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Ani
02-12-2007, 11:53 PM
Okay, so you might have gotten beat up in high school for it, but now we're adults and being a "geek" is actually somewhat respectable. Spill it! Do I have any fellow geeks out there?

My life is all about the video games, computers, Lego, super heroes, comic books, collectible card games...you name it, I probably participate in it. I've always loved math, science, finances, and taking things apart. I have a clock in my office that tells me the time in binary, I speak far more programming languages than I do actual world languages, and hubby and I are considering teaching our kid Basic as his first language. :laugh:

(Just kidding about Basic being his first language, but you have to admit it would be hilarious.)

AheeK
02-13-2007, 12:49 AM
Hooray for geeks! :D I grew up fighting over the "best" Lego pieces with my brothers, and debating which version of Civilization is the best (I still love the orginial). I'm not mechanical, but I am scientific. If you can make a bulleted list about it, I will gladly memorize it and spew it back during a game of Trivial Pursuit two years from now. And then there's Scrabble. Scrabble is my passion...I play it online against myself (http://www.scrabulous.com/solitaire_scrabble.php), online against others (http://games.atari.com/playgames/home.jsp) and I even play the Scrabble knock-off on Yahoo Games (Literati). I own the Deluxe board, a normal board, the computer version and the official Scrabble dictionary. (Yikes, I AM a geek!)

Oh, and I often use words in normal conversations that earn me a blank look and "What does THAT mean?" from others, but that might just be because I'm pronouncing it wrong....

kaykwilts
02-13-2007, 07:44 AM
Is a geek the same thing as a nerd?

cheappearls
02-13-2007, 10:25 AM
Is a geek the same thing as a nerd?

Usually yes. :) Same with a dork. The definitions vary a bit but the main point is all the same.

I'm a geek! I love learning, I'm almost always reading.... *gasp* non-fiction books. I play D&D pretty much every Saturday (that depends on the plans of our other players.) I used to play Magic with DH but we gave that up... well HE gave it up. He thinks I'm too good. :p

I know a lot of basic and a bit non so basic computer stuff. Thanks to the 2 full years of computer classes I took in high school.

There's probably a lot of other dorky stuff that I do but it's early. :D

Ani
02-13-2007, 11:37 AM
Woo hoo! Fellow geeks!

AheeK, I LOVE Scrabble too, but cannot get anyone to play with me! I'll have to try those links you gave. Thanks!

Tammi, I play Magic! I love that game. I used to actually be nationally ranked, but I haven't been to enough events recently to keep my rank. I plan on starting that back up again once the house is finished and I've had the baby and things have settled a bit.

tigo
02-13-2007, 12:52 PM
WOOT! Definately a geek. There is a tshirt I love that says "Talk Nerdy To Me". I was thrilled to see the chic on Mythbusters wearing it. My SO and I spend the weekend on-line gaming together. Our families think it is weird and will only lead to issues down the road, but I think it is great. (It's Lineage II by the way) My kids even play it so I think of it as family time.
As a family we are pretty comfortable with how we are. The kids enter gaming tournaments and are in the anime club at school. We watch tons of foreign films (scifi and anime).

AheeK
02-14-2007, 08:58 PM
Tigo, I'm ROFL!!!! That's an awesome T-shirt! Where did you get it? Do they sell it in stores or online?

Edna_E
02-14-2007, 09:32 PM
Yep. a pre-computers geek. @ favorite tees: one that says CSI: Can't Stand Idiots and one that says There are 2 kinds of people in this world - those that understand binary and those that don't. I actually take aptitude tests for fun, and kill at things like the LSATs and GMATs for graduate school. If there were a job as a professional test taker, I'd want it. I also like math, calculus, and statistics, and am currently proofreading someone's PhD Dissertation on Folksonomies.

tlenad
02-15-2007, 10:08 AM
I actually take aptitude tests for fun, and kill at things like the LSATs and GMATs for graduate school. If there were a job as a professional test taker, I'd want it.


