Booktube Census 2016

So life has been stressful, and when life gets stressful I like to do projects.  So I want to start working on the booktube census.  However I wanted to get your opinions on what I should put in this year's census.  I want to keep the demographic questions (i.e. age, gender, etc.).   However I want to get your opinions on what we would want to learn about the community this year.  Any suggestions are welcome.  Also I need help spreading the word this year so if you want to help let me know as well. I'm hoping to start the survey in April or May, and having the result come out late May or early June.

I Need Your Help

So I'm having a few dilemmas.  I finally feel okay enough with life that I want to make videos again.

However I want to start with some easy content so I was going to start with a Q&A.  So if you could ask questions either in the comments or via Twitter I would really appreciate it.  Also I haven't been reading so I wanted some ideas for content.  I have been playing a lot of Pokemon, and watching a lot of shows so I thought about doing videos or blog posts on those topics.  So if you are interested in any of these let me know, and in what forms you would want.

I thought about doing a recently watched, or possibly reviews on the shows I've been watching.
For Pokemon, I thought about talking about my favorite pokemon or possibly reviewing Pokemon Y, which is what I've been playing a lot.

If you have any other ideas for content you want to see from me let me know :)

Thoughts on Gilmore Girls Reunion

So I have been binge rewatching Gilmore Girls, and I am super excited for the reunion.  So I obviously have high hopes.  Probably too high, but that's okay.  So here are some hopes and dreams that I have.

1.  Now this one I know isn't happening, but I was hoping that they would just say Richard is traveling.  I couldn't imagine Emily without Richard, but that's already been confirmed that it was not the case.  I was hoping that we would have a kind of happy Emily instead of a grieving one.
2.  For Jackson and/or Sookie to come back,  I know Melissa McCarthy isn't confirmed to come back, and I believe Jackson Douglas might be coming back.  However ideally they will both come back.  
3. If Rory ends up with one of her ex-boyfriends, I really want her to end up with Logan.  I was never really a fan of Jess, and I liked Dean at first, but my fondness for him diminished over time.  However Logan I grew to love.  I know all three of them are confirmed to come back so that should be interesting.  However she could end up with someone entirely new and that would be great! I just couldn't imagine who.
4.  Lorelai ends up with Luke.  Period.  I just want her and Luke to be together and happy. Yes, I know they are fictional characters, but they are adorable, and I need more Luke and Lorelai in my life. 
5.  Lastly I'm just hoping the characters are still witty, and funny, which I'm sure will be the case. 

Either way, I am really excited for the reunion, and have high hopes.  

I'm "Quitting" Youtube

Now, don't be alarmed by the title.  I need to stop making videos for the forseeable future.  This semester has been hell.  First Cullen's mom is in the ICU.  Then my boss dies, someone steals half of my savings account.  I get bit by a dog, and Cullen and I broke up.  Now our break-up was amicable.  He has a lot going on in his life, and it just wasn't the right time, and as much as it sucks, I understand.  However that doesn't change that I'm barely holding the pieces of my life together.  I want to continue blogging, but I need to take a long step back from YouTube.  I might do some different types of blog posts rather than bookish ones because I haven't been read.  You know it's a special type of sadness when you're too sad to read.  I didn't want to make a video about it purely because I know I would cry.  Hopefully my hiatus won't be too long, and I hope you understand that I need this.

I'm Taking A Break

Now this is just an FYI for those who watch my youtube channel.  I'm going to be taking a break for a little while.  I would have made a video, but I just didn't feel up to it.  I've had a lot of drama happen in my life.  Someone I am close to is in the hospital, and my very amazing and wonderful boss passed away unexpectedly.  So while I deal with that, I don't want to feel the pressure of not creating blog posts or videos.  I have some videos filmed, but I'm just not up to editing.  So I will have a very late favorite books of 2015, and I'm sorry, but I'm just mentally and physically drained right now.  I hope to feel up to creating content again soon, but I just need to focus on myself and the people around me right now.

My Problems With Gift Giving And An Idea

I have been driving a lot throughout my holiday season, and I realized one thing.  I really hate getting gifts.  Now not gifts from my family because I'm always prepared to give something back.  However I've had wonderful friends who gave me gifts for either my birthday or Christmas, and in all honesty, that really stresses me out.  Now don't get me wrong, I appreciate how kind and generous my friends are I just live with the anxiety that I haven't gotten them something back.  I have a terrible memory for birthdays, and I always feel bad when I forget someone's birthday, which is more often than I would like to admit.
So when it comes to gifts, I'm like Sheldon Cooper. If you don't watch The Big Bang Theory, there is an episode where Penny gets Sheldon a Christmas gift.  He wants to adequately reciprocate her gift so he goes to Bath & Body Works, and he buys a gift basket in every size so he can give her the proper gift.  Now that's how I feel about gifts.  I hate not knowing I'm getting them, and I hate not being able to reciprocate them.  With being a college student, I can't always get my friends gifts, and that stresses me out far more than it should.

Now to alleviate some of that stress, I thought of a pretty great idea.  Once I get my first full time job which should hopefully be soon.  I want to get all of my friends' wishlists, and at random points in the year buy them a book.  So that at Christmas time I don't feel guilty because I can't afford to buy all of my family and friends stuff.  The idea has helped alleviate some of the anxiety.

Does anyone else get like this?

New Year's Resolutions

Now I'm not much of a resolution person so really the title should be in quotation marks..  I never stick to them as much as I want to say I'll exercise (which I really need to do because my upper body strength is scarily bad).  I know saything that is a one of my "New Year's resolutions" won't make me make sure I do it. However once I posted my 2016 bookish resolutions video I thought of other silly things.  So here's a list of some resolutions I have for 2016.  Most of these are for my channel.

1. Use my lighting kit.  I've had it for a few months now, and I haven't even opened it yet so I want to start using that.
2. Have less TBR (to be read) books than I start out with.  There will probably be a TBR video in the near future.  I want to say I'll have 0 TBR books by 2017, but I know that's impossible.  However having less TBR books would be nice.
3. Start making thumbnails. I always forget to take thumbnail pictures, and I've been wanting to make my channel look more professional.
4. Learn to use all the features of my camera and editing software.  I only ever useone feature or two, and whenever I try to learn I get overwhelmed pretty easily.

Those are just a few things I hope to work on in 2016. Let me know what some of your resolutions or goals are.