I’ll tell you why I signed up for the Princess Half Marathon Weekend Fairytale Challenge this year. It wasn’t the featured princesses – it was the addition of the Disney villains. Yes, it’s Princess Week, but let’s take things in an alternate direction, shall we? IT’S GOOD TO BE BAD I know I’m not alone in this. It’s hardly...
Continue readingThoughts While Watching: Walt Disney On What’s My Line? (1956)
My Thoughts While Watching posts are all about reacting to old Disney media with new eyes, so by now, I’m sure you’re used to my vintage video finds. But this time, are you ready to go waaay vintage? Good, because today’s series entry is what is known in the bygone parlance as a humdinger. Remember that scene in 101...
Continue reading101 Dalmatians, One Dalmatian Disneybound
After dipping my toes into my first proper Disneybound a few months ago, I’m back with an all-new 101 Dalmatians-inspired outfit! Guys, 101 Dalmatians was my JAM when I was a little kid. It came out over two decades before I was born, but I didn’t care. Ariel and Belle were great and all, but they couldn’t compete with...
Continue readingHappy Friday: We’ll Have A Dalmatian Plantation
Where our congregation can roam! In this demarcation Our whole aggregation Will love our plantation home! Anyway, here’s a joke about a completely different song in the movie for which I don’t fully have the lyrics memorized: Don’t forget, you can follow FRoA on Twitter @fairestrunofall and on Instagram @fairestrunofall. If you have any questions or thoughts, leave a comment or email fairestrunofall@gmail.com. See ya real...
Continue readingThe Fairest Week In Review: 7/18
Hellllo again! I am back from the beach. I ran. I read. I didn’t get bitten by bedbugs, although Pat thinks maybe he was? We’re still parsing that out. It was a good time, anyway. Hang on for a two-week workout recap! Sunday, July 2 | ran 7.29 miles outside in 1:20 Monday, July 3 | walked 2.13 miles...
Continue readingHappy Friday: We’ll Have A Dalmatian Plantation…
Where our congregation can roam In this demarcation Our whole aggregation Will love our plantation home! P.S. Fifteen spotted puddles stolen? Oh, balderdash. Don’t forget, you can follow FRoA on Twitter @fairestrunofall and on Instagram @fairestrunofall. If you have any questions or thoughts, leave a comment or email fairestrunofall@gmail.com. See ya real soon!...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn Considers Disney Movies Across Generations
My ballet teacher recently purchased a CD of piano arrangements of Disney songs that we sometimes use for class. It’s such a new recording that it includes a rendition of Frozen‘s “Let It Go.” My teacher tells me that whenever she plays this in her kindergarten-age pre-ballet class, they ALL immediately begin singing the lyrics and complain when she...
Continue readingSquirtgun To Your Head: Favorite Disney Movie When You Were A Kid?
JENN: Squirtgun To Your Head time! What was your favorite Disney movie when you were a little kid? MOON: How little are we talking? JENN: I’d say… younger than ten. Whatever you watched most often in your single-digit years. MOON: Mary Poppins. WELL Most often? Maybe Bedknobs and Broomsticks. WELL JENN: Oh my… MOON: Okay, going with Mary Poppins....
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