My Doctor Who Barnes and Noble experience

Right now I'm at Barnes and Noble. I've been here for about 2 hours, (this is what happens when your mom meets someone at Barnes and Noble and you decide at the last minute to go with her and do an impressive "two minute-get dressed/brush teeth and hair/grab backpack and laptop and rush out the door" routine.)
So for the first hour I read a Ms. Marvel comic book, sipped Peppermint Hot Chocolate (apparently there is coffee in Peppermint Hot Chocolate and this is why I had the energy to walk around for a hour and this is also why I'm about to collapse on the floor) and did some research on my computer. The second hour I decide to get up and look around for a book and I spent 45 minutes just wandering around not finding anything that was in my price range (which to be honest was fairly small.) Finally I found a Doctor Who TARDIS string of lights that I had seen before and was tempted to buy, but was eventually off put by the price  ($20.) But today it was 50% off and I thought, "Ehh...Why not? These will look awesome in my room." And so after pick out an Agatha Christie book (Spider's Web) I decided to check out. Upon arriving at the checkout counter I had a interesting conversation with the guy who was manning the cashier.

Me: Here we go *places lights and book on counter*
Guy: Awesome! Wait are these 50% off?! I'll have to go get some! Is this the last one?
Me: No there are one or two left.
Guy: Great. I'm definitely going to get one.
Me: So I'm guessing you're a Doctor Who fan?
Guy: Oh yeah, I'm a huge fan.
Me *immediate respect for this guy* So have you seen the Christmas special yet?
Guy: Not yet. Its been a bit of a hard time for me with Capaldi.
Me: Same here! I mean I like him, but I just really miss Matt Smith.
Guy: Yeah, Matt Smith was amazing.
Me: So what do you think of Clara? I know there is some controversy there.
Guy: I think she's cool, but I liked Amy Pond better. Clara is good, but she is much better with Matt Smith, that half season was just them having fun. There was a some great chemistry there.
Me: Yeah, I really miss Matt Smith.
Guy: Yeah me too.
*moment of silence for the past Doctor*
Guy: So these where in the back? *points at the lights*
Me: Yep! In the clearance thing in the middle of the store.
Guy: Great! Thanks!
Me: Welcome!

*end conversation*

There is nothing more amazing then finding another Whovian NOT on the internet.
This totally made my day.

Kat

The Lovers' Leap Story

So when Whaleton, the gang and I went to Lovers' Leap we asked my mom about that name and she said that she didn't know where the name came from and it was probably just a random name that they choose to fit the place. So we decided it need a backstory. So here is my completely random and made up story.

(Please Note: no teacup pigs were harmed the making of this story.)

   Once Upon A Time... in a little town called Waco, there were two pig farms, Cherries and Almonds. Pig farms for Unusually Miniscule and Petite Animals (known at this time as UMPA pigs) to be more specific. As is usually the case, the owners of the farms were sworn enemies and all that. But there is a little more backstory. You see the owner of the Cherries farm, Eliza, loved cherries and only fed her UMPA pigs cherries and the owner of the Almond farm, Jacob, loved almonds and only fed his UMPA pigs almonds. This would have been all fine and dandy, but Eliza hated almonds and Jacob hated cherries. So they were constantly at war with each other.

   Well the two farms were in fairly close proximity, on account of only needing a little room to raise UMPA pigs, and so Eliza and Jacob saw each other everyday when they went out to get their mail. And everyday they brought their number one cutest UMPA pig. In Eliza's case it was Cherryblossom and in Jacob's it was Darcy.

   After a few years of this going on Cherryblossom and Darcy fell in love. No reason why or long backstory of their compatibility and romantic exploits, sometimes love just happens when you least expect it. They use to meet at this cliff that overlooked a river and just sit in the sun and watch the river, never talking or saying anything (because they're PIGS for God's sake. This isn't freaking Narnia.)

   One day, while they were looking over the cliff, their owners went looking for them. Cherryblossom and Darcy heard them coming and looking over their shoulders (with much difficulty because again...THEY ARE PIGS) they saw their owners coming straight for them! Knowing that if they got caught they would never see each other again, they looked at each other and immediately knew what to do (I think you can tell where this is going...)

  With one last look, they jumped over the side of the cliff.....and were caught by a giant golden eagle. But if you think our heroes are safe you are sadly mistaken, for because of the extra weight the (although small) pigs, the eagle tipped forward and the tiny pigs landed in.... the tea cup of a girl who was at having a cup of chai tea at Dichotomy. And that is how the name teacup pigs came to be.

THE END
P.S. The girl gave the teacup pigs to a farmer who fattened them up and ate them for Christmas. Sorry, but thats just the circle of life. *cue the Lion King music*

Kat

Thoughts had while trying on makeup for the first time

I'm not a terribly lady-like or girly girl. I only wear concealer when I have the mandatory  teenage acne and I use chapstick or a tinted lip balm (its similar to lipstick but it sounds more fancy when you say it like that.) But this all changed when I had a conversation with my mother...

*Walks into Walgreens*
*Walks down the Makeup aisle in search of shoe polish*
Mum: Would you like to wear makeup?
Me: Uhhhh....What?
Mum: Well not like all the makeup girls wear nowadays, but do you want to start wearing makeup?
Me: I guess I could try it out....
Mum: I don't want you wearing tons of concealer, but maybe a little makeup around your...
*Here she gets distracted by Walgreens savings*
Me: Eyes? You know I only wear concealer on occasion so I have no idea how to use eye makeup.
Mum: Yes. I think you could wear a little around your eyes. And I've got some stuff that you can mess around with at home.
Me: Okay then.... I'll give it a try.
*End conversation*

Then today as I was getting ready for mass and putting on the concealer (in my mom's bathroom  because the concealer is actually my mom's, which tells you about my makeup buy habits) my mother pulls a eye liner thingy out of her bathroom. I let her put a little eyeliner around my eyes and it look...pretty.  It made my eyes look feminine and kinda flirty... I was not entire opposed to it. I thought nothing of it until I went to Target with my sister, Mita and my neighbor and good friend Mimi. There Mimi spotted a $5 eye makeup kit and thats how I wound up with makeup in my bedroom at 9 at night. I know the saying is "Nothing good ever happens after 2am," but for me its, "Nothing ever happens after 9pm when you are bored" and so I have decided to try out this eye makeup.

Thoughts
So in what order am I supposed to do this?
Ok so start with eye shadow.
Ohh that looks pretty. Maybe I should put a little more on....
NOPE TOO MUCH. I look like a racoon.
Ok so eyeliner next.
Now I get why girls complain about this stuff so much.
This isn't so bad...
OHMYGOSH THAT LOOKS TERRIBLE.
OK, ok I can fix this....
I can't fix this....
Ok so starting over WITHOUT EYELINER
Actually the smudged makeup from trying to wipe it off looks pretty good. I'm just going to add a little eyeliner.
Oh.
That looks nice.
Now curling eyelashes.
Ok now mascara.
Holy crap. I look GOOD.
My eyes look huge and adorable.
*Does puppy dog eyes*
ANTM HERE I COME.
*gets excited and runs downstairs to show Mita*
Mita: Oh that looks cool!
Monica (five year old sister who shares a room with Mita): Catherine what are on your eyes?! You look terrible! You look prettier with it off.
Me:.....

