IT'S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET...

In retrospect I've known all along...

No one sits down to discuss your feelings as a child, but I think I recognized I was different from the other kids as far back as kindergarten. I saw everything differently. I was drawn to things that were considered "alternative" by the ever dominate main stream crowd.

My parents were very accepting of my lifestyle and helped me to realize I'm ok just the way I am.
I tried to fit in and pretend I wasn't attracted to those things that had a negative connotation in society.

However with the passing of time and society gradually accepting those that are different, I have decided it's time to add my name to the group fighting for equality and acceptance. I have a responsibility to stand up for what I believe in in order to help other people who feel the way I do and are searching for guidance through the darkness of prejudice and shame.

I AM A GEEK.

I am able to say it with pride! It's so liberating to shout it out and feel the burden of secrecy lifted from my heart. I hope you can take me as I am and maybe realize I am just like you. I have different interests than most people but it doesn't make me less important than you.

I want to give some signs maybe someone you know is a closet GEEK. and hopefully it will help you be able to reach out to them and show them it's okay to be...them.

1. Does your GEEK get excited when you say you are going to the bookstore?
2. Have you ever found a mixture of comics and/or computer tech magazines under his/her bed?
3. Do they spring into bouts of rage when you say something like, "Green Lantern was a great movie."?
4. Has your Geek ever dressed up in homemade costumes on days other the Halloween and seemed happier

5. Do they ever end an argument by saying, "I wish you were_________!" (fill in fictional character name here)
6. Are they more comfortable discussing hypothetical issues like who wins in a fight between Han Solo and Captain Malcolm Reynolds.
7. Is your Geek currently explaining WHO Malcolm Reynolds is to you?
8. Ps. if you know who Malcolm Reynolds is...YOU ARE A GEEK!...Welcome
9. Can they carry on a conversation in a fictional language?
10. When they describe the perfect person to date it's sounds like a description of Batman or Lara Croft?
***If you answered yes to any of these questions you have a GEEK. Approach them cautiously as they are socially incapable of interaction with NORMAL humans.

Don't worry, there is help... and by help I mean you can never change them...they have been rejects all their life. So, if you can't beat them just put on a Superman shirt, grab a Harry Potter book, and join 'em by debating who would win in a fight between Endor and Kashyyk.