#this was my fave movie before watching band of brothers and havent watched it in so long

[satellitespeirs]

rewatching saving private ryan while in the height of a band of brothers fixation is exhausting. i have been squealing at every reference to the 101st and carentan and mutual military references surrounding d-day (which is, like, the entire plot) and just can't stop my brain from trying to work out where my easy boys are and what they're doing simultaneous to it all

[morishiges]

long post abt nothing. thinking abt my teen years.

something that interests me is how teens today even find the music/shows i liked when i was a teen and still it seems new to them and they like it

mcr, evanescence and linkin park and other typical emo bands were NEW bands when i was a kid. i was born before they were even formed. so it was easy to grow up with it. and the anime i watched was still airing on tv so that was easy to get into too.

old movies and anime were easy to get into cus they were referenced enough to find them elsewhere. some movies i had to get lucky and hope they played a rerun on tv or else i'd never see it. there's still classic movies i havent seen cus of the effort i have to go thru just to do that.

i dont even watch anime anymore cus if it's not on hulu/easily accessible sites i just cba torrenting/using unofficial anime sites cus they all suck and i watch everything on my phone cus i get One pop-up that slips thru my adblocks and it fucks up my comp. it's less evil on mobile but still too aggravating to deal with so if it's not an anime im familiar with i just wont touch it.

manga is easier to access so i will read those at least.

ANYWAY what i wanna know is how kids today find this stuff now. the internet i guess makes it easier to access but i just wonder like. it's old enough to see enough ppl call it all cringe and embarrassing so i just wonder.

i've seen ppl claim nostalgia from talking on ppl on fucking K.I.K?? A DATING APP FULL OF SEX BOTS??? WHY ARE KIDS ON THERE?

i guess it's all just word of mouth? i just figure since the internet is so cynical it's funny teens today like the same things i did as a teen cus that stuff was still new but is old enough to be spat on now that we're older and have Refined Tastes (fuck u evanescence and linkin park are still faves to me!) is it a teenager thing?

THEY'RE EMO TOO IM LIKE. TBF EMO WAS A THING IN THE 80S IT JUST WASN'T WHAT WE CALLED IT IN 2005. i never associated with the emo label i hated it. i guess it's fun to say it now just not back then when it was an insult n ppl always asked "omg can i see ur wrists???" (dang dirty PREPS. FUK OF!!)

when my brother was in high school i learned ppl today don't even deal with the same cliques like i did. y'all dont got jocks preps emos and nerds ur just like. friends. and allowed to be friends. and not be made fun of for it. dang. at least here anyway.

[je0n]

question tag

Tagged by @xbaepsae tysm sweetheart!!! <333

how tall are you? 5′9/175ish cm

what color and style is your hair? i wear my hair down most of the time, it’s naturally a rly dull chocolatey brown and it’s usually pretty wavy but i straighten it a lot.. also i’ve been wanting to dye it forever possibly into a dark blond but i tried it once and i turned out fucking orange so for now im not eager to go through that trauma again.....,,..i had to dye my hair 3 times in the span of 24 hours to get the orange roots out it was horrendous

what color are your eyes? a greyish shade of green?? it’s not a very defined shade idk

do you wear glasses or contacts? yeah, glasses

what’s your fashion style? tbh most of the time you’ll see me strutting around in a pair of ripped jeans, converse, bomber or denim jackets and plaid or band shirts but i will wear anything i like and that i feel suits me well i guess? my most favorite items of clothing have to be shorts and dresses though, especially long sleeved, knee length dresses.. i also wear skirts quite a lot especially when it’s warm outside

when were you born? june 13 1996

how old are you? 20

do you have siblings? nope

what school do you go to? college

what kind of student are you? up until college i was pretty much a straight A’s student, especially during the earliest years in elementary school when i was supposed to be put into 3rd grade immediately instead of 1st 😰😰 i was quite advanced for my age i suppose... now i’m mostly about just passing LMAO but i do act like i don’t care about my grades when in reality it really bothers me when i get anything lower than, say, a B or something 😰😰😰😰

what are your favorite subjects? languages....just.......give me all that linguistic goodness

what are your favorite shows? GOODNESS i watch shows/dramas like i’m paid for it lmao... some of my favorite shows are the fresh prince of bel air, that 70s show, the flash, shadowhunters, supergirl, friends, gossip girl, the 100, mr robot, scream queens, stranger things.... and as for dramas goblin is one of my top faves but i also love cheese in the trap, dong yi, hwarang, she was pretty, love in the moonlight, scarlet heart.....

