I’m ALIVE! Plus an awesome video you NEED to watch.

Posted on May 25, 2012 by admin

Helping out and being a part of @mysteryguitarm‘s new video!

Sorry for being so M.I.A! I swear I am alive and well, just crazy busy with an exciting new job AND a another little job on the side. So between those two, reading (cuz if you know me well you know I can’t go a day without reading), and time with the bf, there is little time for much else.

Maybe it’s just me but when I start a new job it always take a month of so to finally feel like I am in a rhythm. Where I’m not fully exhausted when I get home and find time for things like blogging and seeing friends more. I think it might just be me being overly cautious not to let my anxiety get out of control even though it’s something that I don’t have to worry about as much anymore.

Anyways, I’ll leave you all with a little video treat. Since I am surrounding by talented people and videos every day, I’ll start sharing more of them here with you all.

Squaresville, an AMAZING new web series I learned about through the new job, is about two teen nerdy girls wanted to get out of thier small town. It’s very Ghost World and I fell in love with it instantly.

Episode 1: Nerds on the Run

So PLEASE watch and support Squaresville. It deserves to be an internet sensation.

That Would Happen to Me: The Time I Convinced a Group of People I Was a Psychic

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

Side Note: I originally told this story at the last @TNTML stage show so my apologies if you’ve heard it but it’s one of my all-time favorite stories so I wanted to make sure I put it up here as well.

A year ago I participated in the Chevy SXSW road trip challenge as part of Team LA (Woot go SXSW Angels!). That in itself is a crazy story but I will tell that another time! Anyways, there were 10 times across the U.S. and Canada that competed. All of the teams ended up being awesome so of course when we got into Austin that night we partied it up big at a bash thrown for us by Chevy.

Look we had our own drinks. The name is based on the fact that we were the only team that didn’t have wifi in our car.

Afterwards I ended up party hopping with some fellow road trippers and I may have had a few drinks (cmon they were named after us AND were delicious). I somehow ended up in a pretty tech amazing group. There was the girl that created the fail whale and one of the co-founders of Digg just to name a few. We hung out for a little while on the Happiness Bus where I got to meet Tony Hsieh the founder of Zappos!

My little nerdy brain was exploding but I was trying my hardest not to let my age and lack of experience show. I was just a few months out of college at this point and was interning for a website, while a VERY cool concept, was not very well known. I tried to steer the conversation clear of these topics out of sheer embaressment.

While we were hanging outside of the bus some guy came up and recognized the co-founder of Digg. He very obviously came to chat this guy up and boxed me out of the conversation. Anytime I said anything he gave me this look like “who the eff are you?” When he finally asked this question out loud, I realized that it was time to mess with the d bag a little.

I have this weird talent where if I don’t know you I am THE best liar. If I know you, I feel too bad and it’s written all over my face. Well this guy DID NOT know me nor did he have any desire to talk to anyone that wasn’t big in the tech world.

So my response to him when he asked me who I am?

I told him that I was a well-known psychic. Yup, a psychic. Why I said that, I have NO idea but my drunk mind just came up with it so I went with it.

“Why the hell are you here then?” the dbag asked me.

I proceed to tell him that CEOs paid me to come out here and walk around the trade floor to tell them what the next big thing was going to be. Hence why I was hanging out with this fancy crowd.

He tried to call my bluff and asked me to give him some info on the companies that were about to ‘go big.’ I quickly responded with, “You’re not paying me and I signed a contract with these guys so I can’t release any information to you.”

At this point his WHOLE demeanor changed. He told me that he understand completely. I took this chance to take my whole faux-psychic story a step further and offered to read his palm for him.

I stroked his hand a few times and told him to relax and think about something calming.

I then proceeded to bullshit what each line on his hand meant. I told him that his career line was a little split. In true d bag fashion he said that this made sense because he was going to be CEO of a bunch of start-ups.

I then went into detail about his love line and how it seemed to stop and then start again. He went into this long ass story about his wife and how they were having trouble. Then I started to feel a little bad and told him that I couldn’t do anymore or he’d have to pay me (what? I said I felt bad but not THAT bad). He thanked me multiple times and walked away.

I returned to my little group not aware that they had been listening the whole time. Fail whale chica and Digg boy said they had no idea that I was in that kind of business. I laughed and told them that it was all B.S.Though not going to lie I was impressed with myself that I convinced not only one person of this absurd story but a whole group.

That crazy adventure still makes me laugh to this day. Hopefully I taught the dbag a lesson in treating EVERY SINGLE person with respect because you never know who they really might be!

Now Reading: ‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin

Technically I already finished reading this but the section is called ‘Now Reading’ so I’m just going with it.

‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman was definitely one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Being in the nerd world I had of course heard of Mr. Gaiman many many times but had yet to explore his amazingness until I pick up A.G.

This novel tells the story of Shadow, a recently released inmate who makes a deal to help out a random stranger named Wednesday. He soon learns that Wednesday and his friends are all ‘old gods’ who were brought over to America by immigrants that worshipped them and were quickly forgotten once new traditions became the norm. The old gods can feel a war coming with the new gods (technology, internet, media) and need Shadow’s help to defeat them.

