Live From Chatham Square......

Gonna keep it short for now but gonna update tomorrow!

I am living at Chatham Square and I LOVE IT!!!!! Florida is really nice and I feel like am going to really enjoy these next few months :)

2 Weeks!!!!!!!!!!!

I officially have 2 weeks until I begin my Disney Internship :)

All the nay-sayers out there say that this isnt exactly a "real" internship, but I don't care what they think. This will be a GREAT experience for all who will be participating and people who have done it before seem to have really enjoyed their time at Disney. I frequent the DISboards website for the College Board, which has an ample amount of info about the College Program from multiple sources (current and former CPs in all roles). I get more and more excited everyday.

I believe I have everything necessary but I am going to double-check by the weekend. I may have a roomie (Yay!!!) so that's one thing I won't have to worry about when I get there. She seems really cool and so nice!

I am counting the days until I make my way to the Magic Kingdom and start Living, Learning, and Earning :)

27 Days!!!!!!!

I officially have 27 days until I check-in at Vista Way for my Disney College Program season. I am all smiles at this point (while typing lol) but can't really grasp the idea that I will be away from the only life I've known for 5 months. I feel like a highschool kid going away for college for the first time. No parents, no family or friends; just me, strangers, and Disney!

I think THE hardest part of me going away to Disney for the rest of the year will be that I will be away from my dad and my fiance'. My dad knows I need to branch out into the world (I do to....that's why I'm going! lol) and this seemed like the best way to get him (and myself I guess) prepped for the day when I really move out and become a productive citizen of the world. I will miss him and his crazy antics terribly but I am definitely going to call him everyday and send him postcards every so often. I am also going to miss my dear hubby (hubby to me, fiance' to the non-believers!). I have spent almost every day being with/talking to this man ever since the summer of 2007. Our lives are thoroughly intertwined but he is encouraging me to go this season without him (he couldn't do the program with me for various reasons....hopeful he still wants to one day so I can go seasonal (or do another CP) and join him ;) I fought going for as long as I could ( I seriously told him that I wasn't gonna do it; he gave me one of those parental looks lmao) and now the big day is upon us.

I still have more things to get but once I have everything, I am going to do what everyone else on the CP has/will do on the forums and groups and blogs....post a list of what they are bringing.

I cry when I get really happy and overcome with emotion. I wonder if I will cry come Aug 10-11??

LOL We'll see........

Have a magical day kiddies ;)

Shopping For Disney

Seems that I've been MIA for a while.....I'm Sorrraaay!

LOL!! Hello everyone. Sorry for the hiatus; life got hectic around the time of my last post (and nothing real big or interesting related to Disney happened that was worh posting). I was preparing to graduate while studying my butt off for finals, etc. I am happy to report that I graduated on May 6th 2010 with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Psychology :)

I've been actively pursing this hunt for a summer job (and possibly something I can have lined up for after my return in January) and that is about it. I have no car or other very reliable transportation to get out and do much. So...I should have a super toned bod ready to be shown off at the beaches in Florida lol.

More recently I have been able to get out and about, and this will ultimately include me going out to shop for Disney. I definitely need more shorts/capris and tops for those non and after work days, as well as a few more pieces for my Non-Costumed work days (business attire). I definitely need new luggage b/c what I have now will not get enough of my stuff down there; I need more room. At least that's what my dad says. I think he's right though; I hate packing as it is let alone using small bags to do it. I definitely need some casual summer shoes....these flip-flops I have now offer NO support whatsoever and will not work for 5+ more months of consecutive casualness SMH. I also need/want a netbook to keep in touch with my fam and friends via the net and upload pics for them to enjoy while I'm away. I know it can be hard when people you love move away (permanently and temporarily), so Facebook, Skype and emails will let my loved ones see me everyday even though I'm hundreds of miles away.



Time to spend some dinero; Hasta luego!

