iMovie Abuse

See what happens when I get bored? I lip synch badly to Glee. Terrible tragedy.

I feel I must take a moment to apologize to Glee, Jonathan Groff and Madonna.  So sorry!

Captain America : Red, White and Babe!

Zoinks!  Hello Chris Evans!  I've always been quite a fan of his hotness but Holy Crud, has he ever reached a new level of smokin or what?!


More awesome photos were released by Entertainment Weekly and they've been ever so kind as to post them on their website.  Enjoy!

GLEE Season 2 "Rocky Horror Glee Show"

I have two very vivid memories with the "Rocky Horror Picture Show":


The first involved me getting one of my older friends to rent the VHS tape for me cuz I was 13 and wasn't allowed to rent a video like this.  The only reason I even wanted to watch it was because I heard there was gay stuff in the movie and being a clump of nothing but hormones at the time, I was ready to burst at the seams so it was absolutely mandatory..... the movie confused and disturbed the ever living crud out of me.

The second instance was when my best friend Jordan, who might've been my boyfriend at the time, convinced me to go to a little ghetto theatre in Long Beach on Cherry Ave and watch a live screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".  He didn't really prep me for what I would experience at such a late hour among the hard core fans of the musical.... the experience confused and disturbed the ever living crud out of me.

And you know what?  I wouldn't trade either experience for the world.  Despite the many censors and boundaries that the producers of GLEE surely had to overcome, I think they did a very good job of honoring all the pieces of this landmark musical with the most unflinching eye that primetime television could muster.  Lyrics were slightly altered along with many of the edgier sensibilities of the show, but still I'm gonna give this episode two giant thumbs up.

I almost lost it when in one of the earlier scenes, my Season 2 crush Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr) volunteered to take on the part of Dr. Frankenfurter.  I hate to give away a spoiler but he did chicken out.... or rather his very conservative Asian parents chickened out FOR him.  Don't look at me that way.  Did you REALLY think Mike Chang was gonna play Dr. Frankenfurter?  Reality check please.  It falls to the vocal powerhouse known as Mercedes (Amber Riley).  GLEE reimagined "Sweet Transvestite" to be a very soulful and in-your-face performance that would do Tina Turner proud.

STAND OUT PERFORMANCE

Musically speaking, any one of the numbers could've won.  Even John Stamos' voice straining shot at "Hot Patootie".  Seriously, dude was fricken reaching for those notes.  You could hear it.  Still, I would have to give the stand out performances of "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" to the abs of Cory Monteith, Chord Overstreet and Matthew Morrison.  Oh Mr. Schue!  I would SO take any detention you offered if only for the chance to bang your erasers.  SCHWING!

Oh and you know what?  I just realized that I can't finish this post without mentioning the best line of the whole episode"

"Give me some chocolate or I will cut you!"

BlizzCon 2010

Holy Mutha of Gawd, was that ever fun!  I've actually never been to any type of convention-ish kind of gathering.  Truth be told, I was ridiculously nervous my claustrophobia would overwhelm me being surrounded by so many people.  Although the upside to that would be that maybe the rage that followed a claustrophobic panic attack would would tap into some deep-seeded weather-wielding powers ala Storm of the X-Men and then my life would take a turn for the LEET!.... no?  Really?  Dang.


Anyway, like I said tons of fun.  There was also a surprisingly large number of hot geeks at BlizzCon.  Even I, as an admitted geek, had expected more... I dunno... overweight, pasty complected, labored-breathing types with awkward social skills.  Don't get me wrong though, there was plenty of that but every maybe 20 people a god among geeks would emerge that just made my underwear tight.  If I had even an ounce of bravery, not to mention a camera, I would've taken pics to post here... or maybe keep in my personal collection.


Speaking of pics, despite my normal behavior of being ridiculously camera shy (which stems from a fear from breaking the lens) I did decide to pose for two different ones.

