The Girly Geek

Zombie monday!!!!

    That's right little blog babies, it's zombie monday. And lord do I have a goodie for you today. If I believed in a hell, i'd think there was a small chance I'd be going there for watching this one. But I don't. So here we go!

 This weeks zombie movie is called Retardead. (yes, i know it's terrrible)

    This little gem is about an evil doctor who decides to experiment on a special needs class. Yep. You heard me.  The doctor is injecting them all with a hyper intelligence serum, and of course it turns them into zombies. There really isn't much plot to this. (is there ever?) But I have to say this one had me laughing from the first minute to the last. It's terrible in all the right ways. Even the fake previews, and the song during the credits made me laugh. 

 Now in case you forgot, I rate on a scale up to 5 on 4 different topics, and then give an overall score up to five.  I've also decided to include my favorite line in the movie. K?

Gore: This one did not disappoint. It was a low budget gory mess. Awesome. I'm giving it a 4 for lots of fake looking zombie head explosions, and the use of chicken skin as human skin. 

Boobies/Sex: No real boobies in this one, though there was a fake nipple. And there was also a scene with a bunch of tempting lady zombies doing a hot lady zombie dance. 

Creativity in zombie killing/violence: Not a ton of creativity actually used, though there was suggestion for arming themselves with scorpions, and a guillotine. They did have a gun that shot acid. Oh, and did I mention lots of low budget zombie head explosions? 

 

Level of creepy/Icky feeling left over: I laughed way to hard to feel to creeped out, or Icky. But I'm going to give it a 1 just because i probably should feel way worse about watching a movie about special needs zombies. 

 

Overall, I'm going to give this one a 3. I was genuinely entertained. Watch it. And listen to the song at the end. I pretty much sums it up. 

There were way, way, way too many amazing lines in this one to pick just one. So instead, I will leave you with the tagline on the cover: 

"they're not so special anymore."

BABY ANIMAL BREAK!

THIS PIG IS SO DAMN CUTE IT MAKES MY HEART HURT A LITTLE BIT.

Dungeons & Dragons Dice Bag

 
 This picture is from an actual, real life gaming session. The papers under the bag are in fact my current character sheet. I'm sure the guys weren't amused by my amateur photography in the middle of game, but I'm willing to sacrifice for authenticity.

I crocheted this dice bag a couple years ago and still use it every week. I made my husband the same bag, but in navy blue. That's right folks, we have matching dice bags.

Here is another picture of what it looks like all tied up.

 

Love This!

 
The new Wonder Woman line from M.A.C. is lovely. I love the packaging and the quality lives up to what we have come to expect from from M.A.C. Go test drive it for yourself at Nordstrom.

I recommend wearing this when you go test it.

 
http://www.etsy.com/listing/58272938/wonder-apron

IT'S THE FIRST EVER GIRLY GEEK BLOG ZOMBIE MONDAY!!!!

Hello little blog babies, Heather here. Welcome to zombie mondays. This weekly feature is where monica and i will share zombie news, zombie movies, books, and all sorts of other zombie spectacularness. REAAAAAADDDDYYYYY............ GO!!!!

  

Look it's me! If i were undead. 

For your amusement, I will be reviewing the best and the worst in the zombie movie world. (probably more of the worst)

 When deciding how to review these thought I would go by what I want to see in a zombie movie. Namely:

-Gore

-Boobies/sex

-Creativity in zombie killing/violence

-Level of creepiness/ how icky I feel after (0 being finding nemo, 5 being human centipede)

Sorry guys I'm not going to get into the social commentary of these movies. I don't really expect to find much substance in most of these. 

  This week for your amusement, I will review Zombie Diaries (not to be mistaken for Diary of the dead)

 

   This documentary style movie follows three groups of people who are all separately recording the outbreak of the "virus" in England.  It is a great concept. And though it has been done, it could have been good.  Sadly... It was not. Not much really happens. Towards the end, the film makers tried to put a spin on this movie which moves slower than the zombies themselves. But, they fall short. And the sad attempt to tie all three stories together left me confused, and frustrated. 

Out of a possible 5:

Gore: This low budget movie had minimal gore. There were ZERO exploding heads. :( But I'm going to give it one brain for a couple short scenes with entrails. 

Boobies/sex: There were boobies both living and dead in this one. As well as a "zombie fuck buddy"  Three brains!

Creativity of zombie killing/violence: Not creative. At all. Just the usual gun killing. Kinda lame. There is a short scene in which they torture a zombie (I'm not going to get into how this doesn't make sense.) But I will give it one for effort. 

Last but not least Creepiness/Ickyness: Not really creepy, but this the side story in this one did leave me feeling kinda icky. So....

  Overall, I'm going to give this one a solid 2. They tried you guys!

 

BABY ANIMAL BREAK!

 Monifa is a pygmy hippo. She's adorable.

Get Your Girlfriend to Game

I am a gamer girl. This is the source of much fascination to gamer guys. One of the questions I get asked all the time is: “How do I get my girlfriend to play games with me?”

This process will take some time and patience. She may never look longingly into your eyes and ask you to pre-order Gears of War 3 for her, but she may be surprised at how much she actually enjoys gaming. I’m thinking of making a regular column of girlfriend approved games. I will hand pick these games, test them out on video game virgins, and post the results for your amusement. Now on with the tips!

1. Start simple. The chances of getting your girl to game with you disappear faster than Xbox Live points if you start out with Halo. I’m not saying you can’t work up to that, but you need to start with something easy to learn.
2. Make it casual and set a time limit. Ask her to play the game with you for 30 minutes. Offer to do something she will really like afterwards. Example, “Would you mind trying this game out with me for a few minutes before we visit the Accessories and Handbags department at Nordstrom?” After the set time has passed, stop playing—even if she is having fun. You want to create a really positive experience. Always stop before she gets bored or frustrated.
3. Pick out games that you can play together, preferably co-operative. Try finding games that appeal to her interests. You may never want to play Nintendogs, but it’s all about baby steps for her.
4. If you play something that requires you to play against each other, avoid confusing maps or modes that result in frequent deaths. Online play will make these situations more common, so don’t try until she is really comfortable with the game.
5. Even if it is a little boring for you, start on the easy setting and work up in difficulty gradually when she is learning a new game.

Here are a few games to get you started.

 
 

Bring Your Own Dice Necklace.

This necklace was my project for the day. I've never made any jewelry before, but I had a lot of fun with this. I may have found another craft to obsessively consume my time.

I think I am becoming the crafting version of a hoarder. Very soon there will most likely be a reality show featuring yours truly. There could be one whole episode on the super secret hiding locations for yarn around my house. I feel like I have to justify the behavior by saying I'm hiding the yarn from the cats, but it actually makes the whole situation so much more embarrassing.

This necklace was inspired by one I saw in a book called World of Geekcraft

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/World-of-Geekcraft/Susan-Beal/e/9780811874618/?itm=1&USRI=world+of+geekcraft.

I decided I wanted a much simpler looking necklace and this was the result. Thanks for reading, Blog Babies!

 
 

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