Guys. I have SO MANY FEELINGS about Cursed Child. So many problems. And yet...it made me want to rewatch all the HP movies. Which I did over the course of last week. :O
I actually remembered to take more video this month! And for good reason--I went to Disneyland and on a cruise. Though I guess that sets the bar kind of high for next month...
Some thoughts on body image, body positivity, and being told you're skinny when you're not!
This whole video came about based on a conversation I had about a year ago now--just a quick exchange in a longer conversation, but one that has clearly stuck with me since then.
I was nervous about making this video, and then nervous again to publish it (I recorded this about a month ago), which is kind of insane. What do I have to be scared of? But we all know what the internet is like for women and so yeah. These kinds of topics are important to me even though I’m scared to talk about them with strangers. But it’s worth it if someone else can connect with these thoughts and benefit from hearing about my experience!
I won’t be able to post a new video tomorrow because vacation. But it’s okay because I did make a video last week about something really great. And that’s majoring in English/Creative Writing.
Now there’s this ugly rumor that English majors don’t do any work and can’t find jobs. But that’s mostly untrue! The great thing about spending four years learning to write the perfect paper is that you can convince people of pretty much anything.
So that cover letter is basically a paper with the thesis statement, “Hire me please, you won’t regret it.”
Man, these things would be a whole lot more exciting if I were not petrified of vlogging in public. As it is I’ll start filming and then someone will walk by and I’ll be like
Anyhow. February!
I did a lot, even though it’s the shortest month:
Had Korean BBQ for the first time ever, complete with soju and so much kimchi that we started to feel bad asking for refills.
Hid out from the super bowl, which was happening in the bay area just thirty minutes from me. How is this different from how I usually hide out during the weekends, you ask? Well, it isn't.
Flew to Kansas City and back, by way of Las Vegas and San Diego
Ate sundubu jjigae and failed YET AGAIN to escape the room with my work team.
Went shopping in SF. I wish we had smellivision, because those candles I showed smell so good I want to eat them.
First and foremost: I take no responsibility for the abysmal lighting and sound in this video.
You know how after a while of people telling you, “Listen, you HAVE TO HAVE TO watch this movie right now, I know you’ll love it, it’s the best thing since avocado toast,” you kind of don’t want to watch it ever? Like you’re pretty adamant that, in fact, you will not like it, and that you can’t spare two hours of your life to even try this thing that’s such a hit?
That’s the point I’m at with many of these movies.
Let me know if you’ve seen any of these and they’re actually worth it--and then maybe just maybe I’ll give them a shot.
It’s not that I don’t want to watch them. It’s just that I can’t bring myself to do it.
Not when I can watch six episodes of Friends in the same amount of time, anyway.
Here’s the list:
1. Pitch Perfect
All I know is that I’ve already got my fill of a cappella from Glee. And that cup stacking song is crazy annoying.
2. Easy A
Oh, Emma Stone. I know you’re supposed to be very good in this. It’s not personal. It’s just that now my expectations are impossibly high and I don’t want to hate you after watching this. I already feel weird about you being in The Help.
3. Revenge of the SithÂ
Real question for Star Wars fans: do I need to watch this? Am I truly missing anything important?
4. The Big Lebowski
I think I may be too straight edge for this movie.
5. Wet Hot American Summer
I’ve only seen the first 10 minutes. I do actually mean to rectify this.
6. Schindler’s List
Just have not been in the mood in the past 23 years to watch a holocaust movie that’s not Inglourious Basterds
7. Blackfish
If I promise I won’t go to Sea World, do I still need to watch this?
8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I hid this at the bottom of the list so that everyone might miss it and not hate me.
When I first started making YouTube videos a little over a year ago, I was recording them with the webcam on my macbook air.
Yes, really.
It occurs to me after editing this particular video that this is maybe not the best showcase for all I’ve learned about making videos in the past year. The lighting sucks (but hey, that’s typical for me!). I look half asleep and my hair is all wet. I’m not particularly articulate or profound.
But I don’t know if any amount of time will necessarily help me to make polished videos. I’m not much of a perfectionist. I’m more of a I’m-just-going-to do-this-thing-and-keep-doing-it-long-enough-that-it’s-kind-of-acceptable kind of person.Â
Is that enough on YouTube?
I’m not sure. YouTube is not the same now as it was five years ago or even two years ago. I don’t know what the place is for creators who struggle to get the sunlight to agree to their filming schedule, or are embarrassed to vlog in public. I’m trying not to think about it too much.
Since this creative endeavor has recently replaced my usual outlet, writing fiction, I’m going at it with the same sort of methodology: make a lot of content. Hope that some of it is good. Trust that when it is, people will like it.
I’d like to make more “how to vlog” type videos in the future, because I found those useful and inspiring when I first started out. But I also don’t feel qualified to give that kind of advice. So we’ll see if I can get myself over that.
Some of my favorite productivity & organization apps! Inspired by this video from Rosianna and Sanne.
I love to-to lists and personal finance and other boring stuff that. Love it!Â
I’ve linked the sites I mentioned below, but there were also a couple more that didn’t make the cut:
Feedly
You let me keep tabs on all of my favorite blog and news sites, without the finger-exhausting task of clicking on each of those blogs in a bookmarks folder on my browser. You gather them in one place and make them into a nice, long list--with pictures!
Evernote
You help me add items to my shopping list from any device, and you hold an entire notebook’s worth of my jumbled ideas for future blogs. Unfortunately you’re a little scary and I still don’t quite understand the best use case for you. But you’re really great at making all of my little notes and wonderings searchable!
Wunderlist
How I loved thee, once. You helped me keep my school assignments and personal life obligations in order. But then you were too buggy. I bet you’ve fixed those issues now but i’ve moved on to ToDoist and it’s too late. I hope you’ll understand.
My face looks awfully pink and splotchy here. I think this still is from the part where I yell at Harry for not catching a single damn letter when he’s standing on that table in the Dursleys’ living room. I’m just ruddy with excitement.
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