Geek Utopia

I got through my week of constant classes and assignments and have a breather today. When I got home last night from school, Jay had bought me three booster packs for Magic The Gathering. This is why I love Jay. He knows the path to a geek's heart is her new booster pack. So today, we (of course) had to dig into our decks to optimize them in the geekiest of fashions. We were pouring over our cards like Gollum to his Precious (I think I just heard the sound of two of my three blogreaders closing their windows), when we started discussing the rules for how a split card works (and the one person still reading this surely knows what I mean):

We couldn't decide, and Jay said "Never fear!" and got up to call the 24-hour toll-free helpline for Magic The Gathering. As an aside, would that NOT BE THE BEST JOB EVER, to be the helpdesk for your favorite card game?

We giddily each grabbed a phone extension so we could hear what would happen. We then heard a message that all lines were busy, which made me laugh - because that meant either it is just one guy who rolled out of bed to start taking calls about this game, or that there are actually that many players out there quarreling over the rules of this game at twelve in the afternoon. I guess we're in good geek company.

We got our question answered by a representative who was very warm, chipper and helpful. And Jay said, "Why wouldn't he be?! Look at what a great job he has!"

Excuse me now while I go delicately place my foil cards in their protective sleeves. Good thing Jay & I are married to each other now, otherwise neither of us could ever get a date.