As such, this is going to be very random.

I just watched the latest VlogBrothers video (Amazing Christmas facts with John and Hank). Oh man, do I love those boys. I bet their family is proud—John and Hank are doing a lot of good in the world. I watch their videos all the time, and they’ve got me thinking about siblings and loyalty and basically the whole “blood is thicker than water” thing. What do you do when your blood doesn’t agree with itself?

I have three brothers, all much older than me, all half-brothers via my mother. Naturally, growing up I was closest to the youngest of them because he was around the most. All my siblings were out of the house by the time I was seven, but there’s almost 25 years between my oldest sibling and I. Needless to say I’ve had a hard time connecting with my older siblings. Larry was there when I was little and so I imprinted on him most strongly.

My oldest brother, Daniel, is a different matter. Militant, sarcastic, and rather vulgar, there is no denying there is blood between us; however, we’ve never really “bonded.” I love him, he’s my brother, but I don’t always like him very much.

Especially when it comes to Larry.

My brother Larry is a warm, caring, decent man. He is also gay. Daniel is a good man with many admirable traits. His homophobia is not one of them. He claims his religion as a defense against his views on Larry’s “decision”.I was also raised catholic by a catholic mother; Larry and I agree, along with our third brother, that Daniel was not raised to discriminate like he is. Daniel has made some very bad decisions in his life and it’s for people like him that the phrase about throwing stones in glass houses was written.

This is slowly tearing my family apart.

I am absolutely on Larry’s side and will defend him, tooth and nail, against anyone, including our brother. I don’t really have a question in all of this; it goes under that “musings” tag over there. Like I said, this is going to be a very random post. I just needed to talk about it for a bit, to no one in particular, because I never get to just talk without it being to someone with a vested interest in the matter at hand or in me directly.

This is why I think I’d like to spend some time living in a city, though I had previously abhorred this idea. Visiting a friend in Chicago last year really changed my mind. I liked the anonymity. I liked having things accessable at any hour, and a wider variety of opportunities. All the different places to go. In small towns it’s impossible not to get set into a routine because there are no alternatives. You can’t go anywhere without running into someone you know. I like the romanticised idea of youth, living in small flats in big cities, getting by on what they earn combined with what they can find and what they manage to make of it all. Like the kids in Across the Universe heading to NYC on a whim, living with the hippies and artists and musicians. I know this is, as I said, highly romanticised. I never said it was practical. But I like the idea.

In other news, I’ve began rewatching season 1 of Heroes with my mom. This is my defense against breaking my promise to my roommates and watching season 2 without them. That wouldn’t be nice. Milo grows on me daily…partly because I’ve found some quotes from him I really liked, and he seems like a pretty chill guy. I think I would want to meethim in a coffee shop and start talking about books and things, and not let him know I recognized him. If ever I was to meet a celebrity I admired I would definitely try to pretend not to recognize them, at least at first, with the intent of putting them at ease and getting to know them as a person—and vice versa, because I’d want them to know me as a person first and as a fan as an afterthought.

I guess that’s enough musing for now. It’s late, the road is long; yes, it is time. Bed soon.

GUESS WHAT I MADE TONIGHT….

I might consider taking comissions if there’s enough interest…Would you like one, Heroes fans?

So try to follow me on this—Imagine “Heroes”-themed My Little Ponies.

Yeah, I know. That’s really, REALLY FRIGGIN RANDOM.

This idea came about via YouTube—I watched a vid of Milo on Ellen complaining about Peter’s Bangs, and then I watched the newest Vlogbrothers in which a Black-Haired My Little Pony looms on John’s bookshelf…

AND I REALIZED THE PONY HAS PETRELLI HAIR.

And then my brain exploded.

And now I think I might just have to make My Little Hero Ponies.

WHO IS WITH ME?

Commissions, anyone?

fuckyeahfandomfox:

Submitted by nathaliem.

Cherik, Fassavoy, Tony/Steve, RDJude, Star Trek, Heroes, anything. I’m bored, and I left my current book in my car, which my dad has borrowed.

Halp.

Clearly, my EX-friend Chelsey needs mental help.

She then went on to diss Heroes and said, “don’t tell me you’re a LOST fan, too!”

What a loser.

Screw her. We know where it’s at, and she’ll never be as cool as us.