Battlestar Galactica cake.

My boyfriend Corey's birthday was last month and he is a big fan of Battlestar Galactica (the new version, not the old version). He even got me hooked on it too. Which I guess didn't take much effort since I'm an overall fan of anything sci-fi. But trust me, the BSG is really awesome.

As you know, I'm a huge fan of geek cakes. So I really wanted to try making one myself.
So here's the cake I made for Corey:
And so all the non-fans of BSG realize that it's a pretty accurate job, here's the real BSG logo that I modelled the cake after:

Here it is again in non-yellowish-lighting and taken with a better camera:
Just so you know, I have never baked anything in my life before this. (But I swear it tasted as yummy as it looked.) So I think I did pretty damn good considering I have no experience whatsoever.

Yeah, I know I didn't write in "battlestar galactica" around the top of the logo, but I was running out of white frosting and I didn't think I could space it well enough without screwing up the cake (as you can see, even the "BSG 75" I wrote on there is spaced a little funky.)

Despite its flaws, I'm pretty proud of myself! :D

Resident Evil: Extinction

Whoa, dude. There will be a 3rd Resident Evil movie coming out in the Fall of 2007, and yes, the wonderfully talented and gorgeous Milla Jovovich will be returning for it!

This might be old news already, but I just heard about it so it's new to me.

If you wanna see the pretty freakin sweet trailor, go to the official Resident Evil: Extinction site from Sony Pictures. The beginning of the trailer is the best part... check it out when it pans back from the big-screen casino/vacation advertisement... that has got to be all CG. Dude, the Statue of Liberty is right there near the Eiffel Tower. See if you can spot all the Wonders of the World and various landmarks that are lined up as it pans further back... WTF happened!?

Anyway, very neat idea. Even if it's not likely, it's a cool effect. And would get people talking. Either "Wow, that's so sweet!" or "Uhm wow, that's not even possible."

The rest of the trailer makes it look like Resident Evil meets Indiana Jones or Aladdin or something. Check out those Aladdin swords. Did she raid the last museum standing or something!?

Well, it's still awesome despite the mild lameness of the only 2 preview photos I could find out there, but where the hell are my favorite zombie inside-out dogs that scare the ever-loving crap out of me? Before Resident Evil 1, I thought I was scared enough of the game! Talk about nitemares people. I'll admit I'm a wuss, but those inside-out dogs are enough to freak anyone out. Just admit it, you cry a little when you think of them.

I'm not too worried since those dogs are a trademark of the games and the films thus far, so there's no way in hell they're gonna leave them out. Even if it's just a cameo. Hah.

IMDB has a page up for Resident Evil: Extinction, but of course there isn't a lot of info on it yet... For example, here's what the user-submitted Plot Summary says right now:

Alice (MILLA JOVOVICH) now is in hiding in the Nevada desert with old friends Carlos Olivera (ODED FEHR) and L.J. (MIKE EPPS) and new survivors K-Mart (SPENCER LOCKE) Claire Redfield (ALI LARTER) and nurse Betty (ASHANTI). Now they must gather their strength to fight the Umbrella Corporation, and the deadly virus they created.
-- Written by KrispyGlowwFlakes

Yes. Written by KRISPYGLOWWFLAKES. Riiight. Okay. Now, I'm not doubting that she could be a very reliable source, but... COME ON. How can you not be a wee bit skeptical on the basis of her username alone? I mean, good lord. Please pick a screenname that makes you appear older than 14 if you want me to listen to you at all. Unless you're 14. Then stay off the effing internet because OMMIGOD DON'T YOU WATCH DATELINE!?

Ahem. Anyway, here's a list of things that Milla Jovovich has been in (that I have seen or at least heard of... there are more on her IMDB profile page, but uhmm these are the ones that people will actually recognize):

• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) (post-production) .... Alice
• .45 (2006) .... Kate
• Ultraviolet (2006) .... Violet
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) .... Alice
• The House on Turk Street (2002) .... Erin
• Resident Evil (2002) .... Alice
• Zoolander (2001) .... Katinka
• The Claim (2000) .... Lucia
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) .... Joan of Arc
• The Fifth Element (1998) (VG) (voice) .... Leeloo
• The Fifth Element (1997) .... Leeloo
• Dazed and Confused (1993) .... Michelle Burroughs
• Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) .... Lilli

Dazed and Confused was the first time I saw her, but I didn't recognize her as the same actress when I saw The Fifth Element. It wasn't until I saw Dazed & Confused again (for the millionth time) that I put 2 and 2 together.

