I don't know what it is about the things I write and the videos I make, but I often find that they entertain me just as much as those videos of my subscriptions box. Is it sad when someone keeps going back and watching all their own videos (wait...don't answer yet the question isn't completed) and laughing out loud? I am my own entertainment.

I mean, I guess it's a good thing that I do things that entertain me as it means my videos are on par (in my mind) with some of the bigger YouTubers (minus the money and the equipment). The real test, however, is whether other people are entertained by me. Well that's a hard thing to determine cause I know nothing about using keywords and other means to gain exposure for my videos and those videos that do have more views...they stink. In fact, the video of mine that has the most views (it's coming up on 8,000 and I posted it a year ago) is also one of the worst ones I ever made...yet there are people who like it (which is pretty much the only reason it's still on YouTube).

This post is turning into a serious question isn't it? Well...I really do want to know. How can I know if others are as entertained by my stuff as I am? Am I a sad sad little person sitting here alone in my room and laughing at my own videos when no one else cares to? I sincerely hope not. O_O

Well...I had better go and re-watch my collab channel vlog for today again, I think I could use a laugh right now.

:D

This movie actually looks freaking amazing and there a lot of good actors in it. My only hope is that Kristin doesn't ruin this movie by acting whiney and annoying as usual. Crossing my fingers and holding my breath because I really really really want to love this movie.

I've posted some geeky hand painted ornaments in my etsy shop that I know will be appreciated by all you nerds. Click on the subject of each ornament (ex. Tardis) to get to the item on etsy.

We've got the Tardis
The Deathstar

The Pokeball

Okami

And several others. Go check them out!!! :D

Just so you know...there are spoilers from tonight's episode of The Mentalist in this post so do not read any further until you have watched it.

Though there isn't much to report on my Luther=Red John theory as of yet (though the fact that Red John found James Panzer so quickly points to, once again, connections in the CBI and FBI), but I would like to note that bit of genius that Pattrick used to get James (the San Joaquin Killer) off the streets. Since no one could touch him or get evidence on him, Jane prodded at his one weakness, his pride. During the interview he kept trying to put down James' high view of the killer and saying he was not comparable to Red John. His pride hurt, James said some things about Red John that Jane knew (and that I knew he knew) would draw out Red John for the kill.

Jane accomplished two things with this bit of genius. One, he got the San Joaquin Killer off of the streets. Two, Red John is back in the game. This is getting exciting. :)

...and I'm already behind. What?! I had a lot to do today and I was really busy watching Castle...and this:
What?!!!! It's awesome and artistic. Okay fine I'll try to catch up tomorrow. Sheesh.

So I finally did get the chance to see the full pilot episode of Grimm and let me tell you...this is exciting. So far I am really enjoying the show. The acting is great, the story line is intriguing, and add on the fact that I totally guessed that (spoiler alert) his boss at the police station was a bad guy (when I watched the 20 minute extended preview of it a few days ago) and found out I was right at the end of the episode, and you've got yourself a loyal fan to the show.

I have always loved fairy tales and different takes on them (Beastly, 10th Kingdom, Tin Man, Alice, Jack and the Beanstalk the Real Story, etc.) hence why I am also starting to enjoy "Once Upon a Time." As far as over all quality and potential, however, Grimm takes the cake (if by cake I mean one laced with a dose of magic and prepared by the careful hands of one who knows their trade well...if by one who knows their trade I mean the staff of the show). I highly suggest that you watch the pilot episode. If you love fairy tales, new and interesting shows, and cute cops who have extraordinary abilities...you'll love this.

I'm ready...are you?

I have submitted a design that is very "Castle" themed to Threadless. Once they clear it for scoring in a day or two you guys can help get it printed! Click below to go see the design and to score it. If Threadless decides they don't want it, I'll post the design in my spreadshirt shop so you can still get one if you'd like it. :D Thanks guys!

Score this design: "Mystery Writer," to help it get printed on Threadless!

