Author: Kierstyn Warner

Bugsnax is a game where you play as a photographer and go off to this island to interview a woman who made a colony there. The woman named Lizbert (below) found an island like no other, where these animals called Bugsnax live. The Bugsnax, as shown in the picture above, are animals/insects fused with foods, and when you eat the food, they become a part of your body. She moved to this island with a group of others to make a new life, but everything went wrong when she went missing.

So, Bugsnax has many interesting things about it, but of course when I played this like two years ago, I was interested in why it was under the LGBT tag in the shop. I downloaded the game while it was free on gamepass and I indulged. In the game we are on a flying ship that gets wrecked into by this giant creature, which turned out to be a large pepperoni pizza! We first meet Filbo who is the blue monster in the first picture, and he tells us he was out looking for Bugsnax. He was the vice mayor of the little community they had, but everyone was separated, so really our main goal was to get the town back together. So, you’ll never guess who my favorite two in the game were…

So, I’m definitely lying when I say these two are my favorite, I think. My favorite couple is actually this lady who sings for this guy which is cute but not the point. Meet Chandlo and Snorpy. They were literally roommates. When these two left they went to live in this cabin on the mountains. Snorpy never left the house, so Chandlo gave us the task to convince him to touch grass. They have this odd homoerotic relationship, and it’s clear they both have feelings for each other, but Snorpy is too afraid to say anything. But when you convince one of them to go back, the other follows.

Before we move on. There is a party near the end when you get everyone back to the village. Snorpy is talking to us and he’s all like, man I really like Chandlo, but I don’t think he likes me. So, we convince Snorpy to confess, and apparently Chandlo thought they had been together for years before they kissed on a Ferris wheel. WHAT? They drive me insane, but I love them so much sigh…

This is Eggabell, Lizbert’s wife or girlfriend, I’m not sure which. But when we first arrived, she wasn’t there, but we had seen the two in tapes at the beginning of the game. I think this is our first meeting with her, where we find a clue on where Lizbert disappeared to. We have to get into these big stone doors and go inside of them with Eggabell, who is not leaving until she gets Lizbert back.

When we get into the big stone doors, we find Lizbert like this. She explains that Bugsnaxs are evil. Which I knew from the beginning! So, I may be remembering this weird, but I think Eggabell fuses with Lizbert into that nasty creature you see in the picture above, and they hold off the Bugsnax while we get back to the village to help everyone get off.

Let’s talk about the ending I got. Bugsnax is a game with multiple endings because at the village you have to do challenges to hold the Bugsnax back while fixing your ship.. and you’ll never guess who died after my first playthrough… SNORPY. Oh my god, it was the saddest moment in my life to watch him die, IN FRONT OF CHANDLO. Everyone lived except him, it was literally all my fault </3 So guess what, when we made it back to actual civilization, I spoke to Chandlo. He was all like, yeah, I’ll miss him, and I wish I could’ve stopped it- At this point I’m crying real tears. So, a few months ago, I bought the game for like 8 dollars, it was on sale, and I am in the process of replaying it, so I don’t kill Snorpy. Anyways, that was my experience with Bugsnax!

Overwatch season 15 was released February 18 of this year, and I have been so excited about it. We had so much in store for this season, so let me talk about it in this blog!

1. Loot Boxes

These were the most exciting things about the new season. Overwatch used to have loot boxes way before I played but they got removed! In this season they returned. You can get up to 100 per season! Full of free cosmetics, stickers, voice lines, and profile pictures/banners. It’s the best feeling to me to be able to rip open a loot box! 

2. Galactic weapons

Overwatch has a competitive mode, and in this mode, you can get weapon variants, which include gold and jade, but this season galactic themed weapons were added! I don’t often play comp, but this is definitely something that encourages me to play that game mode!

3. Battle Pass skins

This battle pass was the cutest thing ever. I honestly don’t know what the theme is.. (I think it’s Chinese New Year?) but these skins are so cool, and I bought this battle pass, so I get all of them! The most exciting thing was a new Venture skin because they often get ignored. Zarya as well! All of these skins are amazing, and there are the cutest weapon charms in this battle pass as well. 

