This started out as a Facebook post, but I thought it would work better as a blog post.
My Heart belongs to one, and one alone. Many of you do not know him, and I wish you did. He is the most wonderful person I have had the pleasure to meet, and we have been inseparable since. He holds my heart, and everything that comes with it. I share with him my thoughts, my feelings, my secrets, my fears, and my dreams. There is not enough I could say about him. I love him.
This is not meant to be a bragging post. Everyone has someone like this as well. Whether it be a significant other, a wonderful friend, a parent, or a pet, you have someone. I have seen way too many girls and guys talking about the person they care so much about. While I'm happy for them, I don't agree with pushing that into everyone's faces who might be missing a loved one, family member, or friend.
If you've never seen those types of posts, then you are very lucky indeed. They go something along the lines of "I have the best boy/girl friend in the world!", "Oh my goodness! It's late and my guy isn't home yet. I miss him so much!" Or, the worst in my opinion, are the people who write back and forth on each other's walls, "I love you babe!" with the reply, "I love you too sugar!". While the occasional "I love you" is sweet and thoughtful, there are a few people who do it A LOT and get annoying enough that I am tempted to write on their wall "Get a room".
But the truth is, I know I'd do the exact same thing if mine was here. If he was in the same state, same town, same house. I'm bitter because mine is hundreds of miles away. I'm lonely, and seeing everyone else being so happy with their guy or gal right there makes me envious. I have to be patient and strong until the day comes when I can, at last, be in his arms again. And tell the world, finally, how happy I am.
Hello one and all! It has been forever since I last blogged and I feel like the time is right to post a new one. I am currently sitting at the Auraria Campus library. Why did I call it that and not the UCD campus? Because the Auraria campus holds about 3 colleges I think? The UCD school, the metro, and a community college. This place is huge and is quite a work out that's for sure.
I got here a little before 1pm and just now finished walking around the Tivoli Center. It houses the student union, and in my opinion is the most important building on campus. It also has the most character and charm. I have only seen 3 of the 5 floors as you have to ride a certain elevator to get to the 4th and 5th floor. There are a few spooky spots in the building. One is the dead basement where no one goes. There was supposed to be a no trespassing sign I think, as I mistakenly walked down there only to sharply turn around and hurry out as it gave me the creeps. There are also a few sections of the building where I was certain I would get lost but thankfully I did not.
There is one room that I am sure to spend much of my time. I don't remember the name of it off the top of my head, maybe a den of some kind, that is a place strictly for quite time. I didn't say quiet study as I saw a few people curled up on some of the couches and chairs clearly passed out. I love the thought of a place that really is quiet and peaceful as I sadly find that most libraries, on campus or not, are no longer the quiet placces they used to be. AKA study groups which doesn't bug me at all.
I know that this is only one of the many buildings located on campus but it is one not devoted to classrooms and is very social, thus making it free and open to explore without many questions. I would like to look around at the other buildings here but feel that I might be asked what I'm looking for when I'm really just browsing. Sure this may be harmless but on the back of the bathroom stall doors there are notices warning against stalking and I don't want to look like one if I can help it.
I did meet a few people and one was kind enough to give me her opinion of local apartments, having lived here all of her life. I found her informatin extremely helpful and hope to talk with her more in the future.
Despite my lack of sleep and the crappy traffic I fought coming up here, I have really enjoyed myself and hope to come back sooner than later. Not only a visitor, but a resident of this fine city.
I have a theory that your close friends are closer to you than your family. For me this statement rings true over several years of reminiscing. Is this a good thing? Most likely not, but a fact I have come to terms with. You can't choose your family. So why every ten years are you expected to get together and have fun with people you might not even get along with? But your friends, the one's you've taken years (or months) to get to know and love, would be your people of choice to meet up with. I'm sorry if this seems a bit down, but trust me when I say I'm not trying to be. There are of course family members that we love and care for a great deal and love seeing, if not everyday. My mother for example. At times of course she drives me up the wall but I wouldn't change her for anything else. She's been my closest family member, and is very loyal.
But to my closest friends, I want to thank you for being my constant life savers. You keep me from drowning more than you know. And I hope to see you all very soon.
Disney's California Adventure was a stretch from the start. Trying to bring California into the state of the same name? Most people you asked back when it first opened, and on until the recent changes, didn't care for the park. And I guess I can't blame them. But for me, I always loved the park.
My first memory of the park was back in the first year they started construction. Disney was tearing down the parking lot closest to Disneyland, and I fondly remember there being a yellow spiral next to the area that was made as a "preview" of the new park. A few years went by and I returned to Disneyland, complete with it's new neighbor. Still being fairly young, no older than 12 at the time, DCA was big and exciting for me. Soarin' Over California, Grizzly River Rapids, California Screamin', and Mullholand Madness all topped my go to attractions. I loved the music around the pier and over by the Orange Stinger. I pretty much enjoyed every inch of the park.
But I knew that it wasn't to the Disney standard even then. At the time it didn't matter much to me, but I still had a feeling about it. The new expansion looks like a great way to make an already good park GREAT. I'm most excited about the Little Mermaid attraction. As a Disney Princess fan, I'm excited to take a trip into one of their lands! Carsland also looks exciting, but isn't that appealing to me since I didn't really care for the movie it takes after. But it does look fun, especially the race ride that resembles my EPCOT favourite, Test Track.
I loved the "postcard" entrance to the park but am thrilled about the new one as well. Though I do agree it looks a lot like the one in Hollywood Studios at WDW. The Trolly will be a fun ride if done right (and people know when to get out of it's way) and will be a nice way to take a mini break as it travels towards the ToT. As I mentioned before I love Mullholand Madness and am liking what I see so far for Goofy's Sky School. I will see World of Color eventually! I know I will! But until then, YouTube works for now.
