Peelander-Z

So I'm back again!  I know I am a little behind but this post will be about peelander-Z the band that played after SUPER ART FIGHT!

Peelander-Z calls themselves "Japanese Action Comic Punk band hailing from the Z area of Planet Peelander" according to their wiki and it was one of the craziest shows I have ever seen.  The band dresses up in crazy costumes each being a specific color.  Their songs are loud, catchy, and fun.  I just rememeber lots of shouting about "MAD TIGER" and "GO GET GLASSES!"  

The also exciting this about this band is they "battle?" what appears to be a guitar squid!  At one point they showed how by the squid was at sports by having him try to play baseball, jump rope, and soccer.

But with all of that my favorite part was the bowling song!  They started it out with, "Do you want to go bowling in your home? NO! do you want to bowl in your school? NO! do you want to bowl in your hospital? NO! Where do you bowl? IN SPACE!"  It was so random because of course you would go bowling in space.

Okay, and then one more thing to show the ridiculousness of this band, at one point the bass player (red peelander-z) crowd surfed to the middle of the room, climbed up onto the lighting structure, hung upside down and then played his bass.  It was CRAZY! (a little too crazy, panda's don't do well in mosh pits....)

Moral of the story, go watch random bands you never know what you are going to find.  

Alright! that is all for now I believe, more next week!  Also, if you ever think of anything you think I would like, or should write about post a comment I would love to hear from you!

Night Of Epic!

So I spent a night out in Baltimore last week doing tons of epic things, paper moon diner, super art fight at the ottobar, and Peelander-Z!

I started my night out having dinner at the Paper Moon Diner.  Its a cute place where toys and weird things line the walls, ceiling and more.  It was definitely interesting to look around and explore.  Plus the food wasn't that bad either.

It was dark!

Green man with a fork Mohawk riding a cow! An example of their decorations!

I broke into the staff area, shh, don't tell anyone!

Then I headed over to the ottobar for SUPER ART FIGHT!!!  Now for those of you who do not know what a super art fight is, it is where normally 2 artists take the stage in front of a huge blank canvas  Each artist is given a starting topic and they must incorporate that topic into the canvas.  A clock is then set for 25min and the drawling starts.  Then ever 5min. the wheel of death is spun for each player giving them a new topic they have to incorporate.  The topics on the wheel of death are provided by the fans of super art fight who post them as comments on the super art fight website.  This goes on till time is up, and then the audience chooses who they think did best by cheering.  It is a fantastic time! (be prepared for tons of pictures!) 

The first battle of the night was Ash Sketch'Em VS Ghostfreehood.  The starting topics were Ghostbusters vs Beetle Juice.   Ash came out dressed as a Pokemon Trainer and Ghostfreehood as some kind of Demon to start the battle.

And so it begins

Things start to change, becoming demons and such!

New topics emerge on the canvas like, "Lance Armstrong's Missing Testicle" which appears as a pokeball.

BATTLE!

Wheel of Death had Auto-erotic-asphyxiation-bots come up...

Finished battle Hand shake after Ash was announced the winner!

The second batter of the night was between Darl "Apocalypse" Gnau and "Charm City Shinobi" Dann Malihom.  The starting topics were Orioles vs Ravens which was very appropriate with this event taking place in Baltimore.  

Off to a good start, oriole bird vs raven!

Cthulhu Edgar Allen Poe

Battling!

Final Canvas! Darl Was Victorious!

The next bout was a tag team battle!  Team Sexyfulness vs stompadon!  Both teams got into character to make this a very entertaining match.  They also both started with the topic pirates which was very fun to watch.

Costumes! (not the best photo, heads get in my way, I'm short :/)

Pirate versions of themselves.

Veal of Death

Turned a stompadon into a sexyfullness oh no!

Team sexyfullness turns into samurai Abe Lincoln due to the topic of "Four score and 7 samurai ago"

 Exploding squids attack samurai Lincolns!

 Anteater lifting becomes an Olympic sport

 Stars of Car's get "busy"

Lots of mayham at the end with a sexyfullness win.