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I was about to do a bit of reading and then go to bed when I happened upon Hulu (well I went there on purpose) and I found the pilot episode of the new show "Once Upon A Time." I completely forgot it was supposed to premier yesterday. Needless to say I was super excited and watched it.

Initially some of the graphics seemed a bit cheesy and such but I got over it quickly. As a fan of Sci Fi series' and low budget films and such I can usually overlook it easily. I'm glad I did. I think this is going to be a fun new show. I love all the connections to fairy tales as well as the connections in the real world from the old world (if that makes sense).

I'm already intrigued about where the story is going to go. Whenever a show or movie can give me that weird fluttery feeling in my stomach, I know it's going to be a good one (as long as they don't screw it up). So...even though I already have way too many shows on my plate and I know that this is going to send me spiraling into an obsession with fairy tales(especially since I've already found myself drawn to the new show Grimm as well, even though I did only see that extended preview of it), I have decided to add this show to my queue.

This should be fun...and magical. ;)

A HISTORY OF CAPS LOCK DAY (ACCORDING TO ME)

Well I haven't had the chance to go back and start re-watching episodes yet so I was planning on writing about tonight's new episode but, seeing as Luther wasn't in it and they didn't really talk about him, I have nothing new to report. So, I'll see you with any new updates as soon as I start going through those old episodes again. :)

So I have been watching Nyan Cat in the spirit of Halloween as I am going to dress up as her/he/it this year. While browsing through all the different re-makes of Nyan Cat (and laughing my butt off because it's just so amazing), I came across the original .gif file and saved it. I wanted to do something with it (my own re-make) but I wasn't sure what. I was watching the picture move over and over while listening to a song from Deadmau5 when it hit me...MEOWINGTON! The cutest darn cat who just so happens to belong to Joel (Deadmau5). I recreated the image to look like Meowington and added some music notes to the rainbow to make it even more appropriate. I then put my new .gif to "Meowington enables hax" (since the image is all about Meowington after all) but I also decided to go with one of Joel's more popular tracks, "Ghosts and Stuff," for an unlisted video. You know what that means?! It means that just you guys get to see that version (unless I suddenly decide to make that one public too)! Sweet huh? So, without further ado, here is the .gif of little Meowington trailing a rainbow of music and happiness. The videos are posted below as well. Enjoy!

I am going to go back and re-watch all the mentalist episodes (for fun) to get to know Red John again and see if he fits into my theory about his identity. I will be posting my thoughts on those episodes as well as the new ones though I will bunch the old ones into a few posts while each new episode will have it's own post. Before I get started watching, however, I did have one random thought. I remember when Red John somehow convinced that other "Psychic" lady, the red head Jane kind of liked, that she was dead. The interesting thing about Luther is that he majored in psychology. Convincing someone they were a ghost would take a strong knowledge of how the mind works and how it can be bent. Someone with a Psychological background and connections with the CBI and other police departments is who we are looking for (I'll go into more details later). So far...my theory is looking pretty good. :)

Have you ever had one of those "OH MY GOSH I KNOW WHO THE BAD GUY IS!" moments while watching your favorite show? I don't just mean the ones that get proved right or wrong within the hour of the episode, but the long term "Ah, ha" moments that seem to stem from practically nothing, a word, a glance, a tone. I get those a lot. In fact I believe I just posted one last night after my guess about that scene in Psych turned out to be true.

For some reason I just have this innate ability to really understand a story and it's characters and where they are going. Whether it's knowing without a doubt that Snape was a good guy and no traitor, or seeing that the good guy was not who he appeared to be miles before everyone else, I can usually spot it. I'm not gloating about it, it's just how I am. There have been those few moments when I have been wrong and I love it all the more. When I am right, which is often (and that fact tends to annoy my family because I always have to make my guesses out loud due to the fear that no one will believe that I knew it when it turns out to be true), I get a sense of validation that I am good at this. When I am wrong, which does happen, I find myself feeling happy as well. I like when a writer can twist me around because I want to be that writer. I want to surprise those readers and viewers out there who are as observant as me. That being said, I also like it when someone can guess where I am going because then I know that I am giving them that validation. In short, I love it whether I am wrong or right...I do, however, tend to like being right more.