Glad to know I'm not the only one that likes to take aptitude tests. Actually any kind of questionaire at all be it test or survey, I'm in.

I never was a math, science person which totally doesn't explain how I grew up to be an accountant. I just love how organized accounting is, each number has it box and each formula means the same thing time after time. Hmmm, maybe that means I did like math. On the other hand I was and am a total and complete history nut. When I was at school, I took history classes for fun. I now get my history fix from the History Channel.

I never did play the collectible cards games, but I did collect a bunch of the Star Wars game cards just because of my love of Star Wars. I have one of those plastic storage closets full of Star Wars toys and such in our basement.

Now video and computer games on the other hand...those I completely fell in love with at first site. I'm more of a Sims girl on the computer for the rest of my gaming I'm much more a console girl. I don't have any of the really new systems as I can't justify spending the money on them but I do have an X-box, a PS2 and a game cube, plus an old Atari 2600 and Nintendo game system.

Once you drag me and my friends away from the game systems, my cousin and I are avid Yahtzee players. We always joke that it's an exciting weekend when we have a mad game of Yahtzee. If there are more people around, we play Trivial Pursuit or Scene it or any other kind of trivia game. Oh and we recently got back into Jigsaw Puzzles.

We used to do the who web page thing but that wound up taking up too much time when I was in school and I just don't have the gumption to get back into right now. We put together a web page just for us and our friends to discuss what was going on that week or whatever...this was long before Myspace and such were popular.

Jojaby
02-15-2007, 10:59 AM
My husband calls me nerd all the time. In fact he bought me a t-shirt with Spongebob on it wearing black glasses that says I have a Nerdy Mind.

I love to Play Yahtzee and Monopoly but nobody will play with me :shake: so instead I fill my time playing computer games like the Sims or Rollercoaster Tycoon. Plus I have just about all the gaming consoles including the older ones like NES and Atari. I don't have any of the new ones though because of money reasons but I told hubby I want a Nintendo Wii more than anything.

plus hubby always complains about me either having my nose stuck in a book or a crossword puzzle. I haven't tried Suduko yet cause I know I'll get addicted to that to. LOL.

23daisys
02-15-2007, 03:03 PM
I don't really think I'm a nerd, but my dh is and I love him for it.

He loves online games, especially WOW. He plays D&D every other weekend with a group of guys he works with. He used to play Magic.

He was on the chess team in highschool and still plays that.

I always want him for a partner in any Trivia game because he kicks butt.

He also works for a computer/internet service provider as a National Accounts tech.

I always tease him that his theme song is "White and Nerdy" by Wierd Al.

AheeK
02-15-2007, 07:06 PM
That's a great song. I've had multiple people tell me that nerds make the best husbands...I wonder if it's true.

Michelle68
02-15-2007, 07:50 PM
I don't know if I'm a nerd (I played D&D for awhile before I was married and I had a big crush on Mr. Spock when I was a teenager. Does that count?), but I'm sure my kids are. My DD LOVES Anime and Manga, my DS plays Runescape online and is an avid Star Wars fan. (In fact he's in the front yard right now having an epic lightsabre battle with his friends.) I do admit that I've always had a soft spot for geeks and nerds and most of my friends would fit right into this kith. :)


--Michelle

frugalwanttobe
02-15-2007, 08:18 PM
I absolutely loved the Periodic Table of Elements.

In 4th grade the teacher sent home a workbook for everyone to keep at home but to work on throughout the school year. I finished it in 1 night.

I absolutely loved the Brady Bunch show and wanted to be just like Marsha. She was my idol.

I think I would classify as a geek.

I forgot to mention that I finished an independent year long math program in 7th grade that was supposed to end in June but I finished it in Feb. or March.

