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The Stuff I Love #21

Hello, everyone! I am back with another blog post. I am not sure if this is supposed to be my last blog post of the year, but I am still going to try and put as much effort into this as I can.

For this week’s blog post, I will be talking about events that I’m very excited about that will be happening soon.

First of all, I’m going to a concert in May! I’m going to be seeing NCT, a kpop group that I’ve liked for a while. I haven’t been up-to-date with them for a while, but I know they’re having a comeback soon. My whole family and I are going to be watching them, and I’m really excited to see them! Although I haven’t caught up with them, I still consider NCT to be one of my favorite kpop groups. A lot of their songs are masterpieces. You should go give their songs a listen or two!

During the summer, I’m also going to be traveling to the Philippines and Japan. I’m not sure if I mentioned that in a previous post, but something tells me that I did. Anyways, while I’m in the Philippines, I’m going to be seeing my relative’s wedding ceremony. I haven’t been to a wedding in years, so I’m excited to experience it again. I’m also going to be visiting my grandpa and staying at his house for ten days. After that, I will go to Japan. I honestly have no idea what I’ll be doing in Japan. All I know is that I can go shopping there. That’s it. But, I’m sure someone will tell me what’s happening eventually.

Also, the school year is ending soon! I’m excited to finally not have some assignment linger in my mind for weeks. However, what I’m NOT excited about is that junior year is coming. I heard junior year is the most stressful school year students have, and I’m not thrilled about that. I’ll also miss my friends during summer break. But besides all the downsides of the school year ending, at least I can relax for a few months.

I know these events aren’t happening soon, but they will be happening eventually. I can’t wait for these events to take place. They’ll finally leave me with something to look forward to and something to keep me occupied for a while. I hope time goes by quickly so that I can finally experience these events for myself.

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Whoa!

Hello, people! This week is surely going to be hectic. Debates are starting, and I’d like to wish everyone good luck for whenever they debate this week. I hope all of you guys do a great job out there! Anyways, once again, I am out of ideas to write about for The Stuff I Love, so I guess it’s time for me to ramble about what might be happening on my birthday (cough cough, it’s tomorrow)!

First of all, my historic debate is (unfortunately) tomorrow. Right now, I’m not so stressed or nervous about it, but I’ll probably be crying my eyes out five minutes before I go on stage. I hope that doesn’t happen, though. I’m pretty confident about my speech, and my teacher already said my speech was well-written. However, I’m not sure if I’d do a great job at the crossfires or my final focus. Being the first speaker puts some pressure on me, but of course I’ll do my best to lead my teammates into a good debate. I’m a bit annoyed about the debate being on my birthday, but hey! At least I get it over with sooner than other people do! :)

I also get to go with my family to a Japanese restaurant! I still don’t know where we’re going; I just know we’re going to a restaurant tomorrow. Speaking of restaurants, I also had an early birthday celebration at another restaurant. It was really good; I ate at the restaurant my sister works at. She wasn’t working at the time, but we still got a discount off of our meals.

Hopefully, my birthday will turn out fine, but I think the only thing that might prevent that from happening is the debate. Did it really have to be set on my birthday? I honestly think that’s kind of,,, Wack. But, it’s not like I can do anything about it. If I get a good grade on it, then that’s great! It’ll be like a birthday present. But if I don’t do well, then… Oh well!!!  I’ll have to get over it eventually. But besides the debate, I hope the other events going on tomorrow will treat me well. I don’t want to have a mental breakdown before, during, or after my debate. Actually, I don’t want to have any mental breakdowns at all. I just have to work hard and see where I take myself tomorrow.

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The Stuff I Love #20

Hello, people! I’m back with another blog post. Today, I actually had an idea to write about for this series. Even though I only got the idea a few minutes ago, at least I actually have something to write about. Today’s blog post will be about how I love BTS!

Okay, I know that they’re super popular and people are probably tired of hearing about them, especially since they released a mini album a few days ago. But, I still think they’re cool! And if you don’t really know about them (for some unknown reason), I’ll tell you a little bit about them.

BTS is a 7 member group under the entertainment company BigHit, and they debuted in June 13, 2013 with the song “No More Dream”. Before 2015, BTS wasn’t the most popular group. Not a lot of people knew about their existence. But when they got their first wins with their songs “I NEED U” (released in April 29, 2015) and “Run” (released November 30, 2015), their national popularity started to rise. In November 19, 2017, their international popularity also boomed. They were invited to perform their song, “DNA”, at the AMAs (American Music Awards). They also performed “Fake Love” on the Ellen Show and collaborated with Steve Aoki to make a remix of “Mic Drop”. This week, they released their mini album, “Map of the Soul: PERSONA” and performed on SNL to showcase their title track named “Boy With Luv”. The title song also featured Halsey.

Someone might be thinking, “oh my god, Jenna. You probably only like them because they look good. Or maybe you’re just becoming their fan because a lot of other people are doing it!” First of all, no. Alright, I know they look good. But that’s not the only reason I like them! Also, when I started liking them, they had a steady fanbase, but their popularity wasn’t rising through the roofs yet. “Then why do you even like them?” someone may ask. Well, I was about to get to that.

