Category Archives: Geeked Out

Happy Blogtime Presents: The Supreme BF/GF Nerd Gift Guide!

Posted on December 3, 2010 | 6 Comments

It’s the third day of Hanukkah, and I’m a Wii richer; and after a good hour of playing Wii Sports with my Dad, I realized several things: 1) I’m pretty lucky to have such cool parents; 2) I’m better at virtual tennis than I am at real life tennis; 3) My Dad has no spatial coordination and is privy to flailing his arms and breaking expensive decorative pieces.

It’s such a good gift for a gal-nerd like me; I only wish I could afford to buy everything I wanted to get for all the special peoples in my life. But since I can’t, I figured I could provide you with a few suggestions – specifically for the nerdy “significant” (or somewhat significant) other in your life.

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THE (DC) COMIC BOOK FREAK IN THE SHEETS

As the late, great Anna Nicole Smith says in her Trimspa ads, “Wanna play? Like my body?” Yes, and YES. That’s why these Green Lantern rings are important – it provides your lover a full variety of characters to cosplay – both good and evil. And for you to stifle giggles at. (Important phrases: “I am going to infuse you with the Orange Light of my Avarice;” “I will destroy your nether-regions like Nekron;” “Welcome to Sector 66-69;” and so on, and so forth).

Green Lantern Blackest Night / Brightest Day Set of 9 Power Rings (about $20)

If you’re a baller: Justice League of America Trophy Room: Green Lantern Ring Props Replica (about $400)

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The Best and the Brightest of "Thanks for the Add" Artwork

Posted on January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

As you seasoned MySpacers and Facebookers (and Friendsters? ahh, vintage) know, it’s outright RUDE and UNGRATEFUL to not thank someone for adding them as your friend. How will they know how THANKFUL and PLEASED you are for joining their social networking community if you don’t extend your gratitude?

If I had no jurisdiction over the comments on my MySpace page, it would be a veritable gallery of delightful animated .gifs orginating circa 1999, and beautiful Microsoft-Paint-procured homemade “thanks” that TRULY warm my heart. They’re sparkly, bulbous, and extremely high-quality.

Throughout my interweb journeys I’ve happened upon many remarkable “Thank You For the Add” works of art – and I’d like to share just a few of those with you. HOWEVER, the purpose of this post is to get YOU to submit YOUR most favorite pieces – so send ‘em on over for a future post: adrileya@hotmail.com.

Click “Read More” to see more radiance.

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Something like NY Comic Con!

Posted on January 7, 2009 | 21 Comments

In case you were wondering, that title should be read to the beat of “Something Like a Phenomenon,” by the inimitable LL Cool J (or as Lucy Vonne‘s Mom likes to call him, LL J Cool). I’m super clever.

As you nerdnuggets know, the New York Comic Con is just around the corner (February 6-8), and I’m beyond excited; not only for the books and industry all-stars, but to get my flirt on with the guys who think they’re superheroes. Spandex-y bulges are what I like.

People have asked if I’m dressing up for the Con. And, I’ll be honest, I’m mulling it over; I think it would be absolutely hilarious to garb it up in the geekiest way possible. Jahfurry and Michael Malice think I should just go ALL out and dress as DC Comics villainess, Cheetah (I was thinking more of the Silver Age Cheetah vs. the Golden and Modern Age).

Silver Age Cheetah

Modern Age Cheetah


A couple of other male counterparts interjected that it didn’t really matter WHO I dressed up as, as long as it was tight and scant.

Minions, I need your help. I have one month to come up with an amaaazing costume to blow the other nerdesses out of the water. Send me your BEST Comic Con costume suggestions by commenting on this post!

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Paul Pope + Kidrobot + Playboy = What, You Couldn’t Guess? HOTNESS!

Posted on January 2, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flipping through this month’s issue of Playboy (I have a subscription, okay? If anyone needs back issues, they’re stacked on my toilet), I happened upon a most pleasant discovery: Paul Pope has a new, sassy bit o’ toy out there for the lady lovers – a 7.5 inch soft vinyl figure of Monique St. Pierre, Playboy Miss November 1978, exclusively for Kidrobot.


Paul Pope’s span of creativity clearly runs the gamut – he’s been known to dabble in graphic novels (one of which was just picked up by Paramount, Battling Boy), mind-blowing art books (I’m LOVING PulpHope: The Art of Paul Pope) and even has a clothing collection for DKNY Jeans.

Oh, and did I mention he worked his Pope-tastic magic on BATMAN YEAR 100? His rendition of Gotham’s Greatest is one for the history books – and the homemade collage that hangs over my bed in tribute to my one true crime-fighting love.

Check out Paul’s blog here: http://pulphope.blogspot.com/.


And click “Read More” for some of my PP faves (oh, and there’s one in there slightly NSFW, just be warned)!


The Masked Karimbah (also made into a Kidrobot Toy. See it here).

Floating Barefoot

And some steamy Pin-Ups:

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Pow! Bam! Whaam! OUCH!

