Nerdy Fads

I love Games. For me to say that I like one particular game than the other, I'd be lying. I like everything from Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons to Call of Duty and Zelda. 

I'm in love with books. I'm a FREAK about them. Any type will do. I love horror, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction...Reading is fun to me. ^_^ the feel, the pages, and even the smell of books excite me. Kindle ain't got shit on a good ole book.

I love watching Mr. Bean, The IT crowd, and Monty Python. In a nutshell, it would take me forever and a day to list everything that I'm actually into.

With that being said, when I was growing up - I was the odd one out. I was the Goth chic that was in love with all the "nerdy" things. Now all of a sudden it's cool to wear glasses and like science? I wish that those things applied when I was in school. I totally would have been the cooler kid.

I'm not trying to hate. Everyone has the right to be their own person. But I went into Hot Topic a month ago and saw rainbow suspenders, fake bow ties and Doctor Who everywhere.

It made me feel like all of the things that I always held so dear to me have been taken for granted by the newer generation. I miss when Hot Topic was for punk or Gothic people. Seeing Justin Beiber plastered all over the walls along with my little pony is embarrassing.

In the gaming world - technology has never been more realistic and amazing. I can understand how anyone would want to get in on that. But there is more to gaming then just shooting and bombing people. Granted - I love me some Cod-Blops ^_^ but for realsies - RPGs such as Chrono Cross and Star Ocean don't get any play anymore.

Sony, Windows, and Nintendo are marketing to the masses now and those masses want shoot-em-ups. I haven't seen a GOOD rpg in forever...(Bayonetta was amazing, but the second one is coming out on Wii-U?! Whatevs. I don't want to buy a whole other system just the play the sequel)

At least playing video games is more common and more accepted now. I remember trying not to tell people that I played video games. They would look at me and think I was a slacker or a total shut in.

The Big Bang Theory I think sparked the evolution of people’s minds. (HA! - see what I did there?) This show along with the new Dr.Who and the remakes of Star Trek (which I will not accept - that's a different story), have pushed the notion that being a nerd is cool.

I was talking to one of my girlfriends the other day and she's so "IN". She's a girly girl that shops at Victoria Secret and drinks frappucinos from Starbucks. She was telling me about the episode of Dr.Who she had watched while I sat there astonished. She paused and laughed, saying,"I KNOW, RIGHT?! I'm such a nerd.." *giggle*

NO. NO YOU'RE NOT! lol. Watching a few episodes of Dr.Who does not make you a nerd.

The words Geek and Nerd are thrown around so freely lately. Again - It's embarrassing. Hopefully this will all be over soon and I won't have to be annoyed by it.

Then I can go back to enjoying my life and my hobbies without feeling like I’ve been classified as being “On the bandwagon”.

Important:
Troll if you want to if it makes you feel better. Disagreeing with someone is human nature. So if you disagree with me in any way - congrats - you're a human... -_- *claps for you*