Hey peeps!
So due to my ankle being broken I am doing pretty much nothing lately except for watching tv series. I have burned through Firefly & Serenity, Torchwood, Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, & Criminal Minds. I am also almost caught up in Arrow. All great series which I highly recommend. I've also been doing some reading. I finished the Graceling series which I loved. It's one of the series Kris likes to make of me for, saying that I should lend it to her niece. Personally, I think it's a bit dark for anyone under 16 and just because the targeted audience is teens doesn't mean us grown-ups can't enjoy it. It's set in a Realm where there are Seven main kingdoms. The first and second books have a lot of violence. In the first book the main character, Katsa is one of the Graced, meaning she has a special talent. Her grace is thought to be a killing grace. In the kingdom Katsa lives in, all gracelings belong to the King. The King uses Katsa as an enforcer of sorts, sending her to torture or kill those who cross him or owe him money or favors. The second book, Fire is mostly a war story. The main character, Fire lives is the only living Monster human. A monster is a beautiful creature with powers of suggestion and mind invasion. She is cursed with the reputation of her father who was a sadistic man. He enjoyed toying with the minds of others and torture. The third book Bitterblue, takes place eight years after the first book. This book is about uncovering the tragedies committed by the previous king. The Queen, Bitterblue, sneaks out of her castle, longing to know what is happening in her kingdom and to uncover the secrets that have been kept from her. I'm going to warn that this book does have a trigger warning for rape and torture. There were some parts that were very hard for me to get through. It doesn't go into huge detail, a lot of it is implied, but there will still entire chapters that made me feel sick.
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Ok! My first attempt at blogging! Actually not my first attempt...back when myspace was the thing all the cool kids were using I blogged a bit on there...but moving on!
I am T-girl, your resident poet. I'm obsessive compulsive (Seriously, don't make a mess or put my stuff back in the wrong spot. My head will explode.), I go insane or cry if I don't have access to music, I'm have mood swings and am overly emotional at times. Yet somehow Jack, Kris and Brett put up with me. I'm what a friend of mine calls a "speghetti brain" which means I jump from subject to subject and will go back to a subject I was talking about hours ago with no prompting. For the purpose of this blog I will try to be a little more on track. Let's dive into my interests in an organized and categorized fashion shall we? Music: I listen to everything. I have over 5000 songs on my iTunes which vary in genre from country to screamo. Movies: Again, I have varying taste. My favorite is probably Rent. I also love The Nightmare Before Christmas. I'm a geek and I love anything based on Marvel Superheros. I love the Italian Job, mainly because of Seth Green, but also because if you watch closely....there's a random shot of spiderman. I'm not even kidding. Go rent it. T.V. Shows: Supernatural, (Greatest show ever. Even without the homo-erotic subtext.) Glee,(Because it makes me squeal several times in an hour. And not in a sexy way. In an awesome way.) One Tree Hill, (This one is all Jack's fault.) Being Erica, (I just find it really unique and refreshing) Digimon (Kris, Brett and I are kinda obsessed with it). I'm also starting to get into Dexter and The Big Bang Theory. I'd like to watch more of these series, but I'm a university student so....yeah. Books: Carry Me Like Water by Benjamin Alire Saenz, (It's a really wonderful unique read. It was the first book I read that wasn't aimed at a pre-teen audience and it really opened up my eyes about living in poverty and other difficult circumstances. It was also the first book I read that had a homosexual couple in it, and didn't make fun their relationship.) Lamb by Christopher Moore, (It's a comedic take on the life of Jesus Christ from the point of view of his best friend, Biff. It's in no way a Christian fiction, nor does it overtly make fun of Christianity, it's just a fun comedy) The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. (I had to read it in high school, and (with the exception of Shakespeare), It was the only thing I was forced to read that I liked.) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. (This one just really spoke to me and touched me.) Webcomics: The Devils Panties, Least I Could Do, Looking For Group, Menage a 3, Questionable Content, Girls With Slingshots, Dr. McNinja, Khaos Komix, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Curvy, Girlyyy. If there's more I should talk about in my first blog, my brain refuses to think about it as it is now 2:49am and I have to go to sleep. So until next time! |
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The one with estrogen. Bisexual, student, poet. Intrigued? Well good thing there's an entire blog for you to read then. Archives
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