Geek Life: Chewbacca and the Fallen Fork

There are a lot of ways to prove one's geek cred. Large collections of action figures or other accepted geek swag, scarily complete knowledge of sci-fi and fantasy television and movies, and a subset of your friends knowing exactly what you are talking about while another subset never has a clue what you are rambling on about.

All of the above are observable indicators of geek life. However, they all take knowing a person at least a little before applying the label. It occurred to me a few moments ago, however, that there are certain occurrences that can warrant the immediate application of the geek tag with little or no further observation or need of proof.

For example, I picked up my dinner plate to carry it to the kitchen and dropped my fork, which proceeded to bounce across the living room floor causing me to be greeted with not a thud or a clanging, but with a loud Wookiee roar. Instant and unequivocal proof of geek when not cleaning one's domestic space means Star Wars plushies are lined up on the living room floor. Also, not as a result of children, but because they are there because you and your equally adult brother got them out of your collection as potential props for a silly video for G+ social media friends.

Tripping over a deck of zombie themed playing cards and a box of super hero rubber ducks after picking up the fork was just overkill. 😉

#geek #geeklife #gladtheforkdidnthitmyfoot
Geek Life: Chewbacca and the Fallen Fork

There are a lot of ways to prove one’s geek cred. Large collections of action figures or other accepted geek swag, scarily complete knowledge of sci-fi and fantasy television and movies, and a subset of your friends knowing exactly what you are talking about while another subset never has a clue what you are rambling on about.

All of the above are observable indicators of geek life. However, they all take knowing a person at least a little before applying the label. It occurred to me a few moments ago, however, that there are certain occurrences that can warrant the immediate application of the geek tag with little or no further observation or need of proof.

For example, I picked up my dinner plate to carry it to the kitchen and dropped my fork, which proceeded to bounce across the living room floor causing me to be greeted with not a thud or a clanging, but with a loud Wookiee roar. Instant and unequivocal proof of geek when not cleaning one’s domestic space means Star Wars plushies are lined up on the living room floor. Also, not as a result of children, but because they are there because you and your equally adult brother got them out of your collection as potential props for a silly video for G+ social media friends.

Tripping over a deck of zombie themed playing cards and a box of super hero rubber ducks after picking up the fork was just overkill. 😉

#geek #geeklife #gladtheforkdidnthitmyfoot

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