Who is the Geekiest Poster on Mellophant?

[What Exit?]

Taking candidates first and then I will add a poll to this.

I nominate myself & Skald the Rhymer.

Now I myself am an admitted Geek that plays D&D both here and IRL. I am a Tolkien Fanatic and love old Trek enough that I was a Trekkie. I enjoy reading articles on science, history and mythology and know more about Dinosaurs than any 43 year old should. I also am a professional computer geek.
Cons: I love sports, used to play softball and volleyball for fun, don't like comic books and of course I am married with two kids.

Skald: Tolkien fanatic, Trekkie, loves to talk about sending flying monkeys after people, really knows mythology, comic book fan, apparently also a Whedon-ite and Star Wars fan (The first at least). Knows nothing much about sports.
Cons: Married, not a computer geek.


Any other nominations? If so present your case. I would prefer if people go along with this. I will PM a few potential candidates. Skald may wish to add to his resume.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Taking candidates first and then I will add a poll to this.

I nominate myself & Skald the Rhymer.

Now I myself am an admitted Geek that plays D&D both here and IRL. I am a Tolkien Fanatic and love old Trek enough that I was a Trekkie. I enjoy reading articles on science, history and mythology and know more about Dinosaurs than any 43 year old should. I also am a professional computer geek.
Cons: I love sports, used to play softball and volleyball for fun, don't like comic books and of course I am married with two kids.

Skald: Tolkien fanatic, Trekkie, loves to talk about sending flying monkeys after people, really knows mythology, comic book fan, apparently also a Whedon-ite and Star Wars fan (The first at least). Knows nothing much about sports.
Cons: Married, not a computer geek.


Any other nominations? If so present your case. I would prefer if people go along with this. I will PM a few potential candidates. Skald may wish to add to his resume.

As I have told you ere this, I am not a geek, as I am not afraid of women. I am a NERD.

I am also an astronomy buff. When I discover a comic I will inform you all, instantly, and I want that more than I want to write a best-seller.

I love math for its own sake. Mathematics is beautiful. It's the music of the spheres.

I also am passionately interested in phonology and linguistics, though the only language I am even remotely able to speak, other than English, is Italian. And even that is mostly past-tense.

The evil overlord thing, except as a chat joke, is mostly past tense. It's metahumor about the fact that the joke isn't funny.

[Skald the Rhymer]

As I have told you ere this, I am not a geek, as I am not afraid of women. I am a NERD.

I am also an astronomy buff. When I discover a comic I will inform you all, instantly, and I want that more than I want to write a best-seller.

I love math for its own sake. Mathematics is beautiful. It's the music of the spheres.

I also am passionately interested in phonology and linguistics, though the only language I am even remotely able to speak, other than English, is Italian. And even that is mostly past-tense.

The evil overlord thing, except as a chat joke, is mostly past tense. It's metahumor about the fact that the joke isn't funny.

Obviously I should have said "when I discover a COMET."

Well, I should have written that.

The point is that I won't announce it if I discover that they have started an ANGEL comic or something.

[Taumpy]

As I have told you ere this, I am not a geek, as I am not afraid of women. I am a NERD.

Both geeks and nerds are defined by not only their particular interests, but their lacking in social abilities. The difference between the two is that geekery is more oriented toward pop-culture obsessions, while nerdiness more toward intellectual pursuits.

I'm not even going to bother voting on who is the geekiest here, because let's be honest, guys, we're all geeks. (Or nerds, YMMV)

[OtakuLoki]

I am neither geek, nor nerd. I am beyond your picayune distinctions. They are only manifestations of the Jock to keep us all down, anyways. Geek and nerd both are too limiting, too specific.

I am Nuc.

A geek would debate whether or not the Ractors from Land of the Lost were good or bad f/x. A nerd would ignore that issue to debate whether or not Holly in the show was hotter than Buffy, or not.

A Nuc would step back, and start trying to calculate whether the observed wingspans of the Ractors would be sufficient for him (or her - they've got female Nucs, now) to use them to capture Holly for a closer examination of her hotness.

[What Exit?]

This might be a useful reference tool.

(.5) On that scale I give myself ½ for the Myth column 2 for the Gamer column as an Role player. 1 for Heinlein fandom. 1.5 for being an ex-Trekky that only really likes original Star Trek and Doctor Who but not Sci Fi TV in general. (2) I'm giving myself 2 points for being a Tolkien scholar that has read the 12 volume histories. (1) I'll also take a point for having a home network I not only built myself but one where I built the 4 PCs on it. -1 point Baseball fan -1 Sail -1 Married with kids +1 or -1 Woodworker that builds mostly toys and fixes wooden sailboats?

