That is only slightly related to the elation that has prompted me to post again.
First, you must watch Nerdcore Rising. Don’t worry, it isn’t very popular or cool, so it is on netflix instant. Go ahead… I will wait
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Amazing, right? I am speechless. This made me realize that I love this world that we live in. Day to day it can be very trying. We have to put up with Sony’s rootkit bullshit, or their somewhat recent (I am still pissed so it is recent enough to me) usurpation of our nerdly addictions to online gaming or buggy unsupported software or … or… I could go on, but I probably shouldn’t in order to protect myself from being too specific. It’s not to say that these are anything more than minor frustrations, but they start to mark out a trend, a trend that weighs on you and can make you feel as if the simple joys are being sucked dry by large corporations. And then there is MC Frontalot…
There was one specific scene that locked in my wonderment and reaffirmed my fascination with our world. I won’t tell you which one though :-) During that scene I felt again what I have always been so excited to feel in the past. There are vast communities out there that are hidden from plain view. Oftentimes they are quite “uncool”, and I think this is precisely what preserves them and keeps them safe from the mainstream.
ALSO!!!! I am 99% sure there is a cameo of the New Orleans street performer from the Playing for Change documentary. “Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Brandon is yet again seeing overlap in crazy ways that he never expected, Oh yeah. This world is super exciting, Oh hells yeah!” <nerd dance> Ok, I had to have a little party moment there. I have been trying to figure out how I want to or can be able to participate in this (these, plural?) wonderful world. They are so hidden from view that if you are not paying close attention and working to embrace them, you may look right past. I would say that I am a big nerd, but I rarely think of my nerdlyness as a binding trait that helps manifest a unique and beautiful culture.
I still come up short, but I feel that the change is coming. Soon I will find a direction thrusts me into the most interested spaces between the cracks of our ostensible reality.
In the meantime, here are some random things that just tickle me so much. They are quite unrelated to Nerdcore, Seattle and the World as a whole. I hope you can find a way to enjoy them despite this obvious defect.





