Wise words there.
Warning:
This is going to be one l-o-n-g and rambling post. This isn't exactly the norm for me, but I have to do something to pass the time. (Since I'm bored, spoiling Abby by letting her play outside. This post will take days to write). However, I promise there will be a reward once you reach the end of this post. Even if you cheat and just scroll down, you'll still receive your reward. I'm really not very picky, you see. Sometimes I'm just a fan of rambling... (thanks to either boredom, heat exhaustion, or all the caffeine I'm ingesting out here via delicious iced mochas)... and, as you'll discover in the next few minutes, an ever bigger fan of posting YouTube videos and Pinterest posters.
1. Random Walt Disney World Picture of the Day.
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I took this photo back in 2008.
Mom and I went to Disney for her birthday. Mickey's-Not-So-Scary-Halloween-Party was on her actual birthday that year. It was a blast, and the first time we'd ever been to Disney in October.
It was our first trip there by ourselves, too. Ever since then, we've learned just how well we travel together. Come winning lottery time, we're gonna have a blast in Ireland, Scotland and Italy. Just you wait!
2. Hooray! It's a peek into just one episode, but that's fine.
"Yippie-kay-yay!!! The Doctor's in town, y'all.
3. I cannot get a post from one of my favorite blogs out of my head. It was posted several weeks ago, but it's still in the forefront of my mind because it's just so awesome and unique.
Click HERE to visit the Allure of Cinematography post on Megan's "Storybook Love Affair" blog.
Isn't that a catchy title?
She lives in Australia, ya know. I wish I were in Australia right now. It's nearing winter there, while here it's miserable summer.
4. I think my weird, aka "deep," dreams have returned. One did last night anyway.
It was Christmastime, and I was at my grandmother's house. I was younger in this dream; a teenager. The house Grandma lived in wasn't anything grand, but I loved it. It was a small white house in some neighborhood in Chappell Hill. The house was overcrowded since everyone was gathered there for Christmas.
There was one particular family there I didn't know... (in all honesty, this part feels like two different dreams bleeding together and just combining into one)... and they had no manners. The youngest child in the family was around 4 years old. In front of this boy's family, I got all preachy. I stooped down to the boy's height, and stressed to him how important it is that he not behave in the same fashion as his family. I told him he had to be kind to animals and people, always.
Blah, Blah, Blah... I really went on and on and was quite repetitive because this boy was so young and I feared what I was saying was going to go through one ear and out the other.
A lot like my voice does in reality when speaking to my pets.
But I knew that if he didn't hear it from me, he wasn't ever going to hear it from anyone. Finally, I got through to him because he liked it when I said that he comported himself as being much smarter and more mature than his older siblings and even his parents. Probably too deep for a 3 or 4 year old kid, but hey... it's a nonsensical dream.
After playing preacher to the little boy, my parents and I are walking through the house to leave. I was speaking to one of my grandmother's friends, Debbie. (Debbie really does exist. I remember her from my childhood. For some reason I always giggled while in her presence.
This next part gets a little fuzzy because we were talking about some gray cat that my grandmother had. I was telling Debbie that I can't imagine Grandma keeping the cat, as I've never seen her as a cat person. (In reality, Grandma doesn't have any pets). Debbie then reminded me that Grandma had already found a few really nice homes for the cat, only she hadn't chosen between them yet.
At this point we pass by a little library/office room of sorts. It's on my right hand side, as I'm walking towards the front door. There were lots of white shelves filled with encyclopedias and books. There were rows and rows of these shelves, just like you'd see in a real library, only they were about waist height. They weren't very tidy either. To my left is a mahogany mirror on the wall strung with garland at the top.
Finally, I'm out the door with my parents. It's nighttime and I am just so giddy! Normally, I would have been acting all calm and normal... and I almost did just that... but then I reminded myself of exactly WHERE I was and that things aren't the same anymore.
And this is the part where it gets a little strange. I hadn't told anyone, and I wasn't planning to because they'd think I was as nutty as a granola bar, but the truth was that I had traveled back in time, only to some parallel universe! I'm not even sure I had any siblings there.
So here I was walking down the street... in a flippin' parallel universe but back in time as well... with my parents. It's nighttime at Christmas, and I was just so thrilled to be young again. I was so happy that as I walked ahead of my parents, I threw caution to the wind and just spun in circles with my arms open wide and my face looking up at the sky.
It was impossible containing my excitement, and quite frankly I thought it was incredibly stupid to pretend those feelings of giddiness and joy and relief weren't there. I told my parents that I was young. That I was only a 16 year old.
