Volume Number that comes before the title, but other than that, everything is different, and over the past two and a have years there's definitely been some weird titles...

Day 1: The Beginning...Of Your Future

Day 45: The "Harrison Ford Sit"

Day 61: Music, Music & Pigs? 

Day 90: TRONorail, Avengerail, Iron Man 3-orail? 

Day 121: Indy & Diet Coke

Day 136: Indiana Jones...the Fourth One

Day 235: A Room in a Dorm

Day 246: Once Upon a Really Long Wait

Day 253: #SaveTheBooks

Day 290: Midterms, Coffee and Awesomeness

Day 362: I am Emma Swan

Day 368: It's Super Cold

Day 428: Frozen is an Open Door

Day 458: This Isn't Disney Food!

Day 476: What Happened in April? 

Day 562: Wait...what? 

Day 633: The Great Pocahontas Debate

Day 650: Getting Spookyish

Day 685: Lizzie Watches Her Vlogs

Day 727: #LiquifiedLaptop

Day 775: The Copy Room

Day 799: In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Day 806: Sláinte

Day 932: Day One

Now, you're more than welcome to go back and find some of those blog posts to see what they're actually about, but I have to say that even just going through them and picking out a few to include here really reminded me of 1. How many blog posts I have and 2. The variety of topics I've included in the two and a hafl years of Everyday Disney. Then again, we're almost to Day 1000, which seems half impossible. I still remember day 100, and now it's been almost 900 days since then. Crazy.

Have a magical day!

Day 862: The Muppets Are Back!

I already watch a lot of various TV Shows...sort of. I try to keep up, and while generally I only watch one or two live (Once Upon A Time always!), it seems that this season I'm going to kick things up a notch and add only a few more shows to my list that hasn't change. Thanks to the fact that I apparently pick the right shows, they've all been renewed for another season. It's going to be an interesting fall season, that's for sure, but there is one show I'm particularly excited about...

A few years ago I watched the First Three Seasons of the original Muppet Show and loved every second of it, so for the entire gang to be coming back to television this fall is like a dream come true, and I'm already in love with the show! So here's a few reasons why in the form of my top 5 favorite Muppet characters! 

5. Zoot

Maybe it's because I'm a saxophone player and maybe it's because Zoot reminds me of my Saxophone Professor, but Zoot just has to be on this list. Not only does he always get the last note in the theme song, but he's got some wicked hair and check out those sunglasses!

4. Swedish Chef

Bork! Bork! Bork! Need I say more? 

3. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker

Why I love these two so much is beyond me, but they're definitely on this list, Beaker especially. But you can't have one without the other, and to be compeltely honest, someday if I end up adopting a cat it'll probably be two instead of just one. Their names? Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker! 

2. Miss Piggy

I debated putting her as number one because otherwise I risk dealing with a very obnox...wonderful pig, but I just love my Number 1 Muppet a bit more. In reality, I do love Miss Piggy, as crazy as she can be sometimes. I do have one question though: who does her hair? Because her hair looks better than mine and that just doesn't seem fair. 

1. Kermit 

If Kermit isn't your favorite Muppet, what's wrong with you? He's been the head of the gang since forever and is pretty wise himself (check out my Blog Post on his TED Talk), so there's really no other option. Do I aspire to meet Kermit in person someday? Yes, yes I do. Wait...why isn't he on my list of Famous People I'd Like to Meet? 

Who's your favorite Muppet!?! 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on May 23 due to finals).

Day 765: Netflix

As a college student of 2015, I watch a lot of Netflix. Television, since coming to college, has become an extremely important part of my life, and that means that I'm almost always in the middle of some show or another. During the main season, a lot of that television time is spent watching Once Upon A Time, but I'm sure that's not a surprise in the least to any of you. Recently I finished the entirety of Gilmore Girls, which took me around a semester's worth of time to complete...although I probably could have spent a significant amount of the 6160 minutes it took me to watch all seven seasons doing something else (that's about 102 hours...).

But while I move onto new shows (I'm currently catching up on Chasing Life and watching the entirety of Friends in addition to my roommate bonding shows of Chuck and Hart of Dixie), there's always been one little bit of Netflix that I've found to be pretty darn amusing...and oddly enough it goes right along with the hat I happen to currently be wearing .

