Nerd in the City

Category: Nerds

November 2, 2012

Same nerd, different city

Last Wednesday I came to Memphis for my little cousin’s wedding. One gigantic superstorm hurricane and 6 cancelled flights and I’m still in Tennessee. I saw just about everything Memphis has to offer. The zoo: The Rock and Soul Museum: Stax Records: Sun Studio: Corky’s BBQ: Gibson’s Doughnuts: Ricki’s Cookie Corner: The Cotton Museum: I…

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150th anniversary, barbeque, Battle at Parker’s Crossroads, Belle Meade Plantation, civil war reenactment, corky’s bbq, cotton museum, country music, Craker Barrel, gibson’s doughnuts, I-40, memphis, memphis zoo, nashville, Natchez Trail, pandas, parthenon, rock and soul museum, soul music, stax records, sun studio, tennessee
October 15, 2012

30 Days of Nerdy Hair

Choose Your Fave I took a few momemts and went through every style. And my top favorites were: 5. Princess Leia buns 4. Robin Sparkles from HIMYM 3. Cleopatra 2. Willie from Indiana Jones 1. Rapunzel from Tangled Here’s a recap: 1-10 11-20 21-30 Bonus days 1-3 What was your favorite? I’d love to hear!!…

30 Days of Nerdy Hair, Comic Con, Disney, Dorks, Geeks, Men, Movies, Nerds, Star Wars, TV, women

30 day challenge, Costumes, hairstyles, Halloween, nerdy hair
October 15, 2012

Comic Con Recap

Sunday Highlights Sunday I pulled a double shift at the con. Here’s a shot of the calm before the storm. Lots of panel and line management. I got to work the kid’s stage during the costume contest and I even did the information booth. I also got to direct a certain taciturn young wizard to…

Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Men, Movies, Nerds, TV, women

2012, Bumblebee costume, Green Lantern costume, highlights, information booth, kids costume contest, last day, nerdy, New York Comic Con, NYCC, panels, recap, Sean Astin, sunday, Superman costume, Tom Felton
October 14, 2012

30 Days of Nerdy Hair

Bonus Day 3 – Rapunzel Here it is, everyone. The last hairstyle of the series. I have to thank you all for coming to this page to see my little experiments. It’s been so much fun. And honestly I’ve really learned a lot, not only about what my hair is capable of doing, but of…

30 Days of Nerdy Hair, Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Movies, Nerds, women

2012, 30 day challenge, beautiful, braids, Chuck, cosplay, Costumes, Disney, disney princess, flowers, hairstyles, Halloween, Mandy Moore, Nerd Machine, nerds, nerdy hair, New York Comic Con, NYCC, Rapunzel, Tangled, wedding hair, zachary Levi
October 14, 2012

Comic Con Recap

Saturday Highlights Today was a day of leisure for me. No work to speak of. Only play!! -First up I hit the Violet and Daisy panel. Featuring the Academy Award winning writer or Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher. Also featuring Carrie Fisher asking all the questions. As usual Carrie was wry, sarcastic and delightful. I always love…

Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Men, Movies, Nerds, Star Wars, TV, women

2012, Carrie Fisher, Clark Gregg, cosplay, Curtis, DC comics, Doctor Who, Geoff Johns, Geoffrey, King of the Nerds, Marvel universe, nerdy Leia, New York Comic Con, NYCC, Richard, Rubiks cube, Violet and Daisy
October 13, 2012

Comic Con Recap

Friday Highlights Today I had the priviledge of running a few panels I would otherwise never have thought to go to. And they were great! -First up was ‘Setting the Score: Composing for Film and Television.’ On the panel was Dino Meneghin, Frederick Wiedmann, Jay Vincent, Kevin Menthei, Matthew Patches and Will Bates. Between them…

Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Men, Movies, Nerds, TV, women

Aspen Comics, Bing guy, Chris Hardwick, composers, convention, Friday highlights, Guillermo del Toro, Javits center, Joel Hodgson, Jonah Ray, live, Matt Mira, nerds, New York Comic Con, nyc, NYCC, podcast, The Nerdist, Travis Beacham
October 13, 2012

30 Days of Nerdy Hair

Bonus Day 2 – Princess Leia Ok, here it is. The one I’m sure you’ve all been wondering if I’d do or not. I just have to say… it’s called 30 Days of Nerdy Hair. Would it really be complete without the buns? Oh ye of little faith. 🙂 So… today’s inspiration is a fanboys…

30 Days of Nerdy Hair, Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Men, Movies, Nerds, Star Wars, women

30 day challenge, A New Hope, Big Sexy Hair Products, Carrie Fisher, con, convention, cosplay, Costumes, Episode IV, hairstyles, Halloween, may the con be with you, nerdy hair, New York Comic Con, NYCC, Princess Leia, Star Wars
October 12, 2012

ComicCon Recap

Thursday’s Highlights This year I am so excited to be part of the NYCC crew. But you really have limited access to the panels and such as you are working. Which suited me just fine. It was a blast. The highlights I experienced were as follows: -Hasbro’s Transformers panel -DC collectibles panel -My Little Pony…

Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Men, Movies, Nerds, women

Aardman, convention, crew, DC, Hasbro, highlights, Justice League, Kia, lounge, My Little Pony, New York Comic Con, NYCC, recap, schedule, thursday, Transformers, VIP, We Are Heros
October 12, 2012

30 Days of Nerdy Hair

Bonus Day 1 – Elektra Today’s inspiration is Jennifer Garner’s Elektra. This one is super easy and low maintenance. Perfect for a whole day at the con.

30 Days of Nerdy Hair, Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Movies, Nerds

30 day challenge, Big Sexy Hair Products, cosplay, Costumes, crew, Elektra, hairstyles, Halloween, Jennifer Garner, Marvel, nerdy hair, New York Comic Con, NYCC, sais, superheros
October 11, 2012

30 Days of Nerdy Hair

Day 30 – Uhura Today is the last of my 30 day hair experiment. When I began this I didn’t realize that the last day of this would mark the first day of New York Comic Con. And since NYCC is the mini mecca of nerdom (come on, SDCC gets the real crown) I’ve decided…

30 Days of Nerdy Hair, Comic Con, Dorks, Geeks, Movies, Nerds

30 day challenge, Big Sexy Hair Products, convention, cosplay, Costumes, hairstyles, Halloween, movie, nerdy hair, New York Comic Con, NYCC, NYCC crew, Star Trek reboot, Uhura, Zoe Saldana