Dice Porn - aka how I learned to love D&D

Hi, It’s been a minute since I’ve last been on the blog. Months, probably even a year or so. No matter, I’m going to share my latest obsession with you, Dungeons & Dragons. Even more specifically, the pretty, pretty dice in my current collection. All photos by @glitchmatic. Lips & Dice are mine  It’s hard to believe I just started playing for the first time in January of this year. I’m pretty lucky my boyfriend is a feckin’ amazing...

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Cosplay From Start to Finish - Mercy from Overwatch

In an attempt to chronicle my journey as a beginner cosplayer, I have taken a page from book of the amazingly talented, beautiful, and awe-inspiring cosplayer, The Geeky Seamstress, and decided to dedicate a post about the making of my latest cosplay project, the character Mercy from Overwatch...

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10 Easy Tips to Surviving a Comic-Con

With San Diego Comic Con in full swing, I wanted to share my tips to surviving a Comic-Con, large or small, local or national, whether you come as you are or if you are wanting to cosplay for the first time.  Read on. ...

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Head West - Siblings Trip to California

Hi all.  It's been two weeks since I got back from a siblings trip to the San Francisco area.  I'm the oldest of three girls and we all flew out to California to attend my cousin's wedding and also spend two days in San Francisco. ...

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10 Things Batman V Superman; Dawn of Justice Did Right

In case you haven’t heard, critics and audiences have been trashing the new Batman V. Superman; Dawn of Justice film left and right.  While I do agree with many of the complaints, I actually liked the film.  I’ve always been a stalwart DC comic book fan but there are some points in the movie that Zack Snyder and Co, actually did right.  Obviously, spoilers will follow, but I’m guessing you are not reading this to determine whether you...

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Ghostbusters Reboot - I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts.....

via @paulfeig ....OR HATERS!!!!!  Surprising probably no one, there have been many vocal haters, mostly men but some women too, on social media outraged at the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot film helmed by Freaks and Geeks' Paul Feig and starring Melissa Carthy of the Bridesmaids fame. I have only really asked one such self-described lady nerd why she dislikes the Ghost-busters reboot from the trailers alone.  In short,...

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3 Tributes to the late, great Bea Arthur in Postmodern Cartoons

One of my obsessive fandoms is cartoons, which stretches all the way back to my formative years watching Batman,The Animated Series.  I have never stopped watching cartoons.  Starting in the late 90’s some cartoons have reached or succeeded the same level of storytelling as live action shows for adults.  My favorite shows of all time are Avatar; the Last Airbender and Breaking Bad, IN THAT ORDER!!! Sacrilege, I know....

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So, Batman, Cookie Monster and a Jawa walk into a bar....

Stop me if you've heard this one.  So, Batman, Cookie Monster and a Jawa walk into a bar because the Abbey Underground in Denton, Texas was hosting a Fandom Dinner and Cosplay Cocktail Party Saturday night from 5pm-2am.  A bar hosting a party for people in costume with drinks, food, a Lego Minifig vendor, a band, a costume contest and a DJ?  Hail yiss! I decided to attend purely on a whim. Did I know anyone going to this...

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Speed Dating at a Comic Con

Hey guys and gals.  Over Valentine’s Day weekend I attended the Dallas Comic Con Fan Days 2016 with my bestie, where we decided to go in costume and attend the speed dating event hosted by SciFi Speed-Dating.  Ah, Nerds in Love!  The headline practically writes itself. Meet a life size Ninja Turtle is off my bucket list. “Do it for the story!”  I urged my also single, best friend.  “We will go in costume!  It’ll...

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Convention Spotlight: Wizard World Tulsa - Day Three

Day Three – October 25, 2015 On the last day of Wizard World Tulsa I actually got to the convention kind of early, partly because I was terrified I would sleep past my check-out time at the hotel so I woke up super early and grabbed breakfast downtown. Afterwards I walked around to see more of the city until the convention started. Downtown Tulsa is very walkable. (All photos are my own.  Please let me know if you'd like to be...

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Convention Spotlight: Wizard World Tulsa - Day Two

Day Two - October 24, 2015 I arrived at the convention center on Saturday close to noon and walked around the Exhibition Hall, where I found out vendors were selling beer!  Beer at a comic con?  How is this possible?  This is allowed?  I love Wizard World Tulsa!!!  I spotted the most adorable mother-daughter cosplay team walking past me, I love – LOVE that the mom was Peggy Carter and her daughter vintage Captain America,...

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Convention Spotlight: Wizard World Tulsa - Day One

Hello again.  In my first post for 2016, I mentioned how I wasn't ready to review 2015 in full.  This is because I got the opportunity back in October to cover all three days of the Wizard World Tulsa Comic Convention 2015 for a pop-culture website for women, PaperDroids. Update - My full coverage has been posted at PaperDroids blog - please read for coverage of all three days. (All photos are my own.  Please let me know if you'd...

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