There a few things I want to mention in this post. First of all, I've come to the conclusion that everyone is a geek in their own way (sung to the tune of "Everyone's a hero in their own way" from Sing-Along Blog of course) and that I really REALLY want to go to a convention.
I feel my geekiness has taken a real step up over the last few weeks and I'm not quite sure why. I don't know whether it's a general acceptance of my true nature after I finished uni or what, but I'm much happier to accept that side of myself. Finding people on the internet who have similar interests to me has definitely helped but I've also been exploring a more creative and romantic side through fan fiction. This has come as a bit of a surprise as I've never really been particularly creative. I've always seen myself as more of a scientific and logical person. However, as I've been planning for my year away, it's become more apparent that I do appreciate love and kindness in people around me. I'm starting to get sick of self-obsessed and selfish people. Anyway, I digress.
The reason I say that everyone is a geek in their own way is due to a realisation that nearly everyone I know has something they are vaguely if not very obsessed with. It's interesting and has made me reassess how I judge people and if I should judge them at all. The answer being no of course. The problem is that most people will not readily admit what they're obsessed with and this means that they have issues when other people have these obsessions. It has been observed the world over that nerds are lovely. There's a reason that sci-fi actors are (mostly) happy to meet fans time and again in a multitude of rather unglamourous places. Amanda Tapping has always said (I'm paraphrasing) that the fans make her job amazing as they are so nice and friendly.
And this brings me onto my next point. I REALLY and I mean REALLY want to go to a convention. I was keeping up the SFX Weekender over Twitter and their website last weekend and looked like so much fun. One of my favourite tweets was about a guy dressed in a Darth Vader costume standing up in the canteen and proclaiming that his tray was wet. Apparently the whole canteen cheered and applauded. If you haven't seen the Eddie Izzard Darth Vader bit (especially done in Lego) you can find it here. Still makes me laugh and I've seen it dozens of times.
Anyway, back to why I want to go to a convention. The chance to be around people who get all the geeky references in things (like Paul, where I was laughing all the way through the film and none of my friends got it :( sad times) and have a similar outlook to you would be brilliant. Maybe I'll get the chance when I'm travelling round Canada and America. With any luck.
Bit of ramble this time I'm afraid. Seen some exciting things sci-fi-wise this week, will hopefully find the time to write about them soon. Like the new Being Human. Wow.
PS, did I mention my crazy plan to try and get some work as an extra when I'm in Vancouver? Yeah, crazy.
