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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Disney Princesses

I was coloring this evening and I decided to dedicate one of my posts to the wonderful world of Disney.


Disney has a lot of Princesses, and sometimes it seems like there is no criteria for princesses. For example, some pictures include Wendy Darling who was not actually a princess at all, but rather a young woman kidnapped by an elf man with a fairy as a best friend. So my official list of Disney Princesses are:

Snow White
Cinderella
Aurora/Sleeping Beauty
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
Mulan
Pocahontas
Jasmine (Aladdin)
Merida (Brave)
Tiana (Princess and the Frog)
Rapunzel (Tangled)
Giselle (Enchanted)
Anna and Elsa (Frozen)

Now I will compile my lists of favorite movies in order (minus Sleeping Beauty and Brave because I have never seen Sleeping Beauty and I just didn't like Brave... I didn't even finish it)

1. Tangled- I loved everything about Tangled. I love the story line, the music, the dreamy guy and the villain. Tangled is definitely number one on my list. Besides there is no other Disney Princess movie in which Brad Garrett voices a ruffian and sings about playing the piano, so major points there. Plus who doesn't love Maximus?! Hello!! He is a horse that acts like a dog.

2. Enchanted- Honestly I have no idea why Giselle is not considered an official Disney Princess.... I understand that most of this movie is not animated, but the beginning is and I think it is ridiculous that she is still not a princess. Plus hello, this movie had an amazing cast! First off, Amy Adams is cute enough to be a real Disney princess... Susan Sarandon is FABULOUSLY fierce... James Marsden and Patrick Dempsey are both Studs, and Idina Menzel gets turned into a princess at the end, which is basically perfect. Also, Pip is adorable and he holds a special place in my heart... except the animated Pip. Animated Pip is annoying.

3. Frozen-Yes, it just came out and yes it is probably in this spot because I have seen it in the theaters twice in the last week. This movie is wonderful because unlike most princess movies, you can not predict this movie. Trust me, I thought I had everything figured out and then all of a sudden everything changes. I liked this movie for several reasons.... 1. There is a song called Reindeers are Better than People, so you know its going to be an instant classic. 2. Indina Menzel and Kristin Bell are both worthy to be princesses... or even queens 3. The music was insane! Seriously wonderful. I have listened to it several times and have strained my vocal chords singing along to it. Let It Go is my favorite and I pretty much feel like I can walk on clouds when I sing it. 4. I can totally relate to both Elsa and Anna. I love the winter, I am super awkward and my sister will never build a snowman with me. Also, I have the ability to create snowflakes when I twirl my hands.....;)

4. The Little Mermaid- I just really love the music in this movie and so that is why it is in this place. Ursalla and her poor unfortunate souls used to scare me, I wanted Flounder to be my sidekick, I learned what a dinglehopper is, and I love aquatic life forms.

5. Beauty and the Beast- I love Belle. She is super classy and super smart. I love the music in this one as well, although I like the Prince better when he is in Beast form. Prince Adam looks weird. I also like this movie because my favorite song about the ghetto is a parody of one of the songs in the movie. Also Belle's gold dress and the Beast's blue suit are simply smashing together. I love Gaston because no one is like Gaston as he sings for us in the movie, and especially because he uses antlers in all of his decorating. He might be my favorite Disney Princess...

6. Aladdin- Jasmine is legit. She just does her thing. She truly is the Royal that Lorde is singing about as exhibited by her tiger. I love Jasmine's eyes and my favorite love song is A Whole New World, so this just makes sense to me. And Robin Williams as a blue genie is wonderful.

7. Cinderella- Though she is pretty much my favorite princess, I don't actually care for the movie all that much.... I only put it here because I thought that it should be ranked higher than Pocahontas... I love Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother, but I am still not a huge fan of the movie. Especially when the version with Brandy and Bernadette Peters is WAY better. But because it is one of the first movies I remember watching as a child I put it at 7 instead of 8.

8. Pocahontas-I have heard a wolf cry to the blue corn moon and I have asked the grinning bobcat why it grins (Its because it had just attacked a deer... it was probably Bambi.) I just really like this movie. I wasn't allowed to watch it when I was younger though because of the talking grandma in the tree. For being a tree though, that old lady has some pretty good advice. Also Meeko is my favorite Disney sidekick ever! I think he and I could be best friends. And yes, I did have a problem because she ended up with the wrong John, but in the second one, she gets that situation under control. I also enjoy Pocahontas because when you are at Rivervalley staff lake day, you and your friend Jess Strantz can row a canoe and sing Colors of the Wind and that sort of event bonds a person for live.

9. Mulan- I like Mulan, and it would probably be higher on the list if I had started watching it when I was a child. Alas, I only watched it for the first time this summer. Mulan has some important life lessons. 1. If Eddie Murphy comes to guide you on a quest to save all of China, you know that you are doing something right with your life. 2. Soldiers really want a girl worth fighting for. 3. Its okay to fall in love with a man when you your female self are disguised as a man. In the end, he won't decapitate you and he will forgive you and fall in love with you too. Fierce women are attractive to Chinese military leaders. 4. Get a falcon to do all of your dirty work. 5. Choose a man who is as swift as a coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of a ranging fire, mysterious as the dark side of the moon. Be his girl worth fighting for. Also the grandma is super adorable and she invented YOLO.