One last thing I did not have to take my Chemistry midterm because I had a 100 average in the class. I also loved, loved, loved Microeconomics in college. I had a 120 average in the class. I could not get enough of that class. GGGGGGGGGGGGgEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Oohhhhhh wellllllllll!!!!!

I am not really that smart. I am a math geek who was very passionate about math and chemistry.

Talk to you all later when I can figure out how to get the pen stain out of my shirt pocket and I fix my glasses with masking tape.

Edna_E
02-15-2007, 09:50 PM
Talk to you all later when I can figure out how to get the pen stain out of my shirt pocket and I fix my glasses with masking tape.

That SOOOO fits me too!

pita1213
02-17-2007, 10:38 AM
i've always been a bit of a nerd. if it was a class i really like, i got A's. any thing that was science or history i was good at. math i did well up to a point. i'm still a nerd. i got the highest grade in my CNA class(certified nurse's aid) and in the med tech class i took. even got 100 on the cpr/first aid class and it not a class i get credit for. i love mythbusters! dh records it on his computer so we don't miss it.
i married a geek :) he has even worked at NASA for a while. not a scientist or anything, he's in IT sercurity. i would have to agree that geeks make better husbands. ;)

i drive dh nuts though with some of the geek shows i like to watch.
oh and noone will play trivial pursuit with me so i have to play trivia online in irc with a couple of friends. the only reason a couple of them have higher scores is because i don't type very fast or i misspell something and they steal the answer.:laugh:
i want the shirt that says i <3 my geek and i want to get dh the one that says no i will not fix your computer.

Ceashels
04-06-2007, 08:50 PM
Geek here!
And proud of it!

I am a science and history geek. Anything Earth Science related was a passion of mine. I would rather watch a documentary on Pluto than any reality show that is out there...unless it is a DIY. I married the computer geek and he got a binary clock as his wedding present. He gave me a checkbook cover that he hand tooled with my new name and a Celtic knotwork design. Yes, geeks make great husbands. We plan gamedays for boardgames with our friends and enjoy MMORPGs as well. My friends have taken to asking me the unusual questions because they somehow know that I will have the answer. LOL... I never told them that I made some of them up. *snicker*

autumnlynn
04-07-2007, 12:10 AM
I guess I could be classified as a geek. I love reference books. I have a whole bookcase full and love all of them.

itsahumanzoo
06-11-2007, 06:41 PM
Yes! I'm a geek and proud!

I know all my X-men, I do logic problems for fun, I love trivia and board games, and I'm sure there are plenty more geeky things about me.

AnnK
06-11-2007, 07:02 PM
Not me but my dh was a closet geek. He had a book case that had a flag handing over it so noone could see that he had every single star track book ever!!!

Jo372
06-11-2007, 10:50 PM
Geek Here!

I love playing Magic, am addicted to playing Utopia online and love playing PS2. I kick my hubby off often to play Silent Hill, God of War or Mortal Kombat..lol

Kate

DJ1972
06-11-2007, 11:08 PM
Guess I fit this category...DH says I am full of useless information, calls me Cliff Claven from cheers. I love encyclopedias, dictionaries, reading of any kind. I have every trivial pursuit game, but no one will play me, lol. My dd is following in my footsteps, she and her friends motto is, "We are nerds and we are proud of it, because we will control the world some day!" I love it!

Luv2BeFrugal
06-19-2007, 09:22 PM
I'm a geek!! I love math and science! Especially aviation...aerodynamics/physics...woo-hoo! :) I'm a total Trekkie! So is Dh! He's a geek, too...computers (binary speak) for him! He's going to teach me how to play Magic... :D

lullaby80
06-20-2007, 07:53 PM
I'm a book nerd and love learning. I'm not good at math but absolutely love earth sciences. I find everything weather related amazingly fascinating, Japanese history is my passion as well as British. I play Sudoku a lot and love to play board games (but no one plays with me :(). I've read David Eddings books like a hundred times and can't get enough about fantasy.

