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Oh, you know, just playing tennis with Maria Sharapova…
91 year ago
As I mentioned a few weekends ago, I was invited by Sony Ericsson and the WTA Tour to spend the morning hitting a few tennis balls around and chatting gadgets with Maria Sharapova. This is the highlight reel of that day, and I have to admit; my high school coach would not be amused with how my tennis form has deteriorated over the last 10 years!
Maria was great, and we talked all about how hard it is to stay in touch with your friends in family when you’re on the road (something I can definitely relate to as well). Now that I’ve got some new outfits to wear, I’m more inclined to get back out on the court and practice some more too!
All in all, it was a really fun day, although my thighs and shoulders were pretty sore for about a week afterwards. That girl is in shape!! Check out some more photos from the day below (including some pictures from my interview with Ana Ivanovic), and make sure you visit Maria on Facebook too!
Comic-Con 2010
21 year ago
I’m going to be hosting the RiffTrax panel again this year at Comic-Con in San Diego, so if you’re going to the conference, make sure you carve some time out to come see us Friday night! Here are the details:
RIFFTRAX LIVE!
Friday July 23rd
7PM to 8PM
Room 6DE
Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (RiffTrax.com, Mystery Science Theater 3000) return to Comic-Con to perform another live, hilarious riff to a classic short! The panel is hosted by Veronica Belmont (host of Tekzilla on Revision3 and Qore on the PlayStation Network). Join the riffers for fun, laughs, and the latest news from RiffTrax.com, the site where MST3K-style humor meets mainstream movies, TV shows and vintage shorts. At RiffTrax.com they don’t make movies, they make them funny!
In case you missed it, I actually performed with the guys on a short last year, which is available up on their website here. Can’t wait to see everyone at the Con!!
UPDATE:
I’m also speaking on the Geek Girls Exist! panel:
The panel consists of women who represent different aspects of the geek culture and who have embraced their geekiness in their personal and/or professional lives. I will moderate the panel to discuss topics such as “when did you realize you were a geek,” “when did you decide to embrace it,” “what would you offer aspiring young females in your profession/interest,” as well as encourage anecdotes about embarrassing moments when their “geek got in the way.”
DETAILS:
The panel will be held Thursday July 22 from 5:30pm-6:30pm in Room 8.
Check out the amazing list of panelists (so far):
Morgan Romine founder of Ubisoft’s all-girl gaming team The Frag Dolls
Bonnie Burton author of You Can Draw Star Wars and Girls Against Girls
Marian Call musician inspired by Firefly/Serenity and Battlestar Galactica with her album “Got to Fly”
Sarah Kuhn author of One Con Glory
Jill Pantozzi writer for MTV Splash Page, Newsarama, Has Boobs Reads Comics blog, and Heartless Doll
Veronica Belmont technology and gaming-centric video host of Qore and Tekzilla
Kiala Kazebee writer for io9, the SFWeekly, GeekWeek, and featured extra in Felicia Day’s The Guild
Back from Japan!
81 year ago
Whew, that was a big trip! I went with the Qore team to Japan for two weeks for shoots, and we travelled from Osaka to Kyoto to Tokyo on a whirlwind tour of the country. This was my fourth time in Japan, but it definitely the most comprehensive (and exhausting!) trip I’ve probably ever taken!
I can’t tell you too much about the developer interviews that we did, but I’ve posted TONS of photos from the culture piece that we shot. From snow monkeys to toilets, we covered some really random and awesome stuff.
I can’t believe how much news I missed around here, too. I didn’t even know HP bought Palm until yesterday. /facepalm.
Anyhow, happy to be home! Keep your eyes open for Japan content on Qore in upcoming months, and in the meantime check out the trailer for the new episode, out today!
The Great “Mr. Fancy Pants” Duel
72 years ago
Doesn’t this totally remind you of the rap battle from 8 Mile? No?
The amazing beatboxer Kid Beyond (who I first heard at w00tstock back in the fall) did a damn good job going up against Jonathan Coulton and his ZenDrum, but in the end I’ve gotta give it to JoCo. I’m a sucker for Beyoncé.
The rest of the show, by the way, was also great. Although, Paul and Storm let me down a little, with only a 12 minute long version of The Captain’s Wife’s Lament. DEJECTED ARRR!!!
