Geek Manifesto

Webster defines Geek as: 

geek noun \ˈgēk\

: a person who is socially awkward and unpopular : a usually intelligent person who does not fit in with other people (Traditional)

: a person who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular field or activity (NEW!!)

 

So I’ve always been a bit of a geek though not in the traditional sense. Yes, I got good grades in school, but my life did not revolve around my studies. And to a certain degree I was “socially acceptable” – I say acceptable because I got along with pretty much anyone in my school: jocks, nerds, preppies (ya, I just dated myself lol), and whatever was currently considered the “in crowd”. It was more my eccentric tastes that cultivated my lone wolf tendencies. I’ve always felt that I was born 10 years too early as all my passions – Sanrio, comics, anime, stickers, paper, sci fi, fantasy, etc – are really embraced by today’s society. It’s not that they didn’t have a fan base back when I was growing up; it was just more difficult to get your grubby little hands on the “goods”. Now with a bit of plastic and a decent search engine you can have whatever you want. <3 <3 <3 I can tell many “when I was growing up we didn’t have…” stories, which I will as the fancy takes me LOL
 

I never felt qualified as an official geek of anything so did not feel I had the right to be a called a fangirl. For instance, there is my friend Chris who is a total Star Trek geek. In college he was a walking, talking Star Trek encyclopedia (can name all the episodes, followed the boards, even read the books). The one thing I don’t think he crossed over to was learning Klingon, but I could be wrong. LOL As much as I loved Deep Space Nine I never got into the depth that he did so did not feel I earned my Deep Space Nine stripes. The same can be said about Star Trek the Original Series, V (the original), Thundercats, Anime, Marvel, Tim Burton, Disney, Teen Titans, Pinky and the Brain, Xmen, Nintendo, Douglas Adams, Hannibal, Everquest II, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, the list goes on and on. These are a few of my favorite things (think Sound of Music singing here). Oh and all the musicals! Geekiness is not limited by topic. My hubby is a total car aficionado. Some may call him a Grease Monkey, but I call him a Car Geek. My sister puts it as being “very enthusiastic” about something – herself being a total foodie. I just say, as long as no one is getting hurt, love what you love and don’t care about what other people say! If it makes you happy … (Sheryl Crow is now in my head lol)
 

I have denied my geekhood for many, many years because I was no expert, but today I say Deny No More! I may not be an expert, and I’m sure some day being a geek will fall out of fashion again, but for today, I will embrace my inner geek! So without further ado, I present you this blog based on all things I love.


PS This is my first blog so please bear with me! ^ ^;;
PS2 I am not much of a writer so I apologize a head of time. ;o)