4. Zenyatta Mythic skin & Widow Mythic weapon

Zenyatta’s new skin is like the most awesome thing ever. The skin is beautful, but I won’t be getting it just yet because I’m saving for Ashe… sigh </3. It is based off of Pixiu, which is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature

Widowmaker was also given a mythic, but this one is a mythic gun. It’s so cool looking, and I can’t even play her.. (I have no aim) I’ve definitely been tempted to learn just to get it! Mythic weapons add a flourish ability and show an animation when you get a kill!! It’s so cool looking, sigh…

5. Le Sserafim Collab pt.2

Le Sserafim has collaborated with Overwatch before, but this is the second one! This collab included Illari, Ashe, D.va, Mercy, and Juno (left to right). I was very excited about this one, just because Ashe and Illari got skins which they BARELY get. I absolutely purchased a skin from this! I believed that I wouldn’t at first, but Illari was calling my name.. who am I to not answer??

6. Perks

Perks have to be the most exciting thing Overwatch has added. During a game you get to choose from two perks twice. You get choices that can help your playstyle. It was difficult to get used to this because it was added so suddenly, but it makes the game so much more interesting, and I just found out that in the mystery heroes game mode your perks get randomized, so it helps you experiment with this way more.

Most of this blog is just me yapping about things most of you know nothing about, but I love Overwatch, and I am so glad that they have been improving so much. This will always be my favorite game, and I can’t wait for much more in the future. 

Hi guys! Do you remember that two part blog I did on Inside by Bo Burnham? Well, I said I’d talk about the outtakes and here I am! Inside Outtakes is one of my favorite things in the whole entire world. In this blog I’ll only be talking about songs he actually sang, and not just the instrumental, but you should give this a watch or listen! Free on YouTube! Also, some of these songs don’t have actually pictures so I just picked some I like for the most part. Bo Burnham is a very pretty man; I love these pictures.

Small Tw because there’s a picture of a spider down the line.

Bezos III- 1:25

“Jeffery Bezos”

This is the third Bezos song in the deluxe album. It’s just him saying Jeffery Bezos over and over again, but it’s used to transition into the next song.

The Future- 1:33

“I’ll bother getting ready when I bother getting dressed”

The Future is Bo singing about what the future will be like. He’ll wake up at a quarter to ten trying to decipher if it’s real, and his daughter will come wake him up. Well, he doesn’t have a daughter right now, but this is in the future! He doesn’t know if he’s depressed or stressed, or if this will end any time soon. He showers at a quarter to one with a 2-in-1 shampoo. He’s struggling to get up to get dressed and he doesn’t wanna deal with it, so he downloads an app to mediate. It’s the future.

WTFIGO- 0:54

“I don’t know what’s happening”

In this song, Bo talks about how he doesn’t know what’s going on, and he doesn’t know what’s happening. WTFIGO stands for “What the f–k is going on?” 

1985- 2:26

“If I could be anybody, dead or alive. I would wanna be my dad in 1985”

Bo starts this song with describing a guy. He’s cool guy with a cool shirt, cool shoes (Did he mention the shirt?) But yeah. This man he’s speaking of gains respect by walking into a room. The news doesn’t affect him when he reads it. He’s happy to be alive, and he’s any white guy in 1985. He supports his family despite his wife’s underwhelming cooking. Bo wants to be who he is right now but 40 years ago. But wait! He doesn’t mean just any white guy. He means his dad, Scott Burnham, in 1985.

Feel Good- 0:43

“I’m not even close to kidding. Write it in an email”

Feel good is the ending song when you watch the video, but it’s here ion the album. In this song Bo talks about how all he wants is to feel good. He wonders if anyone actually knows how to and if they can inform him on how to do that exactly.

Five years- 3:48

“Everyone’s a feminist until there is a spider around”

In this song Bo is singing about how he and his partner have been together for five years. He starts off by saying she’s his best friend, and they can work any problem out! In this first example we have of this couple is Bo ordering food and her stealing food from him. He gets upset, and she calls him a psycho.  He just says she owes him a dumpling. Our next situation is the couple seeing a spider and both of them jumping to high ground. Shew tells him to be a man and kill it, and Bo response is that her whole world view collapses the moment there’s a spider. The last verse is him pointing out how she needs to poo every time he uses the bathroom! But they have two bathrooms….

