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Ep.24 – Geek Pride: The LGBTQ Episode!

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Ep.24 – Geek Pride: The LGBTQ Episode!

I have a “Gay Old Time” this week with Michael calling in to co-host the first ever MHMG LGBTQ Edition! You cried out for it, so Michael and discuss what it’s like to be a single homosexual geek in the dating scene, what online resources and phone apps you can use to meet people, and how joining and starting LGTBQ + Straight Ally groups in your area not only benefit the community, but put you one step closer to meeting new people.

Michael and I have a BioWare-gasm in ShipperWars where we discuss every relationship choice in every BioWare franchise, and how everyone can agree that Alistair from Dragon Age: Origins is the bestest boyfriend ever, no matter your gender.

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We Flip an important Table over the regressive path the great State of North Carolina is taking in recent months, and we basically tell the government to stay out of our bodies! (Be forewarned, I had to edit out 45 minutes of political topics from this Flippin’ Tables, so consider yourself lucky.)

There are Mass Effect spoilers, links below to other gay podcasts, cats in drag, and the parting knowledge that the summer’s hottest hashtag is #fitness. Get into it!

Links:
Chloe Sevigny
Drag Cats
Gay Pimpin’ with Jonny McGovern
ME3 Indoctrination Theory

Holy Cats, We Won Something!

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Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is listed as one of DatingAdvice.com’s 10 Best Geeky Dating Blogs! Here’s what they said:

“Bragging Rights: Dating within your own species

Host Kelley Hightower brings together her love of romance and the geeky world. With accompanying podcasts, she offers guidance on traversing the dating scene with little athletic ability. Posts like “The Breakup Breakdown” and “What You’re Probably Missing” offer dating how-to’s for those on a love learning curve. Every facet of modern romance is explored, including sex, first dates and shaking things up.”

Check it out here: DatingAdvice.com – 10 Best Geeky Dating Blogs

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Happy 4th of July!

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Happy Independence Day, Fellow Americans! Freedom and Liberty are important concepts, and while we continue to fight for all basic human rights (in some states more than others) let’s take some time today to appreciate our Nation’s bloody graduation from colony to nation state. The podcast will be taking a week off to celebrate and grill out, but we’ll return Monday the 15th with a brand new episode! Have a safe Fourth of July!

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Ep.23 – Hints and the Friend Zone: What You’re Probably Missing.

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In this episode, Sean Ryan and I discuss several different hints, clues, and tells for determining if that special someone you have your eye on may feel the same about you…or whether it’s time to stop bothering them.

We explore the less-than-erogenous zone that is the Friend Zone, and why to women, Friendship is Magic while men avoid it like the plague.

“Everything’s Coming Up Milhouse” in Shipper Wars, and in this episode’s Flipping Tables, Sean flips the equivalent of a TV tray over Facebook game invites, and I flip a table of buffet proportions over the “butthurt internet” and why I don’t care about your opinions about my opinions.

This is the second episode in Cycle 5, and as Sean pointed out, MHMG comes out in cycles because “Kelley’s podcast is so sexual, it menstruates.” You’re welcome.

Ep.22 Animazement 2013: The Panel Review

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Paris and William help me reminisce about our time at the Mating Habits of the Modern Otaku panel this past Animazement 2013. William helped Alpha Counter’s Sean Ryan and me host the panel, while Paris circulated among the crowd and took questions for the Q&A segment. Also, we’ve included the audio from the actual panel! Listen to all of the great questions we got from the audience, and check out the video at our new YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MatingHabitsVideo

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Guest Spot on Underqualified!

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While we wait for the epic Animazement Panel Video, here’s a guest-host spot I did on the Underqualified Podcast to tide you over:

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Jec and Holden were cool guys for letting me come on and talk about everything ranging from pick-up lines to poop! Check out their info here: http://finelygroomed.com/category/podcasts/underqualified/

Ep.21 – Stardate -301698.2: The Rules According to Trek

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William and I rush to the studio after watching Star Trek: Into Darkness to podcast our nacelles off about Trekkie dating sites, using the Trek Movie Titles as a cheat sheet to dating, and review the shit out of Star Trek: Into Darkness – SPOILER ALERT! There’s so much coat porn in this movie – so many great fashions!

We have a quick, imaginary shipper wars between Benedict Cumberbatch and Kelley Hightower Cumberbatch, and then William and I flip the same table over those people who get wild in movie theaters and talk and yell through the whole movie. There is a special hell…

The Rule According to Trek

The Motion Picture: Get motivated, be proactive, and get out there!

Wrath of “Con”: Cons are a great way to meet like-minded folks, just remember to be respectful.

The Search for Spock: Look for your own species in places where you would go; game stores, meet-ups, bookstores, conventions, online dating sites.

The Journey Home: Kicking rocks and awkward transitions; how to get them back to your place for sexy make-out times.

The Undiscovered Country: Sex; it’s the most complicated thing you’ll ever love doing.

The Final Frontier: Commitment; it’s tough, but what you’re ultimately looking for.

Generations: Age differences can be an issue, especially of she doesn’t remember Thundercats.

First Contact: Making the effort to get along with your SO’s friends and family.

Insurrection: Resolving Conflict; the right way to argue and not break up.

Nemesis: You broke up, how to still be friends, or at least civil to one another.

Star Trek – Lens Flare Reboot!: When all else fails, re-invent yourself. You’re still you, only shinier!

Links from the show:

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Ep. 20 – Girls, Girls, Girls: The Geek-Girl Experience

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This is The Episode to beat all episodes!

We’ve got a historic All-Female host panel consisting of podcast favorites, Paris and Trish, and introducing Laurel in her MHMG debut!

Find out what what happens when four intelligent, charismatic, attractive, and incredibly geeky women are given an open forum to talk about what it’s like being a female in today’s Geek-i-verse. If you’ve ever wondered, “What’s the deal with chicks?” we’re going to let you have it.

AND THAT’S NOT ALL! I sit down with Chiki of the D20 Girls and discuss what it’s like first-hand as a professional cosplayer and an ambassador for one of the hottest and female-forward geek groups in the nation.

Secrets are shared, the nitty-gritty gotten down to, and tables are flipped – you aren’t going to want to miss this one.

Show Notes of DOOM:

D20 Girls: http://d20girls.com/
Felicia Day Controversy:
http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/02/its-probably-not-wise-to-be-a-jerk-to-felicia-day/
Aisha Tyler Controversy: http://gamerant.com/ubisoft-host-aisha-tyler-responds-critics-curt-154704/all/1/
The “Danger” of Print Media: http://www.upworthy.com/the-people-who-approved-these-ads-have-a-lot-of-explaining-to-do-6?g=2&c=ufb1
Mountain Dew Ad: http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/mountain-dew-pulls-racist-ad-19097728

Ep.19 – Collateral Damage: Relationships Can’t Exist in a Vacuum

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This episode, Alpha Counter’s Sean Ryan helps me discuss the sometimes surprising reactions of your friends and family when you start dating someone new. We share our experiences and try to explain why the people who should be the happiest about your new-found love may be giving your grief or being more honest than you’d like. Your new relationship has a ripple effect that touches every aspect of your life, flowing out to your old relationships and potentially causing teh_dramaz. Sean and I experience this first-hand during recording when a member of our studio audience gets rowdy and shows her true feelings. Hissing ensues.

We ship every possible iteration on How I Met Your Mother, and Sean and I flip tables over “Vague-booking” on Facebook and people who don’t understand how names work. Listen, just don’t call him Ryan, okay?