Ah, Nostalgia

Arthur has been my favorite kid show for years. Hannah Montana and Zack and Cody have nothing on that cute little aardvark.  The problem is, Arthur is no longer about snowball stealing aliens or watching the latest episode of Bionic Bunny.  Instead, we have episodes on how to deal with social problems and what happens when Binky cheats on a test.  

0_0 Really, people?  

What happened to T.V. that was just entertaining? I didn't watch Arthur because it helped me make friends, I watched it because it was funny and I liked it. 

So imagine my joy when I came across my favorite episode online. They don't play the old episodes anymore and I think that is such a disappointment. 

I will post the episode so you can watch it and reminisce over old times. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMYHvtIupg0

Is it just me, or was the Jekyll-Hyde song scary to watch as a little kid?

Happy Shatner Day!

Captain Kirk is 80 years old today.
 That's ancient.

So to celebrate, we have some wonderful little clips and nerdy things. Let's get started.

I have an odd fascination of staring at his face.  It reminds me of a Ken doll.....

So of course, once you start the party, you need some dance moves:

Wait.. what does the cute British kid in the background have to do with this? 

...nothing really. (P.S. Click on photo for animation. You will want to see it.)

So now that we have the whole party thing out of the way, we need to discuss what you are going to wear to the party.

May I suggest the classic yellow shirt?  It's always in style.

(And yes, I made that picture. You are all in awe of my computer skills.)

So you're at the party, and it's starting to get a little wild. The cops show up. What do you do?

You give them THIS excuse. And when lying diplomatically through your teeth doesn't work, you use the Vulcan nerve pinch. Equally as effective and twice as quick.

The party is dying down, you've somehow ended up in a Brawny paper towel commercial  and you've had the time of your life. You meet some girl at the party and you think you're in love with her. You of course tell your best friend the news and he breaks it to ya hard.  For helpful tips on how to tell the news, I suggest THIS method. 

Your friend will then proceed to tell you the same fact at least 20 times in 24 hours. 

Try to be nice to him. And when you end up crying your eyeballs out, (the Brawny paper towels make excellent tissues) please don't come up with some lame excuse about how we should do it all again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHATNER!

Officially Official

                                 I AM OFFICIALLY COOL!!!

Now, I know this may come as a shock to some of you, but yes, I was not always awesome. ;)
Yes, yes, this is another confession. A deep, dark, super secret confession.
Are you ready?


For years I have had a children's library card. 

OH  THE HORROR!!
I know what you are thinking, I thought it too. "How has she suffered through the years?"
I will tell you,my dear reader. It wasn't easy.  I would glumly hand over my little kid card and watch embarrassed as they scanned the card and handed me my copy of The Actor and the Housewife.
But, through much perseverance, I persevered!  (Isn't that redundant?)

And my determination won out in the end!! I  now have my own, my precious, silver, shinny, adult library card!
It is etched with the names of the greats!
Dickens, Da Vinci,  Milton, Tolstoy!  
The back, written in Sharpie, is my own name.  My very own,  Not as impressive as those on the front. (I blame the Sharpie, I mean, who can write neatly with a Sharpie!?)  But still.
It has made me very happy.

Oh, and, one of the carts at the library was named Sherlock Holmes.
It totally beats out the Jacob Black cart.
I hope that one breaks a wheel.

So remember, my fellow nerds and avid readers, though it may be hard, that at times it might be difficult, you too, can all be awesome!!

                                         Image brought to you by  THIS person who is also awesome.


I believe the image is encouraging you to go read a book in purple mini shorts. But that's just my guess. Art is so abstract these days.

Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust

I have another confession to make.
I like fairies.
I begged my sister to watch the new Disney Fairy movie with me and finally watched it last night. We had to use the PlayStation because the DVD player doesn't work and it took awhile to figure out how to use the controller as a remote. 
Now, I'm not a huge fan of Tinker Bell, she's too... commercialized. I guess is the word I am looking for. But I've always had a bit of a fascination with the little pixies.  I haven't built a fairy house, or gone searching for them in fairy circles, but I do like to color them. My favorite place to get fairy pictures is at PheeMcfaddlle's website, she draws the most amazing fairies. And I have a collection of them in my room.
Hidden under my bed.

That's all.

The Man of Steel

Warning: Nerd!Alert

Holmes, my metabuddy, told me she watched the Christopher Reeves video in Driver's Ed today.  
Well, that got me thinking about Superman and those awesome movies.

I love the original supermans.

The cheesy special effects, the hair and clothes, Christopher Reeves...... it's all great. The new movie just doesn't cut it for me.

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I mean, yeah, it's all great and all and it has that Corny Collins guy from Hairspray in it, but it's just not as cool.

And he's sort of a creepy Clark Kent.

But I love watching the Superman movies. I'm not sure which one is my favorite. I think it might be the third one.  Where the evil superman is drunk and looking all dingy in the bar and then goes and beats up Clark Kent at the dump.

