Smart Girls Have More Fun

In Seattle we know how to nerd-out. It's a stereotype that just might be true. We can tell you how far away the nearest internet cafe is from any given point in the city. (Because we're probably standing next to two). We get down with webinars, webisodes, the blogamosphere, hyperlinks and we know all the Ctrl shortcuts on our keyboards by heart. I'm never more happy than when I'm basking in the glow of my two monitors, writing Google ads at work, or reading my favorite blogs. Let me tell you, finding new Maria Bamford webisodes really takes the edge off a rainy winter day.

So I present my latest feature: Nerd-Out. Where I will share my latest internet obsessions. Get ready to click some links!

1. Amy Poehler's Smart Girls at the Party webisodes: Amy interviews girls about their interests and talents. The webisodes are geared toward parents and their daughters, but I still like them. The first guest on the show is a 10-year-old author. It's funny and adorable. Unfortunately it is sponsored by Barbie. I know they are trying to market her as something empowering for young girls, but there's something about that beeotch I don't trust.

2. Yellow Sticky Notes (a film). I save a lot of my notes to myself, in fact last night I was looking through the first notebook I kept here in Seattle. Amid more journal-y type entries are also grocery lists, directions, and to do lists. My favorite note to myself is "buy presentable shoes". Anyway this film is about how consuming those little to-do lists can be. It's shot flip-book style on, of course, yellow sticky notes.

That's all for today ... stay tuned for more nerding out in the future.