Now, to the purpose of this post. Tonight I had one of those "Ah ha" moments. If you watch The Mentalist and you don't want my guesses to skew your own view of the show or to give anything away (in case I am right) then you may just want to stop reading now because I think I know who Red John is.

Let me start with the moment that triggered this as it was small, almost inconsequential (and for all I know the writers put it in there on purpose so that someone like me would pick up on that and head in the wrong direction with their theories...they may want to surprise me later by showing me that I'm wrong, but I feel like I am right). The moment was so small you could almost call it a micro expression (I've been watching too much Lie To Me lately).It was at the end of tonight's episode, "Ring Around the Rosie," when Jane is talking to their new (very young and good looking) boss. For most of the episode my mind was set on figuring out where I'd seen the guest star/bad guy in before but once I'd figured that out (he was Dexter's brother), my mind was freed up to see other things.

Jane was sitting, a large grin on his face, as the boss (I believe his name was Luther) was talking about his observations on Jane, comparing him to a personality/behavioral test (Psycopathy test I think is what it's called) they had secretly managed to take on their bad guy earlier in the episode. When he is done is tells Jane: "Congratulations Jane, according to the score you are a clinical psychopath." They seem to be friendly during this exchange and then Luther says, "Now I know what I'm dealing with, so I'll adjust accordingly." He has an odd sort of smile (it barely reaches his eyes) when he says this and at first I didn't think anything of it, but then he turns and leaves and as he passes Lisbon, his back to both of them, there is this really odd look on his face. I can't quite explain it. It could be construed as his own emotions kind of mixed up in Jane, like he's not so sure how working with him will go but he's kind of liking him at the same time...but I don't think that's it. Maybe it's because I've been watching too much Lie To Me lately and I'm reading too much into it, but I feel like that look on his face along with the look he had when saying "I'll adjust accordingly" is the look you would find on a cat who has just fooled a mouse into thinking he is not a cat or a wolf who has cleverly disguised himself in sheep's clothing. He walks with a strange, almost triumphant confidence down the hall too which struck me as odd. Then the fact that Jane then says to Lisbon "I like our new boss, I think we'll work very well together." struck me as further proof. Though it is meant to rid me of doubt about the new boss and make me trust him and like him as Jane does, I can't quite believe it. Knowing how stories go, how writers are, and how this show and this type of show is...I think Jane will find that he is becoming friends with the very man he wishes to kill. Take the phrase Luther spoke earlier and the expressions that screamed at me (in fact the revelation I had made my stomach do flips, I felt really strongly that it was true and I hope it is because it is EXACTLY what I would have done as a writer with this story) and put it in the context of Luther as Red John. "Now I know what I'm dealing with, so I'll adjust accordingly." I am not so sure he was talking about work.


What I am saying here, is I think Luther is Red John. I know my evidence is small and, again, inconsequential, but for some reason that look, that look in the hallway...it said it all. That one look made me look back at his words to Jane, at his face. I feel it, I feel the story moving in that direction. I don't know if I'm right, but I feel convinced of it now. If I were to choose anyone to be Red John at this moment in the show, it would be him. It's the perfect way to compromise Jane, to rid him of his arrogance, to make him feel helpless and tricked when he finally does find out who Red John really is. The writers have set this up perfectly and the story could be great and gut wrenching. Red John isn't some stranger he has never met before like the man he killed in the last episode of season 3. When he finally is revealed, Red John will be someone Jane knows, someone he never expected. Red John will have weaved his way into Jane's life so that by the time he reveals himself...Jane will be trapped so tight that breaking free will become far more painful than it ever would have been before. The worst enemy often turns out to be the best friend. He has already used others to try and get into Jane's life...now Red John will step up and do things himself. The game has changed, most of the world thinks he is dead aside from Jane. Now he must step it up and get involved personally. This is how it works, it's how a really good story must unfold. Though other candidates may show up later in the season, I am inclined to think he will be there early on, in fact that he is there now. I am going to stick with this theory until something comes up to prove otherwise (though I will always evaluate all "proof" carefully before changing  my theory) but I am not sure that I can be convinced otherwise. This is my theory.