.....I'm really not sure why I like this one.

And, despite what Holmes may say, I like Lana Lang better than Lois. (Do you like pink?)  And what about the "Love den"?  *shudder*

But anyway, this random, long post is dedicated to Reeves. The original man of steel.

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Because of him, kids grew up flying around with towels pinned to their shoulders and arms outstretched.


Thanks, Reeves. We miss you.

Don't Panic

Such words are needed in these extreme cases.
We are all aware of my.... nerdy habits.  To further prove  my nerdiness, I have a game for you. I'm going to quote, or reference several different things in the following paragraph. Whoever can name the correct number of references and their origin, is the winner.
Ready, set, go!

I have a story to tell, from my electrical well, about my band, the Crypt Kicker Five. We were touring in the great cesspool and ran into Patrick Stewart and we were totally like, "Yo" and then, while sloshing through the fire swamp, we somehow stumbled across a clue that would lead us to the Holy Grail. At the end of the adventure, we were all stranded on the planet Hoth and Marcus  just had to shoot first, so then, we went to the E.R. where this doc loudly told us that he was a time traveler, not a detective and where the heck was Marty?  So we all jumped in the TARDIS and made it back just in time to prevent the Japanese from blowing up the Arc.

Yeesh, I'm exhausted! How 'bout you?
..Or are you just in shock that I could spout all that off?

Well, to help you in your deciphering of all this nerdy mayhem, I have a video for you. Yes, yes, they are my sponsors (not really) for this event and I am quite fond of them. As your doctor, *cough, cough* I highly recommend it.

Nerderol

And no one better leave me any comments about how I should be on this stuff.
Because you call me Doctor Watson, people!!

BWAHAHA!!
*snort*

In My Absence....

I've felt missed.

Truly and deeply.

I was even sent an e-card with a frightening puppy panting like it was having a heart attack to welcome me back.*

Where have I been?
Well, lots of places.
In the sun, where I went fossil hunting and found a pile of discarded drug needles instead.
In a blizzard and nearly a car accident.
In the car in a canyon in the rain with a picnic.
In a 3-D movie, where I missed the first five minutes and all the previews.

And..
Wait for it.
No, I'm not going to say in loooovveee. Like you are all expecting me to.
Well, sort of.
If falling in love with a book character for the umpteenth time counts as love.
But I don't think so.

I tried!! I honestly wasn't going to talk about this book until I was finished with the series! I was even trying to keep this post Sherlock Holmes free!!
..epic fail with that.

I love these books.
You should all read these books.
That's all.
I won't rant and go all literary freak on you about how wonderful their word usage was. How this is totally awesome and that I count it as a continuation of the original canon and 100% buy into the Conan Doyle theory they mention.
I'm not going to tell you that.
Nor, am I going to let my girl side kick in and shout from the housetops about how utterly adorable Sherlock Holmes was. And how I nearly died when he...
oh wait.
I'm not telling you.

*evil grin*
I guess you'll just have to read it yourself to find out.




*Haha! Just kidding about the card, Percival.
It rocked.

Delaying The Inevitable

I get to speak in front of people tonight.
For those of you who know me, you'll realize just what a big deal that is.

I'm talking glossophobia 100%   I fit all the symptoms. Yay. I have a phobia to go along with all my weirdness.

So what do I do when I'm nervous about talking in front of people? Do I go over and write and rewrite my talk? Do I memorize everything I'm going to say?

Nope.

I procrastinate.

And it probably didn't help that I was extremely bored. So while I am counting down the awful hours, I have some YouTube videos that I've been watching to take my mind off the deplorable event this evening.


We are all aware of my Sherlock Holmes obsession. The one that beats my Star Trek obsession into the ground.  So these videos should not be surprising to you in anyway. No, this is not Wassup Holmes again, even though that has to be my favorite YouTube video of all time, these are just random little videos.. that well, my Holmesaholic self finds hilarious.

And I can also blame my amusement on my nerves and the fact that when I found these, I had eaten five chocolate chip cookies.

Oh, and my only explanation for Watson is that my Watson is much better. (Go Jude Law!) so just excuse the teddy bear looking man.  Lemon Tree

Since you are probably all bored/appalled after that one, I won't make you watch my other favorite one unless you really want to. And if you do, it's right here.

And for those of you who have sat through all of this, a more amusing one just for you. Sherlock Holmes and The Safety Dance. You know that as much as your not-nerdy self is rebelling, you really want to watch.
Go ahead. It's right here. And all I have to say for this. 0.5 EPIC WIN! 0.39 LOL!

I think I need to renew these episodes from the library, they look awesome.

I think I need help.

Help.

Vertigo, where'd he go?