So yeah there is my entire first experience with makeup.
Now I need to try and get the stuff OFF.

Peace out peeps,
Kat

Whaleton's Visit-Day 5 and 6

So as of now Whaleton is Brownwood, Texas, with her grandmother on her dad's side. Which means she isn't with me. Which means our trip is over and I've slipped into a detox of Whaleton which is never a pretty thing. Its like that feeling after you go to a party, you had fun and you are glad it happened but there is this little feeling of sadness that the fun is over and you have to go back to normal life now. Imagine that feeling times about 10000. That is what I'm feeling right now. Anyway..... enough with the self pitying and moving on with the purpose of this last Whaleton's Visit post.

Day 5, Tuesday the 16th of December
So we bargained and pleaded with the adults to let us see a movie and they did.....with much passive aggressiveness. So they dropped us off at Jason's Deli (we have a tradition to eat there and then see a movie) and we had lunch there and we saw Mimi's dad! Which was a surprise! So we all ordered (Whaleton I'm sorry about the salad bar thing, from now on don't listen to a word I say)  and ate quickly and then we had free ice cream. Now TECHNICALLY when they say free ice cream they mean in little cones or bowls, but we filled to-go cups with ice cream and had milkshakes (after the ice cream had finally melted a bit.) Then we went to the theater. After smuggling the milkshakes in Whaleton and I saw the movie The Theory of Everything. WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD DESPITE WHAT EVERYONE IS TELLING ME ABOUT STEPHEN HAWKINGS. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH HIM DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO HATE THE MAN, HE HAS SOME VALID THEORIES. Grrrrrrrrrr.... I spent all Tuesday and Wednesday telling people that "Oh I saw the Theory of Everything about Stephen Hawkings" and the reaction EVERY SINGLE TIME WAS "Oh thats the atheist with the blasphemous theories right?" Ok, not every time. One person didn't, but that is possibly because he thought I was talking about the Imitation Game. Anyway after that we drove by the house on our street that is going to be on Fixer Upper. And then that night Whaleton and I watched Love Actually (wow that movie....) and I drank an entire bottle of fake champagne (only because Whaleton didn't want an on account of it being carbonation and I wasn't about to share it with anyone else.)

Sharkie at the Movie Theater. She makes a cute elf.

Day 6, Wednesday the 17 of December
So the parents spent the morning at the shooting range (this is Texas after all) so we spent the day in bed looking at pictures of Yorkshire puppies and planning to move to Yorkshire for a semester in college. I chatted with a few friends online and then we scrolled through Facebook making fun of people. Then we went back out and shoot at some tin cans with the BB gun in our PJs.

Whaleton has "accidentally" deleted all pictures of her in her PJS, but there are pictures of us when we got dress and did an ANTM style photo shoot (no pun intended. You know? Because we are shooting things with the BB gun and taking pictures? Oh never mind....)

And can I just say that I shot five cans in a row WITHOUT MY GLASSES. And my eyesight is so bad that at one point Whaleton was looking at a picture of a mountain on the bed next to me and I thought it was Tyler Oakley. She was literally three feet away and I thought it was Tyler Oakely...

That evening we played Flashlight tag in the Lot Next Door which was AWESOME! I would love to play it with people who are not under the age of 11 and throw tantrums when they get caught, but besides that it was awesome! Then we had delicious stew and bread for dinner and then Whaleton and I went upstairs and watched some HIMYM and talked for a bit and then went to bed.

Thursday was pretty much packing, law breaking, biscuits and bacon, and tears. And thats about it. I had Mock Trial that evening and when I got home I ran upstairs to tell Whaleton everything and vent about certain things and she wasn't there. And that was heartbreaking. GOD I MISS HER.

Whaleton's Visit-Day 3 and 4

Day 3, Sunday the 14th of December
After the usual Sunday brunch, we embarked on a voyage to Barnes and Noble. While there we ran into Stan, our former art teacher, and I didn't buy a book. I know, I know. Totally out of character for me and I really really really wanted to, but I didn't. Mainly because of the fact that there weren't any good books and the only books I wanted (Fangirl and Eleanor and Park), I haven't read before so I don't know if they are good or not (I suspect they are.) Anyway after we got home, we had spaghetti and meatballs or just meatballs in Whaleton's and my case. During dinner Whaleton and I watched Cutthroat Kitchen and can I just say that CHIEF MCNUTT WAS ROBBED. SHE HAD TO COOK ON A CAMPFIRE STOVE AND SHE HAD TO SWITCH ALL HER INGREDIENTS AND EVEN THOUGH CHIEF BRIAN LOOKS LIKE RORY WILLIAMS HE STILL IS A TERRIBLE CHIEF AND DIDN'T DESERVE TO WIN.
Okay, okay....I'm cool...I'm cool...
After that we had an awesome, epic, and intense ping pong tournament. The last match was between Sharkie and me. It was close.....but Sharkie won. (Actually it wasn't close at all. She totally whipped my butt.)
Then....sleep.

Day 4, Monday the 15th of December
Okay so Monday was arguably the best day of the trip. Why you ask? Because we had a meeting with an admission counselor at Baylor.

So a bit of backstory. Whaleton and I have always wanted to go to Baylor, its our dream. We've talked about it for years and this past year or so we really started to make plans. So auntie had called for Whaleton to take a look at the school and she asked me to go with her so we embarked on a mission to take our future in hand.

When we got to the administration office we filled out this little cards that put us in the system and after the secretary offered us some drinks (Dr. Pepper for me, water for Whaleton because she hates carbonation....weirdo...) we sat down and waited for a few minutes until our counselor came in. She took us to her office and for about 30-45 minutes we discussed Baylor as a prospective college choice. Auntie talked a lot. Most of the time actually. Repeating the same things over and over and over. But we did get to ask some questions that will be helpful when we apply. Cene, the counselor also gave us notebooks, folders and real Dr. Pepper (Whaleton gave hers to me.)
After that we met mum at Common Grounds and I got a butterbeer which was so ridiculously delicious!!! We sat down and basically planned out our entire future.

Common Grounds also spelled my name wrong on my cup and Whaleton tried to hide and save me from that, but it was too late. The damage had been done.

Then we went home and listen to my dad go on and on and on and on about a Liberal Arts education. Then we cleaned up and went to bed

Whaleton's Visit-Day 1 and 2

So the greatest thing in the world has happened- I got into the National Honor's Society!!


