Well, today marks the much anticipated release of Stars Wars on DVD
and Star Wars Battlefront game. Since me and my friends are huge fans,
we took it upon ourselves to stand in line last night and wait for
12:01 am at Best Buy.They had a promotion going on. It was a real
geekfest. First, you have the people in costumes. Dallas has their own
squadron of Stormtroopers. They basically stand around and people ask
them for pictures. Whenever they get their picture taken they get in a
karate stance and point their gun like they are shooting. Then you
have guys that look like Luke Skywalker and carry around lightsabers -
I own about 5 of these and actually did think about joining in the
geekfest. Then you have the regulars, people who wear Star Wars
T-shirts and have a Star Wars toy or two with them. Then there's the
Geek repressed(closet geeks) like me and Peety. We look at all of the
geeks and think "I can't believe that guy actually is in public like
this", but also we secretly think "I wish I had a stormtrooper costume
like that, but I'd only wear it at home". I looked at the geeks and
can summarize them for you. Star Wars geeks are typically between 25
and 35 and don't talk much of the time, but they are impulsive and
sometimes social misfits so you may see a geek or two speak up in a
large crowd and scream "Yes! John! I am waiting a long time!" or even
run out of Best Buy shouting "yeee haaaaw!". But they are also smarter
than the average joe so after such events happen someone with pipe up
with a wise remark that alleviates the tension. "His mother must be in
the car waiting for him." All in all, Star Wars geeks are regular
people, they just like Star Wars and can't seem to figure out why
others don't. But me, I'm a geek, but I'm cool as well.

Thought of the Day
"Do or Do not, there is no try"
Yoda in Empire Strikes Back