Emotional Investment in the Media

Happy Tuesday my lovelies! I hope you're all doing well on this fine day that actually happens to be my fourth least favorite day of the week. (In order from 'wow you make me want to drink a bottle of bleach', to 'let's get married', it goes Monday, Sunday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Friday.) 

I feel like I've been absent from my blog for a long time and I sincerely apologize for that. We had February Break last week during which I went to Disneyland. The 11 hour car ride to Anaheim is always a bonus as well. *Sarcasm* 

Then we went back to school yesterday and in third period I all of a sudden felt really sick. I proceded to feel like death for the rest of the day which was especially convient since it was also the first day of softball tryouts. And I couldn't figure out what was wrong because I had every symptom known to man. Like I had chills, a fever, a migrane, felt like I was gonna throw up, dizzy, sore throat, cough, etc. Basically one big super illness. I call it the 'Jackie' and as soon as I figure out how to hack into WebMD and add it, the symptoms list will just say, 'everything.' 

Ok wait what was I even writing about again? Like I got so off topic I forgot what this post was even about. Lol at my life. 

Emotional investment in the media. Oh lawd Jesus. How do I even go about explaining myself to you? I care more about what happens in fictional character's lives than I do about what happens in my own. Two shows in particular are Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars. Like, (Yes, I'm aware that I start 98.362% of my sentences with the word 'like', but that's how I talk in real life, so that's how I'm going to talk on the internet.) I don't even have words when I try to talk about them. All I do is make 'uggh' and 'sigh' noises and think that people will just understand. I don't know how they made me get so attached to them. It's a TV show, like, you shouldn't care that much. BUT I DO. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DO. 

When I first started watching The Vampire Diaries, I had absolutely no clue what I was about to do to my life. I watched the first episode on Netflix one day just because I was bored and it was both the best and worst thing that's ever happened to me. I don't know what a cocaine addiction is like, but I am 99% sure it's identical to what I have with that show. I watched three full seasons in a time span of five days. Do you know how many episodes are in a season of TVD? Twenty two. And do you know how long each one is? An hour. So twenty two times three is 66. That means 66 hours. Because you can't stop. You think I'm exaggerating but I'm not. You literally can not stop. I swear on my cat's life. (Now you know I'm not joking around cause she's like, my only friend.) 

They get you hooked, and then they think they can just do all these things that they know are going to tear you apart. Like, "Oh you really liked this character huh? Well now we have to kill him." Like, um can you not. 

I made this chart, courtesy of Create A Graph to show you a little bit of my life. 

  Oh and don't even get me started on the whole "Toby-Spencer" situation on PLL. No. 

Jackie's Choice Awards #1

     So, If you haven't noticed, there obviously aren't enough awards shows on TV. We only have like 737 billion a year to watch. You got your AMA's, your Grammy's, your Oscar's, your Teen Choice, your Kid's Choice, People's choice, etc, etc.

     And I came up with a brilliant idea that you will all love.

The Jackie's Choice Awards.

                                              *insert applause for genius/creative thinking here*

    I'm going to give you my nominees for a multitude of categories, but unlike most awards shows, you have no control whatsoever about who the winner will be. No voting for your favorites or any of that. It's called the JACKIE'S Choice Awards people. Come on.

      And because I know you all care so much about my opinions, here are my nominees:

Male Artist-

He is an attractive one

Let's be honest here, are there really any other contenders anyway? I didn't think so.


Female Artist-

                       

T-Swizzle is the bomb diggity. And that's not really a refutable statement at all so don't even try. Kthanksbye. 


Musical Group-

He is We. You haven't heard them before? You have not lived. Right now, you are dead. I'm so sorry.


Actor-

                                                                                

But whyyyyyyyyy though? Loved him in Little Manhattan, loved him in Bridge to Terribithea, and LOVED him in The Hunger Games. 


Actress-

                                           
Because really, who is not in love with Jennifer Lawrence? She makes me LOL.



Best TV Drama

       

                        
Those of you who know me, or have read any of my other blog posts, know that The Vampire Diaries is my burning passion. Like really, what the heck? Can someone really get addicted to a TV show? Yes, yes they can.  The 'halfway-through-the-season' winter finale was last week and I'm already going through crazy withdrawls. 


