Music[als]

Lately I've become very aware of music that is played in the background of TV shows or movies. When I hear a song that I like I'll write down pieces of the lyrics that I can catch and then google it later to find out who sings it. Two of my new favorite songs are from different episodes of season 1 of The Vampire Diaries. The songs are Down by Jason Walker and The Mess I Made by Parachute

This semester I'm taking a class on the history of American broadway. Last week we watch a clip from Fiddler on the Roof, a movie that I haven't seen in ages! We were required to watch a movie called Yankee Doodle Dandy, which is about the life of George M. Cohan and the influence he had on broadway. I never realized that certain patriotic songs like "Over There" and "You're a Grand Old Flag" were written by Cohan and they were sung on broadway. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this movie and found it really interesting. For this week we have to watch an operetta, and I'm not sure how much I will like that.

xox

Disney!

Photo from Disneywiki

Even though I'm 21 years old I still have a major love and obsession for everything Disney. My sister and I play Disney Scene-it all the time which is a lot of fun. I would love if there were major competitions for it. :) I am by no means a Disney expert (though I would like to think that I know a fair amount) there are still many of the classic Disney movies that I have never seen, like Song of the South, and new movies that I want to still see (Tangled). Recently I rewatched 101 Dalmatians & The Rescuers and I realized how sad both of these movies actually are. Sure when you're little Madame Medusa and Cruella De Vil are both scary villains, but seeing them as an adult opened my eyes to what I did not see as a child. The Hunchback of Notre Dame's villain, Claude Frollo, is also very frightening; not only did he consider drowning Quasimodo as a baby because of his hideous features, but he was the cause of Quasi's mother's death. But, kidnapping and skinning dogs are not exactly happy thoughts either. Disney movies usually end in a way that leaves the villain defeated and the underdog victorious. Let's face it, if Phillip hadn't killed Maleficent or if Eric hadn't rammed into Ursula with his ship, then Disney would be showing us how evil prevails and not how love conquers all. Of course Disney isn't like real life.

L: Cruella De Vil
T: Claude Frollo
R: Madame Medusa

FredFlare.com has some cute Disney Couture jewelry
that is reminiscent of movies from my childhood.

1. "One Bite" Apple Ring
From Snow White


$48

2. Drink Me Necklace

From Alice in Wonderland



$70

3. Shark Bracelet
From the Little Mermaid
$58

I am also obsessed with Disney songs. I have been known to burst into Disney songs at random, and I have quite a few on my itunes. My favorite Disney princess is Ariel so here is a cover from Traci Hines of Part of Your World. She has a ton of Disney princess covers on youtube, her user name is TraciHines.

New Year, New Plans

I realize I'm a little behind to be posting new years resolutions, but better late than never I suppose. I'm not calling my resolutions "resolutions", instead I would like to call them goals.

Right now my goals for this year are:

1. Graduate from College.
2. Go to the gym 3-5 times a week.
3. Watch less TV (this is a slow work in progress).
4. Take a cooking/baking class.
5. Find a job that I like.

It's hard to believe that I'm already in my last semester of college. These past 4 years have gone so quickly. Right now I don't feel sad that I am almost done, my attitude is the sooner it's over the better, but I guess that is because I am a bit annoyed with Montclair, my first week back has felt like a month. It will be weird knowing that after this summer is over, for the first time in my life I won't be returning to any type of school. It's scary though, knowing that soon I'll be in the "real" world where work won't be canceled for snow and instead of homework, I'll have other types of projects. I really feel like I should still be in high school. Instead, I will be getting my diploma in 115 days. So weird.


xox


What I'm listening to: Do you love me by Guster