Geeks?

i'm so glad you brought this up! I'm not too fond of labels, but for someone to call me a geek is completely true! i mean, come on! i've memorized every line in lotr and the interviews and commentaries! my favorite movies are lotr, star wars, and pirates, and i listen to beatles and led zepplin (i don't know how geeky that is, nor do i care!). i just bought a new pair of chuckies, and my friends asked: " are they white, pink, green,..." no, they're plad. well, before i get to ahead of meself and begin to forget what i'm doing, allow me to end like tis:GEEKS IS GOOD PEOPLE!

ye know, i might just type on this topic forever, forever, forever...

anywho, one time in walmart, my geeky friend and i sat on the floor in the middle of every one and did a few scenes(rather loudly) from rotk. They said we were disturbers of the peace ( i said thank ou) and then they kicked us out. i also went to a furniture store with four of my friends, and we started jumping on their couches and singing (rather loudly again) a hobbit drinking song. we were kicked out of that store and assumed to be raging drunks! no, just lotr band geeks!

[Aredhel]

I don't feel so bad now.
Honestly, I knew lots of geeks in high school. They were the greasy-haired fellahs with zits in their parent's basements building computers that exploded chips and played D&D every Saturday and Sunday in a marathon around their parent's dining table.
But I wasn't that kind of geek, no. I was the Star Trek obsessed gal with the long greasy hair who went to conventions just because she might meet someone famous... I was the gal who was one notch from being beautiful, and totally desirable. If only I had seen it then, and washed my freaking hair more often.

Anyway, I made it to true geekdom when I realized that I'm the only person in the office that knows the term "Bounce the server!" or that I opened my Dell to blow it out and fix the fan. ("Oh my GOD, the admin is going to get you for that?! You're gonna break it!") Yeah, yeah. When I did my windows updates on it the rest of the office freaked out. Hey, it's not my fault I live with a network engineer!

Tolkienites are not true geeks. You must have some scientific interest, computer interest, gaming AND fantasy interest. I'm afraid that movie fans just don't count, either, unless they have those qualities.
So there.

[Araréiel]

c. spec. A person who is extremely devoted to and knowledgeable about computers or related technology. In this sense, esp. when as a self-designation, not necessarily depreciative.

My boyfriend to a T! Heck, www.bondedsender.com is him. Anti-spam. He and his friends are the types who grew up with those old punch-card computers. He was the tall, 6'6" gangy, pimpled, awkward, glasses guy in high school who never got the girl, not that he cared to-he was too into computers. My God, he's filled out now and is hot! And he proudly wears the label of Geek and Nerd. Geeks and Nerds tend to be very smart, so be proud. Those pocket-protector-kids are the Bill Gateses of tomorrow. In other words, the future billionaires. And with a billion bucks, who's gonna tease ya? Unless you have a bad Trump hairdo or Gates' ugly jackets.......