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Anthony McCloud


Last Updated: 11/29/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Married
Age: 27
Sign: Virgo

City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/21/2006

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November 27, 2007 - Tuesday 
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!


President Jefferson M Turner
Jeff Turner

 
I feel left out of this commentary. Me and my kind have been trampled on for years.....even by you computer gaming nerds. Us furries need to rise up with one loud fuzzy voice and tell the world to stop making fun of us! Go ahead, call me a fur-fag, i dont care! I am proud of who i am. Just because i am aroused by people in mascot outfits is NOT beastiality. When i put on my marmoset fur-suit i feel so alive, and i should not have to feel bad for wanting to have sex with a woman dressed like a cute fluffy chipmunk. My name is Marmerz the Marmoset, im not a furvert! Im here and im fuzzy!
 
Posted by President Jefferson M Turner on November 27, 2007 - Tuesday - 9:56 AM
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The Ratt
Anthony McCloud

 
Rock on with your fuzzy self, my brother. You'll find no hatred here!
 
Posted by The Ratt on November 28, 2007 - Wednesday - 1:33 AM
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Capital G.

 
You know, if we didn't have IT people or gamers, most of us would freak out because we're addicted to our computers and video games. At least I am! And I go to the Renaissance fair every year just because it's so interesting and I always find a good trinket to buy. So thanks for being a "nerd", because if you weren't, my life wouldn't be as cool!
 
Posted by Capital G. on November 27, 2007 - Tuesday - 1:46 PM
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Tiffany

 
I love being a nerd, although I prefer the term "dork." If anyone fucks with me, I'll just kick their ass...or at least try my best to kick their ass. I'm been doing roleplaying and stuff for a year now and it has helped my studies considerably. (Journalism) It's a great way to get creativity going. People like Carson are the real nerds. All they care about is what people think, and how cool they are. I feel contempt for people who live such a shallow existance. They are the sheep who conform. I think the people like us are the cool ones, we are living our lives exactly the way we want to. I freaking love "nerdy" guys! I would rather hang out with "nerds" than "cool" people anyday.
 
Posted by Tiffany on November 27, 2007 - Tuesday - 3:50 PM
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Bel
Belinda McClellan

 
And maybe we shouldn't be teaching our kids creativity and allowing them to be who they want to be. Dammit Anthony, when you're done with "the mold" you want to lend it to me??? I completely agree with you. Maybe just Maybe not everyone wants to have their heads up economy's ass and become a molded perfectionist society! I always love reading what you're thinking!! Miss you!
 
Posted by Bel on November 27, 2007 - Tuesday - 6:01 PM
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♥♥ Madam ♥♥

 
They're just mad cuz we make fun of them and they can't come up with a good comeback.
Besides they they need us to photoshop the fat pimples on their ass, to erase the hair on their upper lip, and make the cellulite go away for their magazines. SO CRAP ON THEM, THE FAT BASTARDS !!!!



GEEKS RULE !!!!!!!!!!
 
Posted by ♥♥ Madam ♥♥ on November 28, 2007 - Wednesday - 5:53 AM
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Anna Jennings
Anna Jennings

 
Everybody else has already said mostly everything there is to say. All I have to add is that if the "cool" people weren't so dilusional about us ("nerds/geeks/Rennies/gamers") they would realize that we outnumber them by a lot! We can easily rise up & take over their "cool" and "perfect" world! Just because we prefer to hang out in our homes with our friends & exercise our minds with fantastic scenarios & storylines instead of hanging out at the "right" clubs & bars, the "cool" people think we have small numbers & can be put down easily. They're wrong!

Keep on with the ramblings Anthony! I love to hear what you're thinking & love that you're still as strong-minded as you were when we were kids! Give Jess & your boys a hug from me!

Lots of love, Anna
 
Posted by Anna Jennings on November 28, 2007 - Wednesday - 4:15 PM
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