Luther is Red John.

So I watched the first episode of season 6 of Psych (of course I did, don't be stupid!) and it was amazing. Thie episode had a lot going for it and the fact that Star Wars was involved...well...it was perfect. I think my love of this episode was really helped along by the fact that my theory about the outcome of a certain preview (posted below) turned out to be entirely correct! I am such a genius...or I'm just really good at understanding stories and their structure. All I know is that the scene was amazing as was the last shot (and the hilarious Psych out moment during the credits). I completely forgot to look for the pineapple because I was so caught up in the whole episode (as per usual). In case you didn't notice, I decided not to spoil anything here so that you could go watch it yourself. So do it. Now. Do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.



Until next time, this is Spencer...Shawn Spencer (no really, that's my nickname I go by with my best friend who just so happens to be Gus). :D

You know...my tastes in music are so random. There are all sorts of artists I love to listen to to the point that I enjoy almost everything (aside from scremo and hard rap). The odd thing is, however, that there is one genre of music that I enjoy that really doesn't fit my personality at all. Yeah I'm a YouTube nerd (which actually got me into the music) but I am also a sweet, fun loving, some what quiet person...yet I listen to Dubstep/Electronic type stuff (esp. Deadmau5). How weird is that? One thing is for sure, my mom would hate this music, she can't even stand the bass in Party Rock Anthem (another song I flippin love...maybe that's why I love Dubstep so much...the bass). Well...maybe I can get you hooked too. Here's a couple of my favorites.

This was a comment I just posted under a video of Kristina Horner's about nerdy conventions and such...thought it applied here quite nicely.

Because I've spent so much time on YouTube since I first discovered it in 2006, I have been working under the illusion that being a nerd is cool to everyone in the world...unfortunately I find that it is not so outside of this amazingly tight knit community :/ I love you guys! YouTube is my home. :D

Drew a picture of my friend Danielle getting sorted into Ravenclaw. I'll post a picture of me getting sorted as soon as I draw that one. :)

As a true nerd and zombie enthusiast, I have (of course) been obsessed with the new series "The Walking Dead." The sad thing is...I get scared really easily but I am so in love with the story I just can't stop. I watched the first season as it came out and I have been waiting forever and ever and ever for the second season. Lately I have been wanting to get the first season so I could watch it again. No more waiting.

Just barely, I logged onto Netflix to start watching some more random Japanese shows (we finished Playful Kiss today) and I about screamed (whether it was a happy scream or a terrified scream is something you are going to have to imagine for yourself because I'm not telling). The first season of "The Walking Dead" is now available for streaming. I was already excited enough that season 3 of "Lie to  Me" and season 5 of "Psych" were added and now I am twice as excited.

Netflix...I love you.

I think that there is something I need to admit to you guys...I have been spending a lot of time watching a Japanese show called "Playful Kiss" on Netflix. I walked into my sister's room and she was watching it, I sat down for a minute and that was it. How can a show so dramatic, ridiculous (yet hilarious), and frustrating be so hard to stop watching?!

The interesting thing about watching Japanese shows (like anime) is that their culture is so different so there are moments when some context doesn't make sense with the translation of what they are saying (or it does but their words seem harsher than the characters seem to take them). Then, of course, there is the fact that they are actually speaking Japanese. The odd thing about it is...you kind of forget they aren't speaking English after a while.

