Rating Roblox outfits because why not.

I downloaded Roblox originally as a favor for my sister who wanted me to monitor her children.   All I had to do was click online every now and then and make sure they weren’t playing anything they weren’t supposed to.  That’s all I was doing at first, until it came the day that I discovered some horror games and some fashion games and some more stuff that lowkey intrigued me.   Now this app had been on my phone since Summer, and I don’t want to delete it.  

Anywhooooooo, lately I haven’t actually been on it since I can’t find interesting games on Roblox these days.  I really wanted to do something with it so it just wouldn’t be absorbing storage, so I was thinking I could do a blog about it.  

That’s why this blog is about to be me rating other people’s outfits on the “Dress to Impress” game.   

Remember this is only a game, and if I sound too harsh, remember this is a game and my opinion.  

These are all set up random by the way.  

Also, sorry if the pictures are blurry, my battery was dying at the time. 

The theme for this contest was Popstar.  This person did Beyonce from Rennaissance.  I think they actually did well. You can’t tell, but all the parts that are gray are actually a glittery silver which was a nice touch.  They did well with the hat and the hair, but I gave them a three because I don’t remember Beyonce wearing shades.  Maybe she did, but in my opinion, they don’t go well with the outfit.   But other than that, this fit was cool. 

 

                                                         

This one I edited out the stars, but I gave it a four because it was thought outside the box.  As you may see the theme was Monster High, so the first thing everyone flocked to was Draculaura and Frankie.  I got tired of seeing just them, so I was happy when I saw this person try their best at being Operetta, the daughter of Phantom of the Opera.  They kept it nice and simple, to which I can kind of see the vision.   It’s original and that’s what matters. 

 

                                                             

Okay, okay, this fit was giving.   You may not see, but all of the plaid is giving the movie Clueless vibe.  I don’t know who would wear this to an arcade, but I overlooked that because the fit’s colors go together.  The headphones may be a little too bright which doesn’t match the other yellows but that can also be overlooked. Now, I don’t know about other people, but I think yellow, black, and white goes well together.  In most cases it always goes together unless like the texture is off or something like that, it’s just a good thing that this shirt is black because if it was white I feel like it wouldn’t look good. 

 

                     

Nope, I rate this one star.  I know it says two, but the thing is I didn’t want to be too petty, so I gave them enough for effort.  But the theme was arcade, and this duo is presenting circus meets I don’t even know.   Like, I just feel that it was a bit tacky.  The girl with the pants could do without the jacket, she didn’t need the jacket, she could also do without the purse, since it’s such a solid color that doesn’t go with what she’s wearing.  I feel that they tried, but it didn’t work so well. 

 

                                                          

I liked this a lot, but it may because I’m being bias, and this is what my sister created for my niece.  She was inspired by the Clovers from the movie Bring It On.  I’m sorry for the ones who don’t know the movie, but it’s a classic.  The whole fit is on point, and if I were to change something, I maybe would’ve made the shoes all white because that’s what the Clovers had and added some socks.  
I gave this outfit four stars during the voting because she earned it.  Sadly, though she lost to a Toros.  Also, another cheerleading team from the movie. 

 

 

This outfit was a slay hands down.   No words just loved it. 

 

                                                             

This outfit was good, I just didn’t think that all white screams a softie.  It may just be that way to me because the way she did it.  She could’ve added more pink in the outfit than just the bow and purse.  Maybe could’ve made the shades pink.  IDK, it just didn’t shout to me, that’s why I gave it two stars. 

Well, that’s all. 

Thriller movies that go crazy (in a well-done way)

We’re just going to talk about movies that have given me crazy reactions. I don’t know if any of you watched these before, but just in case you haven’t; there may be some spoilers.

SIGHTLESS 

                             I feel like I’ve talked about this movie before, but I’m still going to talk about this anyway.   

This movie was devastating a bit but the way the characters developed was so manipulating to my sense of mind that I could not be content with the ending. Yes, the character is strong, but why did she have to be resilient in that way?  It’s just, the protagonist, Ellen had the whole life she knew taken away from her.  Then when she thought she found someone to give her world back to her in some kind of form, it turns out to be distorted. She couldn’t even see colors the same way anymore, and the way they just put the viewers into her perspective was so deep that even the colors she couldn’t see looked dull to me.  If that makes sense.  I can’t really just explain it to you without spoiling it, you would just have to watch it.  Like the pacing was great and I loved how we saw what was in her mind and not what was in reality.  Also, my sister obsessed over the shot design.  

Anyway- The movie is about a violinist who was attacked and lost her sight.  She’s moved to this apartment by people she can’t see but can only hear.  Which is way important to this plot as she begins to start hearing some stuff that sounds paranormal.  So, with that, the twist left my jaw on the floor.

