Role Models

Hello bosomed bloggers, and welcome to Danielle Tuesday! *cue cheesy 90s opening sequence*

Housekeeping
First of all, the subject of Aoife. As we all know she didn't post a blog on Saturday, her day, and, according to our rules this results to a punishment! Any suggestions on what the punishment should be? Personally I want to see Aoife eat a blenderized something. Blenderized salad? I don't know, what do you guys think? Punishments of her getting embarassed our good too, and of course she has to take pictures/a video and blog about it in here.

Okay so we're keeping COOL PEOPLE OF EVERY AND ANY NATIONALITY for the time being! I don't have any problem with this and everyone seems happy with that, so that's settled for now. Also, as you guys can tell, I'm loving bosomed bloggers quite a lot.

Kate: For me it depends a lot on how big the romance part of the novel is. I prefer books with less romantic elements than non-romantic elements, and I found I can stomach books where the romance part is a maximum of about 40% of the book, if that makes sense. Of course that's not saying that there is absolutely no good completely romantic novels out there, I probably just haven't found it yet. Also I didn't really have the same problems with Divergent as you did. I mean I (still) haven't finished the book but, it was going pretty well for me. I suggest you reread it, I'll give you your copy back.

Orla: I never got into Artemis Fowl. I read the first book when we were in first year and Artemis Fowl annoyed the hell out of me, so it was really hard to enjoy the book. Like, he annoyed me the way Sasuke from Naruto annoyed me. Like I-will-strangle-the-living-hell-out-of-you-if-you-weren't-fictional kind of annoyance. Seriously. So I finished that first book and never looked back. I also really like that you're sharing bits of writing knowledge to us! It's so cool to learn about it and maybe it could be a thing where you present a writing tip that you learned from the Royal Irish Academy School of Awesome every week in your posts?

Theme for the week: Role Models

I don't remember not looking up to anybody. When I was way younger it was my older cousins who served as the cool older sister for me, and then it became teachers and friends and of course, celebrities. I've always loved the idea of Role Models, although some people I know completely copies the person they admire, from the way that person talks, to their attitude, to the way they dress. Sometimes a part of themselves kind of disappears and is replaced by an imitation of an idea of a person, and that's not really what role modeling is for me. I think Role Models are there to help you better yourself, for motivation, to provide a challenge and to be an inspiration. They're not there to be copied.

But anyway, I will tell you guys about the people who I look up to. These people have all contributed a lot to the person that I am now and the person that I'm trying to be.

One of my role models are the Vlogbrothers. I discovered them in 2010 through the fiveawesomegirls, and it basically changed my life. It was through them that I discovered the many, many, many benefits of being a nerd, how awesome it is to be a part of a community, and also how putting stuff on your head helps you when suck levels are high. What I admire the most about the vlogbrothers is how enthusiastic they are about life. They do all sorts of different projects and they never really seem to be not doing anything. John Green is my favorite author and he wrote my favorite book ever, Paper Towns. His eloquence never fails to amaze me, and his ability to put the thoughts and feelings that you feel into words, when you yourself can't, is just marvelous. Hank Green's productivity is also incredibly impressive. Seriously, that man does so many things. Ecogeek, DFTBA Records, Vidcon, and lots of other cool stuff that I can't think of right now. They inspire me to participate in life.

Another role model of mine is Rosianna Rojas, or missxrojas on youtube. She's incredibly smart, funny and always seems to be motivated. She is one of the people who introduced me to feminism, which has rapidly become a huge part of my life over the past few of months. Her videos on the subject never fail to make me think and she motivates me to do even the littlest things to make the world a better place for women. She taught me to think a lot more critically about the things I read or see or hear. She's actually the one who inspired me to cut my hair off for the hair for hazel campaign. Gah just I look up to her so much and she seems like such an amazing person and I would really love to meet her someday.

So yeah, those are my role models. I can't wait to hear what you guys have to say about this topic, and I'll talk to you guys next week!

-Danielle.