HAPPY BIRTHDAY TETRIS!!!

Holy crap, Tetris came out when I was one year old!  ONE!  God damn!  They are 29 years old!  Wait till they hit thirty.  Maybe then they'll be as fabulous as me ;) It's all about the thirties baby!  Still, this is an epic nostalgic piece of 80's history.  My childhood - the frustration of wanting to throw my clunky Gameboy across the room because the shapes were coming to fast, the warning music that I was about to die - ahh childhood, how I miss thee sometimes.  Then I remember all the awkward phases, and imagine that Tetris is happy to be all grown up and have gone from the ugly green to full color!

A little background on Tetris for those of you tots who are completely lost as to what this is.

Year of Release: June 6, 1984

Originally Designed and Programmed by: Alexey Pajitnov of the Soviet Union.

It was the first programmed software that was make in the UK and exported to the US.

That's right - Tetris was leading the way for all the epic games we have today!

WAIT!  There's more!!  

HAPPY NATIONAL YO-YO DAY!!

Who knew right?  I didn't, but hey Geeks and Nerds are always learning and enjoying a classic throwback.  There is even a Museum of Yo-Yo History!  Holy crap!  The Yo-Yo is much more popular than I thought!

Okay, honestly, there's a crap ton of history on the Yo-Yo!  I would suggest clicking on the museum to start, but there's way too much info for me to put into this post.  However, I will say that while Yo-Yo's are cool in theory - I always completely and utterly failed at them.  I could never get them to come back up!!!  Misadventures of the Yo-Yo!  At least for this Geek.  

AND THAT, DEAR NERDS, IS YOUR RANDOM NERDY FACT OF THE DAY!

Image by Cool Text

Generally, I go through the Play Store (Yup, that’s right, I said play store, I’m an Android girl – sorry to all you iPhone users.) and look through the free games – I’m on a budget people – download several – try them out – uninstall half of what I downloaded – and then zero in on my favorite one. 

Just like any form of advertising, if the name of the app, the picture, or the description doesn’t draw me in – I’m not gonna download it.  That’s the facts, kids.  Grumpy Bear’s description is quite long – and to be honest it’s rare, if ever that I click on that more button to show the rest of the description.  That first blurb for the app has got to draw my attention.  Luckily, for Grumpy Bear’s, they did.

Grumpy Bear Description (Via the Play Store)

There be some grumpy teddy bears in the woods, and they be wantin' your honey!


Fight off the teddy bears and put up your best defenses to keep those grumpy teddies at bay.


Huge, family fun with tons of fur and explosions.


Now you must defend your barrels of honey at all cost. Luckily you have a wide variety of weapons and defense systems to do just that. Being a honey delivery truck has never been so dangerous and SO FUN!


Things you can throw at them grumpy teddy bears include:✩ Sticks o' Dynamite✩ Skully McGee's UberBombs✩ Bear Seeking Grenades✩ Dad's Pile o' Wrenches✩ Trusty Hay Bales✩ Molotov Cocktails✩ Your Pet Rock (not recommended)✮ The Nuke✮ The Hammer of Thunder✮ The Flaming Hay Bale✮ Lumberjack✮ Panda
Also be sure to check out these crazy tools of destruction:✮ The Electric FenceTeddy Bears you can unlock include:✮ Ninja...and many, many more!


Good luck and have fun!

I downloaded.

I tried.

I can’t get enough of throwing hay bales and blowing up angry looking stuffed Teddy Bears riding motorcycles and trying to steal the honey off the back of my truck.  They’ve even got personality!  If you miss, many times they stand up on their bike, shake their ass at you, and say, “Nanananana.”  It’s hilarious!  There are no bugs that I've found (so far), and it's very simple and lots of fun. Here’s the break down, this game is fun, there’s a variety of weapon options, hilarious antics, and it’s perfect for winding down after a long day at work.  Beware: Once you pick it up – you’ll loathe to put it down.

Grumpy Bears is brought to you by Fluik Entertainment, makers of wicked-fun mobile games such as Office Jerk, Office Zombie and Plumber Crack.

You can download the app HERE.

You can also visit their Facebook page HERE.

Greeting and salutations nerds and nerdettes!  I’m scarce, I know, sporadic even, a once in a while blogger!  It’s insanity the way life eats up all our time so we can’t do the little things that we enjoy – like blog to an audience of invisible readers – who probably only exist in my mind.   Life has taken its toll with full time work and school.  We’re understaffed in my department which means I’m fiercely working to keep up with consumer demand, while also getting my school work done.  Not to mention that Brian has started his clinicals – which are so far away he has to be up at 3am just so he can catch the train and make it there on time and does not return home until 5:30-ish pm.  The dogs are not a fan of these schedules.  They let us know by pooping all over the house.  Spite – dogs have it.

In the book world, I have a long list to get through.  The first one that I’m almost done with – and will probably review for the hell of it, even though it’s not my favorite genre – is It Happened on the Way To War by Rye Barcott.  The writing itself is beautiful, eloquent, and definitely gives you a full picture of what’s going on.  It’s a narrative memoir, and to be honest, I’m just not all gung-ho about memoirs.  However, I have to read this for my Fiction Writing Class – which our Professor is having us write a non-fiction piece.  Backwards, but hey, it’s only one and it’s good practice to be a well-rounded writer.  I can’t really complain.  After that I have two others books to review, and honestly I can’t wait till summer when I get a reprieve from school and can read to my wicked hearts content.

There are rare occasions when I do get a reprieve to actually enjoy a bit of life.  Last weekend Brian, my brother, my friend Reyna and I met up with some others at the South Florida Renaissance Festival located at Quiet Waters Park.  Brian and I go every year.  There are a few staples – such as Brian always needs his chocolate covered bacon drizzled in caramel (or a heart attack waiting to happen) and I usually get some sort of hair piece because I love fun things for my hair.  We also like to check out new vendors, watch shows, and try different foods that we can find.  This year, I wandered in a human – and walked out a Fox Demon – horns, tails, and gypsy sarong included.  I looked absolutely adorable – if I do say so myself.  I also found a wicked leather journal for only $25 bucks.  It’s gorgeous and I have no idea what I want to write in it!  It’s so pretty that I don’t want to ruin it with my lackluster, chicken scratch hand writing – yet it calls to me!  Write in me! I really, really want to, but I want it to be something worth writing.  I’ve got time – I’ll think on it.

I’m actually on spring break this week – at least from school.  Work still calls and one of my psych professor has decided she does not care that it’s spring break and given us an assignment anyways.  Thank you for that.  I also need to meet my parents midway between us to transport my grandfather down here to his condo.  No rest for the wicked.  See, I told you I’m busy!  I will, however, continue to post!  I will blog, and read, and write, and review – though I’m considering moving to wordpress – if I can figure out how to use it.  One step at a time.

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