I must say, I have seen a show on VH1 that has totally endeared me, and I only saw 5 minutes of it: “My Coolest Years: Geeks”. I’m flipping through channels, I fall onto this, and it’s amazing … this was me! In many ways, this still IS me (in good ways and bad ways). I’m gonna get the whole show on my TiVo tonight (as long as Aqua Teen Hunger Force doesn’t override it), but a couple of quick thoughts:
* It makes me happy to see a punk rocker like Andrew WK talk about being not in the “cool” group, and being such a huge pinball fan. There was a Mediaval Madness in his basement when they were profiling him, which I know for a fact from my roommate how cool that is (and how hard it is to find).
* For the first time in my recorded life, I actually had empathy with John Tesh, cause some of the geek high school stories he talked about were quite amusing. Now, this doesn’t forgive his music (he should take my feeling as “the insomnia cure” as a compliment!), but it’s good to see he’s one of us, if you will.
I will let you know about the full show. I’m sure the high school memories will flow back.
Ahh yes, when I was 16 and stupid …
I must say, I have seen a show on VH1 that has totally endeared me, and I only saw 5 minutes of it: “My Coolest Years: Geeks”. I’m flipping through channels, I fall onto this, and it’s amazing … this was me! In many ways, this still IS me (in good ways and bad ways). I’m gonna get the whole show on my TiVo tonight (as long as Aqua Teen Hunger Force doesn’t override it), but a couple of quick thoughts:
* It makes me happy to see a punk rocker like Andrew WK talk about being not in the “cool” group, and being such a huge pinball fan. There was a Mediaval Madness in his basement when they were profiling him, which I know for a fact from my roommate how cool that is (and how hard it is to find).
* For the first time in my recorded life, I actually had empathy with John Tesh, cause some of the geek high school stories he talked about were quite amusing. Now, this doesn’t forgive his music (he should take my feeling as “the insomnia cure” as a compliment!), but it’s good to see he’s one of us, if you will.
I will let you know about the full show. I’m sure the high school memories will flow back.