Tag: geek
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Where Have All The (Gay) (Space) Cowboys Gone?
I wanna do an experiment. Raise your hands if you love science fiction and identify as LGBTQ+ OH DAMN that’s a lot of hands! Put ’em down, you’re makin me slap-nervous. Okay, hands down, we can all agree that LGBTQ+ people exist, and that we definitely enjoy all manner of things, including sci-fi, so then……
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Be the Nerd AND Date the Nerd: Why Nerds Do It Better
If you logged onto OkCupid in 2013 and searched for ‘women’ in their late 20’s in the New York area, you’ve probably seen this baby’s face: All T no shade, I pulled a lot of nerd with my sonic screwdriver photo. Don’t hate, appreciate… Nerd. Geek. Dork. Whatever your vernacular for that Comic Book Guy,…
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2015 Best Nine Instagrams
What the hell is this post, a shameless plug for my Instagram? On the one hand, yes definitely. On the other hand, I’ve felt an Instagram rant has been long overdue from me and I want to get my feelings out there and see what you think. But first, the ‘grams: 1. My top ‘gram…
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Dear Santa…
Dear Santa: I don’t ask for much in the way of gifts and presents, because what I really want can’t sit under the tree with a shiny red bow on top. Santa, if you think (as I do) that I’ve been good this year, I will be even better next year if you bring me…
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5 Fandom Friday: 5 Reasons I’m Thankful for Blogging
This week’s 5 Fandom Friday topic is “Fandoms You’re Thankful For” but the only fandom community I could think of was this one: The Blogging Community. We have our inside jokes, our struggles, our cliches, and our unique culture. I knew I wanted to write a Thanksgiving post about the wonderful love and support this…
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QUIZ! Which Disney Princess Explains Why You’re In Therapy?
1. Let’s talk about your mother. A. She’s not in the picture. B. She wants me to be just like her! C. I’d rather talk about my relationship? D. Okay, whatever you’d like. 2. How is your life going? A. I would rather escape to a fantasy world. B. I’m having an identity crisis! C. …
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5 Fandom Friday: Characters I Want To Dress Up As For Halloween
Comic Con has come and gone, and Halloween is near! Here are the costumes I would be wearing on Halloween *if* I didn’t have to work that night and *if* I had the energy and funds to pull them off! 1. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation oh, of course I would fall for the…
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How to Ruin Comic Con
So many helpful articles on the Internet already exist to tell you how to SURVIVE a comic convention, how to GET THE MOST OUT OF a comic convention, blah blah blah. I was going to write that article but damn, it’s already been done did-ed already! So instead, in the interest of humor, let’s take…
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My Hogwarts Story Tag!
OH MAY GAW you guys I’m at Burning Man right now so I’m unable to post but am using time travel scheduled posts to keep up! Today is usually Sunday Stealing day, but since I’m not around, I’m doing something different: The MY HOGWARTS STORY TAG created by Danielle at Underland to Wonderland, because I’d…
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5 Fandom Friday: Whhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I can’t even. This week we’re talking about fandom a deaths we still can’t even. Oh, the feels. Dare we? Truly, dare we? 1. Hoban Washburne from Firefly sorry if you didn’t see the movie, but this happens, and it’s DREADFUL. Funny story: after seeing the movie, I had pizza at John’s of Bleecker, and…
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5 Fandom Friday: Geek Role Models
Geeks…among us. They’re out there. Real-life geeks who are changing the world and making it an amazing place for us all. Today, we salute you. We praise you for paving the way for us to crawl out of our Netflix bunkers and wave our freak flags proudly! 1. Neil deGrasse Tyson I was floored by…
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Cylons At Home
I don’t actually know how I feel about this, but my house is wired. Networked. Vulnerable to Cylon attack. I live with intelligent computers who secretly hate me. Okay, that’s a little dramatic. Maybe they just don’t like me. This has been a scorching summer, one for the record books. The first thing we set…
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5 Fandom Friday: You Said It
This week’s 5 Fandom Friday is inspired by la langue de geek, it’s those geeky phrases by which we all identify each other and converse by droppin catchphrases yo! 1. “It’s in the frackin’ ship!” oh man, this more than probably any is my favourite to whip out during parties. Squint one eye shut, grasp…
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TTFN, Hipster Batgirl
Is there any better feeling than being right? Around the last issue of Batgirl of Burnside, I developed a theory as to who the villain was aaaaaaaaand… SPOILER ALERT I was totally right! It’s Batgirl/Oracle herself! In my theory, the whole Burnside blushy-hearts escapade was a fugue state and the REAL Batgirl had to rouse…
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Secret Six!
Several (several) weeks after it was supposed to come out, last Wednesday we finally saw the thrilling second half of the re-re-make of Secret Six. The first ended on a cliffhanger, asking the question, “What’s the secret?” And I figured out what the secret was: a Super Special Valentine’s Day Issue! Whaaaaat? Yes, this issue…
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5 Fandom Friday: Favourite Fandom Accessories
As far as “accessories” go, I don’t really own that much, so I expanded this to include all fandom accoutrement that I’ve accumulated in my life. Accessories, clothes, etc. 1. Battlestar Galactica sweatshirt will, surprisingly, make you the instant hit of the party. I wore mine on New Year’s Eve and not only was I…
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5 Fandom Friday: Goin’ to Con
Oh me oh my, in my little life I’ve only ever been to the last 3 NYCC’s! This prompt was hard to figure out because I’m not really sure what’s out there as far as Cons even GO, so I included some other fandom-related places I’d like to go as well. 1. NYCC ’15 is…
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What's the Secret? Secret Six is Back!
Yes, fan-favourite Secret Six has been rebooted. What does this mean? Well, seems that it means that all those characters you knew and loved and wanted to see more of are…. Gone. That arc is done. No more Deadshot, no more Scandal/Lianna, no more Bane, NO MORE RAGDOLL. Wait, what? Why bother bringing it back…
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Batgirl #37: Gaga for Banksy
I’m gonna say it, I think Batgirl #37 was the best Burnside Batgirl issue yet! You know that saying, don’t judge a book by its cover? That absolutely applies here. The first few pages are definitely…a little off-putting. Selfie! Kawaii! Poker face! Erm, yeah, maybe not… Not at first, anyway. Then slowly, subtly, the issue…
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New Year's Meme by Sunday Stealing!
The New Year’s Eve Meme from Sunday Stealing! In 2014, I gained: a new job, a new friend, and a hot boyfriend. Hi! I lost: my first pet, Charlie. I stopped: working in retail – “and that has made all the difference.” I never realized how shitty I was being treated on a daily basis…