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    Q u b o : A F e w o f  G e n  Z 's  N o s t a l g i a "I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler." ~Emmy Rossum The Qubo Channel Logo I t's a breezy autumn day in a suburban neighbourhood in the foothills. The sun is shining with the last rays of warmth for the season, the light illuminating the trees in a brilliant glow of amber and gold. A mother strolls on the sidewalk as her three small children trudge through the leaves that litter the side of the road. They're on their way home from the bus stop, where the two older ones had gotten off from a long and tiring day at school. After arriving at their warm, familiar home, they put their stuff away and have some dinner: Chef Boyardee ravioli. It was getting too dark and cold outside to play in the yard, so afterward, they settled in the living room in front of the TV to watch some kids' shows from the only channel they received a signal for: Qubo. Doki (a show I hardl...

  ... I m a g i n e ... A Parable: Written by Hividah [Reposted from my now deleted blog.] "To make a difference, you don't have to be brilliant, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to  care ." ~Mandy Hale Imagine if you took a few minutes out of your busy day to read this... ~ * ~ I magine if there were only one home you could live in. It's the largest home there is, with plenty of space for you and everyone else you share it with. Imagine if there were a homeowner, someone who made sure that the home kept running and that everyone was alive and well. Imagine that the homeowner was very kind and generous, giving you everything you ever needed and wanted, letting you do and use whatever you wanted. Imagine if suddenly, you find out that they're coming down with a fever. You know that without them, you would die. That scares you, so you pretend that they're okay and that their fever isn't real. So you, and most others, continue to live your lives the same ...

    M y   T w o - Y e a r   B l o g i v e r s a r y (Also, Where Have I Been?) "Always trust your gut instincts. They are messages from your soul, telling you which way to go." ~Unknown A screenshot I took from WCUE on Roblox. W ow. Two years already? And what have I done in that time?! The answer is keeping busy, waiting, changing/growing as a person, learning, and trying new things. Yes, I've neglected my blog, but I do not plan to abandon it quite yet. After all, I still have a list of ideas for posts that may be of interest to you! So, if not blogging, then what have I been up to in 2024...? My sisters finally convinced me to create a Roblox account in early March of last year. I had kept pushing it away, afraid of becoming addicted to it. Thankfully, I have not, but it ended up changing my life anyway in a way I never expected (but more on that later)! I've also become much more active on Discord and joined several servers related to some of my favourite Roblox ...

W a s O d y s s e u s a G o o d L e a d e r ? "'Nobody — that's my name. Nobody — so my mother and father called me, all my friends.'" ~ Book 9 (page 223, lines 410–411) An image of a typical Greek ship. Source: etc.usf.edu Note: The book referenced throughout this was The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Robert Fagles. Odysseus: A Proclaimed Hero In the few thousand-year-old epic poem, The Odyssey, we follow a man named Odysseus, son of Laertes, who goes on a perilous journey to return to his home in Ithaca, Greece, after becoming a hero in the Trojan War. He overcomes many obstacles and setbacks that cause his journey home to take twenty years. Owing to his brave actions in the Trojan War, Odysseus was known as a "king" and a great leader. But if he was such an acclaimed hero, how come he lost his entire army on the return trip home? What Makes a Great Leader? Leadership is the act of leading a group or an organization. A leader is an idol, one w...

T h e F a n d o m T a g "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere." ~Carl Sagan Doll from Murder Drones I  return for a brief moment after weeks (or months) of not posting. I apologize for that... 😔 I have been occupied with different things in my life and haven't been motivated to finish some blog posts. But I made time for this one (despite procrastinating), which was short and fun. 😊 I was tagged by  McKayla  from  Tales of a Triple Threat. What's the first fandom that you remember joining? I have known the Harry Potter movies since I was little, but one hardly joins a fandom at the age of 4! So my answer to this question is  Warriors by Erin Hunter. I started reading the books when I was around 9 and attending a public school. My entire grade was obsessed with the series, so naturally, I wanted to be included. I was invested with the fandom until a few years ago when I unfortunately lost interest. It's st...

N e v e r   H a v e  I   E v e r :   W r i t e r 's  E d i t i o n [ T a g ] "You don't write because you want to say something... you write because you have something to say." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald I  stumbled upon this Tag on McKayla's blog, Tales of a Triple Threat  while working on my previous post (Never Have I Ever: Book Edition). Again, I wasn't tagged for this, but I hope it's alright for me to take part in it anyway, even years later. ( I wasn't on Blogger in 2020-2021, when most of these were going around ). So giving credit where credit is due, I shall now proceed to answer these questions! Never Have I Ever... 1) ...started a novel that I didn't finish. Yes. I have a series with around 5 or 7 books—all are started, but none are finished. I began writing it when I was 12 but never got through to the end because (1) it was a huge project for me, and (2) it was an ongoing story. As I was getting older, I kept changing my ideas for the sto...