Calling all Geeky Weridos

I'm definitely a nerd.

I love star wars, harry potter, twilight, and i like watching weird shows like my crazy obsession and my strange addiction haha.

I also loveeeee zombie shows like the walking dead!!

Please add me if you'd like (:

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I suck at computer things (not a nerd in that respect?) so I don't know how to respond to some of you individually.

As far as the nerdmetal goes, I do have some Tyr albums (Tyr being the Norse god of war) and they are a little slow and grindy for me, but I do enjoy listening. Amon Amarth (Mount Doom in Tolkien-speak) is pretty awesome, but the singer does the cookie monster growling thing so much that I can't listen for too long (like I said, I'm not THAT into metal). I'm listening to Skyclad right now, which I think just about everyone in this forum could get into. They are classified as Folk Metal, but are way more folk than metal (a lot of fiddle and keyboard). Broca's Helm is also awesomeness and they've been around since the 80s. I suppose I could also recommend Symphony X for their concept album The Odyssey, if you're a nerd for Greek mythology and have ever pictured yourself clutching a spear to shortly be hurled at some ridiculous enemy.

But for my money, The Lord Weird Slough Feg is absolutely WHERE IT'S AT! They have typical heavy metal sensibilities in terms of their instrumentation (think Queensryche or Iron Maiden). They aren't way guitar-solo-heavy, which I like. They're very rhythmic. And, in my opinion, I've never heard a singer like Mike Scalzi (used to also sing for Hammers of Misfortunte). His writing and lyrics are just amazing. His vocals are seriously cool and even operatic / dramatic at times (insane laughter, screaming in agony)

Check these album titles:

Down Among the Deadmen, The Slay Stack Grows and Twilight of the Idols (all references to the Slaine comic series, as is the band name itself...such notable tracks as Brave Connor Mac, Sky Chariots, Warriors Dawn, Troll Pack, Psionic Illumination, Gunboats and Traders, Heavy Metal Monk...the list goes on).

Ape Uprising (just awesome in itself)

Traveler (a reference to, and storyline built within, the Traveler universe, a tabletop roleplaying game set in outer space...sort of like D&D...but in outer space)

Atavism (which has the songs Eumaeus the Swineherd and Curse of Athena, both depictions of scenes from The Odyssey; as well as Starport Blues, which is just so groovy)

I highly, highly recommend anyone listening to them, even those of you who don't like heavy metal, but can enjoy some rocking music. Great times and a great inspiration to read the Slaine series. Their songs are all about crazy warriors and battles in space. Truly nerdy for something as masculine as heavy metal.

Sorry for this long post.

P.S. Anyone who is already into Slough Feg, please just go ahead and friend me.

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Love D&D.. Shamans all day!

High-five!

What version do you play?

I always gravitated toward Bards. In fact, I'm struggling to come up with the last D&D character I had that wasn't a bard... Though, I must admit I have been playing more Shadowrun and Exalted of late.

Falling asleep to Conan the Barbarian! Ha! I guess I'm guilty there, too. My fiancee will attest to the fact that I used to fall asleep to Conan, the LOTR trilogy and the original Star Wars trilogy. You can probably also add Willow and a few other random ones. Good times, people!

Xbox gamer tag is RckPaperShotgun. I'm a HUGE L4D, Bioshock (I can't wait till september) and Diablo freak. My husband was a computer programmer and we held a 'reception' on Sony online for our gamer friends during our wedding. I love LOTR and have read the books and watched the movies at least a dozen times. (I still want them to make 'the hobbit'!!!) I love Dr. Who and got my husband a sonic screwdriver for Christmas. *Love you thinkgeek* I've been kicked out of Walmart for dressing up like the Easter bunny. I'm addicted to the show Supernatural (I'd totally bone Dean if my hubby would let me) I was captain of Academic Quiz Bowl and Odyssey of the Mind where we built a working robot that walked, talked, and popped pills while we did a skit involving someone who only spoke through sporadic leg movements. Need I say more?

Oh and did I mention that reddit and Fark are my other favorite websites.

Hells ya,

Love video games, wrote for a video game website for a few years. Currently obsessed with Doctor Who, and anything with superheros, hoping to make it to Comic Con in Pittsburgh this year.

Also love pretty much anything scifi or fantasy, not really into MMO though, I have to many other games I have to play. Also spend all day working on a computer, so theres that , add me

Also forgot to mention, I'm super into comic books now, as well as the Walking Dead. I've watched every ep, read every comic, read the novel, pretty much if it has Walking Dead on it I buy it

Yeah I fall into that geeky category with a little nerd on the side and a sprinkling of dork too.

I have those cape socks also - I wear one of the Batman and one of the Robin - they are the dynamic duo!

I also wear my Superman with my Wonderwoman :-)

Dude, I didn't even THINK about mix and match! That's awesome!

there's no place like 127.0.0.1

Hahahahahaha!

So many things I love, where do I begin? WoW, obviously, from my avatar. Doctor Who, Ninth Doctor FTW. Elder Scrolls, and Morrowind gets you bonus points. Old school games like the first Legend of Zelda, first Final Fantasy. Harry Potter. Star Wars. Star Trek. Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate (enhanced edition? MY BODY IS READY). Black Books, Red Dwarf, Big Bang Theory. Lord of the Rings. Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Oh god. I could go on and on. I love it all!

Feel free to add me.

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Learning to knit so I can make my brother-in-law a Tom Baker Dr. Who scarf. Then taking up chainmail for my time off of WoW and Star Wars. Do I qualify for geeky wierdo status? ;-)

Not that anyone has been following my string of nerd-metal comments, but I forgot the mother of them all:

Nightfall in Middle-Earth by crazy, German, power metal band Blind Guardian!

It might be a little too hard-rockin' for some of us, but it's a musical interpretation of The Silmarilion, complete with interludes where the band members talk like they are Morgoth and Sauron. Does it get any hotter than that?

Blind Guardian FTW!