Firstly, their discography is amazing! I personally recommend listening to their “Young Forever” and “You Never Walk Alone” albums; those albums have some of my favorite songs like “Spring Day” and “Butterfly”. The style of their songs can be quite different from one another. For example, they can make a soft and relaxing song like “Blanket Kick”, and then they’ll turn around and release a song like “Tomorrow”, which has some darker tones. Besides having variety in the instrumentals, their lyrics are also extremely well-written. They have many songs about encouraging people to love themselves (they even had some albums connecting to that theme) such as “Magic Shop” and “Answer: Love Myself”. BTS has also made songs being (mentally) in the darkness, just like “Awake” and “Lie”. Seriously, these are all bops. Go give some of these songs a listen!

Also, from what I remember (I actually haven’t watched their interviews and other shows recently), the members’ personalities are quite different from each other, but they still bond very well. For example, Yoongi, the lead rapper, is more chill than Hoseok, who is also one of the lead rappers. However, they still get along very well and even had a few V-lives, a Korean app that broadcasts livestreams of K-idols, together. Jin and Jungkook, respectively the lead and main vocalists of the group, also tend to bicker with each other a lot. But, they still keep a brotherly bond. All of the members have said that each member is like family to them, and that they are all important to the group. They all love each other very much.

And the last reason is more personal to me. When I first discovered them, I was… Not in the best emotional state. I was just recovering from something that negatively affected me (I’m not gonna go in depth with it, haha). But when I started becoming a fan of BTS, I feel like I actually felt a bit better about my life. They added color into my life. Seeing the members perform, laugh, and bond with each other really helped me out. And the day I somehow got tickets to their Wings concert was probably one of the happiest days of my life.

Even though I don’t listen to them as often, BTS still has a special place in my heart. I hope they continue to succeed and gain many more fans. I know their journey doesn’t stop where it is now. I’m so proud of what they’ve achieved so far, and I know that they’re going to do many greater things later on in life.

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Wow!

Hello, people. I have no idea if any of you guys even read these, but it’s okay. I don’t really know what to talk about for The Stuff I Love series; my brain is getting fried by just thinking about that. So, I think I’m just gonna try to describe what I’m going to do during spring break. Because as you guys know, spring break just started! A lot of people are going to wonderful places during this week, and well, am I going to do that?

For the most part, no. I’m not doing that. But you know what? That doesn’t mean my vacation is going to be totally boring. For example, I’m actually motivating myself to start writing again! Well, not story writing, but it’s still writing nonetheless. It’s for a scrapbook that I’m going to make about myself. I’ll be compiling paragraphs about random things about myself and certain aspects about my life. And during the summer, I’ll actually start making the scrapbook itself. Hopefully, it’ll actually look nice. I’m sure it will, because I’m the one that’s making it! (Haha, just kidding.)

I also heard from my parents that I might to go San Francisco with them. I’ve also heard various reasons about why we’re going there; there was that one thing where they said we were going there for my birthday (which is on April 22) and that we were having a family gathering with my cousins. But either way, I love San Francisco! Northern California, in my honest opinion, is wayyy nicer than southern California. The environment is just… More natural there. Anyway, I also heard that I’m going to be staying at a nice hotel in San Francisco, so that’s exciting too.

I might even hang out with my friends at the mall this week. We’ve been wanting to go to the mall for a very long time. And I mean, a very long time. I think we’ve been wanting to go since last year. Actually, I can’t remember; I don’t have a very good memory. But what matters is the mall! We really want to buy new clothes, especially for this one friend that we have. I’m sure it’s going to be lots of fun

I really wish I could be doing more during the spring break, because recently, I’ve been really bored. But, it’s alright! I’ll see you in next week’s post but only if I’m not majorly lazy enough to not do it. Bye bye!

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The Stuff I Love #19

Hey, everyone! If you guys read my last post, I talked about the Fullerton College High School Theater Festival. And, that competition was this weekend. In this post, I will be talking about how that competition went.

Honestly, it was a blast! Everyone student and competitor was really nice and cool! I would always see people gather up at the quad and perform various musical songs with their friends. Sometimes, the songs that were blasted on the speakers weren’t even musical songs. I could hear Beyonce playing in the background and hundreds of people danced to the Cha Cha Slide (and honestly, I never even heard the full song until yesterday. Do you know how confused I was when the song kept going on?). I know that I said this already, but it was seriously a blast!

Now, onto actually competing. On the first day (Friday) of competing for musical theater, I was really nervous. I was shaking a little bit. And when the judges called our school to go up to the stage, I was internally screaming. A lot. Throughout the first half of the song, everything was going well. But at the second half, things got a little… Hectic. The volume dipped during that half, and we could barely hear a thing, so we were off-beat. Now this was the time I was stressing out. What were we gonna do? The judges were gonna dock us, right? I couldn’t stop thinking about that for a while. But, you know what? My friends and peers did soooo well in the other categories on that day! I went to see my friends perform a scene from The Tempest and they were really funny! I loved it so much.

And for Saturday, the musical theater competition was wayyy better than yesterday. We projected our voices skillfully, our dancing was great, and we had so much fun on the stage! I also went to see the juniors perform a scene from She Kills Monsters, and their acting was also really good! My favorite performances were from the improv teams. They did so well! Both of the teams made me laugh a lot. One of the teams even made it to finals! I’m so proud of them.

