My Pigeon-Toed Life

Posts from a slightly awkward but outgoing nerd looking for everyday adventures.

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7 Audrey Hepburn quotes to provide inspiration on a bad day

In the past couple weeks I’ve found myself watching a number of Audrey Hepburn movies. After the first one I just couldn’t stop. And, naturally, this led me to me watching a number of her films and learning all I could about this Hollywood icon.

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My Fangirl Story: Nashville

My Fangirl Story: Nashville @Nashville_ABC #musiccity #travel #geektravel

My Fangirl Story is a regular feature in which members of our team share our fangirl origin stories. Our journeys have similarities and differences, but they all result in us becoming the people we are today. We’ve had a few instalments already, including my own original boyband story, All In On the Backstreet Boys. Today I’ll be telling you about my love affair with Nashville.

I am heading to…

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The Avatar Sequels: No, Just No

The Avatar Sequels: No, Just No #avatar #movies

Mangirling is a semi-regular feature that runs when the girls are too busy (lazy) to write their own posts, or when Johnny Rico feels the need to yell at the internet about something inconsequential.  Read on for this week’s rant…

This week, distinguished director James Cameron announced he would be filming sequels to the groundbreaking 2009 movie Avatar. Not sequel, sequels. Not 2 sequels, not 3…

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Titanic 104 Years Later: Themed Figure Skating Programs

Titanic Themed Figure Skating Programs #Titanic104 #Titanic @RMS_Titanic_Inc @TitanicFans

104 years ago today, on April 15, 1912 the Titanic slipped beneath the ocean surface into the depths of the North Atlantic. I’ve written about the Titanic often here on My Fangirl Life. If you haven’t guessed by now, it’s one of my absolute favourite topics. Yesterday I put up a post discussing the probability of Jack and Rose’s happily ever after.  A little while ago I shared the story of the…

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Titanic 104 Years Later: Could Jack & Rose have lived happily ever after?

Could Jack & Rose have lived happily ever after? #Titanic104 #Titanic @RMS_Titanic_Inc @TitanicFans

April 14th, 1912. At 11:40 tonight is the anniversary of when the Titanic struck an iceberg and disappeared into the middle of the North Atlantic. It’s been 104 years and I, along with many others, still care.

A year ago I wrote a post: Why do we still care about Titanic 103 years later? Everything I said then still applies today. The one thing that has changed since last April is that Leonardo…

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How to Avoid Spoilers for a Major Event

How to avoid spoilers for a major event #nospoilers #WWE

Have you ever been unable to watch something major live? If you have, you probably know how difficult it is to avoid spoilers in today’s online world, full of social media discussion and trending topics. Our team recently became huge fans of the WWE, and as such, we’ve been excited to experience our first Wrestlemania. That being said, as of the writing of this post, we still haven’t seen it. And…

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Fangirl Recaps: 5 Favourites of Agents of SHIELD 3x15

What did you think of last week's episode of #AgentsofSHIELD? #spacetime #marvel

Hello! Welcome back to another recap of Agents of SHIELD! Apologies for missing the last two weeks; exciting things have been happening and life got extremely busy, but now I’m back! This week I’ll be reviewing episode 3×15 ‘Spacetime’, which I thoroughly enjoyed! TONS of spoilers ahead, so be warned…

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One of the weird things about cosplay (other than being a grown adult in costume in public) is how attached you get to your character. I will admit, before dressing as Sansa Stark I thought she was annoying and stupid. Then I stepped into her skin (or, more accurately, her Season 1 baby-pink dress) and I saw another side of her; the side desperately trying to hold on to a shred of optimism in an oppressively bleak world. While sweet, innocent, and horribly naïve pink-dress Sansa wasn’t at all my typical choice, I enjoyed acting the part. I became so attached to this fictional girl that when the time came to start on a new cosplay project I wanted to continue to be her. Lucky for me there was new iteration of the character that involved wearing black, decorating in feathers, and smirking in photos (so much more in my comfort-zone)!

This leads to the Edmonton Expo 2015 edition of our Game of Thrones cosplay. We’ve played these characters before, but for 2 out of 3 of our team this time we played our parts in brand new outfits! Check out the gallery below for photos of us with some of our favorite fellow GOT cosplayers:

Cast:

KG as Daenerys Targaryen Kris as Sansa Stark Justine as Margaery Tyrell Cole as Petyr “Littlefinger” Balish Daniel from The Baconation as Joffrey Baratheon Natasha from Morgothia Cosplay as Cersei Lannister

Photos by the My Fangirl Life Team and Paula Kreba of P6 Media

Click on any of the images to see a larger size. You can also find more information on Justine’s Margaery dress in My Fangirl Life Cosplay: Margaery Tyrell Purple Wedding Tutorial.

