johnnyfive

i've been noticing a lot of "hip" people referring to themselves as geeks, dorks, or nerds in a pseudo-bashful, yet bragging way. like: "i loved to watch small wonder and i love dark crystal, but i'm a dork" or "i spend all day long downloading music and updating my online journal. i'm such a nerd." and even: "i am such a geek! i'm into comics and sci fi and i have a math rock band and i'm really moody." but aren't all said things cool? the brawny, jocky, good-looking and overconfident popular kids of yore have been usurped by scrawny kids with messed up hair, used clothes, and a shy, hermetic demeanor. and that's okay. it's just odd, to me that people that i know fancy themselves as "cool" are always struggling to put out a aura of geekiness. always coming up with something uglier, not yet cool, and as different as possible.
so this is where i say: cool geeks, popular nerds, and rad dorks, lend me your ears....er, or eyes! be proud that your nerdy and dorky and geeky ancestors fought and suffered so much so that you could have the social caste level of coolness that you enjoy today! be happy that the media has caught on to this and reprofiled the modern renaissance man to include preferring vinyl and hightened sensitivity! you are now part of the social elite, i say! in fact, the elite is now the common man and the once-elite are now comman man! and fuck common man, i say! now that we're the elite, let us rise against the machine that held us back for so long! the machine that mentally tortured and wedgied our ancestors! we shall make little babies get tattoos and piercings! we shall overcrowd all schools so that kids are constantly competing for attention, molding new and exciting children!
whoa. sorry. i was just sitting here thinking about how girls that were really prude but wanted to advertise a "wild and crazy" streak would get a rose, unicorn, or rainbow tattooed on their ankle. in this day and age, the same woman would get something in aisian or a tribal design on their lower back. then i wrote all this shit. i think i should get a job at an old folks' home so i can worry about the gereatric x and not generation x.