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A Special Music Recommendation: K/DA
Posted on January 16, 2021 7 Comments
Hello, everyone! Usually, when I do music recommendations on here, it’s a song or artist I like, and I just say, “Here you go! Enjoy!” and call it a day. Today, however, I’m recommending you such an interesting artist/group that I can’t help but explain them a bit! The group is called K/DA. They’re so […]
Why “Soul” Is Good For Your Soul
Posted on January 14, 2021 21 Comments
Disney Pixar’s newest movie Soul scored 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and with a rating like that, it should be easy to see why. Except for me, it wasn’t, at first. The first time I watched Soul, I didn’t like it. I didn’t really dislike it, either, but it was just very okay to me. I didn’t understand what […]
Wearing Masks, Then and Now
Posted on January 11, 2021 73 Comments
Back in January 2018, I was traveling from California back home, and I was sick. I had gotten sick halfway through the week of visiting my family, but it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t travel. However, I was sick enough that I knew it was a bad idea to be in public, especially an […]
Showcasing My Collection: Old Cookbooks, Volume One
Posted on January 6, 2021 61 Comments
Hey, everyone! In a couple of my past posts, I’ve shown you all some of my enamel pins, which are something I love to collect. Something else I love to collect that you may not have known about is cookbooks! While I do love pretty much any cookbook at all, my truest love is of […]
WW84: WTF?
Posted on January 4, 2021 79 Comments
NOTICE: This review contains lots of spoilers. Great Hera! Wonder Woman: 1984 was terrible! I am distraught over this, and must complain to all of you accordingly. It didn’t have to be this way. Wonder Woman (2017), for all its flaws, was still an enjoyable, fun movie for me, in part because of my love for Diana […]
My Top 5 Posts of 2020
Posted on December 30, 2020 16 Comments
Season’s greetings, everyone! I kind of accidentally went on a hiatus for the past week, with it being my birthday and Christmas and all, but I thought I’d post one more thing before the New Year. I want to share with you my top five favorite posts I wrote this year. Overall, I think my […]
My Thoughts On Red Dead Redemption 2
Posted on December 19, 2020 25 Comments
Like pretty much all my other video game posts, I’m severely late to the game (no pun intended). Today I’m here to talk about the wildly popular Rockstar game, Red Dead Redemption 2. Even though it came out two years ago, I only got around to playing it this year. I started it around April, played […]
I Regret To Inform You All That I Miss High School
Posted on December 16, 2020 87 Comments
There, I said it. I’m not happy about it, but it’s the truth. I miss high school. When I was in high school, I hated it. Not just a normal amount, the way every teen does, but like, extra hated it. I resented the idea (and still kind of do) that kids are legally required […]
The Four Movies That Have Made Me Ugly Cry, Part 3: Crazy Rich Asians
Posted on December 13, 2020 24 Comments
I didn’t think this movie would make me cry. I knew the first two on my list, The Fault in Our Stars and Coco, would make me cry, but I never expected this charming romantic comedy to be on this list. I actually didn’t see this one in theaters, though I remember I had thought it looked pretty […]
Aced My Test
Posted on December 10, 2020 57 Comments
In case you missed it, last week I got tested for COVID. And it sucked. Now you shall all know: Yes, I had corona. This made me one of about 9,000 positive cases in Ohio on the day I was tested. Which is a pretty staggering number. Fortunately, my case has been a very mild […]
Thoughts On Hades (So Far)
Posted on December 9, 2020 22 Comments
Hades is the first roguelike game I’ve ever experienced. I’ve never played a dungeon crawler type game before, nor did I know what a roguelike even was before I started playing Hades. For someone who plays as many videogames as I do (which isn’t a ton but is a decent amount) you’d think I’d have […]
The Four Movies That Have Made Me Ugly Cry, Part 2: Coco
Posted on December 6, 2020 25 Comments
You had to have known this one would be on the list at some point, right? If this movie isn’t on your list, I question whether or not you have tear ducts at all. Disney, Pixar, and Disney-Pixar movies are exceptionally good at making people cry, no doubt. I’ve definitely cried at just about every single one […]
My Experience With Getting a COVID Test
Posted on December 3, 2020 70 Comments
I made it ten months into the pandemic without getting tested for COVID. Honestly, I think that’s a pretty good run. I know several people that have to get tested frequently for work or school and whatnot, and I’m ridiculously glad that’s not been the case for me, because it was, shall we say, less […]
The Four Movies That Have Made Me Ugly Cry, Part One: The Fault in Our Stars
Posted on November 29, 2020 22 Comments
Like most teen girls in the 2010s, I was enamored with The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green. I read it during my freshman year of high school, and the movie came out when I was a sophomore. I also met John Green when I was a sophomore at NerdCon, so that was like, really […]
If You’ve Ever Wondered About My Sense of Humor, Here’s a Good Example
Posted on November 24, 2020 13 Comments
As a teen, I really liked adult cartoons, like South Park, Family Guy, and American Dad (and I was in my early teens when Rick & Morty came out, but didn’t watch it until I was about sixteen). I’m not really a big fan of most of those titles anymore but they were hilarious to me when […]
Here’s Some Music To Listen To This Fine Sunday
Posted on November 22, 2020 7 Comments
Hello, everyone! I hope you’re all having a good weekend. Mine has been very lazy and relaxing, so to keep up with that trend, I’m going to share a song I like with y’all instead of posting something that requires me to use my brain. This song is actually one you may have heard before […]
Showcasing My Collection: Enamel Pins, Volume Two
Posted on November 19, 2020 12 Comments
Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of me showing off my enamel pin collection! Last time, I shared five of my favorite pins with you, and I’m going to do the exact same thing today. Though these are some of my favorites in my collection, they’re not in any particular order or anything, I […]
This Vacation Blows
Posted on November 17, 2020 60 Comments
Everyone knows the drill by now. You work from home in your sweats, you have a dozen Zoom calls a day, and you avoid the outside world like the plague (because, duh). But of course, there’s our essential workers, too. Those who are out in the world every day, providing much-needed services ,who just have […]
Small Business Saturday: Pour Vallery Art
Posted on November 14, 2020 11 Comments
Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Small Business Saturday! In case you missed the last two of these, this is where I post about a small business I’ve ordered from that I really like and can highly recommend to y’all. And again, this is NOT where I am sent something for free and […]
Adventures In Baking: Chai Cookies Edition
Posted on November 12, 2020 32 Comments
As I mentioned in my apple cider post last month, it is truly the season for pumpkin spice! However, there is one seasonal flavor that I think is leagues above pumpkin spice, that being chai. Chai is truly a divine drink, especially iced chai lattes! So when I saw one of my favorite food bloggers […]
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