Best TV Comedy

                           
Our first nominee for best comedy is Modern Family. I don't really know anyone who has never seen Modern Family, so there's really no explanation needed for why it's nominated. If you've seen it, you know. 

                                      
And then we have Happy Endings. It's really underrated considering how funny it actually is. Or maybe I'm just weird.    



Actually, I'm just pretty much gonna nominate like every comedy show on ABC. They're all fabulous. 

I watch a lot of TV.


Movie of the Year-

You all knew that was coming. And if you don't know what this movie poster is from, you obviously don't get out much. I read the first book in sixth grade when my mom started reading it for her book club. I remember I couldn't fall asleep one night and I didn't really have any books to read at home, so at 10:30 at night I snuck into my mom's room and grabbed it, then snuck back into my room. I stayed up til 3:45 reading. I tried to put it down and fall asleep probably close to 8 times, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. My favorite book to date. And do not even get me started on the movie. For the most part, I agree with "The books are always better thing," but in this case, I think the movie was just as good. One day I watched it 7 times all the way through, back to back. 


Best Animated Movie-

These awards don't have a timeline. My picks can be as old as I want them to be alright? But this is my favorite movie like ever. I just feel like Lilo and I are pretty much identical twins whenever I watch that movie.  (Except for the fact that she is a cute little Hawaiian girl and I am a white girl who lives in Utah, but you understand what I mean.) We have the same personality. 


Movie of All Time- 

You all know it's true though. I could watch this on repeat for the rest of my life. Actually, this is the only movie that has ever made me cry. Just a little 'Jackie Fact' for you. 


Cutest Cat- 

She loves me

My cat's name is Ninja, but mostly I call her Neen. Which is actually kind of weird because it takes the same amount of time to say "Neen" as it does to say "Ninja." So it's not a really great nickname but that's ok. 

Thank you all so much for coming out tonight! We hope you had a great time at the show, have a safe drive home. 

I'll try to have a safe walk to the refrigerator, which is where I am now going. 

P.S. 
If you were confused, that was supposed to be like the end of an awards show, but the more I read it, the more I feel like it isn't going to make sense to other people. It was me trying to be clever. Sorry. 

Fridays Are Like Chocolate Frosty Dipped Wendy's Fries

So today is Friday. That puts me in an exceptional mood for several reasons. Frist off, the obvious one, the weekend starts at 2:30. Thank the Lord. Not that I've ever heard anyone say, "I hate weekends," but I would like to stress exactly how much I love weekends. Weekends are like the piece of carmel turtle pecan cheesecake after eating 10 tons of brussel sprouts all week long. They are like getting Wendy's french fries (the best fast food fries ever) and a chocolate frosty to dip them in after getting shots at the doctors. They are just grand.

Side note: I also really really really enjoy Thursday nights between 7:00 and 8:00 because that is when The Vampire Diaries is on TV. If you have never seen that show, I feel like it is my duty to warn you, that if you start, it is impossible to stop. And you might think I am exaggerating that statement, but ask anyone who knows me on a personal basis, I'm addicted to that show like it's cocaine. People have learned the hard way not to bother me on my Thursday nights. 

Alright, back to Fridays. The other reason I am in love with Fridays, is because 'round these parts, some people call this here day 'Fat Day Friday.' Actually there's only two people (that I know of) that call it that, and those two people would be yours truly, and one of my best friends, Abi.  "What is Fat Day Friday?" you ask? Well, I will gladly tell you exactly what it is. Fat Day Friday is when we go out after school to a large variety of places that sell food, and eat at much as we possibly can without throwing up. Because let's be honest here, food is the meaning of life. 

We started this little tradition of ours very recently. Today will actually be the 2nd ever Fat Day Friday. It's a little bit ironic how we seem to think Fat Day Friday is the only day we pig out though, since I'm pretty sure what I eat on a daily basis would be considered "pigging out." But nevertheless, I quite enjoy it. And to give you an idea of exactly what a Fat Day Friday entails, last week we went to Cafe Rio and split a pork barbacoa burrito, Starbucks, Kneaders,  a whole Dominos Meat Lovers pizza,  two Drumsticks, and 3 cans of Sierra Mist. All in a time span of like, 5 hours. And that was on a limited budget. Luckily, Abi's birthday was recently so we have plenty of money to go super hard this week. Holy cow my life is exciting.

Picture at Starbucks from last Fat Day Friday