Journal #11 - A nerd among nerds
I am not a nerd…. I am not a geek. This is a revelation to me, and it’s not something I’m excited about. Maybe 20 years ago if someone had looked at me they could’ve said “Oh yeah, he’s a nerd.” But as I’ve realized when I hang out with people of like interests, wether in person or on online forums, I’m sadly lacking.
I should be a nerd or even maybe a geek. I play too much video games, I’m a full grown adult and yet I read more comic books and manga than novels, and I’d take sci-fi over reality television anyday. But when it comes time to flex my nerdy muscle… I’m still a scrawny, pastey-white guy. I haven’t played every Final Fantasy, and I’ve never even tried WoW! And all my cosoles are outdated. What kind of gamer am I? And when it comes to graphic novels, manga and sci-fi, yeah I love ‘em, but I get talking with other fans and without fail I’m always the guy going “Huh, I didn’t know that. No… no I didn’t go to the con and meet Neil Gaiman. No… huh uh, I didn’t know that was his phone number and address…. No, I somehow forgot to memorize every issue… word for word.”
So I’m kind of in this weird inbetween world. I REALLY don’t want to talk about sports or musclecars, but I kinda feel like I’m outta my league with the nerd community. I love watching episodes of Firefly or Farscape, but I’m not into buying little collector Creighton figurines or memorizing Serenity’s bluprints.
Oh, well. At least I can always feel at home with philosophy. Maybe I should be hanging out with Socrates and Nietzsche….
Somehow, I think you (or I, or anyone else I know) would also be way over your head with those two…
Comment by stevish — June 14, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
Who would have thought it would be cool to be a geek? It makes me wonder why I tried so hard to be cool in middle school. All I would have had to do is play more games and study my friend’s Enterprise blueprints. Oh well, it’s hard to be cool for long, that’s the moral for your philosophizing.
Comment by Mr. Green — August 7, 2008 @ 9:26 am