Embrace the geek in you!

[Scheherazade]

I will be spending this Bank Holiday trying to catch up on my over-neglected studies.

If anyone would like to join me, please feel free as I hereby declare this weekend:

"Geeks Rule" Weekend

Share your geekiest moments, flaunt your geekiness.

It is at times like these that I wish I wore glasses.

[Niamh]

woot! geek weekend!

[BienvenuJDC]

Chuck, the leader or BuyMore's Nerd Herd
http://season1.fr/images/chuck_nerdherd.jpg

[Lokasenna]

This is probably the only instance where I don't have to change my avatar to get the desired effect...

[applepie]

You mean a weekend where I don't have to change :D I'll admit to being a geek in more ways than I ever would have guessed.

[papayahed]

I'll bring the cake:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t_xlGGymR7U/SxYwZygmBOI/AAAAAAAAARg/WDNuNCwPoAw/s400/633869529330613580-nerdcake.jpg

[Helga]

I'm in as Brainy smurf

[Scheherazade]

I'll bring the cake:Are you sure that is a cake?

Looks like a pie to me!

:p

So, I will start the geeky confessions, then.

The clock in my house (a gift from a friend):

http://www.signals.com/graphics/products/regular/HH6134.jpg


And I love buying new text books. Today I got two new ones and cannot wait to start reading, highlighting and scribbling on them!

[Paulclem]

If I was a school now I'd be in the geek group like my children are. I used to get bored in some classes and would read my Little Gem dictionary - a blue one with heights of mountains etc to find interesting words. My mates were impressed by my memory/ appalled by my geekiness that I could recite the dictionary definitions of the rude words.

My pocket dictionary was great. It never stopped a bullet but it fended off boredom.

Reading that dictionary made my Battalion Seargeant Major in the University TA seriously impressed when I told him the height of Everest when he just shot the question at me in a parade.

I was reading Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook for my course when I used to sit in the cabin when I was doing summer work as a hod carrier.

It was a bit of a contrast listening to the chaps jawing and reading Doris. (Had to read it - didn't like it much, though it had good bits).

[Wilde woman]

I'll be the resident Time Lord(ess).

Appropriately, I'll be studying history this weekend. :patriot:

[Janine]

My change is definitely extreme. Ken Branagh as Dormandy in "The Boat that Rocked"...could we get anymore geeky glasses than these....the mustashe and hair have to go...:lol: I know most of my friends are going to say..."what the heck?"

[The Comedian]

In graduate school, my "break" from studying (English, which involved a lot of reading and writing) was reading and playing AD&D (2nd edition).

[*Classic*Charm*]

So, I will start the geeky confessions, then.

The clock in my house (a gift from a friend):

http://www.signals.com/graphics/products/regular/HH6134.jpg


And I love buying new text books. Today I got two new ones and cannot wait to start reading, highlighting and scribbling on them!

BEST EVER!!! That clock is amazing!!

I hear you about textbooks Scher. I get really excited and will start reading them while waiting in line to pay. A couple semesters ago, a complete stranger started howling with laughter at me because I walked out of the university bookstore $600.00 lighter with my arms full of books and said to my friend "That was fun! We should do that more often!" My friends have refused to come textbook shopping with my since. Apparently I'm embarrassing :blush:

Let's see...other geekiness...

My roommate and I bought wish and wanted to give them matching names. We went with Bohr and Rutherford, the two scientists who developed the first working model of the atom :blush:

[OrphanPip]

I love textbooks too, I've been criticized by more than a few people for keeping mine instead of selling after the semestre, I must have something like 6000 dollars in text books in my room. I don't use them often, but I love having them there whenever I need to review some basic biology or look up something about x virus or y bacteria out of curiosity.

Edit: Although, I have to admit that I'm not likely ever to use my math texts ever again.

[Hurricane]

I love textbooks too, I've been criticized by more than a few people for keeping mine instead of selling after the semestre, I must have something like 6000 dollars in text books in my room. I don't use them often, but I love having them there whenever I need to review some basic biology or look up something about x virus or y bacteria out of curiosity.

Edit: Although, I have to admit that I'm not likely ever to use my math texts ever again.

I've ditched all of my math and chem textbooks and probably will sell back all my physics ones in 12 days after my final, but I've kept all of my other books even though that's hundreds of dollars in sunk costs. I just get this nagging sense that I might use them someday, even though I probably never will.

