Day 1147: The Last 20 Minutes

Life outside of a Disney Park tends to do a few things. One, it somehow goes by incredibly slow and incredibly fast all at the same time. Two, it really gets in the way of an ideally Disney filled life. Disney is doing a great job of promoting the Disney Parks these days, especially through television, which makes a lot of sense considering the historically close relationship between the two. They've also been doing a bunch of Live Streams since Christmas, which makes it possible for those of us very far away to watch right along with everyone in the parks.

That is, unless you've got something else going on.

As a college student, and especially with a schedule like mine, there's not a lot of flexibility to just change when you have class or a concert because Disney is doing a special celebration from Disneyland. At least this time I was at a jazz rehearsal, which is just about my favorite thing in the world, but it still doesn't dull the fact that I missed what was basically the biggest Disney Television event in a long while...and I missed Harrison Ford by about 10 minutes.

I did, however, get back to my apartment with just enough time to catch the last 20 minutes of the Disneyland 60 special, which makes me laugh a bit simply because it's been a while since the actual anniversary occurred, and with everything they've done for this 60th anniversary, I can't even imagine what the 50th for Walt Disney World will be like in a few years. Let's just hope they don't turn the castle into a birthday cake again, am I right?

Since I missed most of the Disneyland 60 Celebration, let me know what your favorite part was!

Have a magical day!

Day 1010: The ABCs of ABC

It occurred to me recently that I watch a lot of ABC shows, which I realized somewhere in the middle of my second episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. when a commercial for How to Get Away With Murder came on, followed closely by an ad for OUAT. And we can't forget that The Muppets is thrown in there too. So instead of doing a "which shows you should watch" sort of post, I decided that instead I'll take my favorite ABC shows and do the ABCs of ABC!

A is for Annalise, and B is for Bonnie, two of my favorite characters on How to Get Away with Murder. I'm going to try super hard not to reveal spoilers in this article, but how about those reveals in the premiere of Season 2!?!

C is for CaptainSwan, because what else would it be for? It's become quickly apparent that the relationship between Emma Swan and Killian Jones will be playing a key part in the Fifth Season of Once Upon a Time, and I'm interested to see where it goes (as long as where it goes isn't death and destruction)...

D is for Daisy, aka Skye on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and E is for Emma Swan, two characters that have definitely gone through some intense changes in their respective shows recently! The ending of the last season of SHIELD had me on the edge of my seat, and the moments with Skye and her family broke my heart. However, seeing her called Daisy this season is pretty awesome. Meanwhile, the savior has, as I just mentioned, gone dark, and this season we're seeing a side to Emma I don't think any of us ever anticipated seeing.

F is for Fitz, who's been my favorite character on S.H.I.E.L.D. since the beginning. Everything going on with FitzSimmons breaks my heart, but seeing how determined he is to find his love is encouraging and refreshing...if not even more heartbreaking than ever.

G is for Grant Ward, who I guess was another of my favorite characters next to Fitz in Season 1 of S.H.I.E.L.D. But then he had to just go all rogue and ruin everything. Regardless, Ward is still super intriguing, even if he does seem bound and determined to reestablish Hydra.

H is for Hook, because did you really expect anything less? I don't even need to give you a description for this, but here's a GIF of him winking just for good measure:

I is for Inhuman, which is really coming into play on S.H.I.E.L.D. this season. My big question is about what kinds of powers can these people have? I mean, Lincoln has the whole electric thing going on, and Skye...I mean Daisy...can make the ground shake. But can I have like...the ability to teleport? Because that would be amazing.

J is for Jemma, who caused me so much pain at the end of the last season of S.H.I.E.L.D. You can't just go and get swallowed up by a weird piece of rock Jemma! That is not how things work!

K is for Kermit the Frog, who I'm absolutely excited to have back on TV. I do have one suggestion for the show though Mr. The Frog! Maybe get some Colin O'Donoghue going on the show? My OTP may be CaptainSwan, but you have to admit that CaptainKermit is one of the greatest things in the world:

L is for Lancelot, who is either apparently dead or not dead or something. You never really know on Once Upon A Time, but apparently we'll find out pretty soon what really happened to him. Maybe he's been in hiding, alive since Season 2! Maybe he's actually dead, killed by Cora! Either way, Lancelot will be returning to our screens this season, at least for flashbacks, so get ready for more adventures of the round table!