[Taumpy]

Welp, since I insist on subtitles for my anime, enjoy Superhero comics, and have in the past greatly enjoyed a LARP or two, I think I qualify as "pretty geeky"

[Zuul]

Okay, going off of the geek hierarchy chart there. I write and a book I collaborated on involving supernatural elements is actually getting published. Not getting published (though I have hopes for someday), are a bunch of other manuscripts I've started involving science fiction and/or high fantasy. I also enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy. I love me some comic books. If I'm watching anime, I prefer it with subtitles. I do play video games. I have read (and enjoyed!) Heinlein, though I think he's in many ways overrated. I am a fan of science fiction shows. I've gone to ren faires and loved them. I was briefly a member of the SCA. Yes, I read superhero comics. I play roleplaying games. I have written fanfic. I'm not a crazy Trekkie, but I do qualify and I've taken a cursory look at Klingon. I once (ONCE!) was part of a LARP (ironically, I was an NPC). I own a couple of books based on science fiction shows. I have written erotic fanfic.

I'm not into furries, though.

(Tolkien isn't on there, but I am a fan [though not a crazy one]. I was actually reading The Tolkien Reader last night. I love his essay on the nature of fairy-stories.)

[Revs]

I have a Star Wars tattoo and am building a Han Solo replica blaster. So yeah, I think I'm some sort of nerd. Oh yeah, I also own a Star Trek uniform, but in my defense I bought it when I was a kid.

[OtakuLoki]

Let's see..

I know people who have drunk primary (reactor) coolant. Though I drew the line at that, myself. I know what radioactive metals really look like. I have had many, many long, drawn out arguments, with competing mathematical models on almost any subject you can name, the Ractor-napping of Holly is just one example. I have written fantasy and SF with the intent of having it published, and instead collected rejection letters. I have LARPed. I have run many RPG games. (Including one campaign that was played out below the water line.) I've done wargaming. Below the water line, too. I watch my anime with subtitles. I got an LD player specifically so I could watch anime with subtitles. And still try to collect LDs that I don't have. I have followed both Marvel and DC superhero teams. I have tried to figure out, mathematically, whether it's possible for Drusilia to drink the whole blood content of an adult human, without showing the monster meal she just had. (I have proposed, in writing, that she had to have kidneys that shed water for her to manage that without getting a pot-belly - so as she was feeding she'd be pissing, too.)

I have see day old garter snakes. I've raised almost every reptile and amphibian native to New England. (Never did find a Cottonmouth, though.) My one regret about all the times my ship went to Puerto Rico is not that I never took advantage of that to go San Juan, but that I never took advantage of that to go to Arecibo. I have done Patriot's Day reenacting. I have carried, loaded, fired, and cleaned a period authentic musket. I am more familiar with black powder weapons through experience than I am with modern firearms.

Finally, I have a blackmail tape. Back in the late 80s, when Universal Studio Orlando opened up they had a Star Trek Adventure, where marks volunteers could dress up in ST uniforms, and recite lines in front of blue screens on a ST type set. Then their acting would be spliced in with cameos from George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and I think Walter Koenig. My buddy and I did this. We were not actors. We were not given a script to study, but expected to deal with lines on flash cards. I was the Vulcan, my buddy was the captain. There was even a combat scene. You know that the combat was serious: I lost an ear. Fortunately, the ship's doctor was good. I had my prosthetic replaced before the combat was finished. This tape is bad. It is not bad like RHPS. It is baaaaaaad. I have never let my family nor friends see this tape.

I still refuse to dispose of the blackmail tape.

ETA: Forgot to add, I've read as many of the edda as I could get my hands on pre-internet. I have long taken perverse pleasure in freaking the danes by pointing out that Loki, according to some of the most accepted myths about him, is not only into bestiality, but trans, as well.

[OtakuLoki]

Here is an example of a blackmail tape. It is NOT my blackmail tape.



I realize this will seem difficult to believe - but I think mine is worse.

[Orual]

I have a Star Wars tattoo and am building a Han Solo replica blaster.

... What kind of Star Wars tattoo? Is it the Rebel Alliance symbol? I am nerdy enough to admit I think that might be cool.

