Random Thoughts with Will

     When people ask me the ice-breaker "what's your favorite movie," I always find myself stumped and unable to give a good answer. My default answer tends to be a trilogy-turned-tetralogy: Toy Story . As a fan of Pixar films, the entire Toy Story trilogy has held a special place in my heart. It's also been one of the rare properties in Hollywood to repeatedly turn out sequels that have lived up to the hype. A few weeks ago, I watched Toy Story 4  and enjoyed it (for the sake of today's post, I will tread lightly with spoilers). After having more time to process the movie and discuss it with a fellow Toy Story fan, I found it only fitting to do my own unofficial ranking of the 4 films.      Now, as I rank the films, one thing to keep in mind is that the "worst" one of the 4 is still a darn good movie as far as I'm concerned. There's also not that much separation in between the rankings, either. And as always, these are my own opinions, some of...

     Tradition has a way of first occurring without any real explanation, but something manages to "click" along the way and make that tradition. One newfound "tradition" that I've found myself in is listening to a certain song at the end of every work day: Miley Cyrus' "The Climb". It probably would make more sense to listen to a song like "Closing Time" instead, but I think I've unexpectedly settled on song by the artist formerly known as Hannah Montana. In all the times I've found myself blogging on here, I never thought I'd find myself referencing  Hannah Montana , but I digress.       Cyrus' "The Climb" focuses on being on the path to one's dreams and ultimately realizing the goal is not as much one's dreams and goals but more the "climb" and journey on the way to them. The chorus talks about facing "mountains" and the uphill battle that comes with them. The next line of the ch...