It’s September 1st, and I don’t know about you, but my social media feeds were pretty well saturated with posts about missing the train to Hogwarts for the Nth year in a row, or some who claimed that they had boarded the Hogwarts Express (“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why…
The word geek is a slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people; in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast or a person obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit. (Geek – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Geek was once a term that was meant to be used pejoratively (disapprovingly).…
CURRENT STATE: HUDDLED IN A BALL OF “I JUST CAN’T RIGHT NOW”. REASON FOR SAID STATE: MY ALL-TIME ABSOLUTE GOSH DARN FAVORITE VINE STAR THOMAS SANDERS IS COMING TO GEEKYCON AND I JUST CAN’T CONTAIN THE FEELS. Thomas Sanders, if you don’t know, is a Vine star. What’s Vine? Whew, you have been residing under a…
Honestly, never have I been more excited for a convention. I mean, there is definitely a very, very, very special place in my heart for LeakyCon and GeekyCon, but this convention is going to be a bit different for me. This will be the first convention in a while where I will be going as a…
Black Friday has now passed us by and Cyber Monday is mere hours away. This is the perfect time to ask yourselves: Do you have enough ornaments for your tree? Are they geeky enough to be the envy of your friends when they visit you for the holidays? If the answer to either of those…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost three full months since LeakyCon 2014’s Closing Ceremonies! (It’s taken me a long time to write this because real life hit me pretty quickly since I arrived back in Minnesota from Orlando. I’ve been writing a little every few days since then.) While at 2014’s greatest, geekiest week,…
Six weeks ago Sunday (I’ve been meaning to write this for a while), nearly five thousand people filed into the main stage to experience the closing ceremonies for the greatest multi-fandom conference on the planet: LeakyCon 2014 in Orlando. Little did this audience know that they would be presented with some potentially shocking news: “We’re changing the…
I’m excited. Like, beyond excited. Like, super-duper uber excited. I’m flying out on Monday and will be returning the next Monday. For one week, I get to reconnect with old friends, make new friends, and fall in love with my favorite fandoms all over again. I attended my very first LeakyCon in 2011, which was…
Today marked the Harry Potter Alliance‘s 8th birthday! To celebrate, they hosted a live stream birthday party to coincide with the last hours of their EqualityFTW (For The Win) fundraiser, which concludes Saturday night at midnight. From 6pm to 10pm Eastern, the HPA hosted their live stream, then from 10pm to 12am Eastern, LeakyCon hosted…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been an entire month since I boarded a plane to Portland, Oregon for LeakyCon 2013. While I was there, I attended several events, mostly at the main stage, and mostly because I was working during the events. However, despite my busyness, I can share some thoughts about the events…