but she warned him...

but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances for beauty is found within. -the beautiful enchantress

why yes, yes i am watching beauty and the beast. just started actually. i have also realized that i am pretty much past the age of the princesses and their princes as far as disney is concerned being twenty-two at the end of the month. lucky for me i am younger than twenty-two at heart, right?
on a side note, i really hope to one day see beauty and the beast performed in its musical format-- or play the part of belle. either way is fine with me really. (on a side-side note, it is really strange not capitalizing anything but i figure it doesn't hurt to switch things up now and again.)
i really do love watching disney movies over again because you are bound to notice something new every time. i just find it entertaining to look at the other characters that are drawn into scenes that really are not all that important to the story. it really makes one appreciate the work animators put into fleshing out scenes with the random "townsfolk". it is quite impressive.

anyway, like i have probably said before, i absolutely love all the snippets of truth one can find in disney's films. like the quote i took from the very start of beauty and the beast, for example. thinking about it, the more i look at it, the more i am reminded of two other quotes that are not from the movie-- don't judge a book by its cover and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
how often do we see a person and immediately steer clear of them? or in the other end of the scale were completely drawn in to them because of their physical beauty? granted, there are some people in this world that have a certain light about them or sometimes even a darkness, the former being what draws people to them (whether it be natural charisma or an exuding of kindness) and the latter encouraging you to steer clear of a possibly dangerous person.
regardless of these people, what about those who don't, to coin a phrase, wear their heart (or personality) on their sleeve? i have often been surprised that some people are more "attractive" on closer acquaintance and others less so.
then again, i have even come across those that i might not have thought one way or the other about them and no matter how much i get to know them, my opinion neither gets better or worse-- this doesn't happen often, of course. usually my opinion will get better but not adoring, or get worse but not loathing.
anyway, lesson of the story is-- give people a chance... unless you get the could be a mass-murderer or highly-rated stalker. that is about it for the day.

for you utah people, bundle up! it is mighty chilly outside.