Corvallis Garden Tour Retrospective
Since I accidentally blogged on Saturday, I’m just posting a bunch of my favorite pictures Ben took on the Garden Tour. High five!
Gendered Bullying in Gaming
Today at 1:00 p.m. PST, 5 friends and I had a panel discussion on gendered bullying in gaming. We ended up talking about bullying in...
Corvallis Vacation – The Garden Tour
As you know, I don’t usually blog on the weekend, but I wanted to get this up, not just because I lost track of the...
Corvallis Vacation – Day .5
First off, I need to tell you that yesterday ended at 1 this morning, and today began at 4:30, So most of what follows may...
A Letter From Another Me
I found this while I was looking through my old poetry journal for bits of terrible to force on you guys. I didn’t think it...
Poetry I Wrote in High School
It’s almost midnight, Ben and I are leaving for vacation on Thursday morning, so I’ve been running around insisting that we do all the cleaning...
Never Get Smarter Than Your Heroes. Or Do. Whatever
Ben pointed this out: Punk legend Henry Rollins totally looks like Macgyver (Richard Dean Anderson) Rawr. Although, have you ever noticed that Hank isn’t that...
Is OUYA a Better Mouse Trap?
So the gaming world is all atwitter about the new, $99 console that’s set to turn the industry on its boring, old ear. Gamers are...
Azealia Banks: Fantasea
I’ve been exhausted all week so I was out of ideas by Thursday night, where I’m writing this from, if you can’t tell. Pro tip:...
Rape Jokes Clearing House
Warning: This blog recognizes the existence of rape and that there are jokes about it. This entire thing is written with tongue fully in cheek....
What I Wore: Black in Black
I’ve been wearing these Merrell shoes a lot lately. They’re the perfect work shoes, so comfortable and low-profile. I got them on sale at REI,...
Gaming While Grown-Up
I know we’ve all been asking ourselves: Why do gamers suck so much? I’m mostly referring to the recent Anita Sarkeesian bastardry, but really I...
Rejected Review AKA This Is My Bitchface
This is a rejected review I wrote for Gearedforgamers.com. The reason the review was rejected is because I’d never played an off road racing game...
What I Wore: Comfortable Casual
My hair is sort of terrible in all of these pictures, but oh well. Polo shirt form the thrift store Skirt from Target Merrell Shoes...
Welcome to Pug: Introduction
One day Ben and I were at Target, and in the home decorating section there was an 8 foot tall image of a pug that...
RACE RACE RACE
Happy 4th of July. To celebrate America’s independence, I’m reposting an old blog from March 22, 2008, which wasn’t actually written in 2008, but was...
This Is Where My “Magic Mike” Recap Will Go: Abs, Bitches!
But first! If this guy: and this guy: had a baby, he’d look like this guy: Am I right, or am I right? So here’s...
Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut: Spoilertastic Review
Despite the fact that they didn’t take my suggestion to run with the indoctrination theory (it’s okay guys, I understand), I think that the ME3...
A Survey from 5 Years Ago: Part 2
Anyway, here’s the survey I teased yesterday. 1. Your name: Marina Rose Martinez 2. Your Web page: http://www.marinarosemartinez.com 3 What have you been up to...
A survey from 5 Years Ago: Part 1
So I’ve recently discovered and became obsessed with the Vlogbrothers, who are Hank and John Green, two brothers that embarked on a project in 2007...
Sex, Violence, and Other Things We Love
A comment on my Tomb Raider article from last week has got me thinking in broader terms about “rape culture” in video games. Geared for...
The Time I Stopped the Attempted Robbery of a Stakeboard and Almost Ran Over the Victim
No big. Just that I’m totally a hero… and maybe an almost accidental kid runner overer, but let’s not think about that. So I was...
Brave: At Least Somebody Gets Her Mother Back
So I saw Brave this weekend. It was a pretty great movie. Finally, a film where the most interesting, most active, most dynamic characters are...
What I Wore: Business Uptown, Cheer Practice Downtown
I always feel like I sort of hate how this skirt looks, but then I see it in pictures and it’s so pretty! Purple shirt...
