Extra Extra! (Another Addiction: The Newsies)

I'm so excited to be posting again, for in my absence I have discovered so many wonderful things to write about. And today it's.... the Newsies! Now the Newsies is a movie, just one movie, that I happened to see on Starz over Christmas break. And I had to have it, so I searched all over to find it. Unfortunately it's not so easy to find movies from 1992 anymore, but I finally found it at an FYE.

The casheirs eyes widened when he saw my purchase as he said, "I love this movie". (He wasn't quite as pleased with my the Avatar season 2 volume I was purchasing) He then went on to exclaim about how Christian Bale was in it. For those of you who, like me, have no idea who Christan Bale is I looked it up for you, he was in 3:10 to Yuma, the Prestige, Batman Begins, and most importantly the voice of Thomas in Disney's Pochontas.

Anyway, before you get anywrong ideas, the Newsies is not a good movie. It just isn't. It was a notorious box office flop and its understandable why. But the Newsies is amazing in a different way. It's amazing in a way where there's a whole bunch of kids singing, dancing and having excellent slingshot percision, and doing it all with New York accents. It's amazing in away that creates cult followings, infects your brain, and adds sparkle and sunshine to the world.

So the Newsies, you'll like it, even though it's not good, you'll like it.

She's Baaaaack!

Alright so there's been like 4 months since my last post. I'm horrible, you caught me. I was busy! I can't help it! (lies)

However, we have now switched semesters at school, so I will be back to my wonderful blogging once again. So, on the off chance that you have somehow found it in your heart to continue to check my little blog for posts- among my irresponsible bloggy-ness- then you are my hero, insane, and having your lucky day, because I am posting yet again! At least for now (Come on. You all don't seriously still trust me, right?) =]

*** And in less lame note, I have a new link on my blogroll, "Jay's World". Um... HUZZAH!

They Finally Got The Fire Started: Avatar Season 3!

The first episode of Avatar: the last Airbender Book 3: Fire, "The Awakening", finally aired last night.

So I got together with my fellow avatarded friend (she's one of those "secret obsession" type people) and watched it. We were soooooo excited, and after the over 9 months of waiting, we had every right to be.

And I have got to say, it was worth the wait. Not that I would want to wait, or that it would be okay for Nickelodeon to do something so hideous ever again. But the Season is looking supremely awesome.

This is going to be spoiler-y now. So if you haven't watched it yet, what the heck are you doing? Go watch it now! They have it on Turbo Nick for goodness sakes, you don't even have to wait till they air it!

And well of course there's my little nit-picky problems with it. I still haven't adjusted to Zuko not leaving the dark side last season, and MAIKO?!? My poor hardcore Zutara heart just had to cry, "WTF is going on here?"

But even with all that you just know the season is going to be amazing, and you can tell they're pulling out all the stops. Come on, I mean they show us Ozai's face, Aang has hair, and they're bringing back like all of our favorite characters. We saw Yue, the Duke, the Serpent from the Serpent's Pass...

And this is JUST the first episode!

Good Time Music

I love music. Lets be honest, I'm a choir geek with a karioke machine. And when no one's home I dance around and sing at the top of my lungs, actually I do that even when people are home.

So of course I love internet music sites, which give me a chance to try out some songs before buying the cd. (No, I have not yet upgraded to an mp3 player).

Now I know a lot of people are into Project Playlist lately, but I'm totally loyal to Imeem.

'Cause even with the recent copyright nazism that has emerged lately, Imeem still pwns. Plus, it adds some kind of challenge to find good songs that haven't been cut down to a 30 second preveiw.

And I have this ever-changing playlist that is like my brain child. Here taste a hear!

MDA Telethon: 'till we fall asleep, there's a telethon

So I heard that the muppets were going to host a block of Jerry Lewis' MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Telethon this year (though I didn't know what time they would be appearing), and I said "Hey! Telethons sound cool!"

So I decided to watch the whole 21 hour thing, or at least attempt to do such a thing.

Now let me tell you something: Jerry Lewis is old. Really old. So old, that I'm not sure he's competent enough to be on television anymore. He kept forgetting what he was doing and saying things that didn't really make sense. But it's okay, because Jerry cares, and he's the one who started it all.

I have been converted to an MDA supporter, and after all those hour of watching stories of little children who are losing their lives to Muscular Dystrophy, how could I not be?

Also, I'm in love with the MDA Youth Chairman Billy Gilman now, so supporting cause might help. He is a country singer though, but for Billy Gilman, I can bear it. I've never even heard of him before, I'm not much into the country circuit. But Oh! If you would have heard that boy sing on that telethon, you would have fallen in love with him too. And he's so charming! Oh how I love Billy Gilman.

He wasn't the only great act on either; some of my favorites were the guy who one America's got Talent, The people from Grease on Broadway, and the World's Fastest Balloon Animal Maker.

Now the thing is, I stayed up pretty late trying to watch that telethon, but the two hours the muppets were on, I happened to be asleep.

But, you know, it was worth it anyway...

Obsessions Abroad: Baltimore, Oh My Cannoli

Baltimore, land of a million panhandlers, what can an Avatarded Muppet Fan such as myself find to do in such a place? Well first of all she can buy the new LoveCom manga at the Barnes and Nobles, but she can do that anywhere. She might also find "One Frog Can Make A Difference: Kermit's Guide to Life in the 90's" at a used book store, because a true Muppet fan wants to read whatever Kermit has to write, no matter how horribly outdated it is.

Also, she might also lose her sunglasses and a hour of her life to the panhandlers.

But because Baltimore is panhandler city, it also has a plethora of street performers. Really good ones too. In Baltimore I observed street performers in the forms of Singers, Saxophonists, Balloon Animal Makers, Bagpipe Players, Unicycle Riders, and many more. It was sort of like being at a carnival.

All this aside though, the real reason people come to Baltimore isn't for the Science Museum, and it isn't for the Or-li-o's games, and it isn't for the Aquarium, it's for the Cannolis.

Let me tell you, on the first day in Baltimore I spotted Vaccaro's, this little Italian pastry shop, and I knew right away that their cannolis would be amazing. So I made it my goal to get my mother to get me one. And I accomplished that goal. And for awhile I carried it around bragging about how I had a cannoli. And then I ate it. And I was right, it was AMAZING.

Let me tell about cannolis, because they are truly a wonderful food. I still remember the first time I got a cannoli. I was in 4th grade and I was over at my friend Celeste's house and we walked over to the bakery and i got a cannoli. Now I know that story is not that amazing, except for the cannoli. Which is why I remember it, because of the cannoli, because cannolis are really amazing.

And do you know what the German word for cannoli is? Yeah, it's cannoli. It's that amazing.

So if you ever go to Baltimore, go get your cannoli. It will make your trip fantastic, even if the panhandlers do have your sunglasses.

Take that Disney! People ARE into Puppets!

So I had my lovely apology, but I wanted to add a real post too.


Now let me first mention this, I love Disney. I love the movies, especially the old ones where they sang, and every moment I'm not in Disney World is tearing me apart. But, when it comes to muppets, Disney really bugs me.

Ever since they've bought the muppets years ago it's been failed promise after failed promise. Take the muppets 50th birthday, there was going to be a roast for Kermit and he was going to travel to like 50 different places. But there was no roast, and I was so looking forward to it. And as for Kermit's travels, he got to like three places.

Sure there was a few tv guest spots, and the "Muppet Wizard of Oz" special (but Ashanti ruined it by hogging the spotlight with her bad acting.)

But the reason for all of this rant is because of "America's Got Talent".

Not only did the Muppets make one of the best appearances I've seen in a long time, (By the way, I noticed that in this appearance the Sweedish Chef was married) but the ventriloquist won!

I mean, come on, the ventriloquist won! That should be some kind of victory for puppeteers and puppet - lovers everywhere, because that means that the general public enjoyed the ventriloquist. And they voted for him over the beat boxer and whatever those other people did.

So in conclusion....

Dear Disney,
See? People like puppets. There's your proof.
Now will you PLEASE do something with the muppets already?!?