After that, I woke up but I would imagine that if that dream had continued, my parents would have thought I had been sampling the special holiday punch.
I'm pretty certain that this dream exemplifies just how much age and myself are mortal enemies... hence why I loathe birthdays so much. If I could have one-on-one combat with Aging, I'm 100% certain that I'd be victorious in kicking her @ss. That's how much I dislike her.
5. Playing outside is exhausting work, don’t ya know?
We really have been spending a lot of time out back. (Abby wouldn’t have it any other way). But yesterday it was just too darn hot.
Summer weather around here is wicked, I tell you. W-I-C-K-E-D! I only wish it didn’t last so miserably long. That's the only thing I dislike about Texas. The heat/humidity and hurricane aftermaths.
After Hurricane Ike, we had no electricity for 15 days. Yes siree. Two weeks and one day with no AC during the day. Gas was hard to find, so we could only use our noisy generator at night. Because of all the generators, it was one noisy neighborhood for all those weeks. The heat was the worst part though.
Even in a blizzard people can find ways to warm up, but try cooling off in our summer heat with no air conditioning, no fans, no ice. Even all the food gets spoiled.
Okay, I just realized how off topic I just got. Moving on....
6. Apparently, not everything about my birthday last week was entirely evil. (Now that it's over, I can finally talk about it).
First, I received a whopping $25 gift card from McDonald’s to feed my iced mocha addiction. (Already, I only have something like $11 left. I believe this is proof positive that I need an intervention of some sort).
Then in the mail this weekend I received a $50 gift card to feed my other addiction.
Books! What else?
(Via)
7. I loved seeing this from the 4 minute mark. I loved it because he was showing Glamis Castle in Scotland!
A photograph of Glamis Castle is what I blame for the existence of my (sadly unagented) story. (I posted a short excerpt from it here once, but I think I ended up deleting it). It was kind of surreal because the second I saw it, I knew that that's how I was going to see Dunscrathe while writing my book.
Well, the outside anyway. That long drive and the castle itself. The interior and the castle's history isn't the same at all.
Interesting (to me) Random Coincidence:
I just realized that this episode aired on
8. Lovin' these songs again lately.
I have this music on my incredibly-neglected-but-I-really-don't-give-a-flying-frack Dreams website. It's great music to an equally fantastic movie.
My mother refuses to watch the movie. She thinks it's depressing. Some people think it's a little too complicated and cerebral, but that's what I love about it! I think the storyline is what YOU make of it. It's all about interpretation, and oftentimes your viewpoint on what's really going on changes with each viewing. It's my brain and ear candy flick.
Gosh, I love this movie! I need to watch it again. It's been a long time. I used to watch it religiously, but I finally stopped myself because I didn't want to ruin it by over-watching.
Which is precisely what I did with "The Lion King," don't ya know?
Insert Regretful Sigh...
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From the 5 minute mark, is that not the most perfect music for a kick@ss, epic sword fight in a movie? I was so excited when I heard this song in the last OUAT trailer.
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9. The first season of "Once Upon A Time" is over. Sad, but nevertheless true.
However will I cope with the stress? Being addicted to a tv series is new to me. (Unless you count "Doctor Who").
If you haven't yet seen this series but plan to sometime in the future, I beg you not to read any further or watch the videos. Don't spoil it for yourself, please. It's a wonderful show and I will be posting spoilers from this season.
The finale was a little predictable and hokey in parts, but it also had some great scenes. My favorite line now is Emma's "storming" comment. Everyone loved that!
I loved loved LOVED the scene where everyone remembered who they were. It was awesome to see, but now I love Snow/Charming's reunion even more because I had forgotten that the last time she saw him she had thought he was dead.
And FINALLY we don't have to see "David" being all stupid and the opposite of charming. I understand why he didn't believe Mary Margaret about Katherine, seeing as his past life/real self really did see Snow behaving like a madwoman, but it still bugged me that he didn't support her.
While there were a lot of questions answered in the finale, and some endings tied with a neat little bow, we were also left with new mysteries to solve. What I want to know is:
- What happens to August/Pinocchio now? (Surprisingly, I ended up loving his story). How does the broken curse affect him, or does it? After all, he did turn back into wood before Emma broke the curse.
- Since Jiminy/Archie's parents were in a similar situation to Pinocchio's, what happens to them? Are they alive and human again?
- Will Archie turn back into Jiminy Cricket? I understand that the curse being broken didn't change his human form since he's still in Storybrooke and not the FT world, but what happened to him after Gold brought magic to Storybrooke?
I need to know this!!!
- WHO THE HECK IS DOCTOR WHALE?! We still don't know! How could they do this to me?
A pox on you writers!
Rumor has it that we'll know his identity by Season 2, and that it'll be a jaw dropping moment. It'd better be after all this waiting.
I've also read that, due to rights, Peter Pan and Captain Hook won't be in next season's episodes so I guess this means he isn't either one of those particular characters.
- Mr. Gold mentioned the love potion as having the power "to bring back what one has lost." Is he speaking of Bae, or something else we're not privy to yet?
- Magic has come to Storybrooke, but how is that going to be? They are still in the real world.
Okay... I meant to say they live "in A real world," as Jefferson/The Mad Hatter reminds us. The citizens of Storybrooke weren't transported back to the FT World, and magic existing in this world isn't natural. I'm really curious to see how the new Storybrooke will be. Will it look any different?
- Was the Fairytale World completely destroyed when the curse was enacted? Does it still exist? If so, why didn't they return? Will they ever?
I personally think it still exists. My guess is that Mr Gold/Rumpel just doesn't want to return. He knows his son is in a land without magic, so why go back? I also think Rumpel brought magic to Storybrooke because it will assist him in finding his son somehow. As he told Belle, "Magic is power."
While I believe part of that logic is the same old power trip, I also think Rumpel believes his recent actions will assist him in finding Bae.
- There has got to be a bigger story there with Jefferson and Evil Queen/Regina's relationship. Regina knows Jefferson far too well, and he knew what Regina did to Belle.
I've read one theory suggesting that they could actually be stepsister and stepbrother. Seems plausible to me.
- Who is Henry's father?
If he ends up being Dr Whale somehow I might just puke.
- Please oh please tell me that Rumpel is through with that darn helium voice. I far prefer the accent and darker, calm voice he used for Mr. Gold.
- What's with that Blue Fairy in the nightmarish jellyfish-like dress? I don't trust her.
- How will Gold/Rumpel get back at Regina for what she did to Belle? I cannot wait to see that!
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This isn't from the finale, but I loved this scene. I like August's relationship with Henry, and how could I not fall for him even more when he said with that cocksure grin: "I'm changing back because I haven't exactly been a good boy."
Marry me?
I cannot believe I've fallen for Pinocchio.
10. I’ve been so remiss in keeping up with GB news. He could have been on tv all this time, or there could have been new movies of his released in the stores and I wouldn't know it.
Maybe I’m not as pathetic a fan girl as I originally thought?
Must remedy this, because honestly...
Just look at him!
AND he comes with a Scottish soundtrack. The man might as well have jumped out of the pages of a romance novel set in The Highlands.
Which isn't that far fetched actually. There have been several petitions made, trying to get him to play the role of Jamie Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. There has also been a lot of people saying he'd make a great Jericho Barrons from Karen Moning's Fever series.
Myself, I think he has the spirit of Jamie. Actually, it's safe to say that this is fact. In so many ways he IS Jamie Fraser. But personally, I'd rather see him as Barrons.
It's those eyes and that energy he sends out that’s very sensual. (Gerry’s eyes have always been able to convey emotion very well. The man doesn’t even have to open his mouth to have something to say). He already has the Scottish accent, is tall and big, can actually act, and possesses this quiet intensity that just comes naturally. The man can even brood sexy! He also gives off this vibe of being an old soul, which Barrons most definitely is. Gerry won’t necessarily have to “act” to play Barrons. Ooh, and then there are the hands. The man's hands are huge and can swallow a woman's face. Very, very sexy IMO. And Gerry naturally has that hard edge to him, just like JZB. Very rough around the edges and mysterious. There's nothing the pretty boy about him.
I'll always envision JB in the pictures below, and maybe even the one above. (No, not the smiley face but the other one. Lol! The sexy one). I see it the most in the first two photos.
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But having said all that, I'd be content with any actor so long as he had that magnetism through the eyes and with his body language.
All right, I am really sorry for babbling.
11. Anyone see the solar eclipse yesterday?
Unfortunately, I missed out. I would have loved to have seen it, but... no special glasses. Where do people get those things anyway?
12. It's all about perspective, folks.
Well, alrighty then. I promised a reward if you managed to reach the end of this post, and so here it is!
It's virtual, but what did you expect?
I didn't title my blog "Stuff and Nonsense" for nothing.