Space, the Final Frontier
I'm starting to realize that I am really a geek. I know that I used to be a geek, one need only look around my room to discover that, with my Star Trek and Star Wars posters, collection of Star Trek movies and seasons, along with my cabinet full of Star Trek paraphernalia, it is no doubt that I at least used to be a geek. And indeed I was. I my book genre of choice was fantasy, and not the socially acceptable fantasy of the Lord of the Rings, not, I'm talking the kind with dragons, and magic, and everything. I also did quite a bit of roll-playing games, not the ones of the computer, the real deal with dice and everything. I even had a C.D. of conversational Klingon. But I had thought I was getting better, maturing you might say, especially this past year where I watched very little sci-fi, and read no fantasy. However, if there was any doubt about my geekiness, this past weekend ended it.
Friday night after work I spent nearly 4 hours doing a role playing game with a couple of friends, staying up until almost 1. Saturday, during my lunch break, I read a fantasy book called, "Sunrunner's Fire" book three of the "Dragon Prince" trilogy(and yes, I've read the other two already this summer). When I got home I spend nearly three hours watching sci-fi shows, starting with Stargate Atlantis, moving to Battlestar Galatica, and finishing with Stargate SG-1. If that wasn't enough, I am planning on watching the 4400 after posting this, another sci-fi show in the USA network. The geekiness I thought was dying is certainly alive and kicking. I'm not sure why it felt like it was dying at college, perhaps it was just resting for a while.
Now, before you think of me as a complete lost cause, I have made steps to improve my coolness factor. I am starting to like beer more and more, and have actually found one that I truly like. I have also bought several different types of beer from the store, in an attempt to find other kinds that I like. I certainly hope the beer commercials are right, and beer really will make me cooler. Now, if you'll excuse me I need to do some studying before my show, the grammatical structure of Klingon is quite difficult.
posted by Macbeth54 @ 7:41 PM
4 Comments:
you're hilarious
Unfortunately, there was only one joke in there at the end, the rest is quite an accurate account of my weekend, except that now I have found two different kinds of beer I like.
haha, i'm laughing...very nice very nice post. so what you inform us of this groundbreaking discovery of BEER YOU LIKE and you don't even mention what kind it is!?! Here i am at safeway browsing the beer aisle wondering what kind you might fancy, and you've already found one. Mmm, beer. I think firefighters can still drink beer. One more year!
Sorry, I completely forgot to mention the types of beer. The first kind I liked was a brown ale, also known as English ale. The next one was an Irish lager. Although, I think I am discovering that I actually like most beers so long as it is served at the right tempreature. It seems most beers I've had has been way too cold, while the ones that I have liked has been at a more appropriate temp.., so I'll have to go back and try some others to see if that's true.
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