According to the Hierarchy, I'm pretty solidly in the 3rd/4th tier.

- major mythology/folklore aficionado

- anime fan (at least, I was in college)

- play D&D (a couple of different editions, and Shadowrun)

- written amateur fantasy

- Big SF TV fan, but not really a Trekkie.

My friends and I have had long, detailed discussions of who would win in a fight: Yoda, Dumbledore or Gandalf.

And would this be the right thread to admit that every commercial I see for Clash of the Titans makes me bounce and giggle like a 3-year-old?

[Zuul]

Dumbledore and Gandalf would waste Yoda. After that it's a tossup, but I'd probably put my money on Gandalf.

[Revs]

Dumbledore and Gandalf would waste Yoda. After that it's a tossup, but I'd probably put my money on Gandalf.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[What Exit?]

Dumbledore and Gandalf would waste Yoda. After that it's a tossup, but I'd probably put my money on Gandalf.

In the end Gandalf would win as he is actually so much more than Yoda or Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore seems to have the most easily accessible magic, way more than Yoda.

Gandalf is effectively an Angel in the guise of a old wizard. As you know, death is far from final for him.

So for a single fight and assuming no surprise I would give it to Dumbledore (though I don't want to). Yoda would lose to either Wizard.

[AllWalker]

Disappointing that you guys haven't declared me King Geek and moved on. Can a moderator please close this thread? It is finished.

[CatInASuit]

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[CatInASuit]

Poll added at request, feel free to nominate the geekiest geek.

[dread pirate jimbo]

I am deeply offended that I wasn't included in the poll. I have three Star Trek uniforms, including Kirk's green tunic! I have a phaser, communicator AND tricorder from TOS and the newest movie AND a phaser and tricorder from TNG. I own 11 lightsabers (maybe more -- I've lost count) and still have my 70s-era Han Solo toy blaster. I have a Jedi costume AND a Darth Vader costume, including full helmet with voice changer. I have a Space 1999 water gun! I have my own Superman costume, which I sometimes wear when it isn't Halloween. I have a significant stack of comic books, including the Superman wedding issue and an old issue of Spiderman featuring special guest Daredevil. Back in the day I regularly played the following role-playing games (which I still have all the books and character sheets for): D&D, Star Trek, Champions, James Bond, Star Fleet Battles, and a couple more I've forgotten. I started writing a Star Trek: TNG novel once, but got sidetracked. I got about four chapters into writing a Star Wars sequel and then saw that some sequels were already being penned which messed up my whole story.

While majoring in English, I took an entire course on Science Fiction novels. I used to know all the words to "Where There's a Whip, There's a Way" from the 1980 animated "The Two Towers" TV movie. I have argued at length over the caveman versus astronaut debate.

I could go on, but I should probably do my job at some point today...

[Revs]

Jimbo, I want to party with you.

[OtakuLoki]

I have to wonder, just how geeky, nerdy, etc. would it be to go out and generate socks just to be able stuff the ballot box?

[What Exit?]

Loki you got my vote with that last plea.

Jimbo, I am sorry, I guess I could have let the noms go longer. Maybe next time.

[Oliveloaf]

I have but a Shatner-graphed copy of the Generations script.

Now, Rockford files stuff I got...but is that geek or nerd?

[Skald the Rhymer]

I am deeply offended that I wasn't included in the poll. I have three Star Trek uniforms, including Kirk's green tunic! I have a phaser, communicator AND tricorder from TOS and the newest movie AND a phaser and tricorder from TNG. I own 11 lightsabers (maybe more -- I've lost count) and still have my 70s-era Han Solo toy blaster. I have a Jedi costume AND a Darth Vader costume, including full helmet with voice changer. I have a Space 1999 water gun! I have my own Superman costume, which I sometimes wear when it isn't Halloween. I have a significant stack of comic books, including the Superman wedding issue and an old issue of Spiderman featuring special guest Daredevil. Back in the day I regularly played the following role-playing games (which I still have all the books and character sheets for): D&D, Star Trek, Champions, James Bond, Star Fleet Battles, and a couple more I've forgotten. I started writing a Star Trek: TNG novel once, but got sidetracked. I got about four chapters into writing a Star Wars sequel and then saw that some sequels were already being penned which messed up my whole story.

While majoring in English, I took an entire course on Science Fiction novels. I used to know all the words to "Where There's a Whip, There's a Way" from the 1980 animated "The Two Towers" TV movie. I have argued at length over the caveman versus astronaut debate.