 

 

THE MIST 

 

I mostly adore all of Stephen King’s works, so I was a little iffy about the movie when I very first read the summary of it.  It has giant bugs in the plot which we couldn’t see.  I think that it benefited the plot that we couldn’t see the bugs because it’s kind of amped up that mental distrust.  We were seeing the characters be tortured by a threat that they couldn’t even see all the way.  There were signs that the giant bugs were there, but since the movie was more philosophy driven it was like the bugs were just a domino factor.  It seemed Stephen King needed them as the starting domino to push the conflict between the characters together. I can’t explain but this movie really makes you ponder on the survival instincts of humanity.  Like, how far will we go to survive?  Also, a bonus is that the movie was purposely grainy so that it could have that old bedtime monster pizzazz. 

Any who- The movie is a science fiction horror movie that mostly focuses on a father and son who’s trapped with a bunch of people in a store.  And all of these people have different views on how they can survive through the weird catastrophe.  The ending is insane.  If you get emotionally damaged really easily, I suggest you shouldn’t watch this movie. 

THE MENU

This movie plot is as tasty as the food in it.   I adore this movie heavily.  I’ve watched this about six times because each time I was making a new family member watch it with me so I could see their reactions (which most of the time, replicated mine) and hear their thoughts.  I enjoyed the main protagonist’s background development here and while her personality was written a little flat it was okay because her actions were diverse to me, so it kind of made up for it.  The person she was with at this restaurant was spontaneous to me and I didn’t see his character arc coming, and he was just those characters that made such an impact on the plot that it made you look at things kind of differently.   The chef also was an 8/10 but that’s just because I didn’t jump at the things he did.  Another thing, the setting was so fun to analyze, well the whole movie was, but the setting added a little spice to the drama. 

Any who – The movie is basically about this young couple who goes to this deserted island to eat at this exclusive restaurant where they encounter some issues and surprises.  Y’all this movie genre is Horror, Dark Comedy, and Thriller.  When I tell you I laughed because of how crazy this movie was, people should at least try this movie once.  Just saying in my opinion.  

THE VANISHED

I watched this movie in about early 2020 when it first came out. It was about 2 months since quarantine had started and one of the main things, I was doing for entertainment was binging every thriller and psychological movie on Netflix. It was going slow for a minute, I didn’t really find anything that just caught my attention, until… My sister and I came across The Vanished. 

This movie was gaslighting itself in a whole, you think you know the characters actions, what they plan to do, but no; you have no idea. I assumed this movie would just be about a regular suburban family who started having family issues with their marriage and raising their child, though now I wonder why I didn’t expect the darkest twist coming.  Also, the way the layers of this movie unravel were well written to me and the characters did stay in their roles, they just kind of evolved a little. 

Anyyywayy – The Vanished, is supposed to be about a nice good ole family vacation with a mother, a father, a daughter, and even the dog, though of course nothing can go well in these kinds of movies.  Since nothing can go well, the film had to make the daughter go missing.                                                               And of course, the parents will need to go insane to find her. 

That’s all, you all should go watch these movies if you haven’t yet. 

Confusion (Question Mark)

                                               

                                                            Hello everyone!  

               First, I would like to give a brief question introduction:

Some of us look behind the shower curtain for killers every time we do something in the restroom.

So, for those who do, my question is: What are you going to do if you find someone behind them? 

 

Any who!  While you ponder about that I would like to show and review some of my favorite horror stories that leave me with questions.  

After I tell you about the catch; these aren’t regular horror stories.  They’re two sentences.   

*Note* I don’t own any of these, and most of their authors are unknown.  They mostly come from Reddit and google. 

# 1 “They delivered the mannequins in bubble wrap.  From the main room I begin to hear popping.”

This one is interesting because of the context that’s left out (Duh), but I mean it’s like we don’t know if it’s night or day.  We don’t know if this person is alone or what.  They could be listening to their coworkers unpacking the creepy mannequins.  Who’s to say that they’re haunted?  Or to say that they are real mannequins?  This is why I like this one because it’s only scary or creepy depending on the imagination.  If you think outside the box, you may say that one of them just fell. Or maybe the wrapping is just uncurling itself because we don’t know how they wrapped them.  It’s interesting to think about.  

 

# 2 “After so many years living alone in this large house I came to a startling revelation.  In this time, I had closed far more doors than I had opened.” 

Are we talking metaphorical doors like opportunities?  Or are we thinking of actual doors?  We don’t know, so this one to me was kind of neutral.  Like, I know we can hypothesize that maybe there’s a ghost or something in the house or someone living in the attic.   But, then there’s the people across the room that would say, what if the person just forgot to close the doors?  Or maybe the doors have just been open since they bought the house and they’re just now shutting them?  Food for thought right.  Also, I think the narrator themself is fishy, because why are you living alone like that in a big house.  Do you have a family?  Did you have a family? What happened to them if you did?  All these questions that I want to answer.  So, I guess that kind of appeals to the spooky sense.    

# 3 “My son told me that his reflection was threatening to replace him.   I thought he was imagining things, until I saw my right-handed son write using his left hand.” 

This one right here is lowkey crazy.  Especially since we got some context, and we can clearly guess what happened.  I’m just saying, what are you supposed to do after that?   Are you supposed to keep going with your everyday routine?   Also, I wonder how long has he been writing with his left hand, like when did this switch happen?  Because if she doesn’t see him write everyday then she could’ve been living with an impostor for a good ole minute. 

