Pepe the King Prawn's Thoughts on Life

“Seventeen” by Sharon Van Etten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sTHoeH0eA "I see you so uncomfortably alone, I wish I could show you how much you’ve grown." Those lyrics plunged deep into my soul as I listened to Sharon Van Etten tear apart my heart the first time I heard her song “Seventeen” off of her latest album Remind Me Tomorrow . Sharon put to words thoughts I couldn’t even articulate about my adolescence. She poured out the most intimate thoughts about her life that were so personal yet relatable for many of us. Her vulnerability in Seventeen taps into my own insecurity I had at that age, yet strength I have now for the person I’ve become. Oh how I wish I could go tell my seventeen year old self that everything would be okay. I was wide eyed yet confused and desperate to find certainty in life. “You’re just seventeen” would probably sound so trivial to hear at the age of seventeen but I needed someone like my twenty two year old self to remind hi...

SHORT LEGS, DON’T CARE An in-depth look at the cutest dogs in the world: corgis. Long before corgis were known today for their bodacious butts, a warrior tribe of Celts brought the corgis in their aboriginal form to Cardiganshire, Wales around 1200 BCE (AKC). This early breed was a member of the Teckel family of dogs that went on to later include the dachshund. The Celts trained the corgis to nip at the heels of cattle to herd them. Corgis’ low height off of the ground and their innate agility helped them to avoid the hooves of cattle but keep them moving. The name “Corgi” means either cur dog or dwarf dog ( cor = dwarf, gi = lenitive of ci , dog) in the Welsh language, which was not intended as an insult to the dog's size, rather as a purely descriptive term (AKC). Folk legend says that corgis were a gift from fairies. Two types of corgis: Pembroke Welsh vs. Cardigan Welsh Now there are two types of corgis that you need to be aware of. First there ...