Last week when we were downstairs in the auditorium, Jazz (Cogsworth) needed help finding an outfit for Katy Perry or someone similar, so we pulled out a fur coat and I held onto it. I really didn’t think it was real, so I kept petting it until my friend Miranda (Babette) told me so.
My eyes got wide but I couldn’t stop touching it.
I realized I really like fur.
I felt like Cruella De Vil. 
Speaking of which, I really need want this shirt.
So our Academy Awards was Friday night.
And I swore that if we kept Circle of Life the way our director wanted it, I would walk right off stage towards the end.
With that in mind, I came to the show dressed dapper in my Prom dress that I decorated with Mickey Mouses.
And before we go downstairs to dress in our preforming/presenting outfits, there’s a slide show of the whole year in review. It’s filled with silly pictures and whatnot of all our adventures. After that, our director and the officers give out special awards; awards that are created to fit a specific person.
So, I sat there in the audience, tuning out most of it with a bored expression, just wanting to get this thing over with, and Lumiere stands behind the podium, and starts presenting an award. I only catch glimpses of words here and there, but then he says how this one person has such a huge knowledge of a certain thing and that it is terrifying and awesome at the same time, a knowledge of all things Disney. So everyone immediately turns their heads to look for me and I hear my friends behind me whispering my name. That’s really when my head snapped up and I said, “What?”
And then he announces that I win the award for “Dynamic Disney Diva,” and I was still in a state of “Wtf is going on” while I walk up to the stage. And of course, Lumiere points out that even my dress is proof of my love of Disney and our teacher scoffs and goes, “Seriously? Oh my God.”
With that, I take the paper and walk back to my seat.
After a few more awards, it’s time for us to head downstairs and prepare for Circle of Life. We get dressed, we go onstage and as Max is ripping me to shreds, I just lay there.
The audience loved it. They were laughing so hard and so loud, I shifted so that my Giraffe covered my face so I could snicker. I decided not to walk off. And when the song was finally over, the audience roared in applause and then Lumiere and I started slapping each other with our ribbons of blood.
It was a really bittersweet night and it was fun. I wish I knew who won the awards I didn’t present, but I will find out this week before Graduation.
So the way we finish a year up in 7-8 is to host our own Academy Awards night.
People dress up in their prom outfits, are all nominated for something, and if they win something, they get to go up onstage and have a little speech (if they wish).
For us 7-8ers, we present the awards as characters.
They could be characters that we’ve been in previous shows (like Mickey as Belle and Max as Gaston), or current icons (like Taylor Swift), or memorable shows/movies/commercials (like the Avengers).
Well last year, I presented an award as Alice (since I have a homemade Alice costume my mom made for me the year before) with Candace (the Enchantress) as a sexy/modern Queen of Hearts.
I really wanted to do that again this year. Alas, our dictator— I mean director— didn’t want that considering it was already done the past two years (an old fart used my very dress to present with her own Mad Hatter).
It was the only thing I wanted to present as. So with that crushed, I was kinda thrown in as Flo, the Progressive Girl and as a Powerpuff Girl (Buttercup) alongside Mickey and Candace.
Like in the actual Academy Awards, we also have performances. For example, in the past, Allie (She’s my Ariel) and Daniel (Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz) sang “Grenade,” which was big then.
Well, if I couldn’t have me as Alice, then I would definitely want a Disney song put in SOMEWHERE.
A little backstory to this:
Last year, when things were good, we had extra time in class so our teacher spilt us into two teams and had us do improv dancing. She played “Circle of Life” for the first team and “Under the Sea” for the second team (the one I was in).
What Team 1 came up with was so perfect, so hilarious, it was absolutely amazing.
We were so distracted, we couldn’t come up with anything good so we flopped around like fish out of water and I was dancing seaweed.
So I brought that up, wishing to use it as our opening. And everyone liked the idea so it was put down.
We started going over this a few days ago.
We have two Rafikki’s, a Mufasa and Sarabi, Yoda (from our dinner theatre show “Star Treks,” which was a parody of Star Wars and Star Treck) as Simba, two gazelles, two giraffes, two birds, and an elephant.
The monkeys are center stage when the music starts and originally, they were to sing along with the music as the animals walk across the stage. As the music swells to the chorus, our Rafikkis sit on chairs on both sides of the stage and we lift them and spin.
