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A Geek Turns 30
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Well. Jeez. Age was never a big deal to this nerd. I have always loved the weirder side of hobbies and interests, and have continued it into adulthood. Never have I felt the urge to “grow up” and like “adult” things, such as… ummm… actually what do adults like in this modern age? I think that as a marginal group, we geeks tend to group up, which makes it easy to not feel terribly out of place with our bashable interests. Soon though, I shall hit 3-0. It’s a weird age in the queer world, let alone the geek world.
To be gay at 30 you have to give up the ideas that life will be the way it was as a carefree twink. You accept that the most interesting days of your life are either nearing an end, or are long over. Gay-death has hit, and you either make peace with what you have, and enjoy who you are at this point, or you decide to be one of those Peter Pan types. You know what I mean. Those that should have retired from the circuit back in the 1820s.
To be a geek at 30 you have to accept that your interests are outliers in the world of adulthood. Comic books, video games, board games, poop jokes, sci-fi/fantasy books, all the realm of the youngsters. If you go to play Magic: The gathering at a geek shop as a teen-20y/o you’re just marginal. If you do it at 30 up, you’re a creep in the eyes of those around you.
How does one such a small niche of two overlapping groups survive in the middle years? Oh yeah. Booze.
Thinning of the Nerd – Week 1
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Here’s your first weekly article. Myself, like many other geeky-gay types have a bit of extra weight to shed. Not only for physical health, but one feels mentally better once the weight is gone for many reasons. Join me on my quest to lose 120 lbs in 12 months. I know it is ambitious, but it feasible.
Working with a nutritionist, a trainer and hopefully getting with our friends at www.fitocracy.com, this goal, while ambitious, is completely in my reach.
Join me weekly as I talk about fitness plans, healthy food ideas, and how to make it fun for a geek like myself.
Happy New Year!
0Happy New Year from us here at Queerdos.com!
We have a long planned to relaunch this year with new authors and finally getting our podcast up and going weekly! Hope all your resolutions come to light!
Great Letdowns: Skyrim Relationships
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While quiet excited upon hearing about the relationship system in Skyrim allowing same and opposite sex marriages, the system is a Great Letdown. In order to marry someone you collect a necklace, wear it, and then have a conversation with the intended one. If they’re able to be married you can propose to them. Yay. Even Fable had a better system of courting and relationships. Dragon Age had a better system. Mass Effect. Hell, Mario at least went around trying to save his lover. I met my Housekarl and proposed the next minute. Talk about meaningless.
While Skyrim has nearly unlimited adventures and plenty of playability, the social aspects of this game are sorely lacking. No repercussions for major conversations are about, as most conversations can be redone. If you want hack and slash and a decent story Skyrim is still your game. If you’re looking for character development and relationships go back to Toadstool.
Great Skyrim-job
0We’re all waiting for Skyrim, the newest installment of the Elder Scrolls series, to drop 11-11-11. The beautiful open world model leaves plenty of room for adventure, and we look forward to more of the same in Skyrim, but according to Pete Hines, VP of PR and marketing at Bethesda, we might look forward to more. 
Mr. Hines writes in his twitter
“You can marry anyone,” and he clarified later that he meant “Not any NPC, just mean any male or female. Doesn’t matter what you’re playing.”
This seems promising! I can’t wait to marry my dark swarthy dunmer lover now. Now it’s just time to catch up here in the US.
Vote!
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We here at Queerdos don’t often delve into the lighter side of life (Politics, religion, etc), but we do want to make one political plea. VOTE! We don’t care how you vote, but you need to have your voice heard. Voter indifference is one way to make sure you don’t get your political needs met. Want to mary your dream geek? Vote for the candidates that will allow this. Want to have a wall of aborted fetuses to shock and amaze your friends (and then later the paramedics bringing you for the mental health evaluation)? Vote for your candidate! Also, voter turn out in non-presidential years is sadly low, yet so important. That bond issue to fund a new goat treadmill facility in East Hyrule doesn’t need building. Get involved and make your voice heard. Great, now all I can hear is that stupid Navi – “HEY, LISTEN” voice in my head. I make myself sick. Vote!
Get to know the Queers: Andrew Nickerson
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My name is Andrew Nickerson, I’m currently a resident of Bangor Maine and foresee myself living here for quite some time. I work in the assisted living field at the moment and will probably end up being there for the rest of my life. Now I have a confession to make, one the outside world would frown upon… I am in fact a queer nerd. I’m quite sure none who read this will be troubled by my little revelation but so far in my 20 years of life I’ve been taught that one does not just carelessly throw that tad bit of information out there unless they’re sure no harm shall befall them. But enough about that aspect of my life and onto more enjoyable topics.
As mentioned before I am also a nerd of regular proportions. I like most too all video games, though I generally prefer RPG’s as my game of choice. I started out a Nintendo child and have slowly branched out to other games and systems. Out of all the games I’ve played, I would say Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo is by far my favorite. Video games aren’t my only area of nerd though. I also had my Yu-Gi-Oh! And Magic the Gathering playing card phase.
I’ll make my appearances around this site now and again so look for me!
Side Note: I’m pretty awesome.
Confirmed Bachelor or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love New Vegas”
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Non- Spoiler, but spoiler below the jump. So, yup, I broke down and bought Fallout: New Vegas. I was playing along having a blast, puzzling out who did what with who, and where my junk was (Vague enough for you?), when I leveled up and could take a perk. scanning the list, I see all the regulars and then my eyes catch out of the corner of my eye something interesting. Really? “Confirmed Bachelor”?!? Instantly my mouse flew over to it, checking out the stats, and I KNEW I had to have it.
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Queering Up Halloween
0Halloween is a time of great fun in the queer community. Guys dressing as girls, girls as guys, and all shades in-between. Some of the most fun to be had is couples costumes, and gender-bending therein. Below are several suggestions for ridiculous/fun/amusing/stereotypical combinations for costumed couples based on what’s hot for 2010.
Mario-Luigi
Want to ruin some geeks childhoods? You and your mate dressed as our 8-bit heroes and then get the lip-lock on at your office party. Friends will cheer, frenemies will groan. Just don’t let Princess Toadstool catch you. We all knew this duet was on the DL, so why not show it off. Other variations on this them are Princess Peach and Princess Daisy, Mario/Wario, Luigi/Waluigi, Yoshi/Blooper. Don’t ask.
Alien Humans
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Earlier today, I had a conversation with one of my folks at work. Along the way we got onto the topic of Humans, and their constant need for war. Now this is a subject that people have many different opinions on. I claim no expertly crafted factual evidence, but merely my own observations. Observations of human activity, and with a somewhat educated view point of individual psychology and sociology. These observations are also based upon humans, as a species. Individual results may vary, please consult your doctor before using this drug. Not endorsed by the FDA. Wait. crap….
Aaaaanyways, concerning humans and their constant course of war. This is a natural phenomenon. People whom believe in the concept of evolution would see this very strongly. Yes, I understand that evolution is not about competition, it’s about the mutation of a species into another with small increments of changes that survived the habitat in which they were developed. That’s a long way of saying, a useful accident occurred, and it was kept. Though, where evolution is not a conscious act, it has played a role in developing the psychological mainframe that is the human mind. As a species we are arrogant creatures, deservedly so. We consider ourselves the height of intelligence. We’ve beaten all other races towards the goal of world domination. We have taken out all prior forms of opposition, as well other races designed very similarly to ourselves. (more…)
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