Weekend of Nerdery

First off I can't believe it's already May. We're almost halfway done with the year! Secondly, the first weekend of May is going to be full of win. 

On Thursday, I'm going with some of my friends to the midnight screening of The Avengers. I'm so excited!!! From what I heard, the movie is really good and some are saying it's the best Marvel movie ever. Much can be attributed to writer/director Joss Whedon, who is just brilliant. On a related note, if you still haven't seen The Cabin in the Woods, that he co-wrote with Drew Goddard, see it! What you think is  your typical horror movie is so much more. There's enough plot twists to make your head spin, in a good way. That's all I'm going to say about that because if I say anything else, I'm just going to spoil it. 

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Also on May 4 is Star Wars Day! I'll be spending my evening watching the original trilogy while making some Millenium Falcon and Tie Starfighter sandwiches. May the 4th be with you. ;P

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My Star Wars PB&J

Then on Saturday is the annual Free Comic Book Day. Going to my local comic book store get my free comic and hopefully get educated on comics too. I'm such a noob when it comes to comics.

To cap it all off, season 2 of Sherlock finally premires on in the states over on PBS. I already watched it back in January, but it'll be nice to watch it on a TV screen and not a computer screen. If you haven't watched season 1 yet, you must! I love the chemistry between Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. They make the perfect Sherlock and Watson. 

What will you be nerding out on this weekend?

Be Mine Valentine

Spending mine watching my favorite movies/television shows, painting my nails, and eating Girl Scout cookies. Oh yeah. :D

I leave you with some of my favorite geeky/nerdy valentines:

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Rory the Roman. Awww...

Han and Leia

Downton Abbey 

Sherlock

Cute NPR Valentine's

And finally...

Whovian Wednesdays: Some Other Works by Davies and Moffat

Now that season six of Doctor Who is over and after the Christmas special, we won't get to see him flying around space and time in his TARDIS until 2012/2013, you're probably wondering what you should watch to tide yourself over. Here are two suggestions that just happen to be from former and current show runners, Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat respectively. 

Torchwood

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One of two Doctor Who spinoffs (the other is The Sarah Jane Adventures) created by Davies, Torchwood centers around Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and his team and their daily battle against extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. Set in the Cardiff, Wales branch of the Torchwood Institutes (set up during season two of Doctor Who), Jack is the leader of the group that also includes,  Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd), Toshiko "Tosh" Sato (Naoko Mori), and Owen Harper (Burn Gorman). I like to call Torchwood "Doctor Who after dark" because not only is it a lot more violent, but there's also a lot more sexy times. Fun fact: Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who and was used as a way to disguise the preview tapes when they made the trip from Cardiff to London.

Sherlock

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The Doctor isn't the only clever man Steven Moffat writes about. There's also Sherlock Holmes in this new adaptation. Instead of solving crimes in late 19th century London, Sherlock (Benedict Crumberbatch) is now solving them in modern day London with his sidekick Doctor Watson (Martin Freeman). The writing and acting is just so good that the most disappointing part is that only three episodes were made. I thought having to wait a year for new Doctor Who episodes would be tough, it'll be almost two years until new Sherlock episodes premiere and with such a cliffhanger ending in the third episode, I just want it to come back now.