Hey guys! Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I got side tracked after work. I'll be cramming two blog posts into one this week because I have my internship tomorrow and I need to work on preparing myself for a second job interview on Friday. Next week should be back to normal. Today, I thought I would recap my weekend, which included the Powderkeg Beer and Chili Festival in my hometown of Exeter, NH and the second episode of
Once Upon a Time, because I promised do some TV recaps.
My husband and I attend the Beer and Chili festival every year and it's a really great time! This year was the fourth year of the festival and it has grown leaps and bounds since it started back in 2011. The festival brings craft beer brewers and local restaurants together to create the perfect fall atmosphere. Local restaurants will compete to see who's chili reigns supreme in the area while beers from all over New England service the milling public. I really enjoy getting to taste not only the chili from some of my favorite places, but also beers and ciders that I would normally not have access to. Two words: FREE PRETZELS. I highly recommend attending any local fall festivals in your area. It's a great chance to celebrate the season and sample some local fare with friends.
So, as you know, I'm a huge OUAT fan and this season is starting off incredibly Dark Swan. For those of you who haven't caught up with the current season yet,
SPOILERS AHEAD.
At this point, Emma is struggling to balance her light and darkness with her new-found power while her poor family is stuck trying to figure out a way to save her. We were introduced to Merida in the very first episode as she runs into Emma and eventually agrees to help her find her way to Merlin. The Storybrooke gang is still blissfully unaware where Emma is and Hook deceives his way into accidentally helping Zelena get out of her imprisonment. At the end of the first episode, the gang rides a tornado into the Enchanted Forest in the hopes of finding Emma and Merlin, but end up running into the Camelot Crew. Flash forward to a few weeks later and they're all back in Storeybrooke, at Granny's, with Emma in full Dark Swan mode, turning dwarfs to stone. What the hell happened?
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Last weekend's episode revealed a little more about the gang's missing memories. This episode included a lot of back and forth between present day evil Dark Swan Emma and when they were back in Camelot adjusting to court life yet again. Regina has claimed herself to be the new Savior, unsure of whether or not she can actually do the job like Emma had. Henry believes in her, (obviously), but how much influence does he really have? Robin is taken by a random Fury who shows up to claim a debt owed to it by Regina, (supposedly), and she spends most of the episode trying to figure out a way around it. Belle sheds some light on the situation because book smarts and Regina finds out she must trade a life for Robins if he's to be saved. Instead of trying to sacrifice herself again, Snow, Charming and Hook all contribute to the Fury's sacrifice in order to free Robin. In another area of the woods, Hook is still trying to get Emma back to normal, to no avail, and Emma happens to have the sword AND the dagger in order to reforge the blade that was broken, (see what I did there?). Needless to say, it's not as easy as it looks and the spirit of Evil Rumple is still trying to help her turn over to the dark side and do what no other Dark One has ever accomplished: free themselves of everyone they've ever loved so they can become completely submerged in the darkness. Scary, right? I don't think that will happen to Emma, but I bet she gets really close. We'll have to see what happens next.
My favorite part of last week's episode was actually Henry, my precious cinnamon roll, and his NEW LADY FRIEND VIOLET. I keep forgetting Henry is actually probably like 15 by now and so ready to have a love interest in this show. I still see him like I did in the first season when he was ADORABLE so I'm not sure if this was just for this episode to break up the tension or a recurring plot line, but whatever it is I'm totally shipping Violenry/Henlet (?). Help me out here with a ship name please.
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While we're talking about shows we're obsessed with, I'll mention that I've been perusing Netflix for a show to binge watch this month, something relatively scary, maybe supernatural in nature and nothing that will give me nightmares. I started watching
Supernatural, and I'm enjoying it thoroughly, however I've found that
Vampire Diaries is my new favorite guilty pleasure show to Netflix and chill to and I'm ashamed to say that I am hopelessly addicted after only 6 episodes. You would think that it would scream
Twilight TV, but it doesn't. In fact, there are points in the show so far that have blatantly made fun of
Twilight, so I approve of that wholeheartedly. I have no idea what's going to happen to my free time now, but I'm willing to run with it. TVD is entering it's 7th season, as opposed to
Supernatural, which is entering it's 11th season, (SO MANY EPISODES TO WATCH). I don't think I mentioned either of these shows in my frequently watched series post a few days ago, but I'm going with it! Which one would you watch? Are you team
Vampire Diaries or Team
Supernatural? Let's discuss.
That's all I have for this week. I'm putting most of my energy into Netflix and preparing for my interview tomorrow, so wish me luck! Next week I'll have a new Nerd Alert and an Author Spotlight for you. Until next time, I remain your faithful correspondent.
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