Friday Art Crush: Fro Design Company

Do you long for a Westeros with a little more glitter and glamour?  Check these cabaret-style posters advertising some of A Song of Ice & Fire's oft discussed products.

I can't resist a GoT piece, and these were posted this week on several sites I frequent.  That led me to Fro, a.k.a. Fernando Reza, who has a fantastic collection of pop culture pieces.

These have been just some of my faves, so I highly recommend browsing his site.  Perhaps buy a piece.  I cannot imagine a classier way to express your little nerdy hearts than by filling your house with amazing art glorifying the things you love.

You know, on second thought, you should probably buy two pieces: one for you and one for me.  Thanks, loves!

[Fro Design Company via The Mary Sue]

Want of the Day: All the Literary References

Today, I discovered not one but TWO awesome collections of products referencing literature.

First up, something I actually need.  A new iPhone case!

My initial instinct was to go for Dune.

The texts must FLOOOOOWWWW!!

But I don't think brown is really the best phone case cover, especially because that sandworm silhouette is already a bit...fecal...

Gross.

Moving on, I thought maybe I'd go for a perennial fave, The Great Gatsby!!

It would match my Gatsby-inspired burlesque number!

F Scott failed to mention Daisy Buchanan's rampant nudity and love of beaded fringe.

But that still doesn't really allow me to express my inner nerd.  Then, I found it:

Blue Box Cases via Geeky Merch

Finally!  Something that says I love vampires but also classic literature!

To round out my classic literature nergasm, I found these:

LITERARY FRAGRANCES!!

The Austen-inspired ones are tempting, but I actually think Heathcliff would smell the best:

Ravenscourt Apothecary via Geeky Merch

Brooding upon the moors encouraged but not required.

Spot the Stark!

This incredible piece by deviantART user Magdalena is called "Under the Heart Tree."  It  depicts Song of Ice & Fire's Stark family at their character's current point in the story, and it gives me feels.

Beware if you haven't read all the books, as there may be minor visual spoilers.

"The Promise and Problems of Harley Quinn"

As many of you may know, I recently signed onto the writing team at The Learned Fangirl.

I'm reviewing comics and covering cosplay, and if I follow my ambitious desires, I'll be submitting posts once a week.  It's a great site, and it gives me the opportunity to write more intellectual pieces than usually appear here on The Fake Geek Girl.

Plus, here on Fake Geek Girl, we're mostly talking about stuff I love and stuff that I'm doing and anything else egocentric I can come up with.  As my musings on TLF are reviews, there's a lot more critical thinking about elements that I don't like, that I hate, that bother me, or just make a story harder to read.

Not in the Tracy Jordan: Hard to Watch kind of way.  In the "wow, I don't understand the story" kind of way.

In my latest review, "The Promise and Problems of Harley Quinn," I muse on what makes Harley such a difficult character to write and discuss.  But when done right, she's The Most Fun.  I urge you to check it out!

Oh, and for funsies, and because I watched a buttload of Batman TAS while writing my review, I found this GIFset under the title 'Ship It To The Moon and Back:











This makes me want an Orange Is the New Black-esque comedy that takes place in Arkham Asylum.  COPYRIGHT NO ONE STEAL THAT AWESOME IDEA.

Winter Is Coming...See What I Did There?

It's really cold in Chicago.  And snowy.

Cosplay Envy: Zsu Zsu Starr as Zatanna

[Zsu Zsu Starr via Geeks Are Sexy]

NEED: Darth Vader Chocolate Box

And just in time for Valentine's Day!



[via Geeks Are Sexy]

My New Fave Vid: Contemporary Dance

Meet Contemporary Eric and his assistant, Bich.

They're going to teach you how to dance.



This will definitely help me this weekend as I practice my new number for The Kiss Kiss Cabaret.

My Upcoming Weekend in GIFs

Happy Friday, Fake Geeks!

When the work week is over, I want to put on some yoga pants, watch everything on Netflix, and drink a six-pack of something gross like Smirnoff Ice or Skinny Girl cosmos.

The last thing I want to do is a bunch of thinking and a bunch of work.

Unfortunately, this weekend, I have A LOT OF STUFF packed into a very little amount of time.

The first on the docket is finishing up a monster load of writing.  I've got 4 outlines for entries on The Learned Fangirl, and I really want to get through all of them.  Why?  Becuase I'm excited about the material, and I don't wanna lose my excitement.  I gotta use the passion while it's there.

Otherwise, Smirnoff Ice in hand, I'm all:

I also have another potential writing job, which is also SO EXCITING.  Ima be, like, a professional or something.

But that also means gathering writing samples, updating a resume, crafting a cover letter...ooooo boy.  Dat shit is overwhelming when I list it all out.

I also have to get through a laundry list of pre-production tasks on my webseries about ladies in space.  But that's all good, cause I'm totally going to take over the Internet with it.

Today, YouTube.  Tomorrow, THE WORLD.

And of course I have even more Fake Geek Girling to do!!  There have already been SEVENTEEN DAYS of nerdiness in January, and I been slackin.

For a fun reason, but more on that a little later <3

Then Saturday comes along, and I go ca-ca-carayyyyzayyyyy.

I have an all-day rehearsal on Saturday morning

another rehearsal Sunday morning

a video shoot (arrive in full hair and makeup)

and then yet another rehearsal on Sunday night.  Just kill me now, before the exhaustion gets to me!!

Somewhere in there, I need to find time to check my email, practice some dances, and, you know, maybe do some laundry.

TIME FOR COFFEE.

Misty Mountains Rap