I could go on, but I should probably do my job at some point today...

I own no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LotR costumes, faux weapons, or other such items other than books.

I never saw Star Wars until I was an adult. I only read LOTR after the first movie came out. Not only would not not wear a superman costume, but if I were given one I would assume the person offering it was mocking me and immediately punch him in the nose. Unless it was a girl, in which case I would punch her nearest male relative or friend in the nose. I feel the best way to solve the caveman vs. astronaut debate is by punching people who try to draw me into it in the nose.

I humbly request to be considered out of the running.

[Glazer]

I have to wonder, just how geeky, nerdy, etc. would it be to go out and generate socks just to be able stuff the ballot box?

It would be geekier to write a script that made socks to vote for you.

[dread pirate jimbo]

I own no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LotR costumes, faux weapons, or other such items other than books.

I never saw Star Wars until I was an adult. I only read LOTR after the first movie came out. Not only would not not wear a superman costume, but if I were given one I would assume the person offering it was mocking me and immediately punch him in the nose. Unless it was a girl, in which case I would punch her nearest male relative or friend in the nose. I feel the best way to solve the caveman vs. astronaut debate is by punching people who try to draw me into it in the nose.

I humbly request to be considered out of the running.

I totally voted for you, since I can't vote for myself.

Update: After pushing one of my Darth Vader cups and my Godzilla cup holder out of the way to get a better look, I discovered that, in fact, I own 16 lightsabers. They're sitting next to the old Cylon Raider model and Catbert stuffed toy on the floor of my office, a couple feet away from my radio-controlled flying Superman.

Jimbo, I want to party with you.

Lemme know when!

[What Exit?]

I finally got a vote, I thought I would win this thing. Did I mention my Star Trek The Role Playing game Manual signed by Walter Koenig from when they filmed Star Trek IV The Voyage Home on my ship?

[pepperlandgirl]

According to the flow chart What Exit? posted, I'm the biggest geek on this board.

[Feirefiz]

I finally got a vote, I thought I would win this thing. Did I mention my Star Trek The Role Playing game Manual signed by Walter Koenig from when they filmed Star Trek IV The Voyage Home on my ship?

You did so well up to the last three words.

[OtakuLoki]

According to the flow chart What Exit? posted, I'm the biggest geek on this board.

Pepper, I think you've got that backwards: Published authors are less geeky than everyone else.

[OneCentStamp]

According to the flow chart What Exit? posted, I'm the biggest geek on this board.

Unless your books involve you as a character, romancing Commander Riker, who is inexplicably a bipedal opossum, then no.

ETA:

[What Exit?]

Unless your books involve you as a character, romancing Commander Riker, who is inexplicably a bipedal opossum, then no.

And so Pep's darkest secret is finally exposed. The HORROR!

[eleanorigby]

Excuse ME. Hmmph.

Where is my name on that list?

I went to a Star Trek convention when I was 13--the FIRST ST convention held in Chicago. I bought a model of the Enterprise and a ship's technical manual. Sadly, I no longer own either.

I own all the movies and all the seasons of the TOS. I rewatch them regularly and "run" a ST" TOS discussion thread.

I read LOTR as a college student--I've reread it at least 6 times. I own the EE editions of the trilogy. I participate in a role playing game based on LOTR.


I have written (but not published) really bad erotic fiction (if you count posting it on the Dope, then I have published) with both fantasy and sci-fi overtones.

I play Scrabble almost compulsively. Hell, I'm a librarian!


I make no claim to Top Geek, but surely I am in the running for the top ten...

[dread pirate jimbo]

Excuse ME. Hmmph.

Where is my name on that list?

I went to a Star Trek convention when I was 13--the FIRST ST convention held in Chicago. I bought a model of the Enterprise and a ship's technical manual. Sadly, I no longer own either.

I own all the movies and all the seasons of the TOS. I rewatch them regularly and "run" a ST" TOS discussion thread.

I read LOTR as a college student--I've reread it at least 6 times. I own the EE editions of the trilogy. I participate in a role playing game based on LOTR.


I have written (but not published) really bad erotic fiction (if you count posting it on the Dope, then I have published) with both fantasy and sci-fi overtones.

I play Scrabble almost compulsively. Hell, I'm a librarian!


I make no claim to Top Geek, but surely I am in the running for the top ten...

