Cute Geek Updates Galore!

My boys are doing so well. I couldn’t be prouder!

Simon Pegg‘s new movie Paul has a great blog with behind-the-scenes photos, video blogs and fun. It’s so sweet that they love and respect their fans so much that they take the time to do this stuff. Most movie stars would not bother. Highlight: Simon and Kristen Wiig (girlcrush) learning how to drive a motorhome.

www.whatispaul.com

From the website: “Paul is a comedy about two sci-fi geeks who embark upon a pilgrimage in a RV to the center of America’s UFO heartland: Nevada’s infamous Area 51. While in the middle of that desert, the two friends encounter a fugitive alien by the name of Paul. Somewhat reluctantly, they embark upon an adventure that will change not just their lives forever, but also the lives of the friends and enemies they encounter along the way.”

June 2009 British GQ! Yay!

Plus, Simon’s book will be released in October. On my birthday. It’s fate, you guys.

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Chris Hardwick has just started hosting Web Soup on the G4TV Network (an off-shoot of the hilarious and trashy The Soup, hosted by the equally dreamy Joel McHale). Don’t get G4? Subscribe to the the iTunes Podcasts!

And now you can get him on your chest!

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Chris Leavins is taking a hiatus from Cute With Chris. Boo. But he’s uploading stories like crazy to The Chris Leavins Story Hour! Yay! I highly reccommend his podcast. The premise is simple – he records live readings of his short stories and essays and uploads them to iTunes for the people not lucky enough to see the show. His stories are funny, personal, touching, dark, sarcastic and just terrific. Chris + iPod + walking to work along the seawall = BLISS.

Click photo for link to L.A. Weekly's great article about Chris

Also, he’s publishing a book of his stories soon on this new self-publishing platform called Lulu.com. You just pay a fee, upload your content and cover art, choose your own price, then promote your book on the site. You print as many as you want, and readers buy the book right there. Genius. And geeky!

Cute Geek Alert – Chris Leavins

Chris Leavins is “working 24 hours a day, pioneering the internet,” or so he says. I know he means that facetiously, but he’s not far off the mark. Chris is a writer, actor, comedian and video blogger who is blurring the line between performance and the internet.

He started his career as an actor in Canada, and and found some success on shows like Slings and Arrows and The Eleventh Hour. He did run into some struggles, and he became frustrated with show cancellations and empty theatres. He moved to Los Angeles to make a go of it a few years ago and continued to work, and in his spare time he started a hilarious web show and blog called Cute with Chris. On it, he asks his viewers to vote on the cutest pet photo posted on his blog, rants, tells stories and makes fun of his Crazy Cat Lady and teen fans. It’s rife with inside jokes, dark humour and a rotating cast of characters: Colty the Christian plastic horse, Pervy the perverted plastic horse, and his sidekick Peanuts, a bag of styrofoam packaging peanuts. It’s kind of like Cuteoverload.com and The Jon Stewart Show had a baby.

Cute Geek Update – Triple Your Pleasure

The four of you who read this blog are familiar with my top ten twelve dreamy geeks, right? Well, 25% of them were on The Hour tonight. My husband said, “Oooh, you can put that in the wank bank” and I said “Gross!”

But, yes.

Here’s the whole interview uncut if you wanna.

Cute Geek Alert – Chris Hardwick

On my quest for my Top Ten Twelve Dreamiest Geeks, I discovered that this pursuit really deserves its own category. You guys, the depths of cute geekery are practically infinite in this beautiful, beautiful world of ours. I love being a girl. Anyhoo, here’s my first Cute Geek Alert post.

Ladies (and gentlemen of a certain persuasion)…I give you the adorable Chris Hardwick.

He’s a host on the geek-staple Attack of the Show, a delightful stand-up comic, a contributor for Wired Magazine and host of Wired Science on PBS. Mmm…Wired.

His blog, The Nerdist, is also top-drawer. He chats about software, comic books, video games, music and schtuff. And really, how can a girl resist when he muses thusly:

I sure love playing with words. When read aloud, they’re like odorless mouth-farts deftly crafted from the articulating sphincter of the lips.

Andrea’s Top Ten Dreamy Geeks

Like I said in my previous post, I definitely am attracted to a certain kind of guy. I lurve smart, funny, creative, driven, passionate and accomplished guys. If you’ve ever met my husband, you know exactly what I’m talking about. He’s the funniest guy I’ve ever met, he can fix my Macbook and he knows all of the words to Jesus Christ Superstar. Dreamiest geek ever.

Before I get started on my list, let’s tackle this first: What’s the difference between a geek and a nerd? I actually did some research, and there isn’t one right answer. From what I could see, there are two schools of thought on this subject. 1) Some say that a geek is someone is obsessed with one or two specific things, like comic books or sci-fi movies or video games, and a nerd is passionate about learning and academics.   2)  A geek is interested in technology, sci-fi, video games and fantasy, but has good social skills and is relatively cool, and a nerd is smart but very socially awkward. I don’t really know where I stand on this issue, and I don’t care to debate it. Here’s my definition: a geek is someone who cares more about being smart and talented than being cool.

On that note, here is a list of my current favorite smart, very sexy geeks. (Click on his name for a little backgrounder if you need it)

Very not boring – Search Engine

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m a bit of a pop culture geek. Especially when it comes to TV and music. My brain automatically fills its holes with pretty useless crap like the real names of all the guys that played Darren on Bewitched or the name of Eddie Vedder’s theatre group before he was in Pearl Jam. Too bad I don’t know where my house keys are half the time.

Anyhoodle, when I want to purposely fill the holes with actual non-useless knowledge, I listen to my favorite new podcast – Search Engine, brought to you by your friends (and your tax money) at the CBC.

http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/

It’s a terrific blog/podcast about internet culture in Canada. If you have a blog, check Facebook a couple times a day, get your news from the internet, have a preference between Mac or PC, have Googled yourself/potential date/ex partner, have complained about Hulu not being available in Canada, get emails on your phone, or have medium-sized knowledge about the internet, you will dig it. They discuss things like the impact of net neutrality on Canadian art, the mysterious disappearance of a well-known Iranian blogger and the correct pronunciation of “Wikipedia.” It’s not boring or intimidating and will get your brain whirring like an XBox 360 (how annoying is that when you’re trying to watch a movie). Another plus: the podcasts are only 15-20 minutes long, so you can throw one on your iPod and hear the whole thing on the way to the Skytrain.

Bonus – Jesse Brown, the host, is hella smart, funny and very charming. Last year, he started a strong and hilarious campaign to be nominated as The Greatest Canadian. He’s a cutie, non?

Jessie Brown

Yes, I have a type. Have you met my husband? Mmmm…I feel a new blog post coming on…Top Ten Dreamy Geeks…stay tuned…