INACTIVE BLOG

I forgot I had this blog, if I'm being honest. I started this for an English project in my sophomore year of high school, and I'm a little embarrassed of some of my posts, but instead of deleting everything, I'm just going to abandon it. Consider this your warning: This is a dead blog, this is a blog originally maintained by a 14 year old kid, and this is not going to be somewhere you will find enlightenment.

Update... ish? Half marathons are hard when you're sick

Hi, no one since I know no one reads this. hehe well it's been about a month since I completed my half marathon!... and I procrastinated on doing anything about it... ya, no excuses here, I've just not had the time. I just wanted to share the love and write up that I am not in fact dead, and the half marathon did not kill me, but I did end up running it sick, so it kinda felt like it. I will upload pics on a later date because they are on my camera, and I haven't moved them over to my pc yet. I'll maybe actually write about the run, but I doubt it because
a.) I think it'd end up really boring and no one will care and
b.) I have finals coming up, and they are not lying when they say junior year is hardest.
I will hopefully be able to participate in Project4Awesome this year, but I'm still not sure I can work it into my schedule yet. To be honest, I don't know why I'm keeping up with this blog-thing. I guess I just like writing my thoughts. I will say I'm sorry this blog has gone so far off its original topic of books, but I never intended to do book reviews, just talk about book-related stuff. Well, until next time, salut!
-Jena

Need to be Nerdy

Seeing as I'm basically just using this blog to rant, I'd figure I'd address the while "fake nerd girl" revolution and touch base on the "fake nerd" fad. I honestly didn't get too into the fake nerd fad since the fake nerds I met still to some extent liked a few of the things I liked, which was nice since my school does have many people who like stuff I like anyway; I just knew they weren't a real nerd in their core, but if they wanted to talk about nerdy things, I didn't stop them. I'm a self proclaimed nerd, meaning the fact that I'm a nerd is obviously true and truly obvious, but I feel like I continuously have to redefine my interpretation of what nerd meant because it understandably means different things to different people. Some people see more of a define lines between a geek and a nerd, some people won't hangout with anyone from the other side of the geek-nerd battle since they don't experience the feels the same way, and some people are just glad to have friends whom they can relate to and nerd it up with/geek out with/fangirl with, ect. And any combination thereof. I fall into the last category in that I don't care what part of the nerd spectrum you identify as, so long as I can have a good time with you and decrease world suck(NERDFIGHTERS-DFTBA). It is my theory that because some people draw much more of a distinction between nerd, fake nerd, and geek that there's a sense of prejudice in what is theoretically my utopian society because for me, being a nerd means I don't care what society thinks about me and I'm free to pursue whatever nerdisms I wish, and I have a nerd community to support me in my endeavors. Not only that, I believe being a nerd isn't about the stuff you like, it's about what's in your core that leads you to those things. I do say I am a nerd quite a bit in this post, so bear with me. I do understand I sometimes flip flop from nerd to geek since they are not polar opposites, and I'm cool with that... but what I've been noticing more and more is the need to prove myself as a nerd or at the very least show some sort of identifiable evidence of what "type" of nerd I am. There's an underlying prejudice about girl nerds, or at least that's what I've seen, where there are so many fake nerd girls that it's becoming harder to identify which are real and which aren't. It's gotten to the point where I'll just introduce myself as someone "who likes nerd-type things" and as they get to know me come to their own conclusion, and so far, the only type of nerd I find it safe to call myself without being TOTALLY branded a specific type of nerd is, you guessed it, a book nerd. I  think it's because you can't infiltrate this sector of the nerd division without actually passionately loving the content. I love reading and I'm a book nerd. There is nothing to be gained from here for those who don't like reading. You either like reading or you don't. That's all there is to it here on the book side of my nerdtopia (a Booktopia, if you will, and yes, this kinda explains my blog name). The reason it's hard to fake being a book nerd is the same reason it's hard to fake being  male nerd. For guys, calling one's self a nerd is much more condemning (for lack of a better word) in the eyes of society because that kind of labeling isn't done so lightly. It was either you are a nerd or you aren't, and those who are used to have to very sure because the image expectation of a macho manly man would probably not be an option and society probably didn't make light of it, but for girls, there's less of that specific type of expectation, which sounds kinda backwards considering feminism and body image are pretty big issues, but putting that aside, it's because girls can roam around those types of groups that you get a lot of fake nerd girls,it's because they get their hands on something "nerdy" and don't know the implications of saying "I'm so nerdy". For those of you still reading, thanks so much for staying with me on my tangent, I appreciate it, and if you feel like I missed the mark, please let me know (in a mature way). Thanks!

