Youtube

Sometimes when life is all crazy, it helps to have some consistency. Even if it's the idea that my favorite Youtubers are uploading videos for my viewing pleasure. So this post is dedicated to my three favorite Youtubers that are near and dear to my heart. 

1) grav3yardgirl

"Bunny" Meyer is so outrageous and eccentric, I love her. She makes videos called "Does This Thing Really Work" where she tests As Seen on TV Products, and she'll review makeup and other sorts of products as well. She also talks a lot about depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. Her fans are all part of the Swamp Family. And maybe it's lame, but it feels so nice to be a part of something. 

2) SuperCarlinBrothers

I love these guys. The Carlin Brothers make Youtube videos all about Disney and Pixar - especially the Pixar Theory, and other sorts of theories within the Disney/Pixar movies. They'll also discuss superhero movies and other pop culture movies and theories. Highly recommend. 

3) Rhett and Link

I know they've been doing Youtube forever, but I just recently got into Rhett and Link and their show Good Mythical Morning. Really they just do super entertaining things like taste tests and fun facts and competitions with each other, and it's really hilarious. Last night I watched one called "Will It Smoothie?" where they just blended up ridiculous things like lottery tickets and bull testicles. It's great. 

Happy Youtubing!

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Yikes, I almost forgot to do a blog post this week. Something that I've been doing this weekend (that I'm really excited about) is READING! I wish I was more of a reader, but alas. So reading a book is a really big deal for me. 

A big problem for me is finding something to read that's interesting. In Summer 2014 I was INTENT on becoming a reader. I was so pumped to get a library card, I felt like Arthur. 

Unfortunately, the book I decided to read was Gone Girl, which I ended up throwing across the room when it went into graphic detail of his affair. Maybe I was being dramatic, but I was so not into it. Having enough of the "adult novel" genre, I tried reading Eleanor and Park, which just ended up being a ridiculous love story about teenagers, and I just... didn't care about their love? Also the book was covered in cheetos?

The last summer I read Shutter Island, because it was supposed to be a suspenseful book. More like predictable, and I hated it. I ended up reading a comic book called Fun Home. And that's every book I've (almost completely) read in the past 2 years. 

But I bought a book on Friday! I've been looking for things to keep me busy, and it's been going relly well so far. The book I bought was Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children (really because I'm way into Tim Burton movies, and he's making the book into a movie right now).

It's a little bit creepy, but I'm into it. It's a LITTLE bit cheesy, but it's still really good. It's in the "Teenage Fiction" genre, but I think that it's kind of a good introduction to reading again for me. I'm already almost done with the book, and I just started it on Friday afternoon. Yay for reading!

Mermaids (1990)

I'm a sucker for anything Winona Ryder. If I could look like anyone in the world it would hands down be a young Winona Ryder. Like, are you kidding me?

So bear with me if this turns out to be an #ILoveWinonaRyder appreciation post. And don't even get me started on young Winona Ryder and young Johnny Depp. Honestly. 

 

Anyway, I was really excited to find the movie Mermaids starring Winona Ryder (at age 18). No Johnny Depp, but don't worry, it was still a good movie. 

Winona Ryder plays Charlotte Flax, a 15 year old who is completely sick of her mother's promiscuous ways. Whenever her mother (Cher) is over a relationship she's in, she picks up Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate (Christina Ricci), and moves them to a random destination across the U.S. 

Charlotte tries her very hardest not to be like her mother. Even though there is no religion in the home (and even though they're Jewish), Charlotte is convinced that her calling in the world is to be a Catholic nun. This proves to be very difficult, considering the monastery they now live up the street from has an older man named Joe who she is COMPLETELY in love with. The biggest downside, though, is that he's 26.

Once they move to this new town in Massachusetts, Rachel Flax (Cher) begins to flirt and date as well. She stumbles upon a man named Lou, who in my opinion is one of the greatest examples of family and fatherhood that the movie has to offer. Lou's children are all grown, and he really takes a liking to Rachel and her two daughters. He is able to give the children the stability and love that their mother has so often been cold with. Even though this sense of security and stability scares Rachel, she begins to embrace the idea of having a real family.

The rest of the movie shows continuous events and relationships that both strengthen and challenge their family bonds, as they come to learn to accept one another for who they are, understand the importance of family, and learn what it is that they truly want in life. 

Overall, I thought it was a really great movie, and if you're into the whole 90s movies things like I tend to be (and if you're into Winona Ryder) then I highly recommend that you give it a try. 

Carly Rae Jepsen

Concerts are always fun, even if you're going to see someone that you're not a huge fan of. My best friend and I decided to go see Carly Rae Jepsen this weekend at The Depot at SLC. It's really wonderful how media (especially music) is able to bring people together.

I was really curious what sort of crowd would show up to Carly Rae Jepsen. It turned out to be a whole variety of people - little girls to young adult men. Even though I didn't know much about Carly Rae Jepsen, the excitement and atmosphere at a concert is always great. It was way fun.