I hope you all are having a good week! I'll catch you all later!
Kiki
I mean to do a blog once a day about something I did or found interesting. So oops on missing yesterday!
But I did finish Epic Mickey today! (Technically I finished it right before the half time of the Super Bowl but who's counting?) I'd say spoiler alert, but there's nothing really to spoil. The ending can change based on what you do in the game, so it's unique to each gamer. I personally liked my ending. It was 95% good and 5% bad. The bad was because of what happened in my last mini rant post. Do I feel satisfied with the game and have a sense of completion? No, not really. For one thing, you can't get everything unless you play the game twice and use the opposite method than you did before. There are certain pins and other things that you can get using Paint, and the same with Thinner. Also, the world of Disney and all of his wonderful creations is almost endless, so the company has a good supply of possibilities for a spin off or sequel. Do I think they should? Eh, I have mixed feelings on that one.
One spin off I would like to maybe see is Minnie meeting Ortensia. I love Mickey, but I'd like to see others in the Fab 5 get some attention too.
SPOILER ALERT If you don't want anything Epic Mickey related spoiled for you, don't read this post!
As a gamer and Disney fan, I knew that I had to play Epic Mickey at least once. I bought the regular game, not special collectors edition, along with the guide about a week later. Some people don't like getting the guide calling it cheating, but for me, I see it as an opportunity to experience the game to the fullest as I know I can get pretty hot headed if I don't know what to do or miss something. Horrible right?
Well I just want to go off on a mini rant of a recent experience while playing Epic Mickey. And since the section I'm in is near the end of the game, I felt a spoiler warning was needed. I decided to pick this game up after not playing it for about a month. I started in the library and made my way to the ballroom. I went through the first time and helped fix the organ (which took only a few tries) and was nearly done when I noticed a gremlin on the pipes of the organ. I took the guide books suggestion and used all my remaining anvils to try and reach the little dude. Quickly running out of them and still wanting to reach the guy, I restarted the game thinking that it would keep the good ending (helping the organ) but reset the anvils. It did, but also reset the good ending so I had to do the challenge again which I didn't mind.
After I finished the mini game I accidentally erased one of the keys. The organ shouted at me that the keys were his very soul and that I would feel his wrath if I continued. intrigued, and knowing that I could restart if I did something "evil" I continued to erase the organs keys one by one. And yeah, the organ was NOT happy, and sent a new Beetleworx that I had never seen before, not to mention blocking my path up the pipes that I had worked hard to clear. I laughed and restarted the game to renew my "good" side.
To my surprise, and utter disappointment, the game chose to keep the BAD side of what I did. Yes I know I did it to myself but this is not the first time that the games inconsistency has cost me.
Back tracking a little, in Ostown, there are several things that need to be painted and thinned out to continue with your journey. After painting and thinning for a good amount of time, I left Ostown to go back to Mean Street, only to find all of my hard work undone. Fast forwarding to Lonesome Manor, I was in the Library with Madame Leona and was nearly done with everything when my health points dwindled and I "died" (don't think that's the right term but oh well!). Once back in the library ALL of my work was gone. It's nothing a few minutes couldn't fix, but it was still irritating to say the least.
So now I'm in the ballroom, staring in disbelief that 1, I now have to spend 1000 E Tickets to get Donald torso (A reward from the ghost in Bog Easy that wanted Mickey to appease the organ) and fight a Beetleworx that doesn't seem to want to go away anytime now. And last but not least, I still can't reach the gremlin that started it all.
Gah! Good morning world! Or as I'd love to say, GOOD NIGHT!! I'm not sure how many of you would agree, but I find it very annoying looking at the clock and realizing that not only is it PAST the usual bed time that I'm used to (which has recently been 5am) but past the time that I would be getting up for the day if I was going to school. Aint it lovely? I know it's my own issue and no I don't suffer any sleeping problems per say, I just have bad time management.
I just finished watching a Korean Drama series based off of one of my favorite manga's. (And yes this is nothing Disney related, but in the description I point out that there would be occasional rants. This is one of many I'm sure. If you still read this blog after this wonderful entry, thank you in advance.) I'm having a love/hate relationship with the show, but everything aside, I can now check that off of my "to-do-list"/"bucket list".
And now, if my brain and whatever else will let me, I'd like to study the inside of my eyelids.Or, Disnified, I want to sail away to Lullaby Bay.
~Kiki~
Last time I just briefly gave a welcome. I want to expand on that a little bit.
Hi! I'm Kiki and am a Disney Geek of sorts. I help run Reedy Creek Radio, a great online radio station that plays Disney music from the parks and the movies. It's a lot of fun to listen to, and also has a chat room where you can join in Disney discussions all day long. Or, there is also a forum to discuss the latest and greatest in Disney news, or memories of the past.
I also co-host the Remember the Magic podcast. MarcRTM is the host, and on the show we discuss Disney and the parks in general. Marc is a wonderful person and has been very kind as I have been unable to be part of the last few episodes. Mark Silverman has been filling in for me and is another great friend and Disney fanatic.
Last but definitely NOT least is Audio Mirror FM. I am honored to say that I am a member of their amazing staff! Hope in England is the manager and creator of this wonderful station! I host Disney Delights on that station, but as of January of 2011 it's on hiatus. Not because I want to but life loves to get in the way of hobbies!
So that's it for right now. Have a magical weekend!!
I used to use this blog 4 years ago for a high school english class and totally forgot. So yay! This is just a test post and hope to post better items in the future!