Run for Courage - 10k

Hey, everyone!
Remember when I said I would keep you posted on my training? And then I didn't... Well this is my redemption! Last weekend I ran the Run for Courage 10K to help stop sex trafficking of minors, and an interesting announcement was made. Run for Courage, which was established by a local family in my community after the daughter of the family was taken and trafficked until she was found 8 days after she found to be missing, has decided to change their name to Break Free, which symbolizes and endorses the idea of taking charge and combating the problem head on and becoming strong together as a whole. I thoroughly support this change and this organization, so if you'd like to learn more, the link is http://runforcourage.org/. I will most likely be going on haitus until after the run because my schedule is pretty packed, but I promise I'm still committed to this blog! (And there will be more stuff about books coming soon since this is first and foremost a book blog) Thanks, everyone! Happy October! I hope I'm not the only one hoping for fall to get here already...

Avengers 1/2 Marathon, anyone?

Hi, everyone! Well, it's official; I'm going to run the 1st Avenger's half marathon!! It's going to be my sweet 16 party since my birthday is November 13th! But before I can run off to Disneyland, I need your help. I am running for Girl Power 2 Cure (GP2C) which is an organization that works to support women and girls with RETT syndrome. RETT syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a gene mutation and has symptoms similar to those of autism. It affects mainly females since males who have RETT syndrome die shortly after birth. I am by no means an expert on this topic, so you can probably find more information on a different edge of the internet: the productive, educational side. I do, however, need your help. I need sponsors which means donations of any amount are very much appreciated; even $5.00 would be of great help. If you could in any way help donate, the link to my donation page is: 

 http://avengers.teamgp2c.org/goto/nerdfighteria

I will keep my training and the events posted as the occur or when I have time. Thanks everyone!

I'm not so grump! Arin's missing selfies

After 73 strenuous episodes, the Game Grumps Legend of Zelda Wind Waker legacy had ended, and how did Arin decide to celebrate? By taking a selfie in the middle of his fight with Ganendorf. Naturally, I took a screenshot, so here it is.

In color

And here are some that happened right after the picture was taken.

Now, Arin did say he wanted to get a selfie with all three of them in it. Zelda was there, she was just behind Ganendorf's massive sleeves, but if that's not good enough, here's the other selfie Arin missed.

And here's the one Arin did get.

If you don't know who the Grumps are, go check them out. They are hilarious.

The Night Before Our Stars

Okay, so I just watched tfios and to explain how excited I was to be able to see it, when I found out it was playing in a theater near the hotel I was staying at since I was going to be out of the continental USA, it resembled the reaction hazel had when gus started reciting the email he got from peter van houtan, so I was very excited for this. The movie was brilliant, the live feed after was hilarious yet saddening at times, but what I loved most wasn't the movie, it wasn't the cool poster, it wasn't the live feed, it was the atmosphere. I knew that only nerdfighters would be at this event because lets face it, only nerdfighters care, but I wasn't expecting this. Everyone was laughing at the unfunny jokes as much as the funny ones and there were a lot of both, and there would be giggles whenever something significant from the book came up and I was giggling with them. Granted, my mom thought I was slightly insane since she hadn't read it, but that's besides the point. I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time, and that was belonging. There aren't any nerdfighters where I live and I was so happy to feel the awesomeness of nerdfighteria, so thank you everyone who worked on the movie, all 13,000 of you, thank you shaylene and ansel for being apart of this and being such great actors, thank you whoever thought of the night before our stars, and thank you john and hank... for everything, and all you nerdfighters, dftba.

Those of you who didn't get to experience this event, don't let it discourage you from seeing this wonderful movie. Go check it out.
#TFIOSFeels #faultfanatic
(I don't use social media, so I'm "sharing" through my blog.)