hi, my name is Carly. i also go by MrsCow10, MrsCow, Alloy, or Tana Sutha.
this is essentially an about me/self rant. my other blogs are at the bottom. enjoy knowing way too much about me if you care
(really, it is way too much)
i should probably migrate this to somewhere else since i, like, don't even use tumblr anymore, but i don't know what other format would work for this
last updated 2026-06-01
sections: likes, accolades, theatre, top 10 wishlist, other blogs
~Likes~
TV Shows/Streaming:
Hellaverse, Jet Lag: The Game, Half as Interesting, The Brick Facade, Nebula, Dancing With the Stars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, She-Ra and the Princess of Power, The Amazing Digital Circus, Stranger Things, Abolish Everything!, The Getaway, Sam from Wendover's 'A Very Good Trivia Show', SCAV, Day Pass, Tom Scott: England
Movies:
Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hamilton, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Nimona, F1: The Movie, Night of the Coconut
Sports:
baseball, Formula One, Jet Lag: The Game
Sports Teams:
Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, McLaren Mastercard F1 Team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, VISA Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team, TGR Haas F1 Team, Soby, Brendam
Athletes:
Colson Montgomery, Brenton Doyle, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Daniel Ricciardo, Oliver Bearman, Kimi Antonelli, George Russell, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Doriane Pin, Payton Westcott, Kaylee Countryman, Alba Larsen, Ben Doyle, Adam Chase, Sam Denby, Toby Hendy, Michelle Khare, Brian McManus, Mike Downie
Places:
Chicago, MagiQuest, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, New York City, Illinois State University, University of Illinois Chicago, caves, American national parks, my high school's auditorium
Colors:
purple, black, deep teal
Digital/Video Games:
travel sims, Minecraft, Chicken Invaders 2, Poptropica, Wii Sports Resort, Solitaire, Hill Climb Racing, Jetpack Joyride, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads
Albums:
all of the Beatles, all of Passion Pit, OK Orchestra (AJR), Flood (They Might Be Giants), Night Visions (Imagine Dragons), Nevermind (Nirvana), Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Phoenix), Who's Next (The Who), Minecraft Volume Alpha (C418), Minecraft Volume Beta (C418), Illinois (Sufjan Stevens), Hamilton Soundtrack (Lin Manuel Miranda), Hadestown Soundtrack (Anaïs Mitchell), Beetlejuice (Eddie Perfect), SIX (Toby Marlow), Heathers (Kevin Murphy), Between the Lines (Elyssa Samsel), EPIC (Jorge Rivera-Herrans), Tangled (Alan Menken), Something Rotten! (Wayne Kirkpatrick), The Yellow Album (SpongeBob Squarepants), all of the Poptropica music
Songs:
serotonin playlist: Somewhere Only We Know (Keane), Fernando (ABBA), Hooked On A Feeling (Blue Swede), OK Overture (AJR), Adventure Is out There (AJR), Ordinaryish People (AJR), World's Smallest Violin (AJR), Christmas in June (AJR), Poptropica Overture (Jeff Heim), Poptropolis Games Main Theme (Jeff Heim), Monster Carnival Main Theme (Jeff Heim), Overture (The Pajama Game), Celtic Dueling Violins (Ronan Hardiman), Kingdom Dance (Alan Menken), The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles), Two of Us (Naked Version) (The Beatles), Penny Lane (Original Ending) (The Beatles), Martha My Dear (The Beatles), Particle Man (They Might Be Giants), Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (They Might Be Giants), Birdhouse in Your Soul (They Might Be Giants), Donuts, Go Nuts! (Matt "Chainsaw" Chaney), Come and Get Your Love (Redbone), Your New Home (Gooseworx), Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (Tchaikovsky), The Last Saskatchewan Pirate (Captain Tractor), Hey All You People (Spongebob Squarepants), Underwater Sun (Spongebob Squarepants), Jelly Fish Jam (Spongebob Squarepants), Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol), Welcome to the Internet (Bo Burnham), We Are Young (fun.) End of Beginning (Djo), Closing Time (Semisonic), Piano Man (Billy Joel), Formula 1 Theme (Brian Tyler), Hast du kurz Zeit (Wincent Weiss), Why Does the Sun Shine? (They Might Be Giants), Temptation (7" Version) (New Order), Hey Jude (The Beatles), Everything is AWESOME!!! (The LEGO Movie), And I Love Her (The Beatles), I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys)
honorable mentions: Counting Stars (OneRepublic), Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond), Upside Down (Jack Johnson), Soldier, Poet, King (The Oh Hellos), Calypso (Sail North), Ontario Sucks (Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie), Ich habe einen kleinen Papagei (Die Schlagerboys), Spanish Flea (Herb Alpert), ask me about my 27+ hour long playlist called "violence"
Hobbies/Collecting:
