DeVil(le)

I know everyone has been through that one job where their boss is a nightmare.  Well, if you remember in the movie 101 Dalmations, Anita works in fashion for a woman named Cruella De Ville.  Cruella loved fur clothing, and saw Anita drawing a fur coat with spots.  Once Anita mentioned her Dalmation, Cruella instantly wanted a dalmation fur coat and wanted it with puppy fur.  Cruella went through great lengths to get this coat in production in both the cartoon and motion picture film.  Throughout this movie Cruella threatened Anita and her job, only to eventually fire her because Anita and Roger don't want to sell the puppies.

I know through my experiences, finding a boss that not only threatens your job, but is a poorly educated boss is all too easy to find.  Almost every job that I have worked has a boss that should not be a boss.  Right now is my prime example of the perfect 'shouldn't be a boss' job.  My boss has threatened my job on several occasions, tried telling me to quit, given me sh*t for something that I'm not the only one who did.  My boss and I don't agree on a lot of things, and one of them being women in control.  He doesn't think women should have an opinion especially when the woman works in a 'man's' field.  That doesn't fly with me, and so has lead to clashing in views and the making of a poor relationship. 

My boss jokes around with everyone at work, except me, and so when he talks to me, he talks in a tone that implies I am beneath him.  I understand I am not as high up in the rankings, he is my boss, but I do deserve some respect for the effort I put into getting hired in the company.  It took me two years of being a temporary before they decided to hire me.  That to me is worth some respect.  My boss loves to blame other people for everything, because he can do no wrong.  I butt in when he starts freaking on someone for something they aren't doing, and that gets me in trouble a lot of the time. I feel as though he seems to want me to not exist, and because of that, I feel stressed out every time I go to work. To me, he reminds me of the scene in the movie where Cruella goes crazy chasing after those dogs.  I feel like I'm the dogs, and he is her. 

My boss has a way of talking to people like he is so much better than everyone.  I have never heard him talk to someone like they actually matter or that they are worth anything.  He's got the personality of a mule.  He doesn't seem to know how to encourage his employees, he just knows how to knock them down and make them feel worth nothing.  I am the type of person who if I see someone being bullied or knocked down in some way I almost always step in and say something.  I'm not usually rude, but I do step in.  My boss always reminds me that he isn't talking to me, but he says it in a rude kind of way that knocks me so far down that its hard to get up. It is not easy dealing with a bully for a boss, and Cruella was the best example for me to use to show what a bully kind of boss looks like.  I'm sorry for talking so much about my current boss, but it's best to have examples.  But even if you have a horrible boss like me or like Anita you should still have a Magical Day!

Let It Go!

Well, my boyfriend was nice enough to help me with this one.  I actually never thought I would ever reference Frozen, because its not one of those movies that I find to be as enjoyable as the older ones. But if you couldn't tell from the title, Let it Go was the reference I'm getting from the movie.

So I was talking to my boyfriend about the issues I was having with work, and with my back and all the stress I've got going on in my head.  I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and Osteoarthritis at the ripe age of 26 and because of that it's causing limitations at work.  I leave work in severe pain most days.  There is one station that hurts the most at work, and although I have mentioned this to them, they have done nothing to help me not do the same station all the time.  In turn, I leave in severe pain.  Well, I've also now have no choice but to go back to school because of this diagnosis. 

The movie Frozen is a story about Elsa who was born with the ability to control snow.  She can create and move snow, she can do almost anything with snow.  But because of something that happened when her and her sister we small she had to hide from the world her power that would continue to grow.  But when her parents died she had to come out as Queen but still hide her powers.  She goes through some struggles and eventually lets everything go.  She stopped being stressed about holding back from the world who she was.

My comparison to this is with all my stress, my boyfriend told me to Let It Go.  Because of my diagnosis, I have no choice but to go back to school and so with all the thinking I've been doing, I know where and what I'm going to go back for.  I'm going to go to Humber College because it has always been my dream school.  Humber College offers so many different programs, and connects with many different Universities.  I plan to go to Humber to get my Bachelors in Finance. I've looked at the many different schools, and the many different programs that are offered, and since I already went to a school I didn't have any interest in going last time, and I went for something I didn't really want to do, this time I decided I have to go to the school I want for the program I know I can benefit from. 

