The Daily Something

Favorites  The X Files- So I was nervous about this... but also excited and I did a whole review on the premiere... but it needed a shout out here too because it was really good and I loved it honestly. It was good and I just like it being back on. Check out my review  here . The Hamilton Soundtrack- I've been talking about this one a lot too... but the music is so good! I mentioned loving Apple Music last week and I feel like I'm trying to get into other cds... but this one is just so good! I want to eventually see it live... but if I can't I feel like I have a good grasp of the characters from this musical. And I think its pretty accurate. I kind of wonder if Hamilton really wrote Anjelica a letter that said My Dearest, Angelica instead of My Dearest Angelica... that seems like it could have happened.I don't know... so that was good. Periscope- This is weird... but a pretty fun app! There are some people I follow on youtube that go on Periscope and they hang out...

So a few days ago, I uploaded a selfie on Instagram and just put the date on it... and then I decided I was going to start doing that every day. And I decided that for a few reasons. 1) I take a lot of selfies, I usually update them to my Beauty Blog at some point in time... but I often forget to update them to Instagram... and I hate that. I work hard for these makeup looks and I should put them on Instagram more often. 2) I feel like I look different all the time. I was looking at old pictures of me and even just from a few months ago... thats not what I look like all the time. Like my current profile picture has me with really nice makeup and hair and red lipstick... I don't do that all the time... so I figured I would just show a picture every day. 3) I sort of want a beauty related instagram... but thats a lot of work and I'm not that skilled. Lol. 4) I'm not really fishing for compliments or anything... but having a person click like every day feels nice. So... that...

January 15th  This was a fun day. I was already trying to get to 10,000 steps every day for a week, and I was keeping up with my streak... but my friend who is in the National Guard had some sort of test that started at 3 in the morning and got 18,000 steps before 10am her time... so of corse she started the Daily Showdown challenge because obviously she was going to win right? WRONG! Lol. My sister's fiancé can't back down from a challenge and ended up doing 30,000 steps.  Anyway, how did I do? I got 11,293 steps that day. For the challenge I ended up getting 12,122 because I was up late cleaning my room and because my friend that started the challenge is in a different time zone she's an hour behind so the challenge goes on till 1 for my time... which is pretty cool. So that ended up working for me. January 16th  This might be tough, but I can do it! I've got 1,660 already. It is 9:32 am right now. We're having company over today so I can't total...

So I know its not easy to get tickets to see Hamilton... but I've listened to the soundtrack a few times and I have enough of a feel for it. I didn't think I'd want to see it live because I'm not a big fan of rap and I can't always understand it... and I figured I'd listen to the soundtrack, and I'd get to know the music so that sometime if I ever can get tickets I will understand it better. And listening to a soundtrack isn't quite the same as seeing a play... but it is pretty close. And its as close to seeing the play as I'll get for the time being. So right now, I feel like there are some things I didn't totally get, some characters I didn't really get to know very well that are probably featured more prominently in the play. There's a song about Burr's relationship with his child and there's mention of Eliza teacher Phillip how to play piano... and little things that I can't see so the characters aren't as well devel...

So this isn't going to be like a Shannon Goes Viral... its just going to be me talking about all the best stuff on the internet that I've seen recently... just cause there's a lot that's been funny. First off... There was a storm this weekend on the East Coast... and This happened. I think in all of my internet-ing years and all the things I've seen in all the internet... this is definitely in the top 10. This is pretty fantastic... yeah. I want all weathermen to dress like this now. Then there is this thing on Facebook where you just enter your name and it says something. Mine says "This is Shannon. Shannon likes to travel. Shannon doesn't check in on Facebook every single place Shannon visits. Shannon is smart. Be like Shannon." And I was like "ohhh this is great." And it is very accurate. I never want to let anyone know where I am because then people rob you. Lol. But yeah. I gotta say, I tried to do another one of these because I...

So my dad is sharing his apple music with me because I kind of get bored with music easily... so yeah. This is good for me. If I like the songs enough I'll probably buy them... but I don't love hearing the same things over and over again... so Apple music is good for me. This might be a little bit of a boring post... but I'm still going to write it. Lol. So I only have albums downloaded right now... If I have singles I tend not to listen to them. I do have one single though and that is Hotline Bling from Drake... I don't like Drake that much... but I can get on board with this song. Its pretty okay. I think its mostly because of American Horror Story. The main reason I have Apple Music is because I actually like Justin Bieber right now and I feel a little embarrassed actually owning his cd... and I don't think my dad wanted his daughter owning a Justin Bieber CD either, so I have that on here too write now. I'm actually listening to the song "Children...

