Part One – Angel Young: The Dark Inside
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Archive for the ‘Nerd Pride’ Category
Interviews!
Posted: July 16, 2014 by Angel Young in Life, Life With Sjogrens, Nerd Pride, Travel, WritingTags: angel young, artist, autoimmune disease, Batman, brett culp, disney world, hail to the geek baby, inspiration, interview, legends of the knight, misadventures of a misfit, moments of light, motivation, orlando, photographer, sjogrens syndrome, the dark inside, the writer interview, tommy castillo, travel, universal, writer, writing
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Some Good News
Posted: April 28, 2014 by Angel Young in Life, Nerd Pride, TravelTags: a writers life for me, awesome, Batman, blog, comic con, cosplay, dreams, friends, game of thrones, geek, geek chic, geek culture, geek fashion, geek pride day, goals, hail to the geek, hail to the geek baby, image, inspiration, legends of the knight, life, Little Red, misadventures, misadventures of a misfit, Model, motivation, movies, muscular dystrophy, nerd, nerd culture, nerd news, nerd pride, photo, picture, stress, travel, work, writer, writing
I’ve been binge-watching the first season of Game of Thrones. That’s more of an FYI than important good news, haha.
First things first —
WE DID IT!
You may or may not remember me mentioning that I was working on getting this screening of Legends of the Knight to my local AMC in hopes of raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in memory of my friend, Eric. Well… we met our threshold! With FIFTEEN MINUTES TO SPARE! It was a close call, but we made it. We still have 53 seats available, and are taking donations through the site: http://www.tugg.com/events/8559 — if you would be feeling so generous.
So even though I have a fairly stressful week ahead, with my appointments Wednesday and the screening that I’m hosting on Thursday, I’m really pretty excited. This has been a scary wound reopen, but it’s going to be worth it.
What other news do I have to share, you may be wondering? Well, seeing as I am always looking for a way to make something productive out of things otherwise considered “useless” by some people, and I do have a small addiction to projects…
I’ve decided to put my nerdy knowledge and con travels to good use – I’m starting a website called Hail to the Geek, Baby.
It will feature a little bit of everything, from Nerdy News, to con coverage and cosplayers, geek fashion, etc. I want to cover the bases.
Right now, the only functioning thing up and running is the Facebook like page – Hail to the Geek, Baby. I’m planning to launch the site itself next month for Geek Pride Day. Fingers crossed it does well, folks. I’ve already got two staff writers on board, which will take a huge weight off my shoulders.
Well, that’s all I can really say for now, guys. Hopefully some more good news to come!
~Angel
Geek-end.
Posted: April 19, 2014 by Angel Young in Life, Nerd Pride, TravelTags: 11th doctor, actor, actress, adam west, amy pond, art, artist tommy castillo, awesome, Batman, best friend, blog, boondock saints, Boondock Saints shirt, breaking bad, bruce campbell, celebrities, charity, comic con, david della rocco, doctor who, dreams, eleventh doctor, encino man, friends, geekend, goonies, image, inspiration, jesse pinkman, karen gillan, legends of the knight, life, lord of the rings, matt smith, misadventures of a misfit, motivation, movies, nerd, nerd herd, nerd pride, photo, photography, picture, raggedy man, sammy castillo, samwise, sean astin, sean patrick flanery, silence will fall, st louis comic con, tommy castillo, travel, wizard world comic con
I’m just gonna photo-dump my images from April 4th – 6th here for you….:
My best friend, Brittaney, with Matt Smith from Doctor Who.
Myself with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan from Doctor Who.
Brittaney and Bruce Campbell.
Horrible picture of myself and Adam West. I was too excited to not derp-face it seems.
Brittaney geeking out over Sean Astin.
Myself, Sean Patrick Flaney, and Brittaney.
Myself, David Della Rocco, and Brittaney. Moments later, he kissed us both 😀
Breaking Bad – Jesse Pinkman’s Monte Carlo
SILENCE WILL FALL, DOCTOR.
Sean Patrick Flanery REMEMBERS ME FROM WHEN WE MET. He’s such a huge inspiration to me, and a gal can’t deny he’s rather easy on the eyes. Seeing him is always wonderful. Also, he ruined my favorite Boondock Saints shirt for wearing, since he signed it lol.
David Della Rocco… Can’t deny how much I love this man, either. Him and Sean are two of my favorite people I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting.
Can’t forget the AMAZINGNESS which is Sammy and her husband, artist Tommy Castillo – who donated SEVEN SIGNED PRINTS of his art to my Legends of the Knight charity screening for MDA. I collect his art, so this was a huge deal to me. It took everything inside of me not to cry on the spot.
So there you guys have it, some highlights of my Geek-end the beginning of April. =]
NERD PRIDE!
~Angel
Nerd Pride
Posted: April 15, 2014 by Angel Young in Life, Nerd PrideTags: a writers life for me, acceptance, blog, captain jack harkness, doctor who, dreams, fandom, friends, geek, harry potter, image, inspiration, interests, jack harkness, john barrowman, life, misadventures, misadventures of a misfit, nerd, nerd herd, nerd pride, passion, positivity, quotes, self acceptance, tattoo acceptance, tattoos, torchwood, travel, weirdo, work, writer, writing
Quick little post for you all….:
A good percent of the time, I am met with a lot of disrespectful comments because of my tattoos/appearance, general interests, career goals, etc. This is especially frequent in my job. However, after an extremely unpleasant instance of this today, in which you’d think because I have tattoos I kick puppies or something, I ended up having a wonderful conversation with a work associate about our nerdy interests and such, as we normally do, and how I remind her of her daughter and my advice has been awesome and journeys etc. and how she adores the general comradery of most legitimately passionate nerd-folk. We briefly touched on my own appreciation because of instances like earlier, and she agreed it made no sense. We talked about some different things off topic that I am doing or have done of any interest, and she said “Wow. See? You’ve done more and aspire for more than all those people combined, and there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.” I agreed. We also discussed her daughter finally realizing that being a nerd-minded girl wasn’t something to be ashamed of, but rather to embrace.
I told her she was exactly right, because despite the negativity for my tattoos, or the double-standards these days regarding ‘nerds’ (hot people with a nerdy interest being totally cool, but a passionate but supposedly unattractive nerd…. absolute social suicide), and the like… I’d rather be completely true to myself and not compromise for anyone, than to change or suppress who I am because of people that don’t even know me.
This conversation turned my entire day around. NERD PRIDE!
~Angel
Misadventures of a Misfit 