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I'm not just "good with computers", I have vast knowledge of technology, with a solid career in Information Technology to back it up... Application Development, to be precise.
I not only play Role-Playing games (DnD, Vampire, Shadowrun, etc.), I create expansive worlds, in-depth characters, and engaging storylines for said games.
I not only enjoy going to the Renaissance Festival, I performed in it for a number of years (before my kids were born, naturally). And, the years that I haven't been able to perform, I've donated money, volunteered for clean-up, assisted other performers with makeup & costuming, hauled gear, etc.
...AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?!?!?
Prime-time TV shows portray "computer hackers" as dirty, greasy, unkempt, morbidly obesce zit-faces with thick glasses and zero personality! That's such crap... I shave, occasionally. Plus, my glasses are seamless bifocals, so they're only thick at the bottom.
The ultra-conservative "Religious-Right" make Gamers out to be these dark, brooding, manipluative, Manson-style cult-leaders who steal your teenage daughters in the night, dress them as vampires, and sacrifice them the devil! That too is crap... why would we dress them up just to kill them? Perfectly good waste of clothing if you ask me. Naked & tied to an upside-down cross works much better!
Guys like Carson Daly like to poke fun at Rennie's. As if they're just pathetic, middle-aged losers with funny-looking costumes, fake props, and no lives whatsoever. And that, as well, is crap. We're not all middle-aged...
But, I'm an open-minded person. I mean, hell... if all these different sources point to my lifestyle being wrong & worthy of ridicule, then maybe they're right.
Maybe I should throw my computer out the window, give up my prosperous IT career, stop running my own IT consulting business, end all of my extraneous revenue-enducing side projects, and get a job that involves either back breaking manual labor, repetitive monotonous busy-work, or wearing my name on my shirt. Yeah yeah... and then, instead of honing my creativity skills by writing those stupid RPG stories, I should just plop my fat-ass in front of the television all night.
And forget hosting those social gaming events on the weekends (y'know, the ones where I not only exercise my own intellect, but help others exercise theirs?)... NO NO NO! Instead, it'll be a giant case of cheap beer, the old TV, and my friends all watching a group of men wearing tights grab each other & play with balls.
And as for Faire? PISS ON IT! Piss on dressing up in hand-tailored garb, admiring various forms of art, meeting and interacting with a vast network of talented artisans, and actually doing something intelligent with my time. NOT ME!! I'd rather put on a neon-colored t-shirt that looks exactly the same as a bunch of other people I don't know, bar-hop my way through town for "charity", and drink until I throw up. (wait, that's kinda like "garb", "art", and "meeting people"... just minus the intelligence.)
      
On second thought, I'd rather be what I am. Great paying career field, intelligent friends, and hot tavern wenches in corsets... there's NOTHING wrong with that!
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