New Year List

Howdy ya'll


 As the New Year approaches, so does this blog. We will be reaching our  2 year mark of doing this blog. Sadly We have no fun things plans as CaptShinypants has be in hell I mean Retail... and I just started a new job. but don't worry in January we will have something fun and different for everyone.  But for now I wanted to share some things I want to try and do in the new year!


1.  No more sodas ( been doing pretty well already)
2. the usual  start working out
3. Move out  get my own place or share with someone
4. Cut my sugars back ( been doing this slowly but surely)
5.Go to Star Trek Las Vegas Con.



These are just a few, and keep  an eye out on all of our forums to see what contest or celebration we will be doing in January



Stay Geeky
TXTrekkieGurl

The Night Before Trekmas

Life in retail has been so chaotic this past week (and will only get worse in the next few days) that I didn't get a chance to really prepare anything, so I dug up a Facebook post I made in December of 2012, shortly before this blog even existed. Whatever holiday you celebrate during this time of year, which are actually far more numerous than just Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or even if you don't celebrate anything except spending time with your family and friends, I hope you all have fun and enjoy whatever festivities or gatherings you'll be attending.

'Twas the night before Trekmas, when all through the ship
The Borg were all stirring, looking to cause mischief.
Their implants were ready and tuned with great care,
For they all knew that Voyager soon would be there.

The crew were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sensor readings danced in their heads.
And Janeway in her nightgown, with Q nowhere in sight,
Had just settled her brain and turned in for the night.

When out on the bridge there arose such a clatter,
She sprang from her bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the closet she flew in a dash,
Tore open the door and was clothed in a flash.

A cube on the screen gave off a green glow
And Janeway knew this was no friend, but a foe.
When, what to her critical eyes should appear,
But a cluster of Borg drones, and the crew shook with fear.

“Resistance is futile”, they said as they advanced,
Janeway was tired of this same song and dance.
More rapid than phasers they closed in all around,
And they murmured and muttered and said this aloud:

"We are the Borg, we wish you no harm;
We want only your mind”, and they extended their arms.
Tubules came out of the tops of their hands
Then Neelix came forth wielding his pots and his pans.

“Now just you see here”, he called out with a cry,
“You cannot have us. The Captain won’t let that fly.”
They said not a word, but turned 'round to face him,
His eyes grew wide, knowing his chances were slim.

And then, in a twinkling, Q appeared with a POOF!
“Why Kate, what is this? It looks like a coup!”
Janeway just scowled and massaged her forehead,
“Are you here to help, or to help us get dead?”

He tsked, “Ah-ah-ah! You know better than that”,
And he snapped and the Borg drones all became cats.
“Well, that was simple”, Janeway said with a smirk,
“But you’ll never outmaneuver good ol' James T. Kirk.”

“The Carbomite Maneuver? Oh please, what a joke!
Kate, I just saved your life; my heart is now broke.”
Janeway rolled her eyes and muttered a thanks,
But when Q moved in for a kiss, she threatened a shank.

He chuckled and smiled, so pleased with the game,
“Kathy, I’ll get you yet. Just you wait.”
He snapped and was gone in the blink of an eye,
But alas! Something had gone terribly awry!

The Borg cats were gone, but replaced with red roses,
And little puppy dogs with such cold, wet noses.
Heart-shaped balloons filled the bridge on all sides,
And Janeway sat down in her chair with a sigh.

She woke from this dream, sitting up with a jerk,
And sighed in relief, then gave a slight smirk.
It was morning again, time to start a new day,
So she dressed and prepared and hurried away.

She sat in her chair, to her crew gave the order,
And away they all flew to the Risian border.
And this she exclaimed, ‘ere they warped out of sight,
"Shore leave for all, engage, and good flight!"

