I thought this year for my birthday blog (it actually falls on a blogging day! YEAH) I’d look back to the last four years I had birthdays with this blog, and see what I did. Unfortunately, last year I just made videos, so no actual blog, and every year before that I either didn’t post on my birthday or someone else did. Also… the only reason this is categorized under “teenage life” is because this is my last year as a teenager. #*MINDFREAK*# Continue reading “Happy Birthday to me…”
Month: January 2011
The “aside”
If you read my Monday blog, you’ll know that I’ve been watching Psych religiously recently, because I’m completely obsessed. I can’t help it. It’s so funny. BUT. That said. I’ve noticed that they do something a lot in this show that totally would not fly in real life. I call it the “Televised aside”, which is most often exemplified by the line “can I talk to you for a minute?” Continue reading “The “aside””
Eugenia part 36 in BULK
Oregon Zoo [Daylight Edition]
Things I’m currently obsessed with
If you know me at all, or even if you just occasionally skim my blog or Twitter feed, you’ll know that I have something of an addictive personality. Once I find something I like, be it a book, a band, a YouTube channel, a blog, or a TV show, I will be completely useless in real life until I absorb all there is to know about that thing I like. Take for example Battlestar Galactica, or sXephil’s YouTube channel. In both cases, I barely thought of or did anything else while I consumed information. I watched all I possibly could, and only when I was finished could I move on with my life and do something like… homework. Or eat.
But because my personality is so addictive, I can only manage to obsess over a couple things at a time, and those couple things change every so often. But because I’m quite proud with how small the list is at the moment, I thought I’d share some of the things my mind has latched onto.
Music
Vitamin String Quartet Betsy made me a CD about a year ago of this band, and ever since, I haven’t been able to get enough. They’re “a group of Los Angeles musicians widely known for its series of tribute albums to rock and pop acts. Their albums are released through Vitamin Records and primarily performed by a string quartet, though other instruments have been used” (Thanks, Wikipedia!) Basically, they cover popular music with only classical string instruments. I recently got an iTunes gift card, which I’ve so far used to buy four Doctor Who episodes and 18 VSQ songs. Their Paramore cover album is fantastic, as is their Coldplay one.
Sara Bareilles Ellen has also started feeding into my music obsession. For Christmas, she burned me Little Voice by Sara Bareilles, and I listened to it almost exclusively the entire week I was in Disney World*. My favorite song so far is Fairytale. Snow White is doing dishes again, cuz what else could you do with seven itty-bitty men?
TV show
Psych This show is the story of Shawn Spencer, the hyper-observant loser who’s never held a job for more than six months. But after he realizes he can solve crimes by watching the local news and calling in tips, he believes his money woes are over. Unfortunately, one of his tips is a little too good for the police to believe that he was just casually watching Channel 8 News and happened to pick out the thief, so in order for them to not arrest him, he pretends to be psychic. He and his lifelong best friend Gus start a psychic detective agency and take on both police and private cases, in which Shawn has to solve the crime and then go back to whoever hired him to pretend to have a psychic episode where he “sees” the answers. It is seriously the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve watched seasons 1 and 2 (on Netflix, of course) in two days. It’s the perfect cocktail of humor, detective work, wit, and drama. There hasn’t been a slow episode yet.
Other
Posters I seriously need to stop buying posters. Nevermind that I’ve recently had Amazon giftcards to spend and nevermind that the posters I usually find are only like 4 bucks. I already don’t have room at home for any new ones… and now I’m out at college, too. Also, all my recent poster purchases have been incredibly nerdy, and that’s not helping my strangeness case with my roommate. I think she thinks I’m a recluse geek who does all my homework using telekinesis, because I don’t think she’s ever actually seen me working.
HTML website coding Don’t tell me that HTML notes aren’t a million times more epic than any other kind of notes. I feel smart just writing crap like <strong> and <a href=”link” >Link Title</a>. BAM. PWN3D. (If you want to see my work-in-progress HTML website for class, click here.)
*Speaking of Disney World, I have a video edited and ready to go up on the web, but unfortunately I’m still having iMovie audio issues and it bugs me too much to ignore. So I won’t be uploading any new videos until I’ve sorted it out. Sorry!
The David Tennant Epilogue
When my brother and I were working our way through the Doctor Who new series to catch up to Season 5 (which we watched with the rest of the world, finally), illegally I might add, some episodes were missing. Recently I discovered the magic of Netflix Watch it Now, and at the same time realized that seasons 1-4 are available for it. So I watched them all, again, discovering three new episodes we’d missed the first time around. But more importantly, I finally watched the two-part episode that led up to the Matt Smith regeneration. Continue reading “The David Tennant Epilogue”
Doctor Who and issues of trust
A couple months ago I wrote a post about Doctor Who and the state of the world. Essentially, if you’re too lazy to read it, I discussed how watching Doctor Who has changed my perspective on life in a radical way. And since writing that post, I’ve recognized some other things about the show that I wanted to talk about. Continue reading “Doctor Who and issues of trust”
Why I loved the Harry Potter Epilogue
And when I say “epilogue”, I mean the last couple pages of the Deathly Hallows in which we find out that Ron and Hermione are married and so are Harry and Ginny, and they all have kids at Hogwarts. Harry’s named his kids after important people in his life, and there’s this nice little moment where you understand that from now on, everything is going to be ok. Continue reading “Why I loved the Harry Potter Epilogue”
Drinking away… what exactly?
My brother keeps asking me if I’ve gone to any wild parties whilst being away at college, any wild parties I failed to discuss with my parents or my blog because they’re too… wild. Every time, I snort and ask him if he remembers who he’s talking to. He shrugs and asks me again a week later. Continue reading “Drinking away… what exactly?”
Princess LIAR
Since about the beginning of this month I’ve become inexplicably re-obsessed with princess movies. Specifically, Disney princess movies. (Also The Swan Princess, since I don’t think she’s technically Disney). So in this past month, I’ve watched Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Swan Princess, and The Little Mermaid. And after careful consideration, I’ve come to the conclusion that none of them are actually in love with their princes. Continue reading “Princess LIAR”