disney/job/winning

congratulations to the uva football team for (seemingly) turning things around these past 2 weeks.  lets keep up the W's.  i hear they'll be serving turtle soup in college park next weekend. 

on a related note, the band played disney songs during halftime.  i know this is really cheesy and hokey, but for about 10 minutes, i was taken back to a much simpler time and place.  a place where mundane townspeople could break out into complex musical numbers at any given moment, where the rub of a rusty old lamp could change a guy's life forever, where a girl with identity problems could defeat the largest army the world had ever seen, bring honor to her family, AND get the guy in the end (with just a little help from her friends and a not-so-lucky cricket), where the great kings of the past took their places among the stars after they passed on and where even the most powerful evil spells could be broken by the power of (true) love.

i've been thinking about it, and i say its about time for another disney renaissance.  a re-renaissance, if you will (the first one happened in the nineties, when they were virtually untouchable).  i'm not commenting on all the current pixar/computer animated stuff (which i have no problem with, they're great movies).  i'm talking about old school disney.  the disney we all grew up with.  the last animated feature length film disney made was 'tarzan' in 1999.  since then, i'd say we've been through a whole lotta crap as a country.  america could use a over-simplified outlook on life  right now.  you think snow white had to worry about a failing economy?  or a prolonged war halfway around the world?  the only thing she had to worry about was avoiding creepy looking old ladies, keeping that cottage clean, and finding her true love.  overtly sexist agenda aside, disney movies have always been good at pointing out to people what's really important:  our friends, our loved ones, and spontaneously bursting into song every now and then.

in other news, i applied for another job today.  i had to fill out a 151 question survey and now i feel like i probably won't get it.  they all pertained to previous experience or coursework i've had, and on the scale of "no relevant coursework" all the way up to "many years of professional experience," my answers usually were near the bottom, at "some relevant coursework."   oh well.   nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?  crossing fingers....now.

or maybe i should just consult for disney.  robert iger, if you're reading this, give me a call.  i have some ideas you and i need to discuss.  two words.  mulan 2.  (kidding)