Wednesday 27 April 2011

i'm not ashamed.

I posted something today, and it came out sort of teen angst-y today. I was basically saying how the whole "nerds are cool" thing never mad it to Ireland, and how I was in no way viewed as "cool" by the general populus. It came across as whiny. I'm not ashamed of being a geek.

I'm not ashamed that I like Trek, Who the X-Files.
I'm not ashamed that I've read more pages of fanfiction than most people have read books.
I'm not ashamed that I've got every Star in Mario 64.
I'm not ashamed that well over a thousand hours of my life in RPGs.
I'm not ashamed that seven hundred of those hours were spent on Pokémon.
I'm not ashamed that I bought the DnD books and dice, even though there are no RPers in my area.
I'm not ashamed that I wore my zombie repellant shirt and jacket with two dozen in-joke pins to school on non-uniform day.
I'm not ashamed that I spend twelve pounds on magazines every month. (SciFiNow, NEO, and ONM.)
I'm not ashamed that I spend even more on books.
I'm not ashamed that I read the Science textbooks for fun.
I'm not ashamed that my favourite book is "Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd.
I'm not ashamed that I have a zombie apocalypse survival kit.
I'm not ashamed that I have read more books than most adults.
I'm not ashamed that I have an entire Glasstown style world inside my head.
I'm not ashamed that I know what Glasstown is.
I'm not ashamed that I'd rather do the techie stuff than be in a musical.
I'm not ashamed that I know all of "The Element Song"
I'm not ashamed that I took the time to type this with a frakking iPod.
I'm not ashamed that I use the terms "frakking", "Oh My Arceus", and "Phasers Down."
I'm not ashamed that I speak fluent Scooby.
I'm not ashamed that my NaNoWriMo plans are more detailed than a lot of finished novels.
I'm not ashamed that I've made my NaNoWriMo plans, even though it's April.
I'm not ashamed that I write a short story every Tuesday during triple Physics.
I'm not ashamed that I keep a journal comic.
I'm not ashamed that I watch the commentaries on every movie I buy.
I'm not ashamed that the tabs I have open now are this, Soul Eater, FF.net, and the Pokémon Tabletop Adventures Handbook.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

6 comments:

  1. *looks at list*
    Found nothing someone would have to defend himself for.
    :)

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  2. Nothing to be ashamed of there. Be proud!

    I think you're cool. :-P

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  3. Zombie appocolypse survival kit?


    MINE PLEASE!

    Lol, you should be proud Niall! You are totally epic!

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  4. okay, I know I say how much you're like my brother far too much. But seriously? Are you positive you don't live with me? Seriously creeping me out here.

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  5. I wouldn't be ashamed of any of those things if I was you Niall, and you have done LOADS more than I could of hoped for!

    I read this today, and though it may be a tad irrelevant, it's still wise;

    I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.
    -The Dalai Lama

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