Star Wars Watches

It's only been the last couple of years that I've started to wear a watch. I was given one a few years ago as an anniversary present, which I then lost within the year. I got so use to wearing it, that when it was gone, it drove me absolutely crazy until I finally went out and got a new one.

It's pink and silver and quite awesome, but if I had known there would be Star Wars watches coming out, I may have waited a little longer. Clearly, these new watches Seiko, due out Oct. 12th, are made for men, but when has that ever stopped me before?

Just take a look at their awesomeness!

Darth Vader

• Black IP coated steel case size: 42.5mm [outer diameter], 11.3mm [thickness]
  Screw back
• Movement: 8B54 Caliber quartz movement with radio correction
• Correction feature: Radio corresponding standard radio (station 2) Japan, 4 Department of China, and the United States
• Solar charging function (from time to time. Driving power save about 9 months from a full charge, driving for 2 years from full charge)
• time accuracy: 15 ± seconds per month difference (in case you do not receive the standard radio, if it is worn on your wrist at temperature 35 ℃ 5 ℃ ~)
• Sapphire crystal with hard coating
• Water resistant to 100 meters
• Limited edition of 1,500 watches
• Price: 141,750 yen (U.S. about $1,820)

Darth Maul

• Black IP coated steel case size: 43.4mm [outer diameter], 11.0mm [thickness]
• Movement: 8B82 Caliber quartz movement with radio correction
• (station receives two automatic selection of Japan) wave correction
• Solar charging function (from time to time. Driving power save about six months from a full charge, driving for 2 years from full charge)
• stopwatch function (measured 1/5 second, 60-minute, measuring up to 6 hours)
• time accuracy: 15 ± seconds per month difference (in case you do not receive the standard radio, if it is worn on your wrist at temperature 35 ℃ 5 ℃ ~)
• Sapphire crystal with hard coating
• Water resistant to 100 meters
• Limited edition of 800 watches
• Price 136,500 yen (U.S. about $1,750)

Stormtrooper

• Steel case size: 41.7mm [outer diameter], 12.4mm [thickness]
• Movement: Caliber 6R21 automatic mechanical
• Accuracy: +25 seconds to -15 seconds difference per day
• Jewels: 29
• Sapphire crystal with hard coating
• Water resistant to 100 meters
• Limited edition of 500 watches
• Price 136,500 yen (U.S. about $1,750)

 Yoda

 

• Steel case size: 41.7mm [outer diameter], 12.4mm [thickness]
• Movement: Caliber 6R21 automatic mechanical
• Accuracy: +25 seconds to -15 seconds difference per day
• Jewels: 29
• Sapphire crystal with hard coating
• Water resistant to 100 meters
• Limited edition of 600 watches
• Price 136,500 yen (U.S. about $1,750)

C-3PO

• Steel case size: 41.7mm [outer diameter], 12.4mm [thickness]
• Movement: Caliber 6R21 automatic mechanical
• Accuracy: +25 seconds to -15 seconds difference per day
• Jewels: 29
• Sapphire crystal with hard coating
• Water resistant to 100 meters
• Limited edition of 600 watches
• Price 136,500 yen (U.S. about $1,750)

R2-D2

• Steel case size: 45.5mm × 46.0mm horizontal vertical [Case], 9.5mm [thickness]
• Movement: Solar Digital quartz movement Caliber S770 with an active matrix EPD with radio correction
• (standard radio receiver that originates from five stations in Japan, USA, Germany, United Kingdom) wave correction
• (from time to time. Driving power save about nine months months drive about 41 months from a full charge from full charge) solar charging function
• (time display can be optionally five) style change function
• (32 cities and regions) World time function
• time accuracy: 15 ± seconds per month difference (in case you do not receive the standard radio, if it is worn on your wrist at temperature 35 ℃ 5 ℃ ~)
• Sapphire crystal with hard coating
• Water resistant to 100 meters
• Limited edition of 1,000 watches
• Price 126,000 Yen (U.S. about $1,620)

 Some of the features that I really like out these watches, start with the little details. Things like the second hand of the jedi/sith watches looking like their lightsabers,

 The emblazoned character pictures overlaying the details inside,

 

the fact that each watch has the characters name in Aurebesh.

Also, the R2-D2 watch uses EPD e-ink to bring up scenes from the movies! How cool is that?

Ok, so with prices that high, I think I made the right choice of buying my pink and silver watch, but hey, a girl can dream. Who knows, maybe one day they'll make awesome, affordable Star Wars watches for girls? Yeah, I know, I'll be dreaming of that for a long time yet.

Thanks to aBlogToRead for all the great info, considering everything else I saw was in Japanese and Adam for sending me the link in the first place.

The Spy Who Painted My Nails

Bond, James Bond...

International man of mystery, protagonist of over 50 novels, the star of 23 films and the center of the new OPI nail polish line.

Yes, you read that right. Bond has always had impeccable taste in clothes and style, so I suppose that OPI is trying to bring that style to us Bond-Girl Wannabes.

This I am totally ok with. I have always secretly dreamed of being a Bond-Girl (as I've mentioned before) Any incarnation of Bond will do for me, but I must say, I have a soft spot for Sean Connery as Mr. Bond.

Can you blame me?

so, what type of nail polish is being released by OPI for the upcoming Skyfall release? Will they have punny names like the previous lines that I've featured on here?

No, actually. These are named after the movies themselves.

The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Live and Let Die, The World Is Not Enough, You Only Live Twice and Moonraker

Skyfall, Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day, Goldeneye and The Living Daylights

and for those of us who have richer tastes, just like the man himself, there is a 18k gold nail polish with the apt name of The Man With The Golden Gun, although Goldfinger might have been a better choice, concidering.

