Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Random Video of the Day



Scary Movie 3 scene. "Cindy the news is on...Cindy, the TV is leaking"

Love this scene have always thought it was hilarious for some reason. Came up this morning again at work with a coworker Cyndy, as I recited line's from this clip to her after she said something was leaking lol.

Quote of the Day

"Sing Loud! Just in case someone is listening"
-Patti Labelle, American Singer and Actress


Monday, July 13, 2015

Song of the Day

Title: Honey, I'm Good
Artist: Andy Grammer


Relatively new song, I'm sure everyone has heard it at this point. Great beat, very catchy. Even better message: DON'T CHEAT

Andy Grammer

Quote of the Day


"I can hardly recognize a blessing in disguise except when it is bestowed upon someone else"
- Robert Lynd, American Sociologist


i.e - Realize how much you have




Friday, July 10, 2015

Song of the Day

Title: Walkashame
Artist: Meghan Trainor


New type of post, song of the day. Heard this on her album and it is one of my favorite songs, funny and has a great beat. I love how her music has a 50's feel.

Meghan Trainor

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Once Upon a Time 1x02: The Thing You Love Most

The second episode of the series focuses on one of my favorite characters, Regina, and what it took for her to cast a curse to bring all these characters to our land. While in modern day develops a rivalry between her and her adoptive son Henry's birth-mother Emma Swan. The dynamic between Emma and Regina is beyond without a doubt my favorite on the show. Regina especially grows to be one of the most complex characters on the show. This second episode alone gives you more on who she is and what exactly she has sacrificed in an attempt to move forward.

Quote of the episode: Regina/Emma: "You have no idea what I'm capable of"



The curse requires many ingredients, and Regina (the evil queen) had thought she had them all, but one item did not suffice. She visited Rumplestiltskin; who also grows to be another one of the most complex characters on the show. He is the man who gave her the curse, she visits him to find out what she did wrong. She tells him she sacrificed the heart of her childhood steed, and he laughs at her and says "this is the curse to end all curses you thing the heart of a horse will do" and that "great power requires great sacrifice" and tells her she must sacrifice the heart of the thing she loves most. She realizes what it is and he asks her how far she is willing to go, she says as far as it takes. Everything with Rumple comes with a price, and the cost for this information was that he will have a comfortable life in this new land, and Regina would have to heed his every request so long as he says 'Please'.


As you can see in the above clip, the thing Regina loves most is her father, who has always stood by her side. She is willing to sacrifice him, to use his heart in order to achieve her revenge/happiness. 

The flashback ends with Regina going to her fathers grave saying "I love you daddy" and we see on his grave that his name was Henry; and that's where young Henry got his name, by Regina honoring her father.

When I saw this, I jumped back in seat and gasped, and to this day when I see it, I get goosebumps because I cannot even imagine ever doing anything like this to achieve something I want. The grass isn't always greener on the other side, especially when you are doing something that cannot be undone. 

Meanwhile in present day Storybrooke, Regina sees Emma as a threat and is trying to get her to leave town. She frames her and has her arrested. Then Emma comes back at Regina by cutting a branch off her prized apple tree. These are two very driven women who will fight to protect the thing they love, and for both of them Henry is all they have. People can be driven when they are fighting for themselves, but they are capable of so much more when they are fighting for someone or something that they care for.

The episode ends with Mr Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) walking in on Regina picking up the pieces of her tree Emma cut down. Regina asks him who Emma is, and he tells her he would think she knows exactly who Emma is. Regina pushes for the information but Mr Gold, exits by saying "I suggest you excuse me, please". It is at this point where you start to wonder if Gold knows anything of his life before the curse, and if so how much, or if that please was just a per chance request.

The Thing You Love Most is one of my favorite episodes of the series as it is a kick point for the show and introduces many things. You learn that Mary Margaret, Henry's teacher (Snow White) gave him the book, and when Emma hears this she realized 'hey wow, there is a .001% chance this woman could be my mother', but then writes it off. We learn of Gold's relationship with Regina. We learn what exactly she had to sacrifice to enact the curse, and saw what Regina was willing to sacrifice to do it. Most importantly, this episode is the start of a great rivalry between Regina and Emma.



Quote of the Day

"We learn geology the morning after the earthquake."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer & philosipher



i.e - Hindsight is always 20/20, you learn more or say woulda/coulda/shoulda after the damage is done or time has passed.