Category: geek
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Don’t Smoke Your Claws Off (Safe & Sane Cosplay Tips)
There are a few things which we keep coming back to, which we can’t – and don’t want to – get rid of. For me, high among them, rank cosplay and costuming. So, while I’m trying to squeeze vest-sewing time in the middle of intense Astra planning, enjoy this roundup of the sanest cosplay advice…
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I Could Be Larping, But… (13 Favourite Excuses)
In light of recent events (see bottom), I realized, all over again, that there are a ton of reasons people stay out of larping, be it their own choice or the random acts of life. Some of them deserve to be called excuses, though. Here are just a few, of both varieties. Let’s see where yours fit,…
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Wings, Tattoos And Pretty People – A Starter’s Guide to Dominion
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize probably belongs to SyFy. Fun and fandom… you know the drill. Also, please note that I’m currently on vacation – physically as well as with my brain function. You will be a dear and forgive me the occasional “lovely” too many, won’t you? It’s the middle of summer, after all… It…
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10 Things To Surprise You In The 100
Disclaimer: everything you recognize probably belongs to the CW. Fun and fandom purposes only. Also, SPOILERS!!! While I keep professing my love for all things YA (yeah, I even gave The Tomorrow People a chance – 45 minutes of my life lost forever), it’s no wonder I’d been looking forward to The 100 for a couple…
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5 Things That Happen When You’re Not Watching A Show
There are a few things people take for granted when you come out to them as a sci-fi/fantasy geek. Some of it is just good ol’ prejudice (eg., about the state of your sex life), but some of it can be outright annoying. Because, if you didn’t get it so far, there is stuff you…
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The Fanlarp (Full Moon Special #6)
Happy Full Moon! And it’s a thirteenth. And Friday, to add to that – plenty of scary fun to be had in the Moonlight… or anywhere else, for that matter. They say the next Friday Thirteenth Full Moon will be in 2049! So you better take good care to honour this one. Let me add…
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The Wolf on YA And Doing What You Fear the Most
It’s been nine years since I’ve first helped organize a sci-fi convention in Croatia, and in the meantime I’ve held over a dozen quizzes, ten+ random games and a lecture or two. I’ve never, though, held a panel – until this month’s SFeraKon 2014. Organizing a panel turned out to be one of the toughest things I’ve ever…
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Five Simple Signs the Ship Sails for You
I have to admit – I wrote this post for the co-alpha. Because…. well, yeah. I don’t consider myself a shipper – and still I bother her with regular random rants about my favorite – albeit rare – tv show ships. So here’s to all of us “non-shippers” – even we get to sail across the vast…
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Lorediving for Larpers
I’m a huge learning geek – especially when the knowledge is “how-to” or, khm, theoretical. Nah, I’ll just say it – I love learning about things I might want to know something about in the future. No matter when the future comes. So diving into a familiar setting’s lore is more like a challenge than a…
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Full Moon Special #3 – The Importance of Dating A Geek
I have a confession to make – the closest I ever came to dating a non-geek was waay back in elementary school. (And even that person had the sense to give me a boxfull of MTG cards as a birthday present – so some understanding of geekdom was definitely present.) I know a couple of…
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