So I wasn't sure if this was being considered a revival, but on my tv it says "Season 10 episode 1" so I'm going with Season 10. As you guys may know, I love The X Files. I think the show is awesome. Its really kind of a powerful feminist show if you really watch it. Dana Scully is one of the first really strong female characters I've seen in any tv show and it still holds up. I've seen every episode, but I haven't seen them all recently... I've only seen up to Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man recently... lol. And I didn't love the second movie and the show wasn't as good in its last few seasons as it was in its prime... but honestly the last few seasons were not terrible. Season 7 had some good episodes... Season 8 I kind of liked actually and Season 9 not the worst... and I haven't seen those seasons recently but I feel like they are a little over-hated. I think if you watched a few episodes in those seasons they aren't terrible...

Favorites  Minions- I feel like I didn't like a lot of things this week... lol idk why I had a good week and everything, but there isn't a ton I'm like "wow I just tried this and you need to try it too." But this has been a very minion-y week. I watched Minions, I watched Despicable Me 2... there are other random minion things I've liked... its just been a pretty Minion-y week and I like that. Minions always make me happy. So yeah. Starbucks White Mocha- It's been a while since I had this... but it is amazing! My dad actually got this for me when he went to starbucks and I need to remember to order this more! For some reason I didn't think I liked the White Mocha... but it is really really good! I really like it! Apple Music- So my dad has Apple Music and he's sharing it with me... and I really like it because I don't love committing to an album really. Like I used to like Adele, and I used to listen to her... but after they played all of ...

I loveeee English Muffins and I like French Toast, so when I saw limited edition Maple French Toast flavored English Muffins... I needed them! And here are my thoughts. So I've had these twice and one time I put them in the toaster and I didn't know if we had any butter opened or where any butter was... but I saw Cream Cheese and I thought that might work. The Second time was right after, so its not like I found butter or anything... but I did forget to put it in the toaster before putting the cream cheese on... so I just microwaved it... so there was a difference and I figured I'd let you guys know. Toasted With Cream Cheese  So it tasted pretty delicious just toasted with Cream Cheese on it. I thought the cream cheese gave a nice flavor. It was nice and cinnamony and pretty delicious... I'm actually getting a little hungry thinking about it now and it makes me want a third... lol. It wasn't overly flavorful, I think if you had apple butter or something that w...

So here I'm going to go on a rant about things that only mildly annoy me. Basically I'm jabbing a thorn in my side and airing my grievances, Festivus Style... So yeah. This is also really for 2 weeks cause I'm posting these every other week... so its really things that have been pissing me off the last couple weeks... but that doesn't sound right. The Dog Wearing Pants Meme  If you haven't seen this yet... basically its the dumbest meme of all time... and I'm including Rebecca Black and The Dress. Basically they show a dog wearing pants and it says "If dogs wore pants would it be under both of their paws and over their belly, or just over the back paws to cover their butt and tail... Ummm duhhh. Pants are just to cover your Hoo Ha and your butt... not to cover your belly... I don't understand why they need to complicate things. And like... why give a dog pants. Who started this argument because thats a weird thing to argue about... there are more imp...

So this is cool. Fall Out Boy and Demi Lovato recently re-created the It's Gonna Be Me music video with their song Irresistible... so I thought it'd be fun to compare the two a little bit and just say what I like about both of them. Nsync- Its Gonna Be Me  This is a fun video. Back in the 90s, boy band videos were always really really fun, but I think this one and the Backstreet Boys song Everybody were particularly memorable and fun. So this has a special place in my heart. Also... I don't think I actually had any of the Nsync dolls. I feel like I wasn't a fan for a long time... but I was a pretty big fan and I still like their music a lot. Justin Timberlake is great. I think the rest shine brightest while in the boy band... but Timberlake was clearly outstanding even back then! So basically the Nsync dolls are trapped in a Toy Store and they're trying to get the attention of a girl that is buying GI Joe toys... so they start dancing and get the help of some...