Biden- 0:51

“How is the best-case scenario, Joe?”

This song is short, and I usually skip it. The most I can do is agree with the fact that Joe was a best-case scenario, unfortunately.. Presidency is a long rant for another day. (maybe) But let’s not get too political.

Microwave Popcorn- 2:27

“There’s a button and the button says ‘popcorn’ ” 

Bo is making microwaved popcorn! In a microwave because he’s on that wave. (I love this song) We get introduced into the steps on making popcorn. Taking it out the plastic, looking at the directions, putting the packet on the glass- The little glass dish in the microwave! He closes the door. Bo starts singing about how he’s a rule follower because he’s a studious guy. He starts the popcorn and burns it. So, he eats skinny pops instead, but when he looks at the microwave, he sees a button that says popcorn! How did he miss that button? The voices take over and the song ends.

Bezos IV- 0:38

“Jeffery Preston Bezos”

Our last Bezos song. Bo is sticking with Jeffery! He gets a feeling when he looks in his eye.. (I don’t know if his other eye even sees..) Do you need reasons why he’s sticking with Jeffery? Well, he doesn’t give any. That’s all!

Spider- 0:35

“I ain’t afraid of no spider”

There’s a spider hiding in the corner! Bo isn’t afraid of no spider, just until it starts moving, and he starts panicking. He loses the spider, and the song ends mid panic.

This Isn’t A Joke- 1:12

“I came out face first”

This isn’t a joke so don’t joke about it. Bo is taking it slow. I think he got a little sidetracked because he starts to talk about his pores, and how weird looking he is. He’s 29, and in his prime! But he doesn’t wanna talk about it. He begins talking about his birth scar, and how he got it because when he was born, he came out face first. Now look at him!

The Chicken- 4:09

“There’s just one thing: The chicken must first cross the road”

Last song, so let’s get emotional. This song always makes me cry, and I’m actually tearing up while typing this. This is a song about why the chicken crossed the road, and I encourage everyone to listen to this song if you don’t listen to any of the others. You may not be as emotional as I am, you might not even like the song, but I love it. Bo starts the story about a chicken who wakes up to the sounds of her husband’s screams. She is nursing eggs, and she is tired of her life. She’s in the dark, thinking about the life she can have. Walking to Memphis, becoming a dentist, anything other than this life. She loves being a mother and a wife, but it feels like that’s all she is. She looked out the window. The next day she wakes up and decides to escape. She wants freedom. She runs out of the coop and stares meadows full of other animals, but there’s just one thing. The road blocking her from this dream. So, she has to cross it to get there, the giant road when she’s so little. She moves one foot after the other but is frozen in the place of headlights. A car coming her way. No one knows what happens next, but Bo says we should think that she got what she wanted. She got to the other side.

Hamilton will always be top 5 musicals for me (I’ve only seen about five.) But that’s not the point. It was written by the musical genius Lin-Manuel Miranda. The songs are amazing, but of course I have favorites. SO, THIS WILL BE MY TOP 10!!

10. You’ll be back

You’ll be back will always be a classic favorite. It has to be one of the most popular Hamilton songs and I think it’s the first one I ever heard. It is sung by Jonathan Groff, and he does an amazing job as his role of King George. The song is one that never fails to make me wanna sing and I think it kinda gives toxic ex, which I guess matches him having control over the colonies..

9. Guns and Ships

Guns and Ships, my love.. This song was sung by Daveed Digs, and he is one of my favorite actors ever. He does a great Lafeyette and Jefferson, and this song always makes me so happy. It’s so chaotic and everyone just does their own little thing as he’s rapping. The song ends with George Washington who is played by Christopher Jackson, and he says Alexander’s name at the end, and it will always give me chills. That man was singing his heart out.

8. The Room Where It Happens

The room where it happens.. One of the first Hamilton songs I had ever heard. Admittedly, I used to skip this song every time I watched it because I hated Aaron Burr so much that I skipped all of his songs, but one day I gave them a listen and my Hamilton life was changed. The room where it happens has amazing vocals and choreography. Everything about it gave me chills. I kinda mess with Aaron Burr now. 

