#jacky-the-nerd

[notworblacosplay]

I'm just wanting to say that I'm new to foam work and never quite bought into the worbla hype, so I already love this blog and its mission statement. If you can teach me things and make me laugh in the process, I'm gonna love ya forever.

I love you TOO

I’ll be doing grad school for...a while so posts will (continue to) be few and far between, but you can bet I’ll write up any Good Graduate Costuming Secrets I come across.

[faerytale-wings]

SWEET MOTHER TERESA ON THE HOOD OF A MERCEDES BENZ, HAVE A HAPPY F&%#ING BIRTHDAY!!!!

OMG THANK YOU :D. this is probably the most hilarious birthday message I’ve gotten and I love it. 

[faerytale-wings]

A merman is in your little inflatable swimming pool. What do you do?

i had every intention on answering this with a picture, but unfortunately i havent had time to draw the picture of me squealing and flailing and glomping the merman in my inflatable pool...but thats totally what i would do. pterodactyl noises and lots of tail stroking.

[jacky-the-nerd]

NERD RAGE!!!! Kentucky Native Edition

Some context for background: in November 2015, Kentucky elected Matt Bevin for governor. After the Paris attacks, he said he would not allow Syrian refugees in the state. Below is a wrathful article about why I disagree with Bevin and why such policies like the one he’s proposing are, for lack of better words, stupid, ignorant, and bigoted.

I write this in response to a report I saw on WBKO’s website. The report, in brief, stated that governor elect Matt Bevin has said he will not allow Syrian refugees into Kentucky.

The very idea that our governor elect has even considered preventing refugees from Syria entering our Commonwealth is ludicrous and inhumane. At the very least, it makes Kentucky--a southern U.S. state--fit the stereotype of being a bigoted, hateful, spiteful place full of bigoted, hateful, spiteful people. Also, I come from Bowling Green, and Bowling Green has a considerably diverse population. We have immigrants from Mexico, Bosnia, and other locations from around the world. Bevin's statement is offensive to me because I stand up for an America that takes and accepts the needy, the tired, the poor, and the hungry. I believe in a Kentucky (and a South, for that matter) that defies the negative portrayals and stereotypes of Kentuckians and Southerners as a whole. While recent news (such as the Kim Davis fiasco) doesn't help with that portrayal, I firmly believe that a better educated and more friendly Kentucky is possible.   Furthermore, there's very little to no legal grounds on which Bevin's ideas stand on. Logistically, the idea has no chance to be passed into law. Symbolically, the fact the governor elect of a state I call home and love with a great fervor would make such an ignorant and backwards statement cannot be underestimated. Syrian refugees are trying to escape violence, not cause it. They are victims of a four year long and very violent armed conflict. They want a safe place to live, work, and raise their families. On some final notes, Bevin and other governors (mostly from the South) pushing such policies show there is much work to be done in improving race, religious, and ethnic relations. Such policies proposed by Bevin and others are racist and xenophobic. Lastly, using the attacks in Paris to justify such policies does not show solidarity with our French allies and friends, but hocks and spits in the face of their grief and tragedy. Shame on you Matt Bevin. Shame on you for being fearful and hateful. Shame on your xenophobic and ungenerous attitudes. Shame on you for using a terrible tragedy to project meanness and nastiness upon an innocent and suffering people.

Signed,

A very displeased and disappointed Kentucky native P.S. It ain’t just the South or Kentucky pulling stunts like this. https://www.yahoo.com/politics/can-governors-really-reject-syrian-refugees-000440043.html States like Texas, Illinois, and Alabama are getting in on the “We’re afraid of people that are different and trying to escape violence” train, too. http://news.yahoo.com/growing-number-states-refuse-accept-syrian-refugees-wake-182025341--abc-news-topstories.html

[medievalpoc]

Hey. Time for some love mail, and I just discovered your blog today. I like history, and the more I can learn about history from different perspectives other than the European king or conqueror lens I can get, the better. Also, your medieval garb week = cool!! It's more stuff for me pull from for LARPing when I can get back into it.

Bringing together the margins of history into a cohesive narrative is a lot more interesting than this sentence makes it sound, and I’m overjoyed to see so many people who find it enlightening or inspiring. I’ve gotten a few awesome garb ideas from the past week too, and I imagine so have many others. I’m grateful for the kind words, and thank you so much for reading!

[jacky-the-nerd]

Reorganization

As some of you may have noticed, I don’t sign on to tumblr much anymore. I mostly operate using wordpress, which is a much better platform for the kinds of blogs I like to build. Henceforth, this page will simply be titled “Jacky the Nerd’s Blog.” And be sure to follow me on Facebook, too!!

https://jackythenerdblog.wordpress.com/

[royalbunni]

Hey. Follow-up ask. You feeling any better?

Hahaha...nope. Not one bit. My mom made me feel 10 times worse today.

[royalbunni]

Now, listen here! You ain't allowed to feel bad and wanting to disappear. I hear anymore of this "disappearing" rot and nonsense out of you, I will get a passport, come to Canada in full Fix-It Felix cosplay and I'll fix that smile of yours right up. Because I'm Fix-It Felix Jr., and I fix things. Like smiles. Yeah.

Hah…kinda hard to feel “good” about anything recently…there’s too much going on here and I am not capable of handling it… But thank you for the support