Fandoms

Every band, celebrity has one. If we are honest with ourselves, it was either "Potterhead" or the "beliebers". But also if everyone is honest then they are part of one.  It has become quite popular the last four years.  So much that there has been award for the best fandom. Fandom's make people feel like they are a part of something. There are people that can connect over the same thing they like. But if something happens in two or more different fandom it is like a high school cat fight. It gets ugly and quick. There are two things that make me mad about fandoms.

The first thing that makes me mad about fandoms is that some people act like you can only be a part of one fandom. If you break it down it is basically people get mad if you like more than one person at time. Which is really stupid. You should be able to like who you like and no worry about drama with other fandoms. Another thing is that when a fandom has been around for a while then new people come in. People get mad because the person they found gets more famous. Which is dumb, why would you want to keep that person to yourself. You should want everyone to know about them. It is just more people you could become friends with and connect over the same thing.

The other thing that makes me mad about fandoms is that a lot of the major fandoms don't get along which makes me mad. Can't we all just support each other and each other’s artist. Why can't we all be friends. I know there have been numerous fights on twitter with different fandoms. According the things I have gathered a lot of the fandoms of Scooters artist don't get along with the One direction fandoms. Justin Bieber and One direction get along great but their fan bases don't. Another fandom that doesn't get along is One Direction and The Wanted don't get along. But the band's don't get a long either. When the bands don't get along and the fanbases don't get a l0ng it a recipe for disaster. 

Another thing about fandoms is coming up with a name. A lot of the best fandoms have good names. Usually the fandoms that don’t succeed are the ones that can’t get along and have a terrible name.

If you are a part of a fandom try not to do these things. Also let me know what fandom you are apart with we may have similar interests. 

The owner of the clippers

The owner of the clippers Donald Sterling has been in the news a lot this week for some of the things he has said. 

Spotify

If you don't use Spotify I honestly feel bad for you because it is the best thing that has ever come to my life. If you don't know what it is. It was orgianly made for your computer. You basically make an account and you start searching for songs and you download whole CDs or just individual songs. You can put them into playlist. Then you can make the playlists available offline. So if you aren't connected to the internet then you can still enjoy your music. Now they have as an app for cellphones as well. But with app you have to pay 9.99 a month for it. But for me it's worth it. Because you can still make your playlists offline. You can also add songs from your phone and it will just sync over the same Wi-Fi. I use my Spotify daily, at school, in my car, on trips.   

I think it is amazing that we can listen to music like that without paying for each individual song. I mean if you do the math for how many songs I have on my Spotify and multiplying it by $1.29, which is what it costs on iTunes. I have like 400-500 songs on mine and divide it by $10 it is more than worth it. Another thing that I love about Spotify is that you when you have it on your phone it doesn't even use up that much space. With 400-500 songs it uses up about 1.7 GB. But if you put that into context I have 324 songs on my phone of actual music and it uses up 3.6 GB of memory. 

Another awesome thing about Spotify that I strongly suggest is logging in through Facebook. Then you can follow you friends from Facebook and see the music they are listening too. Also Spotify uses the songs you add to your account and give you recommendations of songs and artists you might be interested. I enjoy that too. I like finding new artists. Spotify also is really good at having new releases on their pretty quick.

If you use Spotify do you like it or hate it. If you don't I strongly recommend it to anybody that loves music and doesn't want to pay for the outrages price of music. I remember when songs on iTunes were 99 cents what happened. They do have a free version on the app stores but I think it is only free for a limited time I am not sure about it. I have never used it.

2048

There is a new game that everyone has been playing. It is called 2048. I started playing it as well. At first I was really confused on what to do. I was just swiping in random directions and i kept losing. Surprising! Then among my random swiping I started to figure out what I actually needed to do. So you start with a blank 4 by 4 board. When you first start a block with a number two is on the board. Then in whatever direction you swipe in that is where a number comes from. The reason you swipe is to get numbers to add together. The one kick is that you can only add the same numbers together. Your goal is to try to get one tile to 2,048. Once the board is full and you can't combine anything else you lose. 

I downloaded this game on Friday and I have been playing it all weekend. On Saturday we were running errands. We would literally be in the care for like 5 minutes. I was playing it for every single minute. It is a great time waster but at the same time it is very addicting. I know it has taken my whole school by storm. When I first saw it I was extremely confused. But know that I have started playing I can't stop. But at the same time I strongly encourage it.  

I think it is weird how we get so addicted to using games or apps like this. It drives us crazy that we are addicted to it. But at the same time we want others to become addicted to it. We want them to have a common interest or addiction with us. Some people hear the words addicting game and they don't want any part of it. They don't even want to try because they know that they will get sucked in. Then there are those that are like a new thing to waste my time what is it. I know I am more like the second person but my family is more like that first person.  

I wonder why we try to get other people addicted and liking or playing the same things we do. It’s like some sort of weird connection over an app. When you put in that context it sounds weird.  If you download 2048 let me know if you like or hate it and what your high score is. 

