I'm feeling a little ranty.

So over the last however long since I've been a functioning adult I've noticed a disturbing trend. If I tell someone something, especially people I've known a really long time or who knew me when I was younger they smile, nod and I can see the things I've shared with them being discounted and or minimized because it wasn't what they wanted to hear, didn't fit in with their vision or they didn't understand what I was saying.

Then, several days, weeks, months or even years later, they come back and tell me that they read this great article on so and so's blog, or that they saw something on pinterest or watched a video on youtube that told them x, y and z and now they are going to do that.

Which leads me to wonder, did no one read my post about wikipedia?  Just because someone writes an article about it, or posts a fact doesn't make it true anymore than the fact that someone did NOT write about it or post a fact make it untrue. When does information become credible and valuable?

What credentials are utilized in determining that?

I can write articles for yahoo about vacationing off the island of Mindano.... granted, I've been there and could actually tell you amazing things to do, but you know what? No one asked if I was qualified to do so. It was just listed in a big giant block of things to topics that were available to claim to right about. Interesting isn't it?

Anyway, from now on, maybe all my relevent info should be posted on my blog. :\

I have been ignoring my blog. I'm sorry. I've been busy. (How many people say that, and how often for how many reasons?)

The good news is that mine has been because a lot of my time has been taken up by various really rewarding projects.
As some of you know I work as the social media manager for Silver Gryphon Games in my spare time as well my own small business Whimsy By Kelly. (Stress on the small part of business for me at this point). Both are awesome, seriously, go check them out but they take up time and time is a precious commodity. And you know there's that whole mom and family thing I've got going on too!

However, I do want to get back to this. I'm starting a new project with SGG and it's something I'm excited about so I thought I'd share that journey with all of you here too.

And it's fun to ramble to all of you.
Now, where are my cookies.

Sometimes my nerdiness gets crafty (AKA-Doctor Who Christmas)

I spent the last month working on lots of different things.
I'm probably overcompensating but I wanted this Christmas to be special for my kids so I made them these things.

These are my daughter's Doctor Who Sneakers. She saw some on Pinterest originally but they weren't "her" so I made my own version. She loves them. YAY me!!!

This is the Keyblade that my son wishes existed. (His sister makes him watch Doctor Who) I handpainted it onto a messenger bag for him.

 

Her CD case- really is bigger on the inside!

 

Then I really wanted to get Minecraft Legos for my little guy, but sadly they had been sold out for months by the time I discovered they even existed. So I had to get creative.
Here is his Minecraft lego table. I think he likes it, he's spent hours with it over the last few days!

The rails along the side.

 

The ends

With dimensions

And all finished and under the tree.

 

 

 

I had some smaller projects that didn't make it to the photos, like my daughter's hoodie with her name written in Galifreyan and my son's sneakers. I'll see about getting those up here soon!

 

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

 

Ramble, ramble, ramble

I have been a busy girl lately. I guess I owe you all a bit of an update.

Between prepping for the zombie apocalypse, being a mom, learning to create a wizard, getting ready for Halloween CHAOS!!! and doing the dishes, there hasn't been much time for blogging lately. I miss it. I think it's fun and well... it keeps me from inflicting damage on unsuspecting people.

Usually. Don't look behind the garage, that's where I keep the bodies.


Walking Dead starts this weekend, I'm excited. I'm already up to my elbows in Dexter this season and Glee has let me down. It's just... lost something.

I haven't read anything good lately really, oh wait, I did read Kingdom Keepers 4, but I found it lacking. It was a nice little reminder of all things Disney for me, but it just doesn't thrill me. I read it for the references to areas of the park so I can pretend I'm there.

School is back in session for my little people (hahahahah!! The girl towers over me and the boy is pretty darn close, guess they aren't so little!) and we are dealing with the every day parent stuff.
This parenting stuff is hard, why don't they tell you that? It isn't the big stuff that's hard, it's the little stuff. You EXPECT the big stuff to be hard, if I'd known how exhausting some of the day to day stuff can be I might have been tempted to stick with a puppy! I wouldn't trade them, don't get me wrong, but I think the reason kids don't come with a manual is because everyone would try and return them as soon as they flipped through it.

Ok, so that's enough babbling this morning. I'll try and get back to this on more of a regular basis.

Drop me a note and tell me what you've been doing for that last month or so!

Well.. wait, I have boobs too...

So, I'm still digesting this, but I'm gonna rant a bit about this. One of the nice things about geek culture, about being a nerd, or both... is that it's always been fairly inclusionary. Except now... if you happen to be attractive?

http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/24/booth-babes-need-not-apply/

I'd like to talk to the people that read my blog about this...and get your thoughts.
I don't look like a troll usually (Except sometimes when I first get up I have troll hair these days) but according to that article, based on this, because of that and because of the fact that I have boobs, I have no geek cred? Really? Now I understand my "street cred" might be up for debate... but...
my time playing video games, or reading sci-fi and/or fantasy, or building rockets or playing with science or devouring books...my knowledge of spreadsheets and love of math and numbers...  renders me... a poser?
I think not and I'm kinda offended.
Isn't that a bit judgemental? To me this is like an employer not hiring me, despite my qualifications
 because since I have a uterus (or used to anyway) I must not have a brain. I have a brain, a good one and I use it frequently.
Cosplay as a whole I think attracts people who like attention. Also, attention to detail and the fun that goes along with it. Think Halloween.... whenever you want. That's kinda cool. The implication that a woman must be desperate for attention and thriving on it because they are preying on men, well... see, that's an odd assumption. Are the guys feeling preyed on for one?
As far as booth babes and those hired to work CONs and trade shows... well that's a different story and ... let's be honest. SEX SELLS. Models get used for a reason....the same reason that shot girls get used in bars, and a beer company makes commercials of girls in bikinis and car companies hire girls to walk around and talk to shoppers. Do you ask the beer promo girl if she drinks that kind of beer, or even if she does drink beer? Doubt it....but I bet you drank the beer she handed you. It's called marketing, it's called promoting.

But I digressed and wandered from my original topic.
All of us nerd/geek girls come in all kinds of shapes and sizes... just like everyone else.
Basically, to me the entire premise of the article is that it's ok to judge a book by it's cover and find it lacking if the cover is pretty.

Wow.

Discrimination is discrimination...and it's wrong.

Now, excuse me while I take out my contacts and put my glasses back on... I wouldn't want to be called a fake.

So if only boring people are bored...

BLAH! I'm bored.

I am not sure I'm actually bored, maybe I'm just unmotivated or cranky or out of wine or something.
I thought about reading, but it didn't hold my attention.
I threw some paint on stuff, nope... again... mind wandering off to nowhere....SQUIRREL
I baked some cookies, which I promptly ate, so I guess that wasn't a wasted endeavor. (YUM btw.. just YUM)
Hung out with my little man and played some Epic Mickey.
We put on television and someone needs to tell me why I have 1000 channels, there isn't anything exciting on any of them and since I have HD I don't watch anything below
The girlchild is off practicing her jazz hands are rehearsal and...
I just can't seem to stay.... attentive to anything this evening.
I'm bored.
I hate to say it, but I'm bored. Must be bubble bath time.

Monday 3

It's Monday... you know what that means, I'm going to ramble on and on about things you never knew, probably are kind of glad you never knew and wonder why I told you.

1. I have a love/hate relationship going with my central air. 1 degree either way makes me crazy at the moment and that "perfect" temp? Yeah, that apparently changes hourly. I can't really blame the AC. I think it's me that has issues.
Currently I think I might be living in a penguin habitat. I just had to go change it from "stun" to "slightly maim with frost"

2. I like to learn new things and think that everyone has something cool to teach you if you are willing to listen and learn. Especially if it's something fun or sounds dirty. *wicked grin*

3. My fingernails and my toenails are painted a dark ruby red at the moment. I almost NEVER paint my fingernails with anything but a french manicure.
I used to bite my nails and sometimes still catch myself doing it if I'm not paying attention...even though it's been over 15 years since I did so on a regular basis. This just proves that in my head I'm still about 22.

Bonus:
I made the video for this Kickstarter, I think the whole project is pretty awesome and the company is run by friends of mine. Silver Gryphon Games, they're a small press publishing company for the tabletop RPG industry. (Their website here )

If you feel like checking it out and sharing it with anyone that you think might be interested that'd be great!I'm a firm believer in supporting small businesses and I think everyone would be better off if more people did.