Five classic Disney lines

Five great lessons from ridiculous characters

Preach it, Angie.

Words of wisdom, Emmet.

I quote this far more often than I'd like, K.

Very important lesson, Adam.

There are times you will NOT know how someone feels. Just listen to Mike and let it go. 

Five things in my 'To Watch' folder

Sometimes I can't get to the videos I want to see right away, and store them for later (often from my fav internet personalities)  These are some of those upcoming attractions.

5. Bootleg Zone: Motorcycle the Pooh

Phelous reviews strange bootleg toys. Criteria include toy quality, creativity, and weirdness. This is sure to be a good one.

4. Some Jerk with a Camera: 30 Years of Epcot: Concept and Opening

Some Jerk with a Camera reviews theme park rides, movies based on them, and Disneyanna. I'm catching up as he re-releases his old reviews with new intros to ChannelAwesome.

3. Obscurus Lupa Presents: Santa's Summer House

Lupa finds weird old videos and reviews them. Not much more to be said, except I love her reviews.

2. Cinema Snob: Savage Weekend

I'm reviewing every Cinema Snob episode for my Snobathon. This slasher flick is next on the list.

1. MikeJ's 'I love Lego: Lego Simpson's House 

MikeJ, Lego, AND The Simpsons? YASSSSS

Five Ultrafacts

Culled from the Ultrafacts blog on Tumblr.

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The best friend

I have no best friend.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I have a lot of great friends: I have my best friend from High School who I keep tabs on, and vice versa, but she lives in Iowa and has an active life of her own. I have my awesome brother in law who shares my love of Stephen King and terrible movies, but his best friend is a man he's know longer than me, and shares a better connection with (and is a friend of mine as well). I have my usual social group, and some people I see less than I like (but like more than I can say). I have a loving husband who I thank God for.

But none of them are my best friend.

None of us share that 'don't have to finish our sentences because we already know how they end' closeness. None of us have the 'stay up all night and talk about our TV obsession du jour (X-Files/Lone Gunmen, Sherlock, The Walking Dead, what have you).

None of my current (physical, meeting up most often) member of my friend group has ever called me their best friend.

I understand: most of them have best friends they made in high school, or in college, who shared special things with them I couldn't hope to match up to. It's not that they don't like me. I'm just not the closest friend.

It's been that most of my life. In elementary school when the students talked about 'student of the day', my most usual comment was 'RebeccaOTool is great because she's friends with everyone.' It wasn't until middle school that I developed the closeness and real best friend status that many of my peers already had. Now I find myself with another similar situation; I'm friends with everyone, and closest to no one.

It's a poor complaint, not to have a best friend among many close friends. My introverted nature doesn't help. I have a hard time gearing up for social events, and it's just getting harder as time passes. I have a harder time speaking my mind, for fear of shunning. I quell my passion as those I do call close either mock me, or gently tolerate it. But none share it. I haven't had that since my best friend and first writing partner left for the land over the bridge.

I think I'm past the stage in my life where that kind of friendship can grow.

It hurts when I hear a friend call another their best friend. I don't want pity, nor a wave of friends telling me how much I mean to them. I know I'm their friend. Their connection to another person doesn't erase mine to theirs. But the  realization that 'best friend' was an occupied slot for everyone else was a shocking one.

I want that closeness again. I want to be on another person's wavelength. I want to share 99% of the same interests, stupid conversations, giggling over our own world until sleep takes us.

But here I sit, typing my woes onto a computer instead of talking them out (aside from talking to my husband). I'm afraid it would come out wrong: an accusation instead of a plea. Or just a statement.

The new year is hours away. I will go into it with love, with my husband for the first time, surround by people I will laugh with, act with, play with.

But not with a best friend.

Five awesome foreign language versions of songs

5. Be prepared, German

So...I'm part German, but I'm more Polish-Jew, and boy this sounds evil. The Nazi imagery seems much more clear cut...

4. Defying Gravity, Japanese

It's no secret that Wicked is my favorite musical. And this version is just beautiful.

3. Kiss the Girl, Spanish

The translation is hilarious at the start, but the song sounds great as well.

2. Dentist, French

I have no idea, it just cracks me up.

1. I'll Make a Man Out of You, Chinese (sung by Jackie Chan!)

In case you didn't know, Jackie Chan is an opera-trained singer, who lent his voice to the Chinese dub of Mulan. This video will attest to his sheer singing prowess.

Happy new year!

What I did in 2014

Toting up a list of accomplishments, because why not.

• Got Married.
• Learned to make new desserts.
• Watched all of Fraiser. Again.
• Started watching American Horror Story, Parks and Rec, Soul Eater, Sailor Moon Crystal, and too many more to list.
• Watched Avatar the Last Airbender.
• Didn't watch The Last Airbender.
• Wrote a blog for every weekday.
• Got new job.
• Quit job because of abusive boss.
• Got another new job.
• Continued editing manuscript.
• Cataloged DVD collection.
• Saw The Wizard of Oz at a movie theater.
• Recognized issues ensuing from most people not willing to go with me to something that important to me.
• Performed in some amazing theater.
• Saw some amazing theater.
• Hugged my nieces and nephew.
• Didn't get pregnant on the wedding night.
• Got my Mother-In-Law's credit card flagged for purchases she made in conjunction with said night.
• Got more into feminism.
• Laughed at feminazis.

All in all...a good year.

Things I have recently learned from the internet. With links!

• The DO still make caffeine free coke. It's primary markets are Mormons, people who are allergic to caffeine, and people who like decaf stuff.

• Tila Tequila likes Hitler 

• There is a worse movie than Santa Clause and the Ice Cream Bunny; Magic Christmas Tree. Fear it.

AHHHHHHHHHH

So, yesterday I wrestled a large dog onto the X-Ray table. Today I woke with pain so bad I could barely get out of bed.

Accurate!

Thanks to a light workday, Motrin, and a heating pad, I'm still at work and 90% pain free. We even had a delicious chicken lunch dropped off as a holiday thank-you from one of the pet rescues we work with.

Love only makes it taste better

In other news, our car is in the shop because of brake pad issues, and it'll either be $350 or $620 to fix. At least I've already bought the Christmas presents (and by the time this goes up Christmas will be over). Yaaaaaay. 

Just another day in the life of a normal American. There's good, bad, unexpected surprises, gains, and losses. This started as a post about pain but the other things that happened before I could finish writing changed it. A moment is all that is needed for a bad day to become good, or a good day to even out. That's pretty cool.

But here's a pain that's always with me: