Old Navy gets frisky in new ad

So, Old Navy is known for having some wacked out ads. I mean, the whole mannequin thing is just odd. Especially for those of us who lived through the movie of the same name. But this just takes the icing on the cake. I get that you wanted to play on the signing of lalapalooza but this is not an accident. You knew exactly what you were doing and my question is why? Why resort to such a low form of humor? Sigh. Another advertising fail!

Dancing music a la Wii

Obviously I love my Wii. We’ve already had that conversation. So it’s only natural that I would get a kick out of this guy dancing to the Wii music. And he rocks.

Wii Pray elimates the need for church

I am a Wii girl through and through. I can’t stand the people who rag on the Wii and say it’s not real gaming. As if being obsessed with first-person shooters makes you cool? Whatever. I like to play nonsensical games like World of Goo as well as Super Smash Bros Brawl or Mario and Zelda Twilight or Resident Evil and Call of Duty. The point is that I love Nintendo and I love my Wii.

But you also know that I am a Christian and love God. What if I could combine those two loves – God and Wii – to create a whole new worship experience? Now you can! Check out this video. I hope you laugh as much as I did!

Wear your geek love on your sneakers

Us geeks like to sport our geekiness with pride. We wear clever tees that illustrate how much smarter we are than the average joe or josie. We speak our own language to appear elite. We even have our own clubs where we get together and talk about how awesome we are. It’s only fitting that we would have our own shoes!

Thanks to my girls at GamingAngels, I was hipped to these awesome geek sneakers that totally pwn my heart!

Geek wear is quickly becoming popular as being a geek becomes more mainstream. Sneakers are already almost a specific collector’s item much like vinyls or games. DigitallyBlonde.com has found a huge find where sneakers and geek are combined.

Daniel Reese has created BrassMonki.wordpress.com, where he showcases various sneakers that he’s created and they are nothing less than awesome. On his blog he talks about how he makes the sneaks on Nikes.

National Gaming Day – November 14

Let’s face it, we love our video games. The gaming industry is one of the largest entertainment industries in the world. With power houses in Asia, America and Europe, there is not a place in the world not touched by the wonderful awesomeness of video games. It is only fitting that video games get their own national day status. According to the following article by By John Gaudiosi published by Reuters, the American Library Association has declared November 14 “National Gaming Day”!

Gary Keith Brubaker, a lecturer in game study at The Guildhall at SMU in Texas, said historical games always have to try to balance accuracy and fun.

“Just as movies about the past adapt the story to medium, so do games. However as limited as this history is, it can be a gateway for further exploration and interest for players,” said Brubaker.

Although no data examines historical games as a genre, Michael Pachter, videogame analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, estimates games incorporating history into their stories have made up about 10 percent of overall sales over the past year.

The American Library Association (ALA) has realized this link, offering people the chance to play games and learn more about the real stories behind them. It has earmarked November 14 as National Gaming Day at U.S. libraries.

You can read the rest of the story here …

Is nothing sacred?

I ask you to forgive me for this post as I’m completely heart-broken right now. I am deeply saddened by the state of marriage in our country. This is not the rant of some right-winged nutjob, just a single lady who wonders if marriage is even a desired goal any more? I’ve attended my share of weddings in my short 31 years tomorrow of life. I’ve been there for the joys of a new relationship, the heat of marriage, the birth of children and sadly the demise of a family. It is devastating and the numbers are are not going in the right direction.

I’m a black woman and if you read statistics at all you know that I’m part of the group least likely to get married. My friends and I talk about it all the time. I know there are awesome men out there but we have a lot working against us. There are men who have decided they don’t want to settle down, men who have already settled down, men who aren’t sure which gender they want to settle down with, men who are unavailable to settle down and men who aren’t ready to settle down. The odds are not stacked in our favor. And the more I see marriage after marriage end in divorce, the more I wonder if I want to rush down that aisle. No marriage is without problems; marriage is work. Hell, if it weren’t work everyone would be married right? But how do you overcome the problem of people just not placing any value in keeping their family together?

I come from a “broken” home and I would not wish the realities of that life on anyone, yet millions of our children live it out everyday. And all because their parents are too selfish to be bothered honoring the vows they made to God? Maybe that’s the problem. They don’t have a relationship with God and therefore the vows have no meaning? I don’t know the answer, but I know that my heart aches for the lost relationships, broken families and blatant disregard for something that should be sacred in our society but isn’t.

NaNoWriMo runs my life

I have been talking about completing my novel for several years now. I keep starting and stoping and making excuses for why I can’t get it done. The reason is actually laziness because there is no other way to explain why a trained journalist and literary geek can’t finish a book.

Sure I’m a little terrifiied of the rejection but I’ve dealt with rejection my entire life! I’m black, dark skinned, female, geeky, smart and totally the center of all kinds of jokes in school. Whatever, I can handle the rejecton. So that means I haven’t completed my first novel because I’m lazy. This year I decided to join the thousands of other Americans who share my laziness and participate in the National Novel Writing Month with NaNoWriMo.org. Check them out.

Now my days revolve around stressing over these characters, word counts, plot points and the fear of falling behind. Let me tell you, I’m already behind after my laptop crapped out on me and I was not able to keep up on my iPhone. It was a sad site trust me. But my new laptop will arrive this week and I hope to get back on track. I did pretty good this weekend making up for missed days last week. But I’m still 3000 words behind. Here’s to hoping I can catch up with a few marathon writing sessions over the weekend. My week nights are too busy to handle that kind of thing.

Big Bird turns 40!

Most of us grew up with Sesame Street as a standard part of of our day. Big Bird and the gang reinforced everything I learned at school. I remember wearing my cookie monster jumper on Christmas when I turned four and I had Sesame Street bedding until middle school! It is crazy to know that such a fond memory of my childhood has turned 40. Congratulations Big Bird and gang for 40 fabulous years of awesome educational programming!

Nintendo sales a lot of consoles and handhelds

Shocker? Nope. Everyone knows that Nintendo sales a lot of consoles and handhelds. Now they have released the official numbers and thanks to Kotaku, I’m posting them for you!

In the last six month period ending in September, Nintendo sold 11.70 million DS units and reached life-to-date sales of 113.48 million units — both numbers are worldwide. Worldwide DS software sales for the period were 71.15 million.

Regarding the Wii, Nintendo sold 5.75 million units worldwide during the last period, marking life-to-date worldwide sales of 56.14 million units. Software sales during the period were 76.21 million.

Space Invader Hello Kitty

I’m trying to win a Hello Kitty mimobot so here is my rendition of Hello Kitty meets Space Invaders. She’s dope!