It's been far too long of a break since the last time I posted, so now that I'm on winter break, I can break that break. What?

Yes, hello. Hi. How are you? How is your grandma doing? Apologies if your grandma is no longer here with us, not after she went on that ship off to the Dog Island in which there lives the only dog doctor who can provide you with the medicine for your ill, dying dog brother. . . We haven't seen her in years, and I just can't afford to lose another member of the family. Do you understand me? I'm not allowing you to go aboard that ship on this stormy night, especially after we all saw shooting stars on the night of the festival. And everyone knows shooting stars are a sign of trouble afoot. I can just smell the trouble with my puppy nose, moistened just enough to signal a healthy dog. Your brother wouldn't know. And he never will, because as we've established, you're not dying for him. But guess what, you're gonna go on that ship anyway and sniff around for ghosts and probably die a couple of times because you forgot that you have to hold the bark button for effective attacks against snakes and bears.

By now, it would be great for all of us if you just clicked the link I put in there.

But enough about The Dog Island! Clearly we're all here for the (honestly intimidating) list of songs that I found and loved since the last post! Hopefully my computer can catch up. Lettuce go!

Happy Halloween Eve! I have the feeling I've said that before in another blog post, but I'm too lazy to make sure. Thanks to Nevada Day and several staff development days, I have a five-day weekend this Halloween, which is awesome. That's like an entire school week to not (extensively) worry about school. I've already watched so many old episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and it's amazing. (Also, when did Ryan and Colin get that much older?) Well, I've got my costume for tomorrow: the tooth fairy. It sounds all cute and innocent right now, and for the most part it is, but there is a twist I'm putting on it to make it a little unsettling. It's gonna be oh-so-spoopy.

A quarter of the school year has passed already and I miraculously survived it. I haven't watched YouTube videos in so long, it's tragic. Part of that survival is attributed to the two teachers I have that seem to subtly mention/flirt with each other during class, but it's just all in my head. Probably.

But like always, I need music to get through the afternoons spent doing unnecessarily difficult math problems. I think I'm in my chill trap phase of music, because it's the one genre I've been craving. So have some MTMT thrown at 'cha FACE!

Thanks to one of KickThePj's videos, I found this super pretty cover of Tonight You Belong To Me by Haley Blais and Quinn Bates. The audio sounds a little wonky, but the song is still nice!
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Crywolf is a really rad artist that seems to belong with electronic/alternative music more than anything else. Wake [E-bow] seems more alternative if not poppy and it's been on repeat for days.
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The Gioni remix of Runaway (U & I) by Galantis is so. . . hype. I'm gonna be that obnoxious person and say, "That drop tho!!" because wowzers. This song just fills you with so much energy!
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For the last song of this spoopy MTMT, I shall CAUTION YOU OF CURSING. There's basically one a half different curse words in this song, but I guess it's still something to mention for those who would rather listen to something curse-free. Honestly, my favorite part is the first few seconds of it. It's actually a fairly sad song.

Well, there's that! Hope you guys have (or had) a fun, safe Halloween with the ones you love. I know I will, and I couldn't be happier. Eep, what am I doing getting sentimental? Small round green vegetables!

Not gonna lie, I was planning to post a long, inspirational post but I was more excited to post more music on this blog because ~music~! Music is just really exciting, man. It's especially more exciting now that I've accepted happier, more easygoing types of music. Also, when did YouTube make changing speed of videos a thing? Because I am having so much fun listening to some of these songs slowed down/sped up. But anyway, here we goooo!

After some technical difficulties involving a scanner, I finally got this rad wax resist watercolor painting that I made myself! It's nothing special. I just wanted something for MTMT that could look pretty and stuff.

Now it's only acceptable that I introduce this glorious art with some more more art in the form of sound. Gotta love dat music. There's only one song this time around but surely, that's gotta be enough to whet your appetite!

First up is the song I most recently found: Kiss The Devil (Just A Gent Remix) by Bel Heir. The original has really good parts too but I appreciate the piano in this one. FYI, you can download this remix and others for free on Just A Gent's Facebook & SoundCloud pages!

