Not Your Average Girl

One of the Guys
I am the girl who is consistently labelled as 'one of the guys'. I laugh at the things they laugh at, I enjoy the same things they enjoy, and despite having long, polished nails, I can crack a beer/energy drink, chug it back, and belch -if not the alphabet- at least all of the vowels. \o/

XXX, Crank, The Fast and the Furious, Formula 51, The Boondock Saints, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Transporter, and A Man Apart are all must-see cinema, as far as I'm concerned.

Hell! Some of my favourite jokes are female bashers. Why are wedding dresses white? So all of the appliances match! *snickers*

Not That Kind of Girl
I prefer Lost Girl to Jersey Shore (though I love Bones' take on this one!), Jaqueline Carey's writing to your average Harlequin Romance, and Riddick to The Twilight Saga. I hang out with Furries and Kinksters, Gamers and LARPers, I troll Facebook and FetLife.

Jennifer Garner, Anna Silk, Vin Diesel and Johnny Galecki are all my 'type'. The only pink I have in my wardrobe are two hot pink sarongs, a pink and purple striped, leopard print tee, and some socks. Most of the rest of my clothes are black, blue, or grey. Angie; the walking bruise.

I had my ears pierced once upon a time, but playing rugby-rules basketball with the guys meant that they were constantly getting ripped out, so I let them grow over. I have a nifty little collection of earrings that I never wear, mostly given to me my family, or that came as a set with some of my numerous necklaces. Oh ya, did I mention that I have a weakness for necklaces? *smirks*


I have <10 pairs of shoes, several of which are in dire need of replacing.
My favourite colours are blue and red, because black is not a colour. I have scarf/hat/mitts in both colours. My 'purses' (yes I have two) are more of a backpack. I prefer a hoodie and an over sized jock jacket as my winter coat.




Geek Cred
Don't worry, just because I have a jock streak, doesn't mean I'm not also a Geek.

I spent the better part of two years playing WoW as 'quality time' with my BF at the time. When we parted ways, I drowned my sorrows by throwing myself into DnD paper and pencil games and Vampire Masquerade LARP.

While I do a fair amount of my shopping in places like Ardène, Urban Planet and the George section of Walmart, if ThinkGeek had a local Canadian location, I'd not only be fuelling my entire wardrobe from there, I'd likely be District Manager ;) In fact, I was recently gifted with three shirts off of my Wishlist!


I've been a Trekkie as long as I can remember, and am also quickly becoming a Whovian. But please, don't try to make me decide who my favourite Doctor or Captain is. x.X

Pretty much it comes to a split of my inner City Girl and my inner Country Girl, and when the two combine, you've got the perfect candidate for party leader during the Zombie Apocalypse. I'm still learning which of your Southern plants are edible, but I can snare, kill, clean and cook rodents and birds.

Not Pretentious At All

Okay, I admit it, I'm an addict!

My Roommate thought I was bored,
 so he gave me some quests!

I play Games on my Android, I play Games on my computer, I even play Games when I'm visiting friends. Gaming is generally the first thing I do when I get up in the morning, and the last thing I do before bed. I Tweet about Games, I Facebook about Games, I eat sleep and breathe Games!

Here's the difference between me and most addicts: I don't let my addiction come between me and real life! I am more likely to ditch whatever dungeon I'm running to go and wash the dishes or start the laundry, than I am to hit lvl 30 before I remember that I had a To-Do List to get through. Nor do I ignore my friends in favour of Games, I am generally invited to play because it is something we genuinely enjoy doing together. In fact, I have one friend who rolled a new character on Borderlands 2 because he couldn't bring himself to play his main without me :P I also recently had a female friend pout because, whenever I come over, we seem to barely have enough time to play one hand of Magic.

I have been told recently that mentioning my To-Do Lists so much on Twitter is apt to make my target audience think I'm a bit of a pretentious, over-achiever. That I am somehow alienating my fan/client base before I've even got myself a steady stream of customers. Okay guys, really? How is it pretentious if I really am getting all of these things done AND finding time to Game to my heart's content? How is it not self advertising to tell people that if I can manage to do all of this, with a chronic health issue, then I can obviously help light a fire under your procrastinating ass if that's what you need?

I will admit that I am, in fact, an over-achiever. I hold myself to a ridiculously high standard. But I strive to hold my friends and clients to only what standard they wish to be held to. You set the bar and tell me how gentle or relentless to be. I'll be the evil taskmaster that drives you towards it.*innocent smile*

Fellow Multitasker 

Admittedly, the A.D.H.D. lends itself towards me being a multi-multi-MULTI-tasker, which generally means that I putter away at several tasks at once, and am suddenly done several of them in the space of a half hour. Hey, what good am I going to be as a Game Hostess if I can't multitask like a dual core processor?

Hallowe'en

Hallowe'en has never been a holiday that I've really gotten all that excited about, even as a kid. But I have to admit, now that I'm in a position to put some effort into some really geeked out costumes...

Doesn't this look very Klingon?

 This is certainly the first costume I've put much effort into. Though I'll admit, Tailsteak did most of the work. I just had to try really hard not to laugh at the antics of the other loud mouthed, smart asses in the room. We managed to combine partial nudity, snuggling, and art into one project. I think that counts as a job well done, don't you? For those of you who recognize the costume, what do you think? 

