Brandon sent me this video about a German designer who invented a new type of fabric made out of cow’s milk. You read that right. She invented the fabric. She was as scientist first. Fashion became a passion. So, she is actually a fashion designer AND a biologist. Nerd girls can have it all? Oh, yes. Yes, we can. Now this lady just needs this shirt…...
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Don’t get me wrong. I have been SUPER excited about seeing Cowboys & Aliens the moment the filming was announced. I have had Daniel Craig’s butt as my wall paper since it was first available. But as I’m sitting here watching this promo of the movie, as a fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly series, I’m insulted and outraged by all of these people cooing about how a mash up of sci-fi and Western has NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. Bitch, please. I understand you need to sell your movie but why do you have to go and insult the intelligence of...
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So, that Nerd Machine’s Slave Leia PSA I participated in finally came out. Did you see me? Don’t watch it again. Because you won’t see me…unless you know where to look. My Slave Leia is absolutely not in the picture, I can tell you that much. My Jawa outfit, however, is. Pause at 0:48. See Gigi/Chun Li’s talking to somebody? And that shadow behind Lauren’s Wonder Woman and the white spot on the floor behind her (might I add, fine) tush? That, my friend, is the left side of me covered in my Jedi/Jawa robe. And the white spot on...
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In a few days, the last American space shuttle will be launched. An era will come to an end. But according to the NASA PR machine in USA Today, it ain’t over yet. The United States needs to cede its low-earth orbit missions, such as the space shuttle, to the private sector so it can free up resources to explore deep space, [NASA’s administrator and a former astronaut Charles F.] Bolden said. President Obama has directed NASA to work toward sending manned spacecraft to an asteroid and to Mars. Translation: American astronauts will rely on the Russians to get back...
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Serendipitously, after I posted the rant about geek girls v.s. faux geek girls, that very same weekend turned itself into a Geek Girl Weekend. Thursday A friend of mine forwarded me a tweet: a call of arms for any L.A. Slave Leia costume owners for a web video shoot for The Nerd Machine. (For those who didn’t know, The Nerd Machine is a brainchild of Zachary Levi a.k.a. Chuck from the TV show Chuck…or the voice of Flynn Rider from Tangled.) I replied to that call with a couple of photos including the Zombie Slave Leia with Darth Vader. Friday...
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I was introduced to Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program originally at the mandatory safety overview for the Downtown LA high rise I was working at. Essentially, they’ll teach you to be a trained individual to help your neighbors out in case of emergency where the first responders would not get to you right away. If you want to do more, later on you can take more classes and join the volunteer force. The basic 24-hour course was being offered in our building about a month from then. Since I was one of the only two people in the...
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