The Creation of the Toctopus a.k.a You’re Welcome
So this morning, I asked my twitter friends to tweet me words and I would draw them. Since I can’t always think of a new...
Dear Old Bitch: Next Time I Will Fight You
So this weekend, I decided it would be a good idea to take my elderly grandmother and her friend to a music festival in Old...
Why You Should Pass Judgement on Crystal Dynamics
I’m sure anybody who plays games has already heard about the Tomb Raider situation, but if you haven’t, I’m here to refresh your memory. When...
This is Why We Should Eat Sushi Every Night
So, last night sweet boyfriend Ben and I went to Kula Revolving Sushi Bar, where there is always at least a 30 minute wait, even...
Reasons to be Ashamed of Myself Today
Because my sweet boyfriend Ben has been working like crazy lately, our sex life has not been as robust as it usually is. So instead...
You’re Probably Jealous of My Glamorous Life
Living in Los Angeles, you probably think that I see a lot of celebrities on a daily basis. Good thing I don’t, or I’d be...
The Time I Fired My Crazy-Ass Therapist
Ok, it’s been about 6 months since this happened so the chances of her finding this seem somehow closer to zero now than it did...
Dance Central 2 Dance Party
So a couple of weeks ago, I bought just about the most fun, addictive game ever: Dance Central 2. It was on sale at the...
What I Wore: Clocket? I Don’t Even Know It!
I have my bluetooth in because I was actually on the phone when these were being taken. Some people might clean up the house while...
Rachel’s Blog: What Do You Do With a Foodie Who Can’t Cook?
This is one in a series of custom blogs I’m doing for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to...
The One Where I Told My Father About This Blog
Oops. So, I was just talking to my dad on the phone, and I mentioned my awesome new gig with GearedforGamers.com and he asked “How...
JAM Live Music Arcade: For Music Lovers Only
JAM Live Music Arcade is a music creation game from Reverb Publishing/505 Games available for $9.99 on XBOX Live Arcade and Playstation Network. 32 tracks...
Stage Four Metastatic Breast Cancer
So yesterday I probably committed some kind of blogging crime by telling you my mom’s cancer results and then saying I didn’t want to talk...
Bad Movie Theater: Be Back Soon
So we got the news, my mom has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. But I don’t want to talk about it. Today I want to...
Trigger Warnings: How Do They Work?
Ok, so I’ve been wanting to write this blog for a long time, but I was never really sure how to phrase it until just...
Blogging Monday through Friday Means Never Having to Produce Your Best Work
Have you ever noticed how much this guy: looks like this guy? I guess that’s why they made him the Hulk. And an excellent hulk...
Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat Review
Spike TV once had a show called Deadliest Warrior which ran from April 7, 2009 to September 14, 2011, in which the hosts of the...
Social Media Training
Since I left college, I’ve been working for other people helping them with their “Web 2.0” compatibility. I have to say, I’m pretty good at...
Memorial Day Post from the Archive
Today is Memorial Day, so I’m not counting is as a real day. However I do advertise this blog as being updated Monday through Friday,...
Daniel’s Blog: We Gotta Thing That’s Called Grunion Love
This is one in a series of custom blogs I’m doing for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to...
Jeff’s Blog: Umm, Breakfast
This is one in a series of custom blogs I’m doing for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to...
Am I Really Writing An It Gets Better Blog?
I don’t know why. There are so many other, more awesome It Gets Better things out there done by famous people, and successful people and...
What’s the First Game You Ever Beat?
I didn’t feel like writing anything, so I sat down with my boyfriend some random guy and we talked about the first game we ever...
Movie Review: Colombiana
From everything I’d heard up to this point, I expected Colombiana to be terrible. Turns out, it’s passable! Not high praise I know, but I’m...
Melanie’s Blog: Movie Reviews
This is one in a series of custom blogs I’m doing for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to...
AmHam’s Blog: The Secrets of the Ancient Maya
This is one in a series of custom blogs I’m doing for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to...