Trying to Become a Marvel Fan (by watching about 15 movies in about a week) Or; a completely unauthoritative review of a lot of Marvel Movies

To begin, I did this wayy back in December. December was significant for two reasons. 1) I was on Christmas break. 2) I got my one week free trial of Disney Plus. This provided the perfect setting for catching up on my Marvel movies. Now, I didn't watch all of the Marvel movies in one...

butterfly moments

Take a thread of your life; hold it in your hands. What is it? Is it a sad strand? A strand that makes you smile when you think of it? Start at the end of it, where you are now. Trace it back, as far as it goes. Or, just until the strand gets tangled...

the skies and the heavens

When I was a kid and didn't have computer time or a phone or really any technology to distract me, I'd lay in the grass and stare up at the sky. Looking back, I was probably really bored, but I have a lot of random memories of looking at the sky.  Before I knew about...

Thoughts on Change

I've always been someone who adapts very quickly to new things. I've gotten to the point where I need change to feel alive. I get bored of my hair every six months and have to change it. I rearrange the furniture in my room on a regular basis. A part of me always wants to...

A Christian Perspective on Lost Hope and Suicide

I've been involved in the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) for three years. This was my senior year. Coronavirus came and halted everything, including Regionals for my Region. This speech has been near to my heart all year, and though I won't be able to give it as a speech to judges again,...

2019 in Books

I read a grand total of 43 books this year. A whole 7 books short of my goodreads goal, but I suppose 43 isn't too terrible for everything that happened this very busy year. The largest category was Fiction by far, and mostly fantasy/sci-fi, but I am branching out. (Slowly.) Fiction Favorites: Renegades - Marissa...

The Case for Pictures

If you were rich in the 1500s, you would probably sit for a portrait at some point in your life. If you were royalty, you might take several portraits over your lifetime. Skip forward a few hundred years, and people have cameras on their phones and can (and do) take pictures of literally everything. When...

southern gothic

There are little white churches with boards over the windows. The sign out front still invites guests to come at 10:30 for service and 9:30 for Sunday school. The parking lot is always empty during those times. Occasionally, you'll see light coming through the windows late at night. Ignore it. At night, you can sometimes...

Books for the Spooky Season (basically my favorite gothic books)

It's the spooky season! For me, that means long sleeves, an abundance of tea (especially English Breakfast), and books. (All of the spiders can die in fire. There are spiderwebs and spiders everywhere where I live now. *shudder*) Especially the books. I hate horror and all the creepy gory books that are all over right...

Journaling

This month marks a year since I began consistently journaling. *cue applause* My relationship with diaries and journals begins back in elementary school, with a tiny pink Ariel notebook. I wrote in very bad handwriting with even worse spelling the things that happened in my very exciting second grade life. I quit that after a...