Guess who rocks at Wii Boxing!?

Yes, it's me. So yeah. I guess I'm a tad violent ... :D who knew?!

The Wii is everything I dreamed it would be and more.I'm really good at pitching in Wii Baseball, but I suck majorly at batting. I think I hit the ball like twice and both those times it was a foul!
I'm not so great at bowling either, but then again it was the first one I played and so I was still getting used to the controller. I'm getting better at Tennis, once I finally started to get the hang of it. I think that Tennis will be my 2nd favorite. I sucked majorly at first at golf, because I just couldn't get the feel right. I got better after I learned I didn't need to whap the hell out of the ball every single time. Granted, I suck in REAL LIFE at any and all sports, so this was a bit of a new thing for me, you know, exerting energy and uhm standing while playing video games. It's insanity, I say!!
(All photos lovingly borrowed from www.gamespot.com, who hopefully won't be mad at me and make me take them down.)

Because I now know that the Wii Sports package is fun and awesomely awesome, I have a couple suggestions for Nintendo:

Wii Hockey: Really, it's just Wii Golf-Gone-Hardcore mixed with Wii Boxing! You can do the punching and head-butts like the real pro hockey players! And then swing your Wii controller as the hockey stick to make a goal. It would rock, let me tell ya.

Wii Soccer: You really only need to make "Wii Controller Anklets" that will velcro around your ankles, so that you can kick and manuever the ball. You could also have a move where you head-butt the ball or your opponents. Uhmm, okay apparently I just really wanna head-butt someone.

Wii Hackey Sack: You would use the same Wii Controller Anklets, as with Soccer, and then hold the Controller and Nunchuck in your hands too. This could be played with a lot to do SO many different combo tricks and junk. Ohh man. (Ahem. You could even head-butt the hackeysack. I'm sorry. Had to put it out there.)

Wii Juggling: How sweet could Nintendo make juggling!? You could just be turning/swirling your Controller and Nunchucks as if you were juggling. Except you would be able to play as a pair or team, and you can choose to juggle knives (will have to be extra careful not to kill your partner!), bowling balls (will have to move faster/harder since it is a "heavier" object), or stuff that is on fire! (again with the careful.)

Wii Girl Fight: This would be an awesome thing for both guys AND girls. For guys it's obvious why they'd want to see a chick-fight. For girls, this would be an awesome way to let out some aggression in a humorous, silly way. I think you should be able to design the Mii (character) of your opponent so I can FINALLY beat up some of the girls I went to highschool with. :D

I definitely want to see ALL of the following moves implimented in this game:
- Bitch-slapping
- Hair pulling
- Scratching/Clawing with nails
- Goosenecking

So, there you have it. Nintendo's next installment of Wii Sports! I think they should call it: Wii Sports ii.

Get it? Cuz it's like the Roman numeral for 2, but it's in lower case, so it's like Wii? Get it!? Aren't I clever?

Are you tired of the Wii jokes yet!? TOO BAD.

Jewelry for geek chicks.

Geek girls like jewelry too. I've noticed that in recent years the amount of geekery geared towards women has gone up up up! Which means, yes ladies, geek jewelry galore!

So here are a few of my favorite geeky gems:

Zelle Style
My fav: Audioplug necklace. A jack and plug are used to clasp the necklace! Freakin' sweet.

Also Awesome: Most everything on the site, and especially check out the Zelle 133T Collection, which features some gorgeous limited edition pieces.



ThinkGeek
My fav: The fan guard pendant! Super stylish and geeky.
Also awesome: The Fuse Ladder necklace, not-really-a-charity-thing Geek Awareness bracelets, ultra-cool RAM necklace and matching RAM earrings. And the ever-popular d20 spiral necklace which features a removeable 20-sided die in a lovely spiral cradle.





Jacqueline Sanchez
My fav: The Forever Young collection, which features all lego jewelry! My favorite of the bunch are the lego bracelets in pink-and-lime (as shown) or black.

Also awesome: Lego earrings, cufflinks, pendants, and more.



Fractal Spin
My fav: The Eprom necklace, a reprogrammable memory chip with "a window cut out revealing its prismatic, sparkley innards". Oooh, I love me some sparkley innards!!

Also awesome: Colorful Cat5 choker or Cat5 bracelet. Another cool fan guard necklace.



