Welcome To Dark Of The Nerd

The main purpose behind DotN is, quite frankly, to give me something to do.  After 15+ years of using the internet I have always been a lurker, reading all that is out there while contributing nothing back.  I never felt I had anything useful to say, still don't, but what the hell.  I figure I will share my mind with the internet and if a post results in a pleasant diversion for someone then wonderful.  If you find this all to be a waste of your valuable time, well I wish I could give it back to you.  For a detailed breakdown of who I am check out the "About Me" section (No Duh, right?).  Otherwise let me explain what you can expect to find here.
I am a nerd, let's get the obvious out of the way.  More specifically I would call myself a "Dark Nerd".  The same idiosyncratic themes apply though with a harder edge, a darker slant.  Whereas a standard nerd may worship Frodo or Captain Kirk as demigods of their culture, a dark nerd might worship Freddy Krueger or The Crypt Keeper.  The common ground between the two types is their equal levels of devotion to their interests and how those play into their life.  A nerd is someone who is brave enough to live their lives the way they choose as opposed to the way the status quo demands.  While society goes to business meetings we go to lan parties.  When Glee comes on the TV we change it over to Stargate.  We love the things we were told to grow out of because we were never given a valid reason why we should grow out of it.

Back to the "Dark" modifier, this does not inherently imply a gothic or "black fingernails" overtone, though that is not excluded.  Dark simply means a nerd who prefers horror over sci-fi, though sci-fi can be a close second.  Both genres (yes, they ARE separate genres) deal with imagination and creativity and therefore are mutually acceptable.

If you are still here after all that rambling, kudos to you.  As the flagship post it is necessary to lay all this down now so we can move on.  I promise future posts will not be so condescending and long winded.

For what you can expect from this blog,  time will tell I suppose.  I intend to throw up things like movie/game/book reviews, interesting horror related news, personal thoughts as they come up.  I'll be perfectly honest with you.  This blog is mostly for me to inject a piece of myself into cyberspace as a form of preservation, a sense of immortality.  Much of what I post may be of no interest to you.  If that is the case I apologize for taking your time and urge you to seek out a blog more to your liking.  If anything I post interests you in the least, stick around, drop me a line.  Perhaps in time both myself and others of a similar mind can come together and be friends.  Being a Dark Nerd can be a lonely way to go.

Lastly I just want to throw this out there:  This is my first blog, I have no idea what I am doing with it, and am a naturally shy person who has trouble expressing myself even from behind the shields of the keyboard.  Please give this blog a chance, it may take a little while for me to find a groove.  Any Dark Nerds out there with any suggestions of what you would like to see on Dark of the Nerd, Do Not hesitate to let me know.  I need all the guidance and encouragement I can get.  See you on the Dark Side!