Second Star to the Right

Guess what movie I'm watching?? That's right! Peter Pan!

Peter Pan will always be dear to my heart, just because I believe in the fact that I never have to 'grow up.'  Of course, most people need to know how to act in public.  They should be a grown up in their heads.  Their hearts? That's a totally different situation.  Jesus did tell us to act as the children do!

I know how to act like an adult.  I do my work for my classes to the best of my abilities, and I can tell you for a fact that I am way ahead of all the Printmaking students because I'm just so excited about it.  I rather enjoyed my reading on the president (as a job) for American Federal Government.  I take care of myself and my money and last year, worked three jobs.  I still honor my parents at the age of 21, and ask their opinions in almost everything.  I follow the Bible as closely as possible, and fight my sinful nature at all times.  But life needs spice.

I have quite a Peter Pan spirit, and I show it in many ridiculous ways that leave my good friends laughing until their sides hurt.  Several of those things have happened in the last several days.  First off, I would like to say that I am not obsessed with Disney Princesses.  I have a passion for Disney merchandise, and it's not my fault that they haven't put Bambi, Peter Pan, Lady, Simba, Turk, Robin Hood.... (I could go on forever) on more merchandise.  It just seems that way because of how much of this stuff I have.  I have princess magnets (thanks Autumn), pillows, plate, cups, bowl, pens (thanks Beth), chapstick, lithographs, headbands, Band-Aids, VHA, DVD, posters, coloring books, wipe-off board (thanks again Autumn), bubble wand (thanks Alison), stickers, pencil bag, Birthday pin (thanks Katie), cards... and my most recent purchase, a bed tent.  Yes, I bough a princess bed tent.  It's a funny story actually.  I was walking through Wal-Mart, only to get more Sunkist and heat-packs, when I saw the college dorm stuff was on sale, and I was like, "Oh cool.  Cheap rug for our doormat?" I smiled at the princess sheets, and as I was walking I saw another Princess box, and I was just curious as to what it was.  IT WAS A BED TENT!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was manic with glee!! I had first heard of them from my friend Bri, who bought one my first summer so that she could survive living in Upper AC all summer.  Living at camp really gives you a strong urge for privacy.  You rarely get it.  So Bri bought a Princess tent on ebay I believe, and actually used it!! So I was like, YES. I'm buying it.  It wasn't much at all. I needed something silly, because I had had such bad headaches all day from my neck being so knotted.  It was just so neat!! If I found a Belle lamp, I would buy it.  Dead serious.  But it's all done in the love of Disney animation, and you'd be surprised how picky I am about what I actually buy.  It always either has to have Cinderella, Belle, or Ariel on it.  They have to be drawn correctly.  They modernized Cinderella and I hate it.  You can't mess with a classic like that.  That's not what she looks like! I adore using my Bambi sketch bag to go to class, and I also get a thrill from walking in my room and looking at my Beauty and the Beast, Bambi, and Mulan posters.  I'm getting the Lion King poster in the mail in a couple of weeks.  It was on Ebay for 99 cents! Plus shipping, but hey, it's the greatest Disney movie of all time! I say this as a matter of opinion and an echo of a great many people.

Have I ever talked about my favorite Disney movies? I actually thought this through thoroughly.  I read a book on Hollywood Worldviews, and it was really good.  I had already come up with my favorites, but it made my decision more concrete.  I divided it into three categories.  As far as princess movies go, Beauty and the Beast is my favorite.  Cinderella and Ariel are in second and third, but nothing can hold a candle to Beauty and the Beast.  The fantastic music and voices, the characters, the animation, the story... absolutely terrific.  I watched the extra features on how they made it, and I watched the movie with comentary, and I cried.  That's embarrassing to some, but I only think it shows how much I love it.  It has such heart and spirit and humor and... just everything.  The artistry and how they made up just the whole thing... the trials and how it almost didn't make it... one man still working on it on his death bed.... We don't see dedication like that anymore.  Bambi is my favorite artistic movie.  The animation was state of the art when they made the movie, and Fantasia laid the foundation for its musical roots.  Some may think it has a lack of story line, but you are supposed to read into the music, not the words.  The artistry was designed by a Chinese man that was visiting the studio at the time, and Walt loved his style.  It's animation is just stunning, and there was so much work done!! Each and every cell had to be hand painted in and the background had to be shifted ever so often as the camera photographed it, to create the depth of the forest.  Just BEAUTIFUL!
And then the Lion King.  Come on.  No contest. The story.  The animation.  The characters. The millions of one liners.  The MUSIC?! There's a reason why The Lion King, The Musical is the longest running Broadway musical ever.  It's just that good! I don't even need to explain myself.  There are also a lot of biblical parallels you can draw from that movie as well.

You need something funny like that in a day, good ones and bad ones.  Some people have a special brand of clothing.  Some have just the best that money can buy.  Some need a million apps.  I don't.  After a stressful day like today, I just love putting in Peter Pan and just enjoying the raw humor and heart in this movie.  The refusal to grow old.  To believe.

Peter Pan: It's easy! All you have to do is to... is to... is to... Ha! That's funny. Wendy: What's the matter? Don't you know? Peter Pan: Oh, sure. It's... It's just that I never thought about it before. Say, that's it! You think of a wonderful thought. 

As silly as Peter Pan sounds, it really is so deep and meaningful.  Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust.  Faith, Trust, and the Power of God.  And then you can fly on wings like eagles....

Second Star to the Right, and Straight on til Morning