Pop Musicals

Started off a quick morning with breakfast and a couple of Backyardigans episodes. Mountain cave kids Austin and Tasha invite valley dwellers Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua to their newest invention - the "Cave Party!" The trio come up with ways to get them their across the snow. Austin is excited to take part in his first "Race Around the World." Pablo, Uniqua, and Tyrone have each won a race before, but it's Austin who ends up teaching them the importance of being prepared. The trio are "Castaways" on a tropical island. Austin is there, too, but he's too shy to greet them. He helps them find the things they need around the island instead.

Work was very quiet for a weekend. There just isn't much going on right now. We're between holidays, the Super Bowl is next weekend, and the weather isn't supposed to get bad until Wednesday or Thursday. There was tons of help and not really a whole lot to do. The worst that happened was I had a hard time helping out with a big milk spill. Otherwise, I bagged, gathered baskets, did the inside trash, and shelved candy and loose items.

Went straight home after work to do a little bit of writing. Luke, Leia, and Hera suggest that the Rebels rob from rich nobles passing through. Some of the money will go to the poor of Nottingham, while the rest will be kept for King Bail's ransom. Han refuses to do it at first. He really needs to pay off Baron Du Hutt. He's about to leave when they're attacked...

Broke for dinner at 7. Had leftovers and cleaned up from them while watching two episodes of Good Eats. With all the popcorn I've been eating lately, I thought "Pop Art" was appropriate. I've tried Alton's method of popping popcorn, with a metal bowl covered in aluminum foil...and while that method did pop the kernels, it also burned the bottom of my pan. I think I'll stick to drizzling popcorn from a popcorn popper with butter and salt. "Pretzel Logic" makes a lot more sense. I might actually try that sometime, especially given how close we are to Philadelphia and their huge, soft pretzels straight off the street.

Finished the night with Frozen. With the cold weather in much of the US and the sequel coming out in late November, I figured this was the right time to finally cover Disney's biggest hit at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.

Frozen (2013)