eXXXtreme geeking

Of the many cool gifts that my sweetie bought for me this year, I think I've enjoyed the Lego kit the most. It's a model of a Star Wars AT-ST, and it's very intricate. The amount of detail in just one of the legs is so amazing it constitutes an objet d'art in and of itself. As a kid I thought those model ships in a bottle were pretty cool, but didn't quite realize just how aesthetically pleasing something as common as Lego could be. I'd like to get one of these Lego figurines to add to my growing collection of No-Brow art.

I'm not quite operating on the same high level of geekiness as April over at the Hyacinth Girl. In less than month she has installed a new flavor of Linux and has made some cool Sci-Fi and pop-culture references when talking about politics, but I'm doing my best to be more competitive.