On Sunday – this was a cute arts and crafts panel hosted by Tammy Vince Cruz and Rachelle Abellar from the Geek Girl Con’s design team. Not only were these two ladies busy churning out all the design collateral for the convention; they also organized a successful, interactive panel that encouraged attendees to drop by… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: October 2011
Geek Girl Con 2011: A Visit to the EMP Museum
I managed to squeeze in a quick museum visit at the EMP Museum – which was also hosting panels and events with Geek Girl Con, including a special panel with writer, Jane Espenson. The museum is neat, dedicated to mostly music and science fiction exhibitions at the moment. My main reason for making the effort… Read more »
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…Kigurumi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ0rcwcP4YU
Here’s a Halloween idea as comfy as it is silly! Kigurumi! photo by Carol Sakuma Kigurumi (着ぐるみ) comes from a combination of two Japanese words: kiru (“to wear”) and nuigurumi (“stuffed toy”) which is very appropriate since you’re literally dressing yourself as a stuffed animal or cartoon mascot. The equivalent of kigurumi in English is “splash mascot”. You see them pretty… Read more »
Halloween Craft – Nightmare Before Christmas
Final Halloween craft post. One of my favourite Halloween films is Nightmare Before Christmas. I couldn’t resist making a crochet Zero, Jack’s pet dog. Pattern available here. I’ve taken lots of photos of the creation process, so check out my flickr if you need to see more angles. I started with the main body, the… Read more »
Great Halloween Movies: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqQ3fLq-y9U]
When people think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer they usually think of the television show. I am a huge fan of the show and pretty much idolized Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy. Something I’ve noticed though is that a lot of the fans of the show dislike the movie, which came out in 1992. I, for… Read more »
Regina Carpinelli: Our Fearless Comikaze Queen
There’s been a lot of buzz in the nerd community about Los Angeles’ newest and most kick-ass comic book convention, Comikaze Expo. The woman behind the legend is Regina Carpinelli, a real life Wonder Woman and she has been working non-stop (seriously… non-stop) to make this convention mind-blowing-ly awesome. Bow down to the queen, bitches!… Read more »