Answering the question of what I would do though; I honestly would’ve just packed my bags and left. The person didn’t say how old their son was, so if they’re like 18 and over, I would’ve skedaddled.  Don’t worry though, it would’ve been after I tried to find some more evidence about the kid.   But if it turns out to be an impostor, he will have to watch that door close behind me. 

# 4   The driver wasn’t very chatty, so I checked my phone.                                                                                         

                    “Hey it’s your Uber, I’m outside.”

Dun Dunn DUN!  Or however that dramatic music goes. You know what I mean. This one was creepier because it’s modern and realistic.  It’s not something supernatural.  This could actually happen to someone which is chaotic.  Because you usually don’t know what your Uber driver looks like, you really only know their name like a door dasher but that’s about it.  So, at that point who’s been waiting for you?  Like are they stalking outside your house?  Or did you just decide to get in the car with a random person who decided they’ll kidnap random people.  So many questions.   I’m just saying, as soon as I see that message and the doors are unlocked, I’m dropping and rolling onto the road.  End of discussion.  

                               

A bonus:  Wakes up confused.

                         “Pencils down.” 

Best one yet my dudes.    

 Anyway, you all should comment on your answer to the question from the beginning.  

                           Or answer this question, take your pick. 

                  If you have to go against a slasher, who are you facing?

  Micheal Myers      Chucky       Jason    

Freddy Kruger    Norman Bates    Ghostface 

Thoughts that make me stare off into space

                           

                                                How do you do Everyone! 

I really just couldn’t think of one solid thing to discuss for this blog so instead I’m going to talk about some random things that’s been on my mind lately and give some updates about things that I’ve probably talked about in former blogs. You’re most likely reading about Youtubers or books, or games, or all of the above today.   Enjoy! 

                                                        CoryxKenshin 

                                                                                                                           

This is a Youtuber that I started watching in the 7th grade after my friend had been trying to convince me to watch him for years. For those who may not know him, Cory is a Youtuber that mostly does horror gaming and horror stories. He’s mostly known for his horror short reaction series, Spooky Scary Sundays.  His fandom is the Samurais, and his channel is just really entertaining to me, so I’ve been watching him since the 7th grade, until recently before he took another one of his leaves.  Yes, he’s known for taking these long leaves, the last one being 10 months until he got his Diamond YouTube play button.  Now he’s been gone for 8 months, and I wonder where he has been.  Like, last I heard he was in Japan, I don’t know.  Point is (even though there isn’t really one) if anyone else watches him, did y’all unsubscribe?  Or are y’all still holding on?  

Final Destination: Bloodlines

This is a horror series which has given a lot of people fears.  It gave me the fear of escalators, roller coasters, driving behind trucks carrying logs on the road, and tanning beds.  Anyway, for those who haven’t watched the series; Final Destination is a movie franchise about a bunch of different groups of people who are dying in the most horrendous ways after cheating death.   It’s more gruesome than scary if anything, though I bring this up because after 14 years they are coming back with a new movie that doesn’t even stick to the theme. This is what I was talking about in my last blog; why are people adding movies after all these years.  Why are they fixing what was never broken?  The last movie had the perfect ending and plot twist, also the movies fit its decade, why are they trying to make it fit into the new decade.  They’re just trying to destroy it.  So, I just wanted to vent about that. 

 

                                                                                                                                        The HouseMaid 

 

 

 

Lately I’ve just been noticing how I haven’t really read a book of my own choice since I’ve been to MSA so during my free time I add books to my future summer book haul.  This was one of the books that have been on my Wishlist for a good moment.  The book The House Maid is by one of my favorite authors, Freida McFadden and it’s about a young Maid named Millie who goes to work for this rich woman, Nina Winchester and her family.   Millie has secrets and one of her biggest secrets being that she wants Nina’s life, and even though that’s big it seems that Nina Winchester’s secrets may be bigger.  Though Millie isn’t worried about it because they don’t know what she’s capable of.  

I’ve read a couple reviews about this book and so far, they’ve all been hyping it up as the best Psychological yet.  So, if any of you want to get out of a reading slump, you could check out this book too. 

 

The Elmwood Trail

I’ve talked about this game before in a blog last semester.  This is basically a Thriller and Mystery interactive game where you find a missing girl through her phone.  So, it’s narrated through text messages, the most realistic mobile apps, and some more stuff.  They even have a photo gallery, and the story plot is so good.   Anyway, I just got through playing the new update and y’all I think the detective I’m playing as is having their; “Am I the Bad Guy?”  moment.  

Like he neglects his wife and son and everything.  He over here has these weird obsessions and spoiler, there was a twist when he got this teenage boy into a coma because he was working with somebody, I don’t know who, to cover up leads that lead to Zoey (the girl missing).  
This game is so chaotic with this unreliable narrator.  Also, the puzzles aren’t easy but they’re not hard to the point that you want to give up.  Also, all three hints are free, and the third hint gives you the answer to solve the puzzles.  Point is (even though there isn’t really one) I’m ready for the next update because it’s supposed to be the last episode.  

