Our mind is like a canvas that gets splattered with opinions.
The only problem is that most of the paint on our canvas isn’t our own.
It’s like a collabritive piece without any real contribution on our end.
Sure, we provide the canvas and add a brush stroke here and there, but the end result does not come from our work.
So before looking at a piece of art, take out a new canvas and splatter it with your own paint.
Life isn’t a collaberation piece and it never should be.
I’m just gonna come right out and say it… The main problem with being seventeen is all these new feelings and life experiences. Sure, some are great, but most I am totally unqualified and completely unprepared for. Then again I’m the kind of girl who gets anxious when I have to give the person driving me home directions. Actually now that I think about it, I get nervous over A LOT of unnecessary crap. I mean when it comes to big life decisions I can say “fuck it, what’s the worst that could happen?” pretty quickly, but when it comes to little things(like accidentally not holding the door for someone or going on a bus route I’ve never been on before) I have like twelve internal mini panic attacks. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Shouldn’t I be stressing over the big shit and not worrying about the small stuff? I’d like to blame my teenage hormones for my strange thought process, but I have a feeling this ones all on me.
I could go on all night about how weirdly internally anxious I am, but that’s not what I came on to talk about. Instead I came on here to talk about some awkward life experiences, and a few nice ones. Why don’t I just talk to my friends about this instead of sending it out into the world-wide web to get ignored, you ask. Well, that’s mainly because I’m going through this weird teen angst where I don’t want to bug my friends with my worries and for some reason I feel like they wouldn’t really get it despite the fact that they’re probably going through similar shit. Stupid, I know, but at least I can admit it. That’s gotta count for something, right?
Seventeen is such a weird age because you’re expected to make some of the biggest decisions of your life while simultaneously being treated like a child. I’m lucky enough to live with people who don’t treat me like a kid, they treat me like an actual person. It honestly makes everything so much fucking easier. However I know so many completely functional teenagers whose parents treat them like incompetent children while still pressuring them to choose a college and career path. It just seems like a really odd concept. I’m personally not really feeling this awkward transitioning stage and can’t wait to get a little older. Although I’m sure the only thing age does is trick people into thinking they’re a little more prepared for situations they’re actually not at all prepared for. I’m sure no adult actually knows what they’re doing, but they’ve been conditioned to act like they do so they can function in society and make everyone who’s in the process of growing up a little less scared. Fake it till ya make it, right? Right.
Anyways, without further ado here are some of my most awkward(and pleasant) life experiences laid out for you to laugh at, roll your eyes at, scoff at, or preferably just understand. I mean understanding would be a nice response, but considering this is the internet, I’m not really expecting that.
I’ve had so many uncomfortable experiences during my seventeen years on this planet, I’m not even sure where to begin. Lets see, we have awkward sexual encounters, a new job, strong views on everything that’s wrong with the world that no one takes seriously because I’m a teenager who likes One Direction, my experience of getting my first tattoo, awkward(and completely unwarranted)sexual thoughts towards people I’m not even very attracted to, awkward(and completely unwarranted- as well as grossly intense and weirdly random) romantic feelings for idiots who don’t deserve it, relationship fails, random feelings of nostalgia for things I’ve never even done, and so much more. Take your pick..
I think I’ll start off with “awkward and completely unwarranted, as well as grossly intense and weirdly random romantic feelings for people who don’t deserve it” because that seems to be the most relevant choice for me right now. I’ve had the same weird, reoccurring, but completely unexplainable crush on a guy since like grade eight. I mean, the crush has been on and off, but it’s always back on at some point. Basically we dated for like a month, but we were thirteen and went to different schools so obviously it died out pretty quickly. Then out of nowhere like halfway through grade ten we started texting and talking on Facebook a lot. He can be kinda cool while still maintaining fuckboy status. For the past couple years he’d act like he likes me, but do nothing about it. Every time I’d try to bring it up he’d just change the subject. After that I’d figure I was reading way too much into the situation and slowly start to drift away.. only to be pulled right back in. He’d make me feel special, I’d actually start to believe he liked me, he’d freeze up, I’d pull away and be bummed. It’s an endless cycle that kept repeating itself up until like two months ago. The only problem is eventually my stupid crush on him(and his lack of a filter and basic human decency… and perhaps mine as well) almost caused someone else to get a little bummed too.
