Tag: geeklife
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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 […]
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Clara Oswald: looking back at “The Bells of St John” and some Wild Speculation about The Time of the Doctor
Tonight I am revisiting the Clara Oswald episodes from this past season of Doctor Who. While watching “The Bells of St John,” I noticed something interesting, a very specific detail that got my mind rambling off (as it does) on all sorts of little theories. I’m going to ramble about them now and see if […]
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Movie Commentary: Thoughts on Thor, the Dark World
Here there be Spoilers, Sweetie.
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11 Guilty Pleasures
The other day I was in the craft store, looking at all of the autumny things (as craft stores always have things two months early for MAKING things), and discovered that the GOOD kind of candy corn was in stock. I promptly bought myself two bags. That got me thinking: I know there’s a contingency […]
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Feeling artsy: dragons and owls
I was going to do a wrap-up of my week, but I really didn’t do much this week that would make a post (that I haven’t already written, anyway), so here. Have a dragon postcard. The postcard came from a scrapbooking store and I drew the dragon myself. I haven’t really drawn anything much in […]
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Thoughts on the Twelfth Doctor
I kept the title basic enough, but you should know this post has SPOILERS, sweetie. So. Peter Capaldi is going to be the new Doctor. I think most of the world collectively said, “Who??” when they made the announcement, but he looked really familiar and it didn’t take me long to find out why. Peter Capaldi […]
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Doctor Who Commentary: Thoughts on Hide
If you haven’t seen this episode yet, just STOP. There are SPOILERS, sweetie!
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Butterbeer at Home
Recently J and I discovered something kind of amazing, and I wanted to share it with you, gentle reader. A few years ago, Hogsmeade opened for touring to the Muggle population, in an outreach effort and demonstration of goodwill to the non-magical community. Until recent times, the only place a wizard (or visiting Muggle) could purchase butterbeer was […]
Joanna Volavka 