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.