Sonic Sunglasses or Screwdriver?

Good evening everyone and welcome to The Magical Mystery Blog.

In the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that life has a way of making things work. For example, I’m now in a Dungeons and Dragons group (#clericlifestrife) every Tuesday which conflicts with my blog schedule. I’m also growing more acquainted with my job and I couldn’t be happier in doing so.  Lastly, I’m finally starting to get more of a social life – going out almost every Saturday and doing things to craft an excellent life.

Because of this, I’m once again going to change my blogging schedule. I apologize, this must be irritating to you and frankly, I can easily understand why. I don’t know if I will change the scheduling again in the future, but I can only see what time brings.

Until then the new blogging schedule is: Monday and Thursday.

Fanfictions will still be posted every Sunday. As to where there will be a second day for them or not, I’m still uncertain. I do not enjoy doing anything without putting effort into it – my writing especially; after all, it is what I want to do in life.  I will keep everyone abreast as to what will happen in the future regarding my blogging and fanfiction schedules.

Since it is Monday, let’s get this show on the road.

Speaking of shows, this previous weekend episode of “Doctor Who” sent the Internet into a frenzied storm. Not because of the Daleks or the Tardis regenerating. No, no, it was something completely different, unexpected, and written by the hand of Steven Moffat. 

It was the sonic sunglasses.

The sonic sunglasses are to (possibly temporarily) replace the sonic screwdriver and encompass all the features of that device. They are “wearable technology” as the Doctor so excitedly referred to them.  This new accessory has sent the Internet into a spiraling tornado of anger and curses aimed towards Moffat who claimed that he invented the sonic sunglasses because he could.  He exercised his power as a writer and made a change to something incredibly iconic, now reducing it to a pair of sunglasses.

Before I give my opinion on these sonic sunglasses, I would like to say that I am a woman who embraces change like the sun. I try to live my life open mindedly, experiencing new things one day at a time or whenever they so happen to arise. I appreciate and welcome change in an attempt to learn more about myself and the world around me. I honestly believe the Doctor is the same way – from the start of his new regeneration we saw him trying to figure out who he was and always questioning his person. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this and if anything, more fans have encouraged this. They want to see a Doctor who will never stop asking about his identity, his life, his past, what he can do, what he can’t do, and why. It makes this Doctor much more relatable, given that these are questions we do ask ourselves on a daily basis. We do this to understand ourselves better and our place in this great, vast universe.

But by the beard of Zeus coated in bubble gum I hope these sonic sunglasses are temporary. Again, there is nothing wrong with change and exploring something new in an attempt to understand everything, including yourself.  The sunglasses are just sunglasses; there’s nothing special about them other than them being able to perform the functions of a sonic screwdriver which is all well and good, but in the end they’re just sunglasses.  You can purchase sunglasses anywhere and while they are stylish, they bear nothing special when compared to a sonic screwdriver.

Now what is a sonic screwdriver? A sonic screwdriver is elusive, exclusive only to those of Gallifrey (unless you’re River Song) crafted with time lord technology. It is a device no other species has and is used for pretty much everything except any activity regarding items with wood in them. It has been around since the very birth of this entire franchise and has stood the test of time, often changing into different forms when a new Doctor regenerated. The sonic screwdriver represents the “Doctor Who” fandom as something unique, strange, and timeless.

So far, the Internet has crafted petitions against Moffat’s sudden onslaught of sonic sunglasses.  While I have not signed it (nor do I have any intention to in case this is just a mere temporary event), I am curious to see what will come about.

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So tell me, what do you think of the sonic sunglasses?

It's Sexy to be Single

Good evening everyone and welcome to a sultry, sexy version of The Magical Mystery Blog.

Valentine’s Day has come and passed. Some people love it, others hate it. People enjoy this holiday with their beloved or their friends, while others might have spent it alone. Growing up, I always spent this holiday by myself, being the last resort or the ugly duckling of the class. But now that I have a boyfriend, it’s almost expected to celebrate the holiday in a stereotypical fashion of going out, and romancing it up. This is our second Valentine’s year to date, but yet, it has also made me realize why it’s perfectly okay to be alone on Valentine’s Day.

