Hurricane Sandy

I hate natural disasters. They scare me so much. You don't know when they're coming, how long they're going to be, how dangerous they are, how to prepare, etc. You don't know anything! They just happen, and then homes are destroyed and people are dead and cities are flooded and there's nothing anyone can do, except donate to endless relief funds and pray. Hurricane Katrina was probably one of the worst natural disasters to ever occur in the US, and even today we look back and see how terrifying that must've been. Obviously, this hurricane taking over the east coast isn't going to be nearly as bad as Katrina, but it's still terrifying to know that there's really nothing we can do except wait for disaster to strike. 

You can buy as many flashlights as you want, but what if all our houses get flooded? What if our homes and everything are destroyed? See this is the kind of thing that worries me endlessly. So I've taken it upon myself to write a list of things I would absolutely 100% need in case hurricane Sandy is really bad. This list doesn't include electronics. Because electronics die. It also doesn't include my family. Except my dog.

1. My dog.
2. My candles.
3. A lighter for my candles.
4. Batteries for the lighter.
5. Some food that never goes bad, like Chef Boyardee or goldfish.
6. Some crayons.
7. Paper.
8. Magazines.

You know. While writing this list, I've realized how absolutely lost I'd be without my electronics. It's sad but like honestly I can't live without my phone/computer. This hurricane is like a test to see if we can survive, and hey, we did the first time, right? During that huge storm when nobody had power for like 5 days? We survived then! My whole neighborhood, rallied together in the darkness. It was great. I spent 5 whole days at my neighbor's house, everyone bonded over the misfortune that was nature.

But then again, my neighbors had a generator. And therefore electricity.

Also another note, last weeks blog post was literally just a list of youtube channels. I need to get more creative. So from now on I'll try to write about something more interesting so I don't get like an E on my weekly blog post.

Kbyeee.

Youtubers

Recently I've been obsessed with youtubers and following all these vloggers and stuff. I love spending time on youtube watching different people, from like cooking channels, to beauty/fashion channels, to random vloggers that just talk to their cameras and somehow make it really funny. #dailygrace Also, a lot of beauty gurus (people that do makeup tutorials, etc.) have second channels, where they vlog about their life. A lot of them have third channels where they vlog from their iPhones. I'm fully aware of the amount of people I watch and that it's ridiculous. But in case you wanted some entertainment, I thought I'd share them.

So here's some of my favorite youtubers:

Beauty people and their other channels:  
Tracy/Stephanie and more Tracy/Stephanie
Ingrid and more Ingrid
Bethany and more Bethany (even though she barely posts on her second channel)
Fleur (she's british!) and more Fleur

People that have way too many channels:

JUSTINE:
Main
Vlog
iPhone
Reviews
Gaming

Funny people that I like:
Hannah
Grace
Mamrie
Joe Santagato

Cooking Channels:
Laura Vitale
Chef John

Cute sisters that sing together:
Cimorelli

Last one I swear:
Charles/Ally

^They've been making videos everyday for 1266 days.

Okay I'm really done. That was way too many. But yeah. K bye.

A Fresh Start

So this week's edition of the Harper Rants About Nothing show is gonna focus on something a little unusual. Our teachers have decided to let loose the reins and let our "creative spirits soar." Nobody really said that. I just threw it in for effect. But anyway, I haven't been to school in a week, and I'm not gonna talk about why because I already made the mistake of telling a few people, who told some more people, and now pretty much the entire cap program knows about the inner workings of my personal problems. 

I haven't always been the attention-seeking, spotlight-hogging, "does not play well with others" type, I think I grew into it. Which doesn't really make sense, seeing as I'm the oldest of 3 and spend most of my life teaching and caring for kids as little as 5 months old. I have no problem interacting with kids who are younger then me, probably because I like a sense of authority. But when it comes to people my own age, geeeeez things get out of hand. Everyone's always telling me how I'm such a social, people-person, but in reality, I think that's becoming less and less accurate. I like people, I like being around them and interacting with them and spending time with the people I enjoy. But the two ends of my I-enjoy-your-company spectrum are worlds and worlds apart. There are some people that I love, and there are some people that no matter how hard I try to like them, I can't stand being around them. I probably have the same effect on some people, it's a natural part of life. But I think I need to work on being more accepting and open to people.

This post really didn't end up being much except a very intense personal reflection. But hey. Whatever.

Here's a cute cat: