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Geek Girl Navigating the World – The Perils of Space Claustrophobia
Human beings, in general, can get terrified of the unknown pretty easily. On an evolutionary level, it makes sense. By avoiding risks and refraining from making uninformed decisions, the species will survive to reproduce. On the other hand, if you never go anywhere or do anything, your chances of actually meeting a mate and reproducing [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – Monsterama
I recently read and reviewed The Monster’s Corner edited by Christopher Golden for Bookspotcentral.com, and, on my own time, I’ve been reading through Dean Koontz’ Frankenstein series. While some might be inclined to suspect that this fascination with monsters is a new thing, upon a slight bit of reflection, I’ve come to realize that it [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World-Gaming for the Non-gamer
I’m not a gamer. I never have been. The last gaming system that I owned (and still do, oddly enough) was the Super Nintendo. I spent a whole summer mowing lawns and saving the money to buy the Super Scope Six because Mom promised me that if I saved up the money for the scope [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – Putting it in Top Gear
I’m not a gearhead. I’m not even close to qualifying. My own vehicle is old and kind of shabby, but it has a name and it’s functional, so I’m pretty happy with that. That doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate the beauty of a car, or that I don’t look at newer (and older) [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – The Trans-Siberian Orchestra Experience
I was recently surprised with tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra kick off this year’s tour by a couple of friends of mine. I’m not sure if they actually knew whether I liked the band or whether they just hoped I’d be cool with going to a concert when I went to go see them. Fortunately, [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – SUPERNATURAL will top my list for a long, long time
I am kind of a TV junkie. I’ll admit that. There are several shows that I watch frequently and have a tendency to recommend to anyone who’ll hold still long enough to express even the barest hint of interest. There are also several shows that I have purchased in their entirety on DVD. For a [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World-Dragging out my Soapbox
I’m going to do something in this column that I never really thought I would do, and that’s talk a little bit about politics. The reason that I didn’t think I would ever say anything about them is because I feel that, like religion, politics are a deeply personal thing. I want people to be [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – Avoiding the dreaded “Chick Flick”
The movies a person likes to watch can be a very personal thing. Not everyone is as comfortable with their guilty pleasures as I am, which I can understand to a certain extent. Still, it seems to me that if, for some reason, watching the Smurfs makes you happy then go right ahead. To the [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – A Thief Worth Saving
It’s never been any secret that I am a total animation geek. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I realized how much I enjoyed animation, or even that point at which I started to understand that someone had to draw all of the stuff that I was seeing on the screen. When I was [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – “The Music Goes Round My Head”*
Music has always been a big part of my life. When I was a starry-eyed little sprocket, we didn’t watch much TV, but we had a record player. My mom had albums by John Denver and Cat Stevens and The Eagles, and my Dad had Bachman Turner Overdrive tapes. There was even a Bay City [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – Lessons from a Dirt Bike
One of the great joys of visiting my parents is being able to go out and play in a rural environment. There are things that you can do there that just can’t ever happen in the city. Case in point, getting in really good motorcycle rides. I’ve been around motorcycles my entire life. As long [...]
Geek Girl Navigating the World – Geek Girl’s Guide to Surviving College
It’s getting to be that time of year again, when thousands and thousands of starry-eyed sprockets launch their college careers. Hopefully, they’re eager and excited, but, likely, there’s also some fear there, even if they are starting out in a new school not too far from where they attended high school. While I wouldn’t say [...]