[BienvenuJDC]

This is probably the only instance where I don't have to change my avatar to get the desired effect...

:lol::smilielol5:

[Virgil]

I love textbooks too, I've been criticized by more than a few people for keeping mine instead of selling after the semestre, I must have something like 6000 dollars in text books in my room. I don't use them often, but I love having them there whenever I need to review some basic biology or look up something about x virus or y bacteria out of curiosity.

Edit: Although, I have to admit that I'm not likely ever to use my math texts ever again.

O-P, I never sold any of my textbooks. I still have them all and the physics and engineering ones are on my bookshelf at work. I graduated undergrad 25 years ago come this June.

Ok, I'll go geek this weekend with a geeky D.H. Lawrence portrait. :wink5:

[BienvenuJDC]

I love textbooks too, I've been criticized by more than a few people for keeping mine instead of selling after the semestre, I must have something like 6000 dollars in text books in my room. I don't use them often, but I love having them there whenever I need to review some basic biology or look up something about x virus or y bacteria out of curiosity.

Edit: Although, I have to admit that I'm not likely ever to use my math texts ever again.

:wave:
Guilty!! I just was too irritated that they would buy my book for $15 and resell it for $85 used, and a new one was $115. I mean it's a BOOK...I can't sell books very easily...I'll give it away to someone who will cherish it first.

[OrphanPip]

O-P, I never sold any of my textbooks. I still have them all and the physics and engineering ones are on my bookshelf at work. I graduated undergrad 25 years ago come this June.

We have a decent technical library where I work, but I'm just dreading the day my books become obsolete. I know my physiology, math, and physics stuff is unlikely to become too outdated, but my virology, immunology, and pathogenesis stuff will be outdated within a couple years. I'm dreading the day someone mentions something about biology that I've never even heard of.

[BienvenuJDC]

We have a decent technical library where I work, but I'm just dreading the day my books become obsolete. I know my physiology, math, and physics stuff is unlikely to become too outdated, but my virology, immunology, and pathogenesis stuff will be outdated within a couple years. I'm dreading the day someone mentions something about biology that I've never even heard of.

Accounting is worse....things change EVERY YEAR....
It's really pathetic...

[OrphanPip]

Accounting is worse....things change EVERY YEAR....
It's really pathetic...

I can understand, I had to file my taxes today it was torture, my mother's a retired accountant and she's barely any help at all.

Anyway, I'll go the Loka rout and use a picture of myself, in academic regalia to boot. (Kinda too lazy to go through the trouble of photoshoping out the photographer's watermark, bah.)

[DanielBenoit]

This is probably the only instance where I don't have to change my avatar to get the desired effect...

:smilielol5: Awww, you're the funniest geek I know :coolgleamA:



Anyway, I'll go the Loka rout and use a picture of myself, in academic regalia to boot. (Kinda too lazy to go through the trouble of photoshoping out the photographer's watermark, bah.)

Wait a second. . . that's you? :eek: Wow you are quite geeky :lol:

I myself am going have to wait until I come across the best avatar for me :D

[OrphanPip]

Wait a second. . . that's you? :eek: Wow you are quite geeky :lol:

I myself am going have to wait until I come across the best avatar for me :D

Haha, I try to avoid pictures of me in glasses usually, but I think it suits the regalia.

Edit: It just gets added to the list of geeky things about me.

1. A science degree
2. Cherishes textbooks
3. Wears glasses
4. Likes 80s music
5. Doesn't drink, except maybe a glass of wine at special occasions.
6. Total square when it comes to drugs.
7. I insist on using public transit
8. A history of volunteer work with animals.
9. I live alone with cats.
10. Single for pretty much a year now.

Top ten things that make me a geek I guess.

[DanielBenoit]

Hmm, let me see, ten geeky things about me. . . ..

(in no particular order)

-Almost missed a very important appointment because I couldn't find my chap-stick.

-Loves cooking international cuisine.

-Gathers a pile of 20 or more books whenever I go to Barnes and Noble or the library. It makes me feel secure and vast, kind of like marking your territory, even though I get dirty looks from the librarians whenever they see me.

- I believe that people give me dirty looks everywhere I go.

- Has had a history of walking into buildings and commenting outloud to the person next to me "ooooh, what wonderful interior!"

- Spends hours at a museum when given the chance. Has had a history of staring into single paintings for time intervals ranging to an hour.