7. Say No to This

I used to be so ashamed for liking this song because I watched Hamilton back in like 2020 or 2021 when people used to hate this song because Alexander was cheating on Eliza.. But of course, I wouldn’t like it for that reason!! As I said in this song Alexander cheats on Eliza with a woman named Mariah Reynolds, who tells Hamilton that her husband is treating her terribly. Eliza is out of town with her sister and her children to visit their parents. They begged Alexander to come, but he didn’t go. He has this affair, but Mariah is also married. A man named James Reynolds tell Hamilton to send him money and he won’t say a word, but if he doesn’t then he’ll tell Eliza. He agrees to send the money and stop the whole situation. The vocals are beautiful, and I love the story behind it. This song is full of suspense, and it would be higher on my list if I was able to enjoy this song when I first heard it. 

6. Farmer Refuted

This song is my favorite ever omgee. It’s not higher because the song is kinda stupid.. It’s just an introduction to you’ll be back. This song always makes me wanna sing because Samuel Seabury is my GOAT. The song is just really catchy and really funny to me. Samuel is singing about the revolution, and Hamilton is disagreeing with everything this man is saying. Samuel is just trying to read off his little scroll, and Hamilton is literally hoping up on the box with him. I would’ve crashed out.

5. Satisfied

This song never fails to give me chills. The first time I listened to it I fell in love with it. The second time I learned all of the lyrics, and ever since then I have never stopped singing this song every time I hear it. The way she talks about the situation makes me foam at the mouth. She recounts the details of the night they met, then she names out all of the reasons she knew they couldn’t be together. She says she knew she could’ve had him, but she introduced him to her helpless sister, Eliza. She was thankful that Alexander was in her life, but she knew she would just never be satisfied.

4. The Reynolds Pamphlet 

This is like the funniest song in the musical. They expose him so crazy for cheating on Eliza. Well, Alexaner exposes himself, and Jefferson makes sure that EVERYBODY hears about it. They sing about how he’ll never be president now, so he’s no longer real competition. Angela comes to support Eliza, and Alexander thinks she’s there for him! Anyways, the choreography is my favorite. Everyone is just running around and throwing letters around. It always makes me laugh. They even end the song saying, “His poor wife”.

3. Non-Stop (This is a long one)

Non-Stop begins after John Laurens dies, and he was one of Hamilton’s best friends. He says, “I have so much work to do” after finding out. Burr and Hamilton are both lawyers, and Burr talks about how Hamilton just never stops talking; he never stops writing. He’s just non-stop! (haha get it?) Anyways, Hamilton was chosen for the constitutional convention. He proposed a new government, and that night he shows up at Burr’s door to defend the constitution for him. Burr disagrees because he stands for keeping his plans private. No one really knows what Burr stands for, and he plans to keep it that way. We hear from Angelica that she is now married and lives in Londen with him. Her and Hamilton send each other letters. Eliza tells Hamilton that all she wants him to do is stay alive. Burr tells us about the Federalist papers that Hamilton, John Jay, and James Maddison all wrote. They planned to write 25. Hamiton wrote 51 pages all by himself! There was a total of 85 essays. They talk about how he writes like he’s running out of time, and Hamilton does this because writing saved his life. George Washington comes in and promotes Hamilton over the state department. Now! Introducing my favorite part of the song. It starts with Eliza calling Alexander’s name, and he tells her she has to go. Angelica joins in and says he will never be satisfied, then George Washington Joins in! I will always be in love with overlapping vocals oh my goodness..

2. It’s Quiet Uptown

This song takes place after their son, Philip, dies in a duel due to Hamilton. Angelica starts the song talking about terrible unimaginable suffering. The Hamiltons moved uptown and learn to live with it. Hamilton is alone, and he is quiet. He’s never liked the quiet. He takes his children to church, and he prays. He never prayed before. The company comes in and says if you see him walking in the street to have pity. He walks by himself and talks to himself, and he just walks. Hamilton sings about his son, and it makes me wanna cry!! He tries to talk to Eliza. He knows he doesn’t deserve her, and he wishes to sacrifice himself if he could. They say have pity if you see you walking and talking to her. He tries his best to speak to her, but Eliza stands there, unresponsive, until she grabs his hand and forgives him. I didn’t realize how much I loved this song until I made this list. It’s truly one of my favorites, and it makes my heart ache. 