The Princess and The Frog

To keep things interesting on here until I start my program, I have decided to discuss some of my favorite Disney films of all time. Stay tuned, it will be fun :) lol

Anywho, I recently had the pleasure of viewing Disney's latest and in my opinion GREATEST 2D animated film : The Princess and the Frog

I was unfortunately unable to see this amazing creation while it was in theaters. Trust me, I had every intention on seeing it right from the day I heard it was due to come out. Like many within the African American community, I was excited for Disney to finally have a Princess that looked like us. It honestly never bothered me or changed my views about Disney because there wasn't a Black princess but shoot, they were actually doing it and I was glad!! lol

Now don't think that I am saying that this movie is the best because Tiana is African American and so am I. No.....I'm not that type to do that. I give praise when it's due and criticism when it needs to exist!

The Princess and the Frog centers on the story of Tiana, a young lady from Louisiana who dreams of one day owning and running her own restaurant: Tiana's Place. Tiana becomes closer than ever to having her dream come true when her wealthy best friend's father pays her a hefty fee to cater their masquerade in honor of Prince Naveen's arrival into town. Multiple problems ensue after Tiana is outbid for her restaurant space and when shady voodoo priest named Dr. Facillier decides to work his evil ways and change the haughty prince into a frog. Tiana, saddened by her turn of bad luck runs into yet another hit of bad luck when she kisses the frog prince, who assures her that he is a real prince who is under a spell and will help her get her restaurant back. Well......things don't quite go as planned. The kiss turns Tiana into a frog too!

From there, the two frogs get lost in the bayou trying to find Mama Odie--a nice old voodoo priestess to help reverse Dr. Facillier's spell. During their journey, Tiana and Prince Naveen make many new friends and teach each other things that neither would have experienced without meeting one another. The two amphibians eventually take a true liking to each other, even falling in love--without either willing to admit it at first.

The frogs and their new friends finally reach the city but find that it's too late for them to turn back into humans. Charlotte (Tiana's friend) kisses frog Naveen to break the spell but it doesn't work. Our two little green friends decide that life as frogs won't be as bad because of the love they share, and decide to marry. This love of theirs is so powerful and true that their first kiss as husband and wife breaks Dr. Facillier's spell. Tiana gets her prince and soon fulfills her dream of opening her restaurant. Great ending to a great movie.

I love it :)

Follow That Bird!!!

Okay, so I'm definitely not a bird and this definitely isn't Sesame Street lol but I think it's a catchy title!

I just wanted to take time to acknowledge my followers (all 7, my lucky number!! I'm the 8th so that doesn't really count lol) Thank you guys much for giving me an extra reason to keep my blog going. Now, I'm not just documenting my Disney experience for myself and any future wanderers who may happen to see; but I'm giving special people (Go CP's, wooo!!)something more to read lol

I enjoy all of your blogs, so I'm hoping you all are getting or will get something out of my blogging.

Have a Magical Day kiddos!!!


I'll be back tomorrow with some better reads (gotta go be a good student and do work!)

New Theme......

So.....unfortunately my plans of having a different Disney themed background every so often will not go through lol

Why you ask? Well, it's too much for one. I could barely find the one's I did have in the beginning and now the page that had my Little Mermaid background is messed up and that means my blog will just be blank with no background and my source of templates is gone :( Another part of the being too much aspect: having to change my text color on all my posts when I change templates. I'm procrastinating enough at school already, I won't even try to do all of that again!! lol This is the last time....at least until I find a simpler way of doing things

Oh well......on with the show.

I've decided on a new type of theme: a lovely, girly-type background that reminds me of one of my favorite Disney Classics of all time: Beauty and The Beast. It's by no coincidence that I do this today b/c I watched the movie this weekend (I was due for some quality Disney time and watched that and UP (congrats on the Oscar wins guys!!!) the beginning of the weekend.

This lovely pink, brown, and green schemed vintage rose background reminds me of Beauty and The Beast somehow. I guess because it has that vintagey romantic element to it. Also, remember the mystical rose from the story? Yeaaaah! lol I think that may have something to do with it too :)

Off to do homework and obliterate this darn procrastination. How do you other future CPs deal with this madness???