Hi! My name is LBG, and i'm a geek...

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it's funny how those who are not computer savvy (and i'm grouping those people in a broad, very general sweep) - internet, email, gaming, blogging, hardware, PWNED!, etc. consider the rest of us who are as a geek or a nerd. for years, i believed i was and finally, last year, i got my first girlfriend and got laid. it only took me 47 years, but i guess living with my mon until i was 36 didn't help either. funny thing is, these are just stereotypes that we thought we'd given up in high school. we get grouped by our activities as a jock, a cheerleader, a freak, a nerd, a band geek and we were always concerned about what others thought of us. now we've grown up and although we know that what another thinks of us affects us, not in the least, we still shiver to think of being labeled a nerd or a geek. funny how that works. especially considering most of you labeling us will be calling us boss at some point in the future. also considering, the ones calling us these names are kids in an online bulletin board or in a game we play.

i'll openly admit that i'm a gamer. a fanatic and for a long time, i was wary of admitting that, but the game industry has changed and it involves more people around the world than any other pasttime (except maybe llama tossing). yes, i play games. my release and escape from real life^© is playing a game. and i play all types. i slaughter aliens from other planets. i build massive, bustling cities. i roleplay in fantasy lands as an orc and i switch gem places to create rows. i do it and i love it. it's who i am. do i still like the outside world? do i fear light? does human interaction make me clam up? i love the outside world, i love the sun and i love interacting with others, especially, face to face. my interaction isn't limited to online chat sessions and emoticons.

so what's my point? i'm proud of who i am. i don't care what you think. and neither do these people. read the posts. they are funny. they are revealing. they are human.

oh, and if you didn't get the first line, you obviously don't speak leet. I like to own people like Cyanide, it's the bomb! This is how one speaks in leet. Pretty annoying, don't you think?