That’s It.  Have a nice day. 

They need to Chill Out

Have any of you noticed how fast all of these movie productions are just shooting out these movies like they’ve been waiting to do it for a million years?  No?  Is it just me?  Well, if it is just me then I would like to rant a couple of points and examples to why I think Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, Marvel, and Illumination are just throwing up movies.  

LIVE ACTIONS 

They went overboard.  I feel that society didn’t mind some of the live actions at first. We went to go see them and they were good, and if not, good they at least made sense and didn’t suck. I mean there were some that were cool because the movie was made in like the early 90s and there were millennials who wanted the movies, but then they went all the way back and decided that they’ll make all of the movies into live action.  If that makes sense.  Like I’m just saying, I just think some of the classics should have just been left alone.  I guess to give you a better understanding, maybe I should give you all an example of a live action that was needed and one that should have been left in the drafts. 

Okay: Mulan & Little Mermaid 

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I was iffy about both of these live actions.  Especially Little Mermaid because the franchise had about 4 movies already, so it made me wonder what else they could do?  Also, Disney publicized and hyped up this live action so much that I thought it was going to be sitting in the trash after I watched it.   Though, after I watched it I willingly ate my words because Halle Bailey did her part, and her singing was on point.  Also, the representation was still done well while also keeping the original storyline of The Little Mermaid.  So, this one turned out to be one that we needed.   

On to Mulan, the whole movie was just beautiful to me.   The score made by Christina Aguilera was everything and the only thing that I was upset about was the fact that they didn’t have Mushu.   Like let’s be honest, they could afford to get Eddie Murphy back.  These two Live Actions could leave the drafts. 

Definitely Not Okay: Lion Kin

I was so hyped for this; I got my hopes up.  I mean I saved my good allowance for this movie and everything.  I remember everyone hyping up the cast on Facebook because Beyonce, Donald Glover, and Chance the Rapper were going to be in there with Beyonce on the score.  We thought it was gone be the bomb biggity. 

Turns out we got in there and realized they wasted those 1.663 billion dollars in box office, and we wasted 2 hours of our free time for this movie.  Like, I’m sorry if anyone disagrees but this is how I personally feel.  Everyone on Facebook was saying how Beyonce’s acting wasn’t it, and I mean, I can’t fight them on that.  The movie’s plot was kind of over the place because they somewhat deviated from the original.  The live action was not it and Disney knows that.  So why are they coming out with this new Prequel called Mufasa.   Like Disney just needs to sit down.  

SEQUELS

I know we all feel hurt when our favorite movies end, but we should all feel that when something is good it should stop at a good point.  Stop while they’re ahead.  Though it seems that some productions (Disney specifically because they’re going downhill)  act like they can’t stop.   They keep trying to add on more to the good ole movies that we love, why can’t they just make some more classics for the new generation?  I’m personally tired of arguing with my niece because she thinks Frozen was in her time when I literally wanted to buy that Elsa costume for my second grade Halloween before she was even born.  She wasn’t even thought of yet.
It’s all because everywhere we turn, they are updating like iPhone.  Here are some examples.

Frozen 3     

Who gone see it?  Not I.  They should have left it alone. Some of us were really content with Elsa just going where she belonged and Ana finally finding happiness.  But no!  They just won’t let them have peace.

Toy Story 5     

We didn’t even need a Toy Story 4 for real.  The last words of the movie were “To Infinity and Beyond.” That was supposed to be it.  Now they are just going out of proportion.   They already gave Buzz a spinoff.  What can more happen?  They give The Toys to Andy’s kid or something? 

Inside Out 2 

This is left to be decided.  I’m going to go see it, but when I first heard about it I was flabbergasted.  I thought we were done with Riley, but it seems we have to watch her grow up with us. It may be good, it may be bad, but either way it better have something since they wouldn’t let Bing Bong rest in peace.

 

Also, I know I mostly just covered Disney, but it’s not just them.  There’s also Marvel and Dreamworks.  I mean, has anyone seen Kung Fu Panda 4?  Or let’s not forget all of these Marvel reboots that are not making it in the box office right now.  I heard that The Marvels and Madame Web weren’t looking so well right now.  Another thing I forgot, have you all heard the rumor that there may be a Shrek Five coming out soon?   Now we all should at least agree that isn’t right.

I don’t know, but I’m done for now.    

It’s Qubo Part II

                                 

                                                                 Hello! 

Throughout most of my childhood, Qubo was the channel where I could watch all the fun happen.  Every Saturday morning, I could watch young travelers’ voyage to Islands until they stop at Kingdoms with Fairytale Detectives.  I could watch Polar Bears that talk, ride on Magical carpets with poodles.   On Sunday mornings I can experience people being friends with dragons (while also pretending to be a dragon tamer) while I sit on my grandmother’s couch and eat eggs with bacon.  With Qubo my childhood was a little less scary, and it also put me through a big fantasy phase which I still have work from because it was just that special to me.  

So, now that I’m done with my intro, I’m going to introduce some more shows from Qubo. 

