Nerd Girl Digression: On Blogging

I have a confession to make: I saw a chick flick tonight and liked it. I feel so dirty.

The film: Julie and Julia.

It's about a blogger and a chef. Who never meet. It's pretty much a good movie (Julia) and a decent movie (Julie) smashed together. Julie Powell had two things I don't have: a set objective and a deadline. I can't even imagine what my objective would be as a Nerd Girl: read every Star Wars book? Watch every episode of every Star Trek? Not interactive enough.

Blogging is about passion. It's about having a vision, much clearer than the one I don't have. All I have are a few key facts. I'm a female nerd. There aren't many of us, but we're vocal. I read XKCD and laugh. I go to midnight showings of the appropriate movies. Every summer, I reread the entire Harry Potter series (at the cost of reading more books, usually.) For the next year, I am going to write about something at least three times a week. The news, the movies. Something. Anything.

Starting tomorrow.

Nerd Girl Watching: True Blood

This is the first time I have watched True Blood. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Worst nerd ever. But I digress. Nerd Girl Shelley (expert in all things vampire) and I are watching, me armed with Wikipedia for comprehension and forbidden to speak. It's gory, sexy, and pretty awesome. I'm hooked. From Godric's quiet power to Sookie's sheer ballsiness, to a wonderful twist involving a paintball gun, this was a great first episode for me.

Apologies for the lack of Harry Potter update, I never really got around to it.

Edit: I wrote this at 928. At 930, we saw some Sweeney Todd shit in the form of a heart pie. Ew.

Also, Jason Stackhouse has joined the ranks of the Supermegafoxyawesomehot.

Best reason to get arrested: Sodomizing a pine tree

the humor and gore in this series are what makes it stand out. It's less self-impressed than Buffy, funnier and more plausible than Twilight, and hotter than Anne Rice. If you don't watch it, start. If you watch it...yay.

HBP Clusterpost Part 1: Trailer Park

Part One of the four part extravaganza Harry Potter post! The review of the Trailers!

SHORTS: this is the movie your eight-year old brother wants to see. everyone else in your family wonders if they can sneak to another theater.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: Jury's out on this one. I know Kevin Smith is crying tears of joy over it, but this could be really lame. The trailer is Max running a lot. Like a whole lot. I wonder if anything else happens. Or maybe this kid just runs a lot.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: DO WANT. I like RDJ, Law is great, I just want to be watching it right now.

DESPICABLE ME: Computer animated flick starring Steve Carell as a villain who steals the Great Pyramid. Interesting little vignette teaser. I don't know if I got it.

2012: Another disaster movie. Who cares?

FAME: Looks very generic, but had a really clever Harry Potter lead-in

NEW MOON: Ugh. I hate Twilight. At least the werewolves look better than the Harry Potter ones.

9: looks pretty great. Elijah Wood is a great adorable hero voice. Looks like a logical followup for kids who liked Nightmare and Coraline.

Just a Thought: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Draco Malfoy

Three random Harry Potter bits:

• If a Harry Potter cast member had to get swine flu, of course it would be Rupert Grint. I mean, everything terrible happens to Ron. He would get this scary worldwide epidemic slight exaggeration of regular flu.
• Emma Watson flashed her panties at the London premiere by accident. We here at NGC are delighted to know that she has a bright future and will go far in life and will not end up like Lindsay Lohan. How do I know this? Watson was actually wearing panties to flash. Thank God. It would have ruined my childhood to see that much of my personal hero, Hermione Granger
• According to some interview, Tom Felton is not amused by this picture:

But really, can you blame him? That's weird. On the lighter side of things, he claims his brother uses it as a screensaver for his phone. Oh, fraternal love...

The Nerd Girl Confessional: Comic Books

Confession:

It took me a really, really long time to get into graphic novels. Long as in I've been superhero crazy since I was four (my first nonDisney movie in the theaters was Batman Returns) but didn't crack a graphic novel until high school. Please don't judge me.

As a result, I am spending this summer in the library catching up. I happen to be fortunate- my public libraries have an astonishing collection of graphic novels.

Here's my summer reading list, thus far

Batman: Year One (Frank Miller)
Wonder Woman: Love and Murder (Jodi Picoult)
Superman for All Seasons (Jeph Loeb)
Superman/ Batman: Public Enemies (Jeph Loeb)
Identity Crisis (Brad Meltzer)

Rereads:
Watchmen (Alan Moore)


Look for reviews for each over the next few days. I know most of these are big names, many of which have been around for a good long while, but consider that I'm new to the comic book/ graphic novel playground, though, and don't push me off the swings.

Entry One: Revenge of the Nerd Girls

We’re everywhere.

You don’t know it, but we are.

You think you know what we look like. You think you could pick us out of a crowd. Hell, maybe you’ve dressed as one for Halloween, following every stereotype you could find. You were pale and antisocial and sullen, dressing in a way no one ever should. There is a certain vogue to us right now. TV shows and movies and books glamorizing us, just a little, while laughing at our strange quirks.

We exist on the insides of society. We run the world.

Vampires.

Okay, not vampires. I'm talking about Nerd Girls.

This is a blog about entertainment in all its forms- Broadway, tv, movies, music, books. Seen through the eyes of your standard nerd who is NOT your everyday fanboy. It serves as the reminder that sometimes, you can be a really big nerd but look cute doing it. It will be updated when I feel like it, but most likely several times a week.

Look on Wednesday for my Harry Potter review!