![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
Look what finally arrived from Geekify!
I did this Kickstarter back around Christmas (I remember because I had that bit guilt for spending money on my self around the holidays LOL) and they just now got here. Turns out making pins and getting them approved and then actual created takes a long time. And this was just a reward, not the actual point of the Kickstarter!
Anyway, they are gorgeous. I'm so glad I got the whole set, which was just supposed to be 10 but they kept adding them in stretch goals!
Trying to pick who should go on my lanyard first...if I put them ALL on there, I wouldn't be able to move!!
I posted this on my Instagram and my friend said she just showed her kids 'Last Unicorn' but they were not impressed. *tsk* kids these days!
This story hits me even harder now, just because I can understand Molly and Schmendrick and, in a way, Haggard more than I could as a child.
So, who should I wear first? Unicorn? Butterfly? Schmendrick? Molly???
I'm thinking I will put the skeleton on there for Halloween. I love that whole scene so much. "But I remember..."
I did this Kickstarter back around Christmas (I remember because I had that bit guilt for spending money on my self around the holidays LOL) and they just now got here. Turns out making pins and getting them approved and then actual created takes a long time. And this was just a reward, not the actual point of the Kickstarter!
Anyway, they are gorgeous. I'm so glad I got the whole set, which was just supposed to be 10 but they kept adding them in stretch goals!
Trying to pick who should go on my lanyard first...if I put them ALL on there, I wouldn't be able to move!!
I posted this on my Instagram and my friend said she just showed her kids 'Last Unicorn' but they were not impressed. *tsk* kids these days!
This story hits me even harder now, just because I can understand Molly and Schmendrick and, in a way, Haggard more than I could as a child.
So, who should I wear first? Unicorn? Butterfly? Schmendrick? Molly???
I'm thinking I will put the skeleton on there for Halloween. I love that whole scene so much. "But I remember..."
It was February 22nd 1980-something...
Feb. 21st, 2018 10:48 pmI'm hosting an Escape Room program for teens next week and it is a Totally 80s Time Travel Adventure themed event. I've been raiding my closet and parents basement to find 80s things to add a bit of flavor to the program. This is my crowning achievement:
( Read more... )
( Read more... )
Ducktales woo-OOH!
Jan. 4th, 2017 12:11 pmInternet: Disney is rebooting Ducktales
Me: Huh...ok...why should I care?
Internet:
Me: OMG I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Huh...ok...why should I care?
Internet:
Me: OMG I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**sings** GALAVANT!
Jan. 11th, 2015 10:44 amThis turned into a very musical Saturday! This morning we saw Into the Woods (more on that in another post) and then in the evening we watched Galavant.
Those first two episodes were SO MUCH FUN! I'm almost sad that it's only on for 4 weeks but I'd rather have a high quality show that's done with a few episodes than drag it out.
Also, Timothy Omundson! I didn't even know he was in this and it was really the last piece of the puzzle to make me watch (and I also knew Sylvia would definitely watch with me since her first love will always be Psych). I'm so looking forward to Weird Al's appearance AND Anthony Stewart Head is apparently showing up at some point too! Heck, all of the casting has been fantastic in just the first two hours.
And after we watched that, Tim started Googling the show for more information and he stumbled upon this gem:
The Soundtrack to Your Childhood
...which quickly turned into a game of "Name That Tune Before He Starts Singing or the Text Appears". The only one I didn't know was "Newsies" since I completely missed that when it first came out and never went back to it and now I fear I may be too old to appreciate it.
Actually, I think I enjoyed Galavant more than I did Into the Woods, but that is probably because it was 100% new to me versus struggling with my inner fangirl the entire time I watched the movie...but, yes that is going to need it's own post!
Those first two episodes were SO MUCH FUN! I'm almost sad that it's only on for 4 weeks but I'd rather have a high quality show that's done with a few episodes than drag it out.
Also, Timothy Omundson! I didn't even know he was in this and it was really the last piece of the puzzle to make me watch (and I also knew Sylvia would definitely watch with me since her first love will always be Psych). I'm so looking forward to Weird Al's appearance AND Anthony Stewart Head is apparently showing up at some point too! Heck, all of the casting has been fantastic in just the first two hours.
