God, it’s taken for ever for spring to finally come. But it’s here and it makes me so happy! The sun is out (sometimes) and things are green. That’s my walk to work. Nice, isn’t it? I certainly can’t complain. To celebrate spring (and belatedly my sister’s birthday) I am working with nice yellow yarn. [...]

Fairy tales are stories that most of us have known ever since we can remember. As we grow older and acquire a greater understanding of the world, so do we for the meanings of those stories. Mature adaptations of fairy tales, when done right, express their different psychological layers and help us to resonate with [...]

I still have yet to do ALA days 2 and 3! Give it a few days, guys! But here’s an entry to tide you over! Last week, the sakura blossoms started blooming at Anthony C. Beilenson Park (formerly known as Lake Balboa) in Van Nuys. These beautiful flowers unfortunately start falling off within a week [...]

The Defective Geekers have decided to leap onto the podcast boat, hosted by yours truly and Gizzy. Please enjoy the first episode and excuse us as we fumble a little here and there… we’re awkward geeks. We will put up new episodes as regularly as possible. Let us know what you think! Wishlist: We could [...]

Compared to when we went to the  convention in Vancouver, Los Angeles has proven itself to be a little bit crazier and somewhat more stressful. I missed the laid back atmosphere of Vancouver con! I forgot to mention that on our first day, two of the women that were running the registration/ticket table were incredibly [...]

I decided to start this post with the magical photo-op we did at the end of Saturday. Instead of paying for individual photos with the Saturday guests, we decided to pool our money into the group photo instead. I forced/bullied/peer pressured Giselle into the hamster kigurumi. Mark Sheppard was most excited and his eyes lit [...]

Last August, Gizle and I traveled to Vancouver, Canada and with two of our friends, we attended our first Supernatural convention. Six months later (as in, this past weekend), we went to the local con, investing more money (possibly a couple or so hundred dollars) on tickets and photos with our favorite television stars. That [...]