What I Surround Myself With (A Useless Tour)

If something makes it into my room, it's most likely one of three things:

1. Sentimental
2. Fluffy & Warm
3. Completely awesome

For those of you who may be wondering exactly what a geek girls room might look like, it is time to take a virtual tour through the natural habitat of a me.

Just Throwing That Out There: Geek Magazine

After years of reclusive living in the shadows, Geek magazine has been reborn.
I only wish I could buy a subscription, rather than trying to make it to Hastings every two months.
Aside from that little kink, I can't find anything wrong with this magazine.
It has everything I love:
Science news,
sarcasm,
humor,
music reviews,
articles on actors like Nathan Fillion,
and tons of random video game shit.
It makes me happy!

Just throwing something out there that I enjoy, and hoping you might catch it. (:  (Not like a cold. Like a magical ball of goodness being hurled your way)

Useless, But Still Sexy

Greetings! I figure I should write a blog post, though what about, I don't know.
I guess this is going to be another one of those "Rambling Kitten" posts. Psh!
Here we go again.


Often, I just sit around thinking up responses to random things.
Sometimes, it's categorized, like "Responses To Pick Up Lines", some of my favorites being:

"My place or yours?"
"Both. I'll go to mine, you go to yours!"

"Do you have a mirror in your pocket? Because I can totally see myself in your pants?"
"Do you have a mirror in YOUR pocket? Because I can totally see my foot up your ass."

"Did it hurt?.. When you fell out of heaven?"
"Did it hurt when YOU fell out of heaven? Because the landing really messed up your face."

(Note: I probably wouldn't actually use these, unless I was being really sexualized.)



And some are just random:


"Is there a reason you're so creepy?"

"Yes! I'm good at it... I believe we should the pursue the aspirations we rank the highest in."

I find it a useful exercise, as it broadens my understanding of human communication, even if I am just communicating with my own brain. I take is as novel writing practice. :D


In other useless news, I made a Creeper head out of Polymer Clay. And I'm KICKING myself because I didn't add a metal loop before baking, so now I can't make it into a pendent :'(.. So stupid, Sarah,so stupid!
I can always make another though, and I plan on taking that opportunity to write a step by step tutorial on how to make your very own Minecraft Creeper head! Yippee...


P.S. I really want to play Scribblenauts, because it looks so darn fun.

P.S.S. I opened an Etsy. I'l post the link once I'm proud of it. Haha!

P.S.S.S. I'm disturbed at the lack of Lord Of The Rings print fabric. Extremely disturbed. EXTREMELY.

Rant: GameStop

I seem to rant a lot, and maybe that makes me out to be an angry person.
But in reality, the things that annoy me are just the most interesting things to talk about.
So, without further delay, I shall now address yet ANOTHER nuisance in my life.

The scenario goes like this:

I walk into GameStop, either fully knowing what I want, or, (like any normal person) browsing to discover what I want.

The door swings open from the pressure of my hand, and the smell of fresh game hardware greets my eager nose. A smile comes to my face. I love this place.

"Hello, welcome. Can I help you?"
I turn to look at the employee behind the counter, who is gazing at me quizzically.
Here, I make a mistake: "I'll just look around, thanks."
Male gamers seem to interpret this sentence differently then what I intend.
When I say, "I'll Just look around, thanks.", I mean exactly that.
What they seem to hear is: "I need your expert help because I'm a girl, and therefore couldn't possible know anything about gaming, and need you to tell me what I want."

(Now, before I go further, let me state that I'm not saying ALL guys are like this, or ALL GameStop employees act this way. All I know is that this is the general reception I receive.)

I then proceed to walk around the store, looking around and thoroughly enjoying myself.
I LIKE to "window shop" I ENJOY looking at shiny things, even if I'm not going to purchase them.
But my lack of interest in a specific item often leads the employee straight to my side, asking me if he can "help me find something?" To which I reply with the original "No thank you, I'm just looking right now."

