Huzzah, my finals are over! I'm back home! I've got winter break sign, bitches!
Last night, me, Waffuru, her sister, and our friend Marissa went out to catch a late afternoon showing of The Princess and the Frog (which was the smart choice as far as movie-going goes). We got there a little early, so we killed time in the lobby, wherein I saw THIS! I then decided to Tweet it to RiffTrax for kicks. But when I woke up...
...to which I screamed into my pillow. Yay! (The picture currently has 599 views, hurr.)
RIGHT SO, the movie! It was a GREAT movie! I kinda want to see it again, just to catch things I missed and relive the glory that is a hand-drawn animation musical spectacular from Disney. After every song, they'd have this epic finishing scene, and each time I would flail my hands and go "Pretty! 8D" My favorite is Mama Odine's, because the ending shows the sun rising into the tree and there's all these colored bottles and the imagery is just AMAZING. I'm going to have to get the DVD just to get that picture, because it was THAT awesome.
Because I said "Pretty! 8D" so much, Marissa coined the phrase that is my review for the movie: "The Princess and the Frog: Five out of five art students say "PRETTY!!!""
And yes, it did make me cry towards the end, but it was one of those bittersweet moments. I praise Disney for not shying away from the death concept, as it does seem like an important motif they've had in the past. And thankfully, they didn't pull one of those "magic/tears bringing them back to life" scenes.
And because I'm one of the first people on theO to see it and be talking about it, Adam wrangled me into writing up a list for the 100 Things I Learned site. I...don't think they're all that good, but eh, that's me being me. The good thing that came out of it was not only getting credit on the site, but I've got me an Adam Favor. And since I never get Adam Favors, I'm not letting it go too easily.
Last week I got the 16th MST3K boxset, and I didn't realize how much I loved Santa Claus until now. I've been playing the hell out of the DVD (which I'm doing now). And because I'm back home, I've gotten to spruce up the basement nook again. So far, this is all I've got, but damn are the color implosions pretty.
To wrap this up, I'm going out gift shopping after dinner. I really want to find things for my mom and dad, since their gift to each other was the LCD TV, which means they're not getting presents for the most part. For my dad, it'll probably be a CD while for my mom, I'm leaning towards getting her the DVD of Julie & Julia. It has sentimental value as being one of the last things we did together before I went to college, but it was also one of few films we've seen in the theaters.
...And that marker drawing I did of Crow just fell off the wall. Time to go.