Lady Gaga Versace Ad

If you haven't seen her Versace ad it’s okay you probably wouldn't have recognized her anyway. Here is a link to the picture. If you can't tell the picture on the right is the one that has been edited. When I first looked at this picture it was kind of like that game you played when you were little. You the one that was on every kid's menu at every restaurant, where you had to spot the differences. That is what I did to these two pictures I tried to spot the differences.

First of all in the picture on right her face looks very shimmery and tan. Like she is wearing foundation and/or blush. Then in the picture on the left it looks like she isn't wearing any make up. She looks like she just got out of bed. Her lips also looked chapped on the picture on the left, then on the other side she is wearing lip gloss. The shape of her face is also very different. On the right it is very angled and almost perfect looking. Then on the right it looks nothing like that. Her cheeks almost look puffy. Again like she just woke up. Then her hair on the left side is yellowish. Then on the right it is like platinum, almost white. On the left as well her hair looks like she is wearing a wig and it's falling off. On the right it looks better obviously but her roots don't look very good. Next her legs on the right at almost shimmery like her face. They look tan and tone, her legs look like a Barbie’s legs. (Which I don't consider a good thing, but other people might). On the left it looks like her knees are bruised and banged up. If you look at the background of both pictures you can tell that the right hand picture has been darkened. 

I guess it’s good we have such good editing. But if they have to do that much to make you look better is it really worth it. I thought Lady Gaga would be against all of this. I checked her twitter to see if she said anything about it and she didn't. If she was "Born That Way" why isn't she embracing it? Instead she is hiding it. I think by now her fans know and the rest of America knows that all celebrities have bad picture days and some just are not photogenic. That’s okay just don’t hide it. Own it. Make it yours.    

Coachella

If you haven't heard of "Coachella" you must live under a rock or don't have any social media accounts. Coachella is a music and art festival in California. It is in Coachella Valley or what is known as Palm Springs. There are a lot known and unknown artists there. It was going on all this weekend and all next weekend. If you were curious as to who was going to be there is here is a list of the line up. It has a great turn out. There has been quite of celebrities there as well. Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Paris Hilton, Kellan Lutz, Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Katy Perry, Fergie, Tony Hawk, Kendall Jenner and many more. A lot of them tried to dress to fit in, but obviously it didn't work. There were also a lot youtubers there. JC Caylen, Ricky Dillon, JennXPenn and Rebecca Black. 

After seeing all of these pictures this weekend I am already sick of hearing about it. It's not even the fact that I am jealous, because there is only like 5 people I would be interested in seeing. I am just sick of everyone tweeting about it and posting instagram pictures and videos. Especially when that is all I see on my timeline. At point this weekend I just stopped going on social media apps. I think it's great if you are there to see all of the pictures and videos. But if you aren't there it gets really annoying. 

The price is decent for this festival to on Coachella's website it says that for 3 days of the festival its $60 and that includes transportation from each part of the festival to see different people. They also offer where you could stay on site at Coachella in a tent. It looks really cool in the picture. That doesn't mean it actually is though.

I am just really frustrated with the whole thing. Hearing about it all this weekend and then again all next weekend is just annoying. It is like a terrible song that they keep playing on the radio over and over again. You can’t get enough of it but at the same time it drives you up the wall when you hear it. I also get excited to see celebrities there. Their outfits are not cute though. They are just not my cup of tea, but it is really fitting for the event.

Commercialization of Easter

With Easter coming right around the corner it got me thinking on how a holiday that is religious became a holiday about bunnies and candy and searching for eggs. Which is another thing I don't understand why are there Easter egg hunts during Easter. When bunnies don't even lay eggs they are mammals. The Easter Bunny is like Santa but for the spring. The Easter Bunny leaves eggs for you to find and then you get other presents and candy from the Easter Bunny.

This holiday is very important for Christians. Because on Easter Sunday is the day the Jesus died and rose again to pay for the price of our sins. Then somehow hardly anybody associates Jesus and Easter. People associate Easter with rabbits, eggs or candy. I did a little bit or research. The whole idea of getting eggs for Easter was brought to America in 1700's. Children made nests and when they woke up a creature left colored eggs in the nest. In Germany it is called "Osterhase". It eventually spread to the U.S.

Another thing is all of the candy during Easter. It is the second best selling candy holiday in America. They have all of this egg shaped candy, a ton of jelly beans and chocolate bunnies. All to put in an egg. You can’t forget Peeps either. Every year Easter comes around then comes the Peeps and all the different colors of peeps.  

A lot of these customs we now know as Easter they try to associate with the Christian holiday of Easter. But in my opinion I don't think they really associate together. Some people say that the Easter eggs are represented by Jesus coming out of the tomb.  Then they say that the Bunny represents a new life. I as a Christian it is really hard to associate all the commercialization of Easter to how Jesus died on the cross for us.  This and Christmas are really hard to see all of the commercials for Easter and spring deals. Just the other day I saw a commercial for Black Friday but in the spring. I think this ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as starting Black Friday on Thursday night. Anyway, if this holiday was commercialized as much as they are for candy, the Easter bunny and Easter egg hunts. But instead of all the fake stuff of Easter the actual reason for the season (so to speak) to spread the love of Jesus and share his story. Just think of this when you are celebrating all of your Easter festivities. 