PIPPI LONGSTOCKING 

If you were to ask me to sing the theme song to this show right now, I would most definitely do it.  This show gave me so much freedom, because Pippi was free, and she made me want to travel every knack and cranny on Earth.      

Pippi is nine years old, but when I was younger, I thought she was older because of how braver she was compared to me then.   In the show Pippi is traveling the seas armored with her superhuman strength and Mr.  Nilsson (her friend monkey) while they are accompanied by her horse.  They also live in Villa Villekulla( A island where she was left) with a boy and a girl who are her friends that’s helping her look for her father who she lost at sea.  His name is Captain Longstocking.  In the show, the overarching plot is her looking for her father, but they go through obstacles on the way, mostly mysteries that need solving.  Like this one episode when it included some history and a ghost lady who killed herself (I think), it was a weird and scary episode.  

 

Rupert 

Rupert is so adorable, and his show has the aesthetic of warm hot chocolate freezing in snow.  I wish I could explain it but visualize a show that’s kind of like Max and Ruby mixed with Backyardigans, and mixed with some whimsical fantasy show involving magic carpets and mirror people that talk.  Rupert Bear and his friends are going on adventures in magical worlds, enchantment, and danger.  A lot of his adventures involve taming dragons in China or fighting mirror people that are your doubles. (That episode was called “Rupert in Mirror land”) It’s a bit of everything in this show with this cuddly bear. 

 

Sally Bollywood

Sally the Great Detective is a French – Australian show about a 12-year-old Indian girl who works in her own private detective agency called the SBI (Sally Bollywood Investigations). The is agency is inspired by from her father’s agency, Harry Bollywood.  In the basement of her home, Sally and her best friend Doowee investigate cases brought to them by their schoolmates.  They travel their local neighborhood with Sally using her detective skills and using technology Doowee invents to solve the cases.  This show would always occupy me while I was waiting for my grandmother to finish cooking her nice old bread pudding. 

Sandra the Fairytale Detective 

If you ever wanted to see how fairytale characters should actually react to a situation that they’re in, then this show is for you.  Sandra is from a long line of fairytale detectives that solves problems that come from The Land of Fairytales.  It’s now Sandra’s turn in the line, so she and her friend Fo (a 500-year-old elf), work together on the cases.  All Sandra has to do is throw on her overcoat and jump into the mystery.   I can say one of my favorite episodes is when Sandra helped Cinderella escape a bratty Prince Charming by getting him to fall in love with someone else.  That show was such a good lesson to me when I was younger.    

Qubo ! Where the fun begins

When I was a youngin,  I used to be so happy to go to my grandmother’s house for many reasons. 

Some days it would be because of the joy of seeing her, other days it was because I wanted a delicious, hot soulful meal that she would have waited for us on the stove after a long day, then there was one of the most common reasons; I was ready to watch the  Qubo channel.  

Mostly with every encounter when I have the chance to bring up this station, a lot of people tell me they have never heard of it.  I don’t be shocked when they tell me that, I actually get excited because that means I can bring up all of the amazing shows from my childhood and talk about a lot of memories associated with those shows.  Which is literally what this blog is going to be about today, we are about to have a little rundown on the Qubo kids fan favorites. 

First and foremost, the channel can only be found for people with Antenna TV.  At least that’s what it used to be; I haven’t watched  Qubo since I was in the 5th grade.   When you think about Qubo though, I want you to visualize Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon having a baby.  That’s the best way I can get you to picture it without knowing the show lineup, which I’m about to give to you anyway. 

JACOB TWO – TWO

They call him Two Two,  Jacob Two.  First off, this show has one of the coolest theme songs, y’all should listen to it when you get a chance.  The main character is a boy who has a really bad stuttering problem, and he always says things repeatedly and his last time is also two-two. 

The main plot is him going on a lot of mystery adventures which he tries to solve with his friends Buford and Renee.  The show doesn’t have an overarching theme, it’s more of just a go with the flow show.  If I could compare it to a show in this day and age, I would say it’s like T.A.W.O.G                                                There’s a bit of everything in there, to ghosts, evil principals, haunted houses where the janitor Mr. Sour Pickles work and some more stuff.  I personally love the inner mini story that stars Jacob’s weird neighbor that’s secretly a Canadian spy.   

Pecola  

You know what, going down the list is bringing me to happy tears with the warm memories.  Also, I just suggest y’all listen to all of these theme songs because they are so bright and catchy.  

But, back on topic, Pecola is set up like Minecraft, but they are animals.  The main character, Pecola, is a penguin whose personality is optimistic and helpful.   He’s also curious and hyperactive which sometimes causes him to wreak havoc on his cubed town.  His favorite dessert is also banana pudding.    

FUN FACT, for those who like anime, Pecola is considered a Japanese – Canadian anime.    

PEARLIE

Who loves Fantasy with fairies and pixie dust?  Well, I did and that’s why Pearlie is one of my favorites, there is so much stuff I can say about this show, but unfortunately, I have to keep it short. 

