Happy Birthday and Other Disney Songs

So, today is special partly because I'm going to be doing three questions so I can finish my challenge before check-in on the 8th, but mostly because it's my mom's 19th* birthday (again). For those of you who don't know the Camille family's traditions that well, birthdays are not an occasion to sleep in, wake up gently to breakfast in bed or lounge luxuriously and get up at your leisure. Birthdays start with a heart attack, joyously served by the rest of the family. Everyone else gets up early, gets a pot and a spoon, and scares the living daylights out of you by beating them as loudly as possible to wake you up. Mom was lucky enough to wake up to our pot banging, smiling faces this morning. We got ourselves dressed--well, some of us did--and went to IHop for breakfast. Bean and I wore our supergirl pajamas Santa brought us, complete with capes and all. We took a family shopping trip to Pigeon Forge, TN, where I got an adorable Minnie Mouse t-shirt from Rue 21 for $3. It was too good a deal not to buy. We wrapped up the day with takeout from Buffalo Wild Wings and Lilyhamer on Netflix, and now are again in our supergirl pajamas, hanging out.

DISNEY COUNTDOWN: 9 days to check-in

Number 11: Favorite Love Song
I like the movie Hercules, but it's never been one of my absolute favorites. Meg's I Won't Say I'm In Love, however, is one of my absolute favorites. Outwardly, she doesn't want to be in love. They briefly skim over why Meg is serving Hades' at the beginning of the movie, (her boy toy died, she traded her soul to Hades to bring him back, boy toy fell in love with someone else and left Meg enslaved to Hades) and this explains some of why she might not want to fall victim to the love bug again. Most of her song is about how she's not in love, but at its core, the song is basically Meg trying to convince herself of this. So, I think even though the words are about not being in love, the essence of the song is about love, and that's what makes it my favorite love song. So, if there's a prize for awesome writing, I guess Disney's already won that.

Number 12: Favorite Villain Song
I said before, it's hard to pick a favorite villain, but as far as favorite villain songs go, I think Ursula's Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid is my favorite. It's just like the real world. You want something you don't have, and to get it, you have to be willing to sacrifice something. One wants to be thin, one wants to get one particular girl that apparently doesn't want him, and Ursula helps them get what they want, for a price. It's such a good illustration of people and how fickle and materialistic they are.

Number 13: Least Favorite Song
There aren't many Disney songs I don't like, but when I think of ones I just didn't ever sing along to as a kid, and don't all of a sudden get stuck in my head at random times like other Disney songs, We Are Siamese from the Aristocats is one of the first to come to mind. It was just repetitive and boring. And not very catchy like other songs. How many times do you find yourself standing with your hairbrush wanting to belt "We are Siamese if you please" like you do "how hiiiiiggggghhhh does the sycamore growwww????" or "I'm never gonna catch my breath. Say goodbye to those who knew me. Boy was I a fool in school for cutting gym. These guys got 'em scared to death. Hope he doesn't see right through me. Now I really wish that I knew how to SWIMMMM" (and you know you sing those parts in their different pitched voices just like I did) That's what I thought. Never. And that is my best case for not liking that song. It's just not one of those songs I see myself dancing around my apartment with my roommates singing, or playing on the loudspeakers in one of the parks.

What are your favorites and least favorites? Leave your opinions in the comments! And don't forget to wish my Mama a happy 19th* birthday!