Psycho Moto fans! Our Family issue will be out soon (oh! so
soon!) and that means we need fodder for the NEXT issue!
Some of you may already know the theme: NERD LIFE.
This is already shaping up to be one of our more popular
themes, and space is limited, so if you want to get your nerdy, dorky, and
completely geeky pieces of art into this then you better act faster than the
Enterprise in hyperdrive! (I don’t watch Star Trek, was that a good
comparison?)
To give you a little glimmer of the joy that will appear in
the Nerd issue…here is a photo.
Yes. That fabulous girl in the front is me. I was 12 or 13. I dressed like
my father.
Speaking of my father, I had to ask him to send these
photos (they were taken with a real camera, in like 1996). I also let him read the piece I wrote about chess (which will be in the
Nerd Life issue!) and this was his response. You can see how clearly awesome he
is, right?
Hi Marissa,
Yes, I found some embarrassing pictures, and you can thank
Darlene Furler for that. Can you be sure she sees your zine? Like, do you have
Adam on Facebook or something? In fact, how do I see it? Is it a website? I
will send a few pictures by snail mail tomorrow morning if your Mom can't show
me how to scan them tonight. And really, wouldn't we need a special scanner to
do that? I've never noticed one around here. How can I be a Nerd if I don't
know this stuff?
Yes, I dried some tears. I think of Zhu Zhu at the Queen's
Gambit. (Remember the Queen's Gambit tournaments? We aimed to get girls in
chess, and that tournament was very well attended). I think most of the boys
were not cocky about playing girls. They were intimidated. You have to remember
your power over teen-age boys. Remember Ina with her Goth style? I encouraged
her to keep that up at the tournaments. And our clubs were a little United
Nations too. South Africa. Iran. India. China. Ukraine. Thailand. Bulgaria. We
had 'em all.
I got a kick out of your article, and I'd say you got it pretty
right. For me, it was just an immense amount of fun. And what could make a
father prouder of the job he's done than to learn that he has taught his
daughter how to get free drinks?
Oh, you've got to show me how to read the zine so I can see what
Sedona wrote.
Love, Dad
To read my story, and many other hilarious, ridiculously nerdy stories (and to see some awesome nerd art, yeah!) you'll have to read the zine.
You can also be in it!! Send submissions to pmzsubmissions@gmail.com, or send us a note on facebook (Psycho Moto zine). Do it now! Promptly and immediately!
Love,
Marissa Bea
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