M is for Miss Piggy, because if I didn't include her on this list I may have to face a code red situation. I mean...why wouldn't I include her on this list? I really should have just found a way to make every single letter a picture of Miss Piggy. Gosh, what was I thinking!?! Hopefully this won't put any cake in my face or anything...

N is for Nate Lahey, an interesting side character on How to Get Away With Murder. Last season left him in jail for a crime that wasn't his own, and now he's in some weird in between zone that I honestly don't understand. Not my focus of study though, so I'll leave that to he lawyers.

O is for OutlawQueen, which has certainly had its fair share of problems over the course of the relationship. Robin and Regina certainly deserve to be together, especially after the whole really weird Zelena fiasco...

P is for Phil Coulson, the one character on S.H.I.E.L.D. that you just sort of have to love. Coulson keeps everything going, and to be completely honest, I'm really jealous of his Grumpy Cat mug...

Q is for Quinn, aka that one Once character no one ever remembers except for when you're trying to make an ABC list for ABC shows and no one else has a Q in their name much less starts with one. If you think back to Season 2, however, you might remember Quinn, one of the wolves that Ruby meets! If not, here's a picture refresher:

R is for Robin Hood, my second favorite guy on Once Upon A Time. How can you not love Sean though? I may have been strongly influenced by my Twitter friends, many of which are huge OutlawQueen shippers and Sean fans, but I can definitely see the appeal, and Sean has quickly worked his way towards the top of my want to meet list!

S  is for Sam the Eagle, our favorite American-loving Bald Eagle who develops grand tributes to all nations...but mostly America! And T is for Thompson, as in Lea Thompson, who recently guest starred on an episode of The Muppets. Definitely a great moment for us Back to the Future fans, even if Kermit didn't get as much time with her as he might have hoped.

U is for Ursula, whom I miss dearly on OUAT. Actually, I miss all of the Queens of Darkness, but probably Ursula and Cruella most of all. What a wonderful season it was with them around. I suppose, however, we have new characters this season too. V, for instance, is for Violet, a new character from Camelot who Henry seems to have developed a bit of a crush for. I hope it works out for them...or at least better than things seem to go for every other ship on the show.

W is for Wes, and I have to admit that I'm VERY curious to see where this season leads in regards to his character. I also must mention, however, that I'm a bit dissapointed with where the show may be heading, but I'll keep watching HTGAWM anyway. The plot twists definitely keep me hooked.

X is for X-Ray Eye Implant, and let me tell you, X was definitely the hardest letter on this list. Either way, on S.H.I.E.L.D. we've definitely seen a lot of technology regarding X-Ray vision! Actually just technology in general. Like really, what will they come up with next!?!

Y is for Yolanda Rat, and if you don't know who she is, just check out the picture below. I never really noticed Yolanda before the new series began, but for some reason she's just stood out to me in the few episodes we've gotten so far. She's definitely a sassy one, and I like that!

And finally, Z is for our favorite Wicked Witch of the West, Zelena. When she was around in Season 3, I quickly learned to love Rebecca Mader, and when it was announced that she would be returning for Season 5, I was absolutely thrilled! I do feel bad for all of the OutlawQueen fans who now have to deal with this whole Zelena's baby thing, but at the same time, I'm definitely sympathetic for Zelena too...and I love Bex way too much to let her go anyway.

So there you have it, the ABCs of ABC! Surprisingly, this list wasn't all that difficult, and I only referenced four of the many ABC shows you can find now! Unfortunately, as much as I want to watch and catch up on all of Castle, I don't have time for such things...so for the moment I'll just keep my energies focus on keeping up with the shows I do watch!

Let me know in the comments below which ABC show is your favorite!

Have a magical day!

Day 790: Darkness At The Edge Of Town

And so it begins again.

I remember that this time last year I was simply celebrating the fact that it was March, simply because a year ago we still had a whole week to wait before the first returning episode of Once Upon A Time. Luckily, this season we're a bit spoiled with a week less of hiatus, and while it gave me one less week to put together Disneybounds, it's not stopping me!

