Okay, weird, I am resurrecting a way, way old thread...
It's my thread, and I'd just like to reflect on where I've gone with this issue.
It's a few months short of two years since I first posted this -
It's strange to realize, but I'm actually less and less associated with the "geek" world over time.
I'm still in two ongoing long-term games, but they don't require a lot of my time. I'm hardly a part of fandom anymore, and my art has stopped revolving around my characters and started to be about other types of themes. I also find myself feeling pretty bored around my "fan" friends for the most part. I've definitely moved into a different life place, and these friends and I don't have the same interests.
I've noticed something about a lot of the geeks I've known... many *only* have geeky interests. Attempting to engage someone who does fan art, in a conversation about art history or a trip to the museum? Pointless. I know few who will ever go to a Toastmaster's meeting, and most would rather RPG about fantastic places than actually travel. It's almost as if being a geek means that you are not interested in anything non-geeky, in a lot of cases.
I guess I'm not a geek anymore.
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