As you might have noticed, I haven’t been updating my journal recently.
Well, I’ve fallen off the wagon again. That’s right — I’m back to playing
computer games.

I had been so good for months — no TV, hardly any computer games (well,
an occasional round of Titan).
But last week
3do released Heroes of Might and Magic IV. Let’s just say I haven’t been getting
much sleep this last week. I’m totally geeking out. But look — if
Pat, Nancy,
and Mike can quit and then come back to
EQ, surely
I am allowed my small vices? Remember kids:
EQ kills…

Honestly, it’s a good thing that I’m buried in this computer game, because I was really
starting to worry about my geek credentials. It started when Rachel called me a “jock”
back in Santa Barbara (indeed!) Then my physics and mathematical knowledge
started fading away. And just the other day I stumbled across the old Wired Magazine
article about the relationship between
Asperger’s Syndrome and mathematical aptitude.
The article included a
test to see if you might have
Asperger’s. Yes, I know, the test has about as much validity as an
“How hard do you crush?” test in
Seventeen magazine
(my score: “It’s Just…A Little Crush…”). But I took the stupid Wired test anyway.
I scored a 16. I’m perfectly “neurotypical”. What a disappointment.

M’ris
took the test and got a 19. Like me, she answered with extremes — she likes math,
likes focusing on problems, but she also likes people and social chit-chat.
I suggested that maybe we were some kind of hybrid advanced super-nerds. Math
skills and social skills. Like Blade!
“All
of the nerds’ advantages, none of their weaknesses.” M’ris demurred, however,
saying that after all, she had 20/200 vision. And I have my computer game thing, of course.
Ah well, another perfectly good theory spoiled by the facts.