My husband’s GEEKING OUT! Vs. my Geeking Out?

My husband and I have always geeked out in different ways. He and I have discussed this before, but it became more apparent to me at SDCC.

The first time I really noticed it was at Fan Days in Dallas last year. We had a chance to meet Felicia Day whom I am a huge fan of. Not only for her movies, but the online community she has built on her YouTube Geek & Sundry channel.  I was excited to get my Guild comic book signed, and get a picture with her. So this is where the difference between my husband and my geekiness comes in.

He gets excited, and begins to rant. I stand there and blink my eyes, trying to process the situation and what I would like to say. So towards the end of the meeting her, I say “I love you.” Then, my brain says that does not sound right, does it? It does not sound complete my brain says. So then, I say “you’re my hero.”

While the last statement is very much true when you play the whole thing as it happened in real time of like 10 seconds, it goes like this…

Felicia: finishing up her signature, etc

Me: I love you. You’re my hero

Felicia: gesturing an aw, standing there and being an awesome person

Me: runs away

… I know, I know. It may not seem bad to most people or it may seem funny to some. But to me it was a maybe I should not say anything for the rest of the day? moment. Just in case I meet someone else during Fan Days, and I decide to run away instead of chatting with people whose work I admire.

So at SDCC, I REALLY noticed it even more. While my husband got excited, talked a bunch, asked questions, and said how much he loved this book, or move with the people we had an opportunity to meet – I stood there and just shook my head. If you want a mental picture of what I might look like, think about Troy from Community. You know the episode when he meets Levar Burton. He acts more traumatized in a manner of speaking, because now his dream of meeting his hero has come true. You could also say I looked like Ralphie from a Christmas Story, when Santa asks him, “how about a nice football?” And Ralphie just nods because he cannot remember what he wanted for Christmas.                

The reason I am sharing my geekiness vs. my husbands, is to say no matter how you geek out about something, or when you meet someone whose work you admire, the point is to use that geeky influence in a positive and creative way.

Hello

Dear Reader,
My husband follows @wilw on Twitter. I recently read his message on what to expect when you follow him on Twitter. I liked it. It inspired me to write my own with my first Twitter account. Here it goes ...
My goal for Twitter is not to have a certain amount of followers. It's a way for me to share my random thoughts, and sometimes memories or experiences with the vast ocean we call the internet. Perhaps, some people will read it. Perhaps not, and that's okay because I am doing one of the things I love, writing. So with this Twitter account I've decided to take a bit of a leap and share my thoughts on a public forum. Can't get more public than online right? Hence the User ID, I am allowing myself to not stand in my own way of writing.
For the people who come across this, please do not expect to see negativity in my tweets I will post. There's enough in the world already. To tag on to negativity, please do not expect to see me call anyone out. As a kid who was bullied in school, there is never a reason to be mean just because.
There are people I do follow, or will follow on Twitter, not because I expect a reply to my tweet. I follow them on Twitter for different reasons because I enjoy their work as a writer, musician, director, actor, their post, youtube videos, or projects they are working on. So if I use an @personsnamehere when I tweet, it's because if someone is reading this and likes @personsnamehere's work and did not know they had a Twitter account, they will see any new projects that person may be working on.
I think the internet is a great resource. However, I do have a loving husband I enjoy spending my time with when I am not working. I also feel there are so many wonderful books to read, and places to see. I say this because I know my future tweets may not be consistent as most, which may or may not be someone's expectations when they follow someone on Twitter.
As for the blog, sometimes 160 characters may not be able to contain my random thoughts. If you've made it this far, thank you for reading, and welcome to the random thoughts in my brain.