I continue to browse, and ONCE AGAIN, I am asked if I need any help. By this time, it's getting a little old. Especially since two other male costumers have entered the store, and were greeted with "Hi! Welcome!" (No, How can I help you?") and have been left ALONE to browse.

At this point, I am kind of interested in a few games, but I'm starting to feel insecure and unwilling to accept the help so readily provided.
This inspires me to reply with "I'm not sure." Mistake #2.
Out comes the artillery. I am then bombarded by suggestions, each one rot with highly watered down gamer dialog and obvious information, like I need to be "baby talked" through the process.
Can't I just shop? Can't I just be left alone to find what I'm looking for? I know what I like, I know what I need, and I know at least half the things GameStop employee is now slinging at me.

And that's just the situation if I DON'T know what I came for.

If I DO, say, need a controller, and tell them so, I am them AGAIN bombarded by needless information that I already know.
Why is this?
Do I have "knows nothing about games" written across my boobs in glowing letters?

I do NOT need handicap-worthy help selecting a product.
I am NOT here to buy something for my boyfriend.
And my business is JUST as valid as any of the boys that come into this shop.

Why am I being barraged?
Why am I being treated like a five year old or a mentally retarded wombat?
Why is it so hard for you to believe that I am GENUINELY interested in these products, and that I KNOW SOMETHING about them?

One time, when I went into my local Gamestop, I was surrounded within a minute of my entry with 2 employees and a random male customer, all watching my every move like a hawk and offering a comment or suggestion every other minute.. I am NOT exaggerating here...

Another time, me and my sister were looking to purchase an Xbox controller because we wanted to play against each other, and I only owned one controller. We were also planning on buying a fun multi-player game. The GameStop employee asked me "What were you playing before?" We had been playing Skyrim the past week, so that's what I told him... There was a long momet of silence, then "Uh, Skyrim isn't a multi-player game." Oh.My.God... Seriously??? I KNOW that! I had already informed him that we were also going to purchase a multi-player game, because I didn't really have any! He didn't ask what we were planning on using the controllers for. He asked me what I was playing. Stupid ass.
After that, as I went down the isle of games, the cover of a Harry Potter Kinect game caught my eye. The look on Harry's face was extremely comical, so I picked it up to show to my sister. The GameStop employee found this a perfect time to insert "That's for Kinect."
Now annoyed, I replied with a cold "Yeah, THANKS, I know." Can you blame me??

Okay, so girls in GameStop are kind of a rarity, and a hard-core gamer girl is about a 1 in 10 statistic, but that does NOT give you the right to make me into an exhibit, or try to lord your masculine position over me.

Real help, I appreciate.
Equality, I appreciate.

Anything else? BUZZ OFF. I have a game to buy.

Decorative Geekery

I've had an inspiration,
a 12 pound brain child,
an EPIPHANY!

Memes and What Not

Being the silly kitten that I am, I often come up with blog ideas throughout the day, and then... Forget them.

To solve this problem, I began keeping a list of these brain childs on my computer.

But what happens when you go to blog, and you just don't have anything, and even your blog list fails you???? 

You resort to Tomfoolery, of course.

Dear Puberty,

I'd like to thank you, from the bottom f my heart, for never giving up on me. Even when I kicked and screamed and yelled "I don't want your changes!" you persisted! Which is both extremely cruel and wonderfully fulfilling. I'd also like to thank you for the above project. Nice one.

Love, Sarah

Hipster Aragorn... The scornful look on his face is PERFECT!

Two of my favorite men have it out in an immaturity competition (:

Leave all your emotions behind 

Everybody have a logical time.

"How DARE they!?"

Shameful.

Haha! Truths!

SURE!!! I hear you have cookies ^_^

Fimo Creations

Fimo is so easy to work with, I just love it. :)

Xbox Necklace

Don't judge my poor Needler. It was hard to make!

Toad Earrings, Ocarina, and Xbox Necklace.