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21. Disney cartoon show marathon
On the last weekend of December, I decided to start this marathon! I began with the new series of DuckTales. I'd been wanting to watch it for a while now, especially because David Tennant voices Scrooge McDuck. I was immediately charmed by it and watched every episode in its three season run (all 75).
There was still time left in my holiday weekend, so I watched a few episodes of shows from my childhood: Gummi Bears, Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, and Darkwing Duck. The shows were not as great as I remembered them, but that might be also because I was comparing them to the reboot of DuckTales with its more modern storylines and much better animation. Still, I did love them all, and it was so great to watch a few episodes of them all.
My FAVORITE thing was, however, that the new DuckTales show has some mention or overlap with all of these shows from my childhood. They were little in-jokes (or BIG in-jokes) that people from my generation would have picked up on that kids these days wouldn't have. I laughed so much over some of them. Oh, I also loved hearing Lin-Manuel Miranda voice one of the characters! Definitely so happy to have finally seen that whole series. It was a fun Disney show-filed weekend!
I fell behind in logging my accomplishments on this blog. I'm catching up in February 2024 and backdating entries to keep my records consistent.
On the last weekend of December, I decided to start this marathon! I began with the new series of DuckTales. I'd been wanting to watch it for a while now, especially because David Tennant voices Scrooge McDuck. I was immediately charmed by it and watched every episode in its three season run (all 75).
There was still time left in my holiday weekend, so I watched a few episodes of shows from my childhood: Gummi Bears, Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, and Darkwing Duck. The shows were not as great as I remembered them, but that might be also because I was comparing them to the reboot of DuckTales with its more modern storylines and much better animation. Still, I did love them all, and it was so great to watch a few episodes of them all.
My FAVORITE thing was, however, that the new DuckTales show has some mention or overlap with all of these shows from my childhood. They were little in-jokes (or BIG in-jokes) that people from my generation would have picked up on that kids these days wouldn't have. I laughed so much over some of them. Oh, I also loved hearing Lin-Manuel Miranda voice one of the characters! Definitely so happy to have finally seen that whole series. It was a fun Disney show-filed weekend!
I fell behind in logging my accomplishments on this blog. I'm catching up in February 2024 and backdating entries to keep my records consistent.
Yesterday, I finished earreading Ethan Frome. I chose it for two reasons. First, it was only 4 discs long, so I knew I'd be able to read it during the bit of summer that applied to the 2018 portion of my 101 Things list. And, second, we named a printer at work "Edith" after Edith Wharton, and I wanted to read one of her books. 
This summer, I chose Beloved by Toni Morrison. In a lot of ways I wish I'd read this in high school or college because it would have meant getting to talk about it with people, hearing their interpretations, over-analyzing every single sentence and moment. I feel like this is one of those books I could read a hundred times and still find things to pause and think about in it. There are just so many themes and emotions. It shows the rawness of human nature, the passions and weaknesses of flesh. It says so much about people but also makes you take a look at yourself, at the truest part of yourself you can't deny--do you embrace it and love it or do you let it destroy you slowly from the inside? 
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