fanw (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fanw) wrote,@ 2008-07-11 22:42:00 |
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Coulton in Cleveland
Tonight was not a night for med school. It was a night for finding my homies, the geeks and nerds and coders and teachers and scientists out there. Tonight was a Jonathan Coulton concert. I was a little worried about showing up alone, but I knew I was in the right place when I saw the demographic -- a guy behind me was wearing a Miskatonic U t-shirt. I had 20 minutes before the show, so I got to chatting with the four folks behind me. They were, to a T, just like my friends through high school and college, just 8-10 years younger. They were newly minted teachers and writers and coders, happily out of college but still enjoying the joys of cameraderie minted during those times.
Coulton (and his opening band, Paul and Stormy) were marvellous as expected. Through the wonders of the internet, I'd been exposed to at least half the songs, but it was especially fun to join in and howl "All we wanna do is eat your brains!"
So you see, there are geeks hereabouts. The med students are a little bit more of the work hard/drink hard types, but I'm sure I'll sift through them soon enough. I've already found the girl in my class who sang with the Cleveland Symphony chorus. I guess I just have good chorus-dar. And tomorrow I hang out with a physics grad student friend of a friend. I will find my peeps. It just takes a little bit of selectivity!
Tonight was not a night for med school. It was a night for finding my homies, the geeks and nerds and coders and teachers and scientists out there. Tonight was a Jonathan Coulton concert. I was a little worried about showing up alone, but I knew I was in the right place when I saw the demographic -- a guy behind me was wearing a Miskatonic U t-shirt. I had 20 minutes before the show, so I got to chatting with the four folks behind me. They were, to a T, just like my friends through high school and college, just 8-10 years younger. They were newly minted teachers and writers and coders, happily out of college but still enjoying the joys of cameraderie minted during those times.
Coulton (and his opening band, Paul and Stormy) were marvellous as expected. Through the wonders of the internet, I'd been exposed to at least half the songs, but it was especially fun to join in and howl "All we wanna do is eat your brains!"
So you see, there are geeks hereabouts. The med students are a little bit more of the work hard/drink hard types, but I'm sure I'll sift through them soon enough. I've already found the girl in my class who sang with the Cleveland Symphony chorus. I guess I just have good chorus-dar. And tomorrow I hang out with a physics grad student friend of a friend. I will find my peeps. It just takes a little bit of selectivity!