About a year ago he started dating this girl. I mean, she’s kinda annoying, but nice enough. Nice enough that I regret doing what I’m about to tell you. Well lets just say me and that guy -her boyfriend– started talking again. We’d Facebook message, text, Snapchat, and even Skype a couple of times. Anyways after a few months it got to that weird “I don’t know what to feel because you keep flirting with me and sending me intense vibes while simultaneously making me feel like I don’t matter to you” situation. At first I thought to myself “well, he has a girlfriend so it’s probably nothing so I should just chill and stop thinking about another girls boyfriend” but as the intense sexual vibes grew my conscience shrunk. Just to clarify nothing happened between him and I..other than some flirting and sexual innuendos, but God, I wanted something to happen. I really did, and I feel fucking terrible about it. Despite not doing anything, knowing that I would have if I was given the chance.. well, it really fucks me up. Do I still feel some weird sort of way for him? Yes.. and no. I don’t know how it’s possible to really dig someone while simultaneously despising them, but that’s how I feel. A realization occurred to me one night after a couple Taylor Swift songs… and a couple of glasses of wine. I don’t need to be around people who make me feel down… ever. I can totally cut people out of my life for literally any reason I see fit with no explanation whatsoever.. So that’s what I did. During my drunken stupor that consisted of Taylor Swift songs and a Marvel marathon I was also texting him. Except something was different. I don’t know if it was the courageous heroes in the background, the Taylor Swift, or the wine, but for some reason I was not having any of his shit. He sent me some stupid flirtatious text saying that I was much more fun than his girlfriend and I basically blew him off… and not in a subtle way either. Then he made a joke about not being good enough and I flat out confirmed it by replying a simple “lol true :p” or something along those lines. Was it one of the bitchiest things I’ve ever done in my life? Absolutely. Do I regret it? No. This guy was flirting with me and also complaining about how “lame” his girlfriend was on a daily basis. He doesn’t deserve me(or his girlfriend) at least not until he gets his shit together. I’m not saying that I wasn’t in the wrong, I was. What I’m saying is that he fucked up too and in a way that I don’t agree with. I’ve always hated the idea of cheating so why would I even entertain the idea of trying to get with someone in a relationship? That night I realized that no one is worth blurring the lines between what you believe to be right and wrong.
Feelings are weird. For example, I don’t know why I felt like I needed to share that story, but for now I’m glad that I did. I think the main reason I didn’t start feeling immediately guilty about liking someones boyfriend was because before I even started my continuation of the pathetic cycle she started texting and facebook messaging me asking if I still had feelings for him and shit after him and I talked for like a week(after not talking for a few months.) The way I saw it, she assumed I wanted her boyfriend, I got offended and then actually intentionally did what she assumed I would do as a passive aggressive “screw you.” I mean, yeah it’s weird as hell she’d be basically quizzing me on my friendship with her boyfriend, but I don’t think it warranted me trying to get with him. I know it sounds like I’m trying to minimize my fuck up, but I’m really not. I’m trying to be honest. Like even one of the worst people I’ve ever met thought this girl needed to lay off with the messages. Anyways, there’s one of my uncomfortable life experiences. If you want to read another one, you’re in luck. I’ll post one or two more uncomfortable ones and a positive one on this article thing(then maybe a few positive ones in a different post.)
For the next uncomfortable life experience I’ll talk about “awkward(and completely unwarranted)sexual thoughts towards people I’m not even very attracted to” ..why would I want to put this out on the internet? Well, the short answer is that I’m a fucking idiot. The long answer is I’m a fucking idiot who needs to vent, but doesn’t exactly like talking to other people. So I just occasionally spew crap out onto the internet and hope that it doesn’t go completely unnoticed. Also, I watched a few episodes of Awkward earlier today so I felt kind of inspired to update my blog in a traditional “angsty teen” way. Plus maybe some other angsty teen will come across this post and realize what they’re feeling(if they can actually relate to this) is completely normal -or at least I hope it is.