...Holmes, Wonka "Sees you" *Shudder*

I watched Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory in English today. Not the new one, with Johnny Depp, but the one with the bug eyed, old Wonka.  We were watching it because Willy Wonka is very fond of using rhetoric. Yes. Willy Wonka, the chocolate addict uses rhetoric.  Which is really hard to believe when you watch this video


I caught the flu again, but am feeling much better today. It gave me a chance to finally finish all of the Sherlock Holmes books. (That will get a separate post all by itself, believe me)  So beside modelling the latest grunge look, I haven't done much.

I am just telling you this so as to give me an excuse for what I am about to tell you.

Willy Wonka nearly always gets my mind spinning in random circles and today was no different.
I have the sudden desire to write a Star Trek meets Willy Wonka fanfic and run it along the lines of Spock's worst nightmare. 
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

                                                               Huh?


Doesn't that sound special!?  In order to pull it off, I'm gonna need lots of chocolate, my 'stretchy pants', a few  late night hours and 80's music; oh and Green Lantern's power ring. Miracle Max's holocaust cloak wouldn't be too shabby either.

So if I end up pulling this new bizarre story off, I'll let you know.

Bipolar Bowler

Evening, Ladies and Gents! Are you a loser when it comes to bowling? Do you bowl better left handed? Have you ever bowled backwards into the audience?  Then say no more!  We here at the Bipolar Bowler league(r), are here to help you in all your bowling needs!

But first... a word from our sponsor:    ShamWooHoo!


Welcome back! Now, for an explanation of the Bipolar Bowler.
The name for the company was actually Holmes' idea. But I liked it so much, that I turned it into a company.  Holmes, can you see it now? Right under our Sigfried and Jensen ad?

"One call, that's all.
Also co-owners of the Bipolar Bowler league.  Be a loser no more!"

I think we are going to have a very successful business, don't you? Oh, and just for the record, I call being Sigfried.
 Holmes and I went bowling with a few friends the other night and I lost. Horribly. But we needn't dwell on that.  Instead, I'm just going to lie to you and tell you that I am living proof that the Bipolar Bowler league does indeed work! Yay!

So what are you waiting for? Go and sign up for the Bipolar Bowler League today!

But first...a word from our sponsors: Children's BOP!

And remember, you too, can be a loser no more!

Help

I need help.

I found something.
Something marvelous, wonderful and absolutely nerdy. It was even filed under "Geekery" if you can believe that.

Etsy is a very dangerous place for those with weakness in the all things nerd department. I'll ease you in slowly, it will just get worse as we go on.

I'm a fan of Steampunk. Steampunk is a Victorian meets Sci-fi clothing style and I think some pieces of it are very beautiful.

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Just get rid of the skull and I'm sold.  And besides... the pocket watch is a bit more in my price range.

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Now.... for the heavy duty stuff. The really nerdy. The geeky, the source of my amusement!

Star trek!
... you saw that one coming didn't you?

Alright, this next segment is picture heavy, so just bear with me.

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                                                      Spock out.

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I want that necklace to go with my dog tags.

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This is just cute. Though my Spock would have little green blushes.

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*Not going to laugh*  Holmes, one word: "Lounge"

                                                         (Source) I want this one too. Epic.

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I need a bag to put those on...

                                                                       (Source) I want these ones even more. I want them as magnets to go on my magnet board that has Spock lights framing it. Ironic that when I posted this picture, Doctor McCoy's song started playing over Itunes... a sign, maybe?
...oh wait. I just noticed one of the buttons swore. Just... avert your eyes.

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I wish I wasn't allergic to metal.  I want these. And they are the only thing on the site in my price range.

Ok! That's it! I won't bore you with my coveting/wish making any more. Just go.... and... do....and think about things... like how Christmas is *cough* not too far away.

Back To The Nerdy

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

(Huey Lewis and the News playing in the background)

BACK TO THE FUTURE!!

So. Because my movie junkie self has already confessed the more emotional side of the cinema, we are going to focus on the awesome.

There are rumors of revamping Back To The Future.

Which could be cool, but then I wouldn't have Michael J. Fox as Marty and I'd miss that. (Alot.)
And Doc! Who gets to play Doc!?! Because no one beats the original. I love that guy. So maybe bringing back the movie isn't a good idea....

So even if they don't make another BTTF movie, they are still celebrating the classic time spent with the delorean and 80's clothing styles.

The blueray version of the movies comes out soon, and they have started auctioning off old props from the film.

Tell me you wouldn't want to put the disappearing Marty picture in your family scrapbook! I would do it,
.... if I had four to six hundred dollars to spend.  But if I was to spend that much money on a geek thing, I would buy a steampunk costume to wear at a "Rhythmic ceremonial ritual."

But then again... I could wear this:

"What's with the life preserver?"

...ok, I know. Wrong movie.

But this one. I really want this one. I would frame it and put it in my doctor's office.
...if I was a doctor, that is.
Because if I didn't do it, Darth Vader would come down from the planet Vulcan and melt my brain.
..and then the Ark.

"Great Scott!"