Just kidding.
I did get in, but the greatest thing in the world that happened is that WHALETON CAME TO VISIT!! *crazy dancing* Oh and Sharkie came too....
Unfortunately they are only coming for six days and not forever like I wish she would (actually that is a possibility, but more on that later.) Anyway because we both like to document our adventures here, we've decided to do that now. (You can read Whaleton's side here: http://whaletonsvoyage.blogspot.com/)

Day 1, Friday the 12 of December.
We woke up and talked for a bit (she's staying in my room) and then we were called downstairs for morning ritual and breakfast. After we came back upstairs and got dressed and talked some more. Then we went over to Grandma's for lunch and while I was making lunch and watching People's Court, Whaleton fulfilled her cousinly duty to the youngsters by playing Foursquare with them. Apparently she fell and scraped her hand (which I think is just a ploy to get sympathy so she could easily beat the kids at Foursquare.)
After that we watch Divorce Court and ate doritos and cookies.
We literally spent the rest of afternoon doing nothing. Absolutely nothing and it was glorious.
Then mum dragged us to Target so we could purchase a gift for Jane's birthday party. And we ended up buy tons of stuff....but very little of it was for Jane. We bought Christmas presents for each other and Whaleton and I bought matching mugs with little sweaters.
Then we went to a birthday party at the Winter Wonderland. AND. THAT. WAS. AWESOME.
It was slightly awkward because we told the mother in charge that we just were going to wander around and not get involved because technically Whaleton and Sharkie were not invited. So we payed for our tickets to ice skate and everything, but were kinda forced to stay with the group most of the time. (We did get to escape to devour fried food: funnel cake in my case and fried oreos in Whaleton's.) But other than that we had an awesome time! We skated.... Went on a carriage ride... And a ferris wheel... And after we were so tired, but so happy.

  

Day 2, Saturday the 13 of December

So Saturday morning we were told that we had the option to go to the Waco Farmer's Market. I was like, "yes, Yes YES!" But Whaleton seemed strangely not really into it. But being a good sport we piled into the car and went to the FM. Upon arrival her reaction was, and here I quote Whaleton, "It was the most amazing place ever and not what I expected." We wandered around for a while. Then we had delicious burritos. We eat them so fast! And also some cinnamon buns.

Then we walked around for a while, and saw Thomas, Megan and Dani. We also wrote on the "Before I die..." board. Whaleton wrote "Go to Australia." And I wrote "Live in London." After that we went to Cameron's Trading Center to look for something I need for a present for Mita. We didn't find it, but we did go to Dichotomy after and sat on the roof top and looked over Waco and that was so much fun.

After that mum wanted to show auntie more things around Cameron Park, so we went to Lover's Leap and looked over the edge and then I remember how much I hate heights.... But we got some cute pictures and then we FINALLY went home.

And after about an hour of rest, we went to mass. Where I got to introduce Whaleton around, was forced to sing in a childrens choir, see some friends who I haven't seen in a while, have an EXTREMELY awkward conversation with the quietest person I know, see Nicolas, who I haven't seen it what feels like forever, and talk to Megan some more.
Then we went home and SLEPT.

#HappyNOTThanksgiving

Whaleton and I celebrate a special holiday, NOT Thanksgiving. We even have a hashtag for it and we HATE hashtags. We celebrate this wonderfully non thankful holiday because of the overhype of Thanksgiving. I mean its great to be thankful and we are thankful for things, but it gets old. Reaaaaal quick. We got sick of all the annoying thankfulness that comes after a turkey dinner. People are ALWAYS saying they are thankful for things after Thanksgiving and because we are rebels we thought "Lets not be thankful after Thanksgiving. Just to spice things ups." So we say #HappyNOTThanksgiving.

Things I am Not Thankful For.

1. Our Education system.
   I think its totally unfair to base someones IQ and future on a bunch of standardized tests. Everybody is different and if someone is really good at art and music, but can't get math and science down, this severely limits their options for the future. This is pretty much me complaining about school...
2. All the Christmas Decorations. I LOVE Christmas, don't get me wrong, Definitely my favorite holiday of all time. But as soon as Halloween is over there are Santa Clauses and sleighs and reindeer all over the place! I would be thankful if the store waited till two or three weeks before Christmas before setting up the plastic junk.
3. Sickness. I have been sick three times in the last month. THREE. FREAKING. TIMES. Granted its probably because of my terrible diet and eating habits, but still.... I hate colds. 
4. Slow Internet. My internet has been the speed of a stoned turtle walking through molasses in January these past few days. It sucks.
5. Waiting for shows on Netflix and Hulu. Please.... I NEED the next episode of Gracepoint. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TOMMY KNOWS AND WHY HE SMASHED HIS COMPUTER. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF MY SANITY. Also is Susan involved in any way? Mark seems like the obvious suspect and God I hate the man, but did he murder his own son? What about Vince? What is he hiding? Is Emmett's heart going to fail? And what about Gemma? Will Beth ever heal and will she keep the baby? Where did Danny go the night of the murder? I HAVE QUESTIONS.

And there we have it. Things I am not thankful for.

So go out there and spread the unthankfulness and #HappyNOTThanksgiving!

Kat

A Modern Mary Poppins

Everyone has anxiety around the holidays. Especially Thanksgiving. I am no exception. This week my cousin and her boyfriend flew in along with my grandparents, Coco and Grandad. And its been an exhausting week. First Coco and I have had our usual fights, Julia bailed on a movie that I had been REALLY excited to see, my mum is stressing out over every little thing and on top of all that...I have a ton of homework this week. So yeah, I've been tired, anxious and I just want to stay in my room and binge watch Grey's Anatomy.

But in an effort to help my mom relax I suggested we go to Barnes and Noble (which is my happy place so it would help me too) So Grandad, mum, Mitta and I piled into the car and off we went! Upon arriving mum recognized an old friend of her's named Leeta, who is a bonafide Mary Poppins.

First she bought us all coffee and scones even though Mitta and I insisted that we could pay for ourselves. She then asked me questions about my siblings and what I want to do with my life and was just so generous and supportive of everything (something I don't really get from my family.)

Oh and she is Irish, but she grew up in England. So she was the most elegant british accent. And she carries an umbrella.
Okay that part isn't true, but she really is exactly like Mary Poppins. Its like she knew I was having a bad day and knew exactly what I needed to cheer me up: tea and scones.

She's magical, I'm telling you....
Kat

Weird things that everyone does

We all do it. We may not admit it, but we all do weird things and then are surprised to find out that everyone does them.

1. Practicing what you are going to say. This also means having arguments and conversations that you know you would never have. Also practicing in the mirror conversations that you think will happen. Like if you wear a new t-shirt, you might guess what your friends will think and come up with responses ahead of time. This is especially used when you think you have to use the *sass*
   
2. Laughing at what you posted. You know when you have a stroke of brilliance and post something witty and funny? And then you look back and laugh at your cleverness. Guess what? We all do that.
   
3. Checking behind the shower curtain for monsters/burglars. Just a quick peek to make sure no one is hiding back there with a wrench or a lead pipe to smash you over the head with while you try to overcome him to save your family but ultimately lose and are left  beaten and bloodied on the ground while he makes his escape and you die on the ground of the bathroom to be discovered later by your grieving family who then dedicates a memorial to you for your heroic actions trying to save the family.
   
   As you may have been able to tell...
   I have put a lot of thought into this.
4. Accidental eye contact. It happens to the best of us. You just need to pretend it didn't happen and completely ignore the person with whom you shared that unfortunate moment. Its the only way to go, trust me. Just ignore and keep going.
   
5. Testing to make sure you don't have the force. Over and over again. Don't even try to fight this one.

Kat

Five Minute Word Challenge: Fears

I refuse to do my ooey gooey fears. We all have them, those fears that are like, "I'm afraid my friends will hate me or I'm afraid that my loved ones will die." We all have them. I have them, even though I'm Cristina Yang in teenage form. But I refuse to share them. So I'm going to do my non ooey gooey fears.

