put your shirt back on

Sooooo, tomorrow I go home and the next day I go to Dragon*Con!!!!

I am super excited, what with this being my first con. I'm going with friends (one of whom is a seasoned veteran of Dragon*Con), so I won't be in any real danger of getting eaten alive by the geekiness. Not that this would be unpleasant, mind you. I'm just happy to have people to squee with at any given moment.

All five of us are dressing up: Two are wearing original fairy costumes that look bad-ass. The other two are rocking a steam-punk Little Red Hiding Hood and Big Bad Wolf combo. I am going as Tank Girl.

I've never cosplayed before, either, (though I am no stranger to costumes or dressing up for the hell of it) so I'm a little nervous. My original idea was to tweak a Hume Black Mage, but due to lack of funds, I shifted gears towards Tank Girl.
I'm actually really glad I made the switch. Despite the movie setting costume precedent, Tank Girl has no real uniform to speak of. It's a lot of hair dye, cigarettes, and found objects hung on cut-off shorts and torn up t-shirts. And since this is pretty much my dress code, regardless, it wasn't hard to put together something recognizable. I did make the iconic Tank Girl t-shirt, mostly because I could.
I'm also going to borrow my brother's airsoft AK-47 or shotgun.
It's going to look bad-ass, even if it's not recognizable as Tank Girl. Maybe I'll post pics.

There is a shit-ton to do at this gig, and I've only got two or three things that I will battle a horde of preschoolers to do, so I'm pretty much open to whatever comes my way. Parties at night, events during the day... Sleep isn't really on the agenda.

OMG SO PSYCHED. :D :D :D

So I was downloaded yaoi scanlations, because it goes without saying that I'm not studying for my Stats exam atm. They come in .zip or .rar files, which is cool. WinRar is free (for the most part).

But it's a crapshoot. Sometimes, the image format is .jpeg, in which case Windows Image Viewer can tackle it, no problem. That's useful, because it gives you a very smooth reading experience.

But sometimes the images are in .png. While this is my preferred format for my art, because the files don't deteriorate, Windows Image Viewer does not want. So I've had to open each file individually, via Adobe ImageReady. Can we say, pain in the ass?

Now, it's possible to convert those files in ImageReady, but I have to do it one at a time. LAME.

So I began scouring the net for a mass converter program that happened to be free. I found ReaConverter 5.5.

It's fast and easy and the literature says it can convert up to 300 images at once. You need the Pro version for the really shiny stuff, but if the work 'crack' means anything to you, then that is easier than pie.

Pie is difficult, ya'll.

While reflecting upon the Iron Man movie, and the general hotness therein, something occured to me.

( screen caps and revelations here )

In conclusion, like pie.

Supernatural, man. I just finished up the first season and I am hooked for just about ever.

Mandi, I looked into Burn Notice, and it is so my next stop, but Sam and Dean have gotta stop chewin' on my brain first.

Heres the answers to my movie quotes meme that ya'll haven't gotten yet.

I'm doing this now because I am so thoroughly addicted to LJ at the moment, that the post will soon be behind the Last 10 posts page cut.



1) Oh, man, now they're killing retards. (The Big Easy. Classic New orleans story complete with Dennis Quaid. A must-see.)

2) You're a handsome devil. What's your name? (Grosse Point Blank. It should have been the 'killing the president of Paraguay with a fork' quote, but for some reason I figured that one would be too easy...)

3) FOR THE FISH STICKS! (note: this one is probably not real. probably.) (Kingdom of Heaven, guessed by zece, who would have gotten it anyway, since she made the quote up herself.)

4) I must congratulate you on your virtuoso performance, my boy. Centauri is impressed. I've seen 'em come, and I've seen 'em go, but you're the best, my boy. Dazzling! Light years ahead of the competition! Centauri's got a little proposition for you. Are ya interested? (The Last Starfighter, zece)

5) Splendid! We have been without an interpreter since our master got angry with our last protocol droid and disintegrated him. (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, guessed by raptress. Kinda. But we're giving her the benefit of the doubt.)

