RachelNinja
Sometimes I'd rather live in VMK than in real life
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Art of Animation Tour: Cars
Instead of waiting around any longer for our bags and our drinks delivery, we decided to walk over to Art of Animation. Howard had actually taken pictures of the resort during our Christmas trip in 2012, but I had gotten a pretty nasty cold halfway into the trip. That meant I was stuck in the room because I was feeling so miserable! Never again will I ever want to go during Christmas especially if it means flying the night of the last day of school. My body just never had time to rest from the hectic first half of the school year. Anyway, I was definitely looking forward to seeing everything myself, but at the same time, I was a little nervous because I don't necessarily enjoy thing that are larger than life!
VIDEO: Disoriented at Pop
Clearly, I have no sense of direction as we walked out of our room, and I headed in the opposite direction, haha. I was also not used to holding the camera out and talking to it!
Once we started walking, I had to fix my sock and shoe because I had a little pebble in it. Howard had to document this, and I was cracking up because I'm standing there technically in Disney World removing my sock, and my husband has to snap pics!
I'm surprised I didn't topple over because I really don't have the best balance! When I'm just standing, I can just fall over at times. I'll blame it on my health conditions!
Sometimes Howard and I crack up when we see helicopters. When we were dating years ago, I had to go to the Museum of Jewish Heritage and write a paper for my "Intro to Judaism" class (I minored in Theology). He was a dear and was willing to go with me on a Sunday after church since we were in the city already. After we toured the museum and took a ton of notes, we spent some time outside even though it was rather chilly. It was around the time I started getting sick and not knowing what it was, so I was finally just enjoying some time without even thinking about it. I actually remember saying to him after a while, "I forgot I was sick!" We sat on these benches and just looked out at the water when a helicopter started flying above us, so we started joking that it was my dad in the helicopter watching us because we were kind of on a "date." Ever since then, helicopters are automatically a sign that either my dad is watching us or he has hired someone to follow us!
VIDEO: Walking from Pop to AoA
I had seen the Finding Nemo section when we had eaten at the AoA food court, so I was somewhat familiar with the area. Isn't it amazing that the Disney imagineers and animators can design these characters so that they look as if they have personalities? It would be so easy just making all of these minor fish characters in a cookie cutter fashion, but all the faces are different.
When I saw this striped purple fish, I immediately said, "PASTA FACE!" During one of our first trips together, Howard saw the Mickey pasta and pointed it out to me. I told him to hold it up so I could take a picture, and he made the funniest-looking smile without realizing it! Since then, we try to find the bag of pasta so he can take the "pasta face" picture on each trip. I just thought it was funny to see that the fish was making the "pasta face" too! And yes, there was one for this trip!
After a little bit of more walking, we came to the Cars section. This was definitely a sign made for me, haha. It totally describes just a portion of my life with less than stellar health!
Although Cars is definitely a movie that Howard enjoys, I've only watched it once from start to finish. I just didn't enjoy it as much as he did, but despite that, I have to say that seeing all the characters was really cool! I'm not the ultimate Disney fan in that I don't know the movies too well. My Disney love is more about the parks whereas Howard didn't get a chance to go to the parks every year as a kid the way I did, so he loves the movies. That means I had to actually had to ask Howard what the names of the characters were because I kept mixing them up. I'm not even going to bother captioning them here because I'm sure I'll get them wrong! Plus, it's more about the fact that Howard's pictures have greatly improved since our Disneymoon trip!
For the most part, when there are similar photos, I do post his first before posting mine. During our earlier trips, I kept thinking that there was no need for me to take pictures because I'd end up using his anyway. I would point things out to him to photograph, but sometimes they weren't the way that I had imagined it. So it took a trip or two to learn that it's okay if we take pictures of the same thing! Besides, it's not like we're using film and having to pay to develop them at the store! Haha, I do remember those days and when I finally bought my own camera and film when I was in high school. I can't even fathom how many rolls of film we'd have to purchase and bring for a Disney trip! Anyway, I tried to focus on close-ups and details since my camera could do more macro things if I wanted to, but I'm sure you can see that the quality of the photo is different.
How adorable that there are descriptions on the back of the postcards?!
We also learned over the trips we've enjoyed together that it's okay if we wander off on our own as long as we're in the same area. I know that sometimes he may have to wait a bit to set up the shot he wants. I don't mind waiting for him, but I feel that if I stand next to him, it might rush him. So we are fine going around and enjoying the details. That, of course, means that we take pictures of each other like this.
Oh, let me just say that Howard and I are both aware that his hair is rather funky on this first day! Haha, I think it was the wind since it was a January trip! It's a good thing that he's already got himself a girl, hehe. We say things like that to each other all the time. If I feel as if I'm looking extra frumpy when we go out, I go, "It's a good thing I'm already married because there'd be no way I'd attract anyone looking like this!"
Looking at this picture, I can't remember if I knew that I was propping my arm up or not, haha. Yes, I am a huge fan of how it makes my arm look thinner, but I was also wearing a long-sleeved waffle so does it even make a difference? Speaking of, I really need to get in the habit of actually going to the gym and working out. I really don't have an excuse since we have a gym in the basement of our apartment building! I just don't know if someone will be down there at the same time, and that would make me feel slightly uncomfortable since it's so quiet. But yeah, I would like to not have to prop my arm up when my cousin gets married in October!
