Jamie's Fave Five for July (a couple days late)

Well hello! I have been watching the newly released trailer for Doctor Who series 7, on repeat and then laughing at how it has already taken over my tumblr feed. It's got Amy and Rory and River and Daleks and Weeping Angels and dinosaurs on a spaceship and wizards (when I say wizards, I mean people who were on Harry Potter), and the Doctor, of course, because it is his show. I'm getting off track, this isn't even what I am planning to write about, but did I mention dinosaurs on a spaceship??!? I think we all know what is going at the top of the list of the August fave five. But it's not time for that yet, so back to the topic at hand. Without further dinosaur delay, my fave five for July:

1) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love - Oh, these boys. First they do a song about Dave Neihaus that makes me tear up (that’s a lie, it makes me sob), and now they have this beautiful song in support of equal marriage. And in case that isn't enough, the proceeds from the song are going to support Yes on R-74. We're gonna win this one in November and it's gonna be totally awesome.

2) Written by a Kid - The newest Geek & Sundry (reminder: Geek & Sundry is Felicia Day's YouTube channel where they also have things like the Flog, which is where my inspiration for doing a fave five came from) is absolutely adorable. Each week a cute little kid tells a story and as they are telling it, guest directors create/animate/act out the story. Simple and so much fun.  Also, Joss Whedon was in the first one. 

3)  Comicon coverage – So I didn’t go to Comicon.  Obviously, or there would have been an epic post.  So I had to live vicariously through those on Twitter and Hypable and various other websites who were able to go and attend the Firefly reunion panel (sigh) and the Doctor Who panel (sigh again) and the Nerdist panel with John Barrowman when he showed the audience his superhero underwear (sigh doesn't cover it).  Let’s pause to appreciate that for a moment.  Okay, now that we’re all on the topic of John Barrowman (the one and only Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who & Torchwood), his Twitter feed is my other new favorite thing.  Periodically he will post a link to a live video feed from his phone.  It’s pretty much always adorable whether he’s talking Comicon or the Olympics. 

4)  A Very Potter Senior Year – Okay, so this isn't exactly on the internet yet, but it was announced that the much anticipated (at least by the Harry Potter loving internet nerd community of awesome) third Harry Potter musical from the very talented TeamStarkid would be “performed” at this year’s Leaky Con (a Harry Potter and general fandom convention).  I use quotes because technically they are doing a table reading of the script, but complete with songs and given the comedic talents of these folks, I’m sure some crazy antics.  Whatever it ends up being, I am sure it will not fail to entertain and those of us not attending this convention will just wallow in our envy, hoping that someday it is released onto the internet.  Can you wallow in envy?  Is that a thing? Oh well.

5) The Oatmeal - Specifically on how to suck at your religion.  I mean, the Oatmeal is full of fantastically awesome things, but someone linked to this specific little gem and I found it to be pretty awesome. 

Books read: 33 (Having trouble deciding what to read next, but while I’m waiting for my library books to come in, I think I’ll go with more Game of Thrones before finishing up Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle trilogy)

Coming Soon: Sarah suggests what superhero underwear might be appropriate for the cast of Dawson’s Creek. 

Jamie's June Fave Five

We can’t stop now, we are on a roll!  Kacey got a post up on Saturday AND we went to see Les Miserables at the 5th Ave. Which was brilliant, for the fourth time.  I think it’s my favorite, and I don’t say that lightly.  I love musical theatre in general, and I have a number of favorites (Rent, Hairspray, Wicked, Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, etc). But I think that Les Mis may top even RENT.  And that is saying something for someone who will be seeing RENT for the seventh time in August.

But anyhow, another month has come and gone so it’s time for another internet fave five.  Here’s what I loved in June (and, okay, the first couple days of July).

1)        No White Noise: Buffy Re-Watch – I have not been participating in the Buffy re-watch that this blog is doing, for a couple reasons.  1) The “live” re-watch is Monday nights, which interferes with Eureka and 2) I just did a full Buffy re-watch a few months ago.  That said, the hilarious recaps from a first time watcher (see what I did there) are inspiring me to want to catch up, or at least join in.  Reading someone’s initial reactions to one of my all-time favorite shows, complete with hilarious screen shots/captions is priceless.  Even if you don’t join the re-watch (or first time watch), I recommend reading their recaps, which generally get posted on Tuesdays. ,

2)        Nerds Fixing Internet Errors – Back to the Future – Speaking of screen shots, if you were anywhere on the internet on June27th, you probably saw the screenshot of dates from Back to the Future?  It was posted around with people making comments that we were supposed to be in the future and where the hell were our hover boards.  Generally this is a valid question (along with jet packs, I mean, why don’t I have a jet pack yet??) However, the true nerds and BTTF fans spoke up to note that this was just a little photo shop and we really have another 3 and a half years until we should panic about the lack of hover boards.  The true date from Back to the Future 2 where they travel to the future to check out Marty & Jennifer’s less than awesome future is October 2015.  I just loved how quickly the internet nerd community policed itself, because we certainly wouldn’t want to put too much pressure on ourselves if we are not living up to the promises of the future from a 1980s time travel comedy.  An iconic film, yes… but a film nonetheless.

3)        Top Ten Sherlock Quotes – I read a lot on the website Hypable (which I mention on here a lot) because instead of being an entertainment site that is obsessed with the details of the TomKat divorce of who is getting the first pictures of the newest oddly named celebrity baby, it focuses on the kind of nerdy fan stuff that I really care about.  Whether it’s leaking spoilers or casting news for my favorite show or a highly anticipated film, or starting a lively debate over the best TV theme songs of all time, Hypable never fails to keep me coming back for more.  Multiple times a day usually.  This little piece on the top ten quotes from the brilliant BBC Sherlock series was one of my favorites.  Not only did the author pick out some of my favorite Sherlock quotes, but they also used the word plethora in the opening paragraph.  Bonus points for that.

4)      Paul & Storm - Write Like the Wind - Now, I am only halfway through book 3 of the amazing Song of Fire & Ice series, but I'm fairly confident that I will catch up before George gets another book done.  So I'd just like to say that I totally support this plea (which, for those who have not read/watched Game of Thrones, is totally spoiler free) from Paul & Storm that he get on it with writing more books.  They posted this fabulous song on the brilliant Geek & Sundry YouTube channel. 

5)        Lego Settlers of Catan – Well, let’s just make this post as nerdy as possible and round off my fave five with this link that a friend sent to me of this awesome lego version of the game board/pieces.  I didn’t learn to play this game until a few months ago, and now I’m not certain where it has been all my life.  Not only that, but I left the game with my parents and apparently my mother is a little obsessed.  We might have to make an intervention banner. 

Books Read: 31 (Only a few hundred pages left, but A Storm of Swords is so good… and intense… and emotionally devastating.  I might have been cursing George R.R. Martin in a manner I typically reserve for Joss Whedon after a particularly upsetting character death)

Coming Soon: Sarah analyzes what will need to happen for us to get to a future where we don’t need roads.