The Adventures of Kariet and Juniper

Regurgitate

As much as I like Tumblr, sometimes I really hate it when my entire “news feed” or whatever this front page is called is filled with gifs with text from Dr. Who and Sherlock, the first of which I like but don’t care about and the second which I’ve never seen and don’t care to. And more recently I’ve been bogged down with mindless gifs from The Avengers, which I don’t give two shits about. My question is… what happened to original content? Like if you’re really into that stuff, that’s fine… but isn’t the point of a blog to post original content and stuff? I dunno… I don’t get it and I hate having to scroll through that stuff to get to actual content. I want to read about you and your life and see things you make and do… not regurgitated gifs from TV shows and movies that I haven’t seen. If you post cool pictures and stuff that’s one thing… but crap from fandom worlds is so pointless. I dunno, it’s been a bad day, and I’m taking it out on Tumblr. Sorry. :(

Anonymous asked: Why do you sometimes answer a question and then delete it?

I dunno.

Anonymous asked: *Inspired by the latte/mocha question inspired by the Mexican/Italian question inspired by the chocolate question that was inspired by the doughnut question: decaff or regular (or supercharged espresso?)

I don’t like coffee. I prefer tea, English breakfast with cream and sugar. Or a really good chai. 

Anonymous asked: Do you support the legalization of marijuana?

Yes. For people wanting an “escape”, it’s far safer than alcohol. Not to mention it’s medicinal uses are phenomenal. 

Anonymous asked: You should blog more

Yes, yes I know.

Anonymous asked: Can you describe the importance of music in your life?

No. Because I don’t really know anyone. It used to be my whole life… until PLU said that it can’t be anymore. So I don’t know where music fits into my life anymore nor do I know it’s importance. I haven’t been in choir since December, the longest I’ve ever been without choir since my freshman year of high school. And I have refused to attend any concerts at PLU, especially choir ones (except the ones Nick performs in) because it’s so hard for me. It just makes me so sad and angry. Choir was my whole world and so was music… but not anymore. But yet I don’t know how to fill the void. I am a very sad and broken girl these days.

Anonymous asked: Who are your musical role models? Composers or famous people, AND people who you have actually encountered in your life who have impacted you or whose talent you admired.

Well, Nick for sure. He is exactly like me when it comes to music, and that inspires me. He never had lessons in high school, was in a really good ensemble, and just LOVED what he did. We’ve both taken a back seat at PLU in the music department because we didn’t have lessons before. I feel like he and I are very different from everyone else, and that is very inspiring to me… to know I’m not alone.

My second role model is my high school music teacher, Ms. Thielen. She’s since been married and had a kid and has a different name, but to me, she’s still Ms. Thielen. She believed in me so much and influenced me to become a music major. I owe her everything I know about music and singing. But most of all she taught me to be passionate about music… and that passion and hard work will always override talent. That’s something I don’t think PLU necessarily sees.

In terms of celebrities, I met and had a chance to work with the composer Z. Randall Stroope. He is such an inspiration to me. I love his music and it was a once in a lifetime experience to get to work with him. I have a photo of the two of us on Facebook. It was such an incredible experience. I am so lucky. 

Anonymous asked: Changing the subject, how do you get Google analytics to work? Computer stuff confuses me...

I had to find some how-to thing online. I don’t even know how I got it set up… I kinda just tried things until I got it right. :P

Anonymous asked: What is harder for you...wanting to lose weight or the point in your life when you were trying to gain weight?

Wanting to lose weight. Wanting to gain weight was effortless and sort of fun. Now I dread meals and literally count every single calorie that goes into my body. It’s very stressful. Eating out and eating places where I don’t cook my own meals are really, really stressful because I can’t control stuff as well.

Anonymous asked: You should drive down to Eugene on Saturday for a party!

I’m in Bellevue nannying until Sunday. Besides, I can’t just get in my car and drive to Eugene from Tacoma for a party… haha. That’s way too long.