A New Chapter

A new chapter, a grown up Geekette to record a deck of new experiences and an obsession that has followed me from childhood. I have many things to discuss. The first and most important is that I am moving on Saturday and between packing, planning, school and projects I have been unable to read let a lone blog so I am hoping to rectify that this summer.

My boyfriend and I are moving into our first apartment on May 1^st (Beltane) and have the weekend to get everything sorted out and unpacked before I head back to work. We are moving my rats (Rogue and Patches), my fist (Quinn), my cat (16 year old Gemini) and my brand new baby bunny Kara Starr Bunnykins. I can not wait to get them all settled in and start my animalistic family with my boyfriend, which he doesn’t mind since it means I don’t want any children with this many animals!

School is over. I finished on Friday when I handed in my final project (Reflections of Alice in Wonderland) and started my new job at the school. I am working as the Awards Assistant and will be working full time during the summer to try and create a strong reference when I leave school in two years. I am also working at Baskin Robbins with terribly fattening ice cream that is no longer my friend. (Oh , who am I kidding, I love the Ice Cream!)

I do realize it has been another long hiatus since I blogged last and I know that when school is back in September I will have a few more. With this realization I have decided to blog at least once every two weeks this summer to make up for it or to at least edit and update my site. I don’t think it’ll be a terrible hassle as I have started a new comic book series and am more focused on my Wicca studies and novels then ever before. As much as I want to be an event planner I would die to be able to write and tell stories for a living.

Now for today I believe I am off to pack some more and try to teach my little Kara some new tricks. Experience life through your own looking glass and create stories to last lifetimes and until next time blesses be.

The Hottest Geekette

STRIDE GUM; Product Placement at it’s Best or Worst?

The episode Hero, starring Pete Ross. Pete has his share of terrible episodes but this is a whole new playing field for Pete Ross “The Boss”.

How great can product placement get when it moves from subtly being placed in a drawer for different shots to having an entire episode written about the brand or product.

Stride Gum; Last Long and Gives you Super Powers! I think it has a ring to it. Try the green gum and see if you get elastic arms too.

Pete is not my favourite character and the episode does have merit for the scenes that don’t include the ludicrous product placement but in all I was just saddened but the display.

Episodes starts and there is Pete, Kara and Jimmy at a concert in the Stride Gum factory, not just a gum factory or a factory but the Stride Gum factory. Oh and the gum was left on a crack where somehow Kryptonite was there and it affected the gum and ONLY gave Pete super powers.

He grabs a the green package, holds it perfectly so the camera can see the brand and then opens it to grab a wrapped piece of green gum, that glows before he puts it in his mouth. Then just in the nick of time he saves Kara with his Elastic Man powers. (who by the way is a DC Hero).

The entire episode pushes the gum, Chloe stating it’s slogan and Pete constantly chewing it and having the package on his person and only when he is pushes down and looses the gum is he in trouble. The gum may be full of Kryptonite but it’s the Hero in this story.

How do you feel about Product Placement on this level? It isn’t just the gum in the desk drawer it the plot of an episode.

Lana’s True Love and Her Worst Mistake

Season 1, the beginning of an amazing television show by DC Comics shows a love stuck teenager with an over achieving cheerleader. It’s a comic book soap opera and it’s a true success to be sure. Now I am watching Season 7 and I have just witnessed the most upsetting episode yet. This episode, Persona, stars Lana Lang, Clark Kent (Kal-El), Clark Kent (Phantom/Bizarro) and many other amazing cast like Brainiac and Dax-Ur.

Lately in the show it seems like there are really straining to find a place for Lana Lang, who I believe is more than ready to leave Smallville, Clark and the show. Lana left Clark for two men, both lied to her, one died, and the other she framed for her murder and then divorced him.

Now she is back with Clark, she finally knows his secret, they can’t have sex, they don’t look at each other with the eyes of happy lovers and they are not the couple everyone (or most people) were rooting for in the earlier seasons.

About mid-season Clark, yet again, angers Jor-El by not listening to him. He costs his cousin her powers and memory and put the world in danger so he is being punished at the Fortress and thanks to the writers of Smallville somehow Bizarro Superman has escaped the clutches of Martian Man Hunter and is free on Earth and in Smallville.

