I stand with msbelle in the not-geeky camp.
Dorky I plead guilty to.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Dec 15, 2009 11:11:34 am PST #25297 of 30001
information libertarian
Tom Scola - Dec 15, 2009 11:13:50 am PST #25298 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There weren't any reliable comic book sources near me when I was growing up, but I would cut out and save the 1970s Lee/Lieber Spider-Man comic strip from the newspaper every day.
Daisy Jane - Dec 15, 2009 11:14:40 am PST #25299 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Did anyone else hear this pronounced as "kay?" in their head. With the question uplift, even.
Si
How did your fannish geekiness first emerge?
What kind of fan? Pop culture? Probably making my friends play Tomorrow People instead of Barbies.
Gudanov - Dec 15, 2009 11:14:50 am PST #25300 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I took the full geek dive in middle school. I started playing D&D and writing computer games.
Aims - Dec 15, 2009 11:15:29 am PST #25301 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I guess it would depend on the definition of what thinks make a geek a geek. I would get my geek on pretty hard core with my NKOTB fannishness, but barring that, probably around 29 when I first read Harry Potter and went into fanfic and such.
Tom Scola - Dec 15, 2009 11:16:11 am PST #25302 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I hate that it already dark outside. We should have some sort of ritualized celebration involving lights to ensure that the days start getting longer.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2009 11:18:22 am PST #25303 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
We should have some sort of ritualized celebration involving lights to ensure that the days start getting longer.
Like what, setting fire to Joe Lieberman?
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 11:19:59 am PST #25304 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
msbelle is not a geek, though she used to be a thrift shop nerd.
flea - you might've been an archeology geek.
SuziQ - Dec 15, 2009 11:21:17 am PST #25305 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I hate that it already dark outside.
CJ was complaining about this yesterday and wanted to know when nights would start getting shorter. For a moment he looked at me in awe when I told him December 21st. Like I had the magic skill to shift sunlight. Then he noticed the calendar and the note "Winter Solstice".
For a moment there I was SUPERMOM.
smonster - Dec 15, 2009 11:21:45 am PST #25306 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Did anyone else hear this pronounced as "kay?" in their head. With the question uplift, even.
Did anyone else hear this in Manuel's voice, from Fawlty Towers?
Are we talking about geek self-awareness or first act of geekness?
The latter would be one of two things in elementary school: drawing people in the theater watching Ghostbusters (the librarian scene, I still have the drawing) or role playing Doctor Who and Leela meet Buck Rogers and Colonel Deering.
The former, possibly dressing up as Wacko from Animaniacs.
I'd rather be called geek than dork. I think it's a phonetic thing.