Category: the geek life
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Let’s go to Batuu: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland is OPEN!
The wait is OVER. Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland, aka Black Spire Outpost in Batuu, is OPEN! I got to go with a few friends on Monday, so I’m going to tell you all about it– which I know other blogs have done, but I feel like some of you might enjoy a first hand account…
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It’s April and I’m back from my SoCal staycation
Highlights from a southern California staycation, including whale watching, the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival, Universal Studios Hollywood, and WonderCon in Anaheim.
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Four Days of Lines, aka San Diego Comic-Con 2017
A few weeks ago I got to attend San Diego Comic-Con for the first time as press. It was a vastly different experience than going as an attendee. I’m hesitant to say that one is better than the other, because it was just… different. There are trade-offs. But this is just meant as a recap…
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SoCal, January 2016
Before I had a chance to write about last January’s trip to Southern California, I made another trip out there! Last Tuesday I flew back to Chicago with sand on my toes and tan lines on my shoulders, after a glorious week on the west coast. It was what I used to consider “chilly” out…
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Return of the King: I got my Middle Earth Groove Back
A couple of months ago I wrote a post about how I’d started re-reading Lord of the Rings for the first time in close to a decade. I’d gotten burned out on them, and the ubiquitous nature of things related to the movies (which, to be clear, I love dearly, but maintain they are their…
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Rediscovering Tolkien: Confessions of a Middle Earth Hipster
So here’s a confession: I suspect I might be a Middle Earth hipster. Now hear me out! Before you go rolling your eyes and ignoring the rest of this post, let me explain a bit. I read Lord of the Rings before it was a movie. This is true of a lot of people. A…
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Today’s a good day to Marvel: Peggy and Ultron and SHIELD, oh my!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Marvel released the third official trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron today and it’s a doozy. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a moment. See? A doozy. This is the villain trailer, starting right out of the gate with the foe for this installment, and the full…
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As seen on… September 2014
Happy October! It’s time for another monthly roundup of stuff I did in other places. Yay! Newsy things: Heyheyhey, I got invited to join the staff of International Geek Girls Pen Pal Club as a “Ninja.” Whoop! Just means I’ll be doing more behind-the-scenes stuff, really, particularly in January once I’m (theoretically) unpacked and a…
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International Hobbit Day is here!
It’s September the 22nd! That means it’s solstice day, or the official start of autumn (or spring, in the Southern Hemisphere). It’s also the 77th anniversary (plus one day) of the publication of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. And it’s Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday! Huzzah! Hobbit Day began back in 1978 when the American Tolkien…
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The Five Stages of Grief…for the 11th Doctor
Listen, here we are, four episodes into a new season of Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi is here to stay, and I have to say, I’m thrilled. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Matt Smith’s Doctor, but I like the grumpiness and the alien-like qualities of the Doctor, and how much it hearkens back to the…
Joanna Volavka 