I married a closet-geek, a real rocket scientist. The books he reads for fun ("Theory of Wing Sections" anyone?) are beyond my nerdiness. He plays WOW and used to play D&D. He doesn't admit being a geek (and looks like the opposite of one) but with these genes our son is most likely going to be the ultimate geek. :D

mom2three
06-21-2007, 10:58 AM
I read scientific stuff for fun. I introduced myself in university to some of my then boyfriend's (now husband) friends by saying "Hi, my name is Amanda and I am a geek". I used to play a star wars mud with hubby pre-children. Now I just read lots of scientific-type books about health and nutrition. My chemistry experiments are in cooking inetersting gluten-free, dairy-free soy-free foods.

catmom
07-06-2007, 12:15 PM
:cheer4:
Geek/Nerd here
I Love Star Trek TOS.
I collect reference and trivia books.
I love playing the "Silent Hill" games.

Hello Fellow Geeks/Nerds:grnwave:

wulong32
11-08-2007, 10:20 PM
Thats me! I love to take aptitude tests, play scrabble, chess, WOW, Magic, Boggle, etc. I love to read and would rather be at home doing all of the above with db then *gasp* be out socializing.=)

Squirt
11-14-2007, 08:06 AM
Wow, I really enjoyed reading all the posts here. I knew frugal people were smart people!

As for me:

My nickname in grade school was "Brain."

I received a scholarship to the private school I attended for having the highest placement exam score

I love taking tests.

I never studied in school. I used to remember everything!

I am a grammar and spelling nazi at work.

I read obsessively.

Anything I need to know about, I research thoroughly on the internet.

I have a shirt that says, "You are Dumb" on it in binary.

I am the head of the IT department at work.

Oh yes, I have a "Geek" shirt, too. It's sparkly!

erinny1983
01-24-2008, 10:11 PM
If by geek you mean wearing glasses, watching sci-fi (British sci-fi, even) and reading lots of books with no pictures, then yes, I am a geek. I am hoping to parlay my geekdom into a lucrative career, as well.

frugalityisgood
01-25-2008, 03:12 AM
I'm not sure if I'm a geek or not. In High School I was a library aide. I skipped going to lunch and instead went to the library and read Stereo Review magazines. I was a Audio Visual Aide and I took technical theatre, which was basically building sets and setting up sound. I make my living now running an Internet dating service. Which as long as I don't have to provide customer service I'm ok. My social skills and patience is lacking. I don't like watching sports. I actually liked American history. I'd rather watch a good documentary then a real movie. My science classes are the most memorable to me. I kind of miss school now as an adult because I took it foregranted as a kid. Now I have to pay to goto school. It was so much nicer when I had access to all those great esources for free. I walk to the public library like ever day, even though I don't like to read. I like being surrounded by all that information. I actually like studying statistics. One of my favorite books is Freakonomics. I opened my first savings account when I was 8 years old. I started investing in the stock market when I turned 18. I enjoy writing. I write a lot of stuff and then just delete it. I wrote a Geek version of the 12 days of Christmas in 2005. I got expelled from high school for sending the principal a threating email, that was in 1996. I first go on the Internet in 1995 the computer was a 486 DX2 66Mhz with 8mb of ram and a 500 mb hard drive, 14.4 modem, and it even had a CD-Rom.

frugalityisgood
01-25-2008, 03:16 AM
Glad you are only Grammar Nazi at work! :)






Wow, I really enjoyed reading all the posts here. I knew frugal people were smart people!

As for me:

My nickname in grade school was "Brain."

I received a scholarship to the private school I attended for having the highest placement exam score

I love taking tests.

I never studied in school. I used to remember everything!

I am a grammar and spelling nazi at work.

I read obsessively.

Anything I need to know about, I research thoroughly on the internet.

I have a shirt that says, "You are Dumb" on it in binary.

I am the head of the IT department at work.

Oh yes, I have a "Geek" shirt, too. It's sparkly!

