Sunday, December 14, 2014

Solo-nerding

I feel like I'm a weird sort of geek/nerd/weirdo/whatever you want to call it.
I've listened to a lot of famous geeks talk about loving stuff and how it doesn't matter what you love, but if you have a passion for it, that's what you're a geek for. And that's cool. But they also talk about finding other people interested in the same things you like and talking about them and sharing and being excited together.
And that's where I veer away from the standard. I really hate talking about things I'm interested in with people. A friend of mine just discovered Craig Ferguson and is telling me his opinions on him. Like, in detail, analyzing his skills as a comedian. "I watched this one special and he's definitely a good comedian with some holes in his set." I don't want to get into it. I don't think about it like that. I like someone or I don't. I really am not that involved analytically with stuff. That sort of ruins it all for me. Over-thinking it, like. I don't want to talk about why I like something. I just do.
Granted, when I have a tv show or movie I'm watching, I will certainly sometimes get into thinking about it, discussing it with Paul or writing a blog post about something, but often that's so I can figure out how I feel about something new or because I have a thought that I need to share with someone to see if it makes sense.
Anyway, that struck me today.

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