M.A.E.W.I.N. needs you!

Okay, so normally I wouldn't support a company that forces a bunch of young adults to fight to the death for job offers...but if they don't get the money they need they are going to have to exterminate pretty much everyone left in the M.A.E.W.I.N. house which would kind of suck. So, lets get kickstarting!

Okay, okay, so on a serious note the Job Hunters creators need your help. They are 19 hours away from the end of their Kickstarter project and they are still about $9,500 short of their goal. It only takes a little bit from a lot of people to reach their goal so I'm asking for your help. I have donated as much as I can afford seeing as I still have to pay a mountain of taxes from my etsy sales this year so I am going to do something for you and for them; I am going to donate my time instead. Here is the deal:

All you have to do is like the page (Nerd-Freakin-Tastic) on facebook and post your screen shot there along with a link to your etsy account (it's free so create one if you don't already have one). This is for any donations from today to the end so it has to be a new donation (as explained) of $20 or more. If their project gets funded, you get your coupon or drawing (you can specify which you will want when you post your screen cap).

For those who have already donated, you do have to up your donation $20 or more (sorry, I can't afford to give coupons to everyone who already donated and the purpose is to get them through this last leg). If this is you, take a screen cap of the amount you've already donated (remember that your username must be visible so no one tries to re-use your screen cap) and post that. 

Example:

You may then donate your extra $20 or more and take a new screen cap of the page that says "congratulations" and has your pledged amount (the page that shows up once you've checked out with amazon). If you have not yet donated and you are finally getting to it, this is the only picture I need from you. Just show me you have donated $20 or more. Please remember that you MUST have a screenshot of this exact page so I know that it is new money being donated today (now that you know of this new incentive). :)

Example:

These may be posted straight to the Nerd-Freakin-Tastic page. You can get to that page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nerd-freakin-tastic

I don't quite know what I'm getting myself into here (since I have an order of 5 ponies on my plate already) but I am raring to go so bring it on...just don't make me poor ha ha ha. I hope that this inspires you guys to help out and make Season 2 possible because I will be so sad if it doesn't happen.

With our help, they just may win! ;)

Season 1, Episode 1:

I knew it!

So uhhhh...remember a week ago when I made that CRAAAAAZY accusation about who I was suspicious of being Drew Thompson?

I WAS RIGHT!

Boom shaka laka my friends, boom shaka laka.

Random thought about Justified

Just a random thought for those of you who may watch the show Justified.

Sheriff Shelby...Drew Thompson? Just a thought.

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Saying it out loud (ahem...writing it online, rather) suddenly makes it seem an incorrect and a stupid thought (considering all the stuff that is known about the mysterious Drew). Forget I ever said anything.

It's just that he's so obsessed with this widow thing. As soon as Raylan mentioned Drew's widow making a list of possible Drew's...he won't let it go. He keeps bringing her up and it's weird. Maybe don't forget I said anything just yet.

A Unicorn Jumping Over A Rainbow

So a little girl with a love for MLP: Friendship is Magic and a wish (on her Christmas list) for a Unicorn jumping over a rainbow is going to get something pretty great from Santa this year. I was glad to be a part of that gift. I think I'll have to do some other crazy requests in the future. :)

MUFFINS!

Baking With Derpy: Muffins

Step 1: Buy box of muffin mix because waiting extra time to make from scratch means less time to eat muffin.

Step 2: Get muffin tin and put paper muffin clothes in tin.

Muffins don't like being naked, they need their muffin clothes.

Step 3: Preheat baking room thing to 400 degrees farenh...frenah...that one degree that isn't cels...or whatever.

Step 4: Add the extra stuff they don't include in the box cause apparently eggs have to be cold all the time.

Step 5: Mix.

Step 6: Mix.

Step 7: Mix.

Step 8: Take the gooey and put it in the muffin clothes.

Careful not to put too much, don't fill the muffin clothes all the way.

Step 9: Put tins in the baking room but don't stay in there with them, the muffins need their privacy.

Step 10: Leave them in the room for as long as the box says to leave them in there. You can poke them with a toothpick to see if they are done but that's mean so maybe just look at them.

 Step 11: Ask the muffin if you may eat him.

Step 12: Eat all teh muffins.

ALL

OF

TEHM!

Tune in next time when we convince Derpy to make something other than muffins...maybe.

My "annoying" gift

For those of you who know me, you also know my uncanny gift to know what is going to happen in a book, movie, or show long before it happens. I can't always explain it because while sometimes it's based on a word, phrase, or look a character gives, other times it's completely based on a feeling that I get. It's not often that I'm wrong (I don't say that to be boastful, it's just true).

I started reading a book earlier today (and I'm almost finished with it now) and near the beginning I got this thought/theory about something that I immediately clung to. This theory could be summarized into a simple four word sentence that I found myself repeating over and over as I made my way through the story chapter after chapter. I won't tell you the sentence in case you go to read the book some day, but I will tell you that at 43 chapters in (out of 54), I was proved right very eloquently through the masterful story telling abilities of the writer. I cannot tell you how good it feels to have my theories proven correct. No matter how often it happens, I always find myself doing a little dance or jumping up and down while squealing as silently as possible.

Though I like to attribute the gift to my understanding of the hero's journey, to my many years of reading and watching movies, and to my own writing skills, the truth is that I was able to do this long before I'd been well read and well entertained/educated by stories and their structure. As helpful as they have become over these years (and I do know that they have increased my ability to pick up on the clues for my theories sooner) I think that I'd have to attribute it to my creativity and my sharp mind (gifts that I cannot entirely claim as ones that I gained for myself). Sometimes I wonder if my writing and story telling skills even branched from the combination of creativity and my ability to see what is coming. I wonder if this skill or gift makes my writing better?

While some family members or friends will know it simply as that annoying talent of mine at spoiling endings in the movies or shows we are watching (sorry Danielle...you know you love it too), I know it to be the reason that I can write so well, the reason that I can spin a tale, and the reason that I come up with so many story ideas that I have at least twenty book ideas sitting in my notebooks, waiting to be written. It's a gift that I am so very grateful for and one that I will never grow tired of. I can only hope my friends and family will forgive me for the side effects of such a gift...I can't let it go to waste. ;) Just know that whenever you choose to watch something with me, there will always be unintentional spoilers.

Is Breanna's theory correct? *shake* What are you asking the ball for? Of course it is!

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Sorry...had to get some frustrations out. All done. :) Huh, it kind of looks like I played a game of dominoes...only all the tiles were blank.