A Reintroduction To Myself

hi. hello. welcome. what's up? I'm Nora.

It's the first day of May, and that's weird.

When I first started this blog I was trying to do things, I was trying to post in a pleasing way, I was trying to put out content.. a lot of content.. And honestly, I wasn't always happy or impressed by it. I was putting it out because it got views, because it made sense in regard to other people's posts. I think that's dumb. I realized a long time ago that I didn't see use in it, and that's why I was so absent for so long, I think. 

I'm 22 years old and as of January 2015, I moved out of my parents house for the first time in my life. That's a weird thing, man. No matter how normal that is supposed to be, leaving home is never normal. Even when it's a societal idea. 

I just finished at a community college. It took me longer than it was "supposed" to, and for that reason, I'm now seeing everyone I graduated High School with, graduating from university with bigger degrees than me. I let that hurt for a minute, but I'm here to say that school is what you make it, and how much you want. There isn't any kind of magic number, or perfect load of classes. I'm happy, and I'm not in debt, so there's that, ya'll. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I met my boyfriend in 2014.
I can't stop thinking about how he's changed my life, and it's exciting. I wake up thinking that I've never seen a sunrise look as good as this. I wake up thinking I've never seen someone look so honest in their sleep.  

I want to rewrite myself into blogging in a way that's honest, in a way that's helpful, and in a way that's better. If you want to hang out, that'd be rad, honestly. 

Things I Accomplished in 2014

Hi. It's been awhile. But one of things I told myself during that stupid New Years resolution time was that I was going to try to do this more. It's already March, so there's that. Here's some things I did in 2014 that I've been reflecting on lately.

1. I started taking myself more seriously. 
2. I started taking YouTube more seriously, and with that has come an amazing amount of support. 
3. I met David. You guys don't know about him, but he's lovely, we'll talk about it more later. 
4. I vlogged every single day of October, and realized like, holy dick, I am gr8 at vlogging. Here's a link to the entire playlist if you want: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Mn0oMy-78x6DPDSiDi0ZvTGrP6PDF1T\
5. I was entirely happy at the end of 2014 and that's a really nice feeling. 

love, noralee.

Going away parties, back to school, mostly a lot of feelings in one post.

Hey. Hi. Hello.

I went back to school on August 26th, and y'know, no matter the fact that I've spent the bulk of my life "going back to school," it's always, and I mean always, a weird sensation.

I've come to realize that I genuinely enjoy having a routine. I love feeling balanced, and hell, I even love homework. So, though the first week was rocky, the second week went smoothly. I'm officially back in the swing of it, I think.

A few weeks before back to school, I went to a going away party for my friend Louis. He's moving away to university, (legit like 30 minutes away but I'm not going to disclose his information by saying where). Here's a video I made of that night, I think it's nifty and fun.

I really love my friends, and though it was sad to see Louis go, and everything, I know it is for the best. We all have to get ready to go out and do "better" things in "better" places. (Even if we fall on our asses.)

I recently decided on where I will be transferring to next Fall, and it was one of the biggest and easiest decisions I've made in a long time. I'm stoked on finishing out this year at my CC. But, I'm also super stoked to go on to university and grow with my two majors.

On the list of unstoked things is having to have a party like this. This was an amazing party as someone who wasn't leaving. But, Louis cried a lot throughout the whole night. It's going to be hard to do that with everyone again. However, I, like Louis, am only going to be going about 30-35 minutes away as well. So, it's not the END of the world. It's just the end of a familiar city, I guess.

Sappy shit aside. I hope ya'll enjoy this video.

Love, Noralee

5 Things: SUMMER EDITION.

Hey ya'll :)

I've made these "five things" post for most seasons already, but I thought it'd be kind of cool to do this "summer edition" with a bit of a twist.

FIVE THINGS I'M UP TO THIS SUMMER:

1. READING! I've been keeping track of all the books I've been reading in a draft on here, with mini reviews as well. I'll post it once the summer is up.

2. Hanging out with my friends every chance I get. :)

3. Stressing over what I'm going to take in the Fall. I know that's a really nerdy thing to say, but ugh, I am. I've been constructing my "preferred list" for a few months now. ugh.