- Dresses quite formally whenever he goes out. (Though I do like mixing things up and juxtaposing my expensive and formal black jacket and fedora with checkered pajama pants whenever I go out. . .though this doesn't happen on a regular basis, it is known to occur.)

- Loves staring at Chinese and Japanese characters.

- Reads love poems.

- Loves "boring" and "old" world literature.

- Reads books in languages I don't understand.

- Loves "boring" and "old" movies.

- Loves silent Russian cinema.

- Is thrilled by the films of Bela Tarr.

- Listens to classical music and jazz constantly.

- Once spent close to a year listening to Beethoven's 9th daily.

- Is terribly feminine.

- Cannot throw a ball properly.

- Once threw a ball which landed in a tree right next to me.

- Once threw a ball that landed ten feet. . . behind me.

- Would be the kid picking daises on the outfield in gym class.

- Would be the kid sitting on the benches reading Homer during gym class.

- Would be the kid the unpopular kids would beat up on.

- Once turned down a totally hot girl (who was also older than me) once at a high school dance because I didn't know what to do.

- Dances like Napolean Dynamite.

- Has been said to run like a girl.

-Has been said to act like a girl.

- Once flushed a really good amount of weed down the toilet in fear that my mom might catch me.

- Was once demolished in a fight with a kid about a foot shorter than me.

- Would choose Woody Allen to play him in a movie.

- Has a habit of commenting on the aesthetic appeal of random things, like wallpaper, tea-pots, elevators, clocks, etc.

humm, that was fun lol.

[Virgil]

How about this: if one is a member of Literature Network, then you must be a geek.

:coolgleamA:

[DanielBenoit]

How about this: if one is a member of Literature Network, then you must be a geek.

:coolgleamA:

Very true! Let's face it, we're all geeks, we read Shakespeare :lol:

Being a geek is the coolest thing in the world :coolgleamA:

Speaking of which: One time a few years back in junior high, this one girl noticed the Shakespeare t-shirt I was wearing and asked me if I was in ballet. . . . .

[OrphanPip]

Totally, I wouldn't even consider dating someone who wasn't a geek. Dinner and an afternoon at the fine arts museum are my idea of a good date, I wouldn't know what to do with someone who doesn't enjoy art or theater. Plus, I think you really get to know someone when you discuss art ;).

I might be willing to throw all those conditions out if they were insanely good looking though.

Edit: Although, this may explain why I don't meet very many people haha.

[BienvenuJDC]

I agree, Daniel. many of those apply to me also. And to top it off, I have to wear glasses now.

[L.M. The Third]

Oh me! I just about went and missed another themed weekend again! But I can't figure out what to use for a 'geek' avatar. And if I take a webcam pic with my glasses on, and my curlers in my hair, I'll just look like a nut. So, does this last till Sunday?

[Janine]

I like this themed weekend. It's really clever and fun!

[Haunted]

I would have participated but I can't find the photo of Ewan wearing his black dorky glasses. Oh well. One of these days I'll get those glasses for real.

[Nikhar]

I never knew that I'd grow so famous in so less a time on the forum that you'd name a complete weekend on me.:coolgleamA:

[BienvenuJDC]

I would have participated but I can't find the photo of Ewan wearing his black dorky glasses. Oh well. One of these days I'll get those glasses for real.

http://img.glassesdirect.co.uk/blog/celebs/macgregor.jpg

[Haunted]

that's it!!!! Thanks :D

[BienvenuJDC]

that's it!!!! Thanks :D

He looks like such a dork there...

[Haunted]

yes he does. I could have sworn his glasses are dorkier with much thicker frames in the LWR/LWD series...

[Revolte]

I guess I'm pretty geeky I sort of giggle instead of laughing, I like online video games and I'm addicted to documentries and discover/national geographic/history channel. Hmm I still have some textbooks from college I decided to keep, but then again I dropped out after getting in a fight with my speech teacher. Um.. I wear tight plaid shorts with cowprint back pockets that I made, and I love pens in my shirt pocket and I run a website. I suppose I'm geeky enough for this, yay :coolgleamA:.

[Paulclem]

If I had the cash I'd be a gadget geek. I like computers and it dovetails with research in my job too.
lit geek
word geek
computer geek

The thing that saved me from pummellings at school was that I played rugby.

[JuniperWoolf]

Buffy geek, right here.

