Did Anyone Notice This on Their Own?

Since nothing really exciting has happened on the party front, I'll share an interesting little tidbit the internet told me about.

According to IMDB, the waltzing scene at the end of Beauty and the Beast is not only similar to the waltzing scene at the end of Sleepy Beauty, it's IDENTICAL. Apparently they were running out of production time and sort of drew over Princess Aurora and her beloved Prince Phillip.

Take a look for yourself:

Sleeping Beauty


Beauty and the Beast


Even the songs are similar! Oh well, guess you gotta do what you gotta do to meet that deadline!



Though, it appears that this wasn't an isolated occurrence:


I guess they figured no one would notice these things. Clearly they didn't count on how much time people would have on their hands. Or websites like Totallylookslike.com.

If She Doesn’t Scare You, No Evil Thing Will

There was a woman at my latest party who looked shockingly similar to Cruella de Vil from Disney's 101 Dalmatians.

While technically it would have been in character for Ariel to react adversely to a Disney villain, I felt it would have been out of place at a 2 year old's birthday to shout "Puppy Killer!" at the poor girl's Auntie.

Instead I spent the rest of the party with her theme song playing in my head.

I Used to Think There Was a Real Vault Somewhere Full of Disney Movies. It Was My El Dorado.

Beauty and the Beast is coming out of the Disney vault! That means you can buy the DVD new instead of buying it used on eBay or illegally downloading it *cough cough*. And of course it’s for a limited time only, so better hurry!! Because, you know, you’ll NEVER be able to buy the Beauty and the Beast DVD ANYWHERE, EVER so you HAVE to get it now!!! Quick, before it goes back in the vault!!!

If that’s not enticing enough, Disney is also releasing it in what they call the “Diamond Edition” (Oooo, how pretty). Sounds fancy pants and prestigious, but really, it’s just the Blu-ray version. They did a little digital restoration to it too. It did come out almost 20 years ago. Does that make anyone else feel old? I saw it in theaters! Good Lord.

To be honest though, Beauty and the Beast was actually a really well done movie, with beautiful imagery (think of the ballroom scene) and great art so I bet it’d be worth at least WATCHING it on blu-ray.

Princess Ditzerlla

Graceful is one of the first adjectives used to described a princess, but one of the last I’d use to describe me.

Example:
I got of the car at a recent party (as Belle) and stepped on the edge of my big hooped petticoat, causing it to come undone and fall to the ground in a heap under my dress.
I already had an audience so I couldn’t re-clasp it, as doing so meant I would flash all of them and it was not the appropriate audience for that type of behavior.
So I had to spend the whole party shuffling around holding onto my petticoat for dear life, lest I accidentally step out of it and leave a pile of satin and crinoline in the middle of their floor…

Needless to say, it was a very awkward party.

This was also the party I was 30 minutes late to because I don’t know my way around my own town.

I Wonder if She Gets A Lot of Speeding Tickets

As I’ve mentioned, my biggest obstacle in terms of keeping the illusion alive is the subject of transportation. The most common question I get from these curious little girls is, “how did you get to the party?”. Having once made the mistake of saying “a car”, I now just make something up about a magical invisible carriage. Cars are just not magical enough for a princess and no little girl would expect a beautiful sparkling princess to arrive in a boring old Nissan with a cracked windshield and months of bird poo decorating the hood.

Well, maybe one little girl.

As I was leaving my latest party as Cinderella, I was remarking to myself that I still hadn’t gotten the inevitable question. However, it was clear I wouldn’t get off scot-free though, when I looked down at the birthday girl and saw her scanning the line of cars parked outside her house. I could see the question forming in her mind and out it came,
“Cinderella, which car is yours?”

I looked at her, startled, trying to discern if it was a clever trap or not. A scene quickly played out in my head where I obediently pointed to my beat up sedan and the little princess suddenly screamed, “AhHA! I knew you weren’t the REAL Cinderella! You played right into my trap!”. And my cover would be blown.

So instead I spouted off about invisible carriages, gave a look to the Dad, who knowingly smiled, announced it was cupcake time and ushered the little ones back inside so I could make a clean escape.

But as I walked to my invisible pumpkin carriage and waved to the curious neighbors, I had to wonder: what on Earth gave that little girl the idea that Cinderella drives a car?

I Need to Just Start Letting Satellites and Computerized British Voices Tell Me Where to Go

I always find it amazing how quickly I can end up in the middle of damn nowhere when driving to some of the more rural parties.

I find it even more amazing that the party I got lost on the way to and arrived a half hour late was the one that was right down the road from my house.