Category: the geek life
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Sierra is BACK and bringing us a new King’s Quest
I’m a few weeks late to this party, but when I found out this week that Sierra, one of the premier gaming companies from my childhood, was making a comeback, I may have squeed in delight. They’ve restarted their website (with a brief teaser of…something or another) and at Gamescom they announced two games coming […]
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September! Wait, where has the year gone?
Well, it’s September 3rd. Where has this summer gone? For starters, it’s gone to a lot of houseguests and fun things that we’ve done and Comic-Con and weekend trips and the like, but it’s also flown by because all too soon we’ll be leaving San Diego. There’s a road trip of epic proportions coming (and […]
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As Seen On… July and August 2014
Well here it is August and I’m not doing BEDA this year. There has been entirely too much happening in the last few weeks to manage that. I know, all the excuses, etc, but here’s what I was doing elsewhere just the same! On Geek Girl Pen Pals: Movie reviews, movie reviews, movie reviews! Dawn […]
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As seen on… June 2014
Hey hey hey, here’s another monthly wrap-up post thing! I’m about a week late because things have been super busy since July 1st. At any rate, here’s what I wrote about when I wasn’t here (and I wasn’t here much, was I?). On +5 Charisma at Geek Girl Pen Pals… I featured a couple of […]
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As seen on… end of May 2014
Well, it’s June, and I’m still working on my Australia reports, though between various life happenings and short out-of-town outings, it’s slow going. In the meantime, here’s what I did in the second half of May! Over at +5 Charisma on geekgirlpenpals.com, I’ve got three new movie reviews you can check out! (Click the links […]
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As seen on… May 2014
I thought I’d do a little wrap-up of the other things I’ve done in the last few weeks just in case you missed them or have any interest in such things. Here you go! +5 Charisma: Here’s my movie review for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The tl;dr (too long; didn’t read) version: I thought it […]
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I don’t like clowns. Or old dolls.
While watching a season 2 episode of Supernatural last night called “Everybody Loves a Clown” I was confronted yet again with the unsettling disquiet I feel every time I see someone dressed as one. While I don’t exactly have coulrophobia (fear of clowns) I also really don’t like seeing them. I find clowns to be […]
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Capaldi’s got clothes! Thoughts on the Twelfth Doctor’s costume
Last week the BBC released its first images of Peter Capaldi in his official costume as the Twelfth (Thirteenth if we count the War Doctor) iteration of our favorite Time Lord, the Doctor, and oh what a costume it is! My basic reaction? Love! His coat and vest is similar to the last rendition of […]
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Bang for your buck: finding multi-tasking cosplay items
I love cosplay. I should qualify this by saying I love costuming, and very rarely dress as a specific character (though I’m hoping to change that in the coming year), but I have found over the years that such hobbies can get to be pretty expensive. I’m terrible at sewing but I’m very good at […]
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Relaunching the Geek Girl Pen Pal Club
On January 11, the International Geek Girl Pen Pal club relaunched itself, with a brand new website (www.geekgirlpenpals.com) and a whole slew of updates* and improvements. You can read their full press release here, but the basic reason is that a little idea shared between two friends separated by an ocean exploded into something much […]
Joanna Volavka 