So, we have a saying in Massachusetts, which is "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes."
...Well, people pretty much in every state say this, but in Massachusetts it is particularly true. And maybe this year it hasn't been waiting five minutes but something is definitely wrong with the picture.
Allow me to elucidate. Last Friday it was GORGEOUS. Like 80 degrees, not a cloud in the sky gorgeous. It felt like summer. It was beautiful out.
The rain started Friday night. And the rain has not stopped since then.
Yes folks, on June 4th in Massachusetts it is 62 degrees and raining. It feels like April. The months are out of whack. I mean, it's June and I'm wearing flannel jim jams. This isn't normal, this isn't natural. Something is WRONG.
But you know what can make stupid weather a lot better?
Do you know what that is, fooligans? That is a video collab channel.
Do you know who is in that video collab channel?
ME. And four of my bloggy type mates.
So you know what you should do? You should go over and watch Lexie introduce us, The5LightningScars.
Link to our channel is here: The5LightningScars. I know it isn't pretty and stuff yet, but we're working on it.
So go subscribe and make a very cold girl very happy.
I'm Thursday :)
Sorry for the - Wait... Nope. Not sorry. SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION EXCEPT IT ISN'T REALLY SELF BECAUSE THERE ARE FIVE OTHER PEOPLE.
Love and kisses,
Jen
P.S. Not that it matters, but for any of you who care, my treatment on Friday went really, really well and I feel better. Like, a lot better. Like, I came home on Friday and my mother told me that I seemed like a completely different person after five hours better. So, if you care, now you know. And thank you for caring :)
Okay, about to fangirl here. I am a HUGE Avatar fan. Not blue people Avatar. Avatar: The Last Airbender.
This one
Not this one.
I think that as a show, it was incredibly well written and engaging and that the characters were well-developed and rounded characters. All of them have good and bad qualities that make them seem like real people. Which is why I loved that show so much. I was so sad when it was over.
When I hear that the creators were making a new show, a sequel, I nearly had a heart attack of fangirl joy. I was so excited and when Korra finally started, I was glued to my seat. It is brilliant. Honestly.
The thing that I hear the most on websites is that people don't think that Korra is as good as the Last Airbender. What I think is that they are trying to draw too many parallels with the original series. But you have to look at the show as its own separate entity. The characters are all older than the characters in the original show, the issues are different, and since the show is going to be shorter than The Last Airbender, so the plot has to be more condensed than in the original series.
Another thing that annoys the pants off of me is the SHIPPERS. OH MY GOD, DO NOT LOOK UP LEGEND OF KORRA ON TUMBLR IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR INNOCENCE. I have and it was not a good decision. The shippers are INSANE. I didn't even know that people could be that crazy. And I know crazy. But these people will ship (if you don't know what shipping is, consider yourself lucky. Basically, they go crazy pairing characters that they want to be in relationships.) anything. These people ship Mako and Bolin, who are brothers. Something is wrong up in the head, if you know what I mean. I mean, I understand shipping, it's fun having head cannons, but at the same time people need to take a step back and just let the creators of the show take the show where they want to take it. It's their show. They can do whatever they want.
But I love Legend of Korra because of how the show has matured. They aged the characters so that the kids who watched the first show would still be interested in it because the characters were still around their age, which I think is so cool. Plus, the characters have all of the lovable qualities that made the first show endearing.
And Meelo. He is my favorite. I want them to do an episode dedicated to this child, but since they need to pack in the plot, I doubt it's going to happen. In fact, I just want more screen time for all of the air bender kids. Just watch this and tell me that they are not amazing.
Impossible, right? That is why I love this show. I highly recommend both it and the original Avatar: The Last Airbender. They are both awesome shows and even if you aren't a kid you can totally appreciate them.
Oh, and total like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon moment. Ready? I'm about to blow your mind.
Zack Tyler Eisen, the kid who voices Aang in the original series? Yeah, he's my cousin.
I don't actually cry. Though I did at the graduation. I just wanted to say something about it, because, you know, my big brother graduated! It's a big deal!
Anyways. Here's to you, Jake. We're all really proud of you, and we know that you will do awesome things in the future!
Hey there fooligans. Here is a video for your eyes and ears. I apologize if it is quiet. It's midnight. I failed. Boohoo. Anyways, I forgot to say bye to you guys, because I am forgetful and it is late/early. Very very early.
So love and kisses,
Jen
[Edit: You have to turn the volume up a bit; it was midnight and I was talking quietly so as to not wake up my mum. Tara!]
I'm obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Like obsessed obsessed. I've seen every episode of both Buffy and Angel. And I've read the comics. Don't judge me!
On top of loving everything about this show, I also have a huge fangirl crush on Spike.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Spike.
He's hot. He's British. He's punk. He's sarcastic and hilarious. In short, he's my dream guy. Unfortunately he doesn't have a pulse, so that could be an issue. But other than that, he's perfect. In fact, I've written about my love of Spike before, so click here (CLICK ME I'M A LINK) if you want to read that. It's not all about him, but he's there.