Ugly Christmas Sweaters

Howdy,

Are you guys like me and wait until the last min to find something to wear to a party? I have my first official work party next Friday ( with my new job), So I sign up saying I will be attending when my new boss informed me that it will an ugly Christmas Sweater theme party. I was like okay , easy enough right? Well the next I have my Sci-fi Holiday party then a North Texas Cosplay group Holiday party. So I was like I need to order a ugly sweater online and pray it arrive by Friday. Well I figure I'll share with ya'll with some thinks for sweaters.


80's theme new sweaters 

Teepublic 

Mixed of sweaters 

teefury



Of course I haven't decide as I write the blog, but if you follow me on Twitter am pretty sure I'll share what I ended up doing.

~ Stay Geeky
TTG

The Twelve Days of Geekmas

Working in Retail, I find it difficult to really get into anything resembling a "festive"  mood this time of year since I've typically been bombarded with music and decorations since about late September/early October. However, I still try to have fun with it even though I'm ready for all this hubbub to be over, so I present to you (with instrumental musical accompaniment!) The Twelve Days of Geekmas:

Twelve Doctors running

Eleven Orcs attacking

Ten Rebels plotting

Nine Roosters dying

Eight Tributes pledging

Seven Vampires feeding

Six Reavers chasing

Five Magic rings

Four Cylon spies

Three Robots march

Two Pirates fuss

And the crew of the Enterprise D

Need nerd clothes?

Howdy,

 As Capt Shinypants and I barely make through black Friday and the weekend of shoppers. I  ran out of time to actually put together a good post. So I thought I would share some awesome website you get get some Great geeky girly Dresses and leggings. 

 ThinkGeek - Is an amazing website and they have R2 D2 yoga pants, Galaxy leggings, Star Trek Uniform dress. All for reasonable slight high price but signup for their emails and they will send you all kinds of coupons.

Her Universe - Has a plus size option and many awesome dresses too ,Like a Captain america dress. The only kicker is she more expensive in my taste. 

Hot Topic- Granted  am not a big fan of that store but they have aweomse shirts, dresses aand leggings for decent prie. 

Happy shopping

TxTrekkieGurl

Nacho Friend

It's been a super busy week (such is life in retail a week before Hell Day, er, I mean Black Friday), so I haven't been able to sit down and make a proper post, so instead I shall leave you guys a small chuckle.

Podcast time

Howdy !


So I've been on a podcast for a couple of months now, So I figure I would give ya'll some  fun podcast listen to .


First off the one I am in

 Club 602- We turn on the mic and talk,  Warning if you are easily offended I would not listen to us, also this a rated R podcast. Also we are trying to raise money to get better requirement got our Go Fund me  page if you wish to donate.

Nerd 411  I've been interview on this show back in January, it a fun Nerdy show.

The Nerd show  Its similar to Nerd 411, but they tend to talk more about current stuff .

 G and T show- All about Star Trek and mainly Star Trek online.

Happy NaNoWriMo!

NaNoWriMo - if you look around Twitter and Facebook, you may see this jumble of upper- and lower-case letters and wonder: what the heck is it?

NaNoWriMo, or in it's long form, National Novel Writing Month, began on the 1st and encourages people all over the world to create a 50,000-word rough draft of a novel within the month of November. The site helps keep track of word count, rewards badges for participation, and provides helpful resources to aid writers in their month-long writing adventure.

Additionally, NaNoWriMo is a non-profit organization with the goal of encouraging writers of all ages from all over the world of all levels of experience to do just that: write. Their mission statement:

"National Novel Writing Month organizes events where children and adults find the inspiration, encouragement, and structure they need to achieve their creative potential. Our programs are web-enabled challenges with vibrant real-world components, designed to foster self-expression while building community on local and global levels."

 Are you participating in NaNoWriMo 2014? Let us know of your progress in the comments below!

Happy writing.

Woman scientist

Howdy Ya'll!


So yesterday was Halloween and I dressed up as Rosie  the Riveter and while I was researching her I though it would good to give ya'll some interesting facts about Awesome women scientist.



Marie Curie
A French physicist and chemist best known for her contributions to radioactivity.