Competing this year just made me more excited for the competition next year. Next year, our school will be performing Les Miserables for the musical theater category. Hopefully, we’ll do better than this year and the year before. But, I’m sure we’ll do way better in every other category! I believe in all of us! :)

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The Stuff I Love #18

Hey, everyone! I’m not sure if this post qualifies as a “Stuff I Love” post, but I’m just going to put it under the series anyway. I’m not sure what I’d title this post if it wasn’t part of the “Stuff I Love” series, so this is just for convenience. This blog post will be about how I have a theater competition very soon (this Friday and Saturday), and I’m very excited for it!

Usually for shows and theater productions, I don’t get nervous about performing. I mean, I get a tiny bit anxious, but that’s about it. I end up feeling more excitement than anxiety when I’m about to perform something. For the theater competition, this is no different.

If you’re wondering what competition I’m talking about, I’m talking about the Fullerton College High School Theater Festival. Every year, high schools across the district travel to Fullerton College to compete in various theater categories. There’s the musical pieces, Shakespearean scenes, humorous and dramatic monologues, tech olympics, graphic design, and many more! And after all the competition, the theater department of Fullerton College performs a musical for the competitors. You can read more about it here.

This is my first time competing in Fullerton, so I’m extremely excited about this. I’m going to be competing for the musical part of the competition. The Bring it On cast will be performing a cut version of “It’s All Happening”. I really hope the cast and I do well! Our teachers and instructors have been telling us that if we work hard enough, we have a chance of getting into finals. But, I’m not sure if they’re only telling me that to be nice, or if I actually have that much potential. Hopefully, it’s the latter.

I’m really excited to see all my other friends perform in their own separate categories, too! For example, my classmates are going to be performing a scene from The Tempest (a Shakespearean play), and I really hope they do well! The improv team is also competing, and of course I’m going to be supporting them all the way through!

Besides seeing my peers perform, I’m also eager to see other high schools show us their talents. I’m especially eager about the musical performances. I’ve been wanting to get into more musicals lately, so seeing other high schools do musicals I’ve never seen will be an eye-opener for me. Seeing humorous scenes and improv games being done will also be fun, too!

Anyways, I hope the drama team from my school does super well. Last year, a Shakespearean monologue and an improv team from my school made it to finals, and I hope more teams make it to finals. We have to work really hard to do it, and I think we have the power to do so! Wish us luck! :)

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The Stuff I Love #17

Hello, everyone! I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve actually done more detailed posts. But today, since I actually motivated to write for longer, I will be doing just that! Today, I’ll be talking about how I feel about LOONA’s recent comeback with their new repackage, “XX”.

Their repackage album was released on February 19, and I’m aware that I’m a bit late on talking about this. But, it’s LOONA! I love them! Anyways, on that same day, they posted a music video for Butterfly, which is their title track for their album. In their album, there are 6 new songs: XX (the album intro), Butterfly (the title track), Satellite, Curiosity, Colors, and Where You At. The album also includes all the songs from their debut mini album, which includes the following: ++, Hi High (the group’s debut song), Heat, FavOriTe, Stylish, and Perfect Love.

When their album released, I was so excited to take a listen. I mean… it’s LOONA! Why wouldn’t I be excited? I watched their Butterfly music video, and I was blown away. The snippets of choreography that were in the video were amazing! I love the dance formations that were shown. The beats of the song itself were also something I’ve never heard in Kpop before. Not to mention, their singing was beautiful! Everything in that music video was pure perfection. The scenes of actors across the world, the members dancing in their black and elegant outfits, and everything was just awesome!

After I watched the music video, I looked up their other songs on their album. And I’ll be honest with you; these songs didn’t really stand out to me as much as their debut album did. Don’t get me wrong; the songs are still really good! But, I still prefer the ++ songs over the XX songs. I think the song I like most from this album (besides Butterfly) was Satellite. It feels like that song could potentially be a title track. It makes me want to dance! I also love the rapping in the second verse; the members did a great job with it. Also, in the dance performance, my favorite part of the whole song would have to be Kim Lip’s line in the second verse. When I saw her do that, I screamed so much. I just… I love all of them so much.

I really hope that they could snag a first win on at least one of the Korean music broadcasts, but it’ll be hard because some people messed up on their opportunity to do it! Kakao M, the distributors of LOONA’s physical albums, postponed the deliveries of the albums, which will affect how the group does in terms of physical albums. Unfortunately, this will lower their chances of getting their first win. They’ve also done more to mess up their chances; if you want to read more on that, here’s a link to it.

Anyways, although most of the songs on the album don’t stick out to me as much as their previous songs do, I will still continue to support them! All of the members deserve unending amounts of support. I’m super excited to see what the future holds for them. I hope that their next comeback gets the hype and success that it deserves. I love them so much! <3

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reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)

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AAAH

Hello, people! I'm posting this very late because I had another project to work on and I completely forgot to post here. Due to the lack of time, I will just be posting a large excerpt of a scrapped story I wrote in November. It was supposed to be my story for NaNoWriMo, but I never made it to 50k words. :(

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this little snippet!

Clouds and spirals swirled around Irene’s head as she dozed off in the middle of her shift. She couldn’t handle everything that she’s been seeing. Kissing, hugging, anything romantic that has ever existed has been popping up in the coffee shop, and Irene just couldn’t bear this. She just wanted to abandon her work and just jump out of the window, but she wanted her paycheck. Also, she considered that be to unethical and rude, so she stayed put.

