I'm a nerd. I'm a dork. I'm an intelligent individual who knows lots of "fun facts" about specific "Nerdism" categories. I know comic books. I know video games. I know movies. I've seen star wars and star trek, but I don't know that much about the world of "sci-fi". I'm not a huge MMORPG player, and if you don't know what that is, don't bother looking it up, you'll just continue to fall deeper into a horrible rabbit hole. I don't play "magic: the gathering" or whatever card game (if you can call it that) nerds are playing now. I've worked in the game industry, I collect comics; including, but not limited to, Japanese comics... aka, Manga. I also watch Japanese Animation, aka Anime. I'm a fan of cartoons and most animation in general.
Now that I've established exactly how incredible my "Nerdism" is, let me continue on to my main point. I've been to Comic-Con in San Diego, more times that I'd like to admit. Every year, up until a few years ago, the amount of disturbing looking people was something of a "car wreck". You know what I'm talking about, you can't help but look and stare, although you know you shouldn't? Simpsons got it right with the fat comic book store owner.
Let me clarify something before I go on. I'm not a self-loathing nerd. I appreciate my roots in that culture, and I'm pretty proud of it. BUT, I will not start talking about the ins and outs of the current Batman comic, or the direction a Video Game company has taken with total strangers, or for that matter with people who don't entirely care. At least I try not to. I do a fairly good job at least, I think.
I try and be understanding of most everyone's hobbies and skills and interests and not judge. But for some reason, nerds irritate me. The over the top super nerd drives me up the wall. Add to that my nausea for idiots, well, we have our self a right good time then!
I still haven't gotten to my point, but I felt it was important to explain all of that before proceeding to it.
Like I've said, I've been to Comic-Con. The people there are weird, and different. But since Hollywood took over, it'ts become more of a public any person kind of event, without the over excess of real nerds. Twilight fans are NOT nerds. They are horrible individuals who are funding the idiocy of my culture. Morons.
I digress. I went to the Anime-Expo yesterday (Japanese Animation and Comics). It was great. There was one solid, huge difference between this convention and the comic convention in San Diego. Not just the subject matter. It's the fans. There was only ONE, ONE!!! person who smelled horrible. Wait, wait... look... I don't go around smelling people, that's weird and creepy. No. But when you are in an exhibit hall where the room between the booths is way to close for comfort, well, you smell people.
Early this year I went to the Long Beach Comic-con. It's a fairly small event, with hardly any vendors and room, but there was a decent turn out. First thing I noticed of course upon walking into the convention hall? The smell of nervousness and failure. It was horrible to my senses. I think if Old Spice, or Axe, had set up a booth, they could have made a KILLING! Seriously, how are they still living at home with their parents not aware of their stench??
The Anime nerds had none of this. In fact, like I said, only one person the entire time burned my nose hairs with their foul odor.
The other amazing thing was the amount of costumes, dress-up, or as it is more commonly referred to as, Cos-Play. The amount of work these people put into their costumes, is nothing short of amazing. I was impressed with the delicate work they did on their makeup, their high tech gloves, the use of neon lights, hair, ect ect. It was quite amazing. For all of this, I can appreciate the Anime-Nerds more than the comic-book nerds.
Unfortunately, the one thing that seems to be inescapable, are the idiots. I swear I almost smacked this guy's phone out of his hand and punched in noise hole. He spent about 15 minutes explaining how to find him at the bottom of the stairs. He didn't, at any point, say that he was standing next to the base of the 'up escalator'. So when his friend finally showed up, he chewed him out, the other guy shrugged like it wasn't his fault and his directions were solid. Idiot. I know it shouldn't bother me so much, but basic common instincts, to me, should dictate how to describe your current location using some important noticeable landmarks.
Idiots annoy me. Super-nerds annoy me. And uni-brows. If you have a uni-brow... sigh... don't get me started.
All in all, yesterday was awesome. I'm just saying, Anime nerds are better than Comic book nerds.
Now that I've established exactly how incredible my "Nerdism" is, let me continue on to my main point. I've been to Comic-Con in San Diego, more times that I'd like to admit. Every year, up until a few years ago, the amount of disturbing looking people was something of a "car wreck". You know what I'm talking about, you can't help but look and stare, although you know you shouldn't? Simpsons got it right with the fat comic book store owner.
Let me clarify something before I go on. I'm not a self-loathing nerd. I appreciate my roots in that culture, and I'm pretty proud of it. BUT, I will not start talking about the ins and outs of the current Batman comic, or the direction a Video Game company has taken with total strangers, or for that matter with people who don't entirely care. At least I try not to. I do a fairly good job at least, I think.
I try and be understanding of most everyone's hobbies and skills and interests and not judge. But for some reason, nerds irritate me. The over the top super nerd drives me up the wall. Add to that my nausea for idiots, well, we have our self a right good time then!
I still haven't gotten to my point, but I felt it was important to explain all of that before proceeding to it.
Like I've said, I've been to Comic-Con. The people there are weird, and different. But since Hollywood took over, it'ts become more of a public any person kind of event, without the over excess of real nerds. Twilight fans are NOT nerds. They are horrible individuals who are funding the idiocy of my culture. Morons.
I digress. I went to the Anime-Expo yesterday (Japanese Animation and Comics). It was great. There was one solid, huge difference between this convention and the comic convention in San Diego. Not just the subject matter. It's the fans. There was only ONE, ONE!!! person who smelled horrible. Wait, wait... look... I don't go around smelling people, that's weird and creepy. No. But when you are in an exhibit hall where the room between the booths is way to close for comfort, well, you smell people.
Early this year I went to the Long Beach Comic-con. It's a fairly small event, with hardly any vendors and room, but there was a decent turn out. First thing I noticed of course upon walking into the convention hall? The smell of nervousness and failure. It was horrible to my senses. I think if Old Spice, or Axe, had set up a booth, they could have made a KILLING! Seriously, how are they still living at home with their parents not aware of their stench??
The Anime nerds had none of this. In fact, like I said, only one person the entire time burned my nose hairs with their foul odor.
The other amazing thing was the amount of costumes, dress-up, or as it is more commonly referred to as, Cos-Play. The amount of work these people put into their costumes, is nothing short of amazing. I was impressed with the delicate work they did on their makeup, their high tech gloves, the use of neon lights, hair, ect ect. It was quite amazing. For all of this, I can appreciate the Anime-Nerds more than the comic-book nerds.
Unfortunately, the one thing that seems to be inescapable, are the idiots. I swear I almost smacked this guy's phone out of his hand and punched in noise hole. He spent about 15 minutes explaining how to find him at the bottom of the stairs. He didn't, at any point, say that he was standing next to the base of the 'up escalator'. So when his friend finally showed up, he chewed him out, the other guy shrugged like it wasn't his fault and his directions were solid. Idiot. I know it shouldn't bother me so much, but basic common instincts, to me, should dictate how to describe your current location using some important noticeable landmarks.
Idiots annoy me. Super-nerds annoy me. And uni-brows. If you have a uni-brow... sigh... don't get me started.
All in all, yesterday was awesome. I'm just saying, Anime nerds are better than Comic book nerds.
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