MARIA MAYER

 American physicist who received Nobel Prize for suggesting the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.

ROSALIND FRANKLIN

British biophysicistt known for her work on the molecular structures of coal and graphite, and X-ray diffraction.

BARBARA MCCLINTOCK

American scientist and cytogeneticist who discoverd of genetic transposition.

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

American physician who was the first woman to become a medical doctor in the United States.

Stay Shiny 

TXTrekkieGurl 

Let's Play - Halloween Spooktacular Part 1

The Rooster Teeth Achievement Hunters and their amazing Minecraft build team have created a deliciously devilish two-part Let's Play just for Halloween - AND IT'S FRAKKING AMAZING!
Follow the AH crew as they battle spiders, carve pumpkins, bob for apples, and trick-or-treat in a bid to gain prizes that will help one of them win the Tower of Pimps in the Haunted House.

Dallas Conic con "Fan Days"

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Hi guys! Totally forgot to post so here photos. 

Book Pile - Update

My pile of books, which I lovingly call Book Mountain, did some shrinking over the summer.

It also did some growing.

The last book I read was By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz, and I'm currently reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Since my first list, I've read:

The Shining - Stephen King
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill 


Currently in the pile, awaiting exploration:

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
 The Time Machine/The Island of Dr. Moreau/The Invisible Man/The War of the Worlds/The First Men in the Moon/The Food of the Gods/In the Days of the Comet - H.G. Wells
Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
Aesop's Fables
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare
The Inferno - Dante Alighieri
Wicked/Son of a Witch/A Lion Among Men (vols. one, two, & three, respectively) - Gregory Maguire
Classic Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Anderson
Great Tales of Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
Complete Tales and Poems - Edgar Allen Poe
Joss Whedon: The Biography (foreword by Nathan Fillion) - Amy Pascale

Pumpkin Spice

Howdy Geeks and Geekettes 

My life is slowly starting to pick up with being in retail and holiday season starting I want to  give all our awesome readers life will be busy. 

So its fall and you know what that means? PUMPKIN SPICE everything! Yes that right it Fall equals   the smell of Pumpkin spice, Cinnamon,Chilly weather and Changing leaf color. 

 I wanted to share with you some of the things I found that are Pumpkin Spice . 

Milano are good anyways, so I bet the Pumpkin spice one or even better.

Now I heard mix reviews about this one, I have yet to try it but I might ,

These cookies are the bomb! Everyone needs these 

If I like candy corn I might try .

I enjoy a cliff bar once in awhile, so  I want know how this one will taste like,

My mind is saying gross but interesting all the same time with this one.

For those who are oatmeal fan, I think this will be delightful. 

I heard from a friend that is good,

I know all my Coffee drinkers out there has this .

This like eating Pumpkin Bread. 

I know there are a lot more things out there! These are just a few, but please if you come across on that you don't think I've seen. Please tweeted to me @txtrekkie_gurl or @geekyadventure 

Stay Geeky!

TTG 

Same Name - Music

 On Facebook, I'm part of a huge geeky group called the Promenade and the other day someone started a topic of discussion about songs with the same name that are completely different and by different music artists. Since the group has well over 6,000 members, there were plenty of replies and it was really interesting to see what people thought of. Being a music geek myself, I thought it would be a great way to find out about different songs and music stylings, so I do encourage you guys to comment below with any you know of that I don't include (you don't need a Google account to comment, by the way).

• Kiss Me - Tom Waits, Ed Sheeran, Sixpence None The Richer
• Love Bites - Def Leppard, Halestorm*
• B!tch - Meredith Brooks, The Rolling Stones
• Close Your Eyes - Michael Buble, Meghan Trainor, Lily Allen
• Zombie - The Cranberries, Family Force 5, Natalia Kills
• Second Chance - Shinedown, 38 Special, El DeBarge
• Escape - Rupert Holmes*, Enrique Iglesias, Metallica
• Rich Girl - Hall & Oates, Gwen Stefani
• Salty Dog - Flogging Molly, Johnny Cash
• Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen, Paramore

With just 10 different titles, there are 25 different songs listed and the only commonality is the title, and clicking on the artist names will let you hear each one. Be sure to add any you know of that I may have missed in the comments below!

