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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2005, 07:13:24 PM »
Cosplay  a contraction (or portmanteau) of the English words "costume" and "play", is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, Japanese movies, or Japanese pop music bands. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume.

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« Reply #31 on: November 11, 2005, 08:43:19 PM »
i knew it meant dressing up i just wondered what the word meant, like where it came from.  thanks for the explanation.
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #32 on: November 11, 2005, 09:28:03 PM »
Fish, I think also if you ever go on vacation then one of us could write a guest column for you!
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« Reply #33 on: November 11, 2005, 09:34:10 PM »
Agreed. I like the article and hope it encourages more ladies to embrace their inner nerds. Gamers of the world unite!
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« Reply #34 on: November 11, 2005, 09:37:17 PM »
Oh, and I just notice Mad Dr. Jeffe's (new?) quote. Sweet.
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #35 on: November 11, 2005, 09:48:29 PM »
yeah... Im on a roll today.
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« Reply #36 on: November 11, 2005, 10:27:17 PM »
It just reminds me of when I went to the filk convention - I went by myself - and they asked if my husband was into filk. I said no, and they asked if he was into other geeky things.  I was like, "Oh yeah, he's into gaming and roleplaying and sci-fi and everything,"  to which they responded, "Oh good! At least you didn't marry a mundane."
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #37 on: November 12, 2005, 03:25:17 AM »
hehe. what is filk by the way?
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #38 on: November 12, 2005, 11:52:51 AM »
You know there's this fabulous search website called google where you can look up things....
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #39 on: November 12, 2005, 12:15:24 PM »
or a less fabulous but often fun place called Wikipedia if you dont want to see naughty stuff...

Or have you punched in cosplay into google and checked out the images lately... :D

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« Reply #40 on: November 12, 2005, 01:13:16 PM »
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My only hint is that Chimera and I are going to go do research for it in an hour or so.

Research. Bah. Research that had to be followed by an activity that counteracted the nerdiness.

I'm still not entirely comfortable with being a geek.  ;)
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #41 on: November 12, 2005, 02:29:46 PM »
there are support groups for people like you, we call them D&D games.
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« Reply #42 on: November 12, 2005, 07:30:49 PM »
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Fish, I think also if you ever go on vacation then one of us could write a guest column for you!



Oooh, yeah!  Guest columns would be awesome.
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #43 on: November 12, 2005, 10:11:27 PM »
I know I don't work or post here anymore, but I needed to say this:

Woot for Fish! New Column, New Column, New Column!
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Re: article: A Geek Girl's Survival Guide
« Reply #44 on: November 12, 2005, 10:15:02 PM »
you realize the only person who keeps you from being here is you right?
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