The Geekiest Summer

By the name of this blog you know that I am a geek. A term I am proud to carry and this summer I am going to be carrying the banner loud and proud and with my children by my side. Well at least my son. My 13 year-old daughter is not following us, at least she is claiming she isn't. Now all this geekness is for what promises to be a great movie summer and very cool geek-like activities. It started this last Saturday with Thor, will continue with Pirates of the Caribbean and Kung Fu Panda later this month. June has X-Men First Class, Super 8, Green Lantern, and Bad Teacher (not for the kids). July is the biggie with Harry Potter, Captain America and COWBOYS & ALIENS. This looks like the star of the year.

But in all honesty the greatest three nights in the theatre this summer will be in June as I sit with my kids and watch the Lord of the Rings on consecutive Tuesday nights. I am just giddy with anticipation for these movies to return to the big screen. Its even better that I get to see it with my kids. This is a dream come true because on the big screen is how these movies should be seen, at least the first time, and in their full extended edition glory. This is GEEK HEAVEN.

Other additional geek activities this summer. Lego engineering camp and a junkyard wars camp for my son. So jealous am I on that one. They never had that for me and I know I would have been a much better person because of it. For my daughter it will be cheer leading and rock climbing. OK maybe not that geek like. But that is not the point.

The point is there are some great GEEK movies this summer and I can't wait. Also a ton of Geek books to read. But more on that later, off to read.