How do I even start this paragraph? Well, I guess I’ll start it out by saying that completely random sexual attraction towards someone you were convinced you weren’t attracted to is confusing and I can’t stand it. Like does this ever stop as you get older or do you just randomly change your mind about people and become attracted to them without any warning whatsoever for the rest of your life? Like for example there’s this guy and at first I saw him as average looking and wouldn’t have really given him a second thought in that way, but I got to know him a little more and the more we talk the more it’s like “yeah, he could get it.” If you don’t understand this that’s fine, I don’t really understand it myself. All I know is that sometimes there will be someone who I’ve never once had a single sexual thought about(and might even find unattractive)then one day we’ll be talking and my mind will do a complete 180 and I’ll start to find them super attractive. Why? I’m not actually that interested in an answer. It was more of a whiny “why me?” than anything.
I guess I’ll move on to my next subject: “random nostalgia for things I’ve never even really done.” This is probably the weirdest experience of them all because I basically miss doing things I’ve never even done. Like what? Is that even a thing? I hope it is because I really don’t want to sound like a crazy person. I guess I’ll see someone doing something in a movie or on a show, or like I’ll even just see a picture on Instagram and it’ll trigger this weird feeling of nostalgia. I’m not really sure what else to say about that one. I honestly thought I could drag it out for a couple of paragraphs, but I can’t and it’s too late to erase all of this now.
I’ll do one more of whatever this is, but it’ll be a positive one this time to remind myself(and all of you) that life isn’t full of weird, random, and confusing crap. I think one of the most positive experiences I can think of is concerts. There’s just something so amazing about them. I mean, you and a bunch of other people go to one place and hang out for one reason: music. Like you’re all so different, but in those few hours there’s one thing that connects you in more ways than one. It’s amazing how music is so powerful that way. It’s amazing how concerts bring people together, including the fans and the artist/band. During concerts you see the person next to you going through so many different emotions over the course of a couple of hours, it’s amazing that people essentially just making noise can move people and cause so many people to feel such raw emotions. It’s nice that people can go somewhere and despite their differences they can just feel connected to someone or something, whether it’s The 1975, One Direction, 5sos, ZZ Top, Black Sabbath, or anyone else. It doesn’t matter, it’s all music and everyone’s there for the music. It’s rad.
So this has been a really out of character post that will probably never happen again. I hope this somehow helped someone feel a little less confused or alone about feelings and life and shit. Honestly though, I’ll be content even if you just read it and went “wow, well at least I’m not like her!” Anyways, it’s 6:30am and I’m running low on caffeine, which means it’s time for bed.
Okay, so basically I haven’t been on here forever, but I decided that I should probably write something because why not. Today I’ll be talking about job hunting and how god damn depressing it can be.
Now first of, if you’re reading this and you’re currently looking for a job then take a deep breath and relax because you will find one eventually as long as you’re putting in effort. Trust me, if I can find a job than you definitely can. If you’re reading this and you have a job then congratulations! You made it.
Job hunting can honestly be the worst. You send out resumes literally everywhere and half the time you usually don’t even hear back. Why?? Why can’t these people just email us and be like “lol no” ???? It would honestly be so much better than sitting there wondering. I think applying online is the worst because you don’t know what to say. Like am I sounding too formal? Am I not sound formal enough? Do I just sound like a pretentious wanker who needs to get my head out of my ass? Who knows. It’s hard to make a good first impression when you won’t actually be making the first impression in person.
That being said, applying for jobs online does have it’s benefits. It’s extremely quick and easy once you find a good outline for the dialogue of your emails. Once you find that one good dialogue that’s vague(but not too vague) and can be applied to literally every job you apply to with only a few minor changes needed then you’re good to go.
Obviously applying in person is always great too, but applying online is much easier once you have it figured out, plus if you don’t get an interview then you didn’t waste your entire day going around shops handing out your resume. If you’re actually in desperate need for a job I do recommend doing both though.
Job agencies are really helpful too. I mean they literally get paid to help find you a job so you know they’re trying. If you can get in contact with a job agency, do it.
