As if I needed any extra points added to my geek test score, I found myself watching Who Wants to be a Superhero? on the SciFi channel last night. After guffawing (yes, while others laugh or chuckle, nerds are known for their raucous guffaws) far too many times than I'd care to admit, I decided that I could have easily competed on the show.
Since a radioactive copy of Madness and Civilization fell into my hands last night, I have been transformed. I will now only answer to the name of "Perpetual Grad Student!"
She can transcribe interviews with both eyes closed! She dazzles her enemies with her knowledge of actor-network theory. She confuses her foes with her voluminous vocabulary, shouting words like "hegemony," "ontology," "epistemological," and "identity" at a moment's notice! Her ability to ingest large quantities of coffee and procrastinate playing sudoku creates a rip in the time-space fabric, thus allowing her to travel into the future when her dissertation is already finished (I wish!).
Such is the stuff dreams are made on. Unfortunately, my real superhero identity, according to Lee's (Useless) Super-Hero Generator, is "Electrifying Shyning Mirakle" (I checked the "Kewlifier" box on the form, hence the CRAZY spelling). Apparently, while riding on my "Mirakle Rocket," I can hypnotize anyone using my "Mirakle Carbine." Actually, there's a much better superhero creator at the Scifi.com site, but it doesn't generate a name for you, or tell you what your secret power is.
God, I'm so lame.
