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.
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| The Husband and I at the NerdHQ/ BC Superfriends Halloween Party as Rocket and Groot |
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| 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!
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| 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) |
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| I won a thing! |
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| A Sasquatch like picture of me dressed as Callie from BSG. I was on Team Adama |
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| Me dressed up as a Geeks versus Nerds ``Ms. Frizzle`` showing proof that Ms. Frizzle is River Song |
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| Team Captain for Team Velma |
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| From what it looks like, I am saying something very funny and breaking people brains for Team Blackwidow |
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| I won a thing again! I also am dressed up as Leaf Mario complete with cute tail that you can't see |
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| 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.
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BC Superfriends Logo
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| Vancouver Pride 2014 - Justin and I met Justin Trudeau. Justin is dressed as Maleficent and I am dressed as Rainbow Dash |
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| 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
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