Let's begin with the end in mind. The credits rolled on The Bourne Legacy and R, a good friend of mind, noticed her ring slipped off and fell to the ground. Her ring, in fact, is a thin, silver ring going with two other thin, silver rings. It's one of those loose, puzzle sorts of … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: An Unusual Bourne Legacy Review
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Midweek Geekiness: Seeing The Dark Knight Rises
This will sound like part movie review and part polemic. Yesterday, I saw The Dark Knight Rises at a movie theatre. I sat in the middle, with people on either side, and just looked over at the exits once. I sat back in a lovely movie seat to lose myself in Christopher Nolan's final chapter … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Seeing The Dark Knight Rises
Midweek Geekiness: The Post Holiday Edition
Sometimes I arrive at Wednesdays with nothing to write about. While on holidays between comic con and the promotion for The Bourne Legacy, I felt a little overwhelmed. Why not approach the first Midweek Geekiness the way I approach going back to work on holidays-a combination of slowly and break-neck speed. Loki and Ned Visit … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: The Post Holiday Edition
Midweek Geekiness: A Couple of Parodies for Consideration
Share a Cookie Maybe? I grew on Sesame Street and its spoofs. (Remember Monsterpiece Theatre?) Now Sesame Street turns it pop culture lens towards sharing thanks to the song 'Share it Maybe', a spoof of the Carly Rae Jepson hit 'Call Me Maybe'. (Source CBC Website) Avengers Geekiness: A Hilarious Retelling in 15 Minutes, Or … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: A Couple of Parodies for Consideration
Midweek Geekiness: Two More Ponderings About Those Blue-Eyed, British Boys
One Comic-Con Baptism for Mr. Armitage It's official: The Hobbit will come to Geek Prom San Diego Comic Con. The movie itself wraps principal photography on July 7th, meaning the cast will barely have time to breathe before they touch down in California. Aidan Turner attended Comic Con once as part of the BBC panel … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Two More Ponderings About Those Blue-Eyed, British Boys
Midweek Geekiness: A Hollow Crown, A Secret Agent, and Even More Avengers Geekiness
People may scoff at me about seeing The Avengers more than once. Life feels too short to arouse concern on my part, and most of the time I see it again with someone else seeing for the first time. On Sunday, after a delightful brunch at The Falafel Place, myself and two other friends walked to Grant Park. … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: A Hollow Crown, A Secret Agent, and Even More Avengers Geekiness
Midweek Geekiness: Pick Your Favourite Brit and a Nerdy Observation
Two Fan Armies Square Off BBC American's Anglophenia blog hosted another Anglo Fan Tournament in honour of the upcoming Olympic games. Fans vote for their favourite Brit in a series of match ups until one man is left standing. Things sometimes gets so heated in comments, the site had to step in to remind people about their manners. … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Pick Your Favourite Brit and a Nerdy Observation
Why, Yes, I Am A Nerd
People remark I get excited over the weirdest things. They don't say it as an insult, just an observation. However, I do get excited over the weird as well as the ordinary. As a library technician, nothing gets my geek on as something to make student's lives a little bit more easier. By 'easier' I … Continue reading Why, Yes, I Am A Nerd
Midweek Geekiness
Make This Happen Please Entertainment Weekly wrote a piece about Phillip Seymour Hoffman as POSSIBLY Plutarch Havensbee in the movie version of Catching Fire. Although I trust this publication a little more than others, putting 'possibly' in big letter means anything can happen. Hoffman currently stars as Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman on Broadway and may … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness
Mr. Rogers Gets Remixed
It's hard to write about Mr. Rogers without feeling melodramatic or schmaltzy, but it's not worth just keeping to myself. I sat in a waiting area while CBC Radio 2 played as usual before my appointment. The DJ talked about a song released as a tribute and began to play the song. In the space … Continue reading Mr. Rogers Gets Remixed
Unpaused Life 