3) It’s Just like Christmas

Valentine’s Day is just like Christmas: you give gifts to show how much you love someone, but really don’t understand the purpose of the holiday. You can show your affection for someone any time or day of the year, which makes this holiday pointless. However, behind the heart shaped boxes of candy lies a bloody history to this specific day. Valentine’s Day was originally created to celebrate Saint Valentine who married young couples despite the law banning their marriage. This law was made because it was believed unmarried men would do better in battle than those who were wed. Saint Valentine was eventually caught for his crime and beaten, stoned, and decapitated. The term ‘Valentine’ derives from his name and a letter he wrote to a young lady in which he signed ‘from your Valentine’.

2) You Save Money

Chocolate is an iconic symbol of Valentine’s Day and in many cases, we see a heart shaped box of chocolate is the best way to show our love for another person.  While some of us buy the popular box on Valentine’s Day if not prior to, it would be best to not buy them until after the holiday has passed. That way you can purchase the same chocolates for a lower price and still have enough money to rent a heart wrenching movie.

1) You Don’t Always Need Someone

Growing up, we are exposed to tons of Valentine’s Day specials where it’s almost a requirement that you need a Valentine for this day. In life, you won’t always be with someone. You won’t always have a partner by your side to shower you with love or compliment you and that’s okay. While you might think otherwise, you will grow in time to see that being alone is fine. By being alone you get to learn more about yourself, have fun in ways only you can, and understand that being single isn’t the end of the world.

What do you think of Valentine’s Day? Feel free to comment and as always feedback and followers are welcomed.

Countdown to a New Year

Greetings everyone to a post Christmas version of The Magical Mystery Blog.

I hope all your Christmases were fantastic and that you received many gifts from Santa, Krampus, Cthulu, Sandy Claws, or someone you know and love. My Christmas was filled with food and presents, most of which were clothes, antiques, and a few games. But now a new year is just around the bend and with it comes hopes of a new life to be lived, new resolutions to follow through with, and changes to lifestyles, homes, and more. Below are my top three New Year’s resolutions.

3. Getting in the Field

This past year I graduated as a Communications major with a Writing minor from New Jersey’s distinctive college. Since then I have been doing casino marketing work and putting some of my degree to use. However, as much as I love my current job, I would like to get into writing, preferably for a newspaper. I've been taught to create excellent profile stories, press releases, and other forms of writing. I have the skills, it’s just a matter of finding a place that will give me a chance.

2. Live

If there’s one thing I believe in, it’s that we have one life to live. Given this one chance, we might as well use it to our full advantage, and live every day as though there’s no tomorrow.  Going through college I started to live the best I could – embracing the fun moments when they presented themselves, embarking on trips to places I've never been to before, and many other activities. I began to see the wonders of life, the elation of spontaneous moments, and the beauty of random adventures. With my college days over, I want to continue living, and experience everything life has to offer me. I've even created a bucket list to guide me on the life I want to live. So far, I've knocked a few things off the list and I don’t plan to stop.

1. Work

I’ll admit I’m a bit of a procrastinator which can be a cursing or a blessing for me. But what qualifies as ‘work’ for me might be considered as a hobby for others. My work entails crafting short stories, honing novels, and basically, writing. It’s my dream to become an author, not for the fame or money, but for the concepts of being remembered for fantastic writing, and bringing joy to people.

I grew up reading constantly, always hungry for more, and having a strong admiration for creating and writing.  My New Year’s resolution is to keep working and aiming to get a book out filled with a few short stories and some poems within the next year.

What are your New Year’s resolutions? Feel free to leave them below and as always, feedback and followers are welcomed. 

You Really Shouldn't Have. Really.

Welcome readers to another December entry of The Magical Mystery Blog.

With Christmas only twelve days away, Friday the 13^th has fallen upon us once more. Friday the 13^th has some negative superstition about it, in which it is supposed to be a day of bad luck. My fellow readers, I hope none of this bad luck doesn't carry into the Christmas spirit, and possibly lie under your tree waiting for Christmas morning. This bad luck often turns into an unfortunate experience of receiving a terrible Christmas gift.  Below are my top twelve worse gifts to buy someone.