Pearlie is a Park fairy appointed by the Fairy Headquarters to keep the park safe.  She has the help of her friend Jasper who’s an elf, but he’s lazy and doesn’t really do anything.  Then there’s my favorite character, Opal, an outback fairy from Australia sent to learn from Pearlie about the park.  They are all a group of friends that venture around the park to fix problems while eating pink cupcakes that look scrumptious to me to this day.   Too bad the antagonist is Pearlie’s evil cousin, Saphira, because I actually like Saphira and her assistant bat.  They don’t really do anything but throw trash in the park and try to get them discovered by humans, which Pearlie always stops anyway, so it really doesn’t matter. 

ARCHIE’S WEIRD MYSTERIES

List gets this straight first; this is the original Riverdale.  This cartoon came before that show on Netflix and the cartoon itself came from the comic series with the same name.  As some may know, the show is about a group of teenagers in the early 2000s, Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Betty Cooper, and sometimes Jughead Jones, who go around solving supernatural mysteries and then they write them in the school newspaper.  The show is pretty chill now (unlike how Riverdale portrayed them), but when I was younger it was scary.  This show is what made me  go through the phase of being scared of the movie theaters.  It stopped now, though every now and then I sometimes think about that episode.  

 

This is it for now, but there’s so many shows that make up my whole childhood that I want to discuss.  Maybe I will go back to these, have a good day until next time.  

 

I would fight these creatures right now (No I wouldn’t)

                                                     

                                                            Hello Lovelies, 

I actually really enjoyed my wasps blog last week, so I think I’m just going to do a freebee one.   It’s not going to have facts; it’s mostly just going to be me ranting about my childhood self.                                                                                            My childhood self being my fear of certain bugs and how I developed the fear of them.

THE BUTTERFLY 

                                                                                     

 

I was getting off the bus with my friend who was visiting my house, when it came to me at full force.   I yelled, and thrashed, and called for the police.   Literally fighting for my life, but all I could hear was my friend’s laughter.   Then, while I was punching the air I felt my friend pull me by the bookbag and she said; “Girl, calm down what is wrong with you?” 

I looked at her like she just had the audacity, she didn’t know that this creature was vicious.  So, I told her with all seriousness; “What do you mean?  It’s a butterfly!” 

If any of you ever watched SpongeBob, I hope you remember watching the episode about WORMY — Sandy’s petthat basically terrorized the town.   I mean, all Patrick and SpongeBob and Patrick wanted to do was play tag with him, but he just had to roam loosely.  The show made butterflies look so terrifying, looking all weird with their antennas and such, then does anyone remember the close up when it was BUZZING!  That moment literally started my whole fear.  

There was also that episode on Authur when Binky got bit by a butterfly; I think, in all honesty it may just have been a fever dream, but these are the reasons why butterflies used to frighten me.   They don’t as much now, but sometimes I still screech if one flies to close. 

LADYBUG OF HORROR 

Even though I loved my grandma to death, I have to admit that sometimes she was a BULLY. 

She had these weird methods of discipline but one of the meanest ones to me personally is when she used to drag me to the window and put ladybugs on me.  Yes, you heard correctly.  When I was young, I used to think that ladybugs would bite me, and it’ll be my last day.  That the countdown would start, and I’ll have twenty-four hours.  My Grandma knew this, but she wanted me to get over my fear while also learning that I shouldn’t leave her refrigerator door open.  

She would call me from the kitchen and tell me that her glasses fell in between the blinds.   I’ll leave my Qubo (if you know you know) and unexpectedly walk to my designated horror. 

She was like; “Come on now chile, I can’t see nun.”  

I was like; “I am coming Gramzie (my nickname for her, long story)”  

When I made it over there, I cringed at the spider webs and dust bunnies on the blinds, but those were overshadowed by the fact that there were no glasses there.  

Then as soon as I was about to say something, I felt something light but prickly on my cheek, then I heard her mocking tone; “Girl, there’s a ladybug on you!” 

Then she said it with a southern accent.  I threw a fit.  My mind was really questioning my love for her.  I mean it wasn’t no way she just put that ladybug on me like that, my grandma knew better.  

I’m telling y’all, she just laughed and kept telling me it was still there.  I wanted to cry, but I didn’t.  I wasn’t going to let her see my tears (sounding dramatic?  I know, but I was a child.) 

After that whole fiasco my fear just got worse until it eventually ceased.  Now I’m kind of the petty one, and I am threatening to put ladybugs on my niece when she gets on my nerves.  But hey, it’s life and apparently a family tradition now. 

MR. CUDDLES, I hate you. 

                                             

I don’t see how Gumball could just take the rudeness from Penny’s pet like that. 

If you ever watched T.A.W.O.G then you most likely came across that episode when Gumball was fighting for his life with that Tarantula.  That whole episode gave me my big fear of spiders, which I still kind of cope with today.   It’s not as bad as when I was younger and was so scared of house spiders that I had to play The Floor Is Lava in my own room.   Back then, I wouldn’t have even made that spider pay rent, he could have the house for free.  Now, I just watch house spiders crawl away and go on with my day.   

Back to what I was saying though, I did not like Mr. Cuddles.   I kind of wished he got flushed down the toilet.   

