i'm coming out.

As the biggest nerd ever.

I got caught a few weekends ago by way too many cute kids that I've known for a while at Sakura Con. An anime convention in seattle. So before the super crazy queer rumor mill eats my alive, I thought I'd let everyone know: I am a giant anime dork. Below is a picture of eleven year old me dressed up s Sailor Saturn at my first anime convention ever.

I have been since I was six or so and obsessed with, you guessed it, sailor moon. I read manga in middle school, made costumes with my mother, attended anime conventions every summer from 5th grade to 8th grade, when I got too cool for that sort of thing.

Honestly though, I never got too cool, I just got busy and couldn't obsess over anime properly.

I have always been and will always be a gaymer. I have a long standing relationship with Guilty Gear, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Soul Caliber, countless first person shooters, and other games that made my childhood less like hell. I play 'pathfinder' (a table top role playing game, much like Dungeons and Dragons,) with my family. My brother taught me how to play magic before I even turned eight, and though I no longer grasp the game, apparently I was 'pretty good' at it. I remember just liking the babes on the cards, and refusing to play with cards that weren't shiny. I understand jokes about 4chan. I know about system 32. I know what a fort. save is, and the difference between a 1d8 and 1d4 weapon.

I have always been surrounded by incredible dorkdom. I have been able to write myself off as a geek by association for the most part, but somethings I can't get away with.

Like cosplaying at Sakura Con, and going by myself. I found these two kids, also dressed up as cowboy bebop characters, and hung out with them for an entire day.

So, yeah.

I'm a dork.

I am a giant dork and this is okay, because so many kids I know are dorks, and it works out great.

Plus, I have this weakness for nerdy queers who read comic books, collect action figures, and play video games. This has always confused my friends, because they didn't know about my secret past.

Nerdy queers for the win?

You now know my best kept secret.

xoxoxoxo.