Mmm, Snuggles :)

Eberron

Shifter Monk

They've finally roped me into running another Campaign. I've played enough 3.5 that I can navigate my way around the DMG and the MM without getting lost. I've been wanting to play for a while, but have, to be honest, been very picky about with whom I play. I've played with enough Dungeon Divas that I was beginning to lose my love for the game among the drama.


I have run one other campaign with limited success  I unfortunately moved to another city before it could really get going. It was a home grown, 3.5 game. I was a fledgling DM, who made a lot of little mistakes  but I had a twinked out NPC that prevented me from TPWing. But I've gotten a little better, mostly by asking a ton of questions, and finally reading into the universe in which these games take place.




Halfling Cleric
 

One of my party members (yes, that's right, I chose my players before I formed the game) suggested Pathfinder. While I have no particular beef with Pathfinder, I am intimately familiar with 3.5 and was exceptionally uncomfortable with the idea of trying to run in anything other than that. But then Eberron was suggested. A few pages into the campaign setting and I was hooked. I've been toying with story threads, and now that we've started getting into the local history, I think I have an overall story figured out. Of course, I can't tell you what I have planned in advance, but I hope to share the adventures of the party as the story unfolds.


This is going to be alot of work, but it's going to be so worth it *grins from ear to ear*




Changeling Artificer

So far I've got one Changling Artificer following the Traveler, Shelby, the Shifter Monk who has been be-spelled with Enlarge Creature, and a black haired, violet eyed, Halfling Cleric of the Sovereign Host bearing the Dragonmark of Jorasco. We'll see how much of that changes between now and the start of the campaign ;)





Gratuities Welcome

For those of you looking to worm your way into my good books, here are a few ideas for sweetening the deal.

Blogging in my new tee.
See? Ask and you shall receive ;)

I think this is my new favourite <3

ThinkGeek Wish List

Ikea Gift Cards

Etsy WishList (Yes, I have an obsession with the Doctor. I'll branch out, slowly)


Would you believe that I didn't even recognize this one as Jayne when I added it to the list? I wasn't paying any attention to the hat, just the words: KEEP CALM AND BRING GRENADES. I prefer to keep well stocked in grenades when playing any FPS or RPG.









So far, the word is that the tentacle shirt looks amazing on me. I love that the pattern will never fade because it's done with a stencil and bleach! So the pattern is in the material as opposed to on the surface of the shirt! I <3 Science.








This one is a little cutesy, but I couldn't help myself. It was a big hit at the latest Furry Supper.

Here's My Proposal

I am the girl who is consistently labelled as one of the guys. I do not have very many female friends. I hang out with a lot of what I will lovingly describe as socially inept people. They tend to put their foots in their mouths a lot, or misread body language (assuming that they are not entirely illiterate to this particular language to begin with) and, typically, it gets them in a lot of trouble with the opposite sex. They either get scolded, shunned, or worse yet, Friend Zoned *shudders sympathetically* These sort of people tend to gravitate towards me, for a lot of reasons. Not the least of which is that I am not your average girl.

It aggravates me that so many of these lovable, yet socially awkward, people are consistently shuffled into a social corner or swept under the proverbial rug, just because they don't have a grasp on the finer points of social etiquette.

It is my goal to assist, and possibly educate these misfits on some of those finer points, without the harsh reality of heartbreak and/or ridicule. I am not going to say that I don't care that your clothes smell like mothballs and your apartment smells like mould. I'm not going to pretend that the stains on your clothes are sexy, or that the pile of dirty dishes rotting in the sink makes the place feel 'lived in'. I am not going to let you think it's okay to babble over every comment I make, or just smile and nod your way through an entire conversation. However, I am going to disillusion you to these facts as a kind and caring observer, not slap you in the face with each shortcoming or misstep.

I really do what to HELP. I want you to be a confident, socially adept, dating machine! With all of the social graces to woo the person that never notices you!

Wanna Get To Know Me? ;)

Are you a geek? a nerd? or otherwise a bit of a social misfit? Have a hard time talking to girls? Have a hard time getting them to notice you? Need some tips or confidence building experience?

 

Hi, I'm Angie. I'm a girl/geek/nerd. I'm a social butterfly, and I'm cute! I'm looking to help you. Do you need a date to your <family member>'s wedding, someone to take to family reunions because you're sick of your mom trying to set you up with all of your aunt's neighbours, want someone to play hostess while you host your friends for Game, someone to attend the latest DC/Marvel movie with you, or just someone to hang out with and speak geek with who won't look at you like you just crawled out of the swamp when you start talking about the latest Patch for WoW, and the awesome drops you got from the Raid you and your Guild ran last night.

 

I'd love to see your latest sketches for the webcomic you're working on, or read that peice of Fanfiction you've been polishing. I'd be honoured to dress up to match you and attend a RenFair or ComicCon.

 

I'm a bit of a Noob, but I know enough and have enough interest in all things Geek that I can roll a basic 3.5 Barbo in about half an hour, including back story.

I'm a sexy, smart, and playful chick who loves spending time with geeks and nerds. I'm your date for hire ;)