Scholastic Bowl, D&D, dice, filling out character sheets, roleplay, cosplay, theatre, stage fighting, dance, singing, acting, voice acting, violin, music arrangement, light design, sound design, projectors, planes, trains, travel, counties, crochet, architecture, engineering, animation, math, optimization, dimensional analysis, basketry, chess, astronomy, pottery, orienteering, photography, model rockets, American quarters, foreign currency, nerdy pins, stickers, chemistry, electronics, Scouting America, merit badges, the role of librarian in scouting, camping, hiking, biking, climbing, riding ATVs, wading, pools, water slides, zip line, yoga, meditation, maps, spreadsheets, thought experiments, rabbit holes, doomscrolling Pinterest, doomscrolling Threads, LEGO, doodling, stick figure silhouettes
Animals/Creatures:
cats, elephants, zebras, penguins, ladybugs, dragons, wood woads, dolphins, sharks, foxes
Food/Drinks:
smoothies, V8 strawberry banana juice, berry sparkling water, Apfelschörle, Kartoffelsalat, watermelon, apricots, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, pickles, Kraft mac and cheese, Popper Bowl no gravy, mild orange chicken, bacon baked potatoes, chicken quesadillas, chicken nuggets with honey mustard, lobster tail, steak, Dutch waffles, ice cream, sprinkles, Twix, Cow Tales, Pfefferneusse
Fashion:
biker shorts, skorts, fuzzy leggings, hoodies with deep pockets, blended T-shirts (usually theatre or parks related), beanies, slip-on shoes, black fuzzy boots, hiking boots, dresses, heels (unless there's stairs), cardigans
Current Jewelry:
dragon necklace - protection
diamond pickaxe necklace - adventure/treasure
crossbow necklace - skill
black ring - asexual symbol
blue/yellow hair ties - Ukraine flag & ITS colors (& visa logo apparently)
Pomni bracelet - friendship bracelet from Galaxy
watch - Apple Watch with deep cherry wristband
shark bracelet - Fahlo bracelet tracking Riptide, Jawshua, Athena
elemental bracelet - rotating through characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender depending on elemental vibes
survival bracelet - paracord bracelet with buckle, compass, whistle, flint & steel
Misc. Likes:
dunes, hating on Deutsche Bahn, Abby not stealing dip, fuzzy blankets, fluffy pillows, snow, stuffed animals, staying up late, positivity, schedules, hoarding, rambling, overthinking
~Accolades~
Pinewood Derby winner (Siblings category)
Math Olympiad Highest Individual Score (5th grade)
D.A.R.E. Program Student of the Year (6th grade)
President's Award for Educational Excellence recipient
2x JV High School Scholastic Bowl Team Captain
High School Scholastic Bowl Social Media Manager
Scouting America troop librarian for 3 years
Member of the International Thespian Society
2026 University of Illinois Chicago High School German Day - City Guide Competition (3rd place)
~Theatre~
Acting Theatrical Experience:
Fluff - Honk! Jr. - elementary school (cancelled due to COVID)
Drake - Honk! Jr. - elementary school
Queen - Sleeping Beauty and the Beast - middle school
Ensemble - Matilda Jr. - community theatre
Dormouse/Ensemble/Cheshire Cat US - Alice in Wonderland - middle school
Ensemble - Mary Poppins - high school
Steve - She Kills Monsters - high school
Officer Pudney - Rumors - high school
Non-Acting Theatrical Experience:
Lights - Twelfth Night - high school
Violin 4 - The Pajama Game - high school
Tech - 2025 Variety Show - high school
Tech CIT - The Internet is Distract- OH LOOK A KITTEN!/Home Shopping Studios LIVE! (One Acts Show) - high school
AV Tech Gigs:
2026 District Honors Choir Concert
2026 Girls Gymnastics Sectionals
2026 High School Prom Fashion Show
2026 Orchesis Dance Team Performance
2026 High School International Fair
2026 High School Spring Concert Season
2026 Senior Activity Awards Night
Shakespeare Review Corner:
Rating System: arrow ("yuck") < swirly ("again if forced") < star ("seek on occasion") < heart ("seek often"); plus and minus modifiers apply to all four
Romeo and Juliet: mediocre. my first exposure to the story was when i was in 6th grade and my friends' school put on a "Seussified" version of the play. i was already vaguely familiar with the plot, but this version of the story made it seem really funny and interesting. i then first read it in 7th grade, willingly, since i was so ahead in English class my teacher let me do whatever and i knew that this story was super famous. the textbook it was in defined every third word so i was able to mostly understand it. i don't remember having any more strong feelings about the story. since then i read it for class freshman year of high school. we read the original text with no translation but we were all honors students. this was when i realized just how incompetent and straight up stupid basically all of the characters are. in addition, at the end of the unit we watched the 1968 film, which despite apparently being PG includes a bedroom scene that as a young ace in a high school freshman English class seemed entirely unnecessary. overall, plot is a solid swirly, and the experiences over time have ranged from star to arrow plus. do not need to read again. final rating: swirly minus (🌕🌘🌑🌑🌑)