*These songs have additional title wording. For Halestorm: (So Do I); for Rupert Holmes: (The Pina Colada Song).

Craft TIME

Howdy Ya'll

So y'll know I love me some crafts, my new current addiction is Duct Tape crafts, So today I will show ya'll how to make Duct Tape Bows.


Supplies

• Duct Tape (Duck Tape brand is what i recommend)
• Scissors
• X-Acto Knife 
• Cutting Mat

For this bow I will use Star Wars and Red 

1. Cut 6 strip 4 1/2 ich long. 

2. Take the strip and place it on top of the same color ( I found if you use the lines on the cutting board and line up both bottom you get a better lineament) 

3. Trim off stickies and make the all even.

  

4. Cut a small strip about 2 1/2 inch ( this will be the middle part so choose wisely the color) 

5.Cut about inch strip  I made two just in case

 6. Fold in half 

 8. When fold in half, fold each side  backwards 

( almost like folding those fan we did as kids)

 9. Put the Together and find the middle

10. Use that piece of tape we cut earlier to wrap around it.

Volia! We made a Duct Tape Bow Tie.  You can hot glue a hair pin to it, or attach to a headband or create a collar and wear it as bow tie. Up to you. 

Stay Geeky

~ TxTrekkieGurl 

PS. Please send us photos of any of the creations you made from our blog! I would love to feature you on an upcoming post! 

Writing Prompts Part Deux

 I have a touch of writer's block again, so I figured I might do another fun prompt. This time, I chose number 211: Write from the point of view of a clean sock that was mistakenly placed in the hamper.


Ugh! Why did he have to do that? He just tossed me in here like I was a pair of skid-marked underwear! And now I'm laying on his grody skid-marked underwear... Oh god, if I had a stomach, I'd be puking right now. It smells so bad in here! I was fresh and ready to slip onto his foot, but NOOOOOOOOO! Heaven forbid he take the time to check me out and see that I was clean. Well, we'll see about this. I may just have to talk to the dryer and see if it can help me disappear. That'd show him! Let's see how he likes having just one sock, that bipedal neanderthal!

Gamer Talk

Hello my Fellow Geeks and Geekettes,

          I recently started to become of more a gamer, so I have been playing Civilization V and a new game I just purchase call Tropico 5.  I hang out on Caspian Division Teamspeak and listen to them play Star Trek Online. If ya’ll don’t know what Teamspeak  is a program  where you a talk to people all around the world who share the same interest as you, You  talk to other while you play a games. So I have started to catch on to the langue of a Gamer. Mainly MMO (massively multiplayer online)

Bio-   Bathroom breaks

BRB- Be right back

PVP- player vs. player

PVE- Player VS Environment 

Noob- new person 

MMO- Massively multiplayer Online 

STO-Star Trek Online

Swtor- Star Wars the Old Republic 

These are just a few of the ones  I have learn in the few shorts months are getting into gaming more. 

Stay Shiny 

TTG 

Ps: hit me up twitter if you want to game with me 

Shopping For The Geek(s) In Your Life

As much as we don't want to face it, especially myself since I work in Retail, Thanksgiving/Grey Thursday/Black Friday/Hanukkah/Christmas is literally just around the corner. To get a jump on snagging those perfect gifts that send fanboys and fangirls into a fit of pure geek ecstasy, I've decided to assist in finding that One Perfect Thing (or even Things) for the geek(s) in your life.

