tjs_whatnot | Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day One (Reply)

your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

I had so many ideas for this post, for this question. One great thing about being a volunteer mod for the Snowflake Challenge is that I know what is coming and when, so I have lots of time to reflect. But, well, it also means that you have a LOT to do to get ready for the Challenge and then while it is going on. This first day's post has over 600 comments WHA?!??! And while that makes me super happy, it also is a bit of an overwhelming level of awesome. And now I'm like 3 days late and want to find something short and sweet.

Then I was on Twitter (hey, did you know the Snowflake Challenge is on Twitter this year? There aren't a lot of us there, but it's super fun. It also reminded me of what makes me ridiculously happy.

♥♥THIS NERD!♥♥

Okay, firstly, I have to admit, I am the only person left in the world who hasn't seen/listened to Hamilton. I know. I will. I promise. It's only... well... I feel in love with him without Hamilton and I'm sort of afraid of the hype. I first discovered him on a 60 Minutes interview and he said something about creativity and success that stuck with me and guided me from then on.

in-Manuel Miranda: I went to a school where everyone was smarter than me and half of them were funnier then me.

Charlie Rose: So why do you think I'm sitting here talking to you and not sitting here talking to one of your classmates?

Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'Cause I picked a lane...

♥ Just that. Just finding your thing and not swerving, not deviating. I think I'll hold onto that idea for a little while longer. I'm sure I'm going to need it.

And while I haven't heard much of Hamilton, I have been gobbling up most everything else he's doing because the things he's doing are things I'm in love with. Like how he geeks about the same things that I do:

"What's Next? featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda" (Watch on YouTube)

I just LOVE that so much! If you love him, Hamilton and The West Wing too, then you ABSOLUTELY have to hear him on The West Wing Weekly Podcast, it's amazing!

And of course, being a nanny, I've heard his Moana songs about a gazillion times and love them all. And then there was "Mary Poppins Returns." ♥ ♥ ♥ He was my favorite. ♥♥♥

But, it's after 2 in the morning and I am now officially 3 days late on this and I wanted this to be short and sweet, so I'll just leave this sample of my very favorite of my things about Lin. His twice daily Twitter affirmations that--swear to God--they MAKDE INTO A BOOK!!!!.

Gmorning.
Lower your shoulders.
They’re by your ears!
Rub up against a rock if that’s all you got.
We are not starting 2019 this tense
Breathe, love
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 2, 2019