Hey there, loyal minions! No baby yet, for those of you who would ask.

I’ve had more than a few inquiries on whether or not I’ll be sharing labour and delivery stories, baby pictures, and the like. The answer is no, and the reason for that is twofold.

First off, while the vast majority of you folks are cool, the reality of being in the public eye, even when you’re relatively low-profile as I am is that you can attract those that are a bit…unbalanced. Sometimes, you end up having to deal with someone that develops unhealthy fixations, and as a public figure, you’re the target of those fixations. In addition, scrutiny comes with ready criticism, especially in an anonymous environment like the internet. Now, I knew all this when I started working for Naked News, and I accepted these possibilities because to me, the benefits outweighed the possible detriments. I have never once regretted my decision. I love Naked News, and I can’t wait to get back to work again. Working for NN has been overwhelmingly positive for me, and has opened the door to opportunities I never thought I’d have and am entirely grateful for.

I was comfortable sharing my pregnancy with our viewers because that was exclusively my body I was exposing. I am not comfortable exposing my child to the outside world, for his own safety and security- and also because I believe that is not a decision I am entitled to make for him. As a mother, my job is to keep my child safe.

The next reason is that I still want to maintain a sense of my own identity. I don’t want to be “the pregnant one” or “Mommy” professionally. I still maintain my own interests and my own personality. I LIKE being the Overlady and the Naked Nerd. My love of Emma Frost, Star Wars, and my PS3 hasn’t changed. My desire to rule the world by amassing an army of loyal nerd minions has not changed, and professionally, I want that to be the forefront of what most people see.

So I’ll announce the birth, for those of you who are curious, but I won’t be sharing any more information than that.

XOXO
Kat

It’s strange, not having to be on camera.  Refreshing.  I’ve put makeup on once in two weeks and it’s nice to let my skin breathe for a change.  This is the longest stretch I’ve gone without makeup since I was around eighteen- I’ve been on camera for various reasons since then.

It’s tough, getting used to all the changes in my body.  The aesthetic aspects of the changes, I can deal with- it’s the immobility that’s hard to take.  It’s kind of debasing to not be able to get your own socks on- and get stuck in bathtubs.

But hey, at least I can still smile.

Things around the Toronto area I will be at:

Mullet’s Night Show

The Nerdist show

The 4th annual X and O show

My friend Nicole has an exhibit in that show- she’s the one who took those maternity nudes I posted a few blogs back.

XOXO
Kat

Loyal minions!

So if you watched the NN weekend magazine, you’ll have heard the news.  I am now officially on maternity leave from the show.  It was a moment we all knew was coming, but packing up my dressing room table was still a sad moment for me, even though I know I’ll be back in about six months or so.

I’m going to miss coming into the office.

I’m going to miss bantering with our writer Greg, or playfully trading insults with our cameraman Hart.

I’m going to miss writing the Naked Nerd, arranging interviews, and tooling around conventions armed only with a killer PVC outfit, a microphone, and my sardonic, razor-sharp wit.

I’m going to miss my minions, especially my most loyal minion, Threk, who has been my most avid supporter since I joined the show.
And, let’s face it…I’m going to miss norks.  Norks in the dressing rooms, norks in the studios, norks lining the walls, norks in the halls, norks on the street, and norks on the beach.

I’m being a bit melodramatic.  This isn’t the end.  This is just a break.  I’ll be back, and in the meantime, I won’t be incommunicado.  I’ll be on twitter, on my blog here, and I might even post the occasional video blog or two.  I’m going to take care of my new family, and then when I have that fully under control, I’m gonna come back to NN, and I’m going to take care of YOU, minions.

(Wow, that sounded like a threat, didn’t it?)

Anyway, I’ll see you on the show again around September.  In the meantime, see you here!

xoxo

The Overlady

Me in January 2011.

I’ve been meaning to write a memoriam for 2011, but every time I look back at the past year, I become overwhelmed with all of the things that happened and my fingers clam up the way my mouth would if I was trying to speak. I can’t even talk through text about it without getting blown away by ALL OF THE THINGS.

There’s an alleged phenomenon called the Return of Saturn- apparently, it takes the planet Saturn 29.4 years to orbit the sun. Saturn’s orbit corresponds with human development- according to astrologers, when Saturn returns to the place in orbit it occupied whena person is born, that person goes through major life changes. According to Wikipedia (yeah, I know, not a reliable source, shut up) with the first Saturn return, a person leaves youth behind and enters adulthood. With the second return, maturity. And with the third and usually final return, a person enters wise old age. These returns occur at approximately ages 28-30, 56-60, and 84-90. The phenomenon has influenced tons of literature, works of art, and music. Reason tells me this is hokey, unscientific garbage. However, I can’t deny that in 2011, the blowing winds of change knocked me flat on my ass.

I started 2011 at Futurecon, after an altercation with the person I was living with left me homeless. My friends rallied behind me, and within a few short hours I had help moving and a place to stay. (I still can’t thank you enough, George.) January was also the month I got nominated for Wired’s Sexiest Geeks 2010 contest.

In February, I started to work on myself. I strengthened friendships, looked for a permanent place I could call home, and spent some time looking into who I was and how I could make that better. I challenged my ideas on what I felt strongly about. I met some amazing new people and spent a lot of late nights in conversation. The theme for February was discovery.

This theme carried on through to March, when I found a beautiful apartment with a friend. We named it Fort Dork and started podcasts. I went away to Montreal and had a wild weekend. I left my inhibitions at the door and had some crazy, wonderful experiences.

