Really Minnelli

 Hi! I'm glad you're here. I may not know you personally, but I really am glad you stumbled across my page and decided to give me your time.  This is my blog.  I am a university student majoring in English and Psychological Science, and I like to write about a lot of things; art, books, design, psychology. I am working on some projects these days, one of them being this blog, and also my website ! It is a lot of work, because I decided to put up my own website as a way of keeping track of projects I work on, and also to share what I do with the world. This is also sort of my portfolio.  Feel free to browse through my older works, but I would definitely recommend the newer ones, because I get a severe case of the "icks" when I read my writing from a few years ago, so reader beware! I try to get a few articles published every week, because I really am trying to improve my writing and because I want to increase my scope. I want to be able to write about anything and ever

Content Warning: Violence, Anti Semitism and Adult Themes Art Speigleman’s Maus is an artfully crafted story where he recreates his father’s Holocaust (or the Shoah in Hebrew) experience. Having won a Pulitzer Prize, this comic portrays the brutality of Nazi regime with the use of mice, cats, pigs and dogs, a visual manifestation of Speigleman’s quote “Maybe vulgar, semiliterate, unsubtle comic books are an appropriate form for speaking of the unspeakable.” The Complete Maus is comprised of two books; Maus I: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began . The first book follows Vladek Spiegleman, Art Spiegleman’s father, through his life from the mid 1930s to winter 1944. Spiegleman weaves the interactions he has with his father into the story using a dual timeline, allowing readers to interact with Vladek’s younger self and the person he is at the time of conveying the story to Spiegleman. This alternation between current events, where Spiegleman is interacting

 I'm creating a website! It's still cooking, but once it is up you should be able to see it through the links I've scattered all over this page, like this one here . I made a list of four processes and broke down scary and intimidating language that you might come across when creating a website. These are some that really scared me and made me procrastinate about getting started, but I have explained them to the best of my ability, so they don't scare you too. I know money is also a big deal if you are like most students, so I have taken the pains to explain pricing as well, you're welcome. Setting Up Buying a Domain SSL - Secure Sockets Layer How Much Is All This? - Payments and Overall Costs First off, you might be wondering why you need to create a website, and as a STUDENT? Like isn't uni already hard enough? It is, but getting your voice out there is just as important, especially if you are a creator! If you feel overwhelmed already, don't worry, skim t

Story time! Yesterday, I had to head to university for the training program I spoke about in one of my previous blog posts: Updates from the Past Year . If you don't want to read that, I am most definitely judging you, but I also will still give you a breakdown of the role because I'm not a jerk (and I also think you're kinda cool). I was admitted into this wonderful program at uni where we will be explaining pathways into university to Year 7 students that come from low socio-economic backgrounds. My role is called "Equity Ambassador" and we were asked to come in for a training session at university, and man did I get lost. It's not funny. I don't know about your experience with Google Maps, but if you're going like "oh no" in your head right now, yeah you know what I'm on about. Google Maps has this tendency to make you take the longest, most unnecessary routes ever, and my university is big enough for you to use Maps inside. It's s

I have been thinking of publishing a book I wrote when I was back in 8th grade for a school assignment. I think it turned out pretty well for a 12 year old's piece of work, albeit a little cringey, it's still cute and a solid piece of work. Or at least I think. I have been wanting to publish it for quite some time now, but my intense fear of being judged held me back. I even wanted to illustrate it, but I never did, because I never thought I would ever be able to deal with the criticism.  Recently, I have been thinking about my career, and I came to the realisation that I actually have done quite some good work, and I really, really like writing, but I have almost nothing to show for it. I felt like a hypochondriac with pneumonia. I could say I love writing. But people won't believe me. So I decided, to hell with anxiety, I'm going to put myself out there and actually work on publishing my book. If it turns out sucky, I can blame it on my younger self (I'm sorry lit

Hello again! This is part 2 to my previous blog post:  Part 1 . I have been trying to break into social media, like I said before, but it is proving to be particularly hard. A reel I made recently made 3k views and I now have a 6.7k reach, most of whom are non-followers, so that is a win. If all these words are hurting your brain, don't worry, I'll break them down for you. Reach is where your content "reaches" people, regardless of whether they are following you or not. This could be through hashtags, through the explore page or trending audio, etc. Although it can be a little discouraging at times, I guess it's all about consistency.  I also tutor on the side, and I recently got my Working With Children Check, which is like a license to work with children in Australia. Since I will be starting a new temp job at uni (I'm so hyped!) next week at uni where I will primarily be working with children, the WWCC will come in handy. I'm super exited about this job

 Hello everyone! It's been a minute since I have posted anything here, and I'll tell you why in a sec. There is a Part 2 for this post that shouldn't be too hard to find, and if this sort of thing is boring for you, skip, skip, skip. Nobody is forcing you to read, but I definitely am judging you. I have been working on a lot of projects, and most of all, I moved to Sydney and started uni! I just completed my first year at university, and I am excited to be starting my second year in a couple weeks. Taking a double major in English and Psychology proved to be way more challenging than anticipated, but I really am enjoying my course. A lot of people ask me why I am studying English and Psychology, and someone even asked me what I can do with a degree in English, and the answer is, a lot more than you think! Go Google it. Like please.  Writing has always appealed to me, and I have attempted to write a book more times than I can count, and I have been as early as 5 years old! N