I sure do love the Chipmunks!

After I got done with work this morning, I went to the matinee of The Squeakuel at the cheap theater here in town. I LOVED it! I've been wanting to see it since it came out in theaters in December but I was too cheap to go to any of the nice theaters. It wasn't until I went to my Practicum and got to know my third graders that I realized that I needed to see this movie. I wanted to have an 'in' with my students so I could connect with them better. That was the extra push that got me to go see it this weekend, but honestly, I really did just want to see it for my own desires. :)

I have loved the Chipmunks and the Chipettes ever since their cartoon came out in the 80's. I have never grown out of my love for any of those chipmunks. My family used to have The Chipmunk Adventure on VHS, but it disappeared somewhere. :( Fortunately, a couple years ago, I was walking by one of the guys' apartments in my ward and from outside their window, I saw one movie frame on the TV and I instantly knew what movie they were watching. The door was open a smidge, so I went inside and blurted out "Is this The Chipmunk Adventure?!" I know its kind of sad how easily I can identify that movie, but I watched it ALL the time as a kid. And actually, I wouldn't mind watching it often even now as an adult.

This clip is by far my favorite part of the entire movie (and I'm sure many other people enjoy this part too)


Anyway, I gotta get back to doing the homework thing. I'm going on two weeks without Facebook right now! Hopefully I will get back on it within the month after passing those dang diagnostic exams.

Reflecting on the past- Part 2

I was thinking about what I said in the last post and in the beginning, I said "my interests as a teenager". I should have said "my interests as a kid" so it would encompass my child-years to my teen years.

Ok, so the next round is of all the shows I was into. I loved a lot of cartoons, but I'll just stick in Rugrats for now to cover the Nickelodeon shows.



And of course, ya gotta have the movies!

SPACE JAM! (the title isn't really supposed to be in caps, I just love the movie)


While I was Disney World, I was trying to figure out why I like Sorcerer Mickey so much. I think this is the reason why.

I'm pretty sure it's at the beginning of more than just 101 Dalmations and The Great Mouse Detective, but I could be wrong.

I suppose I could find more videos to take up more of your time, but I'll just say this instead:
I LOVED watching cartoons and movies as a kid and I still continue to love them today!

Reflecting on the past

So I was cruising around youtube today and I came upon David Archuleta's latest video blog (yeah.... I'm kinda subscribed to his channel... and David Cook's). But anyway, I usually look at the comments on his videos, but I've watched his videos enough that I know what is usually said:

"David ur so sweet! I love you!"
"You have such a good heart and you are an angel, luv you!"
"He is so cute! looooovvvvveeee hiiim!!!"
"David you are so talented! Can't wait to see u perform here!! I'm ur biggest fan!"

Yeah, I know. It's kind of sad how well I know the comments on his videos. Every time I read comments like that, I think "oh my gosh, these girls are so immature." But then I think 'wait a minute, I used to be their age. That's what I usually said about the Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, 98 degrees, Hanson, Jonathon Taylor Thomas... I'm pretty sure I could go on, but that's just a few of my teen obsessions.

After thinking about that, I started getting really nostalgic and started remembering what I did as a teenager and what I was interested in.

So here we go, a trip down memory lane..... *goes through fog of the past*

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(ok, so it wasn't that much fog, but I'm lazy and I need to go to bed eventually)

In the 90's, I was between the ages of 4 and 14, so I can literally say I was a kid of the 90's. Of course, kids play with toys and so I got all sorts of the popular toys. Remember the whole Elmo and Furby crazes? Yeah, I wasn't into Elmo, but I thought Furby was awesome! Unfortunately, I gave my poor parents a run for their money because the year Furby was popular, I got a "Millenium Furby" (ok, so apparently they came out in the late 90's, but they were still in the 90's!) instead of the baby Furby. My parents had bought me a baby Furby first and then I saw a commercial for the big Furby's and I said I wanted one of those instead.



Another very popular toy that both my brothers and I got for Christmas one year.

Nano and Giga Pets! I know there was also Tamagotchi, but we had the other two.
I had a Nano kitty and a Nano dog and I think my brothers had a Giga Monkey and a Giga Dinosaur

(I found this picture on a another website- its not mine)

I think my brothers enjoyed this next toy of mine as much as I did:

The Easy Bake Oven!!!


Mike and Tyler were always asking me whenever I got out my Easy Bake Oven if they could have some of cookies or whatever I would make. I got some really good baked goods out that thing! That was so fascinating how I would dump the packet of cake mix or cookies or brownies into the mixing bowl, add water, pour it in the small pan, put it in the oven, and in just a few minutes I could pull out (with the nifty hook-ish spatula that came with the oven) a very nice looking treat. Oh man, those were good times.

As you can probably tell, I did a lot of things with my brothers as a kid, so of course, I played a lot of video games as a kid.

My brothers and I played so many games on that thing! Let's see, what all did we play?

Sonic the Hedgehog was definitely one of my favorites

I think we also played a few Disney games on there like Toy Story and Aladdin (I still remember running as Rex in Andy's room to beat the timer and also flying on the magic carpet in Aladdin)

I watched TV a lot too, so I switched between Nickelodeon and the Disney channel (that's a shocker, huh?)


*sigh*

Oh, the good old days of the GOOD Disney channel.

Well, that will be the first chapter in our little flashback to the 90's.

Until next time!

New obsession!!!

I've been looking forward to seeing this movie since last year when I kept seeing the movie still for it in Disney World at the Magic of Disney Animation. I've been seeing the progression of the movie over the past year and I finally got to see it last night. Here is the link to the trailer for it if you haven't seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCk7PNkoDw4&feature=channel

I saw it twice this weekend because I loved it so much last night when I saw it with my mom. It is SUCH a good movie! It's definitely one of my new favorite Disney movies. Tiana and Naveen are such a great couple!!!


I love the way Naveen would look at Tiana during the movie. Every time I'd see him give her one of the 'looks,' I'd sigh and think "I want that!!"

Tiana is an inspiration to all women. She has a dream in mind and she is willing to do anything to make it happen, including kissing a frog.


*sigh* I want to watch it again now.

At least I have pictures of when I met Naveen and Tiana when I was in Disneyland! That was DEFINITELY a highlight of my Disneyland visit. I was expecting to just meet Tiana, but when I saw Naveen too, I thought "oh my gosh.... he's as attractive as Prince Caspian!!"



I didn't know it at the time, but when the Photo Pass girl was getting pictures of me with Naveen and Tiana, she managed to get this shot of me and Naveen.

I was so thrilled when I saw it! Oh man he is handsome! And he even called me beautiful!!! *sigh*

One of my new favorite movies!

I went and saw The Proposal with a couple friends and I decided that it is my new favorite chick flick. I LOVE Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and I love chick flicks, so I guess it's a given that I would like it. I haven't watched a chick flick that I haven't seen before in the longest time. It was so awesome! Yay for movie nights with friends!

Peter Pan and Wendy

I was procrastinating homework last night and I watched most of Peter Pan on youtube. I had forgotten how much I love that movie! I was also reminded of how much I love the friendship between Peter Pan and Wendy. I started laughing so hard when Wendy was chatting away while sewing Peter's shadow onto his foot and Peter was looking confused as he scratched his head and said "Girls talk too much!" hehehe It's such a good movie! It threw me back to when I was in Disney World. I wish I could go back sometime soon! I think I left part of my heart there when I left in January. :(