As usual, I want all of them. Well, maybe not the gold one. It's a little too rich for my taste or at least my pocket book at $38 a bottle.

So, what do you think? Are you willing to go Gold for Bond?

Spiderman's Most Impressive Talent Is Sewing

Spidy-sense, wall crawling, web slinging, these are cool, but Peter Parker's real talent is in sewing awesome costumes

I wonder if I sat down with a friend and randomly handed them a Spiderman costume, if they would just automatically believe that I was a superhero. This guy's faith in his friend is the real superpower.

thanks to Fatawesome and Fashionably Geek for knowing amazing sewing skills when they see them.

SDCC Kisses for Charity

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to kiss one of these men; Nathan Fillion, Zachary Levi or Adam Baldwin, in your geeky dreams? Do your dreams ever go as far as to wondered what it would be like to see them kiss each other?

Well, wonder no more and thank your lucky stars for Melanie Bolen.

Yes, you saw that, now go back and watch it again and again and again like I know you want to. I'll wait...

Yes, Melanie Bolen is the girl who started it all by donating $1000 to Zachary Levi's charity NerdHQ and getting that first kiss that spiraled so sweetly out of control.

Here's what she has to say about what happened.

While at Comic Con in San Diego this past weekend (SDCC), I spent a lot of time at NerdHQ (www.thenerdmachine.com).  NerdHQ was an off-site venue having it's second year in a row... the brainchild of actor Zachary Levi (star of the show "Chuck").  The basis behind NerdHQ was that it was a place for nerds to hang out, have small intimate panels (known as "Conversations For A Cause"), and raise money for charity (specifically the charity Operation Smile... check them out at www.operationsmile.org and consider donating, por favor).  I spent most of my time there because of the atmosphere, the people, and the amazing energy and heart that came out of that place.  Throughout the weekend there were various ways to donate for charity.
While back in my hotel on Thursday (after having run The Walking Dead Escape) I saw a tweet where someone posted that for $20 you can get a photobooth picture with Zachary Levi, for $100 a kiss on the cheek, and for $1000 a kiss on the lips.  I wasn't sure if they were joking or not (heh), because they were tweeting from the NerdHQ party (which I didn't make it to, darn it) and could've been intoxicated, hahah.  Well, I've always been someone who believes that when a gauntlet is thrown down, you should totally pick it up, and in this case it was like the hammer of Thor had been thrown down.  Now, before you call me a "pervy fan girl", I'm not a weird troll who's scoured the internet simply because I think that Zachary Levi is "hot," or "sexy," or even "HAWT" (though he is a very attractive and totally adorable man), nor do I have the inside of my locker covered in his photos (well, I don't have a locker, but still).  I just think that he's an overall amazing person who uses his fame in all the right ways and I highly respect and admire him (and, let's face it... he's an awesome fellow nerd, and I love nerds... and he said in panel that his favorite X-Man is Gambit.  Um, POINTS!).  It's not just looks that make him an amazing person in my eyes, it's everything he believes in and stands for, not to mention talent, because that's how I choose to continue working on living my life as well.
Anyways, back to the story... I went back to NerdHQ determined to find out if this was real.  I'm at a place in life where donating an amount like that is doable for me (please, I am NOT taking sugar mama applications, sorry, hah), and I also believe heavily in giving back because I've been given so much in life to be grateful for.  I showed up there and asked around as to when the next photobooth would be happening, but people didn't seem to know.  I hung out a while, and was about to leave, but I decided to ask one more person.  I walked up to a guy who looked important (and, well, he was) and asked him.  I told him why, and I asked if it'd be possible to just drop off the donation money then so that I wouldn't be carrying it around and then I could come back for the photobooth when it was happening.  He said, "You have the cash on you right now?"  I said, "Yes."  He then told me to hold on a minute and he walked away.  When he came back he grabbed my hand and started walking me towards the back and said, "You're going on stage."  BZAH!?
Well, it turns out I had asked the producer, and it just so happened that a Conversation panel with Nathan Fillion was about to end.  Anyways, you've seen the rest, pretty much, if you watched that video (and the hilarity that both Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin brought to it... THANKS, boys!).  The whole situation was not only a surprise to me, but also to Zachary Levi, because they didn't tell him what was happening (sorry, dude).  What I found most amazing was that when I told friends about it a few hours later they said, "That was YOU!?  I heard about that!!!"  HUH?  Well, ok, then...
The whole experience turned out much greater and more hilarious than I ever could've imagined.  So, thank you NerdHQ, thank you Zachary, and thank you Jeff (the producer), for giving me quite the memory and story... I see thousands of people online have enjoyed it as well. - Melanie Bolen

What a lucky duck! I would've happily been in her shoes for those few precious seconds, but then she deserves all the glory for being such an amazing sport and donating to a worthy cause.

Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you and all you spawned, and also to those great people who caught it on film.

Enjoy!

What A Girl Really Wants

Yup, that's about it

or at least have a guy Talk Star Wars To Her ;)

Muppet Music

Sometimes life gets you down. It's hard on your body and spirit, but sometimes it can't be helped.

You know what I do when I get sad?

I listen to Muppet Music.

awesome art by Katie Cook

Yes, Muppet Music never ceases to cheer me right up.

it can be anything from It's Not Easy Being Green,

Rainbow Connection,

Visit The Moon,

or an Electric Mayham version of Blackbird

and of course, who could forget a new favorite, Life's A Happy Song

now don't you feel better? I certainly do :)