“Irene?” someone calls out to her.

Irene, still in a daze, doesn’t hear this voice. She’s repulsed by all the couples that are cuddling up in this building. She feels herself getting antsy, almost ready to pounce on the nearest person that dares to make physical contact with their partner again.

“Irene?” this time, someone taps her on the shoulder. When Irene doesn’t respond, they tap her again. And again. Tap after tap, this still doesn’t snap her out of her thoughts.

“Irene! You can’t be doing this again!” the person yells, startling Irene and most of the customers at the coffee shop. Irene, seeing that lots of the customers are staring at the pair, apologizes profusely, and then turns her attention to her coworker.

“I’m so sorry,” Irene says. “It just happens so often, Alia. I promise I’ll try to stop doing this.” She grabs Alia’s hand and squeezes it, but Alia pulls her hand back and rubs it.

“You said that last time! The manager is going to kill you if he sees you like this,” Alia scowls at Irene, then walks away from her. “You’ll be caught in even more trouble if anyone finds out that you’ve never f—”

Irene quickly runs over to Alia and puts her hand over her mouth, nearly putting her into a choke-hold. Alia tries to get out of her coworker’s grasp, but Irene’s grip is too tight. As customers and coworkers heard muffled screaming and panicked whispers from behind the coffee shop’s counter, they gave very concerned looks across the vicinity. Some even looked at the door, pondering about if they should leave before anything gets worse.

Irene, noticing her worried peers’ faces, laughs nervously. “Haha, nothing’s going on here!”

Alia screams and tries to scramble her way out of Irene’s chokehold, but she is unable to.

“Just keep enjoying your stuff, you guys!” Irene yells.

As everyone slowly turned back in confusion, Irene lets go of Alia. Alia, breathing heavily, looks like she is about to fight Irene.

“That was really unnecessary! It’s not like I said it that loudly.” Alia leans her hand against the counter and tries to catch her breath. “Plus, not everyone who’s like you gets caught for what they do.” As she was about to move back to her cashier station, Irene follows her.

“There’s still a chance I could get caught, Alia! I’m almost 18. If anyone of The Authority finds out I’m like this, I’ll never see the light of day!” Irene cups her face into her hands and sighs. She reaches for Alia to back-hug her, and Alia reluctantly accepts the hug. “Why can’t I just fall in love already?” Irene whispers softly so only Alia can hear her. “Can you help me?”

“I have work to do,” Alia replies. “Our shift is almost over, so we can just talk about this later, okay?”

“Please?” Irene begs. She looks up at her with her eyes begging for approval. “I promise I won’t ask for anything else. Just please, help me.”

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<3

Hey, guys. As you all know, I’ve been talking about Bring it On: The Musical lately because my school’s production of of the show was going to go on this week. Our last show was yesterday, and I’m so glad the cast and crew ended the show so well.

During the shows, I know we made some mistakes and messed up a little bit. But you know what? We moved on from those mistakes, and we still performed to the best of our abilities. I’m so honored to be part of such an amazing and hardworking cast. I’m so glad that I’ve gotten so close to them during these past six months, and I hope I’ll still be able to remain comfortable with them for a very long time. I never thought I’d be able to make this many friends in six months, but I’m so happy that I did. I cherish every friend I’ve made during my times in the production; I love them so much.

Like I said before (I think), I’ve thought about dropping out of this musical and never stepping foot in rehearsals ever again. Why? Because I felt like I wasn’t good enough and talented enough to be part of this production. But somehow, I persevered. I didn’t listen to my pessimistic thoughts and I didn’t give up. And I’m so happy that I didn’t do any of those things. I ended up improving so much in my musical skills. And I don’t think my improvement doesn’t even stop at getting better with singing and dancing. I feel as if I ended up becoming a slightly better person as time went by. I feel more open to helping people out with things that they struggle with (actually, I kind of need to start doing that anyways because I’m going to be an assistant vocal coach for the next musical; watch out for that!), and it relieves me when I see that my assistance actually helps people out.

Being in this musical will always be an unforgettable time period in my life. I’ve struggled while participating in the show, but it all paid off. I’m sure other people think the same thing as I do. I hope next year’s musical will be as amazing as Bring it On, if not, even better than this year’s production! I’m excited for what drama’s future holds, and I’m happy to be part of its future.

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The Stuff I Love #16

Hey, everyone! As always, I hope you guys having a wonderful week. I hope this long weekend has been treating everybody well. Anyways, I know I’ve written about this topic before, but since it’s extremely relevant right now, I feel like I should add more to it. I’m going to be talking about my experiences while participating in my school’s production of Bring it On: The Musical.

As I’ve been in this production, I’ve gotten closer to people I never thought I would ever talk to. But, am I complaining about this? No. The new friends I’ve made are super kind to me, and I’m glad that they’re in my life. Being in the musical also got me closer to another certain someone (cough cough), and I’m so glad that it happened; they’re an amazing addition to my life. I wish I could keep all of these people in my life, along with my older friends. I wouldn’t trade them for anything else in the world.

