Why I love geeks (and Will Wheaton)

I saw this video clip from Will Wheaton from the Calgary Comic Expo and just love it! (Video Here) I love Will Wheaton anyway. I think he was one of my first celebrity crushes, waaaay back when he was a young teenager in Stand By Me. I love how he describes nerds/geeks. "Its not what you love, its how you love it."
I have been trying to put my finger on it for years. I have always been drawn to geeks. They are my people! One of my favorite shows is The Big Bang Theory because I identify with it so much! (oh, and Mr. Wheaton pops his head in from time to time) This (even better video here) exact same scenario has happened in my dining room countless times! I don't know if that is so much that my friends are geeks or just overgrown 7th grade boys, but either way, to have it depicted in a sitcom just makes me laugh. I just... relate.
I consider myself a geek, and not so much because of the things I like (although things like Settlers of Catan, Firefly, and pretty much all things Joss Whedon would definitely put me in that category) it is because when I like something, I really LIKE something. I have a bit of an obsessive personality which can be a good and a bad thing. People who know me know that the things I am passionate about are just that... passions! When I fell in love with theater I was not just someone who loved theater, I was someone who would take off of work when RENT came to town and "rush" in line for 12 hours with the other crazies to get front row tickets. When I first read Harry Potter, I didn't stop until I read all seven books in less than a week and went to the movies at midnight with all the 15 year old kids wearing Gryffindor scarves and lightening bolts painted on their foreheads. I love the concept of Cosplay but I don't dare let myself get into it because I know I would get way too into it and spend a lot of money I don't have making elaborate costumes.
Ultimately, I think that is why I love geeks so much, they have passion. They love things, a lot! That is a beautiful quality in a person. And, of course, they are a bit on the fringe which I love too. Who wants to be too mainstream? Blech...
Anyway, until I connect with that one passionate outsider that I am sure is out there (probably at Comic Con or something) I will keep pinning things like this on Pinterest, because... let's face it, this will probably come in handy one day. LONG LIVE GEEKS!