Now with planning on going to college I also need to plan on how I'm going to be able to go back.  I have to plan to save enough to pay off all my bills and to save for tuition.  It's not easy.  I owe OSAP almost twenty thousand dollars still from the last time I went to school.  I also owe almost twenty thousand for my car as well since I bought that right after I graduated (which was a total mistake).  And I also owe about ten thousand on credit from when I was in school and living away from home.  But I have established that I can pay off all my bills in four years.  But I would have to still work my job for another three to four years if I don't find a different way to earn money.  I can't stay at my job that long because I could very well be cripple in that time. So I actually started a fund on Go Fund Me and hopefully going to get a few donations.  The money that is raised is going straight to tuition and nothing else.  If you feel like donating then here is the link (gofundme.com/mjztt4) although, you don't have to donate, even if you share it on any social media, that would be just as helpful. 

But with all the stress of trying to get out of my job and go back to school, my medical issues are also very stressful.  I am way too young to have the issues with my back that I do, and it has been so hard on me that my boyfriend noticed that I've changed a little bit in my attitude.  So my boyfriend told me that I need to let go of the stress.  So the saying 'Let it Go' really fits the situation.  Nobody should feel stressed about anything, and Although Elsa was stressed on making sure she hid who she was, I'm stressed about how to get somewhere in life.  When Elsa let go of everything and showed her true self she felt better, she needed to 'Let it Go' so that she could learn how to use it effectively.  I need to 'Let it Go' so that I can effectively come up with a plan.  Everyone needs to let go of any stress and let things fall into place.  It opens your mind to allow better ideas enter your mind.  Good things happen when you 'Let it Go'.  

Let it Go and Have a Magical Day!

Hopefully My Beast Will Find Me!

So, a few days ago I was driving to the gym with a friend of mine and we started talking.  We live out in the middle of nowhere, where wildlife is no secret to us.  But as we were talking she was letting me know that wolves have been seen on her property and that I should be careful.  She also said that she's been curious to walking around the property during the day so she could see the wolves up close. She loves animals, wild or not. I looked at her like she was nuts, and then she was nice enough to say 'Well, maybe my beast will come find me and fight off the wolves for me.'  If you don't know, she was referencing the Beauty and the Beast. 

When it comes to my friend, Beauty and the Beast is one of her favourite movies, and it fits her perfectly.  She's the type of person who doesn't care what someone looks like, all she cares about is the personality.  When she wants to get to know someone she will put in the effort, no matter what the person looks like.  So in that sense I would put Belle as the best comparison to her when it comes to dating.

She's been looking for her Beast for a while now, but I know she will find him.  She's one of those kind of people who deserves someone great, but given the limitations of where we live, she may have to wait for the right one to come along.  She needs someone who can appreciate the little things, but someone who will spoil her just like the Beast did with Belle.  Belle may have been trapped in the castle so that her father could be freed, but as Belle warmed up to the idea that she was going to be there for a while, she allowed the Beast into her heart and started to see how beautiful the Beast really was.  My friend needs someone like the Beast, someone that will protect and love her, but someone who sees who she really is inside, instead of looking just on the outside.  It's always the inside that is important and Beauty and the Beast is the best way to show how that happens. 

Everyone deserves their Prince Charming in one way or another, and with everybody's personality being different, not everyone will be able to connect Beauty and the Beast to their life, but the Beast was Belle's Prince Charming.  The Beast did fight off all those terrible wolves for Belle, and he gave her the biggest library that Belle could only imagine about.  Although it didn't seem like much, the witch that had cursed the Beast, gave him the chance to find love.  It gave him a chance to fall in love without looking at the person for face value, but for what was on the inside.  Every person needs to think about how they would feel if someone judged them for the outside appearance rather than the inside.  Sometimes the inside matches the outside, and sometimes the inside doesn't, but either way, it should always be in consideration when choosing a mate for life.  


I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day with or without someone special.  If this year wasn't your year for Valentines, then there is always next, but keep in mind you will find that special someone! That someone who shows you what life can be like without materialistic things, physical beauty or even without the need to be better for other people.  Someone will make you feel like you are perfect, that you should never change for anybody else, and that you should always love yourself from the inside out.  I hope you find everything you want in life, whether it be love or something else, but you have to believe it first. Believe and Have a Magical Day!