I’m currently looking for a second job because I’m a greedy workaholic with no boundaries. Plus my first job is only 20 hours a week. 20 hours a week is generally good for a teenager, but considering I have no solid plans for the future other than moving to Toronto when I’m like nineteen and a half(in two years) to take a shot at an acting career, I need to save a shit ton of money because chances are some shitty job won’t support my cat, Pippin and I. Well, I mean it would, but I need a security blanket(preferably one that’s made of money) which is why I need to work and save as much money as I can now while I have a “free ride.” Basically my logic is “save as much as I can, be a little more in strict now so I can afford to be reckless and make mistakes later.” I think it’s a pretty good logic.
Anyways, as you can see for the paragraph above, I’m actually pretty dumb. So if I can find a job you will find a job as long as you put in effort! Just try your best and don’t be too hard on yourself because you’re hella rad and you’ll make it! Feel free to vent about how shitty job hunting is in the comments! I hope reading this made you feel at least a little bit better about finding a job. Not that it’s really helpful, it’s just more of a “well, if this dumb white girl can get a job then obviously I can!” kind of post. So yeah, good luck!
Now, I’m not gonna pretend that I’m an expert when it comes to thrift shopping, but I do have some tips that might help you out a great deal. Some may sound very obvious, but others you might have never even thought of. Anyways, I hope this post helps you on your next thrifting adventure!
My first piece of advice is don’t be afraid to look in the mens section! There’s nothing wrong with wearing a guys shirt, they’re usually more comfortable plus the material is always better. If I’m being honest, the mens section is usually the first place I look for tops when I’m thrifting -their flannels are to die for!
My second piece of advice is look at sizes that are a little too big for you as well as your own size. It may sound weird, but sometimes you can find something that you assume would be “way too big” and have it end up fitting nicely. Even if something is a little too big you can always bring it to a tailor!
Remember to look at the shoes! Thrift shops don’t always have nice shoes, but sometimes they do so it’s always worth a quick look!
When you head into the store try to have an idea of what you’re looking for, it always makes shopping a lot less stressful when you’re prepared! Maybe even make a list if you have to!
Look in the pajama section! Seriously! You’ll be surprised what you can find in there!
Try to have a good idea of how much money you want to spend, otherwise you could blow all your money on clothes …it’s easier than you think!
Don’t rush yourself! Go on a day when you have nothing to do, that way you can see everything and make sure you’re not missing out on any great deals!
This might be a bit of a no-brainer, but WEAR COMFY SHOES!! I can’t stress that one enough, ladies!
Learn to haggle! It doesn’t always work, but sometimes it does and that’s good enough for me!
Make sure to take a good look at the items your buying. Not only for damages, but for bed bugs too! Remember as unlikely as it is to actually buy something with bedbugs it’s better safe than sorry! Speaking of which, remember to wash all your new clothes when you get home!
Look for sales! Sales are always your friend. Also the earlier you go, the better deals you’ll get!
If you’re buying an electronic be sure to try it out first! If you can’t try it, don’t buy it!
Make friends with the people who own the shops! Friends are always good, especially when they own a shop you like!
My last piece of advice for you is don’t be afraid to go to different shops! You never know what you’ll find.
Anyways, I hope this post helps you with your future thrift shopping adventures. Stay rad. x
Hello, friends. How have you been? I know that I’ve basically abandoned my blog, but I’m back! I’m going to try to update my blog every Tuesday, or even more often than that! I’m currently working on writing up my comic con experience from way back in March. I don’t know why I haven’t started writing it until now, but better late than never! Another reason why I dropped by was to let you know that I’m gonna start making Youtube videos. My first video will be posted on July 22nd. After I upload my first video I’ll be posting videos every Tuesday and Saturday! You can check my channel here! Anyways, thanks for sticking around. Feel free to follow me on Twitter too! The link to my Twitter is here! Have a nice day, or night!
Well, I haven’t posted in like 87 years. Sorry about that. I’ve been kind of busy with this thing called life. By ‘busy’ I mean ‘I’ve been too lazy to write anything.’ Oops. Well, I really don’t have that much to say, I’m not even sure what the point in posting this is. I guess I just figured I should stop neglecting my blog. I kind of want to start writing movie reviews on here, but I’m not sure how good they would be. I might as well try. Sometime this week(or next week) I’ll post a review for the film ‘Perfect Sisters’, I just watched it about an hour ago and I’m still a crying mess! It was so good! If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend watching it! You can watch it on the website ‘zmovie’ or you can watch it when it comes out in theaters on April 11th! 🙂
Anyways, I haven’t been up to too much. I went to comic con earlier this month and met some hobbits. Billy Boyd and Sean Astin were absolutely fantastic. I literally can not get over how amazing they were! Other than that nothing too exciting has happened to me. So, yeah. That’s about it.