Storytime (with some fun facts)

                                                           

  I feel like the most ferocious pain I felt when I was younger was caused by a wasp.  

  Hello lovelies, here’s a story time and some facts about a day I felt like I was dying.

First off, if you haven’t experienced a wasp sting then I’m really jealous of you, but then I also feel bad because the day you do get stung will be so horrible for you and like a wide awakening.

I was about 7 years old and was playing with my Monster High dolls on the living room floor, just minding my own business. I remember making them perform a cheerleading contest (best one ever by the way) when I rolled over to get up and I ended up feeling the harshest stabbing pain in my back. It was horrid, if I can describe it to you, I would say it felt like the pain when chomp down on your teeth when they’re hurting.  The pain was all in the nerves of my back, I literally wailed like a baby.  Then my sisters were over there panicking because they didn’t see anything or know what was wrong with me, I mean, I didn’t either, but they made it no better.  

I could feel the bump forming in the middle of my spine almost, my sisters literally had to carry me to my mom and put ice on my back.  They kept asking me what happened, and I kept telling them I didn’t know, and I started to explain what happened when we started hearing a loud buzzing noise coming from the other room.  My mom went to check it out and then she came back shaking her head and said: Welp, I’m sorry, it looks like we have a wasp situation. That was the day I discovered the enemy.  

                                    This is the John Wick of wasps.  

The Sphecius Speciosus 

These wasps are some big wasps, they can grow to about 2 inches and they’re mostly found in the Rocky Mountains. Now, I’m no bug expert nor am I a big lover of bugs, but I’ve learned some interesting things about these creatures, some from google and some information from YouTube.   Google says these wasps rarely harm people unless aggravated but they usually fly away when swatted at.  The Animalcorner.com also explains that “If handled roughly females will sting, males will jab with a sharp spine on the tip of their abdomen, and both sexes are well equipped to bite with their large jaws” and after that’s about it.  

Now, this Youtuber named Jordan Howlett a.k.a., jordan_the_stallion8 explains that they’re much more vicious than that.  He explains that from his research he learned that if you become rivals with these persistent bugs, it’ll be a problem.  The hornets can survive about 10 minutes fully submerged in water and if there’s even a drop of air in that water they can survive for weeks.  He also says they have photographic memory.  He claims there have been stories of people seeing these bugs camp outside of their houses waiting like assassins after encountering them.   They also allegedly report back to their colonies about any danger they come to face with, and that anger is a good thing because they’re supposed to live longer when they’re angry.  I don’t know, but the explanation sounds very interesting.  I mean, imagine if you were to get stung by one of these; what would you even do? 

Anyway, this is the wasp that stung me: 

Paper wasps 

These are the average house wasps.   Even though their stings hurt very painfully and cause irritations and swelling, they’re mostly harmless.  Paper wasps mostly just fly around and scrape wood from your house and outbuildings to make their nest.   I don’t know how one got into our house, or why it decided to sting me while I was making Clawdeen do flips, but it made me very upset.   

Ya’ll, I didn’t know where this blog was going, but thank you for trusting the process. 

2Pac’s Poetry

                                           

In honor of the beginning of Black History Month, I’ve decided to use my blog as a moment to show some great works of an African American Poet. The poet’s name: Tupac Shakur. 

                                                               

                        Though before I start, there’s a story behind this blog. 

I was in seventh grade and my teacher was making the class draw names from a hat so we can all do research on some less known figures in Black History.  Everyone was getting upset because they didn’t like that the people, they were researching were all the way back in the day.  Personally, I was like, I wouldn’t mind if I got someone I never heard of before, it would make it more fun researching them.  So, when it finally gets to me, literally the last person, everyone jumps at me because I got someone no one would expect: Tupac Shakur.                                                                                                                                                   It was so loud in the classroom as everyone yelled things like, “That’s not fair Mrs. Spencer!”                                                                                                                                   “Tiara doesn’t even listen to Rap!” or “Tupac isn’t even part of Black History!”  Once my teacher heard those statements she stopped and turned to me, and she said, “What do you think Tiara, is Tupac part of Black History?”                                 I was stunned and didn’t know what to say.  Back then, I didn’t really know much about Tupac, I just knew that he was a rapper, he was shot, he created the song “All Eyez on Me”, and that he had beef with Biggie Smalls.   I never considered that with a Rep like that he would be part of History.  So, I finally responded to my teacher: “I guess we’ll find out today.”                                              Now, for a little bit of context, this was an English class, and she was making us do Black Writers in history like Phillis Wheatley, Alice Walker, and Paul Laurence Dunbar for examples.                                                                                                  So, I went to ask my teacher, “Are you sure you want me to talk about Tupac’s raps?  Because I don’t think some of them are student friendly.”   And she turned to me with a smile and was like, “Tiara, some Rap can be Poetry and once you start doing your research, you’re going to learn that Tupac was a Poet.” 

Then she sent me on my way and my research began: 

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔢 

by: Tupac Shakur 

Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature’s law is wrong it

learned to walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.

