Thursday, January 8, 2015

Ellen Degeneres

Ellen DeGeneres. Need I really say more? No. Trust me I know. But I shall say more anyways. Because this is my job. Kind of.
Ellen DeGeneres. More like Ellen thee Generous. Am I right? Of course I am! Do you know how much she helps people out? Not only just financially, but inspirationally, and motivationally too. (wow that's a lot of -allys)
She isn't quite Oprah with handing out financial help (But who really is? (besides Oprah herself of course.)), but she has helped a lot of people in need out. The main type of people I hear her giving money to are students, for doing some magnificent yet unappreciated thing or other. However she has given out a lot of things for no reason other then someone being a fan. How cool is that? What? I didn't hear you. Super you say? Right on.
She gives inspiration to a lot of homosexual people. She's proof that things could get better. That, although it's hard and kind of scary to come out and be openly homosexual, it'll be alright in the end. because the people that love you will accept you. And the people that don't aren't worth your time.
She's also very motivationally through a lot of things she says and does. One of the things being through Finding Nemo. With her key phrase being "Just keep swimming" it's hard to not look to her for a bit of motivation.
I personally have also never heard of her putting another person down. This is not me saying that she never has, just that there has never been a huge scandal that I've heard of, of her bashing someone. Which proves even more just how great, and accepting of a person she is.
Ellen is pretty well known for being hilarious as well. On her show she'll go through her audiences, and even sometimes her staff members Facebook pictures, just to get the background story of their wacky pics. Her whole aura tends to be humorous in some way or another. From the times where she puts herself in other movies to her everyday reactions to things that happen during her show, it's not difficult to take an immediate liking towards her.
Ellen is always entertaining and even uplifting. She gives a helping hand to the people that watch her without always being consciously aware of it. And that's what makes her so special.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Bob's Burgers


Bob's burgers is a super cool adult swim type show. But it's really nothing like other shows like the Simpsons or Family Guy or American Dad. Do you want to know the things that set it apart from other shows? Good. I shall tell you. This is probably why you're here. Maybe.
My biggest reason for saying it's set apart from other shows, is by way of its humor. Sure it's still the weird, sometimes sexualized humor you expect to get from adult swim, but it's never hurtful. They never make fun of someone for being who they are. Generally, the jokes are universally made, so everyone would think they are funny, instead of just poking fun at a few characters.
Another reason as to why I personally really like Bob's Burgers is because Bob's family all accept each other. Even though every single one of them are extraordinarily weird for their own different reasons, they all love each other. Excluding Louise, they are all almost always ready to support each other no matter what.
An added bonus is that some of the humor can be easily related to. Especially with Tina, the teenage girl. For example, in one episode, she spent a good amount of time just lying on the floor and groaning because she was having a pretty crappy day. I can honestly say that there have been days where I've kind of wanted to do that. And that's the main difference between other people and Tina. Other people usually don't act upon the random urges they get, unlike Tina, who's never afraid to be herself and do what she wants.
You still need another reason? How about I give you one you can't resist? eh, eh? Well, I guess you might be able to resist it. I you don't like a few musical numbers! That's right folks. Musical. Numbers. Every once in a while the family will have a cool song and maybe dance thrown in there. And who doesn't love those? I know I do. Music makes the world go round people.
Although it is on adult swim now, it originated with Fox Family. But don't let that fool you. It's definitely a must watch.
It's been going for five seasons now, and has been confirmed for a sixth as of January 8th. Although it might take a few episodes before you really get into to, I personally think Bob's Burgers is a wonderful show that more people should watch. It provides harmless entertainment that is still funny after being watched several times over.
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Taylor Swift




Taylor Swift is awesome. Hands down. Period. The end.
Well maybe not the end. You might need some convincing. Well it's your lucky day because I'm going to tell you exactly why Taylor Swift should be someone you look up to.
First and foremost. She has recently become an out spoken feminist. Do you know how cool that is? Women cop a lot of crap all the time for being feminists, when really, all we're asking for are equal rights. But that's another blog post. All I'm saying, is that Taylor Swift is publicly standing up for women. And it's pretty hella awesome. I did use the word recently. That's because, if you have ever listened to some of her older songs, they weren't exactly the nicest to her exes new girlfriends. But that's what makes her even cooler. She's like a real life example of character development. She speaks out against women being mean to women now. She used to not want to be associated with the word feminism at all. But then she learned what it really is, and she changed. What's that mean? You got it. It means she's amazing.
Second off. She's done taking crap from the media. Shown by her 25th birthday tweet:

That's right people. She's not dating anyone. She has statement several times that she is happily single and yet people still refuse to stop trying to lump her with every guy she takes a picture with. In fact her love life has been a pretty popular topic for quite a while now, even though, her personal life and therefore privacy shouldn't be violated the way it always seems to be. It's honestly getting ridiculous. And she's not afraid to say so either.
Thirdly. She's down to earth. People can relate to things she posts on social media. Like pictures of her adorable cat.
And as an added bonus; she's also on Tumblr. That's right. Tumblr. Possibly the best social media type site known to man in this day and age. It makes sense though, seeing as how Tumblr is largely made up of feminism and the LGBT community and such.
And I could go on. But I won't. Because that would feel a bit too obsessive. Anyways. Your take away should be: Taylor Swift is a role model for being able to change who she is for the better, and for letting that new person actually be herself.
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Picture sources:
http://www.justjaredjr.com/photo-gallery/660544/taylor-swift-2014-acm-awards-05/
https://www.fanlala.com/news/taylor-swift-tweets-birthday-wish-media