Girl Meets World

I just head the news that there is going to be a new spin off of the show “Boy Meets World" it is called "Girl Meets World". It is about Corry and Topanga and their kids now. It is supposed to air on Disney channel this summer. I always and still do watch "Boy Meets World" I am so excited for this to air. In the new show they have 5 kids. Two girls and three boys. There is still not an official release date for the show. I am really excited to see how Corry and Topanga have grown up since the show. Also there will be some of the old characters from “Boy Meets World" in the new show "Girl Meets World". 

I am very curious of how this show will play out. I really don't want to be disappointed by the show. I feel like this is Disney's way of replacing another dysfunctional family on Disney Channel, "Good Luck Charlie". I think when that show ended there were a lot of people that were upset and really enjoyed the show. I have a younger sister me and her watched all the time. I know she was really upset that the show ended. I have a feeling that "Girl Meets World" is going also be a dysfunctional family but in a good way. A lot like "Good Luck Charlie" was. 

If you have never seen "Good Luck Charlie" it is another Disney Channel Show. This was a mom and a dad that had three kids already and the mom was pregnant with the first one when the show started. Her name was Charlie. The oldest daughter did little vlogs for her. To watch as she grows up and at the end of each vlog she would say "Well I am wishing you good luck Charlie" hence the name. I strongly recommend it. It is on netflix if you are interested. 

Anyway I think Disney wanted that dysfunctional family back that a lot of people could relate to. Knowing Corry and Topanga from "Boy Meets World" I would be surprised if they weren't dysfunctional. Especially with all the trouble that Corry and Topanga got in on the show. Unfortunately “Boy Meets World” isn't on Netflix but you can usually catch re-runs on ABC family and sometimes late at night on Disney channel. But you would be more likely to find it on ABC family rather than Disney Channel.

Magcon Boys

There is a new app that has surfaced to social media. If you haven't heard of it it is called Vine. On Vine you have to get your point across in a 6 second video. There is a lot of argument on if its a cop-out or if that makes them more creative.  Either way I give them credit trying to make someone laugh or show them something in 6 seconds isn't easy. 

To get to the point they do conventions for everything even for youtbers. So viners are not any different. Magcon stands for meet and greet convention. Well there are nine boys that are apart of magcon. They are Matt Espinosa, Cameron Dallas, Nash Grier, Carter Reynolds, Jack Johnson, Jack Gilinsky, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Caniff, Hayes Grier, and Aaron Carpenter. They kind of got thrown together for this convention. But they work really well together. They have become such good friends. Their personalities are so different but that what makes them awesome. It also helps that they are all VERY attractive. Shawn, Jack J and Jack G all sing together. So they usually make 6 sec singing videos. There was a lot of pranking that when on when they were on tour. 

With the Magcon Tour they go to to different cities for a weekend and they do two shows. Each show has two parts. The first part is just them dancing and screwing around even some singing. Then next part is the actual meet and greets part. Where you get to meet the guys and get autograph and pictures. Recently in their tour there has been a girl that added the group. Her name is Mahogny but she isn't as vine famous as the rest of them. 

If you get interested in any of these people let me know who you checked out and what you thought of them. OR if you checked them all out who is you favorite and why? If you can't get enough of their vines some of them also make YouTube videos as well. When they started to make their youtube videos there was big fight about it. Some people said they shouldn’t be on youtube if they make vine videos. But they got over it. I personally think their youtube videos are really good. If you check out their youtube channel just know that it isn’t their main focus. They only post on it occasionally. 

Spring Break

Now that we are getting back into groove of things after a whole week off of no responsibilities it has me thinking. Why do so many people these days make such a big deal about spring break. A lot of people think it a one week  to just party the whole time. In reality a lot of scary things can happen during spring break, while you are partying. Most people who go on spring break usually go somewhere warmer than where they already are. This gives you another stereo type for spring break. Is when you come back from spring break you are tanner. I went to California but I didn't come back tan.

I feel that if you go on spring break just to party you could end up sick or dead. It sounds really extreme but its true. If you go to Mexico they have a low drinking age. So a lot of college and high school students will go there just to party. Drinking that much in a week time you could black out, or get alcohol poisoning. Mexico also has all you can drink specials during this time. You don't always have to get sick from alcohol. Every year at least one student dies form jumping off a balcony. I mean that could partially be from alcohol. It could also be stupidity. When there is no one to discourage you from anything. You have no cares in the world. It is really easy to fall into peer pressure at this point.  

I think it is sad that this is what spring break has come to in our country. I personally didn't go out and party. I think partying is overrated any way. But what is the point of partying for a whole week, if first of all you don't even remember when you go back to school. You also if you have to fight the hang over later. I also know that there is also a drug involved in to spring break. Which doesn’t make it much better. 

Whatever you did for spring break I hope you were safe about it. I also hope you take some of things into consideration, when you plan your next spring break vacation. Maybe you could do something to better the world or better yourself. If you were wondering I got all of my facts from dosomething.org. Once again I hope you had a great spring break.