For those of you not totally savvy when it comes to Netflix, I'll fill you in. Basically, you're able to watch episodes of select popular television shows, generally a season at a time, without ads right on your computer for a monthly fee. My Aunt, Uncle and Cousins got me a six month subscription for Christmas in 2013, and since then there's just been no going back. Netflix is life.

But one of the greatest abilities on Netflix is that of the multiple profiles. I let my best friend Megan use my Netflix as well from time to time, especially since she's constantly supplying me with excellent desserts (the brownies we had this week were top notch). When you have more than one profile within one account, you each choose a character, mostly so you can figure out who is who. As you can see below, there's tons of choices:

But let's get something straight here. You cannot tell me that this one doesn't remind you of someone:

Go ahead, try to tell me that it doesn't remind you at least a little bit of this guy: 

Just look at how cute and little he is! And FYI...I'm wearing the matching hat. It's like we're twins! 

And now, every time you go on Netflix you're going to think of Mike Wazowski. Trust me. You will. Unless you have a different character for your profile...

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on February 19, 2015).

Day 653: Gummi Bears

They say you learn something new everyday, and I fully believe that. As much as there is out there about Disney that I do know, it's blatantly obvious there's even more that I don't know. I try pretty hard to experience as much of the Disney fandom as I can, especially since starting this blog. I've followed more Facebook groups and I read the official Disney blogs and get newsletters and recipes through my email. It's a pretty nice system, when I have time to take advantage of it.

But one thing I didn't know even existed up until a few days ago was this: The Gummi Bears TV show.

This is one of those things that I sort of stumbled across and looked at it completely puzzled for a few minutes before actually going out and figuring out what it was all about. Granted, it's physically impossible for me to have seen this show during it's run, since it was on TV a few years before I was even born, much less watching cartoons on television. But I still felt like I needed to share it. After all, it's one of those things that I just found astonishing. 

Do you remember this TV show? Or are you in my boat and are currently completely confused about the fact that Disney made an entire television show about Gummi Bears? 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on October 19).

Day 626: The Twilight Zone

You all know that I've never ridden Tower of Terror, but over time I have actually had the chance to watch some of the Twilight Zone. It's on television from time to time, but not all the time, and that means that I can't watch it constantly...at least I couldn't before. The other day I was going through Netflix and finding new things to add to my List to watch over time and I stumbled across a ton of different stuff, including THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

Honestly I'm not sure what I'm trying to accomplish with watching this because seriously, I don't need another television show to watch. I'm already in the middle of like five of them, and premiere season is only beginning, so things are going to get interesting to say the least. For now though, I'll start watching The Twilight Zone.

You know, this probably isn't the show to be watching in the evening when it's plenty dark outside and I'll be going to bed within a matter of hours, but it's not like it's a super crazy show, right? Just weird and interesting and something that inspired a Disney attraction, and that's awesome to begin with.

Maybe this is my way of preparing myself for the unpleasant experience of being forced to ride TOT for the first time in January. I need to never make deals again.

I'm just watching the first episode right now and honestly if I were this guy in a town where there isn't anyone, then I would be pretty darn creepy. This show is like old school creepy though, not scary enough to give you nightmares but just scary enough to keep you on edge until the end. I kind of like it. And such symbolism with different elements that you see throughout the episode. That's some good writing right there.

I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. What in the world!?! Gosh, I feel like this is such a key element of television history, and I love it.

Have a magical day!

Day 622: Added to the List

Netflix is probably the worst thing for me ever.

College is a lot of work, I'm not going to lie about that, but with my classes I just don't have a lot of homework. If anything, I spend most of my time practicing my instruments in between classes and ensembles. But by the time I return to my dorm room after my last class and dinner, there isn't much left for me to do. Study some French, read a bit of British Literature and maybe do some theory homework. Aside from that, most of my work lies elsewhere, but sometimes you just can't sit and edit video or, if you're like I've been the past two weeks, bogged down with writer's block.

