Mudbloods - Aka: I watch a documentary about Quidditch and weep because I am Hufflepuff

I am a Hufflepuff. I have always been a Hufflepuff. When the Harry Potter books came out, I was Hufflepuff. When Warner Bros. released the movies and I obsessively set up an account and took the personality test, I was a Hufflepuff. Pottermore came out, I got sorted Hufflepuff. I have extreme Badger Pride. I want to get it tattooed onto my back in Old English or Harry Potter Font. I am currently wearing this t-shirt.

Yes, that is a Hufflepuff Honeybadger shirt. We don't care, We don't give a fuck. We take what we want.

Needless to say, if there is anything to do with Harry Potter I am going to be a fan of it. I grew up being an outsider most of my life. I was raised Pagan. Legit. I am a Witch. I had a handfasting instead of a Muggle wedding. Having a book speak to being accepted for being not "normal" and then have that book be so popular means the world to me. Being an adult fan of Harry Potter also brings certain things to light when I talk to people about how much I love Harry Potter. You can tell fans from nonfans. The moment I say anything related to HP I either get shade or light! Watching Mudbloods, was 1.25 hours of light! 

It is the story of the UCLA Quidditch team's journey to the 5th annual Quidditch World Cup in NYC. I was completely enthralled the entire time. My face was a constant wide grinned dopey smile. I have a hard time with the sportsing culture. However... I will happy watch Quidditch all the time. I want that shit on ESPN/TSN ALL THE TIME! I have friends who are Quidditch players and after seeing this movie I solomnely vow to go to every game I can muster. I also want to college team shirts because OMG QUIDDITCH!!!!!!! I also, because I am a sap, love the UCLA Quidditch : Friendship is Magic aspect of the documentary. I audibly gasped when the player from UCLA got a head injury during world cup! THE DRAMA OF IT! Also, OMG THAT IS A LOT OF BLOOD! 

In the end, when they did the where are they now part of the documentary I had a single tear running down my cheek. 

Rebranding and what is new with me...

I have been a busy bee. In the last two years I have become something of a very minor local geek "celebrity". Being a flaming extrovert has also afforded me the ability to make lots of amazingly lovely and awesome connections.  With this I have also become very aware that... People know me. With this, I have decided that I should probably work on that public image and work to make my very minor fame. So, I am going to start blogging on the regular. I started a Facebook (Geeklebutante) page. I am going to link Twitters and Instagrams and things. 

OoooOoooooo, look at her.. she has gotten all fancy and shit! Yup! That's me!

What have I been up to?!

Well, it started when I moved to Canada. I became friends with the now defunked BC Browncoats. Which over time turned into NerdHQ  which is a local geeky fandom themed community centre in the Metro Vancouver area. 

The Husband and I at the NerdHQ/ BC Superfriends Halloween Party as Rocket and Groot

NerdHQ Events!

Through that... I was then introduced to the wonderful world of FANDOM DEBATES! Produced by West Coast Geeks versus Nerds in which I decided that I was going to be brave and apply to debate for their annual FEMMEGEDEON show! The debate was Samus vs Ripley.  I was on Team Ripley. I lost but I loved the experience so much that I decided that this was my version of becoming a sports star. I was going to do these debates by gummit! That night I also met some of the most lovely, amazing, kind, caring, generous, compassionate, funny people in the world. And that is when I knew that I had found "my people" and that Vancouver was my homeland. 

Look! pictures of me at West Coast Geeks versus Nerds Things!

Team Ripley 

Team Mario

Team Cthulhu

Me with MooMan because I won a caption contest.. I was dressed as Pinkie Pie (complete with her "Pity Party" from the episode where she loses her shit)

I won a thing!

A Sasquatch like picture of me dressed as Callie from BSG. I was on Team Adama

Me dressed up as a Geeks versus Nerds ``Ms. Frizzle`` showing proof that Ms. Frizzle is River Song

Team Captain for Team Velma

 

From what it looks like, I am saying something very funny and breaking people brains for Team Blackwidow

 

I won a thing again! I also am dressed up as Leaf Mario complete with cute tail that you can't see 

Team Rocket Raccoon! WE WON! 

I also met, Justin, that night. After that, a while after that. Justin and I were talking late one night like you do, and we was talking about how he had started a new group that was dedicated to making geek culture more inclusive to women, people of colour and the LGBTQ+ community. I got extremely excited and immediately volunteered to help. With that I became involved with BC Superfriends. I now do a whole bunch of work and enjoy a fair amount of warm fuzzy feels about it. It also, because I am an extreme extrovert gives me a change to make even more amazingly lovely connections with amazingly lovely people. 

BC Superfriends Logo

Vancouver Pride 2014 - Justin and I met Justin Trudeau. Justin is dressed as Maleficent and I am dressed as Rainbow Dash

The day before pride cleaning up The Love Bus and posing with our cute shirts and awesome signs

And now.. I am just really well known for not having any shame, enjoying dressing up in public and making a fool of myself. I seriously will probably do anything once and most likely twice... and then a few more times after that. 

What is in the future?! 

BC Superfriends will be doing panels this upcoming year on Queer Identities. I am going to be doing that with Justin. I am also trying to get a panel up and running showcasing Geek Girl culture and what is awesome about it and what kinda sucks about it. I will still be doing debates because that shit is my jam. I did stage kittying for Geekenders which is a Geek Burlesque Troupe! and I quite enjoyed that! I will probably volunteer to do that again. Beyond that, I am going to use my minor local geek celebrity status to promote, connect, and entertain.


XOXO

Me

I haven't blogged in two years...

...and this is why.

I spent the last two years building an amazing life, doing amazing things and filling it with amazing people.