Stewart Jewelry Designs
My fav: The Harlequin Resistor Necklace & Earrings set. I wouldn't necessarily wear this set, because I don't know anything about electronics and I'm just not in that genre of geek-girl, but this set is still very pretty. And I'm sure there is a geek girl out there (interested in electronics!) that would truly appreciate these.Also awesome: Pretty much every single piece in this Geek Girl collection. This shop really mixes style with geekery. By focusing on colors and even adding beads or gems where necessary, they've added more of a feminine touch to each piece.

Marche Noir
My fav: FUN-ctional computer-key rings. It seems that these rings are "spring-loaded" so that you are actually able to press the "keys" up and down like you would on any standard keyboard. That is so weird and funky; I love it!


Made with Molecules "Gifts inspired by Science"
My fav: The Creativity Necklace, which features "the molecules acetylcholine, dopamine, and seratonin, the neurotransmitters that boost creativity." Clever!!

Also awesome: Jewelry that features chemicals, stimulants, and other such molecular designs representing caffeine, chocolate, estrogen, and lots more!




Sweet Tooth Designs
My fav: The Smiley Collection's "less than three" necklace. Aww! How romantic! The perfect way to show your email/chat online-love that you less-than-three them very much!

Also awesome: Smiley cufflinks, keyrings, silver or gold charms, bangle bracelets, and silver or gold necklaces, in various smiley-faces.

Including: devil smiley >:-) ... angel smiley O:-) ... happy smiley :-) ... kissy smiley :-* ... laughing smiley :-D ... pbfft smiley :-P ... sunglasses smiley 8-) ... and winking smiley ;-) ... and even more smileys, depending on what item you choose.

Uncommon Goods
My fav: Geek Chic Computer Jewelry, sold seperately or as a set.

Also awesome: freakin cute computer key cufflinks for your geek-guy.

We've been friends too long.

We're really, really strange people.
(P.S. aren't my new earrings cuuute!? i got the green ones because they were out of pink.)

Nadine: your earings came in

Jen: earrings?

Nadine: yes, the ones you ordered.

Nadine: the lego onesNadine: with the fake diamond

Jen: ohhh, they came in already? sweet.

Nadine: i know

1:22 PM Jen: okay, i owe you money

Nadine: but the earrings are all BIG

Jen: for real?

Nadine: well mine are

Jen: i bet they're not big, you're an ear wuss.

Nadine: YOU ARE.

Nadine: they all have fake pearls on them too

1:24 PM Jen: oh.

Jen: sucky. Jen: well, didn't you know there were pearls?Jen: maybe you didn't look close enough. Jen: because you're retarded.
Jen: * burp *

Nadine: maybe i didn't CARE

Nadine: * fart *

Jen: lol ew. good lord.

Nadine: lol

Jen: i should blog that

Nadine: LOL ok.

Jen: because we are nasty. and people should know.

and then a few minutes later:

Nadine: dude. where did your blog go?

Nadine: did they erase it?

Jen: what do you mean?

Jen: it's where it's always been

1:45 PM Nadine: no, it isn't

Jen: google's having womanly issues right now

Jen: you just have to check back later. Jen: it's been off and on all day. mood swings, i assume.

Nadine: no, it says that your account was deleted

Jen: you're a bad liar.

Nadine: dude

1:46 PM Jen: you're so retarded

1:48 PM Nadine: i copied and pasted it

Nadine: look, i emailed it to you

Jen: yeah, i really trust you to copy and paste

Nadine: I DID

1:49 PM Jen: right, sure

Jen: liarNadine: I AM NOT

Jen: whatever

Nadine: I am not joking around

Nadine: you need to check
Nadine: dude, i am serious

1:51 PM Jen: oh yeah i just sent you an error message too, i found it on your ass.

Jen: go check your email

1:55 PM Nadine: well suck my ass

Jen: lol

All guys: a flowchart of truth.

10:42 AM Jen: you know you only get hit on by creepy guys and toothless folk.

Nadine: YEAH, WHAT IS THAT?Nadine: GEES!

10:44 AM Jen: i dunno, it's the laws of nature.

10:45 AM Jen: because hot guys are too busy thinking about how hot they are too notice you.Jen: sometimes they pass by mirrors and accidentally hit on themselves. Jen: but that's about as close to hitting on anyone as they get. Jen: here, i will make you a flowchart to illustrate my point.

10:48 AM Nadine: A FLOW CHART

Nadine: I WANNA SEE THIS

(click image to enlarge.)

I should probably do a chicks one too, to be fair.

