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Ah, the trials and tribulations of being a fan-boy, or fan-girl; going to the shop on book day for fear of missing that one issue. Knowing when the truck shows up at your local Toys R Us. Memorizing serial numbers for ships from Star Trek. We've ALL done this. However, there is the fine line that should never be crossed. There is the fan that comic employees avoid like the plague; you know the cliche. However, there is the Executive fan; functions in public, good grooming, also can recite lines from Terminator 2 and Aliens by heart. That line has been established, with help from Britich comic Eddie Izzard.(Shameless plug, he just a pair of Emmys for his HBO special. He's hilarious!) Here are some signs;
1. You have only two ties on your rack related to Star Wars or Star Trek,
2. Your walls are adorned with framed animation cells rather then free promo posters from the local comic shop.
3. 'Awakenings' made you cry as much as the final moments of 'Sar Trek II.'
4. The 'good clothes' in your closes doesn't include the cool X-men t-shirt with no holes in it. However, it does include the snappy looking, button-front, long-sleeve X-Men silk shirt.
5. Only one sci-fantasy-related item is on your desk at work. The remaining 50 items are all crammed in your desk for use during breaks.
6. You are as charming and witty in real-life as you are in a chat-room.
7. Not every movie you own has explosions, lasers, spacecraft, or actors dressed in foam-rubber suits parading around models of cities and wahcking the heck out of them.
8. Fine dining does not include the phrase 'For here or to go?'
9. You cannot recite HTML in your sleep, although you do occasionally mumble 'My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Now prepare to die.'
10. You do not have an Ultraman Toilet-brush holder in your bathroom.