We all enjoyed a decent run with the summer blockbusters, but now it's coming up on the holiday movie season. Here's what I'm looking forward to seeing this winter:
November 8:
Thor: The Dark World
December 6:
Out of the Furnace
December 13:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
December 20:
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Not a whole lot for me, though I may catch a few others that may, in turn, catch me by surprise. What holiday blockbusters are you looking forward to seeing? Comment below with your must-see titles.
About 2 weekends ago I went to Dallas Comic Con "Fan Days". Fan Days tends to be their medium size cons.There was more people at the convention then the pass.
I got to see and listen John Borrowman. This guy freaking hilarious!
This family was awesome! I was in my Dalek cosplay when I ran into them.
I got to play with the worlds largest PinBall machine! I also got to play with the newly Star Trek pinball machine also.
I think it so awesome that people are cosplaying Daft punk!
In all the con was smaller and more relax. It was nice for once to to have a calm convention.
Stay Shiny
Dalekchick
PS If you got an hour and willing to laugh your head off. watch John Borrowmans Panel from Fan days
Until I was about 12, all of my Halloween costumes had been store-bought. It had never occurred to me to try to make one myself until about then, and even then (looking back) it was such a bizarre one: around the time those Call ATT commercials were out with Carrot Top, so I decided to dress up as Carrot Top.Yeah, you read that right: I was Carrot Top for Halloween. I wore jeans, borrowed my mom's tie-dye shirt, bought a red curly wig . . . and everyone thought I was a clown (which, I guess in some aspect, they were right). But that was my first attempt at a DIY costume and I had a lot of fun with it, so I kept going.
Growing up, my family attended church and there was a guy who played guitar who always picked on me (no pun intended) and for the Halloween party at church one year (I was 17) to get him for all the picking and jokes and pranks, I dressed as him. And I didn't come in costume, I changed in the bathroom upstairs so I could come downstairs and get a good reaction from everyone. The result: immense laughter, especially from his wife and son. Now, let me describe my costume to you for the full effect (I wish I had the picture handy, but it's elsewhere at the moment and unattainable): boot-cut jeans, western shirt, bolo tie, western boots, stick-on mustache, mullet wig, and for good measure, one of my dad's friends owned a guitar shop and he let me borrow an old beat-up acoustic on the promise I would provide a picture. While it wasn't a well-known superhero or movie character, I have to say that was probably my best costume ever just because it got EXACTLY the reaction I was hoping to get and everyone loved it.
One year, I even attempted a Charlie Brown cosplay with a cheap white sheet with holes cut out everywhere and a paper bag full of rocks. Unfortunately, most people just thought I was a weird ghost. I wanted to have them all sit down and watch (or re-watch) The Great Pumpkin.
Last year at work, I was Soft Kitty. So many people smiled and giggled because they got it, a few even sang the song.
Sing 'Soft Kitty' to me.
I intend to do another DIY this year, but it's a matter of being able to get all the pieces, so I've only told a few people what I plan to do. I did a test-run at work on Thursday for the hair since I'll be working on Halloween; it held up alright, I just need to make a couple of tweaks.
So I want to know from you guys: do you make your own, whether it's putting pieces together or actually sewing your own costume, or do you buy a ready-made costume from the store or online? Do you have a favorite (include a pic if possible, please)? Let me know in the comments below; you don't even need an account to comment and you can even comment anonymously, but please keep it SFW.
On both Wednesday and Thursday this week, I discovered I had unwittingly and unwillingly spammed roughly 10-15 people with a DM saying I recommended a site to them - complete with virus-laden link. One of the unfortunate souls to receive this message: David Della Rocco. [cue facepalm]
He may just call in a favor from some friends.
What Happened
This virus finds its way into your account via your apps. No, not the apps on your phone, but the apps you give access to - the ones you use to link your Twitter account to other accounts and/or pages.
How to tell if you've been hit:
When you try to login, you'll get a message asking you to verify either your email address or your username. From there, you will be prompted to change your password.
As you enter characters, it will tell you just to the right of the top box how strong your password is. When you verify in the bottom box, it tells you the password doesn't match until you've completed inputting all the correct characters. You're then prompted to check your apps.
If you have apps authorized to access your account, it will look something like this:
From an old acct. I haven't had a Blackberry in a looonnng time.
Since there's no way of telling which app(s) are compromised (unless you only have one authorized, as pictured above), your best bet is to revoke access to all.
If you have not been hit, but would like to take preventive measures, go into your Settings.
From there, you'll need to select Apps, then revoke access on either all (best possible option) or just the ones you haven't used in a while or don't recognize (that's what I did Wed. & it happened again Thurs.).
That should take care of the problem and prevent any further issues until this thing is better wrangled in.
I've been so busy with work and getting ready for Fan Days I haven’t gotten
a chance to do much of a blog, So I decided to do yet another Geek tag. Here we go
1. Warrior, thief or
wizard?Wizard 2.
What would your patronus be? I
honestly don’t know what this is.
3. Who
is your favorite superhero? Captain
America
4.
Marvel or DC? Marvel, totally a Marvel girl. I do like
some DC characters too.
5.
What is your favorite video game? I am
not a big Gamer but currently addicted to Civ5
6.
PS3, Xbox or Wii? Only one I have is a Wii, Again not a big
Gamer
7.
What is the biggest word you know? Antidisestablishmentarianism 8. Old
bit game or 3D graphics? Both,
all depends on the game
9.
What is the nerdiest piece of clothing you own? Cosplays
10. Do
you have a random useless talent? I
can twist my right hand all the way around.
11. If
you could have any super power what would it be? To have all the super powers.
Con-hopping: the favorite pastime for many geeks all over the world. But sometimes it's dangerous to go alone! These are my top 5 picks for cosplaying couples:
5. Han Solo & Leia Organa
This cosplay has been done so many times, yet it never really gets old. This is possibly the most iconic geek couple of all-time, so why wouldn't you cosplay Han and Leia at some point?
4. Harley Quinn & The Joker
The couple who slays together, stays together, right? Well, at least for these two it's true. There have been many variations on this particular idea, and it seems like people have a lot of fun with it.
3. Link & Zelda
I've come across more Link and Zelda cosplays than Mario and Peach, so they win out for me as a top couples' cosplay idea. Everybody who's anybody who's ever played a video game EVER knows who Link and Zelda are.
2. Peter Venkman & Dana (Zuul)
I Googled this one and I've seen a very small handful, but I don't understand why this one isn't more popular! Every geek knows the quote: "There is no Dana. Only Zuul." Now go start your sewing machines, you know you want to do this one now.
1. Buttercup & Westley
There have seen many decent attempts, but I have yet to come across a spot-on couple cosplaying as Buttercup and Westley. And I don't just mean getting hair and mannerisms just right; I'd love to see a Buttercup with an elaborate haute couture gown that could almost pass for being the original, or even lowly peasant Buttercup and Westley.
What are some of your favorite couple cosplays? Share your faves in the comments below!