6) Clearly you don't know our women! I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen. (300, raptress)

7) You ever notice how all the prices end in nine? Damn, that's eerie. (Clerks. Okay, I'll admit, with so many monolouges dashing about in this movie, its hard to catch every single quote. Next time it'll be the salsa shark, okay?)

8) You're looking at eons of repression getting purged. If only they'd let us jerk off. (Dogma. What? I like Kevin Smith!)

9) Come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean, am I tough, organized? I CAN'T EVEN BALANCE MY CHECKBOOK. (The Terminator, zece)

10) How many times have I told you, Riley, stop banging chicks with more problems than you. (Land of the Dead. Not a big movie for quotes.)

11) You destroy every vehicle you get into? (GoldenEye. Shut up.)

12) Fruity Oaty Bars! Make a man out of a mouse! Fruity Oaty Bars! Make you bust out of your blouse! Eat them all the time! Let them blow your mind... ohh! Fruity Oaty Bars! (Serentiy. Oh, come on, guys! Its the jingle! With the octopus! Seriously!)

13) Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here draggin' your heavy ass through the burnin' desert with your dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad... and what the hell is that smell?! (Independance Day, raptress)

14) For the record, if I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification. (The Mummy. And here I thought this one was easy.)

15) Yes, Satan? Oh, I'm sorry, sir. You sounded like someone else. (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Hey, as a Floridian, I'm kinda obligated to enjoy the amount of Dan Marino bashing that occurs in this flick.)

And there you have it!


Slackers. <3

DUDE! I WAS PLAYING GOLDEN SUN II AND THERE WAS THIS GUY WHO WANDERS UP AND GOES

"PHEW! I FEEL LIKE I JUST WALKED 500 MILES!"

AND I WAS LIKE, 'I KNOW THAT SONG! IS HE GONNA...'

AND THEN HE WAS LIKE "AND I COULD WALK 500 MORE!"

AND I WAS LIKE LOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZ!

PROCLAIMERS FTW!

ITS KINDA LIKE IN POKèMON, WHEN YOU TALK TO A HIKER DUDE IN MOUNT MOON, AND HE'S LIKE, "HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!"

AND AFTER YOU KICK IS ASS HE GOES, "FIRED AWAY!"

DOES NO ONE ELSE NOTICE THESE THINGS?!

HO MY GOD, FOLKS. I DID NOT REALIZE THIS.

I REC'ED DRAGONLANCE: DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT WITHOUT FREAKING REALIZING THAT MICHEAL ROSENBAUM AND KIEFER SUTHERLAND WERE GONNA VOICE TANIS AND RAISTLIN!

IF YOU ARE TOO LAZY TO FOLLOW THE LINKS, I AM TALKING ABOUT LEX LUTHOR FROM SMALLVILLE AND THAT GUY FROM 24 (I KNOW HIM BETTER FROM LOST BOYS)!

THEY ARE GONNA VOICE THE CRACKSLASH PAIRING OF MY YOUTH!

HO MY GOD!

It's freaking animated!

Cue the geek fangirl squealing.

nragggh, Raistlin... And Tasslehoff!

But seriously, guys. Don't do Dragonlance. It's like old school WOW and D&D with a little bit of aauuughot thrown in. You know, crack. IT'S NOT WORTH IT!

Okay, so in search of some kickass art in the Ma(STFU HOR! I HATE THE PHONE!)rvel/DC/Dark Horse universe, when I encountered this.






Marvel Zombies. Robert Kirkman is a sick, sick SOB.

Someone remind me why I shouldn't love this, quick!

geek  /gik/

–noun Slang. 1. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
2. a peculiar or offensive person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
3. an expert in computers (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)

[Origin: 1915–20; prob. var. of geck (mainly Scots) fool < D or LG gek]




On that note...

Author: Evan Nicholas
Fandom: CSI
Rating: worksafe
Warnings: Rampant geeks, slightly slashy content. A general WAFF for your fellow dorks.

Geekery


... I feel at home there...