It’s another boring day, so I thought I’d share some random science facts with you. Or am I the only one who’s into that stuff?
-There are about 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body – laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times. I’m sure you’ve heard that one before, but it’s hella rad.
-A human is struck by a falling meteorite about once every 9,300 years. Shitty.
-Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide. Hahahaha fuck.
-We can produce laser light a million times brighter than sunshine.
-Looking at the sun can trigger a sneeze(this happens to up to a third of the population!)
-Expressing your gratitude to other people has been shown to make you feel happier!
-Whales and dolphins have been known to have inter-species friendships!!
-Sharks make friends. :’)
-Dung beetles can use the Milky Way to navigate.
-Hippo milk is pink!!
-Almost every element in your body was made in an exploding star.
-The human brain takes in 11 million bits of information every second, but is aware of only 40. Thanks, brain.
-A medium-sized cumulus cloud weighs approximately the same as 80 elephants.
-The ocean is 12,080.7 feet (3,682.2 meters) deep on average.
-King Richard the Lionheart’s heart is still around. After the English monarch died in 1199, his heart was removed and preserved — though today it’s basically just a pile of dust.
& last, but not least, Mantis shrimp can use their armored claws to strike at speeds of 74 feet per second (23 m/s), delivering blows with 200 pounds (91 kg) of force behind them.
Well, today is a snow day here in Ontario(with a -41 wind chill) so needless to say, I’m a little bored. It’s come to my attention that I haven’t posted on here in, well.. months. So I figured now’s as good of a time as any, right? Right. I’m not entirely sure what I want to write about, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out somewhere along the way. What I really want to be writing is a novel that I have an idea for, but whenever I open up Microsoft Word Starter to begin everything I type magically seems to turn to rubbish. Hopefully writing here will help get my mind working.
I’m not sure why I’m so bored, there’s a million things I could be doing, even inside on a blistering cold day like today the possibilities are endless. I have a great amount of fanfiction and books I could be reading, tons of tv series to catch up on, as well as lots of Youtube videos I could be watching. I could even go for rewatching Sherlock right about now(when he’s bored he shoots the wall or solves crimes, hmm…) Although all of those options are perfectly adequate none of them are overly appealing. Right now writing seems to be the only thing I’m finding the least bit entertaining, and even then I’m still pretty unsatisfied. I guess today is just one of those days.
Perhaps I should do some cleaning or reorganize my room? Ha! Fat chance of that happening! Hopefully I do end up at least planning my novel out a little. Even if it ends up just being a short story I’ll be satisfied. Anyways, I should probably go do that now and stop complaining about being bored!
Anyways, here’s a picture of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock from S03E02 “The Sign Of Three” to help get you through the day(or night, time zones always get me.) Stay warm & stay safe! x
So on September 9th I saw one of my favourite bands EVER in concert. Yep, I saw Bleeker Ridge! Not only are they insanely talented, but they’re also CANADIAN! Seeing them live got me thinking about how I should review their two studio albums and that’s what I’m gonna do! I’m going to review Small Town Dead first, then get to their new album Four sometime this weekend. Both are absolutely wonderful albums.
Before I start I think I should give you a little bit of info about the band. The band consists of Taylor & Cole Perkins (yes, they’re brothers!) as well as Dan & Dustin Steinke (yes, those two are also brothers!!). The band is originally from Orillia, Ontario, Canada. They named the band “Bleeker Ridge” because the Perkins’ lived on Bleeker St. and the Steinke’s lived on Ridge Ave. Taylor is the lead singer, Dustin is percussion, and Cole & Dan are the guitarists.
They currently have four albums out, but only two of them are studio albums so the others are pretty hard to find.
Here’s a list of all their albums:
2004 Undertow
2007 The Rain
September 21 2010 Small Town Dead
June 4 2013 Four
Anyways, the band formed at a very young age, the oldest in the band(Taylor) being only fourteen! They did a lot of covers at first(Jimi Hendrix, Zepplin, Sabbath, etc.), but eventually they began writing their own stuff.