(continued in next post)
Instead of waiting around any longer for our bags and our drinks delivery, we decided to walk over to Art of Animation. Howard had actually taken pictures of the resort during our Christmas trip in 2012, but I had gotten a pretty nasty cold halfway into the trip. That meant I was stuck in the room because I was feeling so miserable! Never again will I ever want to go during Christmas especially if it means flying the night of the last day of school. My body just never had time to rest from the hectic first half of the school year. Anyway, I was definitely looking forward to seeing everything myself, but at the same time, I was a little nervous because I don't necessarily enjoy thing that are larger than life!
VIDEO: Disoriented at Pop
Clearly, I have no sense of direction as we walked out of our room, and I headed in the opposite direction, haha. I was also not used to holding the camera out and talking to it!
Once we started walking, I had to fix my sock and shoe because I had a little pebble in it. Howard had to document this, and I was cracking up because I'm standing there technically in Disney World removing my sock, and my husband has to snap pics!
I'm surprised I didn't topple over because I really don't have the best balance! When I'm just standing, I can just fall over at times. I'll blame it on my health conditions!
Sometimes Howard and I crack up when we see helicopters. When we were dating years ago, I had to go to the Museum of Jewish Heritage and write a paper for my "Intro to Judaism" class (I minored in Theology). He was a dear and was willing to go with me on a Sunday after church since we were in the city already. After we toured the museum and took a ton of notes, we spent some time outside even though it was rather chilly. It was around the time I started getting sick and not knowing what it was, so I was finally just enjoying some time without even thinking about it. I actually remember saying to him after a while, "I forgot I was sick!" We sat on these benches and just looked out at the water when a helicopter started flying above us, so we started joking that it was my dad in the helicopter watching us because we were kind of on a "date." Ever since then, helicopters are automatically a sign that either my dad is watching us or he has hired someone to follow us!
VIDEO: Walking from Pop to AoA
I had seen the Finding Nemo section when we had eaten at the AoA food court, so I was somewhat familiar with the area. Isn't it amazing that the Disney imagineers and animators can design these characters so that they look as if they have personalities? It would be so easy just making all of these minor fish characters in a cookie cutter fashion, but all the faces are different.
When I saw this striped purple fish, I immediately said, "PASTA FACE!" During one of our first trips together, Howard saw the Mickey pasta and pointed it out to me. I told him to hold it up so I could take a picture, and he made the funniest-looking smile without realizing it! Since then, we try to find the bag of pasta so he can take the "pasta face" picture on each trip. I just thought it was funny to see that the fish was making the "pasta face" too! And yes, there was one for this trip!
After a little bit of more walking, we came to the Cars section. This was definitely a sign made for me, haha. It totally describes just a portion of my life with less than stellar health!
Although Cars is definitely a movie that Howard enjoys, I've only watched it once from start to finish. I just didn't enjoy it as much as he did, but despite that, I have to say that seeing all the characters was really cool! I'm not the ultimate Disney fan in that I don't know the movies too well. My Disney love is more about the parks whereas Howard didn't get a chance to go to the parks every year as a kid the way I did, so he loves the movies. That means I had to actually had to ask Howard what the names of the characters were because I kept mixing them up. I'm not even going to bother captioning them here because I'm sure I'll get them wrong! Plus, it's more about the fact that Howard's pictures have greatly improved since our Disneymoon trip!
For the most part, when there are similar photos, I do post his first before posting mine. During our earlier trips, I kept thinking that there was no need for me to take pictures because I'd end up using his anyway. I would point things out to him to photograph, but sometimes they weren't the way that I had imagined it. So it took a trip or two to learn that it's okay if we take pictures of the same thing! Besides, it's not like we're using film and having to pay to develop them at the store! Haha, I do remember those days and when I finally bought my own camera and film when I was in high school. I can't even fathom how many rolls of film we'd have to purchase and bring for a Disney trip! Anyway, I tried to focus on close-ups and details since my camera could do more macro things if I wanted to, but I'm sure you can see that the quality of the photo is different.
How adorable that there are descriptions on the back of the postcards?!
We also learned over the trips we've enjoyed together that it's okay if we wander off on our own as long as we're in the same area. I know that sometimes he may have to wait a bit to set up the shot he wants. I don't mind waiting for him, but I feel that if I stand next to him, it might rush him. So we are fine going around and enjoying the details. That, of course, means that we take pictures of each other like this.
Oh, let me just say that Howard and I are both aware that his hair is rather funky on this first day! Haha, I think it was the wind since it was a January trip! It's a good thing that he's already got himself a girl, hehe. We say things like that to each other all the time. If I feel as if I'm looking extra frumpy when we go out, I go, "It's a good thing I'm already married because there'd be no way I'd attract anyone looking like this!"
Looking at this picture, I can't remember if I knew that I was propping my arm up or not, haha. Yes, I am a huge fan of how it makes my arm look thinner, but I was also wearing a long-sleeved waffle so does it even make a difference? Speaking of, I really need to get in the habit of actually going to the gym and working out. I really don't have an excuse since we have a gym in the basement of our apartment building! I just don't know if someone will be down there at the same time, and that would make me feel slightly uncomfortable since it's so quiet. But yeah, I would like to not have to prop my arm up when my cousin gets married in October!
(continued in next post)
I would love to make it out to AoA one day.
(But they were happy tears!)