Posted on December 22, 2008 | 4 Comments

Random, yes. Just wanted to share with everyone what Lucy Vonne got me for Hanukkah: Ouch! Comic Strip Bandages. Now I can outfit my entire body with comic book phrases such as “Bam!” “Aargh!” and “Pow!”

It’s taken my strongest will to avoid “accidents” like: “oopsie, I decided to wear 4-inch heels with no traction to walk through the accumulating slush/black ice,” and “what is this loose razor doing out in the open like this? I should bring it over to the trash can while clutching it tightly in my bare hand,” and even “whoops, I threw myself knees-first onto the linoleum floor/gravel.”

Don’t click “Read More.” Really, there’s nothing else here.

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Kit Kat Bar Flavor Craziness! Huzzah Japan!

Posted on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

Judging by my buxom figure, you shan’t be surprised to hear that I loves me some candy. So thank you, once again, to one of my all-time favorite blogs, A Rinkya Blog, for turning me on to these amazing chocolate concoctions from Japan: odd-flavored Kit Kat bars in varying shapes and sizes! This cornucopia of delight doesn’t just end in Japan, but you know how I feel about the Land of the Rising Sun. Kit Kat bars should start wearing ironic t-shirts that say “I’m Big in Japan.” Like the one I have about Everybody Loving a Jewish Girl. It’s funny because it’s true!

Check out the Wikipedia article here to see a full list of the craziness, and click “Read More” to see a list of my favorite Japanese Kit Kat creations.


Kit Kat Sakura (Cherry blossom)
Kit Kat Iced Tea
Kit Kat Caramel and Salt
Kit Kat Kinako (soybean flour)
Kit Kat Wa Guri (Chestnut flavour)
Kit Kat Green Tea — Japan
Kit Kat Apple — Japan
Kit Kat Café Latte with Hokkaidō Milk
Kit Kat Kiwifruit
Kit Kat Strawberry
Kit Kat Gold — petits with fudge like covering and dusted cocoa powder on outside
Kit Kat Cantaloupe
Kit Kat Triple Berry
Kit Kat Azuki (Red Bean)
Kit Kat Watermelon Minis
Kit Kat Green Grape Muscat
Kit Kat Black Sugar Minis
Kit Kat Big Kat Bitter
Kit Kat I-Stick — Japan limited edition — Creamy bitter chocolate between wafers and dark chocolate coating — two stick format sold in cooler or freezer section of stores
Kit Kat Stick Almond — Japan
Kit Kat Stick Half Bitter — Japan

 

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Yo, Ponyo!

Posted on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

Nerds, brace yourself! You’re most likely already aware of the new Studio Ghibli project, Gake no ue no Ponyo or, Ponyo on the Cliff By the Sea, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film was release already in Japan this past July, and now I’m anxiously awaiting its UK release, which isn’t happening until April 3, 2009. Damn time – I need some mufuggin’ 1.21 Jigowatts.

Click “Read More” for the Ponyo plot synopsis and Japanese trailer.


Per usual, I’m too busy/lazy to paraphrase the plot, so here it is from Wikipedia:

The plot is centered on a girl fish who runs away from her home in the sea. She ends up stranded on the shore and is rescued by Sōsuke, a five year old boy who lives on a cliff. Sōsuke names her Ponyo (pronounced “Po-Nyo”, not “Pon-Yo”) after taking a great liking to her, and promises to protect her forever. Meanwhile, her father, Fujimoto, is looking for his daughter, upset that she ran away. He calls his wave demons and has them take Ponyo back to him, since it seems he has an aversion to land. Sōsuke is heartbroken by this, and goes home crying to his mother, Risa. Risa tries to cheer him up, but to no avail.


Ponyo and her father have a confrontation, where Ponyo refuses her father to call her Brünnhilde and declares she is Ponyo, and voices her want to become human, because she has started to fall in love with Sōsuke. Her father silences her with difficulty and goes to summon Ponyo’s mother. Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father’s barriers, and mixes herself in with his magic, becoming a human girl. This causes an inbalance in the world, which in turn results in a tsunami. Riding on the waves of the tsunami, Ponyo goes back to visit Sōsuke. Risa, Sōsuke, and Ponyo stay the night at Sōsuke’s house, hoping the tsunami will be over, whereupon Risa leaves the house to check up on the residents of the nursing home she works at.

Granmammare, Ponyo’s mother, arrives to Fujimoto’s submarine. Fujimoto notices the moon is deorbited and the satellites are falling like shooting stars. Granmammare declares that if Sōsuke and Ponyo succeed a trial, Ponyo can live as a human, and the world order will be restored.

Sōsuke and Ponyo wake up to find that the most of the land has submerged. Risa has not come home yet, so, with the help of Ponyo’s magic, they turn Sōsuke’s toy boat to life size and set out to find Risa.
After going through a tunnel, where Ponyo loses her human form and returns to a fish, they arrive to the nursing home and meet Granmammare. Granmammare asks Sōsuke if he can love even if Ponyo is a fish or mermaid. Sōsuke answers he likes all form of Ponyo. Granmammare allows her to become human.

PONYO PONYO! So friggin’ cute.


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