Daily Weird Quotes

I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.
- John McGahern

I have a deep affection for all things in the retro era (mainly 40s and 50s) everything from fashion to furniture and culture to cheezy how-to videos they used to show in school. It just feels all so… wholesome. So that’s why I greatly admire Time Warp Wives.
Time Warp living… well, it’s best if they explain it:
“Time Warp Living Is a retro movement where both men and women have taken radical action to escape what they see as the hectic grind of modern life. Past eras had their share of difficulties. Could it be that these timewarpians have overly romanticized the past, or were those times really better than our own? You decide.”

The Dailymail did a feature on Time Warp Wives and it’s worth the read. Some harsh critics say these women are living in denial or that they’re sad because they’re living in a fantasy world. I’m not judging them at all. I think we should all do what makes us happy and kudos to them for living their dream. That’s something to be jealous of.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
– Walt Disney

Disney movies are great and all, but really they follow the same formula. Main character loses parent, overcomes obstacle to become some sort of leader, fall in love with another leader’s son/daughter, happily ever after, The End. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about not reinventing the wheel, but the parental loss is just too dramatic and I don’t want to expose that to my little one all the time. So we change up our movies or TV shows.

The Chipmunk Adventure. Now that’s a movie! You have the Chipmunks, the Chipettes, awesome scenery, bright colours, vivid characters, great musical numbers, and just fun to watch. My 4yr old absolutely loves it and watches it daily. And when I mean daily, I mean 4 times a day.

That’s not including all the episodes that we watch of The Smurfs, David the Gnome, and The Adventures of the Little Koala. Yea, it’s a throw-back to my own childhood, but mine was pretty memorable and content and I want hers to be as well.