what are your favorite movies? anything with colin firth especially kingsman: the secret service, blue is the warmest color, imagine me & you, carol, 500 days of summer, now you see me, hp, thg, divergent, the maze runner, percy jackson (im a hoe for ya dystopian/mythological fiction novels), inception, anything marvel, dc as well, the devil wears prada, miss congeniality, mean girls, star trek, star wars, perks of being a wallflower, pretty much anything disney, hugo, the imitation game, love rosie, me before you, the martian.............

what are your favorite books? again ya dystopian novels are my thing... hush hush series, hp, divergent, thg, percy jackson, the maze runner....... i also love the shadowhunters series, anything by haruki murakami, science fantasy stuff such as a wrinkle in time, the great gatsby, etc. etc. unfortunately i havent been reading much or at all lately and im so incredibly saddened by the fact that i cant find the time to do it but i really need to get my hands on some good literature soon :(

what are your favorite pastimes? i love to eat 👀 and i also love learning languages and making edits

do you have any regrets? GOD YES

what is your dream job? anything that has to do with space...or travelling... or something regarding performing arts.... heck if i know

would you like to get married? i honestly don’t know, i feel like the concept of marriage is so vastly overrated and i just 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️  but who knows, maybe someday

do you want kids? how many? yeah i suppose, i’ve always wanted twins for some reason?? and i’m really fond of the idea of adopting a kid...or two

do you like shopping? uh yeah i suppose....sometimes i get rly bothered by having to try clothes on but other times i love it......the only constant is i hate trying on pants bc its such a fuckign drag

how many countries have you visited? just croatia im 😰😰😰😰 listen.../.,.,..,../, i just wanna travel...everYwHeRe

what was your scariest dream? i get these on a regular basis since my anxiety is truly terrible so idk i couldnt just pick one but yeah they can get pretty scary

do you have enemies? idk lmao??? mayhaps??????

do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? um..,... i wish

put your phone on shuffle. post the first 15 songs:

supersoaker - kings of leon

before the worst - the script

fourfiveseconds - rihanna/kanye/paul mccartney

dream money - yoongi

모르나봐 - brother su/soyou

better than i know myself - adam lambert

먼 길 - park seojun

colors - halsey

american idiot -5sos

good for you (int. ver.) - eric nam

i was me - imagine dragons

pompeii - bastille

if you (cover) - jk

fantastic baby - bigbang

someone like you (cover) - tae

Tagging: @metamorphxgus, @velvetjjks, @sugarsmin, @vitaminjin, @jungkoog, @myg-pjms, @bstmvs, @bahpsae, @hoseokskitten, @bwiboo, @2seoke, @2awake, @taejikoookx, @parkjiminer & anyone else who wants to do this!!!

[itdisneymatter]

Day 01 - Magic Kingdom

Instead of a summary this time around, I'll try to sum up the day in a few words and sentences with a TLDR (too long; didnt read). Mostly to save me from repeating myself too much but also means you can skip on me droming on about nothing.

So the TLDR for today: Magic Kingdom. Custom t-shirts. Magic Bands. Really worth it. Got a good few rides in and hit 2 out of 3 of the mountains. Went for lunch at Belle's castle. Hot, hot, hot. Seen the 3pm parade. Missed out on a few rides but we'll get them in on a return. Everyone really enjoyed it and kicked the holiday off really well. Didnt hit dinner till late. Caught in a thunderstorm on the way home. Soaked.

And now...

First things first, or is that now second. Anyway,  I may have missed one or two details in my less than awake state which had an impact on todays events. We had planned, all going well, that we would head to Disney Springs (previously Downtown Disney) to get some Magic Bands - a watch-y thing that replaces your park ticket making it easier for Fast Passes and the like. With all the delays and the tiredness of yesterday it just wasnt a thing we were able to do. Ah well, best laid plans and all that. It meant however that we now had to try and pick them up when we hit the park today, pushing out our plans slightly. 

Some of us got personalised t-shirts made up (with our name and a specially selected Disney character), so today was a perfect opportunity to wear them.  We skipped on breakfast, and didnt have any bottled water to make a coffee (normally eek but ok for this morning, strangely). Not too hungry anyway so headed to my mum and dad's hotel to pick them up. They are in the same hotel as my sister, so its really convenient as a meet up point as my brother was picking them up in his car and its between both of our hotels. We were pretty spot on time for it being the first day so off we set for Magic Kingdom.

