Nerdette Minute #36: Ranting on Sailor Moon Theater Choices

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  Welcome to the first Nerdette Minute Video of the New Year. Moving Nerdette Minute into 2017 was a little difficult, but I am so excited to be able to do it. I have so many ideas and so many new places into my house to film, so I will be showing you a little bit of the new house every video! Until its clean and unpacked and then there will be a home tour...or at least a room tour. Lets not forget about how lazy I can be.


 Today's video is a little snarky, so I apologize in advance. I'm talking about Sailor Moon R Theater choices, for little ole us in Ohio... I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to Subscribe and Like my Videos.

 Is there anything you wish would come to your city? Let's Chat about it on Twitter. 

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Adventures With Spokhette #6: Mt. Echo Park

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 With a new year comes a new house. With our new house, comes new area to explore! We live near a really big cemetery and the most adorable park, so I had decided that I wanted to start exploring the area after Christmas. Moving plus hosting Christmas for my family was extremely stressful for me, so I wasn't thinking of anything other than getting all the boxes into the basement and getting everything ready so that people could come over and I could entertain.

 With Christmas and New Years out of the way, I don't have to worry about entertaining for a little way, and I can start unpacking the new house, one room at the time. I'm halfway through my office right now, I have all the important things set up. The desk, my computer, and the area where I'll be creating the content for Nerdette At Large, Nerdette Minute, Her Story Arc and Heroes and Coffee. 2017 will be a super busy year for me and I'm so very excited to get started on it!
 This park is pretty close to me, and it has an INSANE view of the Ohio River and Part of Kentucky. It was one of the things I wanted to show to Alex, and you guys! It was so so pretty. It was the day before it snowed, so it was pretty foggy, but we didn't let that stop us. We explored all of the walking area, without leaves in the trees it was pretty lack luster, and there was a person in a van blasting mariachi music. I had checked the park out once before at night, and the little stage? area was all lit up with super pretty lights, but I was pretty sure the park was closed because it was so late, so I didn't take any pictures and high-tailed it out of there. It was kind of sub par in the morning, plus there were other people in the park, so of course that was a downer as well.

 The park has some beautiful architecture and tiny quirks that I just had to capture for you! There were rams and dragons carved on the stones! I figured that it would be a good time to get outfit photos as well, since I haven't done on outfit of the day on here in so long that I can't remember. There were rounded benches, so you could watch the river view, and what I thought was a staircase to the bottom of the hill, but it only went a couple steps below the bench.

Outfit Details: Hoodie: Pokemon Champion from Hot Topic// Collared Top from Walmart// Alice in Wonderland Dress from Hot Topic (a Favorite)// Knee-Hi Socks from Hot Topic// Teal Converse from Burlington Coat Factory. 

Have you explored any neato places lately? Let me know on twitter! I love checking out new blogs!

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Adventures With Spokhette #5: St. Joseph Cemetery

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 On the drive home from one of the schools I was photographing, I just happened to have my camera, in the car, which never happens when I was passing a cemetery. I really enjoy walking, or driving through if its really really cold, and photographing them. I thoroughly enjoy exploring them, they are so peaceful.

 This is one of the oldest Catholic Cemetaries in The Campbell County area. There were monuments so faded that I couldn't read what they said. Quite a few of them were cracked, and broken in half. Not sure from wear and tear or some douchebag. They were so unique compared to the other cemeteries that I've been in.

 This particular monument had a lot of small features attached to it. It looks like the family comes and visits often, The angel in the middle was face down in the grass when I passed it, so I picked it up and put it back, a couple of the ornate waves at the bottom were chipped, but I placed all the pieces next to it, in hopes someone will fix it. It's such a beautiful monument.

 I only know of one other blogger that likes to explore graveyards, The Dainty Squid. If you know of anymore will you leave them in the comments below? I LOVE reading new blogs!! Do you stop into a graveyard if you pass one? What are some of your favorites?

Lets talk about Graveyards and other spooky stuff on Twitter. 

