Geek Life, June 2014 Edition.

I make no bones about the fact that I am an unabashed geek. I revel in it, in point of fact. I know movie and pop culture trivia, I collect geeky things like nobody's business, and I delight in the things I find fascinating.

The latest manifestation of this?

I bought the Lego Ecto-1 release and spent two hours building it last Sunday, before a party of Smash Brothers and Cards Against Humanity with my girlfriend, her sister and numerous mutual friends.

The Lego car was a special release, submitted to Lego by a fan and approved for sale starting last Sunday. I showed up at the store within 10 minutes of it opening, only to learn that people had been waiting TWO HOURS before the store opened. Thankfully, Lego figured out that this would be, as Ron Burgundy put it, "kind of a big deal."

The car sits upon my entertainment center now, as part of what will be a complete tribute to my favorite comedy of all time that currently includes the original movie on Blu-Ray, 4 figures of the cast released with the car, and a 30th Anniversary commemorative poster from Thinkgeek. (Oh, and when the 30th Anniversary release/25th Anniversary "Ghostbusters 2" release comes out? All kinds of on top of that.)

This is one of my geek things. The best part is, I'm not alone. My girlfriend is a hardcore gamer. My best friend is the guy who got me into Wetwired back in the day. My closest friend here has a toy set that eclipses my own... barely.

My own escapades into geekdom aren't limited to that. My Blu-ray selection numbers in the hundreds, not to mention the DVDs. My computer is a gaming rig with multiple monitors to watch Big Brother during the summer. I have collector's edition Masterpiece Transformers and Star Trek Starships. For Chrissakes, there is a poster on my wall called "The 56 Geeks,' drawn by a web cartoonist whose podcasts are my favorite things to listen to weekly. And I'm still barely scratching the surface.

The greatest geek thing I have, though, is much simpler than that. I have the love of a geek gamer who, when she first walked into my apartment and saw the man-child I clearly showed myself to be, said "cool." She gets me, plain and simple.

We've already talked marriage, by the way. We're waiting for her to finish school at the end of next year, but we've already committed to each other. It's as close to an engagement as you can get without rings, I suppose - but it's one of the best things I have going for me at this point.

So, I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

Out.