Parked up and within five minutes we stumbled upon a wee gift shop that sold Magic Bands - woohoo!  They have different colours and design so Ann picked up a nice wee 45th Anniversary Limited edition number. Patrick went for Sorcerers Apprentice (to match his tshirt.) Robert went for Up (to match his tshirt AAAND favourite Disney movie). Grace went for Orange Bird, who is a wee orange bird (funnily enough) who used to appear is old, Disney animations. We picked up a cup one time on the first visit to Disney (in 2013) and that cup had Orange Bird on it, and Grace has had an affinity with the character ever since. I went for Aladdin. Mum and Dad picked some funky coloured bands and we headed off to the park entrance. Spotted some of the other party (the ones in the second car) in their custom t-shirts so sped up to meet them just in time to board the ferry to the Magic Kingdom entrance. Tshirts already coming in handy with finding peeps, so colour matching tees in the way to go for future outings I think! Ferry was lovely and all of the kids were getting really excited.

So me trying to Facebook Live the Magic Kingdom entry was a complete and utter failure. I didnt even know how to start the thing - I should be as ashamed, calling myself a techie. Though I did get slightly reprimanded taking my phone out as they had a no selfie policy at security, prior to going in. He had a gun, so I pretty much did what he said and put my phone away. I fell back on my trusty Go-Pro (that I havent used since last time, but how hard can it be, right?). Video to follow as my laptop is ancient and I can barely run wordpad nevermind a full 1080p video clip. 

Full of smiles we headed in and once we stocked up on some water, a first visit badge for Emily and the others picked up their magic bands, we had 20 minutes to get to to our first fast pass - Splash Mountain in Frontier Land (good job I knew the way :P). Bypassed some rides as well as an opportunity to get Dole Whip (marked down on our initial plans), but we made the ride with 5 minutes to spare - phew!

Magic Kingdom Mountains 1 & 2... check!

Splash mountain. All of the family (save for my Mum, Alessio and Isabella) hit up the ride and it was AWESOME! Grace was quite panicky so was a little clingy (even though she'd been on it before) but Emily and Corrie both first timers absolutely loved it. And for our efforts, our first family ride photo! :D

Then we headed to Big Thunder straight after - ended up riding on my jack jones which was arite though as I go pro-ed the whole thing (our party's reactions, not the ride itself). We did also get a video for our memory maker which we have never had before but its a really fantasticly amazing this to have (even if the photographers does make you hold invisible fairies and set you up in a variety of cheesy poses).

On a role, we then hit Haunted Mansion, It's a Small World (GG's personal fave), Mickey's Philharmagic AND Peter Pan all before lunch. Not bad, for running an hour or so later off plan.

Be. Our. Guest!

Due to availability and a LOT of pre-planning, our wee family were the only ones booked in to Be Our Guest today. We said our goodbyes to the rest of the party and after arranging a meet up point and time we set off for a now, very much needed, lunch. We decided on some really nice menu choices, including a monster Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Barbequed Pulled Pork. The guys also got the infamous "Grey Stuff" for dessert, which seemed to be the kids favourite course of the day. However the star of the show for me was the French Onion Soup which was sublimely awesome (I'd eat this every day and I'm really really not a soup guy!).

We caught back up with the rest of the party after lunch just in time for the 3pm parade, which was only listed as a might-do due to time so really impressed we managed it. Time to get the zoom lens out! :D A side note on cameras - last time we were here I opted to take a reasonably good performing compact camera instead of my main SLR, for accessiblity purposes. While it was good, I always missed the feel and added control of my main camera, so this year its the exact opposite - Im gonna be a packhorse. Quality over comfort! The parade was really colourful and with the smaller kiddos were put up on shoulders so they had a perfect view (however I must add, its quite difficult to take quality photos through a 70-200mm lens mounted on a 5D with a flashgun, I'll have you know).

After cycling through most of the main Disney Princess movies in the Parade (except Frozen, which was kinda dissapointing, mainly as *I* wanted to see Elsa), Mickey and Mickey signed off the show to resounding cheers and waves and applause.

ROARRRRRRR!!!