MirandaK
01-25-2008, 09:17 AM
I love Star Wars, Star Trek, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels and Xena: Warrior Princess.

But the thing that gives me even more nerd street cred is that my boyfriend owns a comic book store!! (i don't read comics or graphic novels, but I am surrounded by comic geeks every night after work when I stop by the store to visit.)

AmeliaM
02-01-2008, 03:30 AM
I have always been a geek. Started when I was 6 and started wearing glasses. Called names by the other kids until HS when they started not caring what I was doing. I love to read and I have read 100's if not 1000's of books. In 8th grade alone I read over 350(I rem the library lady got used to seeing me-I read an aver of 1 book a day sometimes 2...so it is prob more-my mom didn't worry about me to much cause I'd even go in the back yard or walk down the street to the park and read there)....I can read in around 2-6 hours dep on the book. I actually had my books hidden in school-to this day I never finished one cause I have no idea where it went. Yes they are mostly romance,but I read others also. Most of my friends are geeks/nerds. I know a lot about Star Wars and Star Trek(I've grew up w Battlestar Galactica,Lost in Space,Lancealot Link and then some)...my dad brought us up watching sci-fi since he stayed home and cleaned house(and my ex husband and MIL were Trekkies-I have been to a ST convention and met William Shatner-I've got pics somewhere...lol..I got a shirt w Hugh on it). I come across very 'matter of factly'...though I'm not mean I have had others think I'm stuck upish because they thought I was telling them off...not my fault they had no clue what they were talking about. I'm a very easy going person. Most of my friends are guys-I'm not big into shopping,never been totally boy crazy as my gf appeared to be. I have to be able to have an inteligent conversation w any guy I'm dating....otherwise it would not work. The funny part is my friends I've known since hs and beyond will tell you -I used to come across really 'boucy'...I'm a talkative person though very shy w strangers...one of my bf used to laugh-when someone first met me I seemed like an airhead or a bit ditzy because of my 'perkiness'...he said until you paid attention to what I was saying. I had to down grade my speech in school because I had people who couldn't understand me. I've had people say I 'look' smart.

I just went into a class to start seeing about going back to school they had me read back like 40(?) words-you were checked on pronunciation...I was like English or American English...lol...plus I only got 2 wrong and one was like what the heck was that word(and the other the instructor said she got wrong)??

Anyone see Sydney White-I was ding when I watched it I have friends who are like this and my fiance he was like the 'Sleepy' character in school....if you've seen it you'll understand). We get along well because he is geeky to and matter of fact also. I also understand their jokes. And their house is so funny -look at everything they have floating around.

I'm not a complete computer geek though I've had email since I was 17 and can fig out software pretty well,my friends and fiance can build the darn things-one of these days I'm gonna learn. I'm pretty decent w spelling and grammar though not really good w typing...need to learn that one day.

I understand how to read a card catalogue(don't know the dewy decimal system,but I prob could). I can find anything in a library. My friends think I should be one,they don't pay well and not exactly in demand....darn.

When I take those tests I come up being very analytical (hmmmm... really ...lol) and I can think right and left brained. I stare at tiles and can see images. I'm mechanically inclined. They had us take the ASVAB in hs and I got a letter from the Navy where they wanted me to work on their nuclear propulsion systems on their subs.

I used to write poetry and short stories...still have them in a folder. I wrote a paper on Teenage Rights for creative writing using the Bill of Rights and Women's Rights as reference and outline. I got an A...I so wish I still had that paper, but it was lost on one of my moves.


I love Native American,Renaissance and Celtic History...our wedding is going to be in a Renaissance Fashion. I love fantasy stories and historicals. Ghosthunting and Haunted Stories...which there are a ot here.


My fiance can work on cars,knows computers,html,what was before html,and other assorted pc stuff,he's a freak(no really he performs w a carnival style sideshow). When most people meat him though they think he's weird or odd...cause he dresses in a gothic fashion-he likes black(heck most of my guy friends think this is the main color in their wardrobe) and half the time don't see the geek he is.

