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      “Nothing’s holding me back any more. I know what I want, and I’m going to get it.”    ~ Blair Waldorf       What better way to end Season 5 than with a bold statement from Queen B. Until the fall… xoxo       Episode 111 aired 14 May 2012 [...]

What the heck is wrong with Christina Aguilera?  There is no denying she is the “voice of our generation” and, though I sometimes question the merits, being a Latina has helped her cause a bit, but her catty-tude has got to go.  Or does it?   Let’s face it, everyone has been complaining about her [...]

      “The best way to avoid giving an answer is to avoid the question all together.”    ~ Gossip Girl       The truth hurts, so don’t ask if you don’t want to know. And unless you’re willing to tell the truth, don’t give them a reason to ask.       [...]

I have never been good at sitting still for extended periods of time.  Extended periods of time can be defined as any length of time exceeding 15 minutes. Despite this fact, I thought attending the Marvel movie marathon as a precursor to their latest release, Avengers, was a good idea.  It was.  I got such [...]

If practice makes perfect then I need to keep practicing, but I have to admit I have had so much fun each time I have had the pleasure of working with the Broken Pixels.  They invited me to sing on two more tracks and once again, I couldn’t resist.  The songs, and the games, are [...]

Summer temperatures will be much hotter this year, but global warming has nothing to do with it.  I’m being cheesy because I can think of no other way to describe how bad ass the announcement of the Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and Wisin y Yandel.  To add to the beautiful Latino rainbow, the press conference [...]

      “It takes a special level of crazy to go that far to hide your secrets.”    ~ Nate Archibald       I personally believe the best and most exciting people I have ever met have a little crazy! The right amount of crazy is positively sexy.       Episode 109 [...]

Laundry:  Unless it is on a label in an adorable pair of 5-inch heels that says “Chinese Laundry,” I detest the word.  Worse than word is of course, the act of doing laundry.  I hate he noise my “quiet” washer and dryer make, I hate the lint filters from the dryer and I hate when [...]

      “Maybe you are so focused on how everyone else sees you that you no longer know who you are.”    ~ Daniel Humphries       I could feel Blair’s pain when she told Dan she didn’t want to continue living in the shadows of the men in her life. We tend [...]

There is so much that has been said about waking up next to a woman; some good, some bad. Whether it’s about coyote ugly or her beauty at first light…   I think you can do far worse than wake up next to me but I realized how many people have had this honor. Oh [...]

      “You don’t want to live in my world and I certainly don’t want to live in yours, so where does that leave us?”    ~ Blair Waldorf       Even though the “discovery” that Diana is Chuck’s mother was the Whoa!-moment of the evening, I am still perplexed by Blair and [...]

      “Other times you get the thing you always wanted, only to find out it isn’t what you really needed.”    ~Gossip Girl [aka Serena van der Woodsen]       Serena is learning a thing or two by taking over the Gossip Girl helm. Whether these lessons will stick remains to be [...]

By categorizing me as a “girl gamer” you are implying that I am somehow special, or different. When nearly half of all gamers are female, why is this descriptor necessary? Lawyers, doctors, and teachers all do the same thing without the need to describe (call out) the gender of the person in the role. I [...]

      “Is our chemistry purely intellectual?!”    ~Blair Waldorf       Love that Blair had the courage to ask Dan Humphries this question because it shows that sexual chemistry is important too and it’s okay! We should want it all. We should demand it all.         Episode 105 aired [...]

…isn’t hate?       ~ Tyra Banks

Independent bloggers and video gaming enthusiasts sites often have to pick and choose between conventions such as E3 [Electronic Entertainment Expo], Penny Arcade Expo [PAX], Toyko Game Show [TGS] and the Game Developers Conference [GDC] due to budgetary concerns.  The arguments have been made for each event and it’s allure.  I don’t discount any of them and [...]

Female characters in fighting games have always been standard operating procedure; for me, it was the appeal of fighting games.  I liked not having to be the boy trying to rescue the damsel in distress (a la Mario and Zelda).  That isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy those games but at some point choosing Kitana [...]

I have always been a fan of the K.I.S.S.  Not the spit-swapping, germ-passing, tongue-wrestling kind; I actually find the “French” kiss disgusting. I do like the parental kiss passed down through generations and the friendly greeting kiss when a friend comes over and the tender kiss with someone you love. I remember hearing kiss was [...]

I’m turned off by fair-weather Latinos.  They know nothing of their culture nor do they try.  I’m not perfect; my name is Chastity, I call my father “Daddy” and haven’t been to Puerto Rico in nearly 12 years but habla español, I can cook pernil y arroz con habichuelas, and I love to dance merengue [...]

      “Oh my God! I was just bitch-slapped by Bridget Jones.”    ~Blair Waldorf       Bridget Jones refers to the character created by Helen Fielding and portrayed in films by Renée Zellweger, a woman who would be less than desirable amongst the Upper Eastsiders .         Episode 104 [...]