Memorial Day 5/29/17

Memorial Day. The day where we honor our fallen, and the ones who have come home. But in a way, the ones who come back are more different than they used to be when they left. The ones who come home have scars, awful nightmares that keep them up at night, too afraid to close their eyes cause terror and pain are all that wait for them when they do eventually succumb to sleep. Some come back with hardened hearts from having it get torn open over and over, losing friends and brothers on the battle field. I'll never be able to imagine what war is like. I've only read about it. And I've also been in close proximity to a person who was changed by war. Sometimes, you know that this planet was created to have beautiful things in it but there are ugly words that exist. Like war, and battle, and death, and PTSD. Things like that I feel like were never meant to exist. But they do. And we learn to live with ugly things, as much as we hate them.

I try to keep things that are geek and fandom related separated with these blogs (even though I posted something about Star Wars 4 days ago) But this just speaks to me on a deeper level. This little snippet is from season 8 of Doctor Who, and I believe this part to be incredibly powerful, very emotional and extraordinary, cause of the writing put into this scene and the unbelievably talented acting. With this video, I am not trying to put any harsh opinions out there, but this spoke to a lot of people on a very deep level when this episode aired.

Thanks for reading/watching, and happy monday!

Happy Star Wars Day.......Again

So apparently, 3 weeks from May 4th, happens to be the anniversary of A New Hope, which came out on May 25th, 1977. And what better to celebrate it with than with this awesome thing. So I'm kinda into things like 2Cellos and bands that use something called electric cellos (which I find pretty cool but anyway). There happens to be another group that I like called The Piano Guys. And they happened to do a bit of a Star Wars Medley. Using electric cellos. And it's awesome. Some might find it cheesy, but others might find it awesome. Enjoy, and happy 2nd Star Wars Day!

Happy thursday, guys!!!!

Tuesday 5/16/17

I know, I know, you guys have been waiting for this for a LONG time. Emphasis on "long." I am working two jobs. Two. Jobs. Me. Interesting how that happened. I was already working at a horseback riding school as a wrangler, which I love by the way. Then I went in for a job interview at the local ice cream emporium about 15 minutes or so away from where I live now. I thought it would be complicated, what with ice cream orders and shake making and malt making. But it actually isn't. I know how to make shakes and malts now (yay!) and I haven't had a single shake explosion yet. When I say 'yet', I know it's waiting to happen sometime in the near future. Working at an ice cream place has its perks, though. Not only am I basically smack dab in the middle of town, where everything happens, this INCREDIBLY SUPER cute guy with the most GORGEOUS eyes came in today and I suddenly had no idea how to make the shake he ordered but ANYWAY. 

Having two part time jobs is tiring. When I had one part time job, I had a few days of recuperation afterwards cause extended hours in a rock hard leather saddle can take a lot out of you. But now, I'm going from working at the ice cream place one day to horseback riding the next, then working at the ice cream place the day after that. So, yeah. Most days I feel like flopping to the floor and just lying there. But both jobs keep me on my toes. I'm glad that I have a job based in the town where I used to live, cause I sometimes feel really isolated where I am now. But at least things are happening. I was in a bit of a rough spot emotionally, and was feeling pretty lonely. Now I have opportunities to hang out with girls around my age and be able to have a bit more of a social life cause I've gone a long time without having very much of one. I think things are finally on the up and up for me, and as far as I'm concerned, the rollercoaster that is my life can only go up, my friend. 

Thanks for reading, and happy tuesday!