1. Your obedient servant

Your Obedient Servant is a summarization of Hamilton and Burr’s feud. Burr is upset because Hamilton endorsed Thomas Jefferson. He believes Hamilton did it to keep him from winning. So, he sends him a letter saying that he doesn’t get angry often, but Alexander made that happen. He looks back on all of his failures and Hamilton’s disrespect is always there. Hamilton called him immoral and a disgrace, so Burr told him to name a time and a place. He signs the letter saying, “I have the honor to be your obedient servant. A. Burr”. So, guess what Hamilton does. He sends an ITEMIZED list of THIRTY years of disagreements. He says he didn’t mean to offend him, but he won’t be apologizing either. He signs the letter saying, “I have the honor to be your obedient servant. A. Ham”. They send letter back in forth before agreeing to have a duel with each other to solve the argument. 

^ (Can’t find a pic with everyone, but these are some of my goats. Except Winston, oh my god I dislike him so much, he’s so annoying to play against. Anyone who plays him is my worst enemy. Oh, and also Tracer, she will never be my goat, I will never play her by choice, I will always target her in every game I ever play)

For a little over a year, I’ve been playing Overwatch 2. It came out in 2016 and is on its 14th season. (15th in about a month) I started playing during season 8 and I quickly found myself actually liking this game. I’ve never been a gamer in my life. All I played was Roblox and Minecraft, but those games became boring, so I decided to give this one a try. I played with a friend who didn’t teach me how to play, just simply threw me into a game and told me who to play which led to my first main. D.va!

^This being the skin I have for her. D.va has two lives. She’s a tank and she’ll sit in this big Mech, Tokki, until it breaks, and she has to jump around in what people call her baby D.va form (which is just normal her, but she has 175 health?? I feel like a little roach whenever I get out of mech) and hopefully either get it back or die. (You always respawn it’s fine). One thing I love about Overwatch, though, is the variety of skins. People complain about the game being a cash grab, but if I get to collect these stupid character skins then I will! Anyways, after I realized I was terrible at D.va I stopped playing her. (I play her again now, I just had to actually get good at the game) The friend and me were no longer gaming together so I played with someone else and that’s when I discovered Moira! My second main. (who is level 24 for me, and I have like 27 hours on her)

Moira has become one of my favorite characters. She is a support who requires no aim whatsoever. She uses her purple to do damage and yellow to heal. She just throws around these orbs and does A LOT of damage. (At least she did until they nerfed her</3) but the characters are another thing I love about overwatch. Right now, there are 42(I think?) characters. All of them are diverse and somehow connected to each other. People complain and say they shouldn’t add so many, but like I love seeing new characters even if they suck sometimes (Which no one does except PHARAH.), because making a character is a hit or miss with most things and I feel like the more chacters they add the more lore we get and I would prefer to learn about character lore over the world lore because all I know is omnic war and only like six people fought in it. Anyway.

In overwatch there is a group called overwatch (duh), but not everyone on the cast list is IN overwatch, but they’re related to it in some way. Which is something I may talk about in another blog.

Anyways. Right now, I main Cassidy and Mercy.

These two have managed to become two of my favorite characters to play, and I love these skins so much omgee. They’re like the most fun for me and I find myself winning more when I play them (Send help, I’ve spent so much money on this game.)

Still, there are many things I love about overwatch even if the game makes me want to take a bite out of my controller. What I really enjoy about it is the unique set on abilities the characters have. Not all of them do the same thing. It made it so much easier for me, someone who never plays games, to get good at this game because everyone is so different. You don’t even need aim half the time! (It’s still humbling to have a 15% aim accuracy..)

In the past few weeks, I’ve been teaching my closest friends to play this game and even if they end up not liking it that’s fine because I’m able to share something I really like with them. Right now, I have a group of four people, and we all play together! (Just one more person and we’ll have a full team of friendship!) Still, I have been encouraging friends to try out this game with me or at least let me talk about it, because there’s so much to it and I am still learning many things about overwatch.

As terrible as the game is at times, it brings me peace even if I rage, because if nothing else is here for me I know Overwatch is. 

