More Crap About Me Than You Ever Cared To Know

My fans have been demanding that I have a better About Me page than the silly profile thing provided by Blogger. Okay that's not true. Nobody's demanded a damn thing. But I know they're thinking it! Much as I like to think people will put in the effort to read every word I've ever written, let's be honest here, humans are lazy. I know I am. So for those of you who are new to the day to day workings of my fascinating life, here's an overview to catch you up on everything so my posts will start making sense to you. (And who knows, maybe I never make sense.)

• I have a day job as a web designer. I'll never tell you which company because I'd like to keep my job.
• I'm on the West Coast so I'm always behind the rest of the country as far as time is concerned.
• I need privacy and anonymity in real life, thus no names are ever mentioned here. Here's why.
• I'm exceedingly wordy and can be quite prolific in my writing and commenting as I try my best to capture my whizzing brain's output into words. It brings me great joy to do it.
• Ironically I'm actually a bit shy in person. I don't say much in group situations and hate talking on the phone. Hate it. If I can do it online instead I will.
• I hate talking in front of a group even more than talking on the phone. Buckets of adrenaline get dumped into my system, making my hands shake embarrassingly and I want to run out the door with all my energy instead of speak.
• I love to be silly and make people laugh. It hides my deep-set insecurities.
• I amuse myself more than anyone else. This can be taken both ways.
• I love dragons. They are grand in a way that I am not.
• Oh yeah, and just in case the rainbow across my blog header confused you in any way, I'm gay. If you'd like to know what my deepest thoughts are on that, read this.

Why a Geek?

I'm a self-proclaimed geek because I'm socially inept, was really good in school, love video games, and can't bear to be away from a computer for more than a day. Claiming a negative label such as "geek" makes it your own and drains it of its power to hurt you. It's taken me years to find myself. It's taken me decades to be proud of who I am.

The Characters

Everyone's life has main characters who play important roles. Here are mine.

My Sweetheart/Sweety/Honey - I have been lucky enough to find a mate in life. She occasionally reads my blog, and if you find a comment left by "mar", that's her. She has her own blog (probably sick of all the time I spend on mine.) She has a lovely, wonderful, caring, generous spirit. She's one of the few people who have been able to put up with my excessive (and sometimes obsessive) crap. We got together in 1999, so whatever year it is that you're reading this, do your own math. I'm not going to come back here every year just to change the number for you.

Big Pest - The older and bigger of two chihuahuas in my life. He's a complete sweetheart. We consider him our child and he knows it. "Big Pest" is not his real name because he's paranoid and asked me not to mention it.

Little Brat - The smaller of the two and younger by a year. She's quite intelligent for being such a neurotic little thing. Very obedient and loves to bark at other dogs. Her real name has also been disguised.

Huh. I guess that's about it. My "circle of closeness" is very small. I have no close friends that I talk to on any regular basis because my sweety is my best friend. If you can't talk to the one you love, who can you talk to? Like I said, I'm not a very social person. Once you have everything you need, why bother?