366 Days Project: Day 112 - Pink Bear Straight to the Heart

Today I ventured into Toys R Us for the first time in probably 5 years to buy a teddy bear to give to my prom date. I felt like a weirdo taking this pink bear up to the cash register, but I think the lady understood my situation. Teddy bear checked, just need to get some flowers :-)

366 Days Project: Day 111 - Dragon Energy Drink

My latest project in my Media Arts class is to design an energy drink can. Being the Dragon Ball Z nerd I am, I tried to use the word dragon, although in the end it had absolutely nothing to do with Dragon Ball Z. This isn't the complete version, but it's pretty close to it. I think it's pretty good :-)

366 Days Project: Day 110 - Step One of a Cunning Plan

Details soon (hopefully), but a cunning plan is brewing...

366 Days Project: Day 109 - Biff Has the Phone Box

A couple days ago I received a new shirt in the mail from the wonderful website TeeFury, my fourth shirt from them. In the past they have done a lot of wonderful Doctor Who shirts, and this one is no different, beautifully crossing over Doctor Who and Back to the Future!

366 Days Project: Day 108 - Steak from Shanghai

While scrolling through Facebook, I came across a coupon for a free entree of the new Shanghai Angus Steak at Panda Express. Being the cheap family we are, we naturally took this offer up and had dinner there. Add a little bit of chow mein on the side, and voila! A wonderful meal. The steak was actually really nice. I'll definitely have it again!

366 Days Project: Day 107 - Cookie Sundae

Chick-fil-A added a few new deserts to the menu today. Most excitingly, we're now selling cookies! And they're pretty yummy too! Along with the cookies, we're now offering three kinds of sundaes: Cookie sundae, brownie sundae, and a mini-sundae. Sadly, I'm not much of a fan of sundaes, so I won't be trying those.

366 Days Project: Day 106 - Farewell to Test Track and ElecTRONica

Today marks the last day for two Disney park experiences, one on each coast...

Over at Walt Disney World, the original version of the fantastic Epcot attraction Test Track is closing to be refurbished into the new Chevrolet Design Center. It'll be the same type of ride, possibly even still called Test Track, but it will be an update for the 21st century. While the original version of the ride didn't open until late 1998, it was actually supposed to open a year and a half earlier. Design work had begun in the early 90s and World of Motion, the previous attraction in the General Motors pavilion, closed in January 1996. So while there was absolutely nothing wrong with the original version, it'll be nice to see how they can improve the attraction in 2012.

And back on my home coast, ElecTRONica at Disney California Adventure is finally ending its year and a half long run tonight. The popularity of the TRON themed dance party blew away Disney's expectations, and the run was extended again and again. Now while it's still very cool, I think it definitely has run its course. Disney does have a replacement lined up though: The Mad T Party. And from the looks of it, I think we'd be better off with more ElecTRONica...

366 Days Project: Day 105 - Racing on a T-Shirt

While at Disneyland on Tuesday, I came across the new set of Disney California Adventure attraction poster T-shirts for Radiator Springs Racers, Luigi's Flying Tires, Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, and the Red Car Trolley. I just had to buy one, so I went with Radiator Springs Racers, as it's the main new attraction for the year.

366 Days Project: Day 104 - Countdown to Fun

Disney announced today that the fantastic Pixar Play Parade will finally be returning to Disney California Adventure on June 15th! It's been on hiatus at the park since January 4th, 2011 due to construction on Buena Vista Street and in Paradise Pier. So come June, the Pixar Pals from Monsters Inc., The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life, Toy Story, and Cars will be back to "Countdown to Fun" in one of my favorite Disney parades ever!

366 Days Project: Day 103 - I Just Can't Get Enough

Today I had an eye doctor appointment at a Lenscrafters in my local mall. Afterwards, me and my family were hungry for some food. Inside this mall is a Chick-fil-A (it's actually right across the street from my location). While it was extremely tempting to eat there, I managed to fight the urge and get some Panda Express. But that didn't stop me from getting a drink (because Panda sells Pepsi and that's just gross) and an Ice Dream Cup from Chick-fil-A!

366 Days Project: Day 102 - A Supercut

Today I got my haircut professionally (which I only do on rare circumstances). Snazzy ay?