4. Working shows at 1919. I will say the best one this month was the Pity Sex//The World is...//Cat People//Two Knights//Dads show. It kicked ass.

5. ALSO, playing shows!

ME! (Olivia took this awesome photo)

And here's where the twist comes in!

FIVE THINGS I MISS ABOUT LAST SUMMER:

1. How much more relaxed I was! I don't know why, but this summer has been a huge stressful ball of fucking stress. I guess this comes along with growing up and having more responsibilities.

2. The fact that I wasn't completely broke. (Yeah, little known fact to my internet frandz, but I am completely and utterly so broke. I am lucky I still live with my parents.)

3. My brother coming to visit! That made last Summer amazing, and I'm sad he's not coming this summer.

4. How much I got together with my old friends from high school. So far we haven't planned a get together this summer, which kinda sucks. I've seen some of them separately, but I hope we all get together sometime before this summer is over..

5. ALSO, my hair. Early on in summer I had this pink dip dye hair, before I did the blonde stuff in the photo above. I don't miss my undercut, but I miss this coloring:

It'd be cool if some of ya'll did this post too, if you do you should totally tell me! I'd love to read each of your five things.

Love, Noralee

Snippets Sunday #11: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

This is my Mother through the years. (: I love her and can't help but be thankful for everything she's done.

I made her a Flash Gordon card. It kicks ass. Haha. :) It's on my instagram, which my username is: accidentalmusic

ALSO, as of yesterday I'm officially done with school since I'm not doing summer classes. So, HEY, I hope ya'll are ready for a regular blogging schedule, cos I sure as shit am. (:

I hope ya'll are having a wonderful Sunday and Mother's Day.

Love, Noralee

Good days, good nights.

Hi everyone!

 Here is a stop motion from my Monday. :) Sorry this post is so dang late, but there was some construction stuff going on at my place and stuff like that.

I had a pretty good Monday. I don't have classes on Mondays, so I went out with my friend Robert, then picked up our friend Keren later, and eventually switched cars to ride around with our friend Garrett.

Robert and I hit up the dollar store first.

He got this gun, Star Wars hand sanitizer, and a batman towel. Haha. :)

I got some googly eye sunglasses, batteries for my video camera, and a princess Belle towel.

We got lunch together,

then hit up the park at the lake.








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Anyhow, then we picked up some people, ran into some people, went some stores, and eventually ended up at the mall. Which was pretty empty since it was a Monday night. Haha.

 I bought this book.

I stocked up on the Cinnamon incense at Earthbound. I like all of their incense, but recently I tried the cinnamon and fell in love with the way it made my room smell. It's like getting like fifty autumn scented candles and lighting all of them at once. It is so great. :)

 I got this Kudi shirt from HT.

Keren and I went to Claire's while Garrett was filing out an application to GameStop with Robert.
Annnnd, I got these Katy Perry eyelashes and these nails. :) I'll review the lashes if anyone is interested? I've been wanting to try them out for awhile. 

Anyhow, that's what I got. :) I also recently went to the TX State Fair, so I might do a post on that. I also have a review on a natural soap line coming soon.

Love, Noralee

Snippets Sunday.

Last night I got my tattoo touched up. And then got dinner with my bestfriend Jasmine, and planned a Halloween-y movie night sometime soon.

My lunch. :)

I need to make my bed.

I need to study for my first Philosophy exam. It is on Thursday and I'm really nervous.

I really need to clean up my hectic desk/vanity.

ALSO, I still need to name my newest baby rat. Any suggestions?

Thus far I've had a pretty relaxing Sunday. Also, I'm sorry these were all taken with my cellphone because I haven't charged my Sony lately, like an idiot. The first photo of my So it Goes tattoo was taken with my Sony, though. Haha.

Annnnd, instead of cleaning and studying... I am watching the new episodes of Jane by Design.

I got some new Organic Morning Blend coffee. It is amazing! I have it in my September Favorites videos, so you'll see it then. ;p

Love, Noralee