I watched a video today, which I will post at the bottom, that made me really think about some stuff. It was about insecurities and why they don't matter. In fact, the title of the video was 'Insecurities and Why They Don't Matter'. Pretty self explanatory, huh?
Anyways, I am... wait for it... extremely insecure. Now, I know a lot of you must be thinking "Jennelle, insecure? You are such a silly biscuit for even insinuating that claim! Go into the corner and think about what you've just said!" Before things get completely out of hand, let me explain. I am insecure, and that's... well, that's basically it. I've explained it.
I have some normal insecurities and some not so normal insecurities. Want to hear them?
TOO BAD, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THEM ANYWAYS!!! AHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
I'm an evil overlord at heart, let me just live out my delusions of grandeur alone with my cats. Which would make me not alone, but whatever.
Here goes nothing.
My Insecurities
1. My teeth. I've been self-conscious about my teeth for pretty much my entire existence on this planet. They are really tiny, and I used to have really huge gaps in my top front teeth. Braces fixed the top gaps, but I still have gaps in my bottom teeth. Also, my canine teeth are really prominent and large in comparison to the rest of my teeth, so I look a bit like a vampire, or a werewolf, depending.
2. My weight. I live in a very weight conscious family. My older brother is so athletic, and his natural metabolism is so fast that he used to lose five pounds in his sleep. IN HIS SLEEP. I can't lose five pounds even I diet for a month. I gain weight just by looking at bread. I've never really been 'overweight', but for someone who stand 5'1", if you weigh a normal weight it looks like you weigh a lot more, simply because there isn't as much body to distribute that weight to. Now, a lot of my weight is muscle because I did karate for 12 years, but ever since I stopped I kind of lost a little muscle tone. Swimsuit season, people. I want to look good when I go to Israel! There are some hot guys going on my trip!
3. My intellect. I am going to try to explain this one without sounding pretentious, because talking about something like intelligence often has the capacity to stray into that area. I am a know-it-all. I'm that kid that loves to know that they are right. I correct people when they say words wrong. I'm that kid. But the problem is that while I am intelligent, that intelligence doesn't spread evenly over all subject matter. I'm very good at languages and history, and a little more than slightly less good at maths and science. The problem with this completely normal problem is that I hold myself to such high standards that I simply cannot allow failure. I got a C for the first time ever last quarter. And believe me, I'm beating myself up more than anyone else is.
4. My nose. I have been told multiple times by multiple people that my nose isn't big. It just is big to me. It's one of those things that I will never be okay with, simply because I can't do anything about it. Before anyone tells me that I could get a nose job if I so chose, let me tell you how doctors perform rhinoplasties. First, they have to break your nose and take out the excess cartilage. Then they reshape the remaining cartilage by shaving it down. Excuse me if I don't do that to my face.
5. My fear that no one likes me. I have friends, friends that would do anything for me. But with acquaintances, I'm never really sure if they like me or just tolerate me. Because by all accounts of humanity I can be annoying. Sometimes I have to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself to stop being such a freak, because I wig out way too much. I know that it is completely irrational for me to feel this way, but I still do.
I only want to list five because I don't want to bore you all. But believe you me, there are more.
But that's okay. It's okay to be insecure. It's okay to feel awkward in your own skin. Because the odds are everyone else feels the same way that you do about themselves. So embrace your insecurities. Tell them that it's okay. Tell yourself that it is okay to feel the way you feel.
Then come find me and we can be insecure together. We'll have a grand old time, I promise.
Here is the video.
Hope you enjoy it and I hope it makes you examine yourself for a second and then feel better about yourself as well. That's what it did for me.
If that video doesn't make you laugh, something is wrong with you. I literally laughed until I cried.
Anywho, I went to the doctors today in re my head condition. Apparently I have 'textbook occipital neuralgia', but the fact that my headaches aren't always the same means that I could have more than one headache condition. Colour me excited.
So now I'm on new medicine, since I maxed out on my old medicine and it didn't do anything. The new stuff I'm on apparently makes you sleepy, so hopefully that will combat my burgeoning insomnia.
Other than the medicine, however, I'm supposed to get a steroid and a anesthetic administered locally, i.e. they have to SHOOT IT INTO THE NERVE IN MY HEAD WITH A NEEDLE. HOLY SHIT CATS YOU GUYS. I don't have a terrible fear of needles, I just am not a fan of pain. Obviously.
That just reminded me...
Watch this and laugh. Please. It's funny and they are British. And there's explosions. And cats. You can't not like it.
So that basically sums up my life right about now. I haven't really been doing anything since I'm on break. Actually, I have to put away my winter clothes. Right now, I have all of my clothes just sitting out in my room, in just a giant pile of clothes threatening to fall over and kill me. I live in a delicate balance, my friends. A delicate balance.
Oh, and did anyone watch Avatar: The Legend of Korra? I'm so glad that it is as good as it is, considering how much I loved the other show.
Well, duckies, I must fly. I took my meds and now I'm sleepy as a really sleepy thing that sleeps.