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Goals for the New Year

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 I hope your new year was rung in with friends, family and some bubbly. I worked, but that's okay, I got to spend the rest of the weekend with my family and Alex. So no complaints here. I don't know about anyone else, but I am so absolutely ready for 2017. I am determined to make this a good year! I have so many ideas for Nerdette At Large, and I am definitely going to try my absolute hardest to actually see them come to fruition 🍓. I actually did complete a few of the things on 2016's list, like surpassing my twitter follower count, and streaming game footage. I only went to one convention instead of two, only got one tattoo instead of two, and definitely failed to save $5,000 (it was a bit steep).

  For 2017 here are a few things that I want to accomplish:

- 100 followers for Nerdette At Large on Bloglovin. I'm only 40 away. 

- 80 followers for Nerdette Minute on Youtube. I'm only 57 away. 

- 700 followers for Twitter. I'm only 168 away. 

- 450 followers for Instagram. I'm only 78 away. 

- Get 2 tattoos. I already have an appointment scheduled for one, so one down and one to go. 

- Go to 2 Conventions. I am already planning C2E2, but I have to find another one. 

- Make 3 Costumes. I made 2 in 2016.  Eevee and Lady Layton. 

- Publish 3 Youtube Videos a month. 

- Stream once a week. I utterly failed at this in 2016, I plan on doing a lot better in 2017. 

What are some of your goals for 2017, and did you succeed last year? Lets get it together on twitter!

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December Favorites

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  So it's finally January, and I thought I would the start the year and the month off right, by doing monthly favorites before the middle. Getting a head start if I do say so myself. I want to be pretty good about having content pre-planned for Nerdette At Large this year. I usually had a post written about two days before it went live, but this year? I want to be at least a business week ahead! December being the last month of the year, this favorite is probably going to be much bigger than the usual ones, I crammed a lot more stuff in the little time that I had left.

 - I won an ebay auction for a Ipad Mini 4, gently used for less than $200. Unscratched, and I can't wait to implement the grand schemes for Nerdette At Large on the go in 2017.

- Becoming CoCurator of Heroes and Comics. A subsection of the Heroes and Coffee Podcast, it is a twitter page that curates Comic book, Film, Manga and Anime for the masses. They also have a twitter. Along with this new position, gives me my very own segment, on the podcast called Superhero 101 w/ Spokhette, where I spend a good 15 mins or so giving you all the educational details about the hero featured in that particular episode. I'm so so excited.

- After dating his brother for 3 years, Apollo, Jamie and I finally had a nice chat. We were all gathered around the living room eating leftovers, and talking about television, film and goals we had in life on Christmas Eve, it was a grand time.


- Going through with my 2nd tattoo, even though it was pretty spur of the moment. I even went all by myself, and it was a new place, so I was super nervous but I am so happy with the results, so I won't complain too much. I have an appointment in January for my 3rd one, and I literally can NOT wait.

- This trailer for CW's new show, Riverdale, it comes out the 26th I believe. At first, I was like, eh, Archie? But after reading the "new" comics, and falling in love with The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and then seeing the trailer? Oh, I'm so hooked. I just can't resist a mystery man. I just can't.

- Having the opportunity to read Mockingbird as a comic series. I was so in love with her character, I talk about her a good deal, in my comic book favorites of the year. She's going to be a Fangirling post soon, and I really want to see her in something else pretty soon.

- Opening Instagram, one day and realizing that THE Ira Hobbs Jr, liked one of my photos. The Resident Blerd of the interwebs, liked some of my content? Oh it was a definitely a good day!

- The absolutely amazing ability of promotion and networking that twitter is, I want to thank @djolder. He pledged to retweet and help promote black women creators, and thanks to his help. Nerdette At Large was shared over 30 times in a single day. It was a huge push on my traffic,

What are a few things you enjoyed in December? Lets talk about it on Twitter. 

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Nerdette At Large was Nice in 2016.

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 I finally got all of my Christmas presents, and moved into the new house, so I figured I would photograph them all for you and tell you what I got! I hope your Christmas was great guys!! I am so ready for 2017 you guys! I have so many ideas and I'm going to put them all into action in the new year. From Alex's family, I got two sets of stickers for my New 3DSXL, the stickers have holes so all the buttons can be used, and they fit so well! The gave me a clear case, to protect the stickers, if I change from my Pikachu case, and two super warm Pokemon Beanies. 