A little time to go before our last listed Fast Pass of the Day - Seven Dwarves Mine Train, so we queued up for Enchanted Tales With Belle beforehand. The main premise is that kids (and some adults), volunteer to get chosen to reeact a little scene with Belle. For one of the main roles, The Beast, kids must roar their loudest and Grace got chosen! (though I shouldnt really be surposed by that). She was all chuffed and kept saying her and Robert had switched roles from last time with Robert now playing the part of the mighty steed Snaggleforp, or whatever the horses name is (its late and and I'm not going to google Belle's hor..., right fine... its Phillipe). Patrick, Robert, Corrie and Emily were also picked to be part of the show. Even Kevin was picked as a Knight in shining armor - which he played brilliantly (mostly it was about standing still, but still, brilliantly). They all got presented with a little bookmark as a small token, at the end for taking part.

By now, everyone was feeling a little drained so decided after Seven Dwarves that we would head for home and grab a bite to eat. We are going to be back at Magic Kingdom at least one other time when we can prioritize Tomorrowland, so everyone was on board. Seven Dwarves, I ended up on my own again after having lost my little sidekick Gracie (who opted out of the ride). I didn't mind though as I had my Gopro already to go again. I was slotted in on the first seat with a lady, who immediately asked my name and introduced herself (as Martha?... maybe, it was loud and after two attempts of saying 'what' you just need to go along with it). She just started chatting away all through the ride. In fact, just today loads of people just started up full blown convo's with me out of the blue - I mustve been rocking a approachable/chatterbox vibe in my backward facing hat and camera loadout. Those of you who know me, know me as anything but (listen I try, but I'm the first to admit I'm pretty terrible with words and interesting conversation at times). That being said, it was great to chat with so many different people around the world and just goes to show how friendly and amazing this place really is.

A wee cheeky ride on the Speedway for a few folk, a quick tee shirt pic in front of the castle and we headed home.

An absolutely amazing day with Splash mountain being the clear favourite for most of the kids. And although we missed out on a section or two, we still got loads of rides in and everyone was content with general flow how the day. With everyone on the same wavelength I think its gonna make this holiday a really magical one (sorry for the being soppy, Im getting tired, but we're nearly there).

Thunder and Lightning, very very frightening.

Michael & Sarah-Jane decided to grab some dinner and get an early night so we said our goodbyes for the day. We headed out to the shop after getting back to the hotel to grab so Beers and water (in order of priority obvs), as well as a few other bits and pieces. We then met up with my Mum, Dad, Kev, Pauline and Emily to go for a bite to eat (I just realised I havent formall introduced everyone in the party, Ill get around to that tomorrow, promise). With it being a Saturday most places were pretty packed and after checking out a few places (unsuccessfully), we ended up in Johnny Rockets (which Robert pointed out was where we went the second night the last time after failing to find a place - kids memorys are scary at times). We got seated but the service was SLOOOOOW! I can fault our waitress too much though, she brought me over a freee refill pretty much as soon as I finished my first drink. It instantly reminded me of Steve Buchemi's in that infamous Diner scene at the beginning of  Reservoir Dogs...

Mr. Pink: Look, I ordered coffee, alright? And we been here a long *bleeping* time and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee I want it filled six times.

Ok, so it wasnt six times, it was one time, and it wasnt coffee (mmm coffee, I really shoulda went with coffee now that I think about it), but it was the single good thing about the service and one that warranted the tip even if it didnt meet Mr. Pink's stringent tipping criteria.

I actually haven't had an appetite since those prissy little sammiches on the plane. Even at Belle's castle and I wasnt particulary hungry even when we sat down at Johnny Rockets. But hey, do they mak a mean burger! Opted for a Smokehouse, which included some Bacon-y goodness and crispy onion rings - good stuff and nearly worth the wait, nearly... but then again it was a long wait. So the whole experience was fairly ok but then it took a big huge nose dive to round off the night...

When we left the restaurant,  its was bucketing it down. I know coming from Scotland we should be used to a little rain, but this was torrential, and we got huge flashes & bangs of thunder and lightening thrown in, in good measure. Big Rain as Grace so eloquently put it (shes just brilliant with words). Our hotel was right across the road, which was handy, but we had to leave the other guys to struggle to their hotel which was pretty much a mile away :( 

Ok, I'm delivering this really late and have no time to edit so apologies, I must try harder during the day in future. The images are also taking an age to download, so might not have all the ones I want in by the time this goes up, though Ill try to add more later in maybe a weekly slideshow or something. See you tomorrow for Day 02 - Epcot which will which will likely being unofficially subtitled - Battling The Storm!