The Awkward Geek Rises
Launch the media gallery 1 playerFRIEND: “You remember the part in Star Wars where he’s all like, ‘Luke I am your father.’ That was like the best part.”
ME: “Yeah, well too bad the line is actually, “I AM your father.”
Let’s face it, people. Being a geek does not come easy. I know this because…well…I am one. I’m not a geek in the traditional sense of the word. My glasses don’t have tape in the middle, and I absolutely loathe doing homework. But beyond that, I scream geek. I am obsessed with anything technology and media, from movies to Netflix to gaming. Believe it or not, there’s even a real term for people like me now—it’s called iDisorder. But I just call it being a geek. From video game addictions to a vast knowledge of movie references, it can sometimes be hard for me, a full-fledged geek, to live an average lifestyle.
For example, getting into my car in the morning to come to school is a daily struggle when the temptation of playing Assassin’s Creed on my laptop all day is floating around in my head. I could probably play video games for a week straight without doing anything else. (Well, except, you know, those things that you need to do to stay alive.)
Not only is the impulse to play games all day burdensome, but so is keeping up with homework and keeping up with TV shows and movies. I am a proud viewer of many shows including Supernatural, Sherlock (BBC), Doctor Who and pretty much any TV show on Netflix. I HAVE to watch ALL of those shows, and then people still expect to have all of my homework done! I hope you can see how this can be problematic.
Another hindrance of the geek lifestyle includes my knowledge of the stupidest things. Did you know the dot on top of the lowercase ‘i’ is called a tittle? Or that Oscar awards in WW2 were made out of wood? Or that baby elephants are called punks? In my free time, when I’m bored I find myself “googling” all sorts of useless facts like these.
Not only do I have an expansive knowledge of useless facts, but I also have abundant knowledge of movie titles! Throw me a quote and there is 90% chance that I will be able to tell what movie it’s from.
Despite my wide array of wonderful geeky, quirky attributes, no one likes me when I’m in full-on geek mode, which is unfortunately all the time. So the few friends I have are annoyed with me most of the time. Sometimes my geekiness leads to awkwardness, and then things really go downhill, (literally), but that, however, is another story for another column.