Conversation #1: While watching 'Up All Night':
Ava's stepmother has entered the scene...
Me: Is that Keiko?
Super Ninja: I think so.
Why this is a nerdy conversation: You would have had to (1) watch Star Trek: the Next Generation often enough to know the supporting characters' spouses by name; (2) have seen her so much via that syndicated series that you recognize her dialogue-less appearance a 18 years later; and (3) you would have had to like ST:TNG a lot to rank ST:TNG over some of the other critically acclaimed stuff that Rosalind Chao has done (The Joy Luck Club, Six Feet Under, the A-Team).
Conversation #2: Post the Post-Dinner Errand Run to the Liquor Store and the Comic Book Store:
Super Ninja: So, I was in the comic book store reading a Next Gen novel...
Me (not asking him to explain why he was reading a next Gen novel): Yeah?
Super Ninja: And these two teenage girls come into the comic book store. And they didn't really look like the type of teenage girls that you would expect to see shopping in a comic book store.
Me: They had normal-colored hair and they weren't wearing inappropriately tight clothing?
Super Ninja: Yeah. So, they stood at the door, looked around and they made a beeline for the counter. The guy at the front said, 'Hi, can I help you?' and they were like, 'Um, no, that's okay.' And then one turned to the other and said, 'Was that him?' And the second one said, 'This was a complete waste of time.' And the first one said, 'There are a lot of comic books in here.' And the second one said, 'It smells funny in here.'
Me: Was there a new 'Saga,' 'Buffy,' or 'Angel & Faith' this week?
Super Ninja: Nope.
And, scene...
Why this is a nerdy conversation: Really? You REALLY need me to explain the finer points of the nerdliness here?
Ava's stepmother has entered the scene...
Me: Is that Keiko?
Super Ninja: I think so.
Why this is a nerdy conversation: You would have had to (1) watch Star Trek: the Next Generation often enough to know the supporting characters' spouses by name; (2) have seen her so much via that syndicated series that you recognize her dialogue-less appearance a 18 years later; and (3) you would have had to like ST:TNG a lot to rank ST:TNG over some of the other critically acclaimed stuff that Rosalind Chao has done (The Joy Luck Club, Six Feet Under, the A-Team).
Conversation #2: Post the Post-Dinner Errand Run to the Liquor Store and the Comic Book Store:
Super Ninja: So, I was in the comic book store reading a Next Gen novel...
Me (not asking him to explain why he was reading a next Gen novel): Yeah?
Super Ninja: And these two teenage girls come into the comic book store. And they didn't really look like the type of teenage girls that you would expect to see shopping in a comic book store.
Me: They had normal-colored hair and they weren't wearing inappropriately tight clothing?
Super Ninja: Yeah. So, they stood at the door, looked around and they made a beeline for the counter. The guy at the front said, 'Hi, can I help you?' and they were like, 'Um, no, that's okay.' And then one turned to the other and said, 'Was that him?' And the second one said, 'This was a complete waste of time.' And the first one said, 'There are a lot of comic books in here.' And the second one said, 'It smells funny in here.'
Me: Was there a new 'Saga,' 'Buffy,' or 'Angel & Faith' this week?
Super Ninja: Nope.
And, scene...
Why this is a nerdy conversation: Really? You REALLY need me to explain the finer points of the nerdliness here?
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