I know EVERYTHING about Buffy (since I was 15). I've prolly watched the whole series about eight times. I've even entered Buffy trivia contests (yes, I'm that much of a Buffy geek).

Ten geeky facts:
1. I own every season of Buffy, and have all of the lines memorized.
2. I wear glasses.
3. I have an 80 BE hunter on WoW (and if you know what that means, you too are a geek).
4. I've been playing RPG's since I was 10.
5. I have never had a grade below B+.
6. I have only had one tan in the last four years.
7. I have only kissed ten boys.
8. For the last two days, I have played a DSi version of Pokemon.
9. I have Rimbaud's "Ophelia" hanging on my wall.
10. I am a member of an online literature forum (hah!).

[Lokasenna]

So, we're basically all geeks? On a literature forum? Who'd a thunk it?

Let's see, some geeky things about me:

- Dr Who is the by far and away the best thing on television, and I've got popcorn and a bottle of wine ready for tonight's episode, featuring the utterly terrifying Weeping Angels.

- Of the five languages I speak, three are dead.

- I can quote vast reams of poetry and drama at will, but don't know how such things as bus timetables or mobile phones work.

- I meet up fortnightly with a group of friends for a Viking evening, where we gather around a fire, drink mead, and recite and translate Norse poetry at each other. And then we have cake.

- My mode of dress has been described as "period Victorian-meets-Oxfam." I also frequently wear (though not at the same time) the following items: fedora, great-coat, waist-coat, bow tie, Panama, sandals and pocket-watch.

- Like others, I wear glasses, though that isn't so much a fashion statement as to prevent me from walking into walls.

- Not that I have much time these days, but I do enjoy a wee bit of RPGing every now and then - it's my guilty pleasure!

- I occasionally indulge in a bit of anime, though I'm very discerning about what I'll watch.

- On a similar note, I have a major love of foreign cinema, and will go out of my way to find obscure films.

- I listen almost exclusively to classical music (Roderigo's Concierto de Aranjuez playing at this moment).

Embrace your geekiness!

[JuniperWoolf]

- I meet up fortnightly with a group of friends for a Viking evening, where we gather around a fire, drink mead, and recite and translate Norse poetry at each other. And then we have cake.


Hahahaha, that is so geeky!

[Paulclem]

meet up fortnightly with a group of friends for a Viking evening, where we gather around a fire, drink mead, and recite and translate Norse poetry at each other. And then we have cake.

:lol: Great.

I have to ask - do you wear the helmets - without the horns - as well?

My mode of dress has been described as "period Victorian-meets-Oxfam." I also frequently wear (though not at the same time) the following items: fedora, great-coat, waist-coat, bow tie, Panama, sandals and pocket-watch.

I'll keep an eye out for you - I'm sure to see you sometime.

[OrphanPip]

Buffy geek, right here.

I know EVERYTHING about Buffy (since I was 15). I've prolly watched the whole series about eight times. I've even entered Buffy trivia contests (yes, I'm that much of a Buffy geek).

I love Buffy too, probably my favorite show when I was in high school, I watched ever season of Angel too, though it wasn't as good.




3. I have an 80 BE hunter on WoW (and if you know what that means, you too are a geek).

Haha, not at all surprised that you play Horde ;).



4. I've been playing RPG's since I was 10.

Only since you were ten?



5. I have never had a grade below B+.

Haha, except for a couple really hard university courses this is true of me too.



6. I have only had one tan in the last four years.

I've never been tanned period!



7. I have only kissed ten boys.

You have me beat :p



8. For the last two days, I have played a DSi version of Pokemon.

I'm always tempted to buy the new pokemon games, because they remind me of my childhood, but I haven't bought any since Ruby on the GBA.



9. I have Rimbaud's "Ophelia" hanging on my wall.

I have a painting of Gandalf on my wall, I also have a miniature Easter Island statue haha.

[L.M. The Third]

Who do you folks think I should choose as being more 'geeky': Charlotte Bronte, Abraham Lincoln, John Milton, or Emily Dickinson?
Very odd selection, I've no doubt, but I'm a very odd person. Or is there anything 'geeky' about any o' them? Anyways, I'm still CB.

[Virgil]

RPG? Rocket Propelled Granades since ten years old?

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/14/xin_121101141050632295735.jpg

Boy I knew Juniper was tough, but I didn't realize how tough. :biggrin5: :p

[Scheherazade]

I like this themed weekend. It's really clever and fun!You didn't expect anything less from me, Janine... Didja?

