I usually draw a line around LotR and whatever shread of a social life I have, not because I'm a closet-geek and ashamed of it. Its just how it goes with me.
But sometimes my geekiness come out and it wont stop until it causes alot of damage.
One time at school, my friend mentioned LotR just to get me started, and they started asking me loads of LotR questions. Up to this day, I haven't missed a single one. Okay, a few times I was fooled by a few trick questions, but I was on a roll. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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many members of the opposite sex have told me they enjoy hearing me talk about Tolkien's literature, because they love to see such extreme passion and obsession from a guy about something other than his car (and it gives them hope that if a guy can be so passionate and obsessive about a book, perhaps he could be that way about a girl).
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I'll admit, a lot of guys will tell you that the "guy talk" thing is a stereotype, but it isn't. If I found a girl that liked LotR I would be interested in her, but every girl in my school hates LotR.
Ask any girl in school something about LotR, and they will say, "I don't know, but Legolas is sssooooooooo hot!" IT'S NOT RIGHT, I TELL YOU!!!! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
But, being a Tolkien-ubergeek has more positives than negatives, so its okay with me when people call me a freak, but I just laugh at it and forget about it.
You know what. We need a t-shirt just for us that says, "My name is [name here]. I'm a Lord of the Rings-Freak, and I'm proud of it."