12. Garden Gnome

Yes, because nothing says Merry Christmas like “I want to freak out my neighbors with this hideous garden gnome” or “God this corny and it’s going on my lawn.”

11. Decapitated Teddy Lamp

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Remember that teddy bear you wanted for Christmas...?

Most of us love teddy bears. They’re cuddly, cute, and look fantastic when decapitated. That’s right, on the Internet you can purchase a severed head teddy bear lamp. You know, for telling others that you really don’t want to babysit their kids anymore. Or you know, to give children nightmares.

10. The Gifts of Change

Ah change, the one thing that we must do at some point or another to adapt to the surrounding world. But for those who need a little push or don’t want to change any further, there are those who will give them things to help remedy that. For example, if you’re comfortable with your gorgeous body, someone might think otherwise, and might give you exercise equipment or a diet book.

9. Jersey Shore Ornaments

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And three losers in a pear tree.....

So you want your tree to look like a wannabe Italian that’s actually a douche. Look no further than eBay or just the Internet in general. There you will find ornaments of Snooki (both in slutty and Christmas clothes), Pauly D, and other lovable losers from the show, the Jersey Shore. Not only will the receiver be able to use them once a year but when they do so, it’ll turn their Christmas tree into a crap tree.

8. Grooming Gifts

Make up is fine to receive as a present because you can find some way to match nail polish with your outfits. But gifts like toothbrushes and hair trimmers are a big no no.  These items are things we would buy for ourselves because we are able to judge if we need them or not. If someone gives us a hair trimmer it’s like them saying, ”Hey….I notice there’s hair coming out of your ears…here’s something to fix that.” Insulting? Yes. This is just like the gifts of change where the present tends to insult the receiver by telling them, “Hey you need to fix this.”

7. A Caricature

Perhaps some of you know of a talented artist who happens to do these comedic sketches. If not, then there are artists out there on streets and boardwalks willing to do a caricature of you. With every passing moment, they analyze and draw your most noticeable features (ex.: if you have a large schnoze, it’s going to be drawn). This would be a rather unwise gift to give because some people tend to be a bit self conscious. When someone draws them in a new light, it may alert them. Do I really have a large nose? Is my hair really that frizzy? Is my cat really about to rip my cheeks off?

6. The Star Wars Christmas Special

If you know a geek or happen to be one yourself, you’ve probably heard of or are madly in love with the movie franchise Star Wars. Mostly everything that’s Star Wars is utterly glorious from the Battle on Endor to the light sabers. However its Christmas special is far from beautiful. If you manage to somehow find a DVD of the Star Wars Christmas Special and give it to someone, you really have no idea what you’re giving them. You’re bestowing onto them a special where wookies look at stimulated porn and other visual tortures. Do you really want to give your geek that holiday Hell?

5. Knives

Giving a knife or even a set of knives is considered to be bad luck to the gift receiver. In order to avoid the bad luck, the receiver must give the giver a penny or there must be a penny attached to the blades. But even so, sometimes the penny may fail and you are doomed to suffer the wrath of bad luck.

4. A Used Gift

This is for the gifter who is too lazy to go out and buy a present. Instead they wander over to their refrigerator, poke their head instead for a beer, and see a half eaten cake. Huzzah, a gift has been found! Why people would give anyone a used gift (like a half eaten cake) is beyond me. These already used presents shouldn't be distributed at all because not only do they make you look like a bad gifter but a procrastinator as well.

3. Fruitcake

Ah yes, the food that no one eats because it’s just so gosh darned awful. Giving this as a gift is basically telling your receiver: I have nothing else to give you, so here, have this.  The best thing they can do with it is put in the freezer, wait until it hardens, and possibly kill you or someone with it. Or use the hardened dessert to break in an entry.

