WILLOW: I’m pathetic, illiterate. I’m Cletus the slack-jawed yokel!
– Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Lover’s Walk” (03.08)

SUMMARY

Geek Speak Status: Staff Writer
Nationality: Australian
Preferred Nationality: Druidian
Known Alias(es): Cath
Michael Bay is… still alright with me

GENRE CREDENTIALS

Gateway Fandom: Buffy.
Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride, Spaceballs.
Favorite TV Show(s): Buffy, Angel, Chuck, Supernatural.
Favorite Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
Favorite Author: Bill Bryson.
Guilty Pleasure: icanhascheezburger.com
Crush(es): Dean Winchester, Chuck Bartowski, Damon Salvatore.
Vendetta(s): Any actress who has ever kissed one of my crushes, and especially Daneel Harris.
Fan Fiction: Pro or Con? Um… no. Not sold.

THE FINAL 5

Trek or Wars: Wars!
DC or Marvel: DC
Vampires or Werewolves: Vampires. And yes, I’d want to be turned.
Dragons or Unicorns: In a fight, dragons. For a pet, unicorns.
Time Travel: Pro or Con? Truly, truly wish it were real. Then I’d have a hoverboard and my own Terminator!

 FEATURES

• Close Encounters (Contributor), meetings with our geek idols, Issue 5, July 2010
• Comic-Con Confessional, memoir of San Diego Comic-Con virgin, Issue 6, August 2010
• Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! — a look at some prominent Australian actors in Hollywood genre, Issue 11, January 2011
• Geek Speak: Year One  (Contributor), an anniversary issue retrospective, Issue 13, March 2011
• Through the Pensieve  (Contributor), reflections on Harry Potter, Issue 17, July 2011
• Since We’ve Been Gone (Contributor), Vol. 2, Issue 1, April 2012

THE TOP 13

• Geek Speak Recommendations (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011

REVIEWS

MOVIES

• A Scanner Darkly (2006)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2005)
• Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)

TV

ON AIR

• Chuck
• Glee
• The Vampire Diaries

ON DVD

• Fallen