Twelfth Night: fairly good. freshman year my high school decided to do this play for our winter performance. i went into it knowing nothing about the story nor the technology i was to use to light the stage. the main twist was that the director decided to make the entire thing take place in the 1980s, but i will elaborate later. the script that we were given was the "No Fear Shakespeare" version. being the overachiever that i am i read the entire thing in one night. well, the modern text at least. i never fully read the original text since the director made a bunch of cuts. he decided that despite being 1980s we would still recite the original text. at least i got to learn how to operate a disco ball. anyway, the story itself is pretty confusing upon first read, but it certainly serves its role as a comedy. my only qualm is that Malvolio makes me a bit uncomfortable, but the actor that was cast in the role did do an incredible job, and by closing night i had definitely warmed up to the play in general. characters are a star plus, plot is star minus but maybe plain star since it was my personality for a month or so. probably wouldn't want to read again after reading it five million times in preparation of opening night, but would definitely be open to watching it and mansplaining the plot afterwards. final rating: star plus (🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑)
Julius Caesar: it's fine. i read this sophomore year of high school. i was the only person in my class who liked reading out loud so i was brutus half the time, which would've been fine except i don't really like him as a character. there's so many characters and half their names sound the same and a bunch of them don't turn out relevant. everyone except the bad guys just straight up dies in the end. the plot kinda seemed all over the place. we watched the 1953 movie which was not in color and they skipped lines all the time and the fifth act was incredibly out of order, which really brings down my appreciation of the plot. i feel like if i saw a staged version i'd be more interested. overall, i feel like i just don't really have any strong feelings one way or the other for this play. plot of the play itself is a star minus but in combination with the movie it's basically a swirly. characters are a swirly plus at best. might read again without the movie, but not likely. final rating: swirly plus (🌕🌕🌘🌑🌑)
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super secret bonus!
The Prince: this is actually a play by Abigail Thorn, but it is based off of Shakespeare's works. i've only seen it once but i've been meaning to see it again and i'll probably update this when i do. a recording of it is on my favorite streaming service Nebula, which is how i watched it. the main plays it is based off of i have not read, so the plot was a bit hard for me to follow at times, but the premise is hilarious and i think it is a wonderful work of art. i will have a more serious review when i actually get around to watching it again. i don't have specific ratings for the details, but as i've mentioned i'm definitely going to watch it again and i think you should too. final rating: heart minus (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘)
other super secret bonus!
Something Rotten!: this musical makes fun of Shakespeare for plagiarizing everyone. even better, Shakespeare is Christian Borle with a british accent. i've watched a slime tutorial and i'm very glad i did. the soundtrack is high quality. it's hilarious from beginning to end. i've auditioned for pit and tech and have no regrets. i will update this on whether i make it in or not. at the time of writing i haven't read Hamlet so a lot of the Shakespeare stuff went over my head, but i appreciated the Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night references. there's also references to, like, every major musical that had been made by the time this was written, so that's also great. some of the comedy is so overboard it gets a bit stupid, and also for some reason i can not place i don't really like Nigel, but those are small complaints to the overall amazing piece of literary work that is this musical. characters are a solid heart overall and plot is a heart plus. highly recommend to everyone reading this. final rating: heart plus (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌖)
~Top 10 Wishlist~
Jet Lag: The Game hat
10 Days in the National Parks board game
Inkarnate Pro
Jet Lag: The Game water bottle
A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension by Toby Hendy
tripod portable fan
MinMaxed mini journal
soprano recorder
Soundbrenner Pulse
Monopoly F1 Edition
~Other Blogs~
@watch-yourself - Jinu, KPDH RP blog
@best-huntrix-manager - Bobby, KPDH RP blog
@hawkins-valedictorian - Dustin, Stranger Things RP blog
@red-and-blue-jester - Pomni, TADC RP blog
@yummi-gummi-goo - This is the blog for Carly the Cow (depicted in my pfp) and her Gummigoo TADC RP blog. I help her run it.
