2020

Every year since 2012, I’ve summed up my year according to this survey and shared it on Facebook. Facebook has since taken away the “Notes” option, so I’ll be sharing it on here instead, because I do know of some friends who enjoy skimming this over each year. 1: What did you do in 2020 that

My Christmas Playlist

My rule for Christmas music is that I’m not allowed to start listening to the whimsical tunes until after Remembrance Day. That said, here is a list of songs I’ve been looping frequently in my house or on my drive to and from work since November 12th in no particular order (the Spotify playlist can be

My Top 13 Favourite Christmas Films

13 is probably a weird number to land on when talking about Christmas movies. 12 probably would have been ideal, but 13 is also my favourite number, so that’s just how it’s going to be.  Christmas is fast approaching now, and I’m not ready for the big day until I’ve watched certain Christmas films. In

7 Cozy Books to Read During the Winter Season

Winter can be a chunk of the year that drags by. Especially if you live in Winnipeg. Yes, the first snowfall is magical. Yes, the Christmas lights are beautiful. However, once Christmas is over and when the bitter winter chill sticks around for almost half the year, it gets pretty old pretty fast. The trick

First Impressions of the MacBook Pro 2020

Over the course of the past year my Samsung laptop (Irwin, because I’m a weirdo who names inanimate objects) has been acting sketchy. Most likely because I have spent eight years overloading it with so much more than it could handle. A notorious trait of mine. Since last summer I’d been having to bend the

10 Ways to Brainstorm Story Ideas

A blank page is probably pretty intimidating to most people who want to write or draw. It’s like an instant block until you find that first word or gain enough courage to press the tip of your pencil to the page. What I personally find more intimidating, is finding the idea of what you want to write. It’s no

How I’m Keeping My Sanity During the Pandemic

I’m not going to lie to you on here, I’ve almost lost my marbles several times since March of this year. Mostly due to work, but also due to the constant cancellation of plans I had (a miracle that I even had plans, really, since I never do) or even the worry over winter driving. It’s not out of

My Pandemic Playlist

I am someone who basically does nothing without music. I am someone who will obsess over one song for days at a time and choreograph dance routines for said song in their head. I am someone who frequently revisits songs from their adolescence like it just dropped yesterday. I am someone who sings in their

Why I Deleted My Fan Fiction

Recently I deleted any and all fan fiction I had posted on several websites. It was oddly difficult to do, because I had literally been posting and participating on those sites since I was 17 years old. I made the choice to delete the stories for three main reasons: The first reason I chose to