Neil Gaiman has a way of describing the most obscure images so vividly that you can picture it perfectly without a second thought. He creates a believable world in which gods could live among us and how they came to be. I personally love the commentary on how our society has worshipped new gods in the form of technology and media and how their human forms differ immensely from the gods of old.

I highly recommend you read this book. I promise you, you won’t be disappointed! 2 nerdy thumbs up!

Nerdy Quote Time: Amy Poehler

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

#Truth – The Many Faces of Megan Corbett

Posted on March 16, 2012 by admin

One thing I’ve been told many MANY times is that I have a very expressive face.

I used to hate this. I dreaded having ANY candid pictures of me get taken because they were NEVER flattering and I always looked like a crazy person. But more importantly if I was ever upset or scared or sad it was written ALL over my face (true fact to this day). When you’re miserable 99% of the time in HS that’s not something you usually want to let people know.

When I went to SXSW last year multiple bloggers that I met told me that I had to start a vlog (I did for a little while, until I started this blog), because of my crazy expressions. Having all these talented bloggers, filmakers and social media kids tell me this made me appreciate my insane storytelling ways and embrace them (something I never really did).

A few weeks ago I was part of the @TNTML stage show where I told the story about my first night in Australia. The following GIF (made by the amazing @heatherborges) is comprised of pictures taken of me during this 10 min story.

Enjoy!

Random, Awesome Internet Find of the Day: Typewriter Keyboard

Posted on March 2, 2012 by admin

I LOVE typewriters in theory but when it comes to practicality not so much. I stumbled on this amazing keyboard the other day and it’s the perfect way to get a little bit of both worlds!

You can find the keyboard here for $349

Obsession of the Moment: BlueBird EP

Posted on February 28, 2012 by admin

I recently got a message from the amazing and talented Chris French letting me know that an EP he had produced had been released.

Of course I went and bought it immeadiately off of iTunes. I am still obsessed with Annie Automatic‘s (his band) new cd and I knew if Chris had a hand in this EP than it had to be good.

The EP for BlueBird (aka @bricuoco) did not disappoint.

Right from the start the beautiful melodies and her soulful voice put you at ease. Which coming from a girl with a history of anxiety is a HUGE compliment.

The thing I love most is how Bri’s voice COMPLIMENTS the music, not overtakes it. Don’t get me wrong, this girl has a set of pipes on her but she doesn’t feel the need to show them off unnecessarily. She lets herself become almost secondary to the array of instruments which honestly just shows off her talent more.

Every song has lyrics that just ‘get to you,’ in a good way of course. Like her song ’October.’

“Its perfect weather for breaking hearts and i’m wearing layers so its harder for you to peel me apart.”

I’m a lyric person (it’s the book worm in me) so I appreciate well written songs.

The wonderfulness of this EP ends with a cover of the song “Be My Baby” featuring @joegillette. I love the way their voices work together and it’s a nice cover of a song that always makes me smile.

I can’t say enough good things about this EP, and not becuase I know who produced it but because I genuinely love it. So c’mon @iamfrench and @bricuoco release a full album already .

And please please please support GOOD music and buy this EP. If you don’t like it, I’ll pay you back myself!

Come See Me in HollyHood!

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin

Tonight you will be able to see yours truly make a HUGE ass of herself in Hollywood for the Talk Nerdy to Me. Love Stage Show. It starts at 9:30 and I will love you forever if you go!

It’s also featuring the lovely @jenfriel, @itsmejoolie, @jennhoffman, and @stephbelsky

Social Media Passive Aggressiveness

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

I’ve come to realize that taking the high road is extremely hard when it comes to Social Media.

I’ve been an avid Twitter user for a few years now. My account is public, which means anyone can see what I tweet. When I’m irritated with someone or fighting with them it’s SO easy to send one of “those tweets” out into the universe to let off some steam and give a quick metaphorical jab.

I’m ashamed to say I’ve ever done this, but I have. So what do I mean by “those tweets.”

You know, the ones where EVERYONE knows what/who you’re talking about without you actually having to say specifics. You might as well be calling them out (which would be less childish) but no, you choose to go the passive aggressive route.

These are the tweets/wall posts that say things like, “I swear I attract nothing but crazy people to me” and “it’s sad you can’t just figure your shit out.” etc,

You KNOW the person is going to read them because we, especially the social media kids, have some sick need to see and monitor when people are talking shit and then most likely engage in it.

Taking the high road and ignoring this behavior when someone does it to you is especially hard when you lead a very public life. It gives the person free reign to attack anything you hold dear or love. Also for them to tweet/follow/whatever people that you engage with on a daily basis.

I’ve been personally (well without being called out directly) attacked over classifying myself as a nerd. How it’s just a trend and that I’m not really one. For me, this is hurtful because I’ve been a nerd my whole life and I’ve finally found an outlet and a group of people where I can embrace it instead of hiding from it. The person that did the passive aggressive tweeting knew all of this because I had tweeted about in the past. See how it works?

P.S. I totally get the irony about sharing this example without naming the person….

We need to stop doing the passive aggressiveness in social media. In the long run it doesn’t make you feel any better and just shows how bitter and angry you are. Living well is the best revenge and you can’t do that if you are focused on a person who isn’t worth your time.

So next time you want to send out a jab to someone through Facebook or Twitter, just remember that YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT. No stalking their social media channels either!