I'm in a Crowd But Oh So Alone

One thing I've been trying to do since before I moved to Memphis is find the nerd culture. I know that one typically does not move to Memphis, Tennessee to seek out that specific subculture...but as you may have already guessed, those are my people. Yours truly is one of those really excited Harry Potter fans that camps out for books...I dig Star Wars, I dig Back to the Future, I love Disney and old-school Nintendo... Lost, Avatar, Lord of the Rings...

In fact, I am so much into my nerd culture that I make up the entirety of a Wizard Rock band (bands who write/perform music about Harry Potter), and my "muggle" music project is named after a Lost episode.

I am, flat out, a fandom nerd.

Unfortunately, all of my efforts to find nerdy friends prior to the move were an absolute failure. As well connected as I like to think that I am, I have simply neglected to make many Tennessee nerd friends while at conventions and such. I placed an open call on both my Facebook and Twitter to see if any of my current friends knew anything or anyone...but that was a bust.

As I gear up for starting school soon, the upstairs of Gryffindor Tower (what I have named my apartment) starts to look more and more like my comfy nerd cave, Yesterday, I hung up my framed wrock posters and t-shirts, and set out all of my books and HP memorabilia. I find myself aching more and more for a friend, but most of all, for a nerd friend.

I do believe that I saw a commercial while sitting in bed last night that advertised classes to learn lightsaber fighting. I have only seen it one time, so I can't be sure...but if that really exists, those people might be my best bet for now.

So, here is where I make my desperate plea for any information anyone may have on Memphis Wizards or otherwise-affiliated-nerd-folk. I just don't know where to look for them and there haven't been, to my knowledge, any useful events or functions around here lately.

And, with that, I leave you with some Jason Munday (Skyway Flyer)...because he's a nice dude and this is one of my top 2 songs of the summer. (Second: "Don't Let the Muggles Get You Down" - The Remus Lupins...really, really spoke to me at just the right time....link here)