Yesterday I had the opportunity, with a few other Detroit bloggers, to sit down and interview Kirk Maltby, Red Wing alumni, at the Official Red Wings Viewing Party at MotorCity Casino.

Maltby talks about how retirement life is treating him and his family as well as how he feels about the currently injured Wings team and what it's like to watch the games at home.  He also shares with us a lot of his favorite memories being with the Red Wings.

I could say more but I'll let Kirk tell you the rest...

This is my first real week of grad school classes at Wayne State and they're all online!  I'm really excited to dive head first into my classes but everyone keeps telling me how difficult online classes are.  After my face-to-face introduction class, I'm pretty sure online classes will be a piece of cake.

But here are some of my reservations:

• I'm a procrastinator, so I'll just keep putting everything off.
• My love for multitasking my interrupt my studying/homework.
• If I'm not forced to actually go to class (by attendance policy) will I actually read/listen to the online lectures?
• If I ever get a "real" job, I won't be able to make time for my work.

I'm in the process of editing all the footage I got at tonight's Official Red Wing Viewing Party at MotorCity Casino... especially the interview of Kirk Maltby.

In the meantime, enjoy this!

During the game I was able to sit hang out and talk with Kirk Maltby before our interview.  We talked about social media and blogging and everyone kind of just gave him and overview of what we're doing up here in the Social Media Command Center at the DRWparty.

Telling Maltby about vlogging and showing him my new Sony Bloggie camera.

I have been invited by the MotorCity Casino social media and marketing department to come down to their Official Red Wing Viewing Party tonight and get my vlog on.  They're hooking me up, along with a few other bloggers, with access to a private box where we can have access to our computers, internet and chargers.  We also get to interview Kirk Maltby, a Red Wing alumni.

I'm really excited!  I can't wait to share my footage!

I just realized that I haven't blogged in awhile and my last entry was about Monsturd--a horror movie about poop--so I wanted to change that and talk about my newest adventure, GRAD SCHOOL!

I never intended on attending graduate school but when I spent 7 months after graduation unsuccessfully looking for a job, I caved in and registered.  Not only am I hoping to have some good Detroit networking experiences but I actually think I'm going to enjoy my classwork.  I'm enrolled in the New Media Communications program at Wayne State University and so far, it is incredibly interesting.

Currently I'm reading eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business by Corey Perlman for class, which I'm hoping to get some good advice for improving Girly Nerdy Goodness's internet presence.

I'm glad that I found something that I truly love.  I love studying about new media.  I love reading about new media.  I practice new media in my free time and one day I hope to make a career out of it... and when that day comes, I will be a very happy girl.

I know I usually just review documentaries but I think I might broaden the topic so I can include some other the other films I've watched that deserve attention (especially B-horror movies, which are a passion of mine).

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Today I went shopping with my mom all day for decorations and furniture for the house.  New wall hangings, new dishes, new living room set... today was exhausting.

(picture taken at Pier 1)

Title:  Between the Folds

Type:  documentary

Netflix Synopsis:  Filmmaker Vanessa Gould takes you on a provocative odyssey into the mesmerizing world of modern origami, where artists and scientists use the ancient art form to craft works of delicate beauty and to model cutting-edge mathematical theories.  Pushing the envelope of origami to include caricatured portraits and elaborate abstract designs, these experts examine how paper folding can reveal the profound connection between art, science and philosophy.

What I Thought:  Incredible.  I saw things in this movie that I would have never imagined possible.  Origami is created by just folding paper--no cutting, no taping, no gluing.  No addition.  No subtraction.  Just folding.  There are two sides taken in this documentary: those who believe in an organic way of folding and those to believe in strict techniques.  Some believe that no two pieces should ever look the same and that there is no pattern.  How the paper is folded should be inspired by the moment.  Others take mathematical approaches to folding.  Scientists, mathematicians, biologists, engineers.  There are even students at MIT studying folding and the capacity of a piece of paper.  I still just can't even get over this film.  I figured it would just cover the history and its importance in Asian cultures but it's so much more than that.

One of the paper folders featured created the music video for The Format's The Compromise.

Rating:   /  5

I woke up at 8am this morning, got ready and headed off to work.  When I got there I was informed that I was actually on-call and not scheduled to work... so I had to turn around and go right home.  Ugh.

Title:  Welcome to Macintosh: The Documentary for the Rest of Us

Type:  documentary

Netflix Synopsis:  Written and directed by filmmakers Robert Baca and Josh Rizzo, this entertaining documentary delves into the world of Apple Inc., the groundbreaking company responsible for, among other things, the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone.  With interviews from a variety of industry insiders, Baca and Rizzo chronicle the history of the Steve Jobs/Steve Wozniak-founded corporation and track the meteoric growth of the Mac phenomenon.

What I Thought:  As a Mac fangirl with a new obsession with watching documentaries, I was really excited to watch my first Apple documentary but I was really let down.  The film completely falls short of what I had expected.  All the interviews were with people who don't matter (as far as I'm concerned)--no Jobs, no Wozniak--however, they did interview the original 3rd co-founder.  Everything was really repetitive and annoying.  Although this was made in 2008, all the stories told date back to the 80s.  All recent news and relevant stories are ignored.  To be honest, I didn't even finish watching it in its entirety.

Rating:   / 5

Title:  Art & Copy

Type:  documentary

Netflix Synopsis:  Explore the fascinating and sometimes mysterious world of advertising with this compelling documentary from filmmaker Doug Pray that features a host of interviews with some of the biggest names in the business.  Meet the talented minds who created taglines forever embedded in the American psyche, including "Just Do It," "Where's the Beef?" and "Got Milk?" Hal Riney, Ed Rollins and many others share their insights.

What I Thought:  As an advertising grad I was so happy to find a documentary about advertising that didn't make it out to be this evil conspiracy.  Advertising was portrayed in such a positive light that it, once again, makes me proud to be a part of the industry.  It highlights all the creativity and hard work that goes into simple slogans like "Got Milk."  I also found it interesting to see the progression and evolution of different campaigns over the years.  I wish this movie would have been shown in some of my advertising classes.

Rating:  ***** / 5

Studied all day for the GRE.

The GNG girls are back! Season 2 starts off with a little prank involving aliens, and continues on to some crazy shenanigans on one of our favorite continents. We have a whole lot of new features and fun coming this season, so we hope you'll stay tuned!