tjs_whatnot | Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day One

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

You need someone to tell you that you matter and that you're important. Lin's your man. ♥♥♥

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Don't worry, you're not the only person who hasn't seen/listened to Hamilton (that's at least 2 of us!) Although, I'm definitely familiar with his work on Moana >u> It's really amazing tho how other creators can inspire us and bring us such joy <3

((And oh gosh, Day 1 was super overwhelming! I remember just sitting there, and commenting on maybe a page and a half of responses, scrolling down, seeing how many responses were left on that page alone (never mind the many pages after that) and feeling just a little sick dfghj As wonderful as it is having so many people participate and enjoy this challenge, I'll admit I'm quite glad the past two days' challenges have been quieter >.>;; ))

Ditto. Day one was crazy. I woke up freakishly early (because I'd stayed New Year's over at a friend's house and I always wake up early in a strange bed) and checked and was all excited, "Oh, it's posted! Oh look there are 5 comments!" *replied to one* *refresh* "Oh, look there are 7 now!" *reply to another* "Wow, 13 now..." and then I went home and by the time I got there it was 50 or 60 and I started to get a little panicky. Then I remembered that my own Happy Place post was about a relaxing hot bath so I took my own advice and felt much better afterward. :-) There were obviously a ton more by the time I got out of the bath, but by then I had the perspective of "deadlines don't matter; it's all about having fun; other people are responding too so it's not all on me; look at all the new friends I'm making". :-)

It's really amazing tho how other creators can inspire us and bring us such joy <3 Isn't it though? I love when creators are as amazing as they things they create. Restores my faith in humanity. ♥

Day One was INSANE! Like, record-breaking insane. I made the post and then went back to bed because it was a very long night before with a lot of not great things happening. So when I woke a few hours later, there was already a fair amount of email notifications in my inbox. But, I had to pack and then get to the airport and then fly and by the time I got home and could breath I just stared at my phone in disbelief. Thank the LORD you all joined us or I don't know how we would have survived it. ♥♥♥

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Hamilton got me through the start of last year. I haven't seen it but I've listened to the original soundrack a lot. A LOT. And then I fell down Hamilton RPF rabbit-hole for a bit and that was very good too. Yes, have gobbled up a lot of other stuff LMM has done as a consequence and would agree about him being the very definitios of a happy place :D

Haha, swear to God, this comment just gave me the idea to even seek out the soundtrack. I'm not that bright, obvs, but also usually, it's hard for me to listen to a musical without the visuals of having seen it. Like, they go hand in hand in my understanding of the play. But, I've started listening and yes, it's really good. Plus, having followed him in a lot of Hamilton-adjacent things, I already recognized way more of the songs than I would have imagined. ;)

Oooooh, Hamilton RPF... hmmmmm... maybe I'll have to look for some of that. ;)

*sigh* I just love him so. ♥

Listen, I only read LMM/Jonathan Groff but there's tons out there if that doesn't ring your bell. But if it does, even a little bit, I cannot recommend this fic enough. The hottest thing I've read in a long time fjwifwafakl to pin me down's the hardest part guh?

Bookmarking fic now!!

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Thanks.

I hope to see Mary Poppins Returns this weekend. When I first heard they were doing another Mary Poppins, my first thought was "Ugh, no." I am so over Hollywood making the same films over and over, remakes, reboots, sequels... can we have one original idea, please? And then I heard Lin-Manuel Miranda was in it and went, "Oh... maybe this won't suck after all." I don't think just one person can take a garbage project and save it, but I do trust certain people to not get involved in garbage projects to begin with so it dramatically improves my starting opinion of the film.

Yes, seeing that he was involved really filled me with peace with the whole thing. LIke I said, I'm a nanny, so Mary Poppins is VERY important to me, and while I was sort of jazzed about their being a new one (sometimes it's hard to introduce littles to old-timey stuff) ;), I was terrified that they were going to bastardize it and that the new Mary and Bert were going to ruin it. But then when I saw that he was the new Bert (for all intent and purposes) it just relaxed me. And yes, he wouldn't be responsible if it were still garbage, but it did give me a sense that it had to be a quality for him to get involved, plus I felt he'd have a bit of influence in making it better.

♥ I hope you love it as much as I did.

I just made plans with a friend to see it this Sunday!

I haven't seen Hamilton either, although I hopefully will one day. *fingers crossed*
*g* I know what you mean about him being so life affirming, though. :) He seems awesome.

I do want to see it someday, but it will have to come way down in price (which sometimes means quality) before I can make it happen. So, when like my local high school brings its production to the Old Folks Home I've been shoved in by then. ;)

But until then, I get to wake up to his lovely tweets. ♥

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