Fugly colors attack my blog.

For a while here you'll be seeing some pretty awful colors. Maybe not even readable color schemes. Deal with it, okay?

The color changer thingie on Blogger is screwing with me. It won't save my changes more than half the time, so some really bad combos get saved when really I am only half done changing colors, or just trying something out. In case the blog is normal now, here's a bit of the horrors you have missed because you're not awesomely at my blog 24/6 (everyone needs a day off):



My poor, poor blog.


Also:

Nadine: I HAVE A CRUSH ON THE BLUE OCTOBER GUY ALL OF THE SUDDEN Nadine: HES MY HUNK OF BURNING LOVE CHUNK

11:05 AM Jen: he is almost a woman
Jen: or an owl

Shoes, shoes, shoes.

I've narrowed down my shoe selections... It's gonna be really hard to choose.

• Women's Vegan Black/Cement "Eliot" by Macbeth. $55.95. More info from Zappos.com.

• Women's Vegan Black/Pink/Binded "Eliot" by Macbeth. $55.95. More info from Zappos.com.

• Men's Vegan Black/White "Regal" by Macbeth. $73.95. More info from Zappos.com.

• Men's Vegan Black/White/Black "Rowley XL III" by Vans. $64.95. More info from Zappos.com.

• Men's Vegan Black/Charcoal "Rowley XL III" by Vans. $64.95. More info from Zappos.com.

These are all-synthetic/man-made materials. Entirely vegetarian/vegan shoes!! Can you tell I like black skate shoes? Yeah, I really do. I'm partial toward any and all Vans, as you may very well know, since I gave away all of my beloved non-vegetarian Vans recently and it almost made me cry. But the Macbeths are really cute too. It's going to be really hard to decide.

Oh man, I love shoes.


Blog Network Update: I'll work on the stuffs tomorrow while I'm off of work and can devote some time to it. I like a couple of the ideas you guys suggested, so that gets me thinking. :) I know I need to start on the buttons first because I'm just a really visual person. Once I create a few button designs that I like a lot it'll be easier to make up a name. I'm guessing the whole generalized theme will be rant-related.

I hope ya'll will want to join up after I make the pretty pretty buttons. Yeah, I said 'ya'll'. But I don't really talk like that.

Watch for updates on this tomorrow, fellow bloggers!

A surefire crowd pleaser.

I get the feed for The Daily Puppy on my personalized google homepage. It's a site that features a different puppy every day and you can vote 1-11 biscuits on how cute you think it is. Of course, they all end up with between 9 and 11 every single time. Before you get excited, these puppies are not for sale (that I know of) and as far as I know anyone can submit their puppy (although I bet it's tough to get in).

I love puppies and basically everyone else does or should too. Although I made a promise to myself that I'll never own a puppy (I will adopt an older dog and/or mixed-breed instead), they are still damn adorable. I can still look! Here are just a few of my favorites.

So just try not to look at them and make squealing noises. I dare ya.

Apocalypse the Shepherd/Akita/Corgi Mix, passed out cold:
(more photos of Apocalypse here)

Loaf the Mini Dachshund, waiting for a tummy-rub:
(more photos of Loaf here)Wally the Corgi, lounging around:
(more photos of Wally here)

Wyatt the Labrador, trying not to look guilty:
(more photos of Wyatt here)
Tori the Chihuahua, looking kind of insane:
(more photos of Tori here)

Southwell the Beagle, probably running towards lunchtime:
(more photos of Southwell here)
Sylvester the King Charles Cavalier Spaniel:
(more photos of Sylvester here)
Phoebe the Dalmation, looking kinda retarded (in a CUTE way!):
(more photos of Phoebe here)
Marley the Rottweiler, chowing down on some kind of grass/leaves:
(more photos of Marley here)
Olwen the Corgi, looking exhausted:
(more photos of Olwen here)
Mateo the Mini Australian Shepherd:
(more photos of Mateo here)

Henry the Mini-Dachshund:
(more photos of Henry here)

Beethoven (unknown mixed-breed), sleeping on a shoebox or something:
(more photos of Beethoven here)
Marley the Beagle/Hound mix:
(more photos of Marley here)
Luka the Border Collie:
(more photos of Luka here)
Cassidy the Boxer, looking grumpy:
(more photos of Cassidy here)
Charley the Corgi, going as fast as his widdle legs will carry him:
(more photos of Charley here)
Apollo the Great Dane:
(more photos of Apollo here)