I figured since this b!tch Kerrigan was like the focal point of practically every piece of marketting collateral and informational leaflet, it was only right that I get a shot in front of her.  I actually don't play Starcraft at all, but after checking out some of the demos at the convention, I may need to steal my friends' copy.  I did get a demo version in my goodie bag... but.... ummmmaa.... I want it all or nothing.  It's just how I roll.

So I could help myself when I saw one of those unapologetically cheesy photo booths where they plug you into a scene directly from your video game, in my case World of Warcraft.  The picture sucks and I'm not completely sure if the low-res, almost pixelated effect is what you get from having a free picture taken or maybe it was a stroke of genius given that technically I'm supposed to be existing within the game at that point.  Meh.  There were dozens of props to use, but I decided to just go for the big honkin sword and give my best 300-esque THIS IS SPARTA pose.  Would've done to have maybe a pit next to me.... and someone to kick into it.


At any rate, my feet hurt from walking so much.  I've actually decided to give myself these two days off from working out as I got tons of real good exercise from hoofing it back and forth across the Anaheim Convention Center.  I need to go ROFLpwn my goodie bag from BlizzCon.  I think I'll hit the hay having my new "Dethling" watching over me.  ZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzz

New WoW Signature

For posts in guild website forums, or MMO-Champion, or any number of forums people tend to use "signatures" that can be auto-generated for them that includes their character name, real, guild, etc.  It works as a sort of calling card.  Some of my personal favorite ones include:

• Magelo.com
• Best-Signatures.com
• WoWsigs.com
• SigLaunch.com
• ZetBit.com

... buuuuuut since I've got OCD when it comes to my gaming and severely dislike most of the fluff you're required to take alongside the stats you even care about, I decided to just make my own WoW Signature using Adobe.

You gotta admit.... it's kinda bad-ass.

All Hallow's End

So ever since Blizzard introduced the new dungeon finder tool in not only running dungeons (which is SO my favorite way to level my toons in WoW btw) but also to run the Holiday Event bosses.  Some of which drops Epic Mounts that used to have a drop rate so dang low that whole WoW Holidays could very well pass you up and those Epic Mounts would never gallop past you.  However, since the dungeon also brings in players cross-realm, the folks at Blizzard have decided in their infinite, user-subscription-fueled wisdom, to increase the drop rate dramatically to make it more.... fair.


What does this mean for me?  Simple.  I get to fuggin end All Hallow's Eve on an amazing note with 5 of my 80's triumphantly flying away with the Headless Horseman's Reigns.  Nice way to start the day as I head for BlizzCon 2010!!!

Can I get a WOOTZ up in here?!?!?.... I think my guild hates me.

Evolution of the Geek

Awesome roadmap from the peeps over at TechnaBob.com.  I fit way too many of these archetypes so I'm just gonna go with the overall "Geek Chic"label.

Cataclysm Cinematic Intro

Style Before Substance

Today is a monumental day for me in Azeroth.  It's not because I downed a new boss, or my raiding team has accomplished a new Hard Mode, or even that I added another max level toon to my menu.  Today marks the moment that my main toon in World of Warcraft, Xerberus, just scored the belt he's been trying to get for fuggin ever!!!  Dude!  My in-game outfit finally matches!  Hello?  How important is it when you're conquering dungeons, downing raid bosses or slaying the Horde, that your ensemble matches?!?!  Totes Important!

GLEE Season 2 "Duets"

Ahhh, the inevitable filler episode.  Aren't they fun?  Meh.  The music was still pretty good despite the lack of plot but again, let me reiterate: filler episode.  This is really just to casually tide us over for the next two weeks until the long awaited "Rocky Horror GLEE Show" episode airs.


Once again though, the producers took every opportunity to objectify new cast member Chord Overstreet's ridonkulous physique.  It's the perfect amount of muscle, tone and screw-factor.  I also find it funny that both scenes involving Sam's nekidness was by being carpet-bombed in the locker room by Finn and Kurt.

