Updated 4/3/17

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Just realized that all the pics on my doll review posts were borked, but I think I fixed them now.

Can anyone confirm?



P.S. Defintely not about to post another doll review...

I know I never post here anymore, but I'm still here, I swear! And I wanted to show off my nutcracker from Andrew this year:

Bet you weren't expecting that! (Since they don't even make MH dolls anymore...)

Anyway, I have slowly been cleaning off the desk in our house, which has been buried under piles of stuff for months now. In the process, I unearthed several dolls that I bought ages ago (right around when MH was stopping, actually) that I had been saving, in case I never had new dolls again. Of course, we all know that I branched out and buy all kinds of dolls now, but I didn't know that then.

The point is, I found a Monster High doll, brand new in box, and a new character to boot. So join me on this journey, as I fall in love with MH all over again.


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That's right friends, Andrina is here!


Such bubble, very wrap.


Well holo there!


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Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? IT IS.

Is the best part of Sleeping Beauty when Phillip looks at Baby Aurora and is like, "No thanks." (No, the best part is when Maleficent has Phillip in chains and hits on him, but I digress).

Also, did you know that Mary Costa (voice of Aurora) is still alive and kicking?

I'm sure it made sense way back when this was written (the fairy tale, not the Disney movie) but why is it a spinning wheel? Was pricking your finger on that like, a thing?

God, Fauna is just the best. "You know, sometimes I don't think she's really very happy."

I know it's a fairy tale, and I'm totally behind it, but it still cracks me up how Phillip just jumps into her song and is like, "Hey baby, I'm totally your dream prince," and Aurora's like "K". Also, he says, "I didn't mean to frighten you." How in the fuck did you think she was going to react?

Aurora's answer to "when can I see you again" progress extremely quickly from "never", to "maybe someday", to "this evening". With very little prodding.

Oh God, the cake that isn't baked, but is frosted and has LIT CANDLES on it, just KILLS ME.

There are so many drunk people in old Disney movies.

The oboe music and the green fire used to scare me so bad as a kid. Still pretty effective, I have to say.

The visuals in this movie are so beautiful. It's really a testament to animation. The whole thing is like a painting come to life.

Maleficent: "I have plans for our royal guest." Yeah, I bet you do, you saucy minx. Otherwise, surely she would just kill him? Or maybe Merryweather's spell means she can't, since the true love's kiss is part of it? Then again, maybe Maleficent just thought making Phillip wait 100 years would be HILARIOUS. (Which it kind of is).

Who do you think painted Maleficent's nails?

Somehow, turning the raven into stone is an ok use of the good fairies' magic.

Samson doesn't get enough credit. I kind of think Phillip doesn't either man, he charges right at that dragon. (And Merryweather tries to follow him, lol).

When Phillip's cape gets caught on the thorns? NO CAPES.

To end with: The definitive question:

I didn't quite post every day during Lent, but I certainly posted more, so that's something at least.

Watching Snow White for only the third or fourth time in my life (which is very low for me and Disney movies). It's really grown on me as I've gotten older. I used to find Snow very irritating, but honestly, she's doing the best she can being in a fairy tale move from the 1930s. I can also appreciate the style of it better now, knowing more about the history of it.

The music has grown on me too. I don't know why.

Snow: I'm sure no nest could possibly be big enough for me
Me: Well, gorillas make nests, so.

Also, has anyone ever noticed that the Evil Queen's basement lair is full of skeletons in horrifying poses? Like, presumably these are all other people she killed down there, right?

Snow White is a little saucy!

I always thought the Queen believed the apple would kill Snow White, but she has a line about knowing that it won't, and that the dwarves will think she's dead and bury her alive. Which is much worse. (Fortunately they do the whole glass coffin thing instead).

Also, the Queen tells Snow that the apple is a magic wishing apple, and whatever she wishes for will come true if she takes a bite. Snow wishes to go off to the castle and marry the prince. Which is what happens (eventually). So, I guess she was telling the truth?

You know, the deer are the real heroes in this piece. Well, them, and lightning.

So, we watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat over the weekend, courtesy of Andrew Lloyd Webber's YouTube channel and the thing they're doing during this whole lockdown time.

This production was filmed in 1999, with Donny Osmond as Joseph, and it was a trip. But what we need to talk about is Mrs. Potiphar's (played by Joan Collins) outfit.

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-I love how YouTube has become like Pandora and knows what songs I want to hear.

-Does anyone else restart a song if you butcher the lyrics while singing along?