Ohana Means Family

I feel as though the Movie Lilo and Stitch is such a great family movie that I absolutely had to write about it. There is so much that one can get from Lilo and Stitch, I actually may use it again in another blog down the road.  But for now, I this is the only one about it.  

I had such a fascination with Lilo and Stitch when it came out that I actually used to watch it every day multiple times.  I watched it so much that I actually knew the whole movie by heart.  And to prove it I was writing it out at school when I couldn't watch to movie.  I had most of the movie written out and then my friends got tired of it so I stopped.  But I loved that movie, and still do. I feel as though it brings meaning to the word family through the couple of quotes within the movie. 

For those who don't know what the movie is about, its about an experiment from another planet who gets onto planet earth and is trying to be captured.  Lilo is a little girl who lives with her sister because both their parents had died in an accident and now Lilo's older sister is trying to take care of her.  They end up going to the pound to pick up a dog, and Lilo ends up choosing Experiment 626, which she later names Stitch.  Stitch over time ends up finding family within Lilo and Nani and by the end of the movie, you learn what family really should be.

In this movie there are many different quotes that just makes me have that warm feeling for Stitch. During the film Nani tells Lilo that they have to give Stitch back to the shelter. Lilo doesn't like the idea of having to give up stitch because she has grown a fondness for him.  Lilo then throws a saying at Nani by saying 'What about Ohana?' Nani responds with 'He hasn't been here that long." Lilo retorts 'Neither have I.  Dad said Ohana means family.  Family means nobody gets...'  Nani finishes with 'left behind or forgotten.'  This saying is what gets Nani to decide towards keeping Stitch.  but whats even better about this saying, is that at the end of the movie when Lilo and Stitch get captured, Stitch gets away and then comes back for Lilo and says 'Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.'  Its probably the best part of the entire movie, but the rest of the movie is really incredible as well. 

Stitch also says at the end to the head commander 'This is my family, I found it all on my own.  It's little, and broken, but still good.  Yeah, still good.'  He says it with such sincerity and love that you can tell he has found his family.  Not all families are born into it, but all families should have the same amount of love as if you were born into it.  I feel that adoption would be a great option for anyone, including those who can have biological children.  Share the love, its available to those who are around people giving it away. But every family should see family the same way as Lilo and Stitch see it.  

I used to be so addicted to Lilo and Stitch that on my high school binders I actually drew out a picture of Stitch on the cover.  The picture when hes sitting down with his mouth wide open.  I loved that picture so much that I almost had it everywhere I went.  On all my binders, on my wall, in my locker, it was everywhere.  I'm actually in the process of finding a sticker for my car window that has the picture of stitch with the saying about Ohana.  I figure if I drive a moms car, then I might as well make it as mom friendly as possible.  And what's a better way to do that then to have a Disney character on it with a saying describing how important family is.  I'm actually in the process of making my car's theme all about Stitch.  It would be the perfect colour scheme to match the silver of the outside.  When I accomplish that with my car, I will surely post it and a future blog talking about Lilo and Stitch again.  As Always Have a Magical Day!

A Fine Conscience I Turned Out To Be!

Well, as my second blog I decided to use Pinocchio as my topic. I decided to use this as my second one because my boyfriend is actually the one to use this reference in his everyday life the other day.  It was originally going to be my first blog post, except for I like the Lion King better, so it became my second instead. 

Pinocchio is known for the puppet who became a real boy.  His nose would grow with every lie he told, and he had to prove to the blue fairy that he was worthy to become a real boy for Geppetto.  Pinocchio goes through several different tests that give him decisions to make.  With these decisions he needed a conscience to help guide him on the right path.  And with that enters Jiminy Cricket who tells the blue fairy that he will be the conscience for Pinocchio so that he makes the right decisions through life.  