1. Sharks We've been over this. I hate sharks. They are terrifying. End of story.
2. Drowning For some reason the thought of suffocating under water makes me shake.
3. Heights I hate heights. Most people do. Its not weird. Its just that I think that if I fall.... I'd be a human pancake. With blood as syrup. Is that weird to think? Yeah it is.... I'm a sociopath....
4. Sharks Did you know that sharks don't sleep? That means they are always awake. Waiting for you, hungry.....
5. Getting Lost In general I'm actually fine with getting lost. I've gotten lost many times and had so much fun. But getting lost where I have no idea where I am and have no way of contacting someone....not so fun.
6. The Dark its a natural instinct. To be scared of the dark. All humans have this built into them, its keeps us safe. But that fact doesn't help me when I'm walking down a dark hallway and I hear noises and all I can think is, "Hannibal Lector is going to eat me. Or a demon/spirit from Supernatural is going to maim or kill me."
7. Burglars We all think we hear burglars at night. Don't deny it. But when you stay up later than the rest of your family, and you hear the noise very close by, the fear becomes even more real.
8. Sharks did you know that there is a phobia of sharks? its called Selachophobia. I have Selachophobia.
9. Cliffs Tall pointy things. 
10. Sharks Did I mention the sharks?

Kat

Naming a Teddy Bear Part TWO

After much deliberation, I have decided on....

DARCY.

Because he is awesome and I would totally date him.
End of story.
Kat

How to get your very elegant and coordinated mother to choke on coffee

Today after Latin Class, my mother, my sister and I were all sitting around the table finishing homework and chatting. Somehow the subject of arranged marriages came up. And Mita (my sister. Her real name is Mary, but everyone who is consistently mentioned on this blog has a nickname. And her's is Mita. Pronounced M-ee-ta.) Anyway, Mita said that she wouldn't mind being put into an arranged marriage with Benedict Cumberbatch, Jensen Ackles, Thomas Brodie Sangster etc.... (She listed a whole lot of guys. I don't have time to write them all down.)
After she was done listing, I said that the only actors I wouldn't mind being put into an arranged marriage with was Matt Smith and Colin O'Donoghue. My mom (familiar with Matt Smith after all my fangirl attacks)  asked who Colin O'Donoghue was.

Big mistake.

Mita and I launched into a monologue about the amazing-ness of Colin O'Donoghue. And then I remembered a crucial detail. He's Catholic.
I mentioned this to my mom and she immediately began to be more interested. So Mita and I looked up picture to show her on the iPad.
The first one we should her was...

My mom was impressed with this. So we looked up a few more.

And then we wanted to show her the Hook era Colin, so we found a pretty awesome picture of him rocking the guyliner.

Upon seeing this picture, my elegant, lovely, coordinated mother who is happily married CHOKED ON HER COFFEE.

Now this might not be very funny for you, but for us it was HILARIOUS.

My. Mother. Choked. On. Her. Coffee. Over. Colin O'Donoghue.

And thats about it,

Kat.

Naming a Teddy Bear.

There is a teddy bear that I have had for YEARS. And as a kid I never named it. Recently I found this teddy bear again and I thought to myself, "Hey, he needs a name!" So today I'm going to brainstorm names for him.

First, about this teddy bear....

He is a dude teddy bear.

He was made in London.

He has pale golden fur.

He is very soft and cushy.

The way I'm going to do this is there are three rounds of names with a different theme. Each round will produce one or two winners to compete in the final round of naming. Each final name is accompanied by the pros and cons.

And let the naming comense!

And may the odds be ever in your favor.

First round of names....

FANDOMS

Shawn Spencer

Sherlock 

Watson

George O'Malley

Loki

Killian

Second round

TRADITIONAL

David

Matt

Jesse

Charles

Edmund

William

Third round

RANDOM

Danny

Denny

Benedict Cumberbear

Scotty

Flynn

After much  deliberation the final results are....

Fandoms

George O'Malley

PROS- George O'Malley is an sweet and cuddly character from Grey's Anatomy. He is literally a teddy bear in human form (who can also perform surgeries...) He's also Irish so...EXTRA POINTS FOR BEING IRISH (Anything Irish gets extra points in my book. If you're Irish, I'll marry you.)
CONS- While I love George, its a little weird having a teddy bear named after him. Especially a teddy bear that I sleep with.

Traditional

Edmund

PROS-My favorite character from the Chronicles of Narnia. I had a crush on Edmund when I was younger. I like the dark side of him. I like the bad boys. (Actually I don't. I think always go for the safe guy, even if there is less passion. This especially came out tonight when I watched Princess Diaries 2 with my siblings. MIA SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH ANDREW. He was nice and charming and adorable and sweet and just so damn awesome!! And while Nicholas was played by Chris Pine (extra points for Chris Pine) he was a bad boy!! ALWAYS GO FOR THE GOOD GUY. And I'm talking to you, Meredith!! FINN IS AMAZING AND LOVED ANIMALS, AND DEREK FORGOT TO MENTION THAT HE WAS MARRIED. THE CHOICE IS EASY. Anyway I'm off topic....)

CONS- As stated above, I don't go for bad boys.

Darcy

PROS- Because he is the best literary character EVER. He is witty and clever, handsome and kind, reserved and shy, smart and compassionate, romantic and perfect. Seriously, Augustus Waters has (or more accurately... "had") nothing on him.
CONS-I can't think of a con. What about you? Yeah you. Do you know a con? Yes? Well whatever it is stupid because he is FITZWILLIAM FREAKIN' DARCY. And yes, that is he's full name. It is never disclosed in the book for obvious reasons.

Random

Danny
PROS- I had an imaginary friend named Danny. And I also really love the name Danny...
CONS- The name Danny kinda already belongs to my imaginary friend, so it would be weird naming a teddy bear it too. Plus, Imaginary-Friend Danny might be offended.... 

Benedict Cumberbear

PROS-DO YOU REALLY NEED AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS.

CONS-He doesn't look like a Benedict... 

After talking this over with Whaleton and Mita, I have come to a conclusion. 

The name I'm naming my teddy bear will be....

ANNOUNCED TOMORROW.

I need to sleep on it, and I need sleep in general so...

Night.

Kat.

My music library episode TWO

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I'm back with the boredom and the idea to shuffle my music library and write down the first things that come to mind!! This time I'm only going to do a few songs though. Because....reasons. Mostly laziness....

1. Simple As This by Jake Bugg
   It reminds me if the Fault in Our Stars, specifically the trailer. It also reminds me of the guy, Jake Bugg, who sings this. (I'm not even going to make a snide remark on the last name Bugg, that is how much I like this song.)
   
