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Kevin Spacey and the 1% Rule

If you read my previous post, you know that I once aspired to become the next Hollywood star.  If you asked me to name one actor whom my generation of men revered more than any other, it would be Kevin Spacey.  Mr. Spacey owned every character whose shoes he stepped in.  His performances, still to this day, grab you by your balls and demand unfaltering attention.

His career has been full of awards and accolades not to mention inspiring many of the men I knew in college to pursue a career in acting.  This year he won his first Golden Globe for his portrayal of Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards.  At his acceptance speech, Kevin said something that took me by surprise. And no, it is not his use of the “F” word.

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A Geek On a Never Ending Quest of Awesome

I am no one special. I am just a socially awkward ginger kid who growing up loved Hulk Hogan, Captain America, Michael Jordan, and video games. The latter became an obsession later in life and helped me succeed in procrastinating basically every assignment constantly in college.
Growing up I felt like no one really understood me. I had to cloak my geekiness from many of my friends because, you know, jocks don’t do Captain America, StarFox, Zelda, or science type crap. Nope, it’s all sports all the time, right? It’s odd how we constantly as young people put on new tee-shirts trying to see what fits and what defines our identity. Often times hiding or pushing down the things that we are actually passionate or “geeks” about.

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