Nerdiest Obsession: cosplay – sci-fi, fantasy, and anime

Wastes too much time on: surfing the net for inspiration for designs

Favourite female nerd: Felicia Day

Favourite male nerd: Chuck (Zachary Levi)

Secretly collects: movie ticket stubs; they’ll be a collage someday. Or a corset!

Hates with a fiery passion: stupidity, and learned helplessness

Nerdy line that makes you swoon: “Shiny. Let’s be bad guys.”

Top 5 sites visited daily:
www.hardcorenerdity.com, www.facebook.com, www.etsy.com, www.livejournal.com, www.gaiaonline.com

Top 5 things everyone should check out ASAP: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog and the related comics on Dark Horse Presents (MySpace), K-W Surplus (it has a Russian tank on the lawn!), Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, Threadbanger forums, Work in Culture 

Anything else to add? Learn to sew, even if it’s just a button. It’s a valuable skill.

Books

Fave book(s): Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Guards! Guards!, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Fave author(s):  Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Terry Pratchett
Most disappointing "based on the novel" film: Wanted
Books you'd love to see made into a film: Bitten, by Kelley Armstrong
First book you ever read: In A People House, by Dr. Seuss
First book that made you really like reading: Through The Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll
Currently reading: Wondrous Strange, by Lesley Livingston
Fave book news site: author blogs

Video Games

Favourite game(s): Mario 3, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Valkyria Chronicles, Battlestar Galactica board game
Favourite character(s): Wesker (Resident Evil)
Biggest cash grab game(s): the Mario Sports games
Spent too much time playing: ZOMG, on gaiaonline
Would fit right in: Final Fantasy X-2, because it really is Pretty Princess Dress-Me-Up
First game ever played: Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt twin pack
Currently playing: Exalted, Dungeons & Dragons 3.5
Favourite gaming news site: Kotaku

Comics

Fave TPB(s): Batman: The Killing Joke, Sandman: A Game of You
Fave single issue: Green Arrow/Black Canary: The Wedding Special
Fave character(s): Batman, the Joker, Rogue, Emma Frost
Fave storyline(s): No Man’s Land (DC)
Fave 'verse(s): DC, though I enjoy the X-Men
Fave artist/inker(s): Pia Guerra, Jim Balent, Georges Jeanty
First comic book ever read: Archies
Currently reading: Green Arrow/Black Canary, Buffy Season 8, Angel Season 6, Gotham City Sirens
Fave writer(s): Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, J. Torres, Brian K. Vaughn, Brian Michael Bendis

Movies

Fave film(s): Evil Dead trilogy, Labyrinth, Iron Man, Serenity
Fave director(s): David Lynch, Tim Burton, Joss Whedon
Fave actor(s)/actress(es): Johnny Depp, Tilda Swinton, Katharine Hepburn
Most inspiring film(s): The Princess Bride, Kinky Boots (no, really)
Biggest cinematic letdown: Batman & Robin, and X-Men 3: The Last Stand
First film ever seen: Fantasia
Last film you watched: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Music

Fave band(s): Rasputina, Darling Violetta, AC/DC, Portishead, U2, Led Zeppelin
Fave musician(s): The Edge, Brody Dalle, Shannon Leto
Fave singer(s): PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Shirley Manson, Janis Joplin, David Bowie
Best band/concert to see live: David Bowie
First concert: Moxy Fruvous (so Canadian it hurts)
Currently hooked on: orchestras and hard rock, from chamber quartets up