Geek Q for March 8th, 2012

Shevi’s Geek Q for yesterday: 168 (very high!)

Yesterday was Purim, so my Geek Q was very, very high, and it was AWESOME! 


I love Purim. It's my favorite holiday. We go to the synagogue to hear the story of Esther, and every time the evil Haman's name is mentioned, we make a lot of noise. Kids and some grownups wear costumes. I saw a Smurfette, a crayon, a Supergirl, several small Batmans, and lots and lots of Hogwart students. 


My daughter was a black cat, and I wore this:

Steampunk Angel tee from ThinkGeek

Creativity: Off the charts high! I wrote a short story about Esther in the king's garden, and I printed it on a scroll I made to look like a megillah. I also made the coolest bento boxes with a garden theme to give to friends. There were pizza rollups made to look like roses, and I put them on baby spinach leaves. I made a garden salad with flower-shaped carrot, cucumber, and cheese pieces, as well as homemade croutons. And there were flowers made from fruit and chocolate sauce to dip the fruit in. It was healthy, beautiful, delicious, and so much fun!

 

Ate: Snacked on vegetables while I was preparing them. We had Chinese takeout for lunch.

Fun level: High! There was a great ventriloquist who entertained at the synagogue after Megillah reading. There was also a minstrel with a guitar.

Geek Q for February 24, 2012

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 134 (pretty good!)

Activities: played Monty Python Fluxx with my husband and daughter, and we had the great time. (We're all huge Monty Python geeks.)

Ate: homemade lentil soup

Fun level: high

Creativity level: low

Brain activity: good, although I did have to play the "My brain hurts" card at one point. 

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 100 (down and then up to average out)

I was depressed today because my entry in the ABNA contest didn't make it through to the next round. After watching The Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation, The Office (with guest Katherine Tate), and Up All Night, and listening to some great songs (including "The Gates" by  Da Vinci's Notebook) on my Funny Music Pandora station, I'm feeling a little better. 

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 124

Activities: Word games at the library. Played Big Boggle, Taboo, and You've Been Sentenced

Fun level: Pretty good

Creativity level: Not bad. Taboo and You've Been Sentenced lead to some really creative thinking

Brain activity: High

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 122 (not bad)

Activities: On Wednesdays, I'm giving my daughter a course on how to make a graphic novel. Today we worked on layout, and I showed her some options for a sample comics page she's working on. She came up with some very cool ideas, and I think she did a good job.

Ate: I experimented with sushi in a pathetic attempt to recreate Simply Sushi's delicious crunch roll. It was okay, but it wasn't nearly as great as Simply Sushi's rolls. 

Fun level: Okay, although I wish I had more time to play my new Professor Layton game.

Creativity level: High

Brain activity: Pretty high. Teaching is fun, but challenging.

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 142 (Genius!)

You CAN get happiness in the mail! I ordered Professor Layton and the Last Specter, and it arrived today! 

I've already started playing it, and it's so much geeky fun. I know it's not as great as Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, which is the best video game EVER (anyone with a heart would have to shed a few tears at the end of that game), but who cares? It's still a Professor Layton game with all those wonderful puzzles. 


The only problem is that the battery on the Nintendo DS started dying, and I couldn't find the charger, so I couldn't play more than a few minutes. Of course, that just gives me something to look forward to when the DS is fully charged. I'm so happy, I'm geeking out! Yes!

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 90 (Low) 

Where has all my geek joy gone for today? At least I saw this week's Once Upon a Time, and I really enjoyed it. What a surprising story for Beauty and the Beast. And the ending was so sad. 

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 132 (pretty high!)

Activities: Watched Weird Al Yankovic on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson and laughed myself silly. Here it is: 

Am I the only person who thinks Weird Al talks and acts like a Muppet?

Ate: Sushi, which I made myself. It was very good, but I think I probably should have passed on the Trop-a-Rocka diet Snapple. (It didn't like me.)


Bought: One Kingdom Hearts tee and this awesome Doctor Who tee (based on the Van Gogh episode) in navy from FYE in the mall, which had a buy one tee get one half-off sale: 

Fun level: Pretty good

Creativity level: Low

Brain activity: Stimulated from this fascinating article on how play seems to be a natural part of life, even in forms as lowly as ants: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/02/play-seen-in-humans-fish-atoms-and-the-universe/ How cool is that? 

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 143 (High!)

Activities: Geeking out with excitement to find out TWO of my books are now available at Amazon in PAPERBACK, Dan Quixote: Boy of Nuevo Jersey and  Toren the Teller’s Tale! Yes! Also went the local comic book store to for a games evening. Played Fluxx, which is silly and a lot of fun, Bohnanza, which was kind of fun, and Ingenius, which is very clever. 

Ate: Sweet potato sushi from the Shoprite (it wasn't fresh, so it wasn't very good) and a California roll from the local pizza place, which was delicious


Wore: A steampunk angel t-shirt (from ThinkGeek) and one of my new prism necklaces

Bought: Put the Monty Python version of Fluxx in my Amazon shopping cart, although I haven't bought it yet

Fun level: Great!

Creativity level: so-so, because I was working on the library edition of Dan Quixote, and I had to make some changes to the cover. I also added a classroom discussion section on conformity, individualism, and bullying to the end of the book

Brain activity: Between all the formatting and playing intelligent games, very active

Daily Geek Quotient (or GQ)

Shevi’s Geek Q for today: 115 (only average)

I did almost no geek things today. 

I hope this makes up for it.

In honor of conductor John Williams's 80th birthday

I present one of the most awesome YouTube videos ever.