I'm feeling a little ungeeky today.

It's because of podcasts. I listen to the Butcher Block podcast, which is dedicated to Jim Butcher stuff. At least, I did until yesterday afternoon. While I enjoy the Dresden Files books very much, and I liked the SciFi Channel show, I was seriously outgeeked by the last episode of the podcast. After the speaker got very worked up about a new Dresden Files graphic novel and the cover art for some upcoming books... I turned it off and unsubscribed. I just couldn't share her excitement. I just can't get that revved up about those things. Somebody let me know when the next Dresden book comes out in paperback... other than that, I don't have the mental bandwidth to spare.

I'm listening to the GeekDad podcast this morning, specifically the second of their "HipTrax" episodes. The first song was about Harry Potter (which I don't pay any attention to), and the second was about World of Warcraft (which I don't pay any attention to).

*sigh*

I didn't immediately turn that one off and unsubscribe, but it was a sharp followup blow. I'm feeling very out-of-touch, geekwise. So pardon me while I affirm my geekiness.

• I once watched all of the Lord of the Rings movies, extended editions even, in one day.
• I self-published a board game.
• I started a local science fiction reading group.
• I go to at least one game con a year.
• I know the name of that guy with the weird nose who threatens Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley cantina in Episode IV.
• I refer to the first Star Wars movie as "Episode IV."
• I wear glasses.
• Once a week, I am a Dungeon Master.
• On alternating weeks, I play a Japrilian diviner named Abu Zayn Mahdi ibn Asad al-Ragush al-Guluq. He was trapped in a crystal sphere for seven hundred years, after finding said sphere in the enemy palace his side captured at the Battle of Korhan. His sister Hafsa, a batulifaizah (virgin battle-priestess), was a crucial leader in the battle, and Mahdi had received word the night before he entered the palace that his wife had given birth to their first child, a son. He has seven levels in wizard, and five in the geometer prestige class. His Intelligence score is 21. He does 24d6 damage with his Disintegrate spell (26d6 if he uses a spellglyph), if his target fails a Fortitude save (5d6 if the target succeeds), and he usually casts True Strike first to get +20 on the hit roll.

Okay, I feel better.