Weekly Wrap-Up

This really awesome video about Victoria Schmidt, CosPlayer extraordinaire! Seriously. I am amazed at the level of effort she invests in her costumes! (h/t to The Mary Sue)

And then there was this fantastic write up about gender-bending cosplay and how incredibly OK it can be within the geek culture.

"We spend so much time pondering new possibilities that when someone comes up to us and says, 'Hey, I’m different,' we get excited. We give them a big hug and say, 'No worries. We love different here.'” Or as I always say, "Normal is weird. And weird is normal."

And speaking of CosPlay (with the emphasis on "play"), have you checked out Superheroes are for Girls Too lately? I don't know who Miss Martian is, but I really dig the hair!


Nicole DeBoom is the bomb. I met her a couple of years ago when she came to host a booth at the Vineman expo here in Santa Rosa. I was so impressed with how genuinely friendly and supportive she was. I'm not your typical athlete, and nowhere near the stature of someone like Nicole. But she treated me like every other triathlete she met that day. It was pretty awesome.

And her company, Skirt Sports is pretty cool too. I love my Skirt running skirt. The fabrics are great and I like how the styles are available in sizes for women who aren't professional athletes.

So when I saw this story about her efforts to get women out "moving and grooving," I knew I had to share it with you all.


And, finally, if you follow SRPS on Facebook, you've probably already seen the link to another really great Ms. Magazine post about how Hermione is a true feminist. (spoiler alert for folks who haven't seen the movie yet)

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Weekly Wrap Up

Just a few of the pretty cool things that I've enjoyed over the last couple of days.

Self-Rescuing Princess on a Bike: I love all of the new Road ID ads that keep popping up during the Tour de France coverage we're watching religiously at our house. Each features Bob Roll (aka Bobke) asking a different cyclist if they want to go for a ride, usually in the middle of the night, or the middle of a broadcast, etc. I'd already seen the commercials with Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, and even Ben King. But this one surprised me!

Alison Starnes is an amazing professional cyclist. Too bad it's so difficult to find coverage of women's cycling, because you'd be amazed by what she can do!

A really nice write up on Ms. Magazine about Hermoine Granger. I haven't seen the last movie yet, but I'm hoping to soon! "Unlike most of the wizarding world, Hermione sees the people and creatures that have been written out of history and, in true feminist fashion, is determined to write them back in."

Then there was the news of the inaugural Google Science Fair, where all the top three finishers were all girls! Amazing!

And, lastly, I'll leave you with this really fantastic, super-interesting talk by Jane Goodall. It's nearly an hour, but totally worth every minute.

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Watch this space!

Has it really been over a month since I posted? Holy cow! I knew it had been a while, but geez! I'm terribly sorry!

I've been crazy, wrapped up in real life stuff. I took a summer job working in the PR department at the local County Fair. And, then, on top of that, I took on some contract work for a gardening start-up. Sadly, I've been neglecting my crafting work and blogging while I get settled in to a new schedule.

I'm hoping to get back on track, starting with the next post, later this week.

In the meantime, I want to thank you for being patient. And let you know I haven't forgotten this blog completely. I have some fun ideas of things to post over the next couple of weeks. So, please... watch this space!

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