Everybody has their geek. No matter what you are into in life, you have something that you geek out to. If you are a sports person, you geek out to your favorite team. You buy their merchandise, you know their statistics. If you are a big music fan, the same applies to you. You will go to your favorite band's concerts, listen to their music on repeat until you have every song memorized, and wait in the longest line for their autographs.
You don't have to be a science person or a comic book fan to be a geek, you just have to have an interest. Sorry if it offends you, but you should own your label.
I, for one, am a geek in every sense of the word. I love music and comic books and superheroes and will wait in the longest of lines, behind sobbing fans, just to shake the hand of Samwise Gamgee. This weekend I had the opportunity to do just that. This weekend, I experienced my first Comic-Con. I walked in and felt more comfortable than I ever have in my entire life. People dressed as their favorite characters for cos-play contests flooded the convention center, ready and willing to take pictures with strangers. Celebrities sat in their own booths, ready to meet their eager fans and geek out with them. I had a conversation with Phil Lamarr about "Hamilton" a musical completely unrelated to any of his own work, and he was so interested. He talked with my husband and I as if we were old friends and did not once rush the conversation to an end.
This particular Comic-Con was called Nickel City Con, and it was the starting year for the hopefully annual Buffalo Comic-Con. The convention center was packed, full of new and veteran Comic-Con goers, hoping that this event would live up to their expectations and become and new tradition for them. This event was definitely what I had hoped it would be. My husband and I got there right at the start time and stayed the entire day. We left a half-hour before it was over and were never bored for the entire duration of the day.
The only thing I am trying to tell you is to embrace your geek. Go to Comic-Con, a music festival, sports games or halls of fame. Buy season tickets or VIP passes, have fun. You only get one life, and even though it is the longest thing you will experience, it's too short to be embarrassed about something you love.
Love yourself. Love your geek.