The dance and vocal instructors worked diligently to help every performer out. If there was something our performance was lacking, they didn’t really hold back on telling us what we needed to do to improve ourselves. They weren’t mean about their critiques, but they were straightforward enough that we could steadily improve our skills. Someone who was especially good at this was the head vocal coach, whom some of you may know as my older sister. She worked with (almost) every performer individually to help them improve their singing skills. And the vocal advice she gives works wonders! The students who do take her advice end up performing extremely well, and it’s amazing how much she helped people improve with just teaching them a few techniques.

Along with befriending new students, I’ve also strengthened my singing and dancing abilities. As I mentioned before, the musical instructors assisted me in being the best performer I could ever be. If you read my old post about getting casted in the musical, I mentioned having to sing the song“Legendary”. I said that I had difficulty hitting some of the notes because they were too high, but guess what? Thanks to the techniques the vocal directors taught me, I can finally hit them! The moment I confidently hit those notes became one of the proudest moments I’ve ever experienced in my whole entire life. Also, as I learned more choreography, I feel like I’m able to learn dances faster. Before, I feel like I used to be very slow at learning choreos. But now, I could learn some dances by only seeing and doing it a few times, and I can get it down! How cool is that? Hopefully, I can retain my ability to learn things quickly for the next musical. It would be a very handy skill to have.

Overall, being in this musical has taught me one very important thing: be persistent! Don’t give up! That sounds cliche to say, but it is true. There were times where I just wanted to drop out of the musical because I didn’t feel like I was good enough to be in it, but you know what? I pushed through, and I was able to improve myself little by little. It may take some time to do, but once you achieve your goal, it’s so stress-relieving. I tend to be a worrier, but somehow, I got through this! And as the last week of rehearsals arrives, I will push through whatever I have to do. I’ll have fun with the performances, and hopefully my peers will do the same.

Also, if you haven’t bought your tickets for the show(s), you should do it soon! The show dates are February 21 (4pm), February 22 (7pm), and February 23 (2pm and 7pm). There are four types of tickets you can get for the show: section A ($10), section B ($7), section C ($5), and section D ($3). I hope I can see you there! :)

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Big Yikes!

Hey, everyone! I am once again out of ideas for writing my series. So, I thought it would be an idea (probably not a good one) to just publish an old writing the past. Unlike the other writings I have posted on this blog, this will actually be a song I wrote. BUT NOT JUST ANY SONG! It’s a minecraft song parody! Yes, I know. It’s cringy, but I got bored! It’s called “Mine Your Own Ores”, and honestly, I’m cringing by only just typing out the title.

The song I made a parody of is from the Bring it On musical, and the original song is called “Do Your Own Thing”. It’s about the main character, Campbell, getting redistricted to a different school, and the students at the new school don’t seem to appreciate her that much. Oh, speaking of Bring it On… This would be a fantastic opportunity to advertise the Bring it On: the Musical production my school is putting up! Tickets are currently on sale. The shows will be up on February 21 at 4 pm, February 22 at 7 pm, and February 23 at 2 pm and 7 pm. I hope to see you guys there! :)

(Dodododododododoo)

MOVE

(DODODODODODODODO)

MOVE

welcome to minecraft

no, steve didn't!

COME ON MOVE

welcome to minecraft

STEVE COULD GET IT

MOVE!!!

excuse me they told me i need to

MOVE

mine some ores

excuse me im trying to mine my

MOVE

freaking stone

im looking for minerals to mine so that i don't die

but these diamonds won't show up for me

can somebody, anyone, give me some now????

DONT FOLLOW ME

why you minin with me? leave me alone

mine your OWN ORES

mine your OWN ORES

comin through

i aint minin for you do what you gotta do

mine your OWN ORES

mine your OWN ORES

crap it's night time now

"players, please welcome a new newbie to minecraft. please give a warm welcome to..... Uhhhhh.... Whats his name???? naenae27????"

NAENAE27!!!!'

like the DANCE MOVE????

lookin spicy, whipperoni!!!

NAENAE27?!?!?!?!

DABMAN!!! THANK GOD

O-M GOODNESS YOUR INVENTORY'S GONE TOO???

can you believe it???

IM IN HEAVEN

I GOT AT LEAST UNTIL SUNRISE UNTIL EVERYONE SEES IM RANDOM XD

i wish rainbowpony88 were here :(

im so not used to not having diamonds

OHHH I GOT LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WITH NOT HAVING THOSE!!! DO YOU NEED SOME POINTERS???

i guess

OKAY

(DOODDODO)

step one to mine all those minerals:

picks up, ignore anything trivial

look ahead, don't use your peripherals

stick with me, we'll be invincible!!!

the admins typed a command and

MOVE

griefed my plot

they've taken my diamonds and i have to

(Weh)

go restart

im looking for minerals to mine so i don't die

BUT HEY, WE'RE MINING OUR OWN WAY NOW

AND ISNT THAT WHAT PLAYING MINECRAFTS ABOUT???

CHECK IT OUT

DONT FOLLOW ME

(DONT FOLLOW ANYBODY)

WHY YOU MININ WTH ME

EVERYONE HERE MINES THEIR OWN ORES

MINES THEIR OWN OOOOOORES

come on lets go naenae in the nether now

w h a t

you know, naenae, naenae!

you're lookin HOT dabman

im sorry WHAT

i said you're lookin HOT

FRICK BALLS!!!! no ones ever said THAT to me before

with the exception of an omegle chatter and my ex-minecraft husband!!!!