But first, I want to mention that yes, I will be participating in the March Disneybound Challenge. I've thought about doing it in the past and just haven't, but for some reason, this year I just really wanted to. I mean, I was already doing four of the days for OUAT and since Once started back up on March 1st, it just felt like the right thing to do. So definitely keep an eye out for pictures from my March Disneybounds as well! I haven't decided if they'll be on my Instagram or not, but they'll definitely be on my Tumblr!

As for tonight's Spring Premiere of OUAT, it just had to be one of the Queens of Darkness, and who better than Cruella!?! While the fur coat is kind of big and bulky, and I really don't wear lipstick (it's a mess when you play instruments), this one was pretty darn fun to pull off. The hair, a faux bob, was a completely new attempt for me, and with only a couple of hours to make it all work, that was sort of nerve wrecking. I guess it was all worth it though, because Victoria Smurfit, who portrays Cruella on OUAT, favorited my tweet with my outfit! We're definitely on a roll with these Disneybounds!

As for the episode itself, the first one back is always a little weird for me. Spoilers are rampant in the days leading up to the premiere, and while I attempt to only read spoilers involving Hook, sometimes you just get too much of a sense of the episode. So while I loved it (and I mean LOVED it), I'm definitely looking forward to next week when I really don't know much of what's going on, even if I AM very excited about a promised Hook and Emma "heart to heart." 

It's good to be back in the OUAT habit though. I know that I mentioned to a couple of my roommates that coming in on a Sunday afternoon and at around 5 heading to our dresser area and starting on my outfit and my hair and makeup just felt so natural. Plus, when you have most of the cast live tweeting with you, as well as all your Oncer friends, everything just feels right. Your schedule has resumed and I know for sure that I have something to look forward to every weekend now, which will definitely be nice considering my busy schedule over the next couple of weeks. 

So welcome back Oncers, and here's to another half season! 

Have a magical day!

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 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 474: The Wonderful World of Disney

Since I'm writing an entire paper on Fairy Tales, and specifically on Once Upon a Time and probably a good portion of Disney as well, I took it upon myself to read a behind the scenes book on the show, just to get in the heads of the creators and the actors that bring it to life. Honestly it really did help me, and I bookmarked several pages just with information that I could use, but there was one part of the book that really pointed something out to me.

In the interview with the actor who plays Rumplestiltskin, Robert Carlyle, he mentioned that he loves the show partly because it's a family show. Now, if you watched the "Wicked is Coming" special back before the start of the second half of the season, you'll remember that Jennifer Morrison said the same thing, and I don't know about you, but everyone I was with ended up laughing at that one. But it's a valid point. As action packed and serious as Once Upon a Time is at some points, it IS a family show. The themes can be applied to so many people, and can teach you so much about life in general.

But that's not what caught my attention. In that same interview, Robert Carlyle said that it's interesting because he realized that Once is on during the time slot that used to be filled with The Wonderful World of Disney. This kind of shocked me, because when I thought about that, he's RIGHT. Once IS on during the time that used to be filled with Wonderful World of Disney, and that was just a weird thing to think about for me.

If you don't remember Wonderful World of Disney, that's alright. It's been a number of years (over 10 actually) since the show went off the air, but the way I remember it is specifically through Little House on the Prairie. Now everyone knows that I LOVE and ADORE that show (I've seen every episode), and it was actually through the Wonderful World of Disney that I got hooked on it. Meaning that ultimately, The Wonderful World of Disney has played a very important part in my life.

But what does this say about Once? I mean, Robert Carlyle mentioned that it's like ABC has been trying to find a replacement for that time slot for years, with something that pretty much the whole family could watch. Now, I agree, there are certainly some moments on the show that aren't really child friendly, but for the most part, he's very much right. Since 2003 it's been on and off with that 8/7 PM Time slot, and now we're in our third season of Once with that time. That speaks wonders about this show, and about how successful and absolutely brilliant it is.

I know I talk about Once a lot, I do. But it's funny because my family used to watch Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, and then it stopped and I was really, honestly, saddened by that. Now, in my first year of college, many of my closest friends and I all get together and watch Once together. It's the best hour of the week, because for that hour we don't have to worry about the homework that's waiting for us back in our dorm rooms, or the tests that are coming up or anything. It's just awesome, and it brings it right back to the Wonderful World of Disney, and a show that we can all enjoy.

Although sometimes I'm pretty sure I enjoy it a little too much.

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on April 22 due to Easter).