He shows up at the Kent farm and shows Lana the love and happiness she has been missing. They spend a month together while Kal-El is stuck in the fortress. Bizarro Superman not only loves Lana, but she truly loves him and tells him she has never been happier than this past month.

They can leave, go fly to Paris and have a truly happy life together. She can leave Smallville and the show, Clark can move on (if he’s ever released) and we can all have a happy ending. Lana and Clark fans can be happy cause she’s with a form of him, I can be happy cause she will finally leave the show and Clark can move on and stop being retarded and Lois and Clark fans can be excited that Lois will finally have a chance to get on Clark’s radar with Lana out of the picture.

So what goes wrong? Jor-El releases Kal-El and he decided that Bizarro must die. They find his weakness and even though Lana realizes and states that she has never been happier with anyone but Bizarro she kills him anyways.

Why did Lana kill him? She no longer loves Clark (Kal-El) and just spent a month with someone who looks like him, is just as strong as he is and isn’t as retarded as he is! Lana and Bizarro should have just gone away to Paris and flew around the world taking in the sights and being a cute, in love, couple and Clark could have moved on and gotten over his need to have Lana.

I understand he has loved her, or wanted her for year upon years but he no longer truly loves her. They don’t mesh well together anymore. They can’t have sex because of his powers, they don’t have fun, and they don’t look at each other like they are in love. They need to be done! This relationship is way past its expiry date. I will admit I hated his infatuation with Lana from the start but now it’s just pathetic. They are two very different people now then when they both loved each other and they need to move on.

Lana shouldn’t have killed Bizarro, they should have made some sort of deal, Bizarro doesn’t kill anyone, reveal his powers too anyone and he and Lana can live happily ever after anywhere but Kansas. I think this arrangement could have worked and Clark can move on and start developing feelings for Lois or any other girl that isn’t a raven-haired former witch.

And that was my Smallville rant for the day. On to watch the next episode.

Karen Starr and Jamie Eason

My Inspiration! Not only Power Girl but also Jamie Eason are my inspirations for the future.

Power Girl is a beautiful, fit, powerful woman who has her own comic book story, saves the world on a weekly basis and runs Starrware! She does everything but raise children…which I’m sure would be interesting.

I would like to try to be Power Girl for Halloween and I have started going to the gym again and am working on changing my diet. I don’t only want to be fit and healthy for this costume, but for myself and for my personal life! I believe that looking better will help me truly feel better and be able to do more. I have gone to the gym twice this week with my work out partner, who might be Terra for Halloween, we were supposed to go three times but she had to go to Toronto with her boyfriend for his surgery.

I also mentioned Jamie Eason, well she is a beautiful woman, and looks like a very short Power Girl, in fact if they did a movie I would recommend her and the usage of camera trick like that they used for Gimli in Lord of the Rings only opposite.

I truly hope that I stick to this mindset and reach my goals to look and eat better and ultimately make myself feel better and to maybe make my boyfriend a little happier.

Because I love Power Girl, and as I said in my previous article, Chloe Sullivan from Smallville, I have to go out and purchase Batman and Superman: Public Enemies where Allison Mack voices the wonderous Power Girl! I can not wait!
**Small quick peeve – in Smallville they have a Kara Kent that is Super Girl and Wikipedia references it for Power Girl! Not the same character…similarities, but not the same!

Anyways, Have a great geek filled day…watch Smallville, read Power Girl, support out feminine characters from the DC Universe!



The Hottest Geekette.

Smallville/Superman:

Though I am not a Superman fan, I love Clark Kent…who has a very interesting resemblance to my boyfriend if he’d dye his hair a dark brown and wore more flannel. Even more than my love for Clark is my absolute obsession with Chloe (Allison Mack, who also voiced Power Girl in the Batman Superman: Public Enemies). I need Clark to tell her his secret, I truly want them to date (even though I know they won’t) and I need her to be happy!

I am only on mid season three and I know that is REALLY behind, and like I said in my previous blog about the Titans, I’m working on it! I know that they don’t date cause Clark goes for Lana and then Lois as history has predicted in comics but a girl can still hope. I also know that Clark eventually tells Chloe because I saw a recent episode on television where she is ‘watch tower’ which I find very interesting and motivating. I want to finish all the seasons now, but to power through the seasons wouldn’t do them justice at all. As much as I want to finish I also want to savor the show.

