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Greetings, embittered people!

My posts will start back up this Thursday! (...probably...) Evidently, they don't have wi-fi in Mordor. BOY its been a busy month. Starting Thursday, I'll share some guilty pleasures with you (get yer mind outta the gutter!) and things will get just a bit musical for a while.

For now, I present my future wife, photographed by the Hobbits over in the GeeksAreSexy.com shire...Now, THAT'S thinking with portals!

Just in time for Shark Week...

Greetings, troglodytes!

I'll leave it up to you to figure out the inspiration for today's post, but since we're a girly blog, lets talk about periods. Aunt Flo. Lady time. The opening sequence to 'Saving Private Ryan.' That scene in The Shining when the elevator doors open, and ... well, you get the idea.

[for the love of god, stay out of the ocean this week]

Click the jump to discover four nerdy ways to cleverly allude to the fact that everyone should stay the fuck away from you, and a few ways to cope. Sorry, fellas!

What I want for Christmas...

...is a fire-breathing pony.

[no, not that kind!]

Today, two weird-as-shit things that can be controlled by the Wiimote, one that is very cool, one that is very not-cool. Unfortunately, the latter is the one that is available immediately, right now.

Click the jump to read more...

the "Felix is Lazy" round up

I'm mostly lazy because I spent last week working (on an amazing play with some amazing people), and beating Portal 2. Yes, I almost cried when the singing happened. No, I don't want to talk about it [now]. Here is a lazy roundup. Some cute, some Futurama and some other stuff, too.

ALSO LOOK WHAT FINALLY CAME FROM HONG CONG:

Clearly I am the coolest of the nerd-ladies.

Buy these here.

I already bought these here because how could I not?

I don't need to caption this, your reaction is the same as mine, no matter who you are.

All hail... Zoidberg?!

+d12 cool points to whoever made this.

BENDER!?

So. Good.

It's true.

Not our boyfriends, they'd have to know the real names.

Follow THIS LINK to learn to make a Weighted Companion Cube subwoofer.

Watch this to have nightmares for decades:

The aforementioned upcoming things we mentioned afore (...is that right? fuck it, it is now) are still in the works. We're just busy/slow/without great internet/lazy/bitches. Pick one.

The Play-Shank Redemption...?

I would like to think of this post as being the Play-Shank Redemption. As you may remember/just have seen/will read next, Tuesday's post featured horrific, terrifying examples of ladies in Cosplay get-up (Cosplay, if you hadn't figured it out yet, being the shortened version of 'costume play,' which sounds sort of kinky but its really a bunch of weeaboos dressing up like their favorite anime/video game character. Soo desu ne.), mostly resulting from a sheer lack of effort. (Seriously, if you can't pick out a decent wig, you don't have enough drag queen friends and I feel bad for you.) To redeem this subculture that is, lets face it, maybe a little weird but intensely gratifying for the observer, I've swept up some awesome Cosplayers from the corners of the internet (read: stole without giving credit), for your viewing pleasure. Click the jump for some images that are way less likely to scar your retinas and aren't JUST hot Asian chicks.

Cosplay!!

I love me some good cosplay. And before you turn up your noses, here's why; anime isn't really my thing, I'll admit; it isn't as though I specifically don't like it, I just find it sorta hard to get in to nowadays. Young Lou enjoyed forays into such series as Trigun, Tenchi Muyo and, like every other middle school-aged girl, Sailor Moon. And I seem to remember that Fooly Cooly was a bit of fun, before I fell asleep in the middle of it.

Side note: Will someone buy this for me so I can wear it EVERY DAY!?

But whether or not you're into the inspiration for Cosplay (and to be fair, its not all anime), you can enjoy the result; the genuine craftsmanship of a good costume, one that is easily recognizeable, flattering, and effective; those can be truly impressive. Good for you, awesome cosplayers!

But...as with everything, there is a dark side, a yang to the ying, a Gary to an Ash (I could go on for days!). Something that I will totally own up to...I LOVE bad Cosplay. Its that reality TV curse that we're all guilty of; the joy in watching someone take a tumble and humiliate themselves, either on purpose or not. (And if you don't own up to it, you're lying; I don't care if you're Mother Freakin' Theresa, you've seen an episode of Wife-Swap and I WAS WATCHING YOU WHILE YOU DID IT AND I HAVE PROOF. Just kidding. Or am I?) Without getting into the psychology behind it (maybe in a later post!), a terrible Cosplay has the same effect; even though your face is melting a la Indiana Jones and you cannot unsee the unthinkable, you click on through to the next one.

So! On to it! For your viewing pleasure, horrific Cosplay outfits. Check back later on for some examples of AWESOME Cosplay, so that the internet may redeem itself. And while I don't particularly think its the nicest thing ever to put people on display and giggle at them, we're doing it anyway.

Yuck City

So normally, when a girl says that she's a nerd, or a geek, you picture something that might be a lot cuter than the reality of the situation...meaning, maybe in your mind, you're thinking of Zooey Deschanel in a pair of athletic socks playing Tetris on her Blackberry. Maybe you're thinking of Felicia Day dressed in that World of Warcraft outfit, singing about how you wanna date her avatar (can't blame ya for that one). Or maybe, just maybe, you're thinking of every Cosplay you've ever seen on the internet involving a Pikachu get-up.[alright, maybe not all of them.]

But we aren't here to talk about Cosplay, Pikachu, or things that are cute. I'm going to share with you one of the things that I'm a total nerd about... FUCKING BUGS. AWESOME!!!

I'm a reptile nerd and am proud to admit it, and while a collection of snakes and a cat that is trying to eat them is already making me a very undesirable roommate, I've added Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches to the brood.

Click the link below to either read all about them and maybe start thinking that they're awesome, or to throw up everything you've ever eaten.