:D

I love your avatar, by the way!

[LitNetIsGreat]

Very funny thread!!!

Er, let me think???

I have a book called How to Win Quizzes.

It hasn't worked.

I have some geeky bike shorts, though I don't wear them because they are too geeky and tight!



Er, I was stuck so I asked Mrs Neely, terrible woman, she said I am geeky because I read poetry and philosophy and spend so much time on a literature forum! I said:"Mrs Neely, that doesn't count, besides the thread is on the literature forum" and she said "exactly"?

Don't believe what they tell you. :coolgleamA:

Oh, and I think Loka's medieval poetry parties sound pretty good!

[Niamh]

I'll be the resident Time Lord(ess).

Appropriately, I'll be studying history this weekend. :patriot:

I couldnt find one i liked enough so went with this one instead. I wanted one of David and geek on it!


Are you sure that is a cake?

Looks like a pie to me!

:p

So, I will start the geeky confessions, then.

The clock in my house (a gift from a friend):

http://www.signals.com/graphics/products/regular/HH6134.jpg


And I love buying new text books. Today I got two new ones and cannot wait to start reading, highlighting and scribbling on them!

Awesome!



7. I insist on using public transit


Me too! and i always get weird looks when people go "you really should learn to drive Niamh" and I reply "I'm quite happy with getting the bus. Its my reading time. I dont think the Guardi would like it if i drove and read."


Hmm, let me see, ten geeky things about me. . . ..
- Spends hours at a museum when given the chance. Has had a history of staring into single paintings for time intervals ranging to an hour.

Me too! But its usually the History and Archaeology Museum


- Reads love poems.

- Loves "boring" and "old" world literature.
I think this is more nerdy than geeky.


- Reads books in languages I don't understand.
This on the other hand is deffo geeky!


- Loves "boring" and "old" movies.

Who doesnt! Old movies are great!


- Loves silent Russian cinema.
Battleship Potempkin is amazing!



- Would be the kid sitting on the benches reading Homer during gym class.
I was teh kid sitting in Business Studies reading Goldsmith! :p



- Dr Who is the by far and away the best thing on television, and I've got popcorn and a bottle of wine ready for tonight's episode, featuring the utterly terrifying Weeping Angels.

I'm missing this tonight and it so unfair! :bawling: I wont be able to look out for all the clues!


- Of the five languages I speak, three are dead.
Thats Kinda cool!


- I meet up fortnightly with a group of friends for a Viking evening, where we gather around a fire, drink mead, and recite and translate Norse poetry at each other. And then we have cake.
Awesome! I was once a part of a reenactment society. Dressing up as a Viking was great!


- My mode of dress has been described as "period Victorian-meets-Oxfam." I also frequently wear (though not at the same time) the following items: fedora, great-coat, waist-coat, bow tie, Panama, sandals and pocket-watch.
I think you've been watching too much Doctor Who! :D


- Like others, I wear glasses, though that isn't so much a fashion statement as to prevent me from walking into walls.
I could say the same but i do that anyway with my glasses on! :blush:


- I occasionally indulge in a bit of anime, though I'm very discerning about what I'll watch.
I love Studio Ghilbi Movies!

I'm a total geek. Myself and my house mate are both in our late 20's and we have Doctor Who and Torchwood posters on the walls and pretend we have a pet weevil named Barbara. (dont ask)

I read geology books for enjoyment.

I was an Archaeologist. I start another Archaeology course this month because i just love it so much.

I remember getting excited one christmas because i got a book on nature as a present.

I drink copious amounts of Herbal tea... and fruit tea... I even brought a special tea pot all the way home from Australia.

As previously stated, i did reenactments.

I differenciate between nerd, geek and dork.

[Virgil]

How about this: if one is a member of Literature Network, then you must be a geek.

:coolgleamA:

The thought just occurred to me. If you are a moderator of a literature forum, then you must be a really super geek. :biggrin5:

*ducks from the bricks being thrown*

[Helga]

I don't know what is geeky about me.... except the fact that I read a lot and enjoy school, here that is considered very geeky. I love star trek like some of you may know, and many other sci-fi too like stargate and firefly..... I could probably find more if I would give it some thought....

