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- My nerdy obsession,

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I would say now is "Dungeons and Dragons."

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I am a huge D&D fan.

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I am terrible with dice,

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but I love watching other people play.

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I'm a huge fan of "Critical Role,"

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huge fan of "Dimension 20".

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I'm currently watching another
show with Aabria Iyengar.

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It's another tabletop role playing game,

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but it's called "Salt
and Serpent", I believe.

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It's basically pirates, very queer,

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and anything with Aabria
Iyengar I'm watching,

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'cause I love her.

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But yeah, D&D is a bit of a
nerdy obsession right now.

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I'm playing a home game with other people

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within the Trek community

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and right now I'm playing
a human medical officer

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named Josiah Rondald.

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It's an homage to my sister,

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my sister Zaiah, and my mom, Janz.

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And so yeah, I'm just,

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I'm a bit of a mother hen in that game.

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I'm very much the, I
forgot what they call me.

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I think it's the pharmacy mom of like,

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she's someone who just has a bag full

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of Tylenol, Dramamine,

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just anything to help keep her crew afloat

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while they're doing a whole
bunch of space shenanigans.

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I feel like I'm someone
who got into D&D simply

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because of its, just, rise in popularity.

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I think D&D is one of those games, like,

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tabletop role playing games
that's incredibly accessible.

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You just have to start somewhere.

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And I think the creativity
that is required

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to really get into a D&D game is something

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that is so interesting and attractive

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to me as a creative individual.

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I am just a big fan of anyone

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who is like really good at improv,

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just 'cause I can't help but respect that.

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Improv is so hard for me.

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And so I really respect
the improv ability,

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the creativity, all of it.

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It's been really, really attractive to me.

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And so I think in D&D's
rise to popularity,

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that's how it's got me into the fold

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because now I just wanna
get good so bad (laughs)

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so I can play,

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and hopefully play with maybe one day

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some of the people who
I love watching on TV.