With all that said, I love Lex, I almost jumped for joy when Whitney was truly gone and I cried for Chloe when she looked at the pictures of her and Clark at prom and he was with Lana….oh sadness!!

Anyways, still not a Superman fan, but I am a true Chloe (Allison Mack, who could totally pull off Harley Quinn’s crazy smile if she wanted and looks like a young Mia Sara) fan and will watch her in anything, so I am going out to get Public Enemies with her as my other favorite DC female, Power Girl.

Have a great night and watch some Smallville! Used movie stores sell it for less than $20 a season in Canada so I fully support it!

The Hottest Geekette.

Titans and my Love of Raven!

For Christmas, or Yule, or whatever people would like to call the holiday where I get presents in winter, my boyfriend gave me 18 of the Titans comics. I am missing 1, 4 and 20 but I am looking forward to finding them and adding them to my collection. I also want to start collecting Teen Titans and Titans GO! I have a small addiction, I know.

I have now read 2, 3, 5-12 and I need to purchase some of the Vigilante comics to finish the Deathtrap story line either this weekend or next. I have found a need a small list of outside comics to finish some of the story lines in Titans, which I believe is a great marketing technique to get readers to purchase more titles. I need some Teen Titans, some Justice League, some Vigilante and a few others.

The beginning of the story line was introductory and gracefully moved to a Raven heavy feel introducing her brothers! Did you know Raven had siblings? How awesome is that…well it isn’t cause they are evil, big shocker, but still interesting.

Raven is the sin called ‘Pride’ the root of all sins and she becomes to realize that the Raven she is around the Titans may not be the real Raven that maybe she is truly evil. Oh Raven you truly are my favorite character.

The comics are also dealing with the Raven/Beast Boy relationship that I am completely supportive of! I love the cover of number 5 with Raven and Beast Boy holding hands, it’s just so well done…and what is that, new artists! I truly suggest this comic to anyone and everyone; it is cute and funny for the young and has nice adult themes with some drama for more advanced or mature readers.

I’m sad that Raven and Beast Boy will probably never truly be together, she keeps pushing him away and has truly hurt him, but in my hopes and dreams they are always together, some comedy to light up Raven oh so dark life.

The team seems to be in turmoil, breaking up, then banding together to fight Trigon (again), and now the Jericho fiasco! Well I won’t ruin too much more, but this series is truly amazing and I know I’m behind being on number 12 when there are over 20 out there, but I’m working on it!

Hiatus!!

I know I haven’t written in a while and I want to apologize for the two month hiatus, but with the holidays, starting my second semester and some personal issues it proved a little difficult to find time to just sit down and read anything let alone write.

A quick overview of my geekette life:

Warhammer/Slaanesh:

I have started painting my daemonettes and hope to get some pictures when I go home this weekend. I have also purchased some fiends that my boyfriend is cleaning up for me and I hope to start working on this weekend or next weekend.

Power Girl/Weightlifting:

This weekend I need to go to J&B or Action Packed and grab the newest issues for December and January so I can get caught up. I lent the rest of my collection to my new friend and gym partner from school. She and I are going to the gym 2 – 4 times a week, only two this week cause her boyfriend has to go to Toronto for surgery. I am hoping she will continue with it and help me stay motivated and focused. This Halloween I want to be Power Girl and she is thinking about being my Terra. So my goal is to be a slightly smaller Power Girl as I am only 5’2”.

Harley Quinn:

I am a little upset with the Gotham City Sirens comics lately, I will continue to buy them and support Harley Quinn and the female characters of Gotham but my faith in the story line and entire comic is long gone…at least I enjoy the art style. (On a small side note not comic related, I am moving in May and I have convinced my family to allow me to take both of my cats including my Harley Quinn kitten.)

Superman:

I am a long time Superman basher with very little appreciation for the character because he was so ‘perfect’ and ‘unbelievable’ and unrealatable. After reading Power Girl and growing extremely attached to her I realize she is just female Superman and all of my dislike was falsely placed and I have no logical reas

on anymore to dislike the character, though I am still not a great fan. I have started watching Smallville, I borrowed the first two seasons from a friend and I am currently watching the third season and purchasing the fourth tomorrow after school.

I will have a separate blog for each of these topics later and I just thought I needed to make a small, or rather long, update to make up for my long hiatus.

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