Author Archives: Elissa
My Life at Cons: Pax East 2012 Edition
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Nerd is a strange word these days. It’s moved so far beyond insult it’s come back around to compliment again. It is socially acceptable and at times preferable to be a legitimate, glasses-wearing, minute-detail-oriented, hobby-obsessive nerd. We’re having a renaissance. …
Drunk Food for a Drunk Holiday: The St. Patrick’s Day Edition
Every year on March 17, revelers around the world pay tribute to a snake-hating, shamrock-wielding religious icon by ingesting a ton of alcohol and living it up like National Party League scouts are watching and it’s their one chance to …
Posted in food, holidays, shamrock, St. Patrick's Day
Tagged Food, Ireland, St. Patrick's Day
Glee it Ain’t: Why People Who Hate Rachel Berry Should Still Try Smash
For NBC’s Smash, there’s no escaping the comparisons to Glee. Both are musicals, both air during primetime on two of the nation’s biggest networks, and both integrate a mix of pop songs and theater numbers into every episode. Beyond that, …
Posted in Recap, Television
Tagged Debra Messing, Katherine McPhee, musicals, Smash, television
Ten Oddly Strange and Specific Tumblr Distractions
If you don’t know, Tumblr is a social media site that doubles as a blog host, handing users free space to post text, pictures, and videos that show up in their followers’ news feeds. For some reason it’s chock full …
Posted in internet, social media, tumblr
Tagged Dave Coulier, distractions, Sailor Moon, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tumblr
Top Ten Electronica Songs of 2011 That Won’t Win Grammy Awards
Long before Skrillex brought the dirty dubstep beat to mainstream America and Deadma5 scored sloppy makeouts for Jersey Shore, I was a teenager in UFO pants and other clothing items I’m not proud of, listening to a variety of music …
Posted in 2011 Lists, Music
Tagged Best of 2011, Electronica, music, Top Ten