    
   

   This guy has always struck me as weird because the he looks 15, sounds 40, and is 20. He also looks like someone I know. Like seriously, the resemblance is astonishing. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out he has been living a double life all this time. 
2. I've Heard It Both Ways (reprise) Psych Musical- This reminds me of when a friend of mine messaged me asking if I had seen the Psych Musical and I had been completely oblivious to it and so Whaleton and I did some sneakiness to get it on Amazon. It was quite a brilliant piece of spy-ness/sneakiness. I'm really quite very proud of it, although I shouldn't be. *sigh* Sharkie's right about me... I need a conscience...
3. Wonderland by Taylor Swift- This reminds me of walking home from a friends' house in the morning when its cold out, I'm all snug in my big Baylor sweatshirt, breathing in the clear, crisp morning air and seeing an owl. Yes. An owl. In the morning. Quite a big one too.... Also this song reminds me of just being in my room. All alone.
4. One Night Town by Ingrid Michaelson- This reminds me of this blog actually. When I first started it, I used to go to Barnes and Noble and write posts and sip chai tea. I often listened to Ingrid Michaelson. All so it reminds me of Neville Longbottom. Mostly because Mat Kearney is featured on this track and he reminds me of Neville.
5. Lucky by Jason Mraz- This song is about two best friends who fall in love. It always reminds me of my parents and my dad teaching me to dance. It also reminds me of spring and the ocean. I used to listen to this song on repeat for HOURS when I was younger. I still do sometimes. I really love this song. Its just makes me happy. Everytime I hear it, I start smiling and my heart skips a beat. There's not a great reason why it does that to me, it just does.
   

So there is that. The strange thing about doing this, is that every song has such a unique meaning to me. And sometimes there is no reason for the song to remind me of something, but it just does.

Kat

Five Minute Word Challenge: Newport RI

So Newport is a seaside city located in the tiny state of Rhode Island. It has an area of 11 miles and population of 24,027. Its also the setting for Whaleton's and my most exciting adventures. Okay, that title actually belongs to Boston, but still Newport is awesome!

The first thing that strikes you about Newport is that it is SO natical. Seriously, Rhode Island really milks the whole next-to-the-sea thing, but Newport is the very essence of sailor-esque stores, restaurants and museums. One of the things that Whaleton and I do every year is go to a little restaurant called the Newport Creamery. Its always packed to the roof and every year Whaleton and I have gone, we have always gotten the same table and the same food. Don't laugh! Its tradition. There is also a tennis museum across the street along with very fancy (and expensive) shops.

The streets in Newport are rather small, but still great for walk. Including walking to and from the great mansions of Newport. That's right. MANSIONS. Since Newport was a huge deal back in the day, there are lots of beautiful house built by wealthy people that reside on the coast. My personal favorite is the Rose Cliff. Fun Fact: the first Great Gatsby movie was filmed there. This year Whaleton and I went to the Marble House and I have to say: it was spectacular. Rooms full of beautiful furniture and paintings, long staircases and heavy drapes, the Marble House was truly a house for the rich. It has fifty rooms and over 36 servants are needed to keep it running. The story behind it is rather interesting. The original owner built the house for his wife and they only spent a couple weeks out of the year there. Later when they got divorced later, the wife (a huge women's right advocate) kept it because it was given to her for her 39th birthday, but used it as a sort of extra closet for her clothes. Later she sold it to the  Preservation Society of Newport County.

So yeah, Newport is a beautiful and enchanting place full of great food, rich houses and sailor stuff.

 

Why the Doctor SHOULDN'T be a woman.

I came across this video today.

And I have to admit, it makes some good points. It would be interesting to see the Doctor as a woman and it would give a sense of equality to the genders. Shaking Doctor Who up like that would be cool and thought provoking. The feminist part of me rejoices in equal gender roles and a chance for the show to cater to the mainly female fan base. But there are equally good reason why the Doctor should stay a man.

1. The Doctor is, at heart, a man. The twelve reincarnations of the Doctor have all been male and all the reincarnations have similarities. Yes, each Doctor is different, but each is part of his past and a part of him. He is, at his, core a man.
2. He thinks like a man. While this is part of the whole the Doctor-is-a-man-at-heart, it deserves its own number because of the significance is has. All the Doctor's decisions are made like a male. Its how he operates. If you throw a woman into that, I highly doubt that it would be the same person.
3. Can you honestly imagine the Doctor as a man? I can. Its would be hilarious at first, as she found her way around her new body (wow, that felt weird to type...) and she learned to think and act like a woman. But over time, it would be weird and annoying.
4. Moffat can not write a good female character. Listen, I love/hate Moffat. But he can not write a good female! Examples:
   Amy Pond-Overall pretty awesome, but there are plenty of discrepancies in her character and her relationship with the Doctor is weird.... She has a husband, but she wants to kiss the Doctor at her own wedding. Who does that?! Also Rory is like her babysitter, he has to make sure she doesn't do something stupid.
    River Song- She started out as amazing and badass and I love her, but by the end of her storyline, it was mostly her marriage to the Doctor which made her special. Seriously, spin off with just River Song kicking people's butts=AMAZINGNESS.
   Clara Oswin Oswald- Although she is the best female Moffat has created, in my humble opinion, the reason she is so great isn't Moffat per se. Its Jenna Louise Coleman. The character Clara is half baked and confusing. Nowhere fully formed. But JLC manages to bring definitely personality to her. Something that the other actresses haven't done, they mostly follow along with Moffat's script and the character is unreliable and changeable. Clara is the same. Sassy, takes-crap-from-no-one, compassionate, and sometimes sensitive. Overall though, her character is rather lacking. And this is from someone who LOVES Clara! Whouffle forever!

So my verdict is, while it would be awesome, the Doctor should not be a woman.

Although a spin off show would be completely  acceptable....

Kat

My First Boyfriend

So I've been watching a lot of Good Mythical Morning recently (I tend to binge watch YouTube when I'm sick) and I watched a few where they were talking about their first girlfriends in middle school. And this reminded me of the story of my first boyfriend.

Before I begin you have to understand that my social circle as a kid (and now too) consisted mostly of homeschooler families, and we met every Friday or Saturday at the Park. To normal kids, the Park was a place to hang out and have fun. To us, it was the center of any drama that ever happened.

So the characters that are crucial to this story are as follows:

Me- A naive eight or nine year old. Apparently good girlfriend material in the eyes of young pre-puberty boys....
Lauren-My best friend at that time. Kinda pushy, but really sweet and really looked out for me.
Adam- A kid I had know for a while. Nice but kinda loud.

So one late summer's day, Lauren's family had a party out on their barge on Lake Waco. It was a fun affair, lots of swimming, yelling, laughing. Half way through the party, I was approached by Adam. We talked for a while, arguing who could jump off the roof of the barge and make the bigger splash (Newsflash: it was me.) And all of a sudden he asked me to be his girlfriend. Now I don't remember the exact reason I said yes. Maybe I didn't know what the word "girlfriend" really meant (thats the one I like to go with) or maybe I didn't hear him correctly, but either way I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Immediately after asking me to be his girlfriend and me saying yes, he ran to his dad and proceeded to boast about his new girlfriend.... Yep, thats right. HIS DAD.
*facepalm*
Anyway, our relationship consisted of us being at the Park and him being annoying and putting his arm around me and telling everyone that I was his girlfriend and me just being fed up with him, but also being too shy to "break up" with him. So this went on until November, when on Lauren's birthday, she noticed how miserable I was and told me that for her birthday she wanted me to break up with him.
So I did.
And I messed it up/nailed it big time.
I went up to him in front of all of his friends, said that because it was Lauren's birthday, I was breaking up with him.
He just stared at me while his friends "OOOOOOHHH"-ed.
Then he said that he didn't want to break up and that he honestly liked me.
HOW DO YOU REACT IN THAT SITUATION?
Well if you are me, you say, "too bad, this is what I want", turn around, FLIP YOUR HAIR and walk away.
Now I don't mean to brag, but that was some awesome bad assy-ness on my part.
And that was the end of that.
I doubt he even remembers it now.
But I do.
Oh do I ever...

