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Geek Blog – Happy Holidays!
GeekWife just informed me that I’m slacking a little on my posts. “Y U no post New Year yet?” she asks.
Truth is, Star Wars: The Old Republic happened.
On a related note: Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays
-SnowytheGeek
Geek Blog – SpoCon 2011
August 12, 13 and 14 of 2011 was the Annual SpoCon: Spokane, Washington’s geek-fest. The GeekWife and I took a mini-vacation away from the LittleGeeks for some play of our own.
We might have disrupted a Space/Time Continuum or two....
I was out of town for work Friday, so we didn’t start our escapade until early Saturday afternoon. I’ll admit, this was my first Con, so I was a tad anxious. The Con offered many choices for entertainment and education. Workshops for CosPlayers, LAN Gaming, Board Gaming, writers’ workshops, a Masquerade and Rave as well as an Art Show/Auction – options, options!
We arrived at Spokane’s DoubleTree hotel sometime after lunch and as we navigated the crowds toward the front desk for checkin, we were greeted by a young man in full Ultramarine Power Armor! Farther down the hall sat Boushh, presumably enjoying a short break in the tides. After check-in, GeekWife and I hurried to our room at the 11th floor and quickly changed into our Con garb. Geekwife had created an excellent corset by weaving together a ton of WoW cards (doubles of doubles, and alliance to boot, she assures me). I donned my favorite costume: the Jedi Robes. We then promptly headed back downstairs to see what it was all about.
365 Challenge – Day 023
“Get over here!” just doesn’t do this image justice.
"Come here!"
Whenever I get fancy bookends, I struggle to decide what goes between them. Do I take the Sword of Truth series from the shelf? The Star Trek hardcovers? Shannara? Deathstalker? Graphic novels or RPG manuals? The list goes on. I figure my Tolkien collection deserves a special spot, but why stop with just one copy? You can tell I love these works by the state of the books. In that stack shown above, are the paperbacks my father handed down to me when I was just eight – I’ve read them every summer since. The only ones missing are my collection of Tolkien’s letters and his translation of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” – which is on a different shelf, dedicated to medieval poetry.
I’ll admit, I have yet to read “The Return of the Shadow” or “The Treason of Isengard” — the summer is young yet.
-SnowytheGeek
*Bonus points if you identified the Lego minifig as Raistlin Majere, after he switched to the black.
365 Challenge – Day 019
MC Escher would be proud. Trying to emulate his “Hand with Reflecting Sphere” self-portrait, but with a slight twist. My sphere, rather than reflecting the light of the room, refracted it, showing an upside-down representation of my cubicle.
Escher would be proud
-SnowytheGeek
365 Challenge – Day 017 “Imzadi”
"Imzadi"
Day 017, aside from being one of my five lucky numbers, is dedicated to my GeekWife, the Imzadi in my life. Imzadi is a Betazoid term describing the spiritual, physical and mental connection one has for their first True Love. My wedding band creates the heart-shaped shadow in the spine of the novel, and you can almost read its inscription “You are my World”.
I love you, GeekWife.
-SnowytheGeek
365 Challenge – Day 015
A new, geeky entry in my 365 Challenge. I found myself playing with some of my cube-toys and thought it pertinent to snap a photo.
Day015 - A Geek's Desk is Also His Playroom
-SnowytheGeek
365 Challenge – Days 2, 3 and 4
I realized quickly during Independence Day Weekend that I’ll not be able to post a pic every day. I’m still ensuring that I take a picture each day, but not necessarily post them that same day. Many websites that outline this challenge suggest uploading at a minimum of once per week, if only to minimize any building overhead to stave off feeling overwhelmed by it all. Additionally, I doubt all of my daily pictures will be geeky (although I’ll try), so I’ll not bore my audience with posts flowers, clouds etc. You can still see links to all of the pictures as they come out here (this site) or here (Photobucket).
Without further ado, here’s Day 002, with the others after the jump.
Day 002 - "Naturally"
I dug out my most beat-up D20 for this shot, taken on a WoW:TCGj playmat, just before an epic game of Magic with GeekWife.
365 Challenge – Day 001
GeekWife and I started a photography challenge together. Every day for the next year, we will strive to take a picture of some significance to the day. Admittedly, GeekWife has a much better camera than I. I will use a “real” camera when I can, but often will be forced to use my iPhone.
This is Day 001.
Day 001
This picture is of a picture (how meta) of my LittleGeek as it sits on my desk at work. It looks as if he’s peeking out at Yoda.
-SnowytheGeek