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[thirteenfanzine]

Cosplayers - we need you

Hey guys Applications are coming along nicely, we’re loving all your art and fanfiction. We’re just wondering if there’s any cosplayers out there who want to showcase their looks, or anyone who has any DW/thirteen related stuff they want featured in the zine, please forward it to [email protected] :) One more week for applications guys!

[almorto]

Late night ramblings?

Well. I'm not very good with blogs apparently. Journals as well, which is what I was trying to use this as. Reconnecting with someone I hardly talked with at all but for some reason value non-the-less is what prompted this one. Despite my absence, I feel like I'm starting to get a hang of this blog tech, but we'll see when I get going on here. This is kind of nice really, being able to put these running...analogue? Dialogues? Whatever, it's nice to just think and let the fingers, thumbs in this case, put it on a screen. I don't even read back, just type. Oh, here comes the sun just came on pandora. I'm not a beetles fan but I enjoy this song.

[thelivingfandom]

People keep telling me I should post more so here's a cat #cats #cat #cindy #catsofinstagram #amitaggingright? #oranges

[aces-and-blackberry-blossoms]

Vlogbrothers, Nerdfighters, and hopes for my own ability. My first blog in which I actually say something... be kind.

So one of my goals is to start writing more on Tumblr. I tend to over think things so I’ve decided that when the urge strikes I will just write. This is hard because I have a very loud critical voice in my head that tells me all the reasons why I shouldn’t write anything made for public viewing. Okay, this is going to sound a little strange… and also considering I recently started following John and Hank Green’s blogs on tumblr a little bit suck up-y. That is not my intention.

However I just feel moved to write a blog post about The Vlogbrothers on YouTube.

I discovered this channel recently while doing research for a paper I was writing on globalization. A quick search on YouTube for anything on the Silk Road lead me to a series of ten minute videos about world history called Crash Course. While I wasn’t able to use anything from the Silk Road video in my paper (some rule about sources that made little sense to me) the way the videos were presented - quick, fun and funny but not condescending to the audience made me want to see more. I went through World and U.S. History while I really should have been working on the aforementioned paper and those videos lead me to more of John Green’s (the host of the Crash Course history videos and one of the writers.) videos namely The Vlogbrothers. A channel he and his brother Hank Green host.

John Green also writes books for teenagers… I apparently have been living under a rock because I don’t know how books this cool slipped by me.

I am really tardy to the party on this because The Vlogbrothers and the community of the Nerdfighters have been around since ‘07. I don’t want to try and explain it because as a newbie, I wouldn’t do the awesomeness justice, but I will say that I am 30 years old and I wish this kind of thing had been around when I was a teenager because I wouldn’t have felt so out of step.

I love how these videos manage to embrace silliness as the fantastic thing that it is, promote social consciousness, and encourage the viewers to pursue challenges, try new things, and believe in themselves. This is done simply through watching Hank, John, and the Nerdfighters be silly, be socially conscious, and pursue challenges.

I’m not sure how yet, but I really hope that when I finally become the teacher, I want to be I can somehow do that for my students - especially if I can help some kid who felt like I did discover that they are made of awesome!

[indypopcon]

Figuring this Out

Dear Tumblr,

I am trying to learn you.  I want to be with you.  I want to be IN you... often.

Give me another chance.

Signed, PopCon Tumblr Newb

[jumpingonclouds-blog]

I'm glad to have the honour of the first ask :b Not yet, sometimes it's snowing but it never lasts /sighs/ and how about where you live? no snow?

^-^ Daamn. It NEVER ever ever ever snows here. Its just really hot and humid all year round. It rains at the very most. I’ve been to Australia during winter but didn’t get to see snow :/