However, the highlight of the episode was not Chord's inevitable topless scenes.  It was Mike Chang's first real musical peformance.... ish.  Granted he didn't sing in the traditional sense, but still the cute factor was of near EPIC proportion's as he screeched out "Sing" from "A Chorus Line".  Plus, I couldn't get thru a GLEE post here without mentioning this season's crush of Harry Shum Jr.

STAND OUT PERFORMANCE

It wasn't the smooth mash-up of "Happy Days are Here Again/Get Happy".  Nor was it the charmingly sweet duet of "Lucky".  It wasn't even the raunchy and utterly spectacular "River Deep, Mountain High".... although that DID rock my socks off.  No No No.  It was the awkward, vomit-inducing, utterly offensive rendition of "With You I'm Born Again".  The picture below pretty much tells you everything you need to know about it.  ROFLMAO!!!

Facebook Quiz : What is Your Inner Self?

I actually found this particular Facebook Quiz surprisingly eery.  It wasn't too terribly far from the truth in my head.  If you're interested in your own results and have a Facebook account, and really these days who doesn't, head on over to http://apps.facebook.com/quizcreator/quizzes/93348/play

"You hide your emotion sometimes .You are a moon type of person. You tend to be the quiet type or in contrast, you are not happy but sometimes you act it out in order for you to not burden your friends with your problems. You've faced some problems in your life. Your heart has been dealt blows before . You tend to think about things a lot more than other people, and you may get annoyed with people who act out without thinking about consequences. You are also the type of person that others often come to with their problems because you've been through plenty, and you are very understanding. Though you sometimes feel lonely, your demeanor is usually chill, and relaxed. You usually are logical, and rely a lot on facts and information on decisions. You often keep things to yourself. This is just one side of you, and you have different faces in different situations and environments, just like the moon has phases."

GLEE Season 2 "Grilled Cheesus"

Holy Religious Uprising, Batman!  So ummmma.... this episode could've severely blown up in the faces of GLEE's producers and possibly the FOX network.  In any venue, having to tackle anything remotely involved in Sex, Politics or Religion tends to get people to shut down completely unless your points of view on the subject run completely parallel to their own.  And let's be honest, when exactly was the last time you saw eye to eye with anyone?  Still, GLEE managed to navigate their way thru many awkward moments resting a lot of the blame on the idiosyncrasies in the character's personalities.  I mean.... come on, Finn found Jesus in his George Foreman Grill created grilled cheese sandwich.  You almost needed to suck in your religious stomach the entire episode to prep for a punch to the gut.

Puck, played by the smoldering Mark Salling, performing Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young".  Puck is never hotter than when he has that guitar strapped to him.  One must wonder which of the Glee Club is giving him the eye though.  You can feel the sexual tension coming off of none other than....

... Mike Chang!  Who else?  My love for Harry Shum Jr grows with every episode.  Plus, he's wearing my favorite color, green.  In my head, I've decided he's told the show's producers that he needs to give a subtle shout-out to me by sporting that color on the show.

STAND OUT PERFORMANCE

Was I the only one in tears for Kurt Hummel's, played by Chris Colfer, dedication to his father?  His version of the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was heart-wrenching.  Kurt performed this to the glee club while flashbacks of the awesome love his father has for him, race across his mind.  Best. Tea Party. EVER!  I've honestly never been a fan of Kurt on the show, despite popular opinion, but you cannot ignore the emotional depth of his performance here.  It didn't even feel acted or forced.  It felt like it came from somewhere very real.  

I need a Blu-Ray DVD Player.... NOW!

Holy Necessary DVD Batman!  I am in desperate need of getting a Blu-Ray DVD player before Scott Pilgrim comes out on video.  This movie pretty much rocked my freakin socks off.... actually, it sort of pixelated them, then rocked them off.  Not an easy task, I must say.

I especially need to see every last possible detail in the uber-yummy Chris Evans and Brandon Routh.  Helps make my fantasies that much more vidid.  Who wouldn't wanna dream in Blu-Ray?

Nov 9th has been marked on my calendar and my iPhone is set to wake me up with the most unapologetically annoying noise in the history of ever.