2.  Something They Already Have

It’s always good to check with your giftee if they have the thing you’re about to buy them. If you don’t, it will result in one of the most awkward moments you will ever encounter. But be subtle when asking them, don’t just come flat out with the gift you wish to give them. Be clever, use less words, and take note of what your receiver has.

1. Nothing

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Seems like people are buying a whole lotta Nothin..

In the world there is a product you can buy called ‘Nothing’.  ‘Nothing’ is a literal bubble of air that can shows that you really don’t care to go out and look for something for your particular giftee. Instead you just buy them one of these to not only show that they can care less about you but that there’s nothing you can do with this gift.

What’s the worst Christmas gift you’ve ever received? Feel free to tell us in the comments section below and as always, feedback and followers are welcomed.

All I Want for Christmas...

Welcome one and all holiday shoppers to The Magical Mystery Blog.

Christmas time is upon us with seasonal songs, the mysteries of Santa Claus, and of course, Christmas lists. Every child has a Christmas list consisting of the latest and greatest in toys and electronics. I've kept a Christmas list for many years and with every year, I've seen the world release something new into the toy market. Nowadays I find some of the toys amazing because they’re interactive objects I never dreamed of owning as a kid. We have technology that allows us to have a tiger and pet it, items that allow us to reenact some of our favorite movies down to the tiniest detail and have fun with it, toys that enable us to physically get involved with our game and even help us to work out, learn, and do other things. It’s always fascinating to see what people come up with these days for entertainment. Below are my top five modern toys I wish I got for Christmas as a kid.

5) Tetris Link

Most of you are aware of the popular, retro game known as Tetris where you had to stock shape ontop of shape to clear a line. Nowadays it’s been done to death in different formats by means of tablets, ipods, and other pieces of technology that house apps. There’s been tons of reboots of the classic game, including a board game.

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This game is a real life version of the video game where you try to clear your board before the timer goes off and you’re left with unwanted empty gaps. Not only does it transition well from one medium to another but it introduces kids to a classic game they can play with their friends.

4) Pillow Fight Weaponry

As a kid, who didn’t love starting a pillow fight? Whether it was at a sleep over or just to get your mom to play with you while she made your bed, pillow fights were always fun. Back then, we grabbed whatever pillows we could and had at it. But nowadays, there’s pillows designed to look like weaponry for these fluffy onslaughts of war. 

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Prepare yourself for the pillow war of the century.

This just transforms a pillow fight into an all out warfare. Pick your weapon and charge at your opponent, whacking them into victory with laughter and smiles. This isn’t your kid’s pillow fight anymore; this is an all out brawl. There are many pillow weapons out there like a pillow katana and even a pillow lightsaber.

3) Wii/Wii U

The Wii is a system built for interacting with games by means of physical communication. Wii Sports and many other games, encourage you to work out, get your groove on, or simply have fun. As a child, I was curious about everything and loved to dance, so this would have been perfect. Plus with the Wii U out in time for Christmas, classic games from the past are being restored to their full potential.  So old favorites like The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and many others will be playable with better graphics and sound.

2) Star Wars Force FX Lighstabers

Growing up, Star Wars was a staple of movie night at my house. I recall my dad showing me the movies and I instantly enjoyed the idea of intergalactic wars, tied in with some memorable characters. While his intent was to get me to like Han and Luke, I wound up liking Darth Vader because he is an epic character. How he’s introduced, the theme music, his powers, his overall appearance, and voice won me over like a cat to catnip.

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The nip is strong with this one....

At the time, lightsabers were available for purchase but none of them compare to the Force FX Lightsabers. When you hold a Force FX Lightsaber in your hands, it’s like holding the real deal. It powers down, powers up, aids you in combat, and does it all with the actual movie noises. If that doesn’t win your geeky heart, then its effects will. 

1) Rebelle – The Crossbow for Girls

When I was a little girl, I was introduced to Barbie dolls, tea sets, dollhouses, and many other toys catered to the young, female audience. Boys at the time were playing with trucks, super soakers, and toy crossbows. But over the years, the classification of boy toys and girl toys began to fade. Nowadays, some boys play with dolls while girls aren’t afraid to play with NERF guns. There are even some boy toys designed for girls, like the Rebelle crossbow for girls.

