Project update and other things

Epic update time!

Let's see. December was a bit gonzo, I celebrated Anne-mas which is essentially me declaring that the first 2 weeks of December were my birthday and people had to take me out to dinner or throw parties for me.

I saw Nightmare Before the Nutcracker which takes The Nutcracker and remakes it with Tim Burton characters. It was whimsical and lovely. I had a good time. I went with my friends Test Subject B and Gravimetric Rush.

I also went to Reveal of the Jedi that is put on by Geekenders and got wooed by Anita Johnson who Wookie humped me. C&C Cosplay went with me.. well no.. one of them went with me the other was on stage dressed as Yoda.

This Wookie Humped me

Then I got sick. That is a thing that happened. Then.. because when one is sick one does silly things like.. VOLUNTEERS TO HELP RUN A CONVENTION! I am officially the Programming Liaison for Northwest FanFest 2015. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!

Well, I recruit people to do panels and shows at a great convention that is happening in May. I also, network with "local" groups to get booths and other things. We are working super hard to get high quality loveliness.

I am also running 2 panels currently (there might be more things that I am producing) one is on geek girl culture which will have other "Geek Girls" on it from different things in community and then BC Superfriends is doing a Queer Geek panel.

I am still debating at West Coast Geeks vs. Nerds. My upcoming debate is for FEMEGEDDON!!! 
I am Team Captain for Team Harley Quinn for the Harley Quinn vs. Bellatrix LeStrange debate for the title of who is the most psychotic sidekick?! We have some awesome shit lined up for that freak show... ( Sidenote: Recently I have been feeling a little self-concious about my debating because I get weird mixed messages from people about my style. I am a catty bitch. It is a thing.. and some humans have said that I am TOO MUCH.. well.. guess what! I have been told by 5 random strangers and 3 people who I super respect that my type of cheerful venom is hella funny... I guess I am doing something for someones.) 

While preparing for that.. I am also helping with The Geekenders with Portal 2: The (Unauthorized) Musical  They had to add an extra show and got to do an AMA on Reddit! SO EXCITE!

And last but not least... I joined a thing! International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club! You sign up. You get pen pals. You send pen pals things and stuff and they do the same. You write letters and take selfies of your swap. It is going to be EPIC FUN!!!! 

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