What kind of geek are you?

[graceanne]

So, yes, we're all sex geeks, but in this forum we're often another kind of geek, too. What kind of geek are you?

 

[rekane]

My geekery is not confined to the selections on the poll.
Unfortunately, roller derby geek is not an option.

 

[sexycuriousman]

Sports geek here.

Used to be a music geek as well.

 

[graceanne]

My geekery is not confined to the selections on the poll.
Unfortunately, roller derby geek is not an option.

I know there are type of geekery out there that wouldn't fit, but I only had ten options, so I was going for the most popular forms of geekery.

That said, cool! My oldest wants to get into roller derby, but I can't afford the gas to go to Oaks Park where the jr derby practices. *sigh*

 

[Velvet Bubbles]

That was oddly fun. Curious to see other people's choices.

 

[Keroin]

Sci fi, grammar...and fish geek.

 

[DVS]

You left gum geek out on purpose. I know it! But, I thought it was nice of you to include music geek.

 

[Rikki_13]

Combination of gadget and sports geek

 

[Stella_Omega]

I'm a sex geek, a construction geek, and i would be more of a cosplay geek if I were more of a con geek.

 

[Kurokami]

Sci fi geek mainly, though not for Star Wars or Star Trek. Needs more giant robots.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I'm pretty sure just about everyone's aware I'm a grammar geek, amongst my other geekeries.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

My geekitudes are so microtargeted within these geeky categories that the geeks would say, derisively, "Fuck! What a geek!"

 

[CutieMouse]

I voted cheese, because it was too hard to correctly classify myself with the options given... which probably says a lot about my geekery, in general. Although I think I read somewhere that geeks are more tech-focused, and nerds are more book focused, so technically I'm more nerd than geek.

Lingerie geek (I know way more about lace/construction/blahblahblah than necessary)
Book geek (as objects, more so than reading material)
Book geek (as a reader/life student)
Art geek (appreciating and creating)

There are little subset geekeries, that are probably more passions than geekness, but I'm not obsessive enough to put them on the geek list. Stuff like the Tiny House Movement, and design, and random vintage things (furniture, clothing, jewelry, art, etc), cooking, dreaming about beekeeping & growing chickens, or odd subjects that capture my attention until I've learned everything I have to learn about them...

 

[midwestyankee]

Apparently I'm a bit of a read-quickly geek, as I blew right past the Star Wars option. I'm probably close to a Star Wars geek, though I know only the movies and have not delved into all the side publishing and such that has gone on around the culture of the movies.

I'm also a bit of a golf geek, in that I regularly score 90% or better on a golf trivia game on my phone (wherein one finds questions about which person was the first professional to win a given tournament three times in a career, or what golfer used to call his putter by X name, and so on. Thus, in substitution, I selected cheese.

And grammar. Toujours la grammaire.

 

[cfuhrer]

Sci fi geek mainly, though not for Star Wars or Star Trek. Needs more giant robots.

"Heh, Jim; giant robot camels"

 

[eastern sun]

I really love that you have mythology geek listed. I've never worn that label before, but it fits nicely.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

I voted cheese, because it was too hard to correctly classify myself with the options given... which probably says a lot about my geekery, in general. Although I think I read somewhere that geeks are more tech-focused, and nerds are more book focused, so technically I'm more nerd than geek.

Lingerie geek (I know way more about lace/construction/blahblahblah than necessary)
Book geek (as objects, more so than reading material)
Book geek (as a reader/life student)
Art geek (appreciating and creating)

There are little subset geekeries, that are probably more passions than geekness, but I'm not obsessive enough to put them on the geek list. Stuff like the Tiny House Movement, and design, and random vintage things (furniture, clothing, jewelry, art, etc), cooking, dreaming about beekeeping & growing chickens, or odd subjects that capture my attention until I've learned everything I have to learn about them...

I like the idea of lingerie geek message boards. Or conventions. There ought to be a word for extreme geekdom of microcategories: the small geek movement?

Chickens?

Are you a Sarah Susanka fan? Because I am. Heard her speak a few years ago and went home and chainsawed off the back of my abode. She makes all kinds of sense, and is adept at explaining things that one (and when I say "one" in this context, I mean "me") knows intuitively without being able to quite articulate...

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

I'm pretty sure just about everyone's aware I'm a grammar geek, amongst my other geekeries.

And grammar. Toujours la grammaire.

Shocking. Shocking, I say.

 

[CutieMouse]

I like the idea of lingerie geek message boards. Or conventions. There ought to be a word for extreme geekdom of microcategories: the small geek movement?

Chickens?

Are you a Sarah Susanka fan? Because I am. Heard her speak a few years ago and went home and chainsawed off the back of my abode. She makes all kinds of sense, and is adept at explaining things that one (and when I say "one" in this context, I mean "me") knows intuitively without being able to quite articulate...