And yes I'm the one that usually knows the weird useless info...I have no idea where it comes from. I retain some odd tidbits of info....anyone else...lol:tmi:

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

mustang80
02-01-2008, 04:39 PM
I am a BAND GEEK, I have played trombone since I was 9 years old. I did marching band for 5 years, and have been a marching band geek mom for the last 5 years (one more to go) I am the head chaperone, so I go to the practices, chaperone all of the football games and competitions, am in tight with the band director (he confides in me about band stuff, lol) and just chaperoned the band trip to New Orleans. I'm also the secretary of the band parents organization. I actually carry a briefcase to the band parent meetings! Need I say more? I love marching band so much, I don't know what I'm gonna do when Raechel graduates next year. I will be bawling my eyes out.

I still play my trombone in church...

BTW...anyone watch "Big Bang Theory"?? I LOVE that show!

Ceashels
02-01-2008, 05:12 PM
I love Big Bang! I laugh so hard because I can relate to so much of it. :D

AmeliaM
02-05-2008, 01:11 AM
I forgot to say I was a band geek...I played clarinet from 5th-11th grade. We changed band directors junior year. The guy I had starting into hs was a family man and the guy that took over was a single drum major guy. He felt that band should be your life and that we could be better.He increased our practice time. I had to work to pay for my car insurance,class ring,class pics etc...and didn't have the time to do all. I hated to leave that last year,but it wasn't as much fun even if I had tried to juggle it all. I donated my clarinet to a school in GA. I've thought of getting another one-though I'd be quite rusty. My fiance was a drummer when he was in hs....so imagine what the kids are gonna be like...lol

I was even considered weird by the other band geeks...imagine how that would be.

Jason
09-12-2008, 02:34 AM
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Parsimonious
09-28-2008, 12:25 PM
I'm a nerd, married to a geek. Devilish combination :D

When the doctor told my mother that I didn't REALLY need glasses yet, I insisted on getting a pair. A lifelong wish was finally fulfilled!
I collect languages. And yes, tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh (did write Klingon short stories as a teenager).
If I think I need a vacation, I go attend a conference.
We don't have a living room, we have a library.
When somebody tells me "You're kinda weird, aren't you?", I know this is meant as a compliment.
I [-]play[/-] work with lego. But they aren't mine - they are my husband's.
I think Gil Grissom is SOOOO sexy!
I collect religious brochures. The more extremist, the better. I also collect bible translations, and I DO read them (Early modern German, anybody?). Did I mention that I'm an atheist?
For dates, I go to the bookshop.
I do volunteer work for Mensa. (Great fun!)
If I want to relax, I take a research article with me to the bath tub.
I met my husband at a Star Trek-meetup.
I collect reference books. You can never have too many encyclopedias!
My husband and I can spend nights quizzing each other on trivia and on vocabulary items.

If you are a nerd, you can try to hide the way you are, constantly being ashamed of being different. Or you can celebrate diversity in every form, including nerdiness, enjoy your life and excel in those things you are truly good at!

Parsimonious
09-28-2008, 12:29 PM
I rem the library lady got used to seeing me-I read an aver of 1 book a day sometimes 2...so it is prob more-my mom didn't worry about me to much cause I'd even go in the back yard or walk down the street to the park and read there

Yeah, when the employees at the university library began to know me by name, I knew I was on the right track!

Parsimonious
09-28-2008, 12:34 PM
I had to down grade my speech in school because I had people who couldn't understand me.

That's part of the downside of being very high on the nerd-factor. It's not that bad when I'm writing in English (you always simplify when writing in a foreign language), but when I'm using my native language, I often cannot 'chat away', but need to 'translate' first. And when I don't do that, people get aggressive, because they think I try to show off, or want to make them look stupid. :(

Gabe
09-28-2008, 12:37 PM
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Gabe
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