geeks

a week or two ago the word 'geek' came up in one of my lessons and of course my student asked me what it meant. it's kind of a difficult word to explain really. but she got it and was like 'like in densha otoko?' and i was like 'huh?' so she told me it was a movie. about geeks. apparently. so i finally watched it last night, and it was really cute and i quite liked it. imagine my surprise when today i come accross this book review and find out that densha otoko is more than just a cute movie. it's based on a true story of an exchange in a chatroom and has been made into a movie, tv series, book, and manga, AND translated into english. crazy! so now i'm reading through a version of the original chat logs that have been translated into english. it's actually kind of amusing reading the transcripts knowing that they are to become something of a sensation.