Amateur.

I went to a Star Trek convention when I was 8 and saw George Takei take the stage to talk about the awesome new movie coming out later that year: Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

I have my own Vulcan ears.

I have a CD-ROM copy of the Star Trek Encyclopedia.

I have, sitting very close by me, models of Enterprises -B, -C, and -E (on the same shelf as my original series Star Wars action figures in the Darth Vader carrying case).

I read LOTR in grade 7 and got in trouble with my teacher at the time for monopolizing the school library's copies.

I have a ceramic R2-D2.

I own three Macs, named the USS Lexington, USS Yorktown, and USS Farragut, each featuring an icon from a progressively newer "Enterprise" starship.

While working for my university's student newspaper, I coerced the gang into doing an entire issue devoted to Star Trek, complete with ST font headlines and an editorial where I successfully argued that TOS is better than TNG without even busting out the Wesley Crusher trump card.

Oh, and I've had pointy "Trek" sideburns since the early 90s.

And I'm not in the poll either!!! This poll is a travesty!

[What Exit?]

Create a new poll and try it again. You can leave the 0s off and add yourselves and pepperlandgirl and whoever the other late entries were. Then we will see.

[eleanorigby]

Amateur.


And I'm not in the poll either!!! This poll is a travesty!

Well, I saw Walter Koenig at MY convention and he told a funny story about how the tech crew put up a pic of a playboy centerfold where the view screen is and Chekov's line was "Captain, what is it?" which made the entire SET crack up. So there.


I read Shatner's memoirs, all of them at least 3 times and Nimoy's books as well.

I've seen the original Star Wars movie IN GERMAN, in Germany.

I LIKE puns.

We own an electronic, toy-robotic version of R2D2 that follows commands and everything. It can even fetch you a drink (in a can). Ha!

<slaps jimbo with glove>


(but I have to admit, the college paper thing is impressive)

[Rube E. Tewesday]

We own an electronic, toy-robotic version of R2D2 that follows commands and everything. It can even fetch you a drink (in a can). Ha!

Well, hey, I gave my kid one of those for Chrismas, plus a Jedi mind-control device.

Am I in the running?

[dread pirate jimbo]

Well, I saw Walter Koenig at MY convention and he told a funny story about how the tech crew put up a pic of a playboy centerfold where the view screen is and Chekov's line was "Captain, what is it?" which made the entire SET crack up. So there.


I read Shatner's memoirs, all of them at least 3 times and Nimoy's books as well.

I've seen the original Star Wars movie IN GERMAN, in Germany.

I LIKE puns.

We own an electronic, toy-robotic version of R2D2 that follows commands and everything. It can even fetch you a drink (in a can). Ha!

<slaps jimbo with glove>


(but I have to admit, the college paper thing is impressive)

Not bad.

But Leonard Nimoy is coming to Calgary's Comic Con later this spring, so soon I'll have his autograph!

I was a member of the D&D club throughout high school.

I have all the original Star Trek and Star Wars movies on VHS and DVD. I've watched the first Star Wars movies several times in french.

I have two different versions of "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "Yoda." And I'm also a member of his fan club. And I've interviewed him for the aforementioned student newspaper.

I recently responded to an e-mail from one of my bosses with the single word, Qapla'.

And last, but certainly not least, I met my wife through teh interwebs -- if there's anything more geeky than that, it's news to me!

Having said all that, I think I shall upgrade you from "amateur" to "worthy opponent." Or, as they say where I come from: "Ho' SoH."

I'd start a new poll to end this travesty of a thread, but, to be honest, I'm too lazy.

[eleanorigby]

I forgot all about my Harry Potter mania! How about THAT--I am so geeky, I forget about the depths of my geekiness! Apparently I belong to Ravensclaw and my wand is willow with unicorn hair.

I have read all of the Oz books and own 9 of the 14. Ditto the Narnia series and the Little House series (but I own all of them). Plus, we took a family vaca down to Mansfield MO, to see Laura Ingalls Wilder's house and museum, stopping by New Salem IL to see Abe Lincoln's "town".

AND we took another family trip to Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, just to see the fossils.

AND.... but I don't want to give every thing away.

I thank you for the "worthy opponent" attribute. I don't know how to make a poll here and I'm too lazy to find out...

[dread pirate jimbo]

I've been to the Wizard of Oz Museum in Wamego, Kansas. The day before that, we stopped in Riverside, Iowa -- future birthplace Captain James T. Kirk. And, of course, on numerous occasions, I've visited Vulcan, Alberta to look at their roadside starship and other Star Trek-related attractions.

