I like some pretty weird crap. I find that’s pretty normal for my demographic. And I enjoy having bizarre interests. I bet a lot of people do – it makes you feel fun, interesting, and unique to have a pastime that not a lot of people share. Why else do people spend so much time on these blogs and MySpace pages? We want to show the world how one-of-a-kind we are. Even though we totally aren’t.
That’s why, when you find out that someone else shares your totally unique interest in something, like, say, Harry Nilsson, it can be both validating and a little disappointing. This disappointment is magnified when it turns out that the other person, say, maybe doesn’t have a reputation for being really cool. Like maybe, oh, the guy who played Booger in Revenge of the Nerds*. Finding out that he is the country’s foremost expert on Harry Nilsson could be a little off-putting. I’m just sayin’.
*Don’t get me wrong. I am fully convinced that Curtis Armstrong is a great guy (how can he not be – he likes Nilsson), not to mention a talented actor who deserves credit for doing more than picking his nose.
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