Okay, okay, I admit I’m a geek. I admit that for some things I’m even a nerd, but you know you’ve spent way too much time on something when this happens…
I’m working in my department when a friend of mine called me over to the computer where she and two other employees had gathered. She gestured to the screen and said “Hey, do you know what this is?” I look at the zoomed-in view of the map and immediately identify it as a Dungeons and Dragons map of Bladur’s Gate, Amn, indeed, the entirety of the Forgotten Realms. I respond “Oh yeah, that’s Baldur’s Gate… there’s Amn… north should be Icewind Dale, [the guy at the computer zooms out at that] there’s the Spine of the World.” The two girls look at me, then turn back to the computer as my friend says “See, I knew he’d know. The names were too cool for a real place. [pause] So, what’s that for?” — “Dungeons and Dragons.” — “Oh, do you play?” — “No, I just read the books.”
I’m a nerd and there’s nothing I can do about it… >.<
