Weekend Nerd-off

This weekend two nerdy releases occurred Friday: The Avengers movie and Avacyn: Restored magic the gathering release. In case you are not in this particular nerd sub-group, MTG is one of those trading card games which in the end is not much unlike chess with pretty artwork.

The rub? Which do I attend Friday night! Well, it turns out that we decided to be homebodies and bring the new MTG cards home with us to build new decks for our weekend gaming pleasure. It has not been disappointing!! The Avacyn release has a major influx of Angel creatures to play with, and they are ALL PRETTY! To boot, I already have an angel-themed play mat so it's a perfect fit for me. I immediately start working on my Angel deck.

It's pertinent to mention at this point that the hubby and I have played this game for about 10 years at this point, off and on. We both got out of it after just moving on to other hobbies for a while. Those decisions were not made in small part due to the number of arguments that can break out over the rules. I did say the game is like chess, but really like chess on crack. The rules get hazy sometimes, and change with every new expansion.

Last night we went to the local gamer's hub and found some other cardplayers to play with as well. It turns out that times have indeed changed. One of the players had a mobile card ruling app on his phone to settle any disputes, and almost all of them were keeping track of their life totals on their phones. We were introduced to a 3 v 3 format which was really quite interesting, and gave me better insight as to how to tweek my new Angel deck! We will be going to see Avengers today at some point, and I can't wait!

Green Checklist

This list will likely dominate in the next several weeks in my house! So hubby and I had a heart-to-heart about my wanting to go greener. Basically, it's important to us to be responsible without disrupting our whole routine. For example, composting is not in our near future! So here is my official take on the kale smoothie addition: YUCK!!! I could imagine if I had used a food processor to make the smoothie absolutely smooth instead of slightly clumpy, that MAYBE it could be a repeat. Also - I just pinched off a little bit of kale. What is a girl to do with the rest? I have seen recipes for kale chips, but we will see. The endeavor of this week's trip the farmer's market recipe-wise will be andalucian gazpacho.

Farmer's Market!

Exciting event of the week: farmer's market in my neighborhood! Hurray! I have been on a kick the last few years to buy more locally and to reduce our "foot print". My bestie would just call me a tree-hugger and leave it at that ;) Due to the ever over-reaching goals of trying to do all of those things and also to get into better shape, I have actually managed to get into a smoothie kick lately. I am proud of myself because I actually went out to pick strawberries at a farm and blended my own strawberry-banana smoothies all week! The next trick will be to expand my smoothie vocabulary into other fruits as well as trying kale. Yes, kale. Weird, right? I've heard it's not much of a taste difference with a huge nutrition increase. We shall see. I bought a bunch of fresh kale at the aforementioned farmer's market this week.

Ok so it's kinda funny that this week Ph.D. comics put this out : Speaking of existentialism and female nerd-dom! Just sayin'.

Megan Knows

So there is a story behind this.

When I was a kiddo, not sure of the exact age, I used to insert my knowledge into every conversation I could. Because, that's what you do, right? My mom and dad started to respond to these precious moments by exclaiming "Megan Knows!" Now that I'm older, I find this absolutely hilarious. And not just because I realize how absolutely obnoxious I must have been, but also because I realize as an adult that one cannot know much at all for certain!

For those who may be reading who would not consider themselves a nerd/geek/whatever the term you use, please forgive the following obscure reference. Yes, yes, I know. You can put away the super soaker. I am done being existential. For now.