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The Rebelle is a bow and arrow toy that encourages you to practice your archery skills. This toy is basically turning young girls into Merida from Brave and preparing them for high school archery class. This item breaks the mold on stereotypical girls toys and gets them to play outside with this hot toy of the year.

What toys do you see now that you wish you had when you were a kid? Feel free to leave your thoughts below and as always, feedback and followers are welcomed.

A Crown and Controversies: Our New Miss America

Welcome everyone to another glorious end of the week. It’s time to kick off your shoes, forget about your work, and pop open a beer. This is the weekend, a time for relaxing, partying, and hopefully reading this blog.

Not too long ago, we’ve given a title to someone who rocked our nation. She’s a gorgeous woman crowned to represent America in all its star spangled glory. Her name is Nina Davuluri and she is our new Miss America. Born in Syracuse, New York, she represented her state by flaunting her Bollywood fusion dancing skills during the talent portion, and dazzling the audience in the swimsuit competition. For one night, she showed people something exotic, different, and glorious.

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In the past week, our new Miss America has caused quite a ruckus. The first spark of controversy was a shred of gossip that blamed her for calling Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013, “fat as (explicit).” However, this rumor was quickly denied by her and she immediately apologized to Hagan.

The second flame of controversy exploded when she was crowned Miss America. What makes Nina so special (other than the title she owns) is the fact that she is not your typical Miss America. Nina Davuluri is the first Miss America of Indian descent. No sooner the crown was placed upon Nina’s head, racial comments swarmed on Twitter like a crowd of bees tackling a fruitful blossom.

Most, if not all of the comments, labeled her race wrongly, and claimed she should not have won because of her race.  She was also referred to as a terrorist, had a connection with Al Qaeda as well as 9/11, and should have been crowned as a queen of 7-11s everywhere. However, the main subject of the remarks is obviously race. For a good while now, race has been a hot button issue in these United States.  In a nation where are we supposed to be united regardless of skin tone we still have hate crimes, racist comments, and stigmatic stereotypes littering our society.

While I am more than happy that Nina Davuluri is our new Miss America, I can understand why people aren't. People claim she should not represent this country because she breaks the mold of the previous winners of Miss America. Some say she is not the face of America based on her appearance.

Growing up, people have adjusted themselves to how Miss America should look. Miss America “should” be a curvy Caucasian girl with a flirty little smile and a die hard dedication to the United States. Yet over the years, we've had this image shattered by those who bore a different skin color, such as Vanessa Williams, who won Miss America in 1984. However, this title for her was short lived when salacious photographs of her were discovered, and she relinquished her crown. 

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Also known as the thing every woman wants to wear. 

Yet here we are, living in the present; a time where anything goes. Some people are all right with it, others are not. Homosexuals are being married left and right, we have an African American for a president, and now we have an American-Indian (she views herself first and foremost as American despite how proud she is of her heritage) as Miss America.

These people and our constantly changing society construct our melting pot of a nation. This is America, the land where everyone from all over the globe, regardless of race and color, comes to for vacation, a new life, business, and many other reasons. Lady Liberty welcomes everyone to this nation and promises a land of opportunity and prosperity. What we receive are more people to fill the crevices of this nation, who blend in with society, and become their own person.

The times and society are never going to stop shifting. Nothing will ever be the same as it was twenty years ago. This is a sign of progress or failure in our nation, depending on how people view it. Some may agree change is good, while others think change is bad, and then there are some who believe change is a combination of both.

As for me, I believe change relies on the situation at hand. For example, our new Miss America is a good change. It shows that the pageant is being more diverse and open to the American people. The Miss America pageant has never judged women based on their race or skin. Rather, it has always judged them on personality, background, talent, and swimsuits. Maybe in the future we will have an American-Cantonese or American-Egyptian win which will promote even more equality throughout our nation.

So what are your thoughts on the new Miss America? Is she as cute as a cheery little chipmunk? Did she win your heart? Leave your comments below and as always, followers are welcomed.