So...I'm pretty sure the LA Times completely missed the target with their Girls' Guide to Comic Con 2009. Like, missed the target so badly they shot themselves in the foot.

There are a lot of things I could say about the article, but most of those things are built around a four-letter root word beginning with F. So instead I'll just copypasta the ( Read more... )

So it's 10:00, and I'm guessing we're not making the annual Thanksgiving Eve pilgrimage to the town where I grew up. See, every year the scattered members of my dad's generation (none of whom have regular names--they go by things like Moose and Duck and Bear and Ref) get together at the local Irish-ish bar and have a few drinks and tell stories ( Read more... )

Beauties Get Geek Makeovers

Aw, fuck no. I hate--hate hate hate hate hate the very idea of this show. Pretty airheaded girls and brilliant ugly guys--because there's no middle ground, you know, and God forbid the girls should be the brilliant ones. But now? That's just too fucking much. Being a geek isn't about being ugly--and it's not just bad ( Read more... )

Sometimes you get all psyched up to do a presentation, and then you run out of class time before you can even get set up. *facepalm*

The professor said I could go ahead and do the presentation on Monday, which is good. I said I was sorry if it put the lesson plan out of whack. Except I'm not sorry, dammit. I spent a lot of time on this project, even ( Read more... )