Most people (that I meet in real life) guestimate that I am 14 years old. I'm actually 22, but I get a lot of 14 (why not 13 or 15? I may never know). When I checked in for my flight last weekend, the woman at the desk asked how old I was. She and the lady at the desk next to her both thought that I was 14 or so. She said she was about to ask me to go fill out the un-accompanied minor forms! I don't think I look that young, but I get that a lot so maybe I do. But today I bought a bottle of wine, and the cashier did not ask for my i.d. at all!
I saw this ad in a magazine and just thought it was funny. =)
Yesterday I went to Burlington, which is just about the only interesting place in the entire state of Vermont (no offence intended, of course. I'm just stating truth). All the same, i have nothing to report to you really. Just to remind you that if you want & don't have the Jungle Book 1 & 2, the 101 Dalmatians series (incl. live action films), and/or Sleeping Beauty, you should buy them soon. They're going into the vault on the 30th. I thought of this because I got the Jungle Book yesterday because I haven't seen it in a while and I know that I'll suddenly want to see it after it goes into the vault.
Oh, but if you ever end up in Burlington, you must go get some chocolate from Lake Champlain Chocolates. Especially the sea salt caramels...or the spiced pumpkin truffle....or the peanut butter cup...or pretty much anything.
And is it weird that the grocery store sells gift cards for Sephora and bebe when neither store exists in Vermont? Do they really buy THAT many gifts for people outside of Vermont from those stores? I don't know. Just seems weird. I was pretty bummed that there was no Sephora, actually. not that I go there a lot, but I do like to get gifts from there and also make-up when i buy it (which, granted, isn't a lot because I really only put it on for special occasions or nice outings or things like that)
I have started reading this book (Mouse Under Glass by David Koenig). So far, it's a really interesting book! It's about, as the subtitle says, the "secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks." It talks about the original stories that Disney used to make the movies and how they turned them into rides and things like that. Pinocchio, for example, had the craziest original story ever. The character of Pinocchio was a very rebellious and rather mean kid (or, puppet...kid...). Let me give you some of my favorite quotes from Koenig about the original story (which was more like a mini-series published in a children's weekly then later compiled into a book):
*"Pinocchio returns home to find a large Talking Cricket, who lectures him on the perils of disobeying his parents and not studying. When the puppet has heard enough, he throws a mallet at the insect, smashing it against the wall" (page 34)
"[Pinocchio] falls asleep warming his feet on the furnace. Geppetto arrives to find Pinocchio has burned his feet off" (p34)
The whole story "alternates between seeing how rude and obnoxious the author can make his hero and then how severely and strangely he can punish him" (34). It's a pretty interesting story. Not really a children's story in my opinion, but that's how it is.
Just in general, the author is really funny. Like in the Fantasia chapter when he writes, "Fantasia is scientifically engineered to induce sleep." =) hehehe. I haven't seen it (or at least not in a long time), but that was a critique at the time: that it was boring. Koenig adds to that saying the characters in the movie itself yawn a lot too. =D Another thing that he put in the book is a "Disney Tragedy Trivia Quiz." I'll give you some of the questions from it...
1) In Disney animated features, number of villains who plummet presumably to their death: (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16
2) In Disneyland, number of graveyards: (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 8
3)Number of deviant behavior promoted by "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)," the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song: (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30
4) In the Lion King, number of major characters who violently attack their co-stars: (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 11
5) Number of Disney fully and partially animated features that show heavy drinking or drunkenness: (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16
Now think on it a while. I'll give you the answers (if you're lucky). In case you're wondering, that's not all of the questions. There are 10, but I don't feel like typing that much (and I'm unsure if it's a legally good idea to type in everything. you know how things are these days). So if you're a Disney fan like me, you should probably just get the book. I was recommended to this series by this girl I met this summer who's a huge Disneyland fan. She was reading "Mouse Tales 2" (same author) which is just about Disneyland. There's also (obviously) an original "Mouse Tales." I'll get around to them eventually, but i think I'm more interested in Disney animation. I'd like to work there, really. So here are the answers. This was a sufficiently big paragraph to hide the answers and discourage cheating =) So the answer to the first question (about villains plummeting to their deaths) is 10. The answer to the second question (number of graveyards) is 8. The answer to the third question (Yo Ho) is 20. The answer to the fourth question (Lion King) is 11. The answer to the last question (Drinking & drunkenness) is 16. Funny, isn't it? If you want the movie references, just ask. But I'm WAY too lazy to type all that in.
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