I wish I could say that the Spouse-Creature and I had met the Doctor, been swept away on amazing adventures in the TARDIS, and dropped off several weeks off-target. I wish I could say that we said, “Frack everything! Let’s see the world!” and just disappeared for a while, seeing wondrous sights all over the […]
Classic Disney is getting harder and harder to find. Fortunately for us, I own the next film on the list and the one after that is on Netflix! I was so worried I wouldn’t be able to find a copy of Aladdin in my faraway kingdom in time for this week’s post, but my fears […]
Watching The Little Mermaid from an English major’s perspective is like putting the Hans Christian Andersen tale, Disney traditions, and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice all in a blender together. Add ice, and you have one fascinating smoothie…one that I think is worth examining, anyway. The character parallels are a bit tangled, but they are amazing! […]
The clock is ticking, and the year 2012 is drawing to a close. I don’t know about the rest of you, but it’s been a hell of a year for me. I graduated from university, moved closer to where I grew up, saw my favorite bands in concert, joined Sigma Tau Delta, experimented with filled […]
The sickness has returned, but so have I! Seriously, I think my in-laws and my little nephew have brought the winter plague back to my household, so…Time for more rest and medicine, but not before I finally get my long-overdue post out! I have always loved winter; it has always been a season of promises—promises […]
I don’t know how many of you, my lovely readers, have seen Tangled, but this sequence where Rapunzel is freaking out and berating herself is pretty much where I am right now in terms of this week’s post. I’ve been sick all week–sniffles, coughing, low-grade fever– so my brain hasn’t exactly been running on […]
Hello, my lovely readers! I may have mentioned in earlier posts how hard it is to find older Disney Classics, but I swear, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin just might be the most elusive of all! I managed to find a copy of The Little Mermaid after work yesterday, but it certainly wasn’t in very […]