Urban chickens are cool. I'm not organized enough to grow chickens or bees yet, but I will be one day. One of The Men™ has a new beehive, so I'm living a bit vicariously until I can pull it off, myself.

And I actually am a huge Sarah Susanka fan; I also follow the Tiny House Blog (most of those homes are under 500 sq ft). My current home is 1,000 sq ft, and it honestly feels too big/wasteful most of the time, but I can't really downsize until the kids are grown. The smaller my space, the more purposefully I live.

Some day when I have a gazillion-and-ten dollars, I'll ask the architect half of The Men™ and the builder half of The Men™ to put their heads together and make me the perfect-est [to me] little cottage on the planet. I'll grow chickens, and keep bees, learn to garden, cook and can, and do creative stuff, and take care of them both. Or at least that's what the dream version of my future looks like. LOL

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Urban chickens are cool. I'm not organized enough to grow chickens or bees yet, but I will be one day. One of The Men™ has a new beehive, so I'm living a bit vicariously until I can pull it off, myself.

And I actually am a huge Sarah Susanka fan; I also follow the Tiny House Blog (most of those homes are under 500 sq ft). My current home is 1,000 sq ft, and it honestly feels too big/wasteful most of the time, but I can't really downsize until the kids are grown. The smaller my space, the more purposefully I live.

Some day when I have a gazillion-and-ten dollars, I'll ask the architect half of The Men™ and the builder half of The Men™ to put their heads together and make me the perfect-est [to me] little cottage on the planet. I'll grow chickens, and keep bees, learn to garden, cook and can, and do creative stuff, and take care of them both. Or at least that's what the dream version of my future looks like. LOL

This is the end of the CM movie. As the golden light dapples the spring leaves, a bee floats into view. Zoom in on chickens. CM removes gloves and stands up. Two men bring her lemonade, and a fresh egg. Voiceover: "So I finally got the tiny, perfect house - and the tiny, perfect life - I always wanted."

Pull back to reveal half-acre warehouse behind cottage. "But my lingerie collection continues to grow."

Credits roll with some bee-chicken-lingerie song I couldn't find on YouTube.

 

[Keroin]

CHICKENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I loathe chickens! I loathe them enough to put far, far too many exclamation points at the end of the word 'chickens'.

Stop talking about chickens unless you are talking about firing all the world's chickens to the moon on a giant rocket!

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

CHICKENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I loathe chickens! I loathe them enough to put far, far too many exclamation points at the end of the word 'chickens'.

Stop talking about chickens unless you are talking about firing all the world's chickens to the moon on a giant rocket!

Why? And how about urban chickens? The kind that eat Ethiopian takeout, then bike for a grain gelato before going to a charette for coop traffic calming?

 

[graceanne]

You left gum geek out on purpose. I know it!

Lingerie geek (I know way more about lace/construction/blahblahblah than necessary)

I actually considering putting this, but you and shank are the only lingerie geeks i've ever met, so I decided that it probably wouldn't be a popular choice, and I only had ten options.

I think I over thought this.

I really love that you have mythology geek listed. I've never worn that label before, but it fits nicely.

I put it cause I am it. lol I love mythology, and can converse intelligently about any of it, but I know mostly about greek/roman and Norse. Norse is my favorite, but it can be difficult to get information on them.

 

[CutieMouse]

This is the end of the CM movie. As the golden light dapples the spring leaves, a bee floats into view. Zoom in on c******s. CM removes gloves and stands up. Two men bring her lemonade, and a fresh egg. Voiceover: "So I finally got the tiny, perfect house - and the tiny, perfect life - I always wanted."

Pull back to reveal half-acre warehouse behind cottage. "But my lingerie collection continues to grow."

Credits roll with some bee-c*****n-lingerie song I couldn't find on YouTube.

Actually, when business slowed down a lot last year, I started selling off my vintage lingerie collection on Etsy, and for the first time in.... 6[?] years I actually own more clothing than lingerie.

Which is just.wrong.

But on the up side, it's been a lovely little passive income source. I woke up this morning to a $65 vintage pantie sale. Gotta love random extra income...

C******S!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I loathe c******s! I loathe them enough to put far, far too many exclamation points at the end of the word 'c******s'.

Stop talking about c******s unless you are talking about firing all the world's c******s to the moon on a giant rocket!

I edited all the offensive words out for you... no more talking about the fowl-who-must-not-be-named. Promise.

But the bee hive thingie is really cool. Can we still talk about honey bees?

 

[graceanne]

CHICKENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I loathe chickens! I loathe them enough to put far, far too many exclamation points at the end of the word 'chickens'.

Stop talking about chickens unless you are talking about firing all the world's chickens to the moon on a giant rocket!

I missed this, but I want to second this opinion. My mom semi routinely tries to talk me into getting chickens. Not. Gonna. Happen. I hate chickens, and I really dislike birds, period. Nasty, stupid animals.