So here’s the thing - I don’t really consider myself a geek. Maybe halfway there, but not really. However, compared to some people, my ‘normal’ would be considered incredibly geeky.

Case in point:

I was hanging out with my good friend Noureen the other day. I went for lunch with her and her husband Kamran when the discussion came to the Sex and the City Movie. The two of them liked it while I had never seen it or the show it was based off of. They talked about the character Samantha, who I know to be Kim Catrall so I just offered my take on her:

Me: “Yeah, I just know her as the Vulcan in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”
Kamran: “She was in that show?”
Me: “No, just in the movie.”
Kamran: “Was she an alien?”
Me: “She was a Vulcan.”
Noureen: “What did she look like?”
Me: “She was a Vulcan.”
Kamran: “Yeah, but what did she look like.”
Me: “She was a Vulcan.”
Noureen: “Vul…can?”

I mentally slapped my forehead at that point. I kept on repeating “Vulcan” because I assumed they would know what kind of character she played based off of that one word description.
“She had pointy ears.” I finally said.
“Ohhh,” they both responded. Now they got it.

Note to self: Not everyone knows anything about Star Trek so don’t assume they do.

Update: The Kimchi Ninja conducted a poll to discover if the general public knows who Vulcans are.