Jackie Emerson's TEDx Talk - Wow.

Wow. That's all I have to say. I struggled to think of a creative title because I am just lost for words after watching a certain something on YouTube.

As some of you might know, Jackie Emerson is an 18 year old singer, songwriter, actress, and inspiration.
Yes, she is one of the most inspiring people I have ever known.

Today I was stalking my favourite celebrities' twitters, as usual, and I stumbled upon a link on Jackie's to a talk that she did. I nearly didn't watch it, I didn't really know what it was going to be about, but then I thought, why not? I didn't have anything else to do. So I watched it, and I am so glad I did.

It was all about holding onto your inner child, as the title of the video suggests. I felt that what she said was so relevant to me and it really made me stop and think.  Straight after I had finished watching it, I wanted to go out and do something, something for me.

To finish off, I want to thank Jackie for doing this. I personally think that it is incredibly inspiring. I truly, truly admire Jackie.

Please watch it, you'll be doing a huge favour for yourself.

UrbanNerd.xo

A Celebration You Can Help With.

Amandla Stenberg. October 23rd. 14 years old.

If you ask me, October 23rd is one of the biggest days of the year. Yes, it is the darling Amandla Stenberg's 14th birthday. Fourteen, that just seems so grown up! Even though I'm already 14 and am still very much a kid...

Anyway.

Yesterday I cam across a tweet about my hero's birthday, and it got me extremely excited, fangirl mode, if you will.

THIS. A girl on twitter, @maddy_merz is making a birthday video for Amandla. I just love the idea of this, because if Amandla sees it, SHE MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE YOUR FACE. Oh my gosh.

And because I love Amandla very much, I wanted this girl's video to be the best it can, so, that's where you come in. 

Now, I know that not everyone will actually know who Amandla is (if you actually read my blog though you damn well should), but those of you Tributes most definitely would.

If you are a fan of Amandla, what are you waiting for?! Send in a picture!

There's some more information for you here, if you need it.

Happy early birthday my dear Amandla, and may the odds be ever in your favour.

UrbanNerd.xo

CAPTURED - For Your Inner Writer.

I recently discovered that the fabulous The Book Critic over at bookfangirling.blogspot.com is having a writing competition!
It is called CAPTURED, and it is a short story competition.

Basically, she has given you a picture of a scene out of The Hunger Games and you have to write a short (a maximum of 2000 words) FanFiction about it.

The prize is that she will promote your blog/twitter/tumblr or any of that type of thing for all of November! Also, the winning story will be featured on her blog!

All of the rules and everything else you need to know is here.
You should definitely check it out and get invloved! I know I will, if I find the time and motivation! Haha. I think it would actually be a great opportunity, as I don't usually like writing, but because it's about something I love then it should be fun!

I can't wait to see the winning entry, and if you decide to give it a go, good luck!

UrbanNerd.xo

The End Of My Day Was A Little Grey.

First of all, I want to congratulate myself for making a creative title and also including a pun in there, go me.

Last Tuesday, the season premier of Grey's Anatomy was on. When I saw the ad saying that it had been 'fast-tracked' so we got to see it the same time as America, I was so excited, but geez, the ad nearly made me cry!

You see, in last season's final episode, some of the doctor's had been in a plane crash and my favourite character died. Sob sob. And my second favourite character, they were in love, sigh. But the guy, Mark, didn't really confess / realise it until when she, Lexie, was dying. So yeah, it was really sad.

And then, next thing you know, the season premier was on and Mark was in a hospital bed!

And long story short, he wasn't showing any signs or recovery, and his 'wishes' were that if after 30 days he wasn't get any better, he wanted them to turn off the life support. 

So at five o'clock on that day, after 30 days of no recovery, they all gathered there, in his room, on the seats outside, and sat with him while he died. ALL THE WHILE I CRIED MY EYES OUT.

Sorry for yelling just there, my emotions just took over.

And so that's why the end of my Tuesday wasn't too good. But you should still watch Grey's Anatomy because it's amazing.

Also I now am so desperate to meet Eric Dane to make sure he's alive and okay.

UrbanNerd.xo