I'm a slayer, ask me how.

I did make a bunch of end-of-the-year posts in December to wrap up the year. But I was so excited about my paid Wordpress "public" blog, that I forgot to post them here!!!! **facepalm**

I mean, most of the stuff you've heard me babble about in other posts one by one, but sometimes it is nice to have them all in one place.

And I made such pretty graphics too!!!

Not sure I can copy+paste all the code without making a mess, so I'm just going to be annoying and link you to the Wordpress posts. But I shall include the pretty graphics because hotlinking those is easy.

Next time I will post in ALL THE PLACES! My apologies actual online friends!

My 2018 Movies


My favorite books of 2018


My favorite video games of 2018


Though if you want to subscribe to my Wordpress blog...I wouldn't be upset. I even splurged and paid so I could use my ULR www.orangerful.com - so easy to remember when you're bored and need something to read! :D

OFF TO GET MY NEW PHONE!!!!!!

And it is glorious. I am now following this Twitter account so I will be both amused AND safe!

http://digg.com/2018/cpsc-dank-safety-memes

I just skimmed this opinion piece in the New York Times but I already like where it is going

Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting

Did you all have to take a speech and debate class in school?

I haven't heard Tim's daughter mention it, though I think I took it Junior year so that would be next year for her and might not be on her radar yet. But I think nowadays we associate debate with fighting and that is not true. People can have debates and arguments and still be friends because you don't have to make it personal. That was the whole point of the class was to learn how to do research and use facts to support your point of view in a professional manner.

And the thing about parents arguing vs fighting vs hiding it when the kids are around is another great point. I've always had issues with how to handle my disagreements with Tim when his daughter is in the room because I know on one hand that when I was a kid seeing my parents argue always upset me and I know his daughter is sensitive but on the other hand, it is good for her to see that we don't always agree on everything 100% and that we can still love each other if our views don't line up completely.

What about you? Especially those of you with kiddos? Thoughts?

And for those of you sick of reading my Facebook rants, here are some fun links to images from Toy Fair 2016. HIDE MY WALLET!!!!!!!

Scroll down for the Star Wars Clue and BB-8 Operation games!

SO MANY NEW FUNKOS AAAAAAH! Harry Potter fans BEWARE - there is a LUNA and a SIRIUS! I need to get Flame Princess for my Adventure Time collection.

I'm only on the first Witcher game right now but I have listened/watched Tim play the three and these figures are just as gorgeous as the game characters. I think we will have to get Geralt and Ciri for sure...though I think Tim has a crush on Triss, so maybe I will get him Triss for Christmas (they don't come out until the Fall UUUUUGH!)

In mobile app news: Nintendo is dipping their toes into the world of APPS! Miitomo is coming soon! Pre-register now and we can be friends when it launches yay! (hopefully they won't have a stupid "real name" requirement).

I've got the bare-bones structure of re_viewings put together, hoping to put the finishing touches on this week. If anyone wants to make me a few promotional banners, I wouldn't stop you. :)

I've never actually modded a community before so this should be quite an experience!

Anyway, feel free to click through and poke around. Typed in a brief synopsis of what I plan to do in the profile but I plan to add a sticky post too. I haven't really figured out an official schedule. Do you think asking people to watch two episodes a week is too much?

But now it's midnight and I work tomorrow so no more playing in photoshop tonight!! (but boy was it fun! It has been a long time!!)



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It was a CRAZY busy day today at work. Started off rough with a bit of a *ahem* misunderstanding between a co-worker and I, then got crazy when I realized I never told our scheduler that my program was moved from 6 to 5:30, so I didn't have any time to eat my "dinner" before I set up. Luckily, two other library peeps came to my rescue - which was good because we had frakkin' 34 people show up for the Guitar Hero event. It was quite the showdown. The top two scorers were just points away from each other.

Anyway, so my brain is too fried for NaNo-ing right now...instead, I'll show you what other people have written today:

- Wil Wheaton made me squee when he revealed his hidden involvment in the latest Star Trek movie. I'll have to listen closely to see if I can hear him (oh wait, we'll buy it on blu-ray, the sound will be GLORIOUS!)

- I'm sure you've seen this already, but I gotta jump up and down about it again - Think Geek has their Tauntaun backpack up for pre-order! Not sure if I should buy it now or ask "Santa" (i.e. my parents) to buy it for me as my Christmas present...

- Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. make me smile. (thank you hermionesparkle for posting a link to this). I've only every really watched her on Buffy, but this interview in People magazine made me tear-up a bit. Her and Freddie are so OTP.

- Sesame Street has been on TV for FORTY YEARS! And, as usual, watching the highlight real for Season 40 makes me want to set up my DVR. Make sure you stick around for Ricky Gervais torturing Elmo...



- Speaking of Sesame, you can vote for your favorite clip from the 80s. This is really hard! There are so many great ones!!!!

WHAT?



Find this and many other amusing montages here: Fanboy Supercuts

I enjoyed the montage of every "Dude" in Big Lebowski. I need to click around and see what other gems are hidden on this site.

Katherine Heigl says 'Knocked Up' was "a little sexist"

Um...I think bittertwee and I already covered this back when the movie first came out. Where were you Slate? HUH!? 'Knocked Up' was a fun movie, but upon repeat viewings, it turns into a very serious examination of what is wrong with so many relationships and the portrayal of relationships in the media today.

I also found this article interesting in light of the post/conversation I had with jellibean yesterday over some "Just Wait" abstinence commercials. The trend right now is the image that males are irresponsible so women should be super responsible so then women are labeled as nagging naggers that nag all the time but we've been told that if we don't men will just do whatever they want and leave us behind with babies.

Dunno, it's crazy stuff, and far too serious to think about around Christmas! Still...

Anthony Bourdain rips into Food Network - laughs ensue

I think I've read bits of this before, but reading the whole thing after watching so much Food Network over the summer, it is even funnier.

Except for the Mario Batali part! What is going on there? So, that is what 'Next Iron Chef' is really about!

Also, I am TOTALLY going to make a Bobby Flay icon that says "Not Mr. Cuddlesworth"