Okay, I’ll start this review off with the tracklist from the album.
1. Pick Me Up(one of my favourite songs EVER!)
2. Small Town Dead
3. You Would’ve Liked It
4. From Now On
5. Easier Today
6. Not The Only One
7. In Our Hands
8. Sick Of You
9. Still Standing
10. Sixteen Hours
11. Bitter Soul
12. Brothers
I really liked this album and every single song on it. Some songs are pretty deep and some songs are pretty heavy. I like how they can make that transition so easily. My personal favourites on that album are (in no particular order) Pick Me Up, Small Town Dead, From Now On, Easier Today, Sick Of You, and Brothers. Each of those songs are SO different, but SO wonderful.
One of the many reasons I love this album is because whenever I’m having a shitty day(like today for example) I can just sit down, make myself some tea, listen to this album and feel at least a little bit better by the last song. I can relate to a lot of their songs, and I think most people can. I read an interview earlier today where someone in the band said that they try to write about shit they know so they can keep it as real as possible. They don’t try to be something their not. I think that’s fantastic, too many bands are trying to be something they’re not and it gets real old real quick.
Everyone in that band is insanely talented, there isn’t a weak link among them. Cole and Dan the man kick ass on guitar, Dustin plays the drums like a boss, and Taylor has an absolutely perfect voice. Going a little bit off topic here, there’s a lot of singers that suck ass live, but Taylor is definitely NOT one of those people. He is fucking amazing live. If they come to your city I highly suggest seeing them! You will not regret it! I know I’m sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the next time they come to my city!
So to end this review off I’m going to highly suggest you buy their album Small Town Dead(and obviously Four.) I will support this band no matter what, I have so much faith in them. I know that they’re gonna get even more successful soon. I’m certainly VERY proud to be a fan of Bleeker Ridge and I know they’ll keep making Canada proud.<3
P.S Mike Vandyke is the Dutch dude who plays bass for them at concerts, but he isn’t ‘officially’ part of the band. I feel bad not mentioning him, but he isn’t on any of the albums so I figured it would be a little irrelevant. Anyways, here’s his little ‘shout out’. He’s an insanely talented dude who is awesome live!! I’m just as much a fan of him as I am of Taylor, Cole, Dan & Dustin! 🙂
This was my first album review.. EVER! If you enjoyed it look for my next one coming this weekend! 🙂
I just finished watching The Black Waters Of Echo’s Pond and wow. It was a great movie!
It was written by Michael Berenson, Gabriel Bologna, and the amazing Sean Clark. It stars Danielle Harris, Robert Patrick, Sean Lawlor, James Duval, Nick Mennel, Mircea Monroe, Arcadily Golubovich, M.D Walton, Walker Howard, as well as Elise and Electra Avellan.
What’s it about? I don’t want to give any spoilers so I’ll keep it brief. Basically, nine friends take a vacation to an old Victorian home on an island. They find a board game in the basement of the house and decided to play it. The game brings out the absolute worst in all of them. Everything they’ve tried so hard to keep buried comes to the surface and when that happens it’s a total shit storm. Secrets are revealed, lives are lost, and trust is broken. There’s so many great and well thought out plot twists.
I thought the acting in this movie was phenomenal. The casting was perfect, every actor played their role so convincingly. There was so much character development, it was great. It’s not just mindless killing, you actually care about why they’re getting killed. It keeps the movie interesting.
What did other people think of the film?
“When its scary, its actually scary, featuring atmospheric scenes that build tension very well.” -IMDb user
“The movie itself has all the hallmarks of a classic horror film, but this has it’s own take on the genre and doesn’t disappoint.” -IMDb user
“It was one hell of a roller coaster ride! I really liked how each character’s psyche unraveled after they played the game. So often in horror we watch killings take place but we never learn WHY. The psychological aspect of this film is what makes it original.” -IMDb user
Where can you get it? Well, if you’re in the U.S.A it’s been released at Best Buy already, it will be released everywhere else September 10th. You can also preorder it on Blu-ray here. You can preorder it on DVD here.
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