Welcome to the World of Geeks

This serves as a welcome both to me, as this is my first post, and to anyone who finds what I have to say interesting. The word geek has long had a negative connotation that is used to hurt people who are often friendly and intelligent, despite having interests outside the box of 'normalcy'. I am a happy, well-adjusted geek with a good job, a family, and good friends. I hope that by sharing with all of you, I will be able to show people that they don't have to be afraid of being labeled a geek. It is often a path to creative freedom and self-fulfillment.

I love to read, mostly science fiction and fantasy, and I love to watch movies, mostly in the same genre as my reading. It is a shame that most science fiction and fantasy movies are handled poorly, though. Hats of to Peter Jackson for his work with Lord of the Rings. Hopefully, we'll see a new market for the kind of movies that we want to see. I actually enjoy watching a wide variety of movies, though nothing pisses me of more than what I call a 'Hollywoody' movie. The stories are weak. The characters are flat and undeveloped. And most of the time, there are tons of explosions that make no sense whatsoever. It's almost as if Hollywood is dumbing everything down so no one has to think when they see a movie.

I enjoy reading comics, though many of them suffer from the same 'Hollywoody' effect that the movies suffer from. I had just about given up on comics until I read Planet Hulk. Hulk isn't a title I normally read, but it looked interesting and it ended up being awesome.

I am a gamer and a gamemaster. I'm currently playing Witchhunter and running a Marvel Superheroes game. I also play GuildWars online.

I'm also a video gamer. I enjoy RTS, action, RPG, horror, and shooters. I play on PC and 360 mostly, though I may talk about some older systems from time to time.

For those of you wondering where my 'normalcy' is, I have a wife and a 4 year old son, and I work for an educational software company. I'll probably be talking about them alot too.

I look forward to sharing my geekiness and normalcy with all of you, and I hope you gain something from what I share.