I’m obsessed with Leslie! Is that weird? Idc idc! I can’t remember when we first “virtually” met, but I’ll assume it was on Twitter because that’s where I live. She had a geeky blog, I had a geeky blog and next thing you know were internet besties.

Even though Leslie is such a lovely person, I have a sneaking suspicion that she has several gangers locked in her basement. That’s the only possible way she can work on all her projects! Seriously, folks.

I’ll make a list just to emphasize her awesomeness:

• – Runs her blog Leslie IRL
• – She’s a designer
• – NEPA Blog Con designer
• – Runs the super freaking cute Word to my Unicorn Etsy shop
• – One of the founders of International Geek Girls Pen Pal Club (sign up!)
• – Co-runs Larpettes, a Facebook group for female LARPers
• – Belly dancer for Antipode Geek Belly Dance
• – A bajillion more things

I love the geek and blogger community! In some regards, I blog to try to inspire people to be their best self. I love to give people ideas, advice, food for thought, contraverial things to comment on, and motivation to do cool things. I feel like by creating diverse and fun communities like the Geek Girl Pen Pals as well as blogging about my life, my art, and my raison d’etre, I might inspire, enable and empower others to go out there and create awesome. I want to be close to a community that isn’t exactly in my backyard, so I try to make myself a real presence online. I love connecting with people across the globe, including geeky celebrities, and to me, the best way to do that is to blog and maintain an online lifestyle.