Last night, sitting up on our roof with some friends, sipping some wine and noshing, I heard an alarm. One of our friends, punching buttons on watch (the alarm went silent), turned his head and looked out to the northwest where a bright star was climbing swiftly up the ladder of sunset.
"That's the space station."
Posted by MartialI think if you take an active interest in anything not readily provided by the low hanging fruit of entertainment and commercialism, you're a geek.
That makes anyone even reading a blog a geek. I think. What do I know? I draw cartoons, read comics and think rock 'n' roll can still create positive social change. But then, that may just make me a dork.
Posted by: Kevin Moore on June 10, 2003 05:56 PMI love geeks and I don't know why. My friend wants to take me to group therapy and talk to people about my desire to marry a geek. I think a geek is a socialy challenged person who is in his/her own world and has a sense of humor nobody besides maybe other geeks understand, and they always have a "weird" hobby. Now that I think of it , I now know what's wrong with me! I am a GEEK! Well, better go, I must find another geek to make geek babies, or maybe I am just a nerd or a dork. What's the difference? Does watching Monty Python make me a dork?
-crystal-
"if you take an active interest in anything not readily provided by the low hanging fruit of entertainment and commercialism, you're a geek."
Makes a certain sense.
The "low hanging fruit of entertainment and commercialism" as you put it, Kevin, may have spawned a type of herd mentality devoid of critical thinking.
Then perhaps one could chose to redefine 'geek' as one who, outside of the ever-growing norm, thinks for his- or herself, and does not blindly accept conveniently packaged 'media/commerce' truth-btyes.
Posted by: Dogbert on September 1, 2003 02:49 PMMy name is Cherrele and i have a problem...well not really a problem. I LOVE GEEKS..and nerds...and dorks(whats the difference?) i just cant help it. it's the brains! i want someone who i can have a conversation with who wants to talk about something other than sports or cars or the opposite sex.*sigh* i dunno. sometimes i worry if that is normal, but then i think to myself, what is normal. Who i am attracted to should not matter. Everyone has feelings and everyone wants to be loved. and i want to be a geek/nerd/dork lover.
Posted by: Cherrele on February 27, 2004 09:10 PMi
your dumb for watching stupid monty python
Why do you hate Monty Python?
You are dumb for not knowing the difference between "your" and "you're"!!
Dorks rock!
Posted by: JoAnna on April 23, 2004 01:52 PMI was sitting there today at school watching a movie and I wasn't really into the movie so I was kind of bored and I'm like, "what do I want to do?" I didn't want to go read either (current books: Lord of the Flies and The Bedford Handbook for Writers) nor did I want to go write (I write all the time about everything - but mostly about God and stuph)and then it hit me - I had the sudden urge to go do math problems (algebra to be exact - I'm only in 9th grade so that's pretty much as advaced as I get). I also am beginning to find biology fasinating. Wow! I'm a geek! I love geeks! Geeks rock (especially Sam Savage on Complete Savages)!
Posted by: Lisa on November 18, 2004 09:37 PM