OUTRAGEOUS

OMG OMG OMG OMG I'M GONNA CRY I'M GONNA SCREAM THIS BETTER BE GOOD AHHHHHHH

Sister Dearest

Reason 77: So Karla just bought me a Jem costume. WHAT? COME AGAIN? AFTER ALL THESE YEARS?! KARLA JUST BOUGHT ME A JEM COSTUME. All my happiness ever. Unfortunately, I won't wear it this year. But I will use every excuse I can to wear it. IT EVEN HAS THE JEM STAR EARRINGS.

This one. :3 !!!

It Feels Dynamite!

Reason 69: I've been stopped by people I don't even know who came to see Hairspray. And they're always like "Oh my gosh, it was SO GOOD!" which is a compliment to any performer. But all the people who did know me just stopped and said, "I had no idea you could sing like that!!" and that's where my heart melts and I feel all warm and fuzzy. I'll take the ego boost for now. It feels incredible. And now more people know what I love to do!

Mind you, I don't feel THIS ridiculously cocky. But just some examples from Jem about how wonderful it feels. (The first group is the Misfits aka the bad guys, and the second is Jem, which you've all seen. But the 2nd is from closer to the end of the series so the animation is weaker.)

Opened Up My Eyes

Reason 23: I'm ready to tell you. Let me know when you're ready to listen :)

PARDON ME while I jam to some Ace of Base ;)

I tried to come up with a video for today. I could've gone the Alicia Keys/Relient K/Kelly Clarkson route. But that was a bit MUCH. So here is some Jem & the Holograms (well, the show is actually called Jem), aka the best cartoon ever. It's from the 80's and it was the first cartoon to include "music videos" as part of the show. It began as a 5 episode series by the toy company Hasbro in order to promote their new line of dolls (which was competing with Barbie dolls at the time. This explains why there's so much pink in the show). It was so popular that it became a full series. OMG it's so good, and so is the music. And it's basically a must see. I have the first 2 seasons and some of season 3 on DVD hehe.

  

^Premise of this episode. Jem & the Holograms and The Misfits are rival bands. Kimber (girl with pink hair) is the keyboardist/lyricist from Jem & the Holograms. Stormer (blue hair) is the composer for The Misfits. Both feel unappreciated and go to some bar to cool off. They end up next to each other, and the crowd asks them to play together.