[Niamh]

The thought just occurred to me. If you are a moderator of a literature forum, then you must be a really super geek. :biggrin5:

*ducks from the bricks being thrown*

Nope thats super nerd! Get it right! :rolleyes:

[Scheherazade]

The thought just occurred to me. If you are a moderator of a literature forum, then you must be a really super geek. :biggrin5:

*ducks from the bricks being thrown*Of course! And proud of it, too! :smilewinkgrin:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U4epTob33TM/Rv_oJiGF3mI/AAAAAAAABpw/C-bZByrRg5Y/s400/ThinkGeek_GeekInside_LRG.jpg

Today I have been told by two people that I looked "nothing like a geek"... One added, "I mean you are a geek but no way you look like one" so... :-/

Maybe I should give getting glasses a serious thought (and get some fashion advice from Loka! :p) to look the part as well.

I loved watching "Buffy" and agree that "Angel" was not half as good as "Buffy". My new favorite geeky TV show is "A Town Called Eureka" (thanks, Jay and Papaya).

Another confession re.text books. I tend to borrow the books of fiction from the library but I always buy my text books (no matter how expensive they are) so that I can write on them freely.

Oh, also watched "The Wonders of the Solar System" on TV tonight presented by Prof Brian Cox... I wondering why more girls are not studying physics!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)

[Maximilianus]

I'm in, I'm in. I'm in as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta, the super geek on board of the Battlestar Galactica! This event has grown quite lively :p

[papayahed]

I don't know what is geeky about me.... except the fact that I read a lot and enjoy school, here that is considered very geeky. I love star trek like some of you may know, and many other sci-fi too like stargate and firefly..... I could probably find more if I would give it some thought....

How about Sanctuary?

[applepie]

Would it be mean to point out that while we're claiming to be "geeks" I don't think any of us bite the heads off of chickens in our freetime. I mean you never know what people are into but... :)

[Satan]

Well, I'm a geek and a nerd. Google Linux kernel, OpenSolaris, Haskell, Lisp, Python, x86 assembly, half a dozen shells and The Pragmatic Programmer. I wear glasses, hate contacts, and my avatar fits in perfectly.

Nice clock there, Scher!

[Wilde woman]

Dr Who is the by far and away the best thing on television, and I've got popcorn and a bottle of wine ready for tonight's episode, featuring the utterly terrifying Weeping Angels.

Ahhh, I'm so excited for this, since last week's cliffhanger. But since I'm in the States I have to wait a few extra days to see it.


I wanted one of David and geek on it!

And with his glasses? :drool5: I think I found one earlier, so I'll have to go a look it up for you.

Other than love for the Doctor (and really all things BBC), my other geekiness includes:

I'm Asian. In the States, that practically guarantees you're considered a geek. Talk about stereotypes.

My IQ is higher than my hourly salary.

I listen pretty much exclusively to classical music and musical theater (Glee anyone?). I've also been known to write literary-type analyses of my favorite arias/songs. I haven't been to a pop/rock concert of my own free will in years.

I spend more time in the library and studying at cafes than at home.

I've worn glasses since I was 12 years old and fought tooth and nail against switching to contacts until my college years.

I'm a grammar guru (and an annoying alliterator); my parents, siblings, and friends send me their papers/letters to edit, and my boyfriend is always irritated with me for correcting his grammar.

My only marketable skill is teaching (standardized testing techniques and writing). Which is why I'm going back to school. If you think about it, getting a Ph.D. in English is basically getting paid to read. Definitely my kind of job!!

I'm embarrassingly clumsy. While this may not be true of all geeks, it definitely applies to me. I'm the least athletic person ever, and have the absolute worst luck with sports. Even though I understand them intellectually, I'm so unlucky betting them. At my workplace's NCAA brackets this year, I came in DEAD last.

When I play the ponies (one of my ungeekier hobbies), I like picking horses with literary names to win. A few years ago, I picked Steppenwolf to win the Derby (he didn't). FYI, the tactic has NEVER worked for me.

Finally, I'm listing the reasons why I'm geeky. How geeky is that? :biggrin5:

[L.M. The Third]

Other than being on a literature forum, and the accompanying bibliomania, I need help diagnosing if I'm a geek. Do the following things count?
I read a book of poetry on a walk today.
I carry a dictionary everywhere I go, so that if I get stuck somewhere I'll have endless reading.
I sometimes know more about historical periods/persons than what's going on in my community and on the news.
I tend to be afraid of fellow teenagers. If I see someone near my age, I run off to talk to my high-school-teacher friend, or to my over-60 aunt.