You can see more Game of Thrones cosplay by My Fangirl Life in: My Fangirl Life Cosplay: Game of Thrones and My Fangirl Life Cosplay: Game of Thrones – Calgary Expo Edition.

Love & Luck, Kris

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My Fangirl Life Game of Thrones Cosplay: Edmonton Expo 2015 #cosplay #gameofthrones #eece One of the weird things about cosplay (other than being a grown adult in costume in public) is how attached you get to your character.

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American Idol Does Nostalgia Right

.@AmericanIdol does nostalgia right. #idolfinale #idolfarewell

I’ve watched almost every season of American Idolever aired. I remember being shocked when Tamyra Gray was eliminated on season 1, but happy when Kelly Clarkson was named the winner. I remember being devastated when Clay Aiken lost season 2, and blown away when Adam Lambert performed his iconic interpretation of “Mad World” during season 8. I remember watching Carrie Underwood be plucked from…

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The Great Reading Debate: Books vs eBooks

The Great Reading Debate: Books vs eBooks...Which side are you on? #reading #ebooks

I love reading. The characters, stories, and other lands… it’s a type of escape that also exercises your brain & the power of your imagination. I’ve been an avid reader all my life, and it has always come with important decisions. When I was a kid I was faced with the choice of reading to myself or badgering my sister/mom to read to me. As I grew the choice morphed into picture books versus…

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Geek Decorating: Wanderlust at Home

Geek Decorating: Wanderlust at Home - How to bring the world to your home or room! #Travel #decor

My Fangirl Life is a geek lifestyle blog, or that’s how we describe ourselves. This means that we love to talk about every aspect of life as a nerd: from cosplay, Cons, & entertainment to cooking, fashion, & DIY. Today’s topic, Geek Decorating, falls squarely into the middle of all of that.

Both Kris and KG have given us a tour of their rooms in the past year. You can find those here and here and

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Month in Review: March 2016

Month in Review: March 2016 ... Chex out what we have been up to in March! #bloglife #blog #monthinreview

Spring is here! Or at least it’s tricking us into believing it’s here in my hometown of Edmonton. Hope is peeking out from behind the shroud of winter, anyways, and I’m just trying to decide if I should let it in. Winter being over is always a special time of year, but what else is new? Well, read on to find out what we did in March 2016!

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The Fangirl Glossary: WWE Wrestling

All the terms a new @WWE fan needs to know for #Wrestlemania32.

The WWE Universe is a gigantic and very weird space. I’ve often argued that wrestling fans sit at the very bottom of the fandom pyramid because of the level of disdain we receive from humanoids who don’t understand what we watch and why we watch it. For example, I’m regularly told by outsiders “Wrestling isn’t real”. My stock response to this is “Thanks tips, the sky is blue and Han Solo isn’t…

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Our Favourite Things: WWE Wrestlers (in honor of Wrestlemania 32)

Our Favourite Things: WWE Wrestlers (in honor of Wrestlemania 32) #WWE #Wrestlemania32

It’s Wrestlemania weekend! Woot! Time for some intensive, bone-crushing, soap-opera-style drama! For wrestling fans this is their big day – their Superbowl / World Series / Stanley Cup Finals / Daytona 500. Or should I say “our” big day, because we are wrestling fans. It snuck up on us, our love of WWE, but we are now a part of the fandom. On Thursday I presented you, our lovely readers, with 5…

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Fangirl Playlists: Your WWE Workout Mix

Fangirl Playlists: Your WWE Workout Mix @WWE #getfit #pumpup

We’re celebrating Wrestlemania weekend here on My Fangirl Life. That’s what I said… we’re celebrating wrestling. We fell pretty hard for this fandom in the last couple months. You can read on how this happened in Confession: I Like WWE Wrestling. But the fact of the matter is that now we are in so deep there’s no going back. Yesterday Kris wrote 5 Reasons Why Every Fangirl Should Watch…

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5 Reasons Why Every Fangirl Should Watch Wrestlemania 32

5 Reasons Why Every Fangirl Should Watch Wrestlemania 32 #wwe #wrestlemania32 #romanempire

I know what you’re thinking: “Why would I ever want to watch wrestling? I am a fangirl; I have discerning tastes. I know what I like and I can almost guarantee wrestling isn’t it”. I hear you… not long ago, when Johnny Rico tried to convince us to watch our first WWE pay-per-view with him, I went through a similar thought process. I didn’t think I’d like it; after all, I was into fandoms, not…

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Is it just me or does Han Yan look like the Chinese Robert Pattinson? #Worlds2016 #hanyan #skate (at TD Garden)