Kat
P.S. I should mention that I found out later that the reason he wanted a girlfriend so bad that he settled for me was that his brother had just gotten his first girlfriend.

Five Minute Word Challenge: Sweaters and Daylight Savings

So today we (Whaleton and I) are doing not one, but TWO Five Minute Word Challenges!!

SWEATERS

I love sweaters. Sweaters are awesome. I've been practically living in a sweater for the past three weeks. No joke. I spent like $15 on a big Baylor sweatshirt that has a hood and one of those handsy pocket-y thingys. I wear it ALL THE TIME. Its just so cozy in there. Its like my own little nest, or castle. My dad jokes that when I pull on the hood I look like a monk and thats how I feel. Isolated (in a good way), peaceful, and in tune with the world.
I also have not so great sweaters. For example, a few weeks ago my mom and I were at Target and I was searching through the clearance section, when I found a weird teal sweater with a little fawn on the front. Its was cute in a totally weird, grandma-y way. So I showed it to my mom, joking about how weird it was. AND SHE LOVED IT. Seriously. She loved it so much and thought it was so cute that she shelled out $12 for it. I do wear it (ITS A SWEATER. SWEATERS ARE AWESOME) and I admit that it does grow on you, but seriously Mom. IT HAS BAMBI ON THE FRONT. And its a weird huge-headed and huge eyed fawn. Its kinda creepy. But it is teal, which is one of my favorite colors, so there is that....
Another one of my favorite sweaters is a more like a jumper. And it looks EXACTLY like something John Watson would wear. So I wear that a lot....
So to summarize..... SWEATERS ARE AWESOME.

This sweater is like me as a person. I would totally wear this. My mom, on the other hand, would probably not appreciate the humor...

Daylight Savings

I have mixed feelings about Daylight Savings. I've grown up with it, so I know how it works and its does make sense in some weird way. But what I hate is the few days that come after the beginning or end of Daylight Savings. When you lose an hour, it sucks. It just does. ITS AN HOUR OF SLEEP. LOST FOREVER. Until you get it back again in the middle of Autumn. Which, I mean, FREE MAGICAL HOUR OF SLEEP (actually not so free. All magic comes with a price), but at the same time, the next day you have to stay up "later" even though its the same time you usually go to bed. Understand me? Probably not....

Its like this.

I stay up every night until 11:30-12:00.

When Daylight Savings ends, I think "Yay! Extra hour of sleep! And now its easier to get up in the morning." We all know that eventually the hour will sorta melt back into our lives and we won't notice the difference. but to get there we need to stick to our normal schedule. But because I am one hour off in my bodily alarm clock, staying up and waking up later totally messes me up.

I stay up to 12 like normal, but the next morning I'm really tired because my body think that I stayed up until 1am. 

You could say, "Why don't you just go to bed earlier, Kat? Why didn't you of that you stupid person?" 

Okay you probably wouldn't say that, but point still stands. Why not go to bed earlier? Because it throws me off. I go to bed earlier, I lose homework and fun time. I sleep longer, it makes me more cranky and eventually I should just get used to it right? Yeah well that takes forever to get to.

So yeah, that probably didn't make a whole lot of sense, (bear with me, I'm sleep deprived because of the above reasons.) But I hope you now understand why I'm not a fan of Daylight Savings.

Oh and I end up missing appointments because I'm too lazy to turn back the clocks. So that could be the root of my dislike of Daylight Savings.

Although this is definitely an upside to Daylight Savings

Peace out peeps,

Kat

Random Thoughts about Autumn

If you call it "Autumn" you either are a poet, a hipster, or when you were five you watched the Winnie the Pooh where Christopher goes missing and Pooh refers to Fall as Autumn the entire movie prompting you to ask your grandmother what "autumn" was and her telling you that its the same of Fall and you being confused for a good week before you just moved on. (Guess which one I am.)

So the official flavor of Autumn is pumpkin. (I think I can safely say that without incurring the wrath of people on the internet.) So we get this from the surplus of pumpkins that are harvested around Autumn. But beets are also harvested around Autumn and I don't see any beet lattes. Now you could argue that pumpkins taste better than beets and so that is why they are blended into a frappuccino with whipped cream on top and and an incorrect name on the cup. "BUT...." I would argue back, "Pumpkins don't taste better than beets without tons of sugar and spices. Have you ever tasted a pumpkin straight from the source? Because that stuff is not what I expected in my pumpkin flavored skim-milk latte. So ergo, if pumpkins can be magically transformed into yummy-ness with sugar and spices, why not beets?" Just a thought. I believe in vegetable equality.

Autumn is by far the most "hipster-y" season. Lets recap.

Hipsters Love                                                  Autumn provides

Scarves                                                             Cold weather to wear scarves

Boots                                                                Cold weather and puddles to splash in

Starbucks                                                        New flavors and reasons to buy hot coffee

Vintage Clothing and layering                    New "old" fashions and the weather to layer
Fresh produce                                                Autumn Harvest
Vaguely known music                                  New albums and music festivals
Pictures on Instagram                                 Perfect backgrounds/places to take photos

SEE WHAT I MEAN?!
 On a slightly unrelated note, Hipsters are a lot like old people.

Autumn is a perfect time to get artistic and creative juices flowing. There's something about the brightly colored leaves cascading to the ground in flurries of gold, red and brown that makes everyone a poet.     ^See what I mean?

Anyway, thats all I have for today.
Despite my mockings of Autumn, it is definitely my favorite season. I love the rain and tea and even the pumpkin everything.

Peace out peeps,
Kat

Halloween

Halloween is actually my least favorite holiday. Not that I don't love dressing up or eating tons of candy, but I feel like Halloween is kinda cheap. I would love a Halloween that is pure scariness. Just ghost, monsters, vampires. ( I also love the pumpkins and scarecrows, but those belong more to fall than to Halloween.) I would love to be scared out of my mind on Halloween, instead of seeing a bunch of cheap decorations. I mean Halloween has some great parts for example.

• Costumes. This is literally cosplay that normal people do. I really love dressing up. Tonight I went to a saints party and I went as Kateri Tekakwitha.
• CANDY I LOVE candy. Who doesn't? Well actually I know people who don't like candy and they are not high in my book.
• There are some actually scary parts of Halloween. I've always wanted to go to some of the movies that come out around Halloween. Unfortunately, I have parents who don't like that so much.

So there are good parts to Halloween! But there are so many stupid parts to.