In April, I went away to Washington, DC, on a road trip with a beautiful, inspiring lady. We drove through mountains and talked frankly about our past and spoke at a conference on sexuality. Being at that conference changed my life. I met a number of people who reaffirmed a lot of philosophies I had taken up on love, relationships, and personal ethics.

I spent May putting those ideals into practice. I met some special people.

In June, I turned 28. Saturn’s return. I also got pregnant.

i found out I was pregnant in July, and spent most of the summer reeling from the news and dealing with morning sickness. I remember very little about July and August. The months went by in a blur.

I started feeling better by September, and decided to keep working on the show throughout my pregnancy. It was a difficult decision. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about being naked on camera with a big baby bump. I thought I’d feel ungainly and unattractive. However, in the end, I loved the show too much to leave. Fort Dork changed as well. Nicole moved out and one of my oldest and best friends in Toronto, Martini, moved in. While Nicole is an amazing, beautiful person, we didn’t suit living together well. Martini and I meshed much better.

October was a quiet month. I spent a lot of time at home, and started to prepare my home and my life for my incoming spawn. I found out I was having a boy. Things got real.

November I got out as much as I could. Coffee dates, brunch, meetups, and the like.

December was Christmas, and I rang in 2012 the same way I rang in 2011- getting painted naked at Futurecon.

Professionally, last year I had cameos in two separate webcomics, Something Positive and Least I could Do, I interviewed a ton of cool people, I was a guest at Polaris, I was media at a number of conventions, and I was on the convention committee for one. I put together the second annual Questy awards, and I was featured on Entertainment Tonight. I wrote and anchored a number of segments.

Now, we’re coming to the end of January, and my due date inches closer. When I think about the woman I was a year ago, and I think of how she’s changed….

…I smile.

Be sure to check out this weekend’s Naked Nerd. There’s some extra important info this week.

xoxo
Kat

Me in 2012. Do I look like I've changed that much?

Hey there, minions:

Just a quick update. My facebook page was disabled.

I explain.

Big recap of 2011 to come in the next few days. In the meantime, here’s a shoot I did for Lover Magazine. NSFW because I’m naked.

xoxo
kat

Loyal minions!

Set phasers to…SON.

That’s right, I’m having a boy, according to the Ultrasound. I’m incredibly excited about this. Mostly because I don’t have to worry about well-meaning family buying hideous pink flowered things, or about having to invest in a shotgun when my child turns 14 and starts dating. (Maybe I’ll still invest in that shotgun, though. Just because.)

Also, I am super excited to grab Arkham City and play that tomorrow. Saturday is the annual Toronto Zombie Walk, and I’ll be covering it for Naked News- you can watch it on our Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious HALLOWE’EN SPECIAL! WHOOOOOO HOOOO! I’m excited- I LURVES Hallowe’en. I lurves it so much I could explode.

I went on a ghost tour of Toronto last weekend. I love learning about the history of my city- especially the more macabre history.

I have the perfect Hallowe’en costume planned out. However, I don’t think a lot of people will get it- unless they’re fans of the Fables series.

Also, screw you, American Apparel. I have the HIGHEST of pants.

I ROCK maternity pants.

What’s your favorite Hallowe’en movie? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a horror film. My favorite is Ray Bradbury’s The Hallowe’en Tree. Leonard Nimoy provides the voice for one of the main characters. It’s all kinds of rad-tacular.

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Hey there, Loyal Minions.

I’m not around these parts much- I spend most of my time online these days on twitter.

So, quick update on my life lately:

-If you haven’t heard on Naked News yet, I’m pregnant. I’m also carrying out the entire pregnancy on the show. So I’ll be there until the very end! I think pregnancy is an incredible thing and I really believe that working for the Program With Nothing To Hide means something, so I won’t be hiding my baby bump! I’ll be back on the show as soon as I can after giving birth, which will probably be some months.

-I modeled for the Futurecon calendar. You can find a preview picture here. I’ll also be at Futurecon as a guest, and I’ll be painted- and plastercast- this year. Come out for the three day fun!

-I hate this ad. I hate it so much.

Whoever created this ad needs to be shot into space.

-Threatening to shoot people into space is my new favorite threat.

-The DC new 52 annoys me. Not EVERY female comic book character needs to be a raging slut. Sure, that works for some characters, but Starfire? No.

-Here is Russell Crowe in the new Snyder Superman flick. Why does Jor-El suddenly look like a Klingon?

-Speaking of terrible costumes, Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman in the new Batman flick looks painfully bad. Cat ears and a Zorro mask? Seriously? (I’m not posting a picture of that. Use Google.)

-Dear George Lucas: THIS IS THE LAST TIME I AM BUYING THE STAR WARS FILMS AGAIN.

-What did you think of the Dr. Who finale?

I have leftover Tofurkey to eat, so I’ll bid you adieu.
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LOYAL MINIONS!

Your Overlady has a present for you! SO DON’T SAY I NEVER GAVE YOU ANYTHING, UNGRATEFUL MINION TYPES. LEST I DESTROY YOU.

I interviewed Nicole Simone for Naked News. Here’s the censored version, the full version is on Naked News…click that banner over on the side of this page to sign up and see the uncensored version and lots more. Yep, that banner. The one where I’m naked save for a few well-placed comic books.

Today, I had a naked pillow fight with Eila. That’ll air on the show this weekend. Did you guys catch the Naked Nerd last week? I interviewed Armin Shimerman and presented at the Constellations.

Also, I have Very Big News on the horizon. You’ll have to wait a few weeks to find out what it is, though.

xoxo

Kat

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