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Month: November 2021

  • Dora: Crazy Good Explorer? Or Just Crazy?

    After watching the 2019 live action production of Dora the Explorer, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, I’ve come to the conclusion that Dora, is in fact, crazy! The movie showcases many alarming symptoms, both in Dora and in her surroundings, that lead to that very diagnosis. #1: Dora’s…

  • Songs to Clean to!

    This past week, has been a DEEP CLEANING kind of week and, unless you are a full-blown psychopath, you need to have music playing while you clean! To quote Snow White, “Just Whistle While You Work!”, or Giselle “Our Happy Little Working Song!”, or Mary Poppins, “And Snap! The Job’s…

  • Writing Tip #1

    Limit yourself. Wait, don’t click away yet! This is a really good genuine tip, I promise! Without this tip you won’t be able to accomplish the #1 writing rule. I’m not saying ‘limit yourself’ as in ‘limit your imagination’ or ‘limit how good your are/can be’. No. I mean –…

  • Book Recommendation: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien is a well-known cult classic, about a group of unlikely heroes that band together to defeat an evil tyrant, but here’s why you should read The Fellowship of the Ring specifically. Reason #1: It’s a classic epic quest story, with a…

  • Ni No Kuni: It was all in Ollie’s head

    Masterfully crafted by the master craftsman Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese genius behind anime classic hits such as Spirited Away, Ponyo, and Castle in the Sky, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, is a 2011 PS BANDAI videogame. It follows the adventures of young boy Oliver, affectionately dubbed Ollie, who…

  • Good morning!

    How is everybody? Doing good? I hope so! 🙂 I’m so sorry that I haven’t blogged in a while. In fact, I don’t know if this kind of a post is really any good at all, but I wanted to make sure to post something. Life has been crazy busy!!…