(dododoododododododododo)

whats up man???

yo, hows it goin???

you got the stuff???

duplicated it

damn, i cant wait to craft this

im telling you its not crack, but they're diamonds!

check it out its that cute naenae player dude

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The Stuff I Love #15

Hello, people! As always, I hope everyone is having an amazing day, week, or just a wonderful life in general. If you’re doing well, then good! I’m happy for you. If you’re not, then I really hope things clear up for you. If you need someone to talk to, then I’m here. Anyways, as I have done a few weeks ago for my post about how I love my friends, I will be talking about another group of people that I care for a lot: my family!

As I said somewhere (I know I said it in a blog post, but I forgot which one), I tend to be more reserved with my family and stay in my room for a long time. I wouldn’t really talk to them during the weekends, and they’d always ask me to get out of bed to go hang out with them in the living room. I used to not really like leaving the comfort of my room to be with them; not because I don’t like being with my family, but I just preferred to have my alone time. But lately, I’ve been spending more time with them, and it’s really fun!

One thing I really love about my family is that they frequently remind me that they’ll be there for me. If I’m ever having trouble with school or if I’m just not in the right state of mind, they said they’ll help me out. Although no one in my family seems to have any struggles with mental health (or so I hope none of my family members struggle with it), we always offer support to one another. Of course my family has its ups and downs, but we always end up making up.

My family also doesn’t fail to make me laugh. Although everyone in my family has varying levels of weirdness, we all have our moments where one of us just makes the rest of us burst out in laughter. For example, my dad just says really weird things or makes weird noises while no one is talking, and my sister and I just look at each other in confusion. My mom also likes to say slang phrases (ex: my sister made her say something like “my fit looks lit!”), and the way she says it makes my sister and I giggle endlessly.

Even though I do have times where I don’t want to be with them (due to my preference of being alone), this does NOT undermine my love for my family. I will always love and care for them, even if something bad happens to us. They’ve given me so much support for 15 years, and I’ve never been more thankful for them. I love them a lot. I’ll always wish the best for them.

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The Stuff I Love #14

Hey, guys! I hope everyone has been having a great week. I’m honestly surprised that I haven’t been out of ideas yet, but it is a pleasant surprise. Today, I’m going to be talking about how I love nature!

I feel like my love for nature may come off as a surprise to some people (more specifically, my family) because I usually tend to stay indoors more often. However, when I do go outside, I really like to absorb my surroundings and just appreciate what’s around me. Whether I’m just walking to lunch at school or I’m wandering around a forest, I love taking some time to get distracted by the earth.

Although it’s nice to be with my loved ones while I’m appreciating nature, I especially love it when I’m the only one around to do this. I feel truly at peace when I’m alone, and if I’m just observing the environment, I just feel like all my worries have gone away. I don’t know what it is about nature and its aura, but every time I immerse myself in my surroundings, I always end up softly smiling to myself and thinking, “Gosh, my life can’t get any better.”

I love any sort of natural place, but I really feel calm at these two environments: forests (especially ones with rivers or ponds) and quiet beaches. Walking on the dirt of a peaceful forest while listening to birds chirping upon nearby trees just gives me such a soft sensation in my heart. And don’t get me started on the beaches! I just LOVE hearing the waves crash down onto the sand as I stroll around the shore, not giving a care about anything. The sounds of nature have such a calming effect on me. If I could live in nature, I definitely would.

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The Stuff I Love #13

Hello, everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted on this blog. I hope you guys had a great Christmas/winter break! You guys deserve it.

As some of you guys might have noticed, sometimes I tend to run out of ideas to write for this blog. It may seem strange of me to not know what I want to write about because… this is literally a blog about stuff I love. I don’t know if I should just change my blog topic to something broader and less specific, but if I do end up wanting to change topics, then I’ll let you guys know.

However, I am not out of ideas today! Today’s blog post will be about how I love my friends! :)

To be honest, I’m surprised about the amount of friends I’ve made ever since I got into high school. I thought I was just going to end up being the quiet girl who barely had any friends. But, that wasn’t the case. My classmates started talking to me, and as I started warming up to them, I started to consider them as friends, and they even considered me as their friend (or so I hope). I’ve made lots of friends from different parts of school; for example, my House class, the drama/theater elective, and mutual friends. I even befriended upperclassmen! Everyone I met has a special place in my heart, even if I don’t talk to some people as much as I talk to others.

An example of some of my dearest friends would be my first semester project group in freshman year. At first, I was afraid of how I’d be able to interact with my group members; they intimidated me a lot. But, as we got to know each other, they ended up being some of the funniest people I’ve ever met. I have so many pleasant memories with them. Although I had moments where I just wanted to punch some of them in the face, I don’t appreciate them and love them any less. I probably wouldn’t have been more outgoing if I haven’t met them. Because of them, they even helped me meet and become comfortable with other friends in my House class that I hold close to my heart. I’m so thankful for them.

Another example— and a more recent example, at that— is a smaller friend group that I only got into this school year. And when I say smaller, I mean pretty small. Including myself, this group is only made up of four people! This friend group really helped me discover a part of myself that I always had trouble figuring out. Every person in this friend group is so different from the other, but I just feel like we connect so well with each other. We’ve shared so many laughs with each other, and for some reason, I always end up embarrassing myself a lot when I’m with them. But, it be like that! I love them with all my heart. We all genuinely care for each other, and I’m so happy that I’m in a friend group like that.

