Amanda Leigh Surpised Me

So with all things I start sometimes I forget about them. This blog is one instance of this.

To tell the truth, not much has been happening in my life. I've restarted a diet I was on and fell wayside with. I'm studying to get my driving permit and hope to get it within a few weeks. Some lady at work made me cry.

I just haven't had anything interesting to write about.

But that changed today.

I've always been a fan of Mandy Moore. Not as fanatical as I was about the boybands (and later Kelly Clarkson), but I made a point to at least stream her CDs and friend her on myspace. I was more a fan of her movies because I love a cheesy romantic comedy like no one else. Last Week ago I was checking myspace as I rarely do now (I think a wizard rock band put some new songs up so I logged on), and there was a bulletin from Mandy mentioning she had twitter. I check twitter every 5 minutes. This was perfect. She was doing some interview on twitter due to her new album which I had no clue was coming out. But then I realized I told myself no more pointless spending so I put it out of my mind considering I heard it was very different from her past stuff.

Today I was checking up on my twitter and she was talking about how amazon made her album the deal of the day today, the day before it came out. 3.99 digital download. This I could afford and it wouldn't be a waste of money if I hated it.

Turns out I loved it. I'm not sure how to describe what Amanda Leigh sounds like I just know that I really like whatever genre of music it is. It was well worth the 3.99. Its like she took the direction from Wild Hope and amped it up more. Its actually kind of what I wish Kelly did. Took where she went from My December to All I Ever Wanted instead of going back to Breakaway. Its a really good CD though.


And this entry was kind of pointless. I dunno.

Pimping some stuff out.

I have a youtube channel and one of my freinds really got on my case to particpate in this thing called NEMA which mean "No Edits in May A'ight." so I am.

You can find my videos here or in the video bar I posted in my sidebar here.

Also this is a long time coming, and the real reason for making this post. My friend Shawn and I really wanted to do a collab of some sorts, but we found that finding 3 other people to do a five awesome type of deal was just too difficult so we perservered and decided to make our own two person thing. I made the first video today and it was just such a triumphant moment because it wasn't the first time I tried to start a collab. It was just awesome.

Anyhow the video can be found here.

I'll have something interesting to talk about soon I hope.

House Wars (aka why I love the Potter Fandom)

I tend to spend the time I am not working (which is a lot considering I just have a part time job at the moment) online.

This results in me watching way to many videos on youtube, discovering awesome things like nerdfighters and wizard rock. This then results in me following random people on twitter, which then results in one of these friends asking me what this #housewars tag people are using is about.

Me being me and being bored asks twitter with the tag and I get an @ reply answer. This then results in me following this massive conversation over which alliance of potter houses are better between ravenclaw and slytherin vs gryffindor vs hufflepuff. (I of course was on the gryffinpuff side- hufflepuffs ftw). I participated a little in the fight, but I wasn't as vocal as I could have been. I was half torn between shyness and a random twitter wizarding duel I had started as a result of the housewars with a friend on twitter where I somehow ended up on the lost island.

I don't think a winner was ever decided. But it didn't matter because it kept me laughing.

And this isn't the first time the potter fandom has kept me laughing. I seem to remember a fateful yuleball where I and some awesome people ended up hanging out until 3am being silly. And guys? If you see this I miss you all. I need to talk to you again. So expect random skype messages from me next time I see you on skype.

Point of this? The potter fandom is love and I really really really really really need to make myself active in it.

I can't be shy. No more.

Fresh Start

I have tried many times to start a blog. For awhile my blogging platform of choice was livejournal. This got me through college. Now I feel like I have outgrown what I have written there, as well as the culture of livejournal as a whole. And thus, have not written in it for sometime.

I've never been good at writing in the sense of grammar and spelling. In school I was more of a math and logic person as well as really involved in theatre.

I have since realized that theatre is not where I belong. As time went by I found that what a loved about theatre was getting up in front of people and talking. This lead me to become a communications major. I may not do anything related to math, but I still have a tendency to be logical.

Now that I am out of college for a year and the shock has worn off and have experienced all that I feel that it is a new time for me to start communicating again with the world. I have spent far to long reading and lurking. Now it is time to try and share my thoughts with the world.

This blog is how I intend to this. I can't promise I'll update everyday, but I hope that I can update at least 3 times a week. I can't say that I'll have a cohesive set of topics because I can talk about anything from Harry Potter, to tea, to a funny story that happened at work, to a nerdfighter's youtube video I saw.

But this blog will be about me and what I love. And that's what is most important.