I'm getting into more remixes, that's for sure. The remixes that add in more piano and orchestra stuff are the best though. . . Remember Davide Rossi's remix of True Love by Coldplay? Like, that reinvented the word remix for me.

Well, thanks for joining me in this short MTMT! Small round green veggies.

Today, I'll be talking about this site. In case you can't tell, the design here changed a bit! Considering how long I've had those fonts, it's a pretty important day.

I'm gonna be honest here, I wasn't too happy with how the website looked for the past few months. As Weebly (the gr8 one) started pumping out these website themes that looked really modern and simplistic, I looked at my site and felt inferior. I've been on the Internet for my whole life. I had my own site by the time I was 9! But back then, a lot of the creators around me were using Webs to look flashy and gif-y. You can see the appeal of sparkles to a bunch of 10-year-olds. I opted for the more muted look on my rad Weebly site *cough* go Weebly *spat*.

More and more people started abandoning their sites for reasons I can't remember. In retrospect, there were probably two common reasons for this. One: maintaining a site is actually pretty time-consuming. Creators feel like they constantly have to churn out stuff for their readers. Two: they grew out of their own websites.

I'm glad I never went too extreme with the fancy embellishments because I would be horrified of my site. That's child's play, man. Sparkles are too childish for this big girl. There was one site owner a while back that actually wrote a blog post about deleting her site. I probably talked about it on this blog, but basically she was saying that her site was childish and embarrassing. The early sites were pretty gross, honestly. Imagine a bunch of toddlers talking a lot of nonsense and spewing glitter. As these people grew up, they realized they wanted no evidence of the kiddie monsters they made. DELETE. (But I'm not kidding, glitter was everywhere.)

No, my site was never as glittery. But I could still recognize the remnants of "child" throughout it. I was not okay with it. So you're asking, "Why didn't you change everything you didn't like?" You see, small tadpole, Weebly makes it slightly tricky when it comes to design. Changing a theme could wipe out all those glorious picture headers. It takes a lot of work to change all the components to your liking. Personally, I also had troubles with a thing called sentiment.

For the longest time, I saw that old font and couldn't bring myself to change it. That font was a part of me for years! It represented the site in a way. So how am I supposed to change to an entirely different theme when I can barely let go of a font?

Now that I've made the switch, I've got a bit more pride for this site. Though I still find some parts a bit icky, I can compromise look for functionality. You might not have any feelings on the subject, but that navigation menu is rad. I'm willing to make just a few tiny changes along the way. I'm also eager to add a few personal touches; I can't let a design and some photos online make up my entire site! I'm really into the handmade homepage header and I want to make more stuff like that. Maybe I'll make one in replace of the Journal of the Internet News and one for MTMT. New summer project, WOO!

Well, thanks for reading! I originally wanted this to be a simple, lighthearted post but oh well. If you read through it all, kudos to you! Have this song as a reward: Be Together (Vanic Remix) by Major Lazer ft. Wild Belle! I'm really getting into those hip, electronic beetz, right kids??!

100 songs, what are you talking about? No one said anything about 100 songs. *cough* Well, enjoy another 20 songs under the cut!

This is it, my small floof buns! The last 20 songs in this 80-song party! Raise your juice boxes for a toast: thanks for the five years of awesomeness! Maybe in another five years we can party up in college :D

Here's to another year of making content for you guys! Have 20 more songs, right here right now, under the cut!

Here's another 20 songs for you to enjoy! I think there's a few more no-vocal pieces than last time, but there's definitely some singing action going on, too. Now click "Read More" for some awesome music!

I already had my sappy moment on the last blog post, so let's just listen to some music! Though the title "Music Time for the Millionth Time" didn't pop up until recently, I think I've always shared music with you guys on this site. Now believe it or not, under the cut is 20 songs that I've never introduced to you guys before! I did say 100 songs, but since I'm apparently horrible at counting, I'll give you 80 for now. Click Read More for some music lovin'!