After that, we were running dry on ideas (no one else noticed how long this song was).
When the ending comes though, the giraffes stand on the chairs while the animals make a horseshoe around Mufasa, Sarabi, and Rafikkis and when the ending hits, everyone bows down and yay! I loved that.
And then our teachers wants it cheesier. So we were to shout what our animals are. While Mickey and Candace are jumping they go “Gazelle! Gazelle!” and so on.
That was hilarious when our elephant came out. The way he does it!
And then! She wants it even cheesier. So she’s standing there talking to us how the message Mufasa conveyed to Simba was that death was a natural thing and whatnot, (I raised my eyebrow in silence at that.) and she muses how ironic it would be for the lions to kill off all the other animals and to have one barely surviving Rafikki climb over a mountain of corpses instead of Pride Rock.
We went ahead and tried it. And it was funny at first, but it wasn’t something that I hoped would be our actual performance. We ran through it a second time and as I lay on my side facing the audience, I stared off into space thinking about how much I disliked the idea of my only suggestion turning into a bloodbath. Our director pointed out how frighting it was to have my eyes open and I rolled onto my back and stared into the ceiling lights while everyone got up and chatted about how funny it would be. I finally announced my distaste for it and when asked why by our teacher, Gatson helped me up and I said,
“It’s a Disney song.”
And then everyone let out their breath in sympathy as it clicked in their heads about my Disney obsession. They all know that I love this, that’s it’s my happiness and what I’m passionate about and many of them are very happy with this blog.
Our teacher even mused at me when I was checking out Beauty and the Beast tickets about my abnormal love of Disney, considering I altered our show shirt and wear a lovely Mickey Mouse necklace everyday (given to me by our Cogsworth).
Unfortunately we didn’t have any time left to discuss it as the bell was ringing soon. We put the room back in order and we left.
I really don’t want to feel like a Disney snob when it comes to this, but this is our last performance on the stage we all met on. The only thing that I want that is happening in this show. The last thing that will express my love for the thing that keeps me going.
That was Thursday, and I was pulled out of school Friday for an appointment so I don’t know if we’re keeping it, if she’s taking my feelings into consideration because if she isn’t, when I lie onstage, I’m gonna have a look of disgust on my face and just get up and walk offstage.
Whenever my dad leaves for work, I always walk him out the door, say “I love you!” and then give him some advice usually your mother will tell you when you go out.
Today, I told him: “Don’t pick up hitchhiking ghosts!”
Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird A’ Chuain
Julie FowlisI heard this song in the trailer of Pixar’s upcoming movie Brave. So I searched around the net and found the title and meaning.
This song is a Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) song. The song is beautiful. And if you read the meaning, it’ll be much more.
Below I’ll post the translation. And of course, the link to the original lyrics.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
My Love Is On the High Seas
On a quiet evening at the beginning of May
When the bat was in the skies
I heard a tearful young maiden
Singing beneath the shadow of the green branches
The sun was setting in the sea
And no stars yet graced the sky
When the young girl sang sorrowfully
"My love is on the high seas"
The night's dew began to fall
Each bloom yielding softly to the droplets
The wind blew in a fragrant breeze
Bringing life and renewal to each field
The girl tunefully sang her song
Quiet and peaceful like the June dew
And this chorus constantly repeated
"My love is on the high seas"
Day darkened and the stars shone
Setting their course amongst the clouds
The maiden sat, burdened by her sadness
Her singing could not have been more soothing
I moved closer to the young woman
Singing of her love sailing on the sea
Oh sweet was her sad lament
"My love is on the high seas"
The music enticed me
Nearer to the brown-haired maiden of the warm eyes
And she prayed to the King of Heaven
"Protect my love on the high seas"
Her heart was breaking with love
When I took her by the hand
"Wipe your eyes, your love is safe
I have returned to you from the high seas."———————————————————————————————————-
Sorry I haven’t been updating recently. Nothing Disney has happened to tumblr about.
BUT~!
Last night was my Senior Prom.
Naturally, I went, but not without adding something my dress.
Yep! I Mickey-fied my dress and wore my Mickey Mouse necklace as usual.
I had to make my dress “me” to be more comfortable.
And that’s me and Lumiere.
