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...
Category: Writing
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Emily’s Blog: NyanCat
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...
Are Videogame Heroines Turning into Action Movie Heroines?
I don’t know about you, but I love a good action movie. Explosions, baddassery and sweaty dudes as far as the eye can see. Also,...
The Time I Was Accidentally A Bully
In 9th grade, I moved to a new town and started at a new school where nobody knew me. I only had one friend, a...
Things To Do While My Boyfriend’s Away
So my amazing boyfriend is going to be stuck at work pretty much every waking hour for the next month, and I’m pretty bummed about...
Adulthood Tips and Tricks: Things I’ve Learned So Far
“I love being a grown-up.” “Me fucking too!” I’m only 27, and a lot of people would still consider me very much a young one....
Staycation Culver City
A Picture of me at the Culver City Farmers Market last year. Our friends have a condo in Culver City, and since they were going...
BioWare: Please Pretend Indoctrination Theory Was Your Idea
This has spoilers, so if you’ve been living under a rock and don’t yet know what happened at the end of ME3, but you intend...
The Worst Magic Trick I Ever Saw
When I was 14 I went on a trip to Europe with my crazy over-privileged private school (here’s another, terribly forced story I wrote about...
Bonus Post: A Tribute
Today we lost someone who touched our lives all too briefly. Here’s to you University of Colorado Falling Black Bear. If you don’t know what...
The Pros and Cons of Me
The last few weeks, I’ve really been wishing I was someone else. This happens to me sometimes when I’m under a lot of pressure. I...