It's just that there seems to be so much involved in this term, so I'm not sure about its parameters. And any suggestions for an avatar?

[Maximilianus]

Other than being on a literature forum, and the accompanying bibliomania, I need help diagnosing if I'm a geek. Do the following things count?
I read a book of poetry on a walk today.
I carry a dictionary everywhere I go, so that if I get stuck somewhere I'll have endless reading.
I sometimes know more about historical periods/persons than what's going on in my community and on the news.
I tend to be afraid of fellow teenagers. If I see someone near my age, I run off to talk to my high-school-teacher friend, or to my over-60 aunt.
All of this counts, therefore, you are a geek :nod: but worry not, since even being a species in danger of extinction, there are still a few. Hence, technically, you are not alone :)


It's just that there seems to be so much involved in this term, so I'm not sure about its parameters. And any suggestions for an avatar?
Parameters are very easy to be told: If you don't meet society's regular behavior standards, you are a geek :D As for the avatar, it should be someone you can identify yourself with. Someone of whom you may say "I am particularly similar to that person".

[OrphanPip]

My IQ is higher than my hourly salary.


Hahaha, I'd certainly hope so, if my IQ were the same number as my hourly wage I would be catatonic.

[Revolte]

How about Sanctuary?

that show is great. But I can never seem to find out when new episodes are on.

[L.M. The Third]

All of this counts, therefore, you are a geek :nod: but worry not, since even being a species in danger of extinction, there are still a few. Hence, technically, you are not alone :)


Parameters are very easy to be told: If you don't meet society's regular behavior standards, you are a geek :D As for the avatar, it should be someone you can identify yourself with. Someone of whom you may say "I am particularly similar to that person".

I'll take being a geek as a compliment, since I seem to be in good company!

And I guess I do relate to grumpy, self-absorbed, Charlotte Bronte, a little. But I think I've got a little more sense of humor. I hope the readers of the above statement will have too, or I'm toast. :p

[Helga]

How about Sanctuary?

I had never heard of this before but I am intrigued... Tapping in the lead, got to check it out....

If you count it as being a geek, I don't drink and I have never been to a club (I'm 24) in school I was called the hat girl cause apparently it's very lame to wear hats...

[Niamh]

Ahhh, I'm so excited for this, since last week's cliffhanger. But since I'm in the States I have to wait a few extra days to see it.

I missed it. :( and i'll miss the reshowing tonight. :( Hopefully i'll have cable set up in the new place by wednesday and i'll be able to record the showing on Friday.


And with his glasses? :drool5: I think I found one earlier, so I'll have to go a look it up for you.


Of Course! :drool5:
If not i'll settle for Matt Smith :drool5:

[Taliesin]

Damn, I'm late.
Still, I think that I'm both a nerd and a geek, and I have participated in some nerd-offs with some other folks - a game where you take turns to name something nerdy/geeky about yourself.

So. Some points.

*Mathematics. I study it at the university.
*While we are at the subject, I participated on the International Mathematical Olympiad
*And now I help to organize the national olympiads.
*LARP. Serious business. I participate.
*What's more, I have organized four of them.
*And of course, other Role-Playing Games.
*Such as the Serenity RPG I'm participating in.
*Mind you, I like "Firefly" a lot.
*I play go. FYI, go/chess = chess/checkers.
*Mi parolas Esperanton
*While we are at the subject of languages, I speak about five of them.
*And that's not including Java or Haskell, or some other programming languages that I have dabbled in.
*Of course I wear glasses, although, not for a very long time.
*However, about two weeks after I got them, someone I had known for about a year and a half made a mistake by thinking that I had always worn them.
*This forum
*There is a certain DnD system called Planescape where a central location is a certain city that is located on the inner surface of a torus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torus), Sigil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_(city)). It's ruler,the silent Lady of Pain, is quite a mysterious character, thought to be by some to be a higher being than the gods of the world.
Now-now, I thought, why is the city torus-shaped? Why be so fancy and, for example, just use the inner surface of a ball. Well, to be just,the torus has got some properties that are different from those than a ball, for example, by the Hairy Ball Theorem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem), you can't comb the hair on a ball-shaped thing without creating a cowlick. I remember reading from the Lostpedia some theories that explained why the survivors couldn't get contact with the outside world, but one character got out - they used the same theorem - if there is some kind of field surrounding the island blocking the way, there must be at least one point, where the field is zero and one can get out.
And then it dawned on me, the reason why the city is torus-shaped - there is a theory that the Sigil is actually just a fancy cage for The Lady of Pain - and those who would imprison her wouldn't make the mistake of creating any entering points, which makes a torus so fitting.

