When I saw them, I sometimes thought to myself, "I bet I do some things that people think are nerdy, but...dang!" These guys are just subjecting themselves unnecessarily to ridicule. Maybe my college experience was different than everyone else's, but I'm pretty sure that in the BYU "meat market" of dating, chain mail and wooden swords are not your golden ticket to more dates. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's the golden ticket to fewer dates.
Regardless, on our recent trip to Utah, we stopped at BYU and walked around for awhile. While we were there, we experienced one of those rare occasions (pictured below) when fate, "The Medieval Club", and our digital camera collided in a moment of serendipity that I couldn't have conjured even in my wildest dreams.
I was a little bit disappointed that no one was wearing chain mail or any other sort of medieval or Arthurian clothing or armor, and that the gentleman with the bandana looks more like a member of the Pirate Club than the Medieval Club. But I'll take what I can get. I hope when I was taking the pictures, they thought that I was just admiring their skills in medieval warfare, rather than giddily laughing, thinking, "You poor saps just made it onto my blog!"
I know, I know--blowing out someone else's candle won't make mine burn any brighter. I'll admit that it's a little high schoolish to make fun of people for being themselves. But if I was publicly doing something that goofy on a university campus with over 30,000 students, I would hope that someone would bring it to my attention and nip my nerdhood in the bud. Ok, I'm glad we had this talk. I've really learned a lot. Plus it was really fun hanging out with you in gym class this year. Keep in touch over the summer. Class of 09 Rulz!