• Though the ReAction Firefly figures are already out and available for purchase, the Funko Pop! Firefly figures are available for pre-order on EntertainmentEarth.com and are set to be released next month. Entertainment Earth also has a vast listing of various prop replicas, patches, collectible figures, etc. from other sci-fi shows and movies.
• Tee Fury, TeeMinus24, Shirtoid, Cosmic City Tees, RedBubble and Etsy are great places to find your geek's favorite fandoms AND support indie artists and crafters.
• If your geek is an avid gamer, and you know their platform of choice, PSN cards, Xbox cards, or gift cards for PC games (and there are SO many, so there's really not one particular link I can share) might be a good way to go.
• For the comic book collectors, a Marvel subscription or DC subscription (or any of the other various publishing companies) might be a nice surprise. Looking for something new the big names don't have? No worries: IndyPlanet carries lots of indie titles [shameless plug/example: Rachel Strand and Equinox from Equinox Comics].
• If your geek LOVES TOS-era Star Trek, and you happen to live in or plan to travel through Oklahoma, check out Starbase Studios in Oklahoma City. Be sure to utilize the contact page ahead of time if you'd like a tour [this might make a better Birthday present].

 If you feel I've left anything out, please feel free to comment. I look forward to reading your gift suggestions!

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Note to the Readers:

You may have noticed the blog has a new-ish name. TXTrekkieGurl, formerly Dalek Chick, has felt it best if she streamlined all of her activities under one name, and she goes by TXTrekkieGurl on Trek Radio and Twitter so she decided to go by that here.

Charity Charity Charity

Hello my Fellow Geeks and Geekettes!

 This month it has been all about Charity work!

I went to my first Can’t Stop the Serenity Charity   this past Sunday, Yes I did dress up as Kaylee and had a blast! I was with my awesome folks from North Texas Cosplay. We all were dress up of course. It was held at my new favorite movie theater, The Alamo Drafthouse,  they were so  welcoming and even made us a special  menu that fitted into the screening. Like Mudder’s Milk and firefly ser a tea. 

Can’t Stop the Serenity, is a charity event to help raise money for Equality Now, an organization the works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world.  We had raffle drawing, mystery brown bags and Auction all to raise money. We got to watch Dr Horrible sing along blog and Serenity the movie on the big screen as part of the deal! 

Just from our event we raise $10,000. That is amazing! Since this start everyone around the world has raise $900.000 which was back in 2006.

 If you want to donate money please got http://www.equalitynow.org/

 For information for the CSTS http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

In other news both CaptShinyPants and I have done the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS.  http://www.alsa.org/

Capt ShinyPants 

DalekChick 

 One that things, As yall read this right now I will be at Ronald McDonald House, dress up at Rag Cinderella to play with the kids and take pictures with them.  http://www.rmhc.org/ 

Stay Geeky

~Dalekchick 

Artists To Watch

We've all drooled over awesome geeky designs on the various 24-hour t-shirt sites, and we all have favorite characters, movies, shows, and video games. Here are a few artists I follow on social media who take our favorite fandoms to new heights:

Ian Leino

Credit: Tempus Fugit Design

 Facebook: Like Ian Leino's Page

Twitter: Follow Ian Leino

Art:

Credit: Leino

Credit: Leino

Credit: Leino

Ian's Shop: http://ianleino.com/shop/

John Sumrow

Credit: John Sumrow

 Facebook: Like John Sumrow's Page

 Twitter: Follow John Sumrow

Art:

 

Credit: Sumrow

Credit: Sumrow

Credit: Sumrow

 John Sumrow's Shop: http://shop.johnsumrow.com/

Karen Hallion

Credit: Hallion

Facebook: Like Karen Hallion's Page

Twitter: Follow Karen Hallion

Art:

Credit: Hallion

Credit: Hallion

Credit: Hallion

 Karen Hallion's Shop: https://www.etsy.com/people/khallion

Bamboota

Credit: Bamboota

Facebook: Like Bamboota's Page

Twitter: Follow Bamboota

Art:

Credit: Bamboota

Credit: Bamboota

Credit: Bamboota

 Bamboota's Shop: http://www.redbubble.com/people/bamboota/shop