• The decorations.  They are just juvenile. Plastic spider, really? I'm terrified. 
• The ads. I really hate Halloween ads, it just depresses me. All the terribly immodest costumes for women. And they aren't even that good!!
• Trick or treating. I love that Halloween gives me a free pass to eat tons of candy, but I dislike trick or treating. I mean when I was younger, it was awesome! I loved it! But now, I would prefer to stay at home, watch a scary movie and eat candy from the store.

When I read books set in the 1950s or so, I really like Halloween. The kids all dress up in homemade costumes that their mothers made. They go out and knock on the doors of people they know and trust. And they get

 candy! And other cool stuff! Its a fun thing! I think that if Halloween wasn't so commercialized and it was more scary, I'd like it a lot better. Maybe even look forward to it.

Five Minute Word Challenge: Coffee

Yes. Coffee. That's today's word.

READY

SET
GO.

So the world basically runs on coffee. Everyone drinks it, adults and children alike (seriously. I know some kids who drink coffee. Its not pretty. Think sugar high+drugs.) I, myself, am not a fan of coffee, but I have been known to have a cup every so often. Sometimes you just need that kick, (like when you have classes all day and you didn't get any sleep that night. I'm looking at you, Celestine...) What I find really interesting about coffee is what you can do with it. Seriously! You can literally put anything in coffee and people love it!

New Coffee Flavors coming to a Starbucks near you!

Swedish Fish Coffee (Because nobody has thought of it yet.)

Barbecue Coffee (Sweet barbecue sauce mixed in with your coffee. Guaranteed deliciousness!)

Hotdog Coffee (With mustard for an extra .75 cents!)

Coffee Coffee (Extra pump of coffee for an extra $1.00)

I do like some of the flavors (PUMPKIN, NUTELLA,), but its getting a little ridiculous.  

And time.

How Agatha Christie saved the Latin Mass

Earlier today, my dad and I were talking about Agatha Christie. Well, I was talking and he was looking at the stock market and half listening to me fangirling... But anyway, after a while he asked me if I knew the story of how Agatha Christie saved the Latin Mass. "Uh...NO. TELL ME." was my reply. So he proceeded to tell the following story.

After Vatican II, when the Latin Mass was replaced with the English Mass or Novus Ordo, a group of prominent people came together to sign a petition. Among these people where Catholics, Protestants and even Atheists. All agreed that the Latin Mass had been a huge influence on the Western Culture in terms of art, music, traditions etc... And they all wanted the Latin Mass to be celebrated periodically in England and Wales so that the traditions and rites would not be forgotten. Among these people who signed the petition was Agatha Christie.

The petition was signed and sent of to the Pope. When it was received by the Vatican, it was tossed carelessly on the Pope's desk along with other petitions that were of little consequence. The Pope was reading through the signatures  in silence, when suddenly he exclaimed, "Ah! Agatha Christie!" and signed the petition right then and there. The petition has been nicknamed the "Agatha Christie Indult" ever since.

So apparently the Pope was a fan.

Five Minute Word Challenge: Dreams

Another word challenge!! I really like these things, and so I'm going to be a doing a lot of them.
Today's word is: DREAMS. As you probably guessed from the title....
Anyway...
DREAMS.

Ready
Set
GO.

So the scientific reason for dreams is that our brains are trying to solve our problems on low power, right? Well I call BS on that one because I don't tend to have a problem with driving cars off cliffs. Yep, thats right. I dream about driving cars off cliffs. Its a recurring dream that I HATE. I also dream about sharks eating me. In our pool... But enough about bad dreams, instead we should talk about my GOOD dreams. Most of my good dreams include flying. But as I got older it became harder to fly. Quite sad really. But I bear it. Anyway....Dreams are a tricky thing. Some are good and wonderful and fill you up and some drag you down. I actually don't have many dreams because I can't really sleep very well. And if I do dream its usually some sort of nightmare. So usually dreams aren't something I like to talk about. But I'm being forced to...
Sorry this post is shorter than usual, but I don't really have much to say on this topic.

And time's up.

Five Minute Challenge: Mermaids

Five minutes challenge again! The word of the day is....You guessed it!! MERMAIDS.

Ok, so here we go.

Okay so I kinda hate mermaids. I mean they are so stupid with their shell bras and hair that never dries out in salt water and being able to breath underwater....Okay maybe I'm a little jealous. About the breathing underwater part, not the shell bra part! But seriously, I don't like mermaids. I mean, throughout history they have been portrayed as evil, man eating she-demons. And suddenly Disney is like, "Hey how about we take a mermaid and make her a princess!" Uh no. Sure mermaids haven't ALWAYS been bad, the past few centuries or so have shown mermaids in a different light. A better light. And I'm not all against that, because lets be honest, mermaids are kinda cool. But I think that evil mermaids would be a LOT cooler. Just sayin'... And another thing about mermaids and Disney.... In the original story THE LITTLE MERMAID DIES. SHE DIES. But, oh no. Disney thought lets give her a happy ending!! Well there was a point to the original story. Sometimes love doesn't work out. Its sad, BUT IT HAPPENS. And maybe it isn't a good idea to throw your life away over a guy that you've literally never talked to. Common knowledge. So yeah, I'm not a huge fan of mermaids.

ANNNNND TIME IS UP.

My music library

So I'm here at 1:30 in the morning, completely bored, listening to music and I realize: For every song in my music library, there is a memory attached to it.
So I thought, "Hey how about I shuffle my library and write down what first comes to mind?"
And that, reader, is what I did.

1. Everyone Is Gay by a Great Big World- Dear God, why did it have to be this one? I BOUGHT IT BY ACCIDENT. I SWEAR. Although it is an extremely catching song.
2. The Call by Regina Spektor- *sniff* NARNIA
3. Vanilla Twilight by Owl City- Pretty much every Owl City song reminds me of either Rhode Island or Patrick Hanners.
4. I Lived by OneRepublic- That.... music video *sobs*
5. The Giving Tree by Plain White Ts- This song reminds me of when my best friend, Nicolas, stayed at my house for a week. Don't really know why....
6. Rocks At My Window by Bridgit Mendler- Fall. Autumn. Leaves.
7. Everything is AWESOME!!! by Jo Li- Take a guess.... 
8. Say Something by A Great Big World- This one makes me sad and it reminds me of the Lot Next Door and some of my walks over there.
9. Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift- I used to sing this to my youngest brother when he was just born. And I still do.
10. I Don't Wanna Love Someone Else by A Great Big World- This reminds me of this swing in front of my grandparents house where I would go and swing when I needed to get away from my family members. Which was fairly often.
11. All About That Bass by Megan Trainor- CELESTINE GENIUS, CURSE YOU FOR GETTING THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD.
12. Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy- This reminds me of Desi and Lucy for some reason....
13. Love Love Love by Monsters and Men-This one doesn't give me a memory as much as a warm fuzzy feeling.
14. Not About Angels by Birdy- This reminds me of being in Barnes and Nobles surrounded by books and with a calming cup of tea. Again. I have no idea why.
15. Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)- Getting the crap scared out of me in the shower. Don't ask. 

Okay, there we go. Thats that.
And now I'm finally going to sleep.

Blondes and Brunettes: A Tribute

Every brunette needs a blonde. Fact of life. I have my blonde, a wonderful, funny and classy person who goes by the name of Margot (WITH A "T") or Whaleton, and we see lots of other brunettes have their blondes. So today I have compiled a list of blondes and brunettes, whose relationships range from best friends to flatmates to couples.