My friends really helped me open up and trust people more. I mean, I’m still shy around some people, but I feel myself getting more and more comfortable with others. The friends I’ve made at school— in my opinion— are some of the most genuine people I’ve ever met. They will show others that they care about them, and that really makes me feel welcomed at school. My friends are super kind people, and I cherish them with all my heart. I don’t know where I’d be without them.

Even though I only mentioned my friend groups in this post, it doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate all the other friends I’ve made along the way! I love each and every single one of you guys. You guys make me laugh until it even hurts to breathe. Although I may not talk to some people that much, I still care about you guys. If you’re reading this, just know that I love you! You’re my friend! I’m so thankful that you exist. If any of you guys are down in the dumps, I’ll try cheering you up. I want to see all of you guys smiling and happy. If the people I love are happy, then I’m happy too! I love you guys! Have a good week :) <3

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Untitled Story

Hello, everyone! Once again, I am out of ideas about what to write for this blog. You may think that since this is a blog about stuff I love, I would have many ideas for this blog. However, that is not the case. My interests are not very broad. If I weren’t so lazy, then I’d probably have more hobbies and interests. I apologize for the inconveniences, but the good news is that I’m going to share an embarrassing story I wrote a few years ago!

If you read my post about how I love writing, I mentioned that I wrote a story about a pasta bowl and a pineapple getting married. It’s VERY embarrassing. This was even written while I was a hardcore BTS fan (I’m still a fan, but not as hardcore). So, without further ado, here is my embarrassing story!

What a strange love; two completely different things (to be more specific, foods) having an infatuate relationship with each other. No one understands why they like one another, not even the uneaten banana on the kitchen counter. Although everyone thinks it's abnormal for two contrasting edible items, or even just regular things, to be dating each other. Though no one bothers to disrupt the duo, for they are too interested in each other to care about the outside world.

They were extremely cliche, always telling pick-up lines and amazing compliments. The two would never part ways, not just because they don't have limbs to move around, but because they were too in love to ever leave the other one's side. Corny, right? Yeah, that's the kind of couple they were.

Now, you're wondering why foods are infatuated, right? It's an extremely bizarre combination, but, that's what's in this world now: Different things being curious about each other.

It was a pasta bowl and a pineapple.

You heard me, a pasta bowl and a pineapple.

I know what you're thinking, "What a weird couple!" "Wow, how gross." "Why are foods even dating each other in the first place?!" Well, kids, I have the answer to your question. A girl requested to write about a love story about a pineapple and a bowl of pasta. Now, enough of my rambling, let me tell the story of how a pineapple married the pasta bowl.

It was an average day, the scorching sun shining down through the windows, the birds tweeting peacefully in the morning, the smell of coffee spreading though the house. It was silent at first, except for the TV playing some BTS, yes, the owner of this house is complete trash for this band. But, that does not matter.

"Good morning!" The pasta bowl called to the unmoving pineapple. The pasta kept trying to wake up their significant other. Although it tried many times to awaken their lover, to no avail did the pineapple reply to the calls.

"Fine," huffed the pasta, "I'll just not talk to you for the rest of the day! Have fun lying around lazily for the rest of the day, couch potato."

"Hey, I am not a potato," The pineapple has finally awakened from its deep slumber. "Geez, and like you don't lie around all day. We have no legs to move ourselves, do you seriously think I can walk myself to the window? No, so stop complaining."

The couple also differed in personalities; the pineapple, named P, is a savage. P is a witty, sour fruit that really hates to socialize. The fruit always wants to do something, although it doesn't have the attributes to do anything but lie around the kitchen counter. Even though it seems as if P does not give a single care about you, just try to look deeper into the pineapple's heart. If you try hard enough, you'll be able to see that P has no heart, and that it really doesn't care. At all. For two reasons: Pineapples have no heart, and his heart has already been stolen by the love of their life. Well, at least emotionally.

While old P is a salty, old pineapple, their significant other, V the pasta bowl, is a happy-go-lucky soul. V is practically the shining sun, always beaming with light and happiness. Being the extrovert V is, V always looks forward to making new friends, but loyally never leaves the side of their lover. Cute right? V is usually the one to initiate affection, for P hates starting something. But P secretly loves it when V tells stories about how it and their friend, J, literally made R scream when it found about them dating. But V doesn't care, V is a careless spirit. And V always makes an effort to cheer everyone up, which makes P fall for V even more.

And on that day, P felt itself fall into the deep sea. V was being extremely cheesy for some reason, and P was just getting so flustered and flattered by its significant other. P wanted them to stop, but P just couldn't bring itself to stop his cutie of a lover. The fruit found it a miracle that God sent such an amazing item to earth, and that item was V, the pasta bowl.

"What?" V sounded curiously. "P isn't being the grumpy grandpa he is? Weird! Are you embarrassed? You're so cute!" V giggled as it continued to bicker about how P was normally so cranky all the time. Hmm, doesn't this remind you of someone you know?

