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Girls and Running Songs

Posted on April 18, 2012

Trying out a new design. We’ll see if it sticks. So to test it I’ll share the new iPod playlist I created today for when I go running. Then we’ll talk about Girls. Kingdom – David Gahan And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad – Hans Zimmer (Dark Knight Score) Cool – Gwen Stefani The Night Before – Hooverphonic Hold On – Korn I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li XXXO – MIA Help I’m Alive – Metric Insect/Suspect – Pigface Beautiful – Moby Phantom Limb – The Shins Unforgiven – The Go-Go’s Halo – Depeche Mode Pretty something, eh? Makes me run my arse off. Girls! The new favorite show is Girls on HBO. I knew this would be freakin’ unbelievable after watching Lena…

C2E2 Fashion Part 2

Posted on April 16, 2012

A few more pics (and video) from the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). I thought these belonged in a separate category from the first batch. Mummy Girl – or weird nurse or something Black Captain America and Wonder Woman Superman – really a plumber from Chicago’s south side A Batman Registering for Costume Contest Ozzy and the Stormtroopers R2D2 hitting on the gals Just a short video of the geek culture goings-on at C2E2

C2E2 Fashion

Posted on April 14, 2012

I attended the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo Saturday in Chicago. Otherwise known as C2E2. I call it “Chicago’s Comic Con.” I’m not a hardcore comic geek but I have a few and do enjoy a graphic novel here and there. But it’s not just comics (and I didn’t know who any of the comic artists were on “Artists Row” really). It’s also about sci-fi and fantasy tv and movie stuff. Which is pretty huge (Avengers, Dark Knight, Walking Dead, Scott Pilgrim Gossip Girl, etc.) Basically, I like to be surrounded by geek weirdness. And something I’m working on, in a literature sense, has some of these elements in it. Without much commentary, here’s a look at some interesting C2E2 fashion (part 1). Poison…