I’ve been meaning to write an “About Me” page for a while, but I just can’t decide what to put in there. I’ve settled for the “I play World of Warcraft, probably more than I should”, but beyond that, I’m at a loss for words. I may have settled on something, which you may or may not like/agree with. I’ll probably just link to one of my many IMDB profiles, and pawn off somebody’s picture as my own. After all, I always wanted to pretend to be an actor, especially one that appeared in a cult classic such as Enemigos, portraying “The clean-shaven rebel (Dolores’ lover)”. Yes ladies, I was Dolores’ lover, and there’s a lot more lovin’ left for you!

I got a call yesterday from my friendly neighborhood monopolistic media emporium saying that my World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade pre-order had arrived (good for them!) and that they were holding a special (her emphasis, not mine) midnight opening, and that I was more than welcome to wear a costume representing my favorite in-game character. “This event is so special, that if you come in character, you’ll get a very special surprise!”, she proclaimed, like geeks need any excuse to dress up as their, um, favorite game characters. I mean, one time I went to the store, and the entire street looked like a god-damned Star Wars convention. The occasion? The animated Clone Wars DVD was coming out. I’m contemplating waiting a day to pick up my copy just so I don’t have to wait in the cold next to a geek in a cardboard Thrall costume.

Astute readers might have noticed the appearance of MC Frontalot in my Last.FM profile. While it may seem that I’ve decided to embrace my geek heritage and uphold my individuality, it’s not entirely true. As a matter of fact, I don’t like the entire Nerdcore Hip-Hop movement, mostly because the quality of their offering is suspect, and in some cases that’s a lot more gentle than they deserve. But the Front? He’s the shit. Besides from actually, you know, being a good rapper, the fact that he gets funky like this is awesome. Also, I donated $5 to his Valued Sucker Program, which offered “Access To A Massive Archive of Several Complete Live Sets”, and while this normally means “You can download a shitty live set from 2004″, in this case I was actually impressed by the amount of content they made available to site contributors. I’m particularly attracted to This Old Man and Gonna Be Your Man, both available as free downloads. If this is any indication, he should start working on more songs that have “man” in their titles, because I loves them.

is there anything sadder than a dork
for whom the new hotness is not just inaccessible
it’s grumbled against? you kids, reduce your decibels!
don’t make me come over there and shake my cane.