"Shut up, I'm not grumpy. Plus, who you are you called a grandpa? Food has no gender, you know." P sighed deeply as a strange feeling welled deep in P's core. P usually didn't feel this when it was with V. It wasn't happiness, no, it was too... Abstract to be happiness. P just couldn't figure it out, no matter how hard it tried to find the answer. They were together for a long time, about two months. It's weird; not eating a pasta bowl and a pineapple for two months. Their owner was strange, once it got something, she wouldn't use it until a long time. But, that's how she was.

"Hey, are you listening to me? Hey!" V snapped P out of its thoughts. "As I was saying, why are you dazing off so much? You okay? Don't tell me you want to..."

"No!" P snapped. "I'm never leaving you. Why could I leave someone as beautiful as you." As soon as P said this, P blushed furiously as it stuttered to find the right words to explain what happened. "I-I mean, I didn't say that."

"Wow, tsundere much?" V smirked. "I didn't know you had feelings."

The feeling welled deep in P's mind, what was it? It was growing stronger, maybe to the extent where P just want to scream everything out. It angered P, for not knowing what this strange feeling was, and that it wouldn't go away. P, still abashed by its lovely comment, tried its best to say something. But, P was tongue-tied, not being able to put his feelings into words.

"I-I just wanted to say that for a long time. I'm sorry for not being so kind as I should be. I love you, a lot. And I want to be with you forever." P said to the confused V, trying to fight back the uncontrollable blush creeping up its skin. Frick! Where am I going with this? Wait.. P slowly started to realize what this feeling was. It was none other than the infamous love. Of course it was, why couldn't P realize this earlier? P wanted to stay with V for the rest of its life, but P just couldn't casually tell V about this. But now, it just came out.

"Please marry me."

It was a simple sentence, but an amazing command. So much feelings were put into the words, and although it was just so sudden, both of the foods realized something. Let's be together.

"Okay." V said. "I was going to propose too, but alright! I-I'm not crying or anything..." V wasn't crying from sadness, but from relief and happiness. P didn't ever reject V, and V loved P for that. P was a perfect match for the outgoing pasta bowl, and now, they can be like this forever.

"Don't cry!" P shouted. "I'm sorry. You're just so beautiful. I can't bear to see you like this. You're the person who's always been with me. You may not be the 'perfect' ideal type to everyone, but that's who you are to me. I love you a lot. I wouldn't trade you for anything else in this world. You're the best thing that came into my life. Seeing someone like you is a once in a lifetime scenario. You're..." P paused for a dramatic effect.

"Very Very extraordinary."

V stopped shedding tears and stared straight at P. "You know what? I'm done!" V pretended to bawl hysterically while P tried its best to calm V down.

"But I'll never be done with you."

"Gross, I can't believe I got married to someone like you."

"I love you too."

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The Stuff I Love #12

Hello, people! I hope you guys have been doing well this week (and doing well in general). I’m back with another blog post for The Stuff I Love! On this blog post, I will be talking to you guys about how I love to travel and how I wish to go traveling more.

Compared to more avid travelers, I haven’t been outside of my home country that much. The only time I really go outside the USA is during the summer. I don’t really travel during winter/spring breaks or other holidays. But, I’m not complaining. During summer 2018, I actually went to the Bahamas with my family for a few days. And honestly, it was amazing! The people there were super nice and they cared a lot for their visitors’ needs. The attractions (ex: the Atlantis water park) were also super fun. And don’t get me started on the beaches! The water is so clear and calm. I even went to the beach when the sun was setting, and the view was beautiful. Here’s a picture that I took of the view.

 See, isn’t it great?! I wish I could go back to the Bahamas again. My overall trip to that place was amazing.

Last year, I also went to South Korea for my summer vacation. Like the Bahamas, it was a great trip. The food there was tasty, and my family even had a private tour for the majority of the trip. When we weren’t on the tour, my family and I went shopping for clothes. That was also pretty cool! The clothes were very stylish and the overall quality of the clothes was great. I also visited places like the SMTown coex building and Dongdaemun. It was really cool seeing all the sights; it was spectacular. I also took this picture at the coex building.

I’ve also traveled to a couple more places, but I forgot what those places were like. I really want to travel to more places. I heard the Maldives is very nice and relaxing and that Japan has lots of sights to see. Hopefully, when I get more money, I can visit all the places I want to go to. But nowadays, a lot of things are expensive. Also, I suck at saving up money. So, I probably won’t be able to go on a trip anytime soon. Not to mention that I’m also under 18-years-old, so I probably can’t even go on a trip without my parents.

But when I go traveling, I feel more at peace with myself. I get to stare in silence at my surroundings, and it makes me feel calm. I also don’t really like sticking to one place for a very long time, so going to different countries frees my mind. Traveling opens my mind to trying new things; for example, the Bahamas has a dish called conch salad, and it tasted really good. Along with new foods, I also experienced seeing new places like traditional palaces in South Korea. I would like to travel by myself one day because I can go to places at my own pace, but traveling with my family also lets me make wonderful memories with them. But either way, traveling is fun! I love it.

I hope that all of you guys get to visit your dream destination someday. You guys deserve it! Especially since you guys work so hard to keep yourselves together in school, you guys deserve a fun vacation. (Speaking of work, you guys better not be procrastinating right now!) Anyways, Christmas break is coming soon, so maybe you guys can go somewhere. I hope you guys can! I love you all! <3