What's in your purse, nerd lady? (Vol. 2)

Like Lulu said, my purse is clearly more interesting. Also, because Lulu loves her camera more than most living creatures love their young, she took many pictures.
Here is a picture of the outside of my magic purse. If you know me (or girls like me), you know we have Mary Poppins bags- far bigger on the inside than on the outside.

Don't worry, there's a whole lot of geek in there.

And here is a shot looking into my purse. I promise, this gets mind blowing soon.


Here is [almost] everything from the inside of my purse.

In no particular order:

• Two pairs of sunglasses (there is another pair in my pencil case).
• Lotion
• Eiffel tower tissues
• My precious iPhone 4
• A tiny set of colored pencils with eraser and mini pencil sharpener
• Extra Strength Tylenol
  
• My keys (yes, I have a lanyard.)
• iPod Touch
• Pack of millinery needles (for hand sewing)
• A PDX Cocktail Camp pin
• Not one, not two, but THREE cocktail rings (my accessory of choice)
• Earbuds for safe phone call driving times
• A drawing pen
• My Hello Kitty compact (actually a happy meal toy)
• Two decks of Magic cards (Red/Black, Blue/Black)
• My journal
• My extra-cool DS
• Betseyville wallet/clutch-I-use-as-a-wallet
• Pencil case (contains pens, sharpies, pencils, sunglasses, two chapsticks, a nail file and other assorted goodies.

Below, Lulu took some close up shots of the best things:

Cocktail Camp, Needles and a Ring. In case you couldn't tell.

Hello Kitty!

The note from my "son".

There you have it! I'm some kind of nerd, and I'll go ahead and let you draw your own conclusions!

Whats in your purse, nerd lady?

Felix and I have decided to let you all in on our secrets...that being, what nerdy chicks carry in their gigantic purses.

I am a bit of a tomboy (and will freely and proudly admit this fact and then go climb some shit), and have been known to favor stomping around in gigantic footwear as opposed to tottering around in pretty little heels, and until recently, shunned the idea of carrying a purse. I carried my camera bag, which had enough room for my wallet and some gum, and that was all I needed. And then I needed a large purse one day (long story), and just...kept on carrying it around. I'm about two weeks away from being a crazy bag lady who pushes around a shopping cart with her entire life inside. No foolin'.

So here's a little glimpse into my nerdy little purse. I'm amazed that all of this fits inside (and I left out my random assortment of pills and checkbooks, since that stuff is kinda boring?). Also, it prompted me to clean it out a little bit (not much), so that's a good thing...? Felix will have hers pretty soon, and I promise it is much more interesting than mine.

SO.



From the left:
· Handmade arm warmers (my office building is freezing)
· Cancer sticks
· Not one, not two, but three pairs of sunglasses (look for the third in my next style icon post)
· Work name-tag...playas gotta get paid.
· Large headphones, teensy MP3 player (last played: MSTRKRFT's "Easy Love")
· Perfume
· Business cards from my tattoo artist (the delightful Ximena Quiroz of Skeleton Key in PDX)
· Janky wallet, full of cards
· A CD made by my good friend Michael, of the group [product]
· A pen, cause you never know when you'll need an emergency tracheotomy
· Buck Bumble for the N64 (yes!!)
· Phone #1
· Keys, most of which are never used, but my keychain contains a bunny, Darth Vader and a Gamestop card
· A Magic deck, neglected as I have not yet learned how to actually play
· Lighter
· Burts Bees
· Phone #2
· Felix's flash drive
· Business card from my favorite pizza place
· Case containing various lens filters
· A couple of lens adapters
· The manual for my camera
· A Canon Rebel XS (not pictured, and I'll let you guess why)

So there you have it. Who knows what kind of nerd I am, exactly, but if nothing else, I'm certainly a pack rat.

Oregon Geeks

Here in Portland, we're geeks for the outdoors.

If you take a look at the month of April alone, you'll notice 6 days with no precipitation, and 4 days above 60. This is clearly not stopping us anymore, as an adventure photo shoot in torrential rains I took with a friend recently proved, but when the weather clears up, we're out there. And last weekend, it was a glorious day. Behold:



I went on a hike out in the gorge, where there are some amazing views, and many wonderful waterfalls. The view going up looked like this:



and this:



The view from the top was amazing:



And the view heading back down?



Now, I'm not saying that hiking with your mini vintage leather backpack is a BAD idea... but...

This was the only picture I managed to get of the many, ahem, "colorful" characters I saw on the trail. Apparently, the uniform for middle aged women is zip off pants, "hiking" sticks (ski poles that people use as walking sticks...? Why?) and conversations about email forwards. I kid you not, there were several groups that fit all three of those. Another highlight was a group of about six guys in their early 20's, who looked to be gamers, all hiking with their resealable cans of Diet Rockstar.

Perhaps my favorite hiking outfit I saw was a young woman in equestrian boots and a sun dress. Perhaps not the best attire for a 2770(ish) foot trek up the hillside.

But hey, to each their own, right? I'm sure my jeans and BRINK shirt (sawg from PAXEast 2011) drew some skeptical looks.

I'll avoid the geekery I feel about the recent Royal Wedding, but I'll end with my stupid excitement over a recent purchase... cover art by one of my favorite artists ever, "Gabe" (Mike Krahulik) of Penny Arcade (if you don't know who they are/ what that is, get out, get out now) and some magic cards, STFU.