She Lives in a Fairy Tale

Welcome to my Wonderland. Wife. Registered Nurse. Proud to be an American. Christian above all else. I love God and this blog will certainly show it. My blog is just a weird compilation of who I am. Ask me anything!

[theambiguousteacup]

So my husband and I have finally decided we are going to start trying for a baby in August… which is literally less than 2 months away… and I’ve been wanting to do this for so long, but we wanted to wait until we were financially in a good spot. And all of our friends/family are having babies so we want our kid to have cousins/friends/playmates their age so we’re going to bite the bullet.

I’ve wanted this for so long… but now that it’s approaching finally? I’m terrified. I’m taking prenatals. I’m scheduling doctors appointments. Looking into FMLA and what my insurance will cover. I’m thinking how my life will look once I’m pregnant, and it’s like staring over the edge of a cliff, and suddenly I have vertigo. I know anxiety is normal when it comes to these things, and this is all I dream about now. But jeez, I really thought I would be more excited than nervous. It’s probably my nursing brain taking over, knowing everything that can go wrong. I guess this is just one of those seasons for me to trust God in. My whole life is about to change.

[batmanshole]

crisp glass of water moodboard

[dragon-in-a-fez]

does the body ALWAYS have to keep the score? maybe we could just have a friendly game this time. maybe we can just have fun without putting numbers on it

[banchie]

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

[sugar-petals]

modern media in a nutshell

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[iamjaynaemarie]

Dangers of working on a set.

That’s what I said.

[seawitchkaraoke]

Okay but you forgot the best part! During the scene where Aragorn, Gandalf and the other Main CharaktersTM ride ahead to go shout at the gate (and talk to the mouth of sauron in the extended edition) they were very firmly told only to ride up  ahead “this far” because that area was cleared and beyond that it wasn’t.

But. Viggo Mortensen is absolutely mad and lead them just…. a bit farther than that. Everyone else was very scared they might blow up any second. Viggo said it “added a little extra tension”.

[mikkeneko]

[ithinkitsdashing]

#they just don’t make behind the scenes stories like lotr anymore

[ophidahlia]

Viggo was just Like That™ for the whole trilogy, taking method acting to extreme levels:

he would spend multiple days walking overland to locations in full pack, sword, & armour when everyone else was travelling in trucks

refused to use any prop swords that weren’t actual steel

basically lived in the forest in-costume, sleeping rough under the sky, even fishing & foraging for his food when possible

often spent hours in the barn just bonding with the horses. He adopted the horse he rode, Uranus, after filming ended

repaired all his own gear by hand, which was often since he never took it off

had a tooth knocked out during filming but had the crew simply glue it back in place so they could keep filming

the instructor who taught everyone swordplay said Viggo was the best swordsman he had ever trained

carried his sword literally everywhere & practiced non-stop, resulting in the cops being called when locals reported “a wild man swinging a sword around his head" outside a gym in Wellington

an orc actor fucked up & accidentally threw a dagger directly into Viggo’s face, but Viggo just deflected it with his sword. They kept that shot

infamously broke 3 toes kicking that helmet but stayed in-character & sold his very real scream as part of the scene. They also kept that shot

Viggo insists on doing his own stunts; in The Two Towers where Aragorn is unconscious & floating down the river, the strong current pulled him underwater for so long that a rescue team had to go in to save him. Viggo survived by grabbing a boulder on the riverbed and pulling himself to the surface

It’s probably more accurate to say that Aragorn played Viggo Mortensen in the off season, so I’m 100% unsurprised to hear he put a whole crowd of fellow actors in genuine mortal peril for a 12% increase in authenticity

[the-davest-of-uncles]

[beardedmrbean]

[gettothedancing]

#p.e.d. #performance enhancing deity

[spiribia]

Dandelions have a symbiotic relationship with little kids who make wishes

[wytrykusarchives]

The Milt Kahl Head Swaggle (Source: Cartoon Brew)

[spootywabbit]

I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks. 

[kaseylgifford]

     I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go.      Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes.       Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.

Milt Khal was a MASTER.

[riverthunder]

God, I can’t express to you how fucking DELIGHTED I become whenever they Milt Khal Head Swaggle Post graces my dash with its presence again.

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Every year on the anniversary of DDay, French citizens take sand from Omaha Beach and rub it onto the gravestones of fallen soldiers who gave their lives to liberate Europe. It gives the letters a golden shine. They do this for all 9,386 American soldiers buried there.

Chaque année, à l'occasion de l'anniversaire du DDay, les citoyens français prennent du sable d'Omaha Beach et l'étalent sur les tombes des soldats tombés au combat qui ont donné leur vie pour libérer l'Europe. Cela donne aux lettres un éclat doré. Ils font celà pour les 9'386 soldats américains qui y sont enterrés.

[prolifeproliberty]

Translation:

Every year, on the anniversary of D-Day, French citizens take sand from Omaha Beach and spread it over the graves of the fallen soldiers who gave their lives to liberate Europe. This gives the lettering a golden glow. They do this for the 9,386 American soldiers buried there.

[nixscriptum]

[unusual-suspects]

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[animentality]

[poppyseed-art]

[discarmens]

I can't do this, Sam.

[sabertoothwalrus]

pros of eating your lunch outside on a nice spring day: feeling the sun, getting vitamin d, hearing birds chirping, watching the bees and the lizards and the squirrels

cons of eating your lunch outside on a nice spring day:

MY NAPKINS