Wall-E the environmentalist

Disney has made many some what undesirable characters into our favorite personalities: a mouse, a bear, monsters, bugs and now a robot. Wall-e is endearing! He's a robot of few words and yet gets his message across perfectly through actions. For example, when his girlfriend Eve (or Eeee-vaaaa) appears to be incapassitated, he shelters her from the rain and dirt, makes her pretty with Christmas lights and tries to save her from the ship who takes her away. Shouldn't we all do that for each other? It's does have a hit-you-in-the-face environmental message which Disney was worried about. It protrays people in the future as fat slobes who float around in lazy boy chairs and have polluted the earth so badly that they can't go back until life (a plant in this case) is substainable. While most will disassociate themselves from these characters, some will find it a scary look int the future and maybe start cleaning up their act. I know I will (of course I'm susteptable to all Disney brainwashing anyway). Go see it! I'm going again tomorrow. Check out the real Wall-E roaming around LA in my youtube clip over there -------> Note for all those who buy me presents: I want one!

P.S. There is a trailer for Madagascar 2 before Wall-E where the navy seal-like penguins fly a plane. I will break my Disney animation only rule and go to see the penguins. Come on, penguins flying a plane?!?!?!? Even Rick found it hilarious!

A marriage made in Disney!

Four years ago yesterday Rick and I were married in (where else) Disney! Every year we watch the wedding video which is only half an hour long. Every aspect of the wedding was Disney from our picture taken with the castle in the background to our wedding certificate being signed by Mickey and Minnie. An hour and a half after our wedding we were in Epcot. Four year later Rick bought me a Mickey fountain that sits on our deck. I married the most tolerate man on the planet. He's happy to make me happy as long as the Disney stuff stays out of Manada. So I would just like to say I love you hunnie....even more than Mickey himself.

P.S. Four more days of school!

Bring on the heat!

I'm a princess. Shocking I know. Last summer we found it difficult to keep the house cool because we couldn't put an A/C in any windows per the condo association. We bought a portable A/C for the bedroom. I also bought one for the 2nd floor loft which is attached in a uninsulated room. There was no way to cool the main den/kitchen area without cutting a hole in the wall and installing an A/C there. So I offered to pay for the A/C if the landlords would pay for the hole. $300 dollars and 15,000 btus later, I am cool this weekend. All hail, modern conveniences...and the princess.

Of course, that won't help tomorrow as I sit in a 2nd floor classroom of a school built of roasting cinder blocks with 17 second graders melting into puddles who'll look at me pleadingly as if there's something I can do. Sorry, kids. No one wants to practice cursive while becoming human goo, but it must be done. 14 days to go!

Disney News: NASA took Buzz Lightyear up in the Discovery space shuttle last weekend as part of their Toys in Space program. It just so happens this coincides with the opening of the ride Toy Story Mania at WDW. Who else but Disney could tie a ride opening and a space shuttle lunch together?

23 days doesn't seem that long!

23 is short when you're counting down to Christmas vacation or the end of the trimester. However, 23 days seem torturous when you are spending it with 17 eight years old who think it's already summer. I serious don't remember the third grader being this misbehaved last year at this time. Of course the behavior I'm getting from this class now would be considered good behavior for last years class at any time during the year. Punishment and incentives don't work and according to a veteran teacher all I can do is 'become exhausted by the end of the day and pull your hair out'. Something to look forward to.

Disney News: Disney has made an actual Wall e robot that move around on it's own and is roaming the streets of L.A. and Disneyland. http://www.screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_hollywood_studios.htm I'm sure it won't be long till his tire treads are see in the streets of Disney world.

The last one

Disney News: Did you know there are no less than 8 schools named Walt Disney? The first one was in PA. Walt was at the dedication and even sent some of his artist to draw Mickey and the gang on the walls.

Mallory graduated from college yesterday. That's the last of us. We are all college graduates now and live in the real world. It just doesn't seem possible. It was only yesterday I was hanging her over the upstairs railing threating to let go (Ahh, big sisterhood). Now Mal joins the rest of the over worked, underpaid teachers. As Monica said on Friends, 'Welcome to the real world! It sucks! You're going to love it!'

Job! I hope..

I looks like my job is safe since today is the last day pink slips can be handed out and I'm not in school. Of course I was told that pink slips have been hand delivered to teacher's homes before. Why, oh, why did I take the 'job I will like' road instead of 'job that pays what I'm worth' road?

Rick is home form St. Louis! He called me from the top of the St. Louis arch. I didn't even know you could go inside that thing. He had a great time. His boss said had he been thinking ahead he would have sent Rick on the Visa card convention to D.C. also. I think I can only handle one trip per year.

Disney News: I saw Iron Man last night. It features the Walt Disney Thearter in L.A. I was happy to see it!

job, no job, job, no job

As of last Friday I thought my job was safe. As of this Friday it will probably be back on the chopping block. Talk about being jerked around! Should have majored in computer programing.

Grandpa is home and doing very well. He was VERY stubborn about doing things his own way even though they were not safe. My class has been following his progress over the last month and when they found about about his stubbornness, one of the kids said "Well, if these things will help him, why doesn't he do them?". Ahhhh, from the mouth of babes. They all decided to make him sign to encourage him to do the right thing like, 'Wear your sweatpants' and 'Eat your meals-on-wheels'. He loves the signs and is now doing all the right things for recovery!

Rick's in St. Louis on business till Thursday. Miss him already! He made tons of food last night to make sure I didn't starve because he knows I can't cook. There are no words to describe what a saint that man is, especially with the grandparents.

Disney News: New movies about Tink and her fairy friends will be out this fall. They are all CGIed but look good.