Yoga for the Discerning, Shameless Nerd
I know the Star Wars yoga guy has been around for a while, but now that Time magazine has shown his particular brand of yoga from a galaxy far, far away in video form, it’s high time I finally featured him on TR. I’m not going to lie, I love this dude. I’ve shown countless people committing various acts of nerdery who have no idea they look ridiculous, and it’s always awkward. But this guys clearly knows he looks ridiculous, and just doesn’t give a shit — otherwise he wouldn’t be yeling out Chewbacca noises in the middle of Central Park. It’s that kind of shamelessness that I admire — as well as his frank admission that “Crane pose? That means nothing to me. But I TIE Fighter pose? Now that I get.” Rock on, Matthew Latkiewicz. Rock the hell on. (Via Geekosystem)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.