nerdtastic

The blog of a bibliophile / gamer / comic fangirl / cork dork / foodie....with occasional Seattle happenings sprinkled throughout.
Sun Oct 5

Finally, a female protagonist in a main installment Final Fantasy game. Even if you can’t tell the difference.

Thu Oct 2

The South this aint

  • Mom: All those old people look like grown up hippies.
  • Dad: Because they are.
  • Me: You didn't prepare for this very well, did you?

Bird Master

I have a friend who has learned a little about crows, such as the below video. He also told me about a guy that trained crows to bring spare change to his balcony in exchange for peanuts. So now he goes to the park and is trying to train a crow fleet to do his bidding. I can see him now, exiting the park, birds clinging to his limbs while cawing and attacking nearby pedestrians.

This is a video about crows. Fascinating. It’s a bit long, but very interesting. *And* educational!

Wed Oct 1
The other side of the argument...

Orphan works bill

Tue Sep 30
Lindi Ortega came on after Grand Hallway. She was entertaining for sure. “I went to the market today. Seattle, go to the market and eat cheese curds. They are fantastic. Garlic cheese curds, all kinds.” I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get her EP until she was starting a song near the end:  ” hey, little boy-sorry, fucked it up-hey little girl…” It happened in a split second and was so deadpan I cracked up. I like how much she puts into her music. That won me over too. She was crackling with energy. I’ll have to see if the EP is as good as the live show.

Lindi Ortega came on after Grand Hallway. She was entertaining for sure. “I went to the market today. Seattle, go to the market and eat cheese curds. They are fantastic. Garlic cheese curds, all kinds.” I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get her EP until she was starting a song near the end:  ” hey, little boy-sorry, fucked it up-hey little girl…” It happened in a split second and was so deadpan I cracked up. I like how much she puts into her music. That won me over too. She was crackling with energy. I’ll have to see if the EP is as good as the live show.

Grand Hallway at Chop Suey

These guys are great. They remind me why I ever wanted to play violin. Seattle was at it’s usual indifference. Polite applause after beautiful, heart wrenching songs. After the set and the three musicians were quietly packing up, I went up to the stage and told them how great they are. I’m sure they were fine without the ego boost- they’ve toured to Japan and all over the west coast, plus sasquatch. Tomo signed my T shirt. :)

Saw these guys last night at Chop Suey. It was an intimate affair with three band members. It was listed as “Tomo and strings;” I’m not sure which two girls were playing, but I think it was Jaclyne Shumate on violin and Esther Shin on cello although I could be wrong.

Sun Sep 28