Ever since I moved back to Minnesota, my parents have slowly been giving me things that have been hiding in storage at their house for the past 15 years that they want to get off their hands. The most recent box my mom gave to me contained something I completely forgot I ever had. The [...]
Since I’m an avid reader, I’ll pretty much read any type of genre of books. Children’s, sci-fi, fantasy, romance, horror, even some non-fiction if the subject is interesting. But there’s one genre that I just cannot get into, no matter how many times I try. The Mystery Novel. This has never made sense to me. [...]
I know this is going to sound like a total cliché, but I hate spiders. Like, seriously HATE them. I’m not a killing person, but if I see a spider, I WILL MURDER IT. I don’t care how freaking cute it may look. Spiders, or arachnids (meaning eight-legged monster) are the one thing that will [...]
Some of you may know that it takes a lot to get teenagers to read. That’s why paranormal teen romances are so popular. They take ordinary teens out of this world and make fantastical things happen to them. Authors tend to add the “shock factor” to their books to keep teens hooked and reading, or [...]
It was a slow Friday afternoon at work when my co-worker introduced me to the joy of Jungian Personality Tests. You know, the silly tests you take to tell you crap that you already know about yourself but like to see if the computer thinks differently (it never does). So she sent me the link, [...]
There are very few things that make me laugh. No, let me rephrase. There are very few things that make me really laugh. Out loud, and not just to myself. Laugh so hard that tears come out of my eyes and I have to run to the bathroom. I know that if that happens, I’ve [...]
I love to read (duh). And I love to write (obvious). But do you know what I hate to do? Read and write at the same time. Which came first: the reader or the writer? I know it sounds silly. How can one not read and write at the same time, when the two sort [...]
The morning is a time for me to relax, have some cereal, check Facebook/Twitter/email/Smurfs Village, and watch about twenty minutes of TV before I start my day. I usually watch some old cartoon on Boomerang because old cartoons seem to be better in the morning and don’t require me to really think. But I recently [...]
As I’m sure none of you know, today marks the 20th anniversary of a very important day in my young adult life. Twenty years ago on this day, I had been 13 years old for a week. I was on my last half of seventh grade, patiently waiting for that crappy school year to end. [...]
Ever since I learned how to turn on the television on Saturday mornings, I’ve been a fan of cartoons. It started with Smurfs and Alvin and the Chipmunks, then made its way to The Disney Afternoon with Gummi Bears and Duck Tales, found a path towards anime with Sailor Moon, and dropped me off at Cartoon Network as a college [...]