And after we watched that, Tim started Googling the show for more information and he stumbled upon this gem:
The Soundtrack to Your Childhood
...which quickly turned into a game of "Name That Tune Before He Starts Singing or the Text Appears". The only one I didn't know was "Newsies" since I completely missed that when it first came out and never went back to it and now I fear I may be too old to appreciate it.
Actually, I think I enjoyed Galavant more than I did Into the Woods, but that is probably because it was 100% new to me versus struggling with my inner fangirl the entire time I watched the movie...but, yes that is going to need it's own post!
We're going to see Muppets Most Wanted tomorrow and I am far more excited than someone my age should be. I love the Muppets. ADORE them.
For many people, when you say Muppets, they think of Sesame Street, and rightly so - that show has been on the air for 45 years. But the Muppets I adore are from The Muppet Show. And even though they have been toned down a bit since becoming a Disney property I still love them to bits.
The Muppet Show was just ending it's initial TV run when I was born but I some how managed to catch a lot of the shows as reruns. Some tv station in Virginia must have run them every morning and I (or more likely my Mom) set up the VCR and taped them every day, on SLP, so I had a huge collection of Muppet Shows that I watched over and over and over. It gave me an appreciation for all different kinds of music (guest stars ranged from Opera Singer Beverly Sills to 70s pop singer Leo Sayer to brilliant comedienne Gilda Radner), a twisted sense of humor (torturing Beaker is so wrong yet so right) and how a show can work on so many different levels. The Muppet Show was truly a family show, with something that everyone could appreciate.
I know Jim Henson and Company, and in particular The Muppets, shaped the way I view the world. Over the next week or so I'm going to do little appreciation posts to highlight The Muppets, Jim Henson, and the Henson Company because they can never have enough.
( 3 songs, then it's your turn! )
I could go on but I think that's enough from me for tonight -- but what about you? What are some of your favorite Muppet Music Moments?
For many people, when you say Muppets, they think of Sesame Street, and rightly so - that show has been on the air for 45 years. But the Muppets I adore are from The Muppet Show. And even though they have been toned down a bit since becoming a Disney property I still love them to bits.
The Muppet Show was just ending it's initial TV run when I was born but I some how managed to catch a lot of the shows as reruns. Some tv station in Virginia must have run them every morning and I (or more likely my Mom) set up the VCR and taped them every day, on SLP, so I had a huge collection of Muppet Shows that I watched over and over and over. It gave me an appreciation for all different kinds of music (guest stars ranged from Opera Singer Beverly Sills to 70s pop singer Leo Sayer to brilliant comedienne Gilda Radner), a twisted sense of humor (torturing Beaker is so wrong yet so right) and how a show can work on so many different levels. The Muppet Show was truly a family show, with something that everyone could appreciate.
I know Jim Henson and Company, and in particular The Muppets, shaped the way I view the world. Over the next week or so I'm going to do little appreciation posts to highlight The Muppets, Jim Henson, and the Henson Company because they can never have enough.
( 3 songs, then it's your turn! )
I could go on but I think that's enough from me for tonight -- but what about you? What are some of your favorite Muppet Music Moments?
memories: He can live with me!
May. 18th, 2013 12:15 am
So this is how the story goes:
When I was little, my parents took me to see E.T. in the theater. I liked the movie, but like any child, I was very upset to see E.T. leave. My mom tells me I left the theater with tears in my eyes, telling her that E.T. could have lived with us. At some point, maybe later that day or later in the week, I was given my very own E.T. plush to love and squeeze and take care of.
A few years ago when E.T. celebrated it's 20th Anniversary and Universal released a whole new set of toys, my parents got me the life-size doll in this photo.
And this year, I played Bioshock:Infinite. I adored the game and especially "my" relationship with Elizabeth. As the credits rolled, all I could think was how much I was going to miss her, that I didn't want it to be over, that maybe there were more adventures to be had.
So last week, in a moment of retail therapy, I stumbled across the Hot Topic 25% off sale and there was the Elizabeth action figure, just calling to me. I had to have her!
Now Elizabeth and E.T. can live here in my apartment of misfit toys and continue having adventures here...
and they will. :-)