10. Snow White- I just don't really like this movie. I loved Mirror Mirror, which is the story of Snow White, but I just am not a fan of the Disney version. It could be because it was the first animated movie Disney made. I like the dwarfs and thats all. But if I ever had to dress as a Disney princess, I could pull off Snow White pretty well because I am so pale and I like my hair dark. Though I could also pull of short haired Rapunzel... Plus isnt it slightly creepy that the Prince kisses her in a glass coffin... and she is dead? Answer: yes.

11. The Princess and the Frog- I despise this movie. I really do. The only thing I liked about it was Charlotte and that's because Disney has never before created a character that is almost exactly like me. I love her dress. I am convinced that if I ever had to perform as a Disney character, I could nail the part of Charlotte perfectly. Not only are our names similar, but lets face it, you call can see me wearing a giant pink dress and doing everything in my power to dance with the prince. Yes. I am Charlotte. Also the whole dead lightning bug thing was completely adorable.

And that finishes off my list of Disney Princess movies and why I love them and why I don't. I have sufficiently wasted almost an hour of my time. I regret nothing.  

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Reasons Why I am Single.

I know why I am single. I am a Christian girl, waiting for Jesus to send her a Prince. But I thought I should compose my list of other reasons why I am single. Here goes...

1. I really like to act stupid. Like sometimes I get so hyper and I can not stop laughing. Then I start to snort. And though some girls have a naturally infectious laughter, I just sound like a seal.

2. I enjoy staying in my house all the time and never making contact with the outside world. I don't like to go places. Seriously, my mother used to beg me to go to the mall with my friends.

3. I act like a freak. Maybe I am not acting and I really am a freak. But seriously. I can rarely turn off my silly to be serious for a moment. Also, I spend an unhealthy amount of time by myself watching Netflix or reading. One time after watching Spider-Man, I tried to climb my refrigerator. That was last summer.

4. I have a box of 120 crayola crayons and around 10 coloring books to go with it. I color when I get stressed. Yea... I color a lot. And maybe some guys equate crayons and pictures with 5 year olds.... what can I say?

5. I cry during movies all the time. For any reason. Happy or sad. I just can't help it. I once cried during an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos. I wasn't even crying because I was laughing so much. I was crying because the show was taking place at Disney World and Mickey, Minnie and Goofy came on the stage while fireworks were going off. I thought it was just so beautiful.

6. The music I listen to is rarely anything popular. I am like 6 years behind on the whole music thing. Seriously, my favorite song right now is Kiss Me Thru the Phone... it came out in 2008....

7. I see nothing wrong with wearing my princess crown all day. I am 78% sure that I am a Disney Princess.  I think princesses intimidate boys.

8. I am really lazy sometimes. And my clothes don't match. And I can be clingy, like dryer lint. And I can never make up my mind.

9. I am the youngest Master Angler in the state of Nebraska. What is this you ask? I caught a 22 inch large mouth bass when I was 6 years old. Yea, that's whats up. I love fishing and lipgloss.

10. I get sick a lot. Also I get injured a lot.

11. Also I am awkward. Which is why I am ending this list on 11 and not 10. I am not OCD.

So as you can see, to the normal pedestrian, I may seem like a catch ;) but now you all know why I am single. I could make a list of reasons why boys should date me... you could all pass that list out to all the single bachelors you know ;)

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Go the Distance

So it shouldn't be a surprise to any of you that one of my posts is titled after a Disney song... but I was listening to it tonight and I just really felt inspired to write.

I really feel like I have no idea what I am doing with my life, and I know that God has a plan. For that reason, I am not too worried. But I mean I just feel like I am in this giant canyon. On one side there is my childhood and on the other side, my adult life is waiting to begin. (I mostly favor the kid side because HELLO... Disney movies and pillow forts) I have plans. I know what I want to do. I just feel like getting there is really difficult.

So anyways as I was listening to Hercules sing about how he feels like he is made for something greater, I decided that I too am made for something greater than this feeling of not knowing. Here are my favorite lines from the song:

I have often dreamed of a far off place...(I have felt the call to be a missionary ever since I was a little girl)

A voice keeps saying, this is where I'm meant to be...(I have heard Christ's voice so clearly when I am doing what He has created me to be. I really felt I was were I was supposed to be when I was in Honduras)

I will find my way, I can go the distance
I'll be there someday, if I can be strong
I know every mile, will be worth my while
I would go most anywhere, to feel like I belong

I know where I belong and I plan to run towards that place with all my might. I know that God is leading me and I know that every step I take moves me closer and closer to the place where I belong. There will be a day when I am doing what I feel like I have been created to do. I don't want to say that I am in a place where I don't belong. I feel like following Christ is a lot of waiting and growing and for that reason, I am okay where I am right now. 

Just my thoughts of the day.