My Secret Identity
Why is it six days a week, I am a good-looking, healthy skinned, well-dressed man, but on the day I am going to the comic shop to get my comics, I suddenly get a huge zit on the side of my face, my clothes seem to be a size or two too small and my hair is all screwed up? It is almost like I have an alter ego that only surfaces when I venture into the land of geeks (no offense to the geeks, I am a charter member).
Am I alone in this?
3 comments:
Yep, you're alone. I'm like your alter ego every day. I haven't been a good-looking, healthy skinned, well-dressed man in quite some time.
My wife is likely lying to me, and I will never know since mirrors are my Kryptonite!
Damn, I look way too much like The Comic Book Guy.... Not as heavy, but pretty close all around.
I'm about mid-stage in my transformation from sort-of-cool-honor-student-who-also-played sports type of guy to full-on total nerd, so i know whatcha mean.
On a related note, I've noticed I get different social reactions and/or treatment by the clerks at the comic shop based on what kind of garb i'm currently sporting.
stylish jeans/cool shirt/fixed hair = general snobbishness/unfriendliness
Lexcorp T-Shirt/ill-fitting cargo pants = friendly & dorky comic chatter from both customers and clerks alike.
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