My life for the past two weeks has been pretty quiet on the D&D front (except for one game that I will probably write about later), so I wanted to keep things rolling with just other nerdy things that I have been which have sucked up my time.
The first of which are my podcasts. Now I have to admit that before, oh about two months ago, I probably hadn't listened to more than 10 minutes of a podcast. I always figured they were boring and if I wanted to hear people talk, I would turn into an old person and listen to NPR. So I was very much surprised when a friend told me about some pretty awesome podcasts that they thought I would enjoy. The standout one has been my personal favourite and has now perhaps fallen into an obsessive love-"Drunks and Dragons". This is a FANTASTIC D&D podcast (you can visit their website here) which focuses on a small group of friends who play 4th Ed and occasionally drink. I cannot stress enough to everyone who reads this how funny these people are....(so funny in fact I end my sentences with prepositions). The DM is amazing with the story and creating something that is so very familiar (The Dreadwing Episode), yet full of adventure and fun for the players. I think the thing that I like most about it, besides being funny, is that the group has amazing chemistry together and really RP well-like good groups should *cough-my earlier post about having a shitty person in my gaming group-cough*. He really focuses on the story and doesn't let the mechanics of the game stop the PCs from doing (within limit) what they envision. And the humour is great...lots of dick jokes, cursing, and drinking-so obviously something I can very much get behind.
Another podcast that I listen to is the "Random Encounters"-which is the same group (believe me you will see a trend with my favourite podcasts) and focuses on them playing a few other RP games like "Gamma World" and "Drunk Quest". Again, really hilarious and lots of cursing.
My last podcast I listen to religiously is "Cast of Thrones" (website here-seriously go pledge something to keep them going!!) and also features almost the same group with the addition of a few others. In the extremely small off chance that someone from any of these groups reads this, I promise I am not crazy nor a stalker...you guys just make some funny shit. So "Cast of Thrones" is mostly just all about Game of Thrones, with a few small side conversations every once in a while, that recaps each episode. It is really great to get different perspectives from the episodes and just helps me to fill the void since the show is in the off season. I think the the greatest thing of the podcast though is the episodes that are "Wine, Women, and Westeros". In these episodes the focus is mostly on women's issues and how they are portrayed/their relationships/etc. on the show. For the raging feminist in me, I kinda love these episodes the most for that dialogue of women in the shows. I think it is something that so many shows don't really focus on building relationships for women aside from how they can further male plot (which really isn't that much better in GOT, but the women are at least more developed characters than in other shows).
So those are the first aspects of my nerd-induced coma lifestyle right now. The second part and the one I am so very much excited for, is my cosplay!! I have wanted to cosplay for a long time and have always been kind of a cosplay elitist when it comes to it. Sure I will throw a shitty Halloween costume together (last year's was NOT an example of that though), but when it comes to going to a Con and dressing up in front of thousands of people-I do not want to look like utter dogshit in something I am trying to pass off as Catwoman or whatever. So I have been devising a plan, looking over hundreds-nay thousands of cosplay pictures and figuring out what I want to do. I finally settled on a character-Silk Spectre/Sally Jupiter from Watchmen, and bought all the fabric I needed in April. I choose this figure because I knew that when I cosplayed, I didn't want to buy a costume. Don't get me wrong there is nothing bad with buying a costume, but it just wasn't something that I wanted to do. The costume is pretty basic in terms of sewing and so I figured it would be a great starter piece. So I collected all the pieces....and they sat in my closet, unfinished. I finally took them home two weeks ago to have my mom help me with making the pattern and everything. Apparently I have a secret inner talent of throwing an idea for a pattern out there and just sketching it and it doesn't turn out to look like something a crackhead crafted. Anyway, the dress was finished and then all I had to do was modify the gloves (sewing buttons along the outer portion), make some earrings (did that from buttons and it looks AMAZING!), and get my stockings. I am so happy with the way it has turned out, but the real test will be this Saturday at the Wizard Con in Chicago when I put on that outfit that shows part of my hiney (I am wearing shorts though), walk out through the streets of Chicago, and into the Con where thousands of people will be. Needless to say, I am terrified. But my best friend is dressing up with me (she's going to be Harley Quinn...if you see us say hi!-although that's highly unlikely), so that helps some with the anxiety.
Okay well that is a pretty long post...I know I promised some discussion of my new game, but hey I have to leave somethings for my next post so all you fine people keep reading this right!? Oh...I do want to say-go right now and listen to those podcasts, they are seriously great and if you think the tripe that I write is somewhat entertaining-they will make you lose your shit. You can also follow them (and me! @Nika_Howard) on twitter at: @DnDPodcast and @CastofThrones.
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