Tyler, the Creator is one of my favorite artists and I can confidently say that I have heard at least two songs from every album of his!! Now I know J.T. did a blog his ranking songs, but I’m ranking albums so this is different >:] Also, I cannot put Cherry bomb or Goblin in this ranking, I have only heard two songs from Goblin and I’m kinda scared to listen to it!! And I only know like three from Cherry Bomb.

1. Call me If you get lost

I love this album so much, specifically the estate sale because it’s the one I always listen to and the record I have. This has to be one of my actual top 10 albums. I don’t listen to it as much as I wish I did, but I definitely need to. I don’t know many of his songs by name because I listen to most of these on my record player, so it just goes, and I always have a good time when this album is playing. This album has a couple of popular songs like “Sweet/I thought you wanted to dance” and “Dogtooth” It is 1 hour and 17 minutes long and has 24 songs. My favorite song is “Massa”.

2. IGOR

I’d say this is one of his most popular, having a bunch of songs we all know and love as “A boy is a gun*”, “Are we still friends?”, and “New Magic Wand”. In this album Tyler is in love with a man who is dating a woman. To me the album is pretty collected in the way. You can hear his desperation, but it’s clear he’s upset. He’s goes through these many stages. He’s sad, then he accepts it, then he gets angry. This album is 39 minutes long and has 12 songs, my favorite song is “Puppet”.

3. Wolf

Oh my, I love Wolf so much. The album is oddly aggressive, and I just love when singers are like this. Truthfully, I don’t know many of these songs by name because I always listen to them on my record, but whenever I do it makes me just wanna hop around. One of his most popular songs is in this album, “IFHY”. There’s also “Colossus” that everyone has been talking about since “Noid” came out. Tyler will always be one of the only male rappers I can listen to and actually enjoy. This album is 1 hour and 10 minutes long and has 18 songs. My favorite song is “Awkward”.

4. Flower Boy

So, I really enjoy flower boy as a whole. Everything about it just makes me happy, the aesthetic, the vibe, and definitely the music. This album has one of his most popular songs “See you again.” Flower boy also has some of my favorite music videos. (I’ve only seen like three, but I never watch music vids please spare me.) I also just love that his albums have different vibes to them, it’s my favorite artist thing when all of their music sounds different but still like them. This album is 46 minutes long and has 14 songs. My favorite song is “Who dat boy”.

5. Chromakopia

Yummy, Chromakopia. Originally, I was gonna do a blog ranking these songs and I still might, just not now. This album and Kendrick’s album both dropping after I had the worst breakup ever literally got me over it faster! Being able to hear two of my favorite artists make the amazing music they did just makes me so happy. Chromakopia was everything to me when it came out, I listened to it over and over and I still enjoy all of these songs. I don’t care how much they get overplayed. The vibe in this is amazing and all of the features he added just makes it all the much better. The vulnerability in this album also just makes me wanna sob when I listen to it. Anyways, this album is 53 minutes long and has 14 songs. My favorite song is “Judge Judy”. 

Amanda palmer is one of my favorite artists at this time in my life. I used to listen to her but not like how I do now. A lot of you may have even heard her before without knowing that it was her! Here I will be naming some things she has done and talk about my favorite songs from them.

1. Dresden Dolls

The Dresden dolls were formed in 2000. With, of course, Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione. The two played at Halloween party together and formed the duo afterwards. Amanda did the vocals and piano, along with ukelele and a harmonica while Brian played the drums, bass, and guitar. The group was inspired by Kate Bush, Cyndi Lauper, and Laurie Anderson. One of their most popular songs is “My Alcoholic friends” and “Coin-operated boy” My favorite song by the duo is “Missed Me” (go listen to it.) The duo broke up in 2008 but continued to have reunions. 

2. Evelyn Evelyn

This duo was made in 2007. While on tour Amanda and her friend Jason Webley found these girls on myspace, they were made by the Neville sisters. The two listened to the one song they had posted and fell in love with the song and the two conjoined twins, Eva and Lyn. They asked them if they wanted to record a song, and the creators agreed. They recorded multiple demos before it was actually released in 2010.  The most popular songs are “A Campaign of Shock and Awe” and “Have you seen my sister Evelyn?”. My favorite song from this is “Sandy Fishnets”! 