This was the first poem that popped up when I searched for it.  It didn’t really make such a big impact on me at first because I wasn’t really a poetry person back then and it just was words to me at first glance if you know what I mean, but the assignment was to analyze the meaning of the poem and explain what you took from it.  I would explain what I got from it, but I’m just going to let y’all tell me in the comments maybe.                                                                                    On that note, I don’t remember what I put for the meaning, but this website called Haener Block, explains: “The poem represents the ways that someone can become something great coming from a place that’s not recognized as great.  In this poem he uses a rose, something that’s recognized as beautiful, even with its imperfections.”                                                                                                                      This sounds about like what I had, but a little bit more spiced up. 

𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 

by: Tupac Shakur 

In the event of my Demise

when my heart can beat no more

I Hope I Die For A Principle

or A Belief that I had Lived 4

I will die Before My Time

Because I feel the shadow’s Depth

so much I wanted 2 accomplish

before I reached my Death

 

I have come 2 grips with the possibility

and wiped the last tear from My eyes

I Loved All who were Positive

In the event of my Demise

Tupac was really getting deep with his poetry and this title is so sad but cool because it fits the way he used to speak.  Also, this poem seemed like a conspiracy theory for many people because he was literally like he will die before his time and during my research I learned that in some songs he said he was going to die young, so I was like, “Did he know?   Was he predicting his death?”  Anyway, we’re not going to get into that right now.                                         I picked this poem for the “Attention Grabbing and Meaningful” part of the project because it stood out to me a lot.  Like previously, I don’t really remember how I analyzed these, but the Allpoety.com quotes that Tupac said, “I composed ‘In the Event of My Demise’ on the very day that I was diagnosed with H.I.V.   I contracted H.I.V. from a medical accident while working as a Navy Corpsman at Lemoore Naval Hospital. On that day I felt like I needed to evaluate my life and write my will and testament.”  

I didn’t have that at all, but his actual words make a better analysis. 

ʟɪʙᴇʀᴛʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅꜱ ɢʟᴀꜱꜱᴇꜱ

By Tupac Shakur 

excuse me but lady liberty needs glasses

and so does mrs justice by her side

both the broads r blind as bats

stumbling thru the system

justice bumbed into mutulu and

trippin on geronimo pratt

but stepped right over oliver

and his crooked partner ronnie

 

justice stubbed her big toe on mandela

and liberty was misquoted by the indians

slavery was a learning phase

forgotten with out a verdict

while justice is on a rampage

4 endangered surviving black males

i mean really if anyone really valued life

and cared about the masses

theyd take em both 2 pen optical

and get 2 pair of glasses

The first time I read this poem I remember one of my classmates telling me that this poem could make some great bars.  I also remember that at the time that I didn’t know what bars were, so I just agreed.   Looking at this now and reading it, I do agree that this would have made an interesting rap, especially with Tupac’s style.   I didn’t have to analyze this one, it just needed to be included into the project but if I could take a guess now of what it’s about, I would say: Tupac did explain how his parents were part of the Black Panthers and fought against injustice and he did gain a lot of his values from them.  This poem probably could have been inspired by their example and his own experiences of how the world treated races and other ethnicities that weren’t white poorly and unfairly during most of history.   I see that when he gives prominent figures and examples from history in the poem. 
Also, I see that the main point he’s making is that America is supposed to represent freedom and liberty, but it seems that they aren’t acting on what they represent, they turn a blind eye to how the world is really treating their citizens.                                                                                                                                         When looking it up on AllPoetry.com it states that Tupac’s meaning for it was: “Lady Liberty would rather put a black man in prison for selling drugs to feed his family because the same system won’t give him a job, but she could overlook the white man who is beating the mess out of his wife.  The glasses are metaphors for the system’s ability to see and omit what they want.” 

Last but not least we have: 

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓤𝓻𝓮 𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓸 𝓕𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 

when your hero falls from grace

all fairy tales r uncovered

myths exposed and pain magnified

the greatest pain discovered

u taught me 2 be strong

but im confused 2 c u so weak

u said never 2 give up

and it hurts 2 c u welcome defeat

 

when ure hero falls so do the stars

and so does the perception of tomorrow

without my hero there is only

me alone 2 deal with my sorrow

your heart ceases 2 work

and your soul is not happy at all

what r u expected 2 do

when ure only hero falls

I didn’t have to decipher this poem, but I did have to pick a poem that had deep and relatable meaning to me.   

The day I presented this project, this was the last thing I had to explain and recite; the class got sad and quiet when I told them this made me think about my grandmother and mother.  I hated the days when I had to see them struggle with either money or their health but still made sure that everyone was good while even smothered in sadness.  We couldn’t tell that the days when they made sure my siblings and I ate before them were the days they also couldn’t feed themselves.  They were our heroes, and your heroes usually don’t want to reveal their weaknesses.                                                                                                               So yeah, this was a lot of my journey while digging into Tupac’s contribution to Black Artist History.  He used his music and poetry to advocate for the Black community and become a voice for them.  His image was also a symbol of resistance and struggle against oppression.   Again, his poems are beautiful, and they reveal new things to me about his beliefs and his style every time I read them and there’s many more that I didn’t cover, and you all should check them out.