Final battle was between Jamie "Angry Zen Master" Noguchi(challenger) and "The nicest Man in Super Art Fight" Brandon J. Carr(defender).  This battle was for the SAF championship.  They started with the shining vs something I can not remember (do pandas have small brains?)

Nose turned TMNT!

Pretty!

Game of Scones!

Ball Gag Batman.

Battle for space on the Canvas!

Full Canvas!

The winner was Jamie Noguchi.  This win made Jamie Noguchi the NEW super art fight CHAMPION!    It was an awesome show overall I wish I could post more photos of all the changes made to the drawlings, it is so fun to watch the canvas change over time from one thing to the other.  If you get a chance you should check out super art fight, its awesome!

Me at SUPER ART FIGHT!

Okay, I think that's all for now, I will have to write about peelander-Z later because it is going to take a lot of writing to explain the crazy that was peelander-z.  Plus its getting late, I need some sleepy time.

*PANDA HUGS* Thanks for reading!

MD Renaissance Festival

I'm back!  This time it is to tell you all about my trip to the year 1514.  This trip just happened to occur at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, in their town by the name of Revel Grove.  At the the festival King Henry VIII was married to his Queen Katherine of Aragon (just to give you a perspective of the story line they were going along with).

While there I saw the king enter town and heard the cannon BOOM signifying the start of the day!  And after entering Revel Grove I went strait to the food and drinks!  Pandas need to start their day with breakfast just like people.

I had my self a pork chop on a stick (everything is better on a stick ) and a Bee-sting (1/4 Mead, 3/4 Cider). I know a little different for what would be my normal diet but it was delicious!  My group and I even were complimented on how we started the day with lots of the food groups.

I then went to see if I could have a meeting with the King and his court!

I made this picture bigger so you could see me, but that is me there with the KING!  I met King Henry VIII and his queen!  They were curious about why a panda was there to see them, but then It was explained I was a traveler and a nerd and it all made sense to them.

I then went on with my day taking in the sights around me of all of the people in costume, going into shops and looking at crafts and magnificent items (like top hats, leather masks, wooden mugs, swords, chain mail and so much more), watching shows, and eating more food!

Some of the best shows were fight school, Dueling fools, Dasiy O'Dany, and The Rude Mechanicals.  I have also heard a lot about Hack and Slash although they were not present. :(

Alright, I think that's it for now but I will leave you with a picture of me pretending to be king, and a recommendation that if you go to the renaissance festival you eat everything.  The OmNoms are FANTASTIC! (especially the pork chop on a stick- It beats the turkey leg and maybe even bamboo).

Atlanta, Georgia! Aquarium

I'm BACK! Time to tell you all about my fantastic time in Atlanta! Went there for Dragon*Con and arrived early Thursday before anything started making it an excellent time to go to the Aquarium!  If you have never been to the Georgia Aquarium you should go.  It is the best aquarium I have been to! It was full of exhibits and was set up in a way that you are amazed walking around every turn.

Above is one of the sites you come across as soon as you walk around a corner.  Whale Sharks!  I mean they are huge and with the huge tank you can see them very well, it is astounding.  Although, I did feel a little tiny seeing the huge whale sharks and manta rays swimming by me.

Also, they have a Dolphin show!  This dolphin show was one of the funniest parts of the visit.  It was like a musical with some dolphins.  Unfortunately, I was unable to use my camera during the show, so no pictures of the ridiculousness.  All I can say is if you go bring a friend to the dolphin show so you have someone to laugh with and make side comments to, it will make it better.

In the Dragon*Con spirit there were Sea Dragons.  I think they are cute!  Also, a fun thing about the aquarium was that there were fish tanks everywhere even on the ceiling which led to great views.  It would be an awesome place for Bioshock cos-play photos.  Too bad I didn't have my splicer mask there with me.

Wow this looks long.... I think I will tell you all about Dragon*Con adventures later.... I need to go find me a delicious Bamboo snack now.

Hey, I am the traveling nerd panda.  My goal is to post to you all about my travels, especially the fun ones.  This idea was thought up at Dragon*Con 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.  When I have more time I'll tell you more about that.  

I think that is all I have time for now, I need to figure more technical aspects of this blog out, and when I do I will be back with stories (and maybe pictures) of my travels (starting with the epicness of D*C 2012).