So what in the world are you supposed to do? Honestly, I could do any number of things, and I really probably should be doing any number OF those things, but instead I sit down with my laptop or phone and bring up Netflix, because that just always seems like a good plan. Honestly, I always try to end my day with some Netflix, whether that be a part of a movie or an episode of a TV show, just to kind of wind myself down and as a reward for getting everything accomplished that I had to do that day.

But about a half hour ago I sat down and said "Alright, I'm going to go blog and work on catching up from the past few weeks." Ha! Netflix happened to be up from when I was watching OUAT earlier (because yes I watch it on Netflix even though I have the entire series on DVD...), and things just went downhill from there. I started adding new things to my list, whether I've seen them before and want to watch them again or if it was something I'd never seen before and want to experience.

As you can imagine, a good amount of Disney ended up on there, or at least things related to Disney. Since Robin Williams' passing I've really wanted to see "Good Morning Vietnam" again, and that's been on my list for a few days now, but then today I found Old Yeller and older seasons of Doctor Who and Honey I Shrunk the Kids and all kinds of stuff.

And now all I want to do is sit and watch TV until I can't anymore.

I really need to be more productive.

Have a magical day!

Day 590: Chuck

Apparently, amongst the numerous TV shows I'm already addicted to (literally, I need to do something more productive with my life than freak out about OUAT), my new roommates decided that I seriously need to watch the TV show Chuck. "It's only 5 seasons" they said, "It's the best show ever" they said, "You'll love it they said!"

Well, all of those statements were pretty darn true.

So here I am, addicted to yet another TV show. Maybe that's why I need a life. I watch too much TV.

But that's all besides the point because we're here to talk about Chuck, and how this is literally one of the best shows I've watched in years. It's kind of comforting knowing that I can binge watch the entire series basically without having to wait eternities for new episodes (I should have thought OUAT through more), but at the same time, it's a little scary knowing that we'll finish the five seasons and then all cry because it's over.

I don't know which is more painful.

For those of you who have yet to experience Chuck, here's a run down. Basically, this guy named Chuck (played by the one and only Zachary Levi...more on that in a minute), has some super secret government spy information stuck in his head, and he has to become a spy because of it, despite the fact that he fixes computers for a living as a part of the Nerd Herd. If high speed car chases and top secret missions isn't enough to get you to watch, there's also a ton of references to other fandoms, especially Star Wars, which I enjoy tons.

And if THAT isn't enough, let's return to the fact that it stars ZACHARY LEVI. You know, the guy who voiced FLYNN RIDER? Yeah, him. He's been on my favorite actor list for a while, and seriously, it's tough to get and stay on that list recently. Once dominates it. And to get me addicted to a show after like one episode? That's an entirely different feat.

So if you need me now, I'll just be over here wondering how long I have until I can watch the next episode, since I'm watching it with my roommates. We have to bond somehow you know! ;)

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on August 18).

Day 584: Young & Hungry

Despite what you may think, I actually don't watch brand new TV shows very often. Last season I had a bunch of new premiere shows, and in the past there is always Once Upon A Time, but for the most part I jump onto the train at a later station. It works well for me. With things like Chuck, I'm able to just binge watch all five seasons without much of a second thought, and the same rings true for Full House or How I Met Your Mother.

But once in a great while I'll start a new TV show, although I feel like this one happens to be a mix of the two scenarios, since I binge watched the first six episodes and have watched live (or recorded) since then. 

I can't really figure out just why I love Young & Hungry, but I do. It's an ABC Family show that premiered earlier this summer about a girl who becomes a private chef for a millionaire or something like that. All I know is that she bakes and cooks and so do I and that's probably why I like it for the most part, because seriously doing that for a living would be super great. 

At the same time though, the characters in the show are great. I can't really even pick a favorite or least favorite, which is totally new for me because normally I have a list after about one episode. It sounds like the rest of the internet is enjoying the show too, which means that, fingers crossed, it'll be back for a second season, although words cannot express how sad I am that next week's episode is the season finale. I still have a month left before Once! What in the world am I going to do!?!

Guess I'll just have to go watch something on Netflix...

Have a magical day! 

(Note: This blog post was written on August 23).