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Ophelia's Favorite Witches and Wizards: Part 1

In the spirit of my favorite time of year, I decided to put together a few supernaturally themed lists and reviews for our faithful readers. Anyone who knows me personally has more than passing knowledge that October goes well beyond just the usual pumpkins and fall festivities. My love of all things spooky, vampy and witchy is endless. Gather your familiar and prepare to be spelled by my top 10 witches and wizards.

BlipMasta5's August & September 2018 Favorites

Favorite Viral Video

Mooo! - Doja Cat

I've slowly become familiar with Doja Cat this month and it started with a break down of her song, "Go To Town". I soon realized that she has a fun personality who is open with her sexuality and presents it with wit. Yet, this viral video is what made me do the deep dive. If you haven't seen it yet, this really puts her carefree nature on display! It's pure fun with a bit of smart humor. As I dug deeper into her catalog, she uses that skill to talk about love, sex, and fun in a number of ways musically. If you're not offended by "crass" talk, I'd advise giving her album, Amala, a listen.

Book Review: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King | Published: 2015

As I was reading this collection, I kept thinking to myself I thought I liked Stephen King’s shorts. Is that because I read them when I was young and impressionable and didn’t realize there were such things as badly written books? It’s true I hadn’t read King in a while. Ever since I tried to read Under the Dome right after World War Z (which turned out to be my favorite book, oddly enough), any illusions I had that King’s novels were good were shattered. I did like his short stories, however. Nice little tasty bits of horror. Long enough for a good plot, but short enough to not get too invested in doomed characters. I’ve read so many of his short story collections growing up and I remember them fondly.

It was my plan to read this on my breaks at work and the first chance I got, I nestled into a comfy chair, lit up my kindle and…

Why aren’t these good? Don’t I love his short stories?

We start off with a story about a boy, but it’s really about an alien car that eats people. It goes from the boy to the car in a very meandering way. Once we get to the car, it becomes a very redundant death march. Good Samaritan pulls over to help car. Good Samaritan is eaten by car. Second Good Samaritan sees two cars (which, I mean, I would assume the situation is being taken care of at that point and not stop, but whatevs) and decides they should help too and promptly are eaten. Third Good Samaritan…(good gravy! Is this story just going to end with a long line of empty cars and an alien car full of Good Samaritans?!?) It doesn’t but the end is not very satisfying.

And that’s how we start off this book. However, a month after reading this, my brain has sorted out the Meh stories and remembers the Better stories with a rosy hue. I did like the story about the women driving with their kids, but I think I only like it because the idea was interesting, not because King executed the story well. I also liked the one about the Kindle but again, because the idea of having a Kindle with access to parallel universes is a cool idea, not exactly because the story was good.

But then there was a story about baseball. A long story about baseball. A long, uninteresting, not scary, play-by-play-of-the-game story about baseball. Unforgivable. I can’t believe King tricked me into reading a boring story about baseball with my own face eyes.

I almost gave this book three stars because it ends on a high note. I like me some end-of-the-world stories and I was digging it, but then I realized it was just On the Beach but set in New England with a dog instead of a baby (so not nearly as tragic). Also, I just can’t get over the fact that I read a novella about baseball. This gets two stars from me.

B.A.P Live on Earth Dallas 2014

BlipMasta5's June & July 2018 Favorites

Favorite Cover

What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life - Brail Watson

This song is a classic! Cool thing about this song, though, is its significance to Brail himself. He was requested to sing this to his professor and his wife and this later became the song Brail serenaded his now wife when they got engaged. This rendition really shows off the incredible versatility of Brail's voice when you compare it to his past work along with the fantastic talents of guitarist Pearce Odegard. Play this one time and try not to be swept away by these breezy performance. I'm sure you'll fail!

After Convention Review: Deviant Behavior

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