Geeky Confessions

Its just a really good time to confess all your stuff right now in the blogosphere. I shared with you the other day my Confessions of a Blogger, and today I am sharing my Geeky Confessions. Now, this confessional link up came first, but I hesitated to join up because I couldn't figure out how to make my pictures fancy like the other girls (lame! I know.). But here I am, finally getting over that, because everyone's lists have been so fun, and I want to have some fun too. Check out the Gamerwife for the post that started it all, as well as the link up with all the other cool posts.

Many World of Warcraft players hate Blood Elves. They said it was an attempt to make the Horde pretty. And maybe its true. But they are my favorite race to play in the game. I think their starting areas are pretty and yes, I really love they way they look too.

So its no secret that I was late to the Firefly party, only watching the series a few months before SDCC this year. It had set in my Netflix queue forever, and then one day my husband and I finally decided to sit down and watch it. And we loved it! I was talking to my dad about it, and how we'd gotten tickets to see Alan Tudyk at Nerd HQ and then somehow us watching it on Netflix came up and my dad was like "Yeah, I have it on DVD. Serenity too. Bought them the day they came out." What?! My dad had been a Browncoat for years lol. I shouldn't be surprised though, my love of science fiction comes from him.

I am a Trekkie. I grew up watching TNG because my dad watched it. Then we watched DS9. And along came Voyager, with the first ever female captain! I was so excited because I had always wanted to see what a female captain would be like; ever since I dressed up in a Captain's uniform one Halloween and two boys, also dressed as Starfleet Captains, said to me, "Your costume doesn't make sense. They'll never have a female captain!" So Voyager was a chance for those boys, and what I imagined to be thousands just like them, to eat it. And then the show started. And I loved everyone on it. Except Captain Janeway. Its not that she was poorly acted, its just that she was written so poorly. Whiny. An example of the stereotypes that males spout as to why females can't be captains. I felt like those Halloween boys were sitting somwhere saying "See! Starfleet would never have chosen her! She doesn't deserve to be there." And for that, Captain Janeway will never be my captain. 

I can remember all the celebrity guys I had crushes on when I was little, the roles that they were playing on teevee at that time.....and they were all pretty much nerds. I wonder if that helped shaped my present day preferences? Fred Savage who played Kevin Arnold in the Wonder Years. Neil Patrick Harris who played Doogie Howser. Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Jonathan Brandis, who played Lucas Wolenczak on seaQuest DSV. The only one that didn't really fit the "smart" or "nerdy" role was Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block (who was my first official crush ever). Even though admitting that you liked NKOTB past 1989 was a pretty geeky act itself. Probably still is :)

I really love Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. But I didn't always. The first time I watched the movie, I was so put off by Michael Cera's acting that I didn't want to finish it. So I didn't. And I didn't watch it again until about a year later when it was on teevee while I was wrapping Christmas presents. I don't know if it was the holiday feels or what, but this time I was hooked. And now its one of my favorite movies. I still hate Michael Cera in it though. And I do want to read the graphic novels. Maybe he was supposed to act that way, because of the novels?  

So that wraps up my Geeky Confessions. I'm sure they could have been geekier, but that's the best I can do right now :) Let me know if you take part in Mariko's link up, I'd love to see what you've written! 

Recently

Hello everyone! Sorry I have been absent, things have been nasty around here. The flu has been running rampant, and I have been nurse to everyone in my house. I hope to get back to regular blogging this week.

