This entry in no way reflects the awesomeness that was my today.

So in cleaning out my bookmarks I came across a page that I bookmarked during my obsession with the Disney Rarities DVD, from which I have now learned that Virginia Davis passed away almost exactly a year ago. I missed this news when it broke, and I must admit that even though it's not exactly a surprise (she was ninety), I'm still a little saddened by it.

From 1923 to 1927, the bulk of the work produced by the Walt Disney studio (which had pretty much just begun and wasn't even going by that name yet) was a series of shorts that combined animation with live action footage of a little girl named Alice, who for the first two years was played by Virginia Davis. I have a serious love for these shorts; I find them adorable and super fascinating at the same time.

For those of you on whom I haven't been able to force this already, allow me to introduce you to "Alice's Wonderland," the first of the Alice shorts. I like that it begins with Alice and Walt just being their awesome selves. xD

Old Disney is the most fascinating stuff. <3