First on my list is the two people I think of first when I think "blonde and brunette."
Veronica and Betty

Best friends and worst enemies, Betty and Veronica are the love interests of Archie Andrews and this often causes conflicts. But in the end, they are each others best friends and fully support each other.

Sherlock and John

Purely PLATONIC friends (I'm looking at you Johnlock shippers), Sherlock and John Watson have an impenetrable bond forged in fire. Get it? Because John was in a bonfire in S3 E1? Oh forget it.....

Ten and Rose

Look at how he looks at her. There is so much love in there. I've always wanted someone to look at me like that. Its just beautiful. And its not just a romantic relationship, Ten was more open and relaxed with her than anyone else and she was the person the Moment chose to be when the Doctor needed the most help and the most love.

Gwen and Peter

I love this relationship because it really embodies what relationships are really like. It can be awkward at first, you don't always get along, sometimes you have to break up for a while, and it can be messy. But its worth it in the end. I think they have the most adorable relationship I have ever see.

Ed and Greg

OK, OK, so technically they are both bald so its impossible to know if they are actually a blonde and a brunette, but for the sake of the argument we will say that they are. Ed and Greg are part of the SPU or Strategic Police Unit. They rescue hostages and help people who are just good guys having a bad day. Ed and Greg always have each other's backs, in work and out of it.

There are tons more, but thats all I have time for today.
So the moral of this post is: if you are a brunette, you need a blonde in your life.

Peace out peeps,
Kat

Five-minute word challenge: Sharks

So Whaleton and I were talking a while ago and we realized we want to be better at posting on our blogs. So we came up with some ideas to help us write posts. One of these ideas was the five-minute word challenge. The object of the game is to pick a random word and write about for five minutes. You can write about memories that have to do with the word, or observations about the usage of the word or whatever you want, but it has to pertain directly to the word.

So today we are writing about sharks!!

*Timer set*

GO

So I have a fear of sharks. I hate them. I remember begin little and playing in the ocean at my grandparents house and feeling a bit of seaweed brush up against my leg and just RUNNING out of the water screaming. My parents later informed me that sharks don't live that far up north, but my dad did later admit it was possible. So yeah, I don't like to go in the ocean very much. Its not even a very rational fear. I mean I've never seen Jaws, and I've never had a traumatic experience with them. I just hate them. I read a book about them when I was younger and the picture had a huge shark eating some sorta chunka meat. It was terrifying for little me. I guess it scared me for life, because now when my brother starts talking about how there is some huge mega-shark that lives of the coast of southern Africa, I have to restrain myself from yelling at him to shut up. I wish I wasn't scared, I do think they are cool, but they are also FREAKING TERRIFYING.

AAAANND TIME IS UP.

Mythbusters: Twilight Edition

I see this thing a lot.

And so I thought, "What the hell? I'll look it up and see the 15 criteria for domestic abuse and see if this is true."

Now I'm just going off of what I read in ONE Twilight book and some Wikipedia pages. (Don't judge. I was bored and things happened....)

For every criteria met, I will give one point.

1. A push for a quick involvement: Comes on very strong, claiming, "I've never felt loved like this by anyone." An Abuser pressures the woman for an exclusive commitment almost immediately.
So the relationship is a fairly quickly moving one, but I don't think that Edward really PUSHES for a quick relationship.
0 points
2. Jealousy: Excessively possessive; calls constantly or visits unexpectedly: prevents you from going to work because ‘you might meet someone;" checks the mileage on your car.
He does get pretty jealous with Jacob. But not really aggressively so. I'll give it half a point.
1/2 point
3. Controlling: Interrogates you intensely (especially if you’re late) about whom you talked to, and where you were; keeps all the money.
Again, Edward does interrogate Bella about what she does and who she sees, but its for her safety. Or maybe not, I wasn't really paying attention.
0 points
4. Unrealistic expectations: Expects you to be the perfect woman and meet his every need.
He did sorta push her to become a vampire, not enough for it to be immediately noticeable, but he did want her to. I give half a point again.
1/2 point
5. Isolation: Tries to cut you off from family and friends; accuses people who are your supporters of "causing trouble."
I definitely didn't see this in the book and wiki pages. But then again, I'VE ONLY READ ONE BOOK. But side note, Bella's dad is awesome. Totally awesome. I would much rather watch him fight zombies and evil vampires then he's daughter's sappy love story.
0 points.
6. Blames others for problems and mistakes: The boss, it’s always someone else’s fault if anything goes wrong.
Nope. He does pretty much the opposite.
0 points
7. Makes everyone else responsible for his feelings: The abuser says, "You make me angry instead of, "I am angry’ or, "You’re hurting me by not doing what I tell you." Less obvious is the claim "You make me happy."
He does say, "You make me happy" and does make her responsible for his some of his feelings. But then again, I'm really looking for fault at this point.
1 point
8. Hypersensitivity: Is easily insulted, claiming that his feelings are hurt when he is really mad. He’ll rant about the injustice of things that are just part of life.
He honestly just seemed like a rock to me. No emotion.
0 points
9. Cruelty to animals and to children: Kills or punishes animals brutally. Also may expect children to do things that are far beyond their ability (whips a 3-year-old for wetting a diaper) or may tease them until they cry.
Does the whole vampire thing count as cruelty to animals? I'm gonna give it a point because you really shouldn't date a vampire. Just common knowledge.
1 point
10. "Playful" use of force during sex: Enjoys throwing you down or holding you down against your will during sex; says he thinks that the idea of rape exciting.
Doesn't he, like, hurt her at one point? I am not totally sure...
0 points because of my insufficient knowledge.
11. Verbal abuse: Constantly criticizes you, or says blatantly cruel, hurtful things; degrades, curses, calls you ugly names. This may also involve sleep deprivation, waking you up with relentless verbal abuse.
No. This I can say with certainty.
0 points
12. Rigid sex roles: Expects you to serve, obey and remain at home
I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HUMAN-VAMPIRE SEX, OKAY?
0 points
13. Sudden mood swings: Switches from sweetly loving to explosively violent in a trotter of minutes or even more confusing, within seconds.
Again. He's a freaking rock.
0 points
14. Past battering: Admits hitting women in the past, but says they made him do it or the situation brought in on.
Does the whole, you know, sucking-blood-and-making-people-vampires thing count? I think it deserves half a point.
1/2 point
15. Threats of violence: Makes statements like, "I’ll break your neck," or "I’ll kill you" and then dismisses them with, "Everybody talks that way," or "I didn't really mean it." If he has come this far, it is time to get help and get out!
ROCK. LIKE SERIOUSLY.
0 points

Ok, so give me a few minutes to do the math.
ok.... almost there.
just a few more seconds...
OKAY
FOUR POINTS. I think...
Let me check again.
......
Actually its 3.5 points.
OKAY
3.5 POINTS
So I'm no abuse expert, but that doesn't seem like a kind of a relationship that is abusive.
Frankly, I think its stupid and dumb, but not abusive.

SO THAT MYTH IS DEBUNKED.