3. Amanda Palmer (Solo)

In my final category I will be talking a little bit about her solo account. Amanda went solo in June of 2008. The exact month I was born! Her first solo album was “Who killed Amanda Palmer”.  Unfortunately, I’m still getting into her solo music so I can’t speak too much about it. But! My favorite song that she has is “Runs in the Family”. Her music is amazing and the way she sings always hypnotizes me and I think everyone who reads this should give these songs a listen!!

PBS kids! The channel I only watched besides boomerang, Nick, and Cartoon network. PBS kids was the only cartoon channel we could catch at my grandma’s house since she didn’t have cable. PBS kids is a big part of my childhood, and I know it’s a big part of some of yours, so I will be talking about some shows that I enjoyed that I barely hear about anymore! This isn’t a ranked list! It’s just in order of what I remember.  

1. Word World

I genuinely loved this show as a child. I was always a kid who liked words I think, I was in spelling bees and had so many story books and maybe word world is a part of that. From the theme song to the delivery of most of the jokes I loved this. I have a memory of this playing in the background while doing multiplication cards. I thought I was Einstein man.

2. The electric company

Truthfully, I don’t remember much from this show other than the theme song and how much it reminded me of fresh beat band at times. This was one of my childhood favorites, maybe I’d remember if I went back and watched some of the episodes, anyways that guy with the hat is kind of creepy,, why’s he looking like that.

3. The Berenstein bears

Ah yes, the show that no one could agree on the name of! I honestly read the books more than I watched this, but I always related to the little girl bear. She was kind of my goat, and I’ll never forget the book where she couldn’t stop biting her nails and they wrapped them up in bandaged. (Was it a book, and episode, or both?)

4. Cyberchase

A show that I still watch to this day, because I think it’s the only one on this list that still runs on tv. (Don’t quote me on that!) I have fond memories of this show and thinking that the bird really sounded like that parrot on Aladin. Anyways, this was a problem-solving skill show. I think it’s mostly math, but all I remember from that show is math. Also, I think Buzz and Delete are my favorites, I’ve always wanted a friendship like they have </3

5. Martha speaks

Ending the list with my GOAT!! I love you, Martha!! (For those who don’t know she’s the dog). As a kid who talked a lot, and who talks a lot now, Martha was always one of my favorite shows, because I love words, and she always made me feel so normal to talk a lot. When I was younger, I always knew big words, I loved spelling words, I loved knowing the meanings so I could tell people what they meant. She was and always will be my idol. I love you; Martha Speaks. Also, guys don’t feed your dog alphabet soup!! They might end up being smarter than you.

Mitski has to be my favorite artist. She got me through my whole tenth grade semester. I’m at the point where I can guess most of her songs just from hearing the first few seconds of it!! I will be naming off my favorite albums from her, why it’s my favorite, and my favorite song from it without going into a deep dive because I have no idea what these albums are actually about! (This might’ve been the hardest thing I’ve ever done.)

1. Laren Hell

Laren Hell is one of Mitski’s more upbeat albums where it doesn’t sound like she’s gonna rip her heart out in the studio (not to say I don’t love that). The first time I listened to this was last year and I wanted to get up and dance! (I was in Geometry.)  This album came out in 2022 and has 11 songs that last for 32 minutes. This is me convincing you to listen to it. My favorite song from this album is Stay Soft!

2. Lush

Okay, everyone has heard a song from Lush rather that be liquid smooth or Abbey, you have heard it before! This album came out in 2012. It consists of 9 songs and is 26 minutes long and it also was a school project for Mitski (I think) So, unfortunately, I can’t add this to my record collection </3. Lush has some of Mitski’s best songs in my opinion, it would be in the first spot, but I enjoy Lauren Hell just a little more. My favorite song from this album is Real men.

3. Retired from Sad, New Career in Business

Retired from sad, new career in business was also a school project! This was released in 2013 and consist of 9 songs and is 23 minutes long. This is another album that had a few popular songs. Strawberry blonde and I want you are the most popular ones I’ve heard. This album makes me so sad, and I love it so much. It genuinely gives me chills because of how well she sings and conveys the emotions in these songs. My favorite song in this album is Shame.

