White & Nerdy

Okay.

So, how many of you knew who Lloyd Christmas was? I'm sure it was, like, maybe two of you. And that would be overestimating. Here he is....

If you still don't know who Lloyd is, shame on you. He's in one of the funniest movies of all time, 'Dumb & Dumber'.

The reason I bring this up is that, by using Lloyd as a reference point, I proved my own nerdity. Yes. I can admit it. I am a nerd. I've been a nerd all my life.

Here are some examples:

I, at one time, owned many 20 sided die. I had a whole bag of dice including, but not limited to; a 4 sided, an 8 sided, a bunch of 6 sided, maybe a 10 sided. You get the point. If you don't know, all these dice are required to play Dungeons and Dragons. I was a D&D hag. Yes, I was. I always played the same type of character too. Either a halfling or a kender (both are kinda like hobbits). We used to play EVERY Saturday night in high school. We would gather at someones house, chow on Doritos and Mtn. Dew, and slay displacer beasts with Plus Five magic weapons.

This love of D&D extended into dressing up for Renaissance Festivals, as well as producing a theatrical version of the King Arthur legend for a high school English assignment. I was Queen Guenevere. Huzbend, King Arthur, of course. We called it, "The Pendragon Legend". It was made with my parents huge ass video camera and edited using two VCR's. We made our own costumes for it as well. Our knights armor was made out of cardboard and Excaliber out of a two-by-four. It was a masterpiece of its time.

As a 'tween and teenager, I loved reading comics. In fact, my senior year of high school, I had a job in a comic book store. This allowed me to have first access to all the hot comics before they hit store shelves. I have to say that I got A LOT of attention at the store from the, uh, clientelle. How many girls do you know that can argue about superheroes and their powers? I mean, come on. I was a nerdy comic book guys dream!

I also am, and was, a big fan of anime and manga. I mentioned in my first post on this blog about Princess from Battle of the Planets. Well, that was just the beginning. From there I fell in love with Robotech, which led me to Lum, which led me to Bubblegum Crisis and so on. I would spend hours drawing all my favorite characters. This obsession eventually reached its peak when Huzbend and I visited Japan a couple of years back. We studied everything we could about the country and even took language lessons.

I love Disney. We've been to Disney World at least 6 or 7 times (I lost count), been to Disneyland & California Adventure once, been to Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland once as well. I can't wait to go again. We even ran our first marathon THROUGH the DisneyWorld parks. Sigh. I miss Mickey so. I'm jonesin' for some Mickey waffles (wipes drool off chin).

What else?

I still like to dress up for Halloween.

We still watch cartoons. We love 'The Avatar'. It's on our DVR list.

I'm a big fan of Star Wars. I can recite lines from the movie. We stood in line for the midnight showing of Episode III. I think I dressed up as C-3PO one year for Halloween. My first lunchbox had an X-Wing fighter on it. I like Star Trek too. Next Generation was the best (sorry old school Trekkies). I even have a book explaining how to use the Klingon language. We are currently watching the new Battlestar Galactica. I watched the old series. Huge fan of Harry Potter. Stood in a midnight line for the book AS WELL as the most recent movie.

I own a Nintendo DS and have been known to play Animal Crossing for hours at a time.

Last but not least, and essentially what seals the deal is this. I've been to four concerts in my life. One was Madonna. Two were Van Halen. One was Weird Al Yankovic. Yes, Weird Al. I am a huge fan of Weird Al. It was the 'ALapalooza' tour.

He's got a new song out that speaks to me. Check it out when you get the chance. Here's a link to a video over at YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw

Enjoy!