So I've mentioned that I like Master of None a few times and I wasn't going to do a review because I thought I'd covered it... but then I finished the season and I was like "huh. I could say more about this." So I figured I would! So this is Aziz Ansari's new Netflix show. I'm a fan of Aziz's comedy. I saw him live once and he was amazing. Love him on Parks and Rec, and this show sounded funny even if it wasn't just Aziz. The show is kind of about nothing. It isn't quite about Nothing I guess its sort of about growing up... as a grown up. Theres a lot to it that are real life scenarios. Some of them are things everyone goes through, some are a little specific. Like there is an episode where Aziz's character Dev moves in with his girlfriend and they start fighting over little things. I feel like that is something a majority of people can relate to. If you live with a guy or girl or not... if you fight a lot with your guy or girl... idk i...

So this is super easy for a DIY Coloring book. I like the idea of a coloring book, but one time my friend said "Ohhh that reminds me of the doodles you used to do in high school." And I thought hmmm... maybe instead of spending like $14 on a grown up coloring book (cause they're expensive!) I could just doodle like i did in high school and then color it in with crayola colored pencils. So the doodles I did in high school... I feel like I need to explain... cause its a little intense. Basically what I would do is dray lines... but very intricate lines and squiggles and swirls and it would pretty much take up the whole page. One time I had a project where we had to make a Native American inspired drum... and I was like "I have no craft supplies and I don't feel like making my mom go to the craft store... I can just do this myself." And I just drew lines on a paper because it does look sort of tribal. Its kind of like an infusion of different types of art... ...

Here I'm going to talk about the movies I didn't see and the songs I don't like. Everyone else seems to have seen them and liked them... so yeah. Movies  5) Daddy's Home- I think this movie looks really cute! My grandfather actually saw it this weekend and said it was really funny. I know its not getting great reviews... but come on. It's not like Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are looking for an Oscar here. 4) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Beinghazi- Interesting... Haven't heard about this one. Ohhh no I have, this is the new Michael Bay movie that John Krasinski is in. I love John Krasinski... I thought this was a documentary or something and I would have watched it then... but I don't think I'll watch it. I'm not into super actiony movies. Pretty low on the charts for a Michael Bay movie... but I guess its up against Star Wars and coming out when people are interested in seeing the Oscar movies. 3) Star Wars: The Force Awakens- Wow. Surp...

Hello everyone. Happy Sunday! Lets Start out with the favorites and then get into some news and highlights! Favorites  Master of None- Great show. I'm late on the bandwagon here... but its well worth it. I love Aziz Ansari and I love the type of show that this is if that makes sense. It's in my It List, which is like my mid monthly favorites, and I'll go over it a little bit more there... but its good. Irresistible By Fall Out Boy- I always love hearing FOB on the radio. I always like Fall Out Boy. I'll have a review of this music video out tomorrow I think... but I like the song. I like Demi Lovato in it. I have a little bit of a girl crush on her. She's gorgeous and just seems awesome. Like I get it. The only thing I don't love about the song... all of them are starting to sound the same to me. And I feel like I've known this for a while, but have been afraid to say it... but this and Immortals from the Big Hero 6 soundtrack... might as well be the ...

First It List of the Year! Here we go! If you're new here, I'm just listing around 10 things that I've been loving this month that I think you should check out. 1) The Worst Idea of All Time Podcast- This podcast is so funny. Its 2 guys that watch the same terrible sequel every week for a year and they see something different every time. I'm listening to season 2 because in season 2 they watched Sex and The City 2... and I love Sex and The City 2... it is an awful but its a fun watch... but its flawed and I love listening to all the flaws since it is a very flawed movie and... its just fun. I might be doing something similar in May... I'm trying to pre-write posts so that I can take off for the entire month of my sisters wedding... so yeah... I thought that would be a fun idea. A bad idea... but a fun one. I like this podcast a lot and I'll keep listening to it! 2) Serial Season 2- Another podcast favorite. I feel like this season will have a bit more contro...

So for a New Years Resolution, I wanted to get 10,000 steps on my fitbit every day that I feel healthy enough to... or at least get halfway there or reach one of my goals for the day. So its January 3rd now... and I've gotten 10,000 steps once... lol. I'll update with further progress... I'm not making excuses or anything cause I was healthy enough to get to 10,000 steps both days... I could have easily gotten that... but I haven't been. So January it was good because I got over 1,000 steps before before I even went to bed. My friend lost her car keys New Years Eve and I was walking with her to find them... so I got over 1,000 steps. Then some crazy things happened, I had to help out around the house, I had gotten to around 7,000 with that and then I just tried really hard to get to 10,000 and I walked all around my house... and I made it! January 2nd was also a crazy day and I was at my house all day pretty much. I had to really try to get to 6,000 but I walked u...