Hallelujah, Paramore

Guess what's coming out this Friday? Toy Story 3. This is the first movie that I really have wanted to see this summer.

Top 3 reasons I am excited for this movie:

1) I am not sure why, but I have vivid memories associated with seeing the other two movies. When I saw the original feature I went with my friends Tyler and Britney. Somehow we decided to skip school, and conned one of our parents to drop us off in Scare Valley. We shopped at Media Play, and then proceeded to the movie theatre. You may not believe that I wasn't always pop culture knowledgeable, but before going into the movie, I had no idea what the movie was about. As I sat watching the opening sequence of the movie, I thought it was lame and that the graphics were awkward. By the end, I was in love with this new tale of two best friends.

2) It's Pixar, which means there is high quality in their story-telling and they actually want you to feel something*. I often think that I hide my heart by an igloo built around it. Because of this, very few things make me feel an emotion. *Not added to this list are Cars, Incredibles, Wall-E, and Finding Nemo. Snooze-ville.

One of the "feels" from the previous movies have been the relationship with toys and their owners. Going back eons ago, I sat and considered if my action figures would hate me if I stopped playing with them. I seriously thought they would be sad and that I would be forgotten in their eyes. I had issues with this for a while, but thanks to the Toy Story movies, this feeling of lost identity was released.



3) Thanks to my cousin with crazy connections, we were able to tour the Pixar Studio and see how it works. From the tour I learned that the animators are hard workers, but know how to play hard as well.One of the fun things that impressed me was their cafeteria that provides food anytime of the day! Also they set up a museum-like area from their next feature production. At the time it was Toy Story 3, so I am excited how the artwork, sketches, and fun projects translate to the movie.

Who You'd Be Today, Kenny Chesney

Tonight I had fun as I switched records and tapes from childhood in my record/tape/ burn onto CD stereo. Not only did I find a lot of lost gems, and some ideas for Christmas gifts, but at one moment I found a talk show my sisters and I had from when we were young.... So young that my voice was unfamiliar, high pitched, and caused me to turn red.

Anywho while listening I realized that who we were as kids, is really what we become. For example, tonight at dinner and while playing my new Mario game on my mom's Nintendo DS, I would hear phrases from other's conversations, and would sing them; "criminal" "church entity" and "baby grew up to be a rocker."

Well on the tape I sang various commercials, and words that were said in the commercial. It made me laugh and realize that music has always played a big part in my life.


Also I decided to pull out my old cassettes that I won from the kids radio station when I was younger, and sing along. Because after all, my car is my recording studio! I sing at the top of my lungs everywhere I go.