Well, clearly I'm not going to talk about that the whole time.  My boyfriend and I met while working at The Disney Store Outlet.  My boyfriend was working there for two and a half years before I started.  Working there gave me a perspective on Disney that I could never forget.  But after I left there, my boyfriend continued to work there for another two and a half years.  It being a retail store, they would gain hours around Christmas time, and lose hours anytime between January and September. Retail stores are really only for part time employees, ideal for those going to school or needing to work a second job.

And so although he was there for so long, he felt they were using him like a puppet (Pinocchio).  He was hardly getting any shifts, and although he would remind them that he was available for anytime.  But they would repeatedly tell him that his attitude wasn't right for the company, or that he wasn't a right fit for the store.  So they would just keep holding him on by giving him a 4 or 5 hour shift here and there but would never let him go due to lack of hours.  Well, just recently he decided to have a conversation with the store manager to find out what the plan was, whether it would be worth staying or if he should just walk out and let it be as it is.  During this conversation, the store manager told him that they couldn't give him a transfer because of his lack of knowledge on the floor (which he only needed to be retrained on the cash because he is actually very customer friendly). She had mentioned that she wouldn't be able to give him any hours because he couldn't get in early enough to do shipments (He is restricted to transit which couldn't get him to work any earlier than 9am).  So she gave him the decision to quit or to wait until more hours become available.  He decided to quit. 
 
For anyone who knows my boyfriend, he has actually been a very miserable person over the years.  He worked two part time jobs for years, and both of them weren't giving many hours. So when he quit Disney, he literally called me up and told me 'I got no strings to hold me down'.  I have never heard him be so positive about leaving a job than he was about leaving the Disney Store.  But for someone who isn't as much of a Disney fan as I am referencing a Disney movie made my day. I was so happy that he was happy, and even more happy that he referenced a Disney movie because he gave me a perfect blog entry. And as always, Have a Magical Day! 

Hakuna Matata

Here is the start to my Blog.I'm going to be writing about different things that happen within every day life that remind me of a Disney movie, phrases, stores, parks, or anything Disney.  I thought I would do a blog about this because Disney is such a huge part of my life and I find that EVERYTHING reminds me in some way about Disney.  

So as my first Blog the title should obviously bring to mind one popular Disney movie. The Lion King.  My favourite Disney movie EVER!  I am starting with this particular movie because of the coincidence that happened today.  Today I went out to lunch with an old friend and his girlfriend.  We went to a bar in a city that is in between where both of us live.  It was easier for us to just meet up than for one of us to drive all the way.  So as we were there our waitress was so nice.  But I noticed on her arm she had a tattoo.  It said 'Hakuna Matata'

I thought it was the coolest tattoo I've seen in a while.  I love seeing peoples Disney tattoos.  But as she was talking to my friends girlfriend I was eavesdropping (Which I know is rude and not cool but I did it anyway) and I over heard them talking about the struggles she has gone through to get to where she is now.  The way she was talking showed me that she really has the mentality to live by these words.  These simple words that mean 'No Worries' is how she lives her life now.  I was so incredibly impressed that I just didn't know how to respond. 

I loved it, thought it was the best choice in tattoos for her.  But then I started thinking, well since the Lion King is my favourite movie then maybe I should get a Lion King tattoo.  So I wasn't sure if I'd want the picture of Simba on the tree or if I wanted Rafiki's quote that he tells Simba when he hits him with the stick.

I like the idea of getting the picture of Simba on the tree because its a sign to remember who you were, and to remember who you are, and to think who you want to be.  Its actually pretty important that I remember how far I've come in life because I feel like I've come so far from where I was a year ago.  If I forget the journey I have gone through then I wouldn't continue to grow, I would feel lost, which is exactly what happened to Simba when Shenzi, Banzai and Ed chase him out of the pride lands.  So this picture would be an amazing tattoo for me.

But then again, when Rafiki hits adult Simba with the stick and comes up with that incredible saying 'Oh yes, the past can hurt.  But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.'  This picture obviously has a typo for the saying, but its the same idea.  It's a great saying because your past is part of who you are now whether you agree or disagree is irrelevant because one day it will all make sense to you.  

But both tattoo ideas would be great, especially for me, except for I wouldn't know where to put it.  I just thought this would be a good blog for me to start off with.  

Feel free to share any comments you have.  I love seeing more Disney tattoos.  And don't forget to Have a Magical Day!