Are you in LA? Do you have joy in your heart?
Jun 20Then go to this website and make a note of July 8th – also, try and find children to take with you.
I’ve seen the pilot episode of YoGabbaGabba (more on that later) – it’s awesome. And I’m thirty-something (fuck you, Timothy Busfield). I can only imagine that a little kid will go mental for it.
As the show is still being shopped around, it’s hard to say where and when most of the world will get to see it, but if you’re in LA, you’ve not only got a chance to see it, but there will be swag as well.
You lucky ducks.
Nerd's Ride: Fully Pimped, Yo.
Jun 20I shamelessly confess an abiding affection for most MTV reality shows. Okay, maybe there’s a little shame. And maybe I find the single-camera Laguna Beach shows to be reprehensible and vomit-inducing.
But Real World/Road Rules Challenge? Making the Band 3? Made? Good stuff, Maynard.
I caught part of a recent episode of Pimp My Ride that should be of interest to us geek folk, as the pimpee in question is a bit of a hardcore nerd, and so the team went for a tricked-out UFO-inspired design, including crop circle seat covers and a laser-activated starter. They even threw in a robot. The pictures are pretty sweet.
Gaiman Gets Eternal
Jun 19Neato preview of Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr.’s upcoming miniseries for Marvel, The Eternals. First issue hits this Wednesday.
Full disclosure: I haven’t read all of Sandman, or nearly enough Gaiman, really. But I did recently read his 1602 miniseries for Marvel, and loved it. There’s something really fun about a brilliant writer tossing off a clever, fun superhero story, with good turns of phrase and solid twists. I expect more of the same from Eternals.
And if I don’t get it, I’m gonna throw the BIGGEST tantrum, OHEMGEE!
When Fangirls…Rampage
Jun 18Vanity post! I’ve started a new recurring feature thingy on Great Hera! about fangirl style. I was quite inspired by all of the amazingly creative fanfashion I saw at Wizard World L.A. earlier this year. Oh, and by the way? When I say “cool t-shirts,” two of the coolest t-shirts that I happen to own were made by our very own Chris Stewart. Chris knows how to do t-shirts for all fantypes, you guys.
My first Fangirl Fashionista is lovely Lauren Perry, who writes the Fangirl Rampage column for Buzzscope, which I’ve mentioned here before. Check out her Chewbacca backpack.
Lauren and I actually ended up doing a totally awesome CROSS-INTERVIEW, so guess what? I am the Fangirl Rampaging this week! Look at me as a Jenny Sparksian comic book character!!
And yes, I’ve already thought of a bunch of favorites I left off the various favorites lists, but oh well. One note: I mentioned my “super-geek, guitar hero, champ husband,” but that is actually supposed to be “Guitar Hero champ husband.” He’s definitely a Guitar Hero as opposed to a guitar hero, if you know what I mean.
