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.
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