Anyway...confession done. I had better go see if my sister is watching a new episode without me. It's basically all we have done today (other than yard work...gross). Hopefully I can do something more productive tonight like working on music or on my Harry Potter poster. ;)

Peace out nerdies!

P.S. I know your curious so you should just go watch the show. As dramatic as it can get, it is also wildly hilarious. ;)

Well, little update. According to Pottermore I am actually not a Hufflepuff (I was just getting used to the idea too). JK Rowling and the sorting hat tell me that I am (da da da da) a Gryffindor. Who knew? So it seems a little re-decorating is in order! ;)

So what to say? Well, I've been doing my little Pottermore beta version test run fun, I've made some new items for my etsy shop, I've continued to be a huge nerd, etc. Danielle and I went to the midnight showing of Deathly Hallows part 2 (of course) and I really should have posted a long excited ramble on here but I have been writing a lot on our join blog lately which tends to cause me to neglect this one. Well...NO MORE! Now that I've re-decorated the blog and started working on pages as well as the layout, I am going to be posting more often.

YAY!

Love you guys! :D

I...can't...WAIT!!!!!

I will never shop anywhere else again...well accept for amazon.com of course...and maybe the grocery store...and maybe Barnes and Noble.

You see, in my last post I mentioned that I had an amazon gift card and that I wasn't sure what to use it on...I found the perfect item. Luckily amazon and many other companies work together on the same site so I stumbled across the oh so wonderful think geek (which I was actually already subscribed to on youtube I just hadn't ever actually been to their website yet) which brought to me many money spending options. The item I finally settled on was chosen simply because it made me laugh so hard I couldn't breath. By the time I woke up (after passing out from the lack of oxygen my brain was getting due to the laughter) I had clicked the "add to cart" button...the point of no return.

Let me just say, this can of unicorn meat is all I hoped it would be.





Of course...Katara doesn't seem to be too thrilled about my recent purchase, but I am.


I am also changed forever. I think I spend more time on think geek looking for future purchases (like the star trek enterprise pizza cutter I absolutely must have) than I do completing productive tasks. I love the internet and boy do I love the nerdy things you can find on here.

Okay so I have the Amazon rewards card (because I spend so much on there and the only thing I ever use rewards for is amazon gift cards anyway so...yeah) and I was able to redeem some points for a $25 Amazon gift card. It has been sitting here for three days (unheard of) because I don't know what to get.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!

I think my problem is that there are a lot of things I COULD get (my wish list has plenty of items in it) but I just don't know what to spend my gift card on...what do I want right NOW? (Look at me, writing in all capsies, I'm a mess) There is this pretty awesome super mario version of yahtzee...but there is also a super mario monopoly. UGH! I mean...I already have the Lord of the Rings Monopoly...but mario...this is sad.

There are a ton of movies and books on there too that I have been wanting...but which ones do I get? Who is worthy of this $25 gift card? I have a feeling this is going to be a long battle. I guess I'll just have to buckle down and pick something. Rest assured, whatever I get... it will be nerdy.

Working on a paint by number (while watching some Doctor Who), what do you think? :)

Zazzle just removed all my hunger games shirts for "infringing" on copyrighted material when they do not. The images are entirely mine and copyright safe (no duplicated images or quotes from the novels). I have a feeling they were removed simply because the title of the book was included in the tags on my products and because suddenly it's going to be a movie (more popular). This makes me angry. I am re-uploading these shirt designs and leaving out the title of the book because what I cam up with is entirely copyright safe and they have no right to remove them. Can you tell I'm mad? Oh, I'm mad. >:(

Did I ever tell you that Danielle got me two Star Wars puzzles for Christmas? Yeah...totally going to put those together and post pictures because that is flippin awesome and definitely splenerdiferous! I also totally got a key board which means that I can write more nerd rock songs for Danielle and I so we can actually start our band we've been planning for so long! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo! Nerdilicious right? :D Well, Happy new year everyone, I can't wait to post more awesomeness during 2011!