I get confirmed fairly often that I am a nerd not cut from the normal nerd cloth.

Various examples:

-I could give a crap about Harry Potter

-The Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, while I think are ok are nothing that did much for me.

-I really tend not to like anime.

Anyway, I could go on.

My nerd obsessions went elsewhere. Obviously I am a horror genre guy with HP Lovecraft in particular. I love harder scifi, but have a grudge against Larry Niven from a con ten years ago.

Weird things like that.

The things I obsess on and love though… I love whole heartedly with gushing fanboy love. I was at the first ScaperCon fan-ran Farscape convention in Saint Louis if that says anything. I will embrace fan obsession, it just takes me a bit to get there.

I am the strange scifi fan, the niche fan among a niche market. But hey, I still feel comfortable and at home. Just don’t ask me to like Highlander the TV show.