4. Puberty 2

Puberty 2 is one that always makes me sad. This isn’t one I listen to often, but it is still one of my favorites. The songs have so much feeling in them, like there’s so much hope in these songs. It consists of 11 songs and is 31 minutes long. My favorite song from this album is Crack Baby.

5. Bury Me At Makeout Creek

This is one of Mitski’s more popular having songs like Drunk Walk Home, Francis Forever, First Love/Late Spring. You have most likely heard some of these before! It’s one of her louder albums, featuring more screaming or electric guitars more than her others. In this album the music feels like more of the focus over her voice. It consists of 10 songs and is 30 minutes long. My favorite song from this album is Townie.

6. Be the Cowboy

Be the cowboy! I feel terrible having this at the bottom of the list since it features some of her really good songs like Me and My Husband, Nobody, A pearl, Washing Machine Heart. I could go on! The only reason it isn’t is because a lot of these songs are overplayed for me. I mean, I could listen to Mitski alllll day long, but I guess since these are some of the first songs I listened to on repeat I’m a little burned out. I still love all of these songs and still listen to them daily! They just aren’t at the top of my list. This album consists of 14 songs and is 32 minutes long and was the first Mitski vinyl I bought! My favorite song from this album is Pink in the Night.

It’s been a while since I’ve done an overwatch blog, so I’m coming back with some of my favorite characters and the lore behind them. One of my favorite things about overwatch is the backstory they give their characters. In the world of Overwatch, it takes place in the future. There was an omnic war where robots and humans fought. Only some characters actually fought in the war, and there’s also a group of evil people who were in the group Talon. So, I will be yapping about backstories and maybe get more into the actual groups another day.

So, the first backstory video I watched was Hanzo & Genji Shimada

Hanzo ad Genji grew up in Hanamura, Japan. Their family was the Shimada clan, a family of assassins that was established hundreds of years ago. When their father died, he instructed that Hanzo straighten out his younger brother, Genji, who was a troublemaker. During a dispute between the two Hanzo was forced to kill his brother. With a sword, which he had promised to never use again, Hanzo abandoned his brother half dead. Genji was found by Mercy and his body is now mostly robot. After the healing and coming to terms with his new body Genji studied with Zenyatta, who is monk, and learned peace, he forgave his brother. They met 20 years later; Hanzo would sneak into the castle and sit by a shrine that was made for Genji. Genji found him, but Hanzo didn’t know it was him until omgee dragons!! The two brothers have these dragon spirits that only the Shimada clan has. At the end of the fight Genji tells him that he forgave him and all that’s left to do is forgive himself.

Next up! Hana Song aka D.Va

Hana grew up in Busan, South Korea. She was a professional gamer, who was chosen to be a part of a group called MEKA since they claimed gamers would be able to control the mechs easily. D.va was chosen for her outstanding skill. South Korea established the mechanized armored drone unit to fight against a colossal mechanical monstrosity that rose from the depths of the East China Sea. The robotic creature caused terrible damage to coastal cities before retreating back to the city. In her video she is seen overworking herself, fixing her own mech and improving it as the robot evolves. She leaves to fight it on her own when it suddenly rises from the sea due to not having enough time to wait on her team. She fights the giant robot all by herself and ends up breaking a leg where she promises to take more time to rest.

Niran PruksaManee aka Lifeweaver

Niran grew up in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He was the middle child in an extremely wealthy family who always had high expectations for their children. His family believed in perfection, and he did not. He spent all of his time planting alongside his family’s gardeners. Early in his life he was too smart for everything, often getting answers wrong for overcomplicating them. His parents sent him to the prestigious Vishkar Architech Academy, desperate to instill order in Niran. While at the school Niran discovered hard light, something the founder couldn’t share due to Vishkar implementing restrictions to technology. Using the structure, Niran created something new. An unstable biolight that could create organic material and heal the world in a blink of an eye. Niran wanted to gift it to the world, but Vishkar wanted to claim ownership of the invention. Niran ended up leaving the school and his parents begged for him to return, cutting off all of the money he had from them. Niran retreated to the Atlantic Arcology where he stayed and perfected biolight, making it more stable.