Marvelous Happy Things

If you are not often on the internet, then you may have no clue who Jake Paul or Shane Dawson are. However, Shane recently created an 8 part YouTube series centered around Jake. Creators paid attention because both are popular YouTubers and the series was long (each episode was over 30 min). This is all free content. Why should you care? Shane and Jake discussed some pretty deep topics, but the one that stuck out the most to me was the love triangle of Jake, his brother Logan Paul, and his friend (girlfriend?) Alissa Violet. I won't go into details here (plenty of articles cover what happened), but it ended with cheating allegations and Jake making Alissa leave the house they lived in together. Jake admitted in the video with Shane that he had never before spoken of this incident. Both men struggled to show emotion during the segment. Jake said that he thought he was over it, but Shane pointed out that he probably is not. From the series, Jake admits that he was raised in a house...

Someone at Netflix got the romcom bug and released three romantic comedies in the past few months. I thought it would be fun to compare and contrast them in one post. The following sections contain spoilers . To All the Boys I've Loved Before: This is based on a book by Jenny Han. Lara Jean and Peter's relationship is believable. Although it starts as a fake ploy, Peter falls quickly for Lara Jean (this becomes obvious if you watch the movie a second time), and she soon has feelings for him as well. The actors have chemistry, and Lara Jean and Peter have deep conversations about self-esteem and losing parents (Lara Jean's mother died, while Peter's father left his family.). He helps her to come out of her shell, and she learns that people can be better than one's first impression of them. Lara Jean also learns to be honest about her feelings. This lesson comes about in an odd scene with one of her former crushes listening to her read notes from Peter. If you like r...