Reality Bites

I had a very surreal moment the other night. I was waiting for my second-favorite show, "The Biggest Loser," to come on and just happened upon the last few minutes of a show called "Beauty and the Geek." I haven't watched this show before but it doesn't take long to figure out that a "beauty" is paired up with a "geek" and they are supposed to make each other better. Well, one of the geeks is a woman who is described simply as "musicologist." That caught my attention. So I watched for a minute and discovered something shocking. I didn't think this woman was a geek. In fact, if I was in a room with all the contestants from that show, I would probably gravitate to the geek side and find friends there. The self-described "beauty" that the poor musicologist (a PhD level title, BTW) was paired with reminded me of the guy who torments Napolean Dynamite, and I felt sorry for the poor smart girl, who was definitely not ugly enough (by my standards) to be on the show.

So I have been in a bit of a crisis trying to figure out if I'm a geek, too. I have always described myself as a geek, but to see it played out on television was a different story. So I'll pose the question: am I truly a geek? Please remember that your responses cannot be anonymous on this site...ha ha. What I have told myself is probably the best advice: TURN OFF THE TV! These shows aren't meant for people like me. And suddenly I've elevated myself from geek to intellectual superior. Ahh, that feels much better.