366 Days Project: Day 101 - My Triumphant Return to Disneyland!

Since I started working back in January, I've actually only been to Disneyland once... Until today! Finally after a few unfortunate delays, I at last made it back to the Happiest Place on Earth. As my mom has broken her arm, we got a wheelchair for her and I pushed her around for most of the day. It was an odd experience for my whole family, but in a way it was actually quite fun!

We rode some rides, we ate some food, strolled around and enjoyed ourselves. All in all, another day in paradise!

366 Days Project: Day 100 - Miracle Day

Being a huge fan of Doctor Who, I am naturally also a fan of Torchwood. My brother and I started watching the latest installment; Miracle Day, around Christmas. Recently however, we have gotten so sidetracked by our Dragon Ball Z binge and we haven't seen an episode in probably a month. We remedied that today and watched episode 8. Sadly, only two more to go... :-(

366 Days Project: Day 99 - It's Time to Play The Music

I purchased The Muppets on Blu-ray the day it came out last month. Sadly, I hadn't gotten around to watching it, until today. Let me just say that this isn't a movie that diminishes in satisfaction over repeat viewings. The comedy, the music, the heartwarming moments all hit me the same as the first time. And that's the key to a good movie.

366 Days Project: Day 98 - Amy Pond for April

We're now a week into April, and my Doctor Who calendar has been flipped over. Amy Pond, dressed sort of like a pirate from the episode "The Curse of the Black Spot" adorns this month. Once Series 7 of Doctor Who starts this fall, we'll only have 5 episodes left with Amy and her husband Rory. It's a real shame, as they're close to my two favorite companions ever! Hopefully the new girl is good...

366 Days Project: Day 97 - 23 for the 4th Time

Three years ago, Disney finally answered the question "Are you 23?" Turns out it stood for D23, the new official Disney fan club. I signed up for D23 on the first day you could, making me a charter member. My first year with the club was great, I went to a few events, including the amazing D23 Expo, and got the great Disney twenty-three publication. The second year didn't end up so good however. The events suddenly got very expensive, there was no D23 Expo, and I lost the time and interest in the magazine. So for my second renewal last year, I switched from the Gold level to the Silver level (only difference is no magazine for Silver). While I didn't go to many individual events last year, the perks of being a charter member at the D23 Expo are great enough for me to want to keep being one.

And so coming to the point of this post, today I received my 3rd D23 renewal packet. Included was my new member card and a 23-month calendar called "From Concept to Classic", featuring concept art from all the Disney animated films in celebration of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' 75th anniversary.

366 Days Project: Day 96 - Sculpture Party

Today was my Sculpture teacher's last day before she goes on maternity leave. To celebrate, we had a party. I brought in sodas for my table. We were going to get pizza, but unknown to us beforehand was the local pizza place didn't open until 11:00, and our party started at 10:00. But we got donuts instead. I was disappointed, but all was made happy when my parents got us pizza at home tonight :-)

366 Days Project: Day 95 - Super Saiyan Colored

Last Friday I posted the drawing of Super Saiyan 3 Goku from Dragon Ball Z that I traced for my Media Arts class. Well today I scanned the image into my class computer and edited the lines and added color. I think it looks really cool! I feel like I've actually made an awesome drawing, even though I traced it...

366 Days Project: Day 94 - Cramped in the Playroom

Today at work, I was told to clean the playroom by my lead. A seemingly normal task made confusing by my friend saying I need to clean the whole thing, even the actual play area. This other guy was sent to clean it at as well. So we had the two tallest dudes in the restaurant cleaning the cramped play area. Maybe not the best idea, but it made for a funny picture!

366 Days Project: Day 93 - Dancing with the Dinosaur

A while ago, I posted about my clay whistle project in my Sculpture class. It has since been fired in the kiln, painted, and pretty much completed. The final product can be seen bellow. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. Too bad the whistle doesn't work anymore...

366 Days Project: Day 92 - The Habit

Recently, a new In-N-Out Burger opened up near me. Now there was already another nearby, but we decided to give the new one a shot today. When we got there, the line was out the door, so we gave up on it. In-N-Out is good, but not that good. So we ended up at this nearby burger chain called The Habit instead, and boy was that a good decision. The burgers are just as good as In-N-Out's, plus there's more variety, and the fries are way better!