I've been to the Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology several times and even had to do work there on three separate occasions (as a result, I can assure you that the ducts in the kitchen are spic and span).

[eleanorigby]

I own and wear a pair of Earth shoes.

[Revs]

Jeez, what do I have to do to get a vote on here? Admit to owning all 10 seasons of Stargate: SG1 and all five of Atlantis? I even started playing D&D again. Do I need to cop to my desire to have a pulse rifle replica from Aliens? Or the fact that I can explain how a warp reactor works?

[eleanorigby]

Oh, and I (as a teen) memorized all the episodes of Wild Wild West and I used to be able to quote them at will.

I can still quote all the episodes of the first Dick van Dyke Show.

AND I'm watching ST: TOS as I post.

All this said, I probably am not a true Geek. I have a dress sense; I can coordinate colors. I loathe most math and find anime boring. I'm not interested in steam punk; I hate Beavis and Butthead. I've never seen the Simpsons or Family Guy. I did date in HS and college...

[What Exit?]

Dating in High School disqualifies? OK, I'm out.

BTW: I also hate Beavis and Butthead, I am not sure that is even Geek though.

[eleanorigby]

Aren't Beavis and Butthead geeks? I mean, besides assholes.

[dread pirate jimbo]

For the most part, I think Beavis and Butthead are too stupid to be enjoyed for any length of time, but if I listen to them giggling and cackling away for long enough, I start giggling as well.

The Simpsons is total geek fare!

I have great fashion sense... in women's clothing. I'm a little weak at accessorizing, though. I dress myself reasonably well also, especially when I wear one of my Trek tee shirts (all four colors -- yellow, blue, red, and green) to work!

After two girlfriends in 6 months in grade 9, I went 7 1/2 years without so much as a single date. That would be my geek prime, I think.

I have a model of the AVRO Arrow hanging from the roof next to the back door of the house. That may not be entirely geeky, but is is entirely awesome!

I have a dancing Caddyshack gopher. I also have three Opus the Penguin stuffed toys (one in a bow tie, one in a regular tie, and one with reindeer antlers) and a Bill the Cat.

[CatInASuit]

I cannot believe you lot are still playing geek-oneupmanship

[dread pirate jimbo]

Are you suggesting that we're a bunch of sad, pathetic losers? 'Cuz that's a basic part of the geek definition.

[eleanorigby]

I have an Opus the penguin stuffed animal, too!

I didn't date until senior year. Or maybe it was junior year. I can't remember. I "went steady" in 5th and 6th grades, then nothing until a college man came into my life junior year. We used to make out on my couch after (my) school. Stupid me--there is a reason someone 20 is dating someone 16--and it's not flattering the older person. I'm just lucky he was such a geek that he never even tried to talk me into sex. I probably would have done anything because he was an older man. I was that naive, that intercourse or even 3rd base never occurred to me...

My first "serious" BF was a burn-out. Ted. He drove a Ford LTD station wagon with "wood" paneling ,smoked Marlboros, and listened to Molly Hatchet. My god have mercy on my soul... Ted did everything he could to get me to put out, including guilt and shame. I was smarter than Ted, but he was the one who dumped me--during the dinner rush at the pizza joint we both worked at. Ted was an asshole.

But geeks and nerds always hit on me at parties. They usually weighed as much as I did (120 pounds), wore glasses and used belts with their blue jeans. Peter was a total geek who knew all about Egyptian hieroglyphics (and would put notes in my locker written in them. Problem: I didn't "speak" hieroglyph!); he was also into Nazi memorabilia. He liked me.
I also had 2 really creepy geeks after me senior year. One said he would dig his own grave on my front yard and then kill himself if I didn't date him; the other one repeatedly asked me to button my top blouse button because I "distracting" him. Me, an A cup who never dressed slutty in the slightest.

I just realized I knew some really weird guys in HS. Sorry, this turned into "my personal history of romance".

Back to geekdom:

I kept a diary with one of those stupid locks. And I actually kept the key around my neck. I was nine.


I WANT a ST shirt, but I lack the courage to purchase one, much less wear it. So, I guess I lose the geek-down.

[dread pirate jimbo]

C/mon, eleanorigby, you know you want to:

Star Trek tee shirts

EVERYONE is doing it!