Little Talks

I am so sorry that I forgot to post a Sunday Sayings this week. I had work and then I was watching the CSI finale and I totally forgot. As I say this, I realize there aren't any regular readers of this blog, or at least none that I've ever heard of, but still I apologize if there is anyone out there who looks forward to these. So here is your Sunday Sayings on Tuesday.

School is taking away all of my time again, so I apologize that my posts are few and far between. But fear not, another awesome blog post is coming your way right now. Towards the end of May, my family went on a brief vacation to New York City! So unique! To see some (iconic) shots, go to my Back From Vacation post (will fix that up with a link later, sorry). P.S. I did take those photos, and others, those just seemed like the most recognizable ones to share with you all. Anyways, while we were there, we had to go see a Broadway musical. It would be a travesty not to. So unlike my post on Once (will also attach this link later) this one is about the musical that came from the movie, rather than the movie that inspired the musical. We chose Finding Neverland because we knew it would be a good story, and we'd heard great reviews. Plus, as fans of Glee  my sister and I were excited to see Matthew Morrison on the stage, where his career began. And our parents, having watched Cheers , w...

This one has some thoughts that come with it. I know I've done an extensive post of superhero stuff before, but I like to bring them up once in a while. This is partly because I wasn't as drawn to them when I was a child, for whatever reason, as I am now, so now I want to talk about them. Although, that seems to be true of our society as a whole right now. I was listening to a message today, and the preacher was asking why it is that we are so drawn to superheroes. His little boy came up and said that it was because they have special powers and because they save people. The speaker pointed out that it's because they affirm our feelings of needing to make a difference in the world. They inspire us to make a change and help others. But we also aspire to their fame and glory. All of these are true. But my first real exposure to superheroes came from the X-Men. And I'll tell you something: none of those things were part of what drew me to this crew of mutants. What I co...

If you're like me, and you absolutely love Disney, then no matter how old you are, you were just waiting for this movie to come out so that you could watch it. The commercials looked too perfect! Plus it's Marvel too, so that's an added bonus. Warning : due to the nature of this movie plot there will be spoilers in order to summarize any plot. Read at your discretion . Hiro is a young robotics genius, who we later lean takes after his big brother, although it is implied that Hiro is far more intelligent as he is offered super early admission to his brother's university. Anyways, he creates nano bots which can essentially become and do anything a person wishes, so long as said person is wearing the mind control helmet thing (sorry I don't know the technical name). His brother encourages him to show them off at a science fair. But I'm skipping ahead. His brother, Tadashi, has created a personal health care assistant robot named Baymax. He shows this off to H...

I am so sorry that I missed yesterday's Sunday Sayings. I was so busy working and moving my sister out this weekend that I forgot all about it. So here you go:

Considering my last post, this one seems a little out of order; I know. I still need to see the next Captain America, but I'll take whatever I can get. As mentioned in a previous post, I watched this one for my birthday. Best birthday ever!! This is the newest Marvel movie (besides Ant Man) so I'll try not to spoil things. But if you haven't seen it and you don't want to know any more about it, use discretion in reading this. The movie opens in the midst of a fight between the Avengers and Hydra at a fort the latter group is using in Eastern Europe. They are experimenting on people using Loki's sceptre, attempting to create "weapons" to use against the Avengers, and others. Pietro "Quicksilver" Maximoff, a speedster, and his twin sister Wanda "Scarlet Witch" Maximoff. She is able to severely hinder the team, starting with Iron Man. She is able to play off of his greatest fears. However, he successfully retrieves the sceptre. Examining i...

(Some content added on July 1, 2016 - I rewatched the movie, and realized I had more to say about this film.) As always, please avoid reading if you don't want spoierls. My favourite Avenger's story begins in Captain America: The First Avenger  (which I'm sure so many of you have seen by now). I love Steve Rogers' humble beginnings. Steve is a small, quiet American boy whose one goal is to be able to fight for his country in World War II. Unfortunately, due to his size and health complications, they don't want him. He is more disappointed when his best friend Bucky is accepted. When a doctor assisting the army realizes how badly Steve wants to join, he lets him in. Everyone seems doubtful and confused when the poor young man can barely keep up in exercises. They prove their reason for choosing him by tossing a grenade at the group. While all the qualified soldiers run for cover, Steve willingly throws himself on the grenade. They see that he has the kind of patrioti...