Remember back in high school when the "cool" kids called you a geek? Or a dork? Or a nerd, dweeb, twit, or doofus? Maybe you were one of the cool kids.
The terms change with each generation, but the concept is the same. You don't have the right clothes or the right friends. You don't live in the right neighborhood or have the right car. In those tender teen years, it can hurt to feel like you don't fit in.
But at some point in the last decade or so, it seems like, in the words of Huey Lewis, it's hip to be square! So why do I consider myself a geek?
On TV, I've watched "Doctor Who," "Star Trek" (the original), "Firefly," "The Big Bang Theory," and "Lost." Though I'm not a hardcore fan, I've enjoyed the films "Lord of the Rings" (all three, and anxiously awaiting "The Hobbit"), "Star Wars" (all six, though the original three are the best), and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Some of my favorite actors these days are Nathan Fillion, David Tennant, and Benedict Cumberbatch. I just updated my calendar and noted the following "holidays" that I celebrate: Talk Like a Pirate Day, Hobbit Day, National Punctuation Day, National Grammar Day, Pi Day, and Towel Day. Oh, my... I know that the cake is a lie. Darn it...I just lost the game. I'm not big on video games if they don't involve Mario and Yoshi, but I have a basic awareness of "Halo," "Portal," and "World of Warcraft." I blog and tweet and Facebook. My phone has apps for both a lightsaber and a sonic screwdriver.
I know I'm nowhere near being a teenager. I'll never go to Comic-Con. I don't consider myself an expert on pop culture by any means. But I am proud to say I am a geek.
And if you understood even half of my references above, you just might be a geek, too.
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