May 21, 2012 • 275 notes • drawedgoods
I was Max for Halloween two years ago. It was because of the hype for the movie, which I ended up hating, but a big part of it was my love for the book.  ianbrooks: Goodbye Wild Thing by Reed Bond “Oh please don’t go. We’ll eat you up we love you so” Artist: flickr / tumblr

I was Max for Halloween two years ago. It was because of the hype for the movie, which I ended up hating, but a big part of it was my love for the book. 

ianbrooks:

Goodbye Wild Thing by Reed Bond

“Oh please don’t go. We’ll eat you up we love you so”

Artist: flickr / tumblr

May 14, 2012 • 1 note • outlisten

outlisten:

Whelp, as amazing as it seems, Coachella 2013 has been announced. Once again, the festival will span two weekends in April. 

Remember way back last month when everyone was talking about the Tupac Hologram?
Here is the Outlisten sync in which we combined the fan shot footage to show all the angles.
Now you can confirm that other people saw Tupac shatter. 

www.outlisten.com

May 14, 2012 • 42 notes • magicunwound

magicunwound:

(via Ben! Olson Art and Design: Adventure Time, Magic the Gathering Tokens)

May 10, 2012

Oh god. 

Apparently Herman Cain hates all the animals that I have most recently had as pets.  

If this ad covers all the pets I’ve had…What next?
Chickens?
Hamsters? 

…Sea Monkeys?!

May 10, 2012
Q
Ello. In speaking of your MtG engagement.... next time... just go in and be yourself. Ya, MtG is perpetuated by males who believe that their prowess in the game allows them to be superior and arrogant when the truth remains that they still lack any true social skill. You will always find those group of players that are friendly and encouraging, supportive in teaching you and reminding you the more fun aspects of the game. Stereotypes run true, but confidence triumphs all.
risingsolx
A

“Any true social skill” definitely made me laugh. 

The good thing is that I still have my friends to play with, and their abilities are quite evenly matched. 
Maybe one day I’ll go back into the crazy world of Sealed Tournaments, but you’re very right about the kind of group to have. I’m super grateful to be able to appreciate them more. 8)

Again, thanks for reading my rant. I didn’t expect the tumblr community would respond, haha.

May 10, 2012
Q
Being a bad nerd is looking down on 'those girls'. The bizarre geek girl heirachy you have in your head is fucking you up - you assume that everyone else is as judgemental of you as you are of others. If your enjoyment of things is based on credentials, perception and status - you will never enjoy anything. Play because it makes you happy. If you are playing to brag/win - do your homework put the 40+ hrs a week (for years) it takes to be pro and just do it. Gender doesn't matter character does.
cloacina
A

I see what you mean. I do play for fun against friends, and believe you me, there is little credential (other than giving each other some crap) to be won among that group of 4 people, haha. 

However, I feel that the judgment was made clear when the my very first opponent told me that he and the other pros were talking about how I was going to suck.  
Also this popular meme:http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/idiot-nerd-girl 

Thanks for reading my post though. The responses I have gotten are uplifting. 8)

May 5, 2012 • 11 notes

Bad Nerd

Today was a massive ego blow. 

I entered a Magic the Gathering tournament and got my ass handed to me. The rules of said tourney were that everyone got 6 new booster packs (6 packs X 15 cards each) and 30 minutes to create a deck right then and there. 

Granted, I didn’t expect to do supremely well. I just wanted it to be fun. 

My first opponent was a nice guy. He helped me rebuild my deck and gave me some pointers. However, he was also nice enough to let me know that everyone (mostly the Pro players in the room) immediately judged me and discussed how “she would have a really hard time.” 

One thing I’m really compulsive about is the perpetuation of stereotypes. I beat myself up extra hard if I make a driving error because, hey, look, female Asian driver does it again. 

Being a shitty driver upsets me because I know I make mistakes. However, winning one of five rounds with everyone thinking I was going to suck anyway is horribly painful. 

I’m not very good at a lot of things. 
In fact, I can only successfully brag about being great at Bust A Move/ Puzzle Booble.  

I just didn’t want to be that “idiot nerd girl” today.
The one who doesn’t really know about video games and just plays Farmville. The one who pretends that she’s read all of the X-men comics even if she’s only seen the films. I didn’t want to be that girl who tagged along with her guy friends and played Dungeons and Dragons but wasn’t actually good because she’d never played anyone else. 

April 30, 2012 • 51 notes • dynamoe

dynamoe:

A time-lapse drawing of a request for Hipster Animals of a squid and an octopus couple.

(via hipster-animals)

April 25, 2012 • 1 note • meowzedongandfriends
meowzedongandfriends: Joseph Clawlin

meowzedongandfriends:

Joseph Clawlin

April 12, 2012 • 6 notes • rubbishbooks