And after thinking that, I understood, how geeky and nerdy is to have a Heureka-moment in a thought that comprises a DnD world, Lost theories and algebraic topology.

[Helga]

is it geeky or nerdy to name your pets after Star trek characters?... Spock,Sisco,7/9,Chacotay and Tiberius

[Janine]

You didn't expect anything less from me, Janine... Didja?

:D

I love your avatar, by the way!

Never...you're the best. Wonder what little gem you will cook up for us next. This one has been fun!

[Scheherazade]

Never...you're the best. Wonder what little gem you will cook up for us next. This one has been fun!Actually, we all need to thank Papaya for this weekend as she was the inspiration behind the idea.

(No, no... I am not calling Papaya a geek... but her love of scientists and all things scientific gave me the idea :))

Thank you, Papaya! :hurray:

[Paulclem]

Damn, I'm late.
Still, I think that I'm both a nerd and a geek, and I have participated in some nerd-offs with some other folks - a game where you take turns to name something nerdy/geeky about yourself.

So. Some points.

*Mathematics. I study it at the university.
*While we are at the subject, I participated on the International Mathematical Olympiad
*And now I help to organize the national olympiads.
*LARP. Serious business. I participate.
*What's more, I have organized four of them.
*And of course, other Role-Playing Games.
*Such as the Serenity RPG I'm participating in.
*Mind you, I like "Firefly" a lot.
*I play go. FYI, go/chess = chess/checkers.
*Mi parolas Esperanton
*While we are at the subject of languages, I speak about five of them.
*And that's not including Java or Haskell, or some other programming languages that I have dabbled in.
*Of course I wear glasses, although, not for a very long time.
*However, about two weeks after I got them, someone I had known for about a year and a half made a mistake by thinking that I had always worn them.
*This forum
*There is a certain DnD system called Planescape where a central location is a certain city that is located on the inner surface of a torus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torus), Sigil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_(city)). It's ruler,the silent Lady of Pain, is quite a mysterious character, thought to be by some to be a higher being than the gods of the world.
Now-now, I thought, why is the city torus-shaped? Why be so fancy and, for example, just use the inner surface of a ball. Well, to be just,the torus has got some properties that are different from those than a ball, for example, by the Hairy Ball Theorem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem), you can't comb the hair on a ball-shaped thing without creating a cowlick. I remember reading from the Lostpedia some theories that explained why the survivors couldn't get contact with the outside world, but one character got out - they used the same theorem - if there is some kind of field surrounding the island blocking the way, there must be at least one point, where the field is zero and one can get out.
And then it dawned on me, the reason why the city is torus-shaped - there is a theory that the Sigil is actually just a fancy cage for The Lady of Pain - and those who would imprison her wouldn't make the mistake of creating any entering points, which makes a torus so fitting.

And after thinking that, I understood, how geeky and nerdy is to have a Heureka-moment in a thought that comprises a DnD world, Lost theories and algebraic topology.

Being a virtual monolinguist who's not very good at maths, with only a little science - I'm impressed. The good thing about this forum is that I can pretend I'm clever. :D

[Wilde woman]

I missed it. :( and i'll miss the reshowing tonight. :( Hopefully i'll have cable set up in the new place by wednesday and i'll be able to record the showing on Friday.

Sorry you missed it. I know for a fact that you can definitely find the episode online to download. My boyfriend actually found it Saturday night, and we watched it!! And then I promptly had nightmares about weeping angels. :goof:


*Mi parolas Esperanton

Wow! I've never met anyone who speaks Esperanto! Where do you even begin to learn it?

[Niamh]

those angels scare me!:eek2:

[kasie]

.....If not i'll settle for Matt Smith :drool5:

Just get in line, young lady, there's a queue.

Oh dear, have I just 'fessed to being a nerd or a geek or something - I actually saw the very first episode of Doctor Who in 196-something...

[Lokasenna]

those angels scare me!:eek2:

You got to watch it then? Good stuff!

[Niamh]

What an amazing episode! :D