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Happenings: Like I just mentioned, everyone around here has been sick. I also got the heart/blood test results back on Tuesday. Apparently I have a great heart (which is great, but I don't understand because its still acting all wonky), but I am anemic, pre diabetic, and depressed. I was prescribed Zoloft for the depression, prenatal vitamins for the anemia (and prenatals are nasty, I hated taking them when I was pregnant), and to lose weight to stop the diabetes from coming. Sounds all well and good, except I had a really bad reaction to the Zoloft. The side effects of Zoloft alone are nasty, but I accidentally took another medication I was prescribed (one for migraines) while taking it, and the side effects got worse. So I spent a grand total of three days on Zoloft before I went back to the doctor telling him I think I have serotonin syndrome because of that (I have most of the symptoms). He blew me off, they're getting worse, and I have an appointment with an urgent care center for later tonight. Serotonin syndrome is serious stuff, and can be fatal if left untreated. I think I would already be getting better if my doctor had listened to me on Friday. I am hoping this trip to urgent care can get me fixed, because all of this has been really scary. 

Watched: 

King of the Nerds! I am super disappointed that two of my picks have been sent home so far (Nicole last week, Katie this week). And I will let you in on a secret, I had Zachary listed on my original post as one of my picks for winner after the first episode, but took him off it before I published it because his actions in the second show were very off-putting to me. His actions since have still been very off-putting, but to be fair, I think he has a real shot at winning this season. He is a very strong competitor, he just lacks people skills. And did anyone else think that hug between Katie and Brian went on for a little long when she was saying goodbye? Is there some chemistry there? I think they'd be cute together....just throwing that out there.  

Read: Not gonna lie, I haven't been reading much lately. I haven't even had time to read magazines, how sad is that?

Listened To: 

Zendaya-Replay

And special for this Recently post: 

Here are some places that Krystelle's Miss Tells has been mentioned lately-

*Geeky Sprinkles Kickstarter (which was fully funded, yay!)

*Gamerwife (the link about the harassment policies at conventions)

*A Bit Of Geek ( the winner of the Find It In Everything giveaway. Such kind words, thank you!)

Woot, Woot- Its Loot, Loot! A Giveaway from Datevitation :) (CLOSED)

Back at the end of Novemeber, Mariko of  Gamer Wife held a pretty awesome giveaway for a Datevitation booklet. The idea really intrigued me. Its like those coupon books that you see in stores that you can give to your significant other for "One Free Hug", except its about hundred times cooler and a lot more original. But getting back to the giveaway, I put in all the entries I could, and I won! And I love my Datevitation so much that I now have the extreme pleasure of offering one to you- just in time for Valentine's Day! Yay!

So what is Datevitation exactly? Well, its the first online platform to create these awesome custom love books. The customization on these are amazing. The Add Your Face feature is fun, I put in our faces, and then chose hairstyles that my husband and I don't normally use, just to make it silly. Also, each date idea comes already written, but if you would like to write your own description of what you'd like to do (and trust me, for those 18 and over adult options, you might want to *wink*), you can. Just no crazy symbols and it has to be in the English alphabet. There are also over 500 date ideas in their library. Yep. I had such a difficult time choosing just a couple! I probably could have created a novel with all the ideas I loved, but hey, there are always other occasions to make one.

(That's me!)

Datevitation is a family business ran by the husband-wife team Alex and Olga Karpman. They offer video guides to date ideas and romantic gestures on the Datevitation blog. You can imagine that they know a thing or two about romantic gestures, since their marriage proposal video has over 1.5 million views on YouTube (watch it here) and its so cute. 

Have I sold you on these coupon books awesomeness yet? I hope so. But if you're still on the fence about them, let me just bring it all home for you. You don't even have to use these for a romantic partner. Nope. These books are awesome to give to friends, friends you're hoping to pull out of the friendzone or even your children. There are so many different ideas for every type of relationship, you won't be disappointed.

Now all the details. Datevitation currently only ships to the US and Canada, but you don't have to be a resident of either one of these great countries to enter our giveaway! Just make sure that you have someone who will let you use their mailing address and you're good to go (what you do with it from there is between you guys though!). Books start at just $25 (a deal for such a personal gift) but if you enter MISTELLS at checkout you'll receive $10 off plus free shipping on your order (that's a savings of $13.50). The code is good now through February 27th, 2014. If you're ordering for Valentine's Day, make sure to create yours before February 3rd to ensure its arrival before the big day.

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