  

Claire gave me a hand knitted ear warmer and a matching scarf! It is so adorable and warm, with a cable design! She actually taught me how to knit when we were in College, and she's opening her own shop, ClairdeCat Designs! My aunt got me a wicked Laptop Sleeve from Society 6. When I saw the design, I knew it was for me. My friends and family know me so well. Alex bought me copious amounts of film for my instax camera! each box has 20 sheets in them, so I have 60 to work with, that should last me a while! I'm so excited to photograph all the things. My parents, made me a 3d model of Wonder Woman's belt buckle, and a Crockpot. Alex made stew in it yesterday, and it was delicious!

 Hosting Christmas in the new house was super stressful, but it ended up being a success. We put together a desk and the dining table to fit everyone, in all I had about 11 guests! We had delicious food, including a fried turkey, and exchanged gifts by glow of the Christmas tree, because the living room is the only room without a ceiling light. I bought "fairy" lights from Amazon, and wrapped them around two of the four wall, but it only helped a little. I was just so excited to not only be surrounded by family but to actually be hosting an event in the new house! Now that Christmas and New Years, is over, I will be spending the next couple of weeks, actually unpacking and making the new house a home.

 Did you have a good Christmas? Lets talk about it on Twitter!! What was on your wish list? 

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Favorite Books of 2016!

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 The music post pushed me all the way into the weekend!! GRR. This is why I don't try anything new. Just kidding. Today I thought I would push out all old content, by rounding up my favorite books and then we can start hella fresh for 2017! 🌸 I also just learned how to use emojis, so expect to see lots of them in the upcoming year. Without further ado, lets get down to some book knowledge 📚.

- Nimona: Noelle Stevenson has just become one of my favorite Comic book personalities of 2016. I enjoy her work so thoroughly, and can relate to almost every character she creates. Nimona really hit me in the feels though, compared to LumberJanes, I wrote a decent overview (feeling dump) last month, you can read it here.

- Silver Codex: You may notice that this is the only novel in my favorites list, and you would be correct. 2016 was SO busy that I only was able to complete 5 novels, and none of them struck me as OMG, I have to add them to my shelf favorites. You may know that the author of Silver Codex, Emily Kirby, is a friend of mine, we go way back. Do not kid yourself and think that this novel is only here because we are friends. Silver Codex holds its own weight in a number of categories without our friendship even being considered. 2016 was a year where people wanted representation, they wanted inclusivity and a diverse cast. You have that in this novel, you have fantasy and imagination, what else could you need? I have a overview (feeling dump) here. 

- Mockingbird: I am honestly incredibly surprised that I never wrote about this comic. Now out of commission because of whiny boys who don't know intersectional feminism if it came up and bit them in the ass, but I digress. Mockingbird follows Bobbi Morse, who as a scientist is injected with something similar to the Super Soldier serum, and becomes a worthy sparring partner, and immune to poisons. It is also Marvel's first attempt at a Polyamorous character, which I thought was a very interesting take. I love how accepting of her sexuality and her needs she was in her series. Her needs came first, fuck what anyone else thought. I needed that in 2016. She will be making an appearance in my fangirling series on Her Story Arc in 2017.

 - LumberJanes: I don't want to flaunt my girl crush on Stevenson too much. I wrote an entire post detailing what I loved about Lumberjanes a couple of months ago. You can read it here.

- Nightwing Rebirth:  One of the last comics picked up for 2016, I was pleasantly surprised. I completed Nightwing 52, and it left much to be desired, and I was a little upset with Grayson, so I didn't really delve to deeply into that series, So this definitely refreshed my love for Dick Grayson. I don't need to go into depth here. I feel like his story is finally getting back on track, and I can't wait to see what comes up for him in 2017.

- The Sirens: I absolutely loved Deleon's take on the deliquent girl Gang. I've always been pretty grrl Power, but 2016 really brought it into the forefront! I wrote an entire review, and unboxing when the comic pre-order box arrived. I've been following her art since then, and I am craving her art book Aqueous so badly!

What were some of your favorite titles of 2016?! Lets chat about them on twitter!

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