Catching Up Is Hard to Do

Just a quick post to let you know I’m still alive!    There’s so much that’s happened recently.  It’d be impossible to do it all justice…but here are some highlights!

**Geeks Are Only “Anti-Social” Around Stupid People

Me at the Geek Girls Network NY Tweet-Up, hosted by @geekgirls. Why yes, that is a monkey in my shirt!

It always amazes me when people say that geeks are socially inept.  It amazes me, because just about everything geeks involve themselves in are things done in groups.  Conventions, meet-ups, and now, Tweet-ups.  We love being around people!  It’s just that we prefer to be around people who know what you mean when you say “TNG” or “TOS.” 

I had the pleasure of going to the Geek Girls Network NY Tweet-Up two weekends ago, and it was such a great time.  Extreme kudos to Kristin (@geekgirls on Twitter) for organizing it!  She pretty much put a call out to all geeks within eye-shot of her tweets, invited them to The Brass Monkey in TriBeCa, and let the free swag and the alcohol flow!    I had a chance to hang out with the lovely Lisa from Pink Raygun (@pinkraygun), and got to meet Kristin and Geek Girl Diva (@geekgirldiva), whom I’d only ever “met” on Twitter before.  I also met some fabulous new folks, including Sarah (@dracona1031), Dale (@daleochase), Risa (@lachendwolf), Jill (@thenerdybird), and John (@sentroid91).  It was a great night full of wonderful, geeky conversation, much beer, and fabulously geeky gifts (I snagged a ThinkGeek.com monkey, along with a Space Invaders necklace, and a “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock” shirt that I will be giving to Robin since it doesn’t fit me.  Which is fine, because RPSLS is the gift that keeps on giving!).

That weekend, I was house/dog/catsitting for Jean, and I had a much better time of it than I did the last time I did it…except for the bathtub leaking into the apartment below.

Sometimes, I feel like a walking Three Stooges episode.

Anyway, I also got to have a lovely lunch and quality hang out time w/Ms. Geek Girl Diva (no, she doesn’t give her name) the following day.

**Robin’s Getting Married (Or, My First Time As a Maid-Of-Honor)!

Robin and Matt right after question poppage!

One of my closest friends since I was in fifth grade, Robin, is GETTINGMARRIEDHOLYCRAP!  And she’s marrying my DP on The Pack, which makes things SO convenient.    This is such a strange thing.  I’ve known Robin since FIFTH GRADE.  We’ve talked about what it would be like when we were getting married, but it’s a whole other thing to have it actually be happening to one of us.  I have to admit that, at first, I felt a bit like Amelia in the movie Walking and Talking.  But I couldn’t be happier for these two!  And one of the best parts?  I’M THE MAID OF HONOR!  I have no idea what I’m supposed to do, but I’m going to DO IT.  With APLOMB n’ shit.

**Meanwhile, Over at Tor.com…That’s Right!  More Caprica.  (Though I Have Yet to Write The Final “Moffat’s Women” Post)

Not even Caprica being off for a week can keep me from writing about it, apparently…    Here are my most recent articles:

Beating Caprica Withdrawal (2/16/10)

From Vicki to Zoe: The Evolution of Robot Daughters on Television (2/19/10)

Caprica S1, Ep 4: “Gravedancing” (2/23/10)

Now, I’ve got houseguests staying with me for a week beginning this weekend, and I’ve got KATIE’S BABY SHOWER later today (I need to go to bed!), so I’m going to be pretty busy and not writing much.  However, here’s some of what you’ve got to look forward to here at The Teresa Jusino Experience:

Teresa’s Bookshelf: Breakfast of Champions

Tor.com Post: Caprica S1, Ep 5: “There Is Another Sky”

-I’ll be posting my short story, “December”, on March 10th, just before I find out whether it got me to the final round of the NYCMidnight Short Story Contest.

- a post on why Caprica (specifically the Tauron storylines) have struck such a chord with me

- a post inspired by Geek Girl Diva (and a discussion she fostered over on her blog)

Until then…keep up with me more regularly on Twitter and Facebook.  Later, kids!

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