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jchrisobrien) wrote2011-04-04 04:57 pm
jchrisobrien) wrote2011-04-04 04:57 pm
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I spotted a few friends of mine at Rendezvous on my way to Xmortis on Friday. I sent them a quick text hello, then wandered inside. The crowd was young and extremely unfamiliar, and for a moment I thought I would make it an early night. A flurry of text followed, and I decided to see where the night took me.
It led me to several resounded losses against Matt, Sara's pool playing nemesis. We later teamed up against three cute young girls in a tag team match. My path took me to the bar, where Terri and I concocted a Blue Death (keeping with the theme of the Alice in Wonderland night... would you like the Blue Death or the Red Death?) Kevin and Sara showed up later, and the evening quickly slid into the win column.
Saturday and Sunday were devoted to working on the new display board. It's 85% complete, I should be able to wrap it up by Wednesday and take all Thursday finishing a few models.
This morning passed without the usually weight and bleakness of the past few weeks. It also brought up an interesting question about the difference between geeks and nerds, and what those labels mean as you get older.
Who among you identifies as a geek or a nerd? What do you see as the difference between them, and does it really matter? I stopped viewing myself as a geek or nerd a long time ago, rather aggressively so. I fully acknowledge that I'm a Gamer, but a geek? Geek and Nerd seem to be extremely limiting in their scope. Both of them like fringe hobbies (comics, fantasy, sci fi, computers) nerds are more socially awkward, geeks more intellectual perhaps. Neither are especially athletic. Can someone like Vin Diesel really be a geek? If Robin Williams plays Warhammer 40k, does that make him a nerd?
Geek and nerd are insulting, derogatory terms. Many people I know take pride in their Geekery, and want to "take it back" and make it empowering. I've never been comfortable with that idea, preferring the more neutral "Gamer." In having this discussion with an old friend, it made me uncomfortable when he tried to get me to admit to being a geek, or nerd. Everyone's experience or journey is different. Maybe I'm just in denial.
So there you go, loyal LJ readers. Sound off.
I spotted a few friends of mine at Rendezvous on my way to Xmortis on Friday. I sent them a quick text hello, then wandered inside. The crowd was young and extremely unfamiliar, and for a moment I thought I would make it an early night. A flurry of text followed, and I decided to see where the night took me.
It led me to several resounded losses against Matt, Sara's pool playing nemesis. We later teamed up against three cute young girls in a tag team match. My path took me to the bar, where Terri and I concocted a Blue Death (keeping with the theme of the Alice in Wonderland night... would you like the Blue Death or the Red Death?) Kevin and Sara showed up later, and the evening quickly slid into the win column.
Saturday and Sunday were devoted to working on the new display board. It's 85% complete, I should be able to wrap it up by Wednesday and take all Thursday finishing a few models.
This morning passed without the usually weight and bleakness of the past few weeks. It also brought up an interesting question about the difference between geeks and nerds, and what those labels mean as you get older.
Who among you identifies as a geek or a nerd? What do you see as the difference between them, and does it really matter? I stopped viewing myself as a geek or nerd a long time ago, rather aggressively so. I fully acknowledge that I'm a Gamer, but a geek? Geek and Nerd seem to be extremely limiting in their scope. Both of them like fringe hobbies (comics, fantasy, sci fi, computers) nerds are more socially awkward, geeks more intellectual perhaps. Neither are especially athletic. Can someone like Vin Diesel really be a geek? If Robin Williams plays Warhammer 40k, does that make him a nerd?
Geek and nerd are insulting, derogatory terms. Many people I know take pride in their Geekery, and want to "take it back" and make it empowering. I've never been comfortable with that idea, preferring the more neutral "Gamer." In having this discussion with an old friend, it made me uncomfortable when he tried to get me to admit to being a geek, or nerd. Everyone's experience or journey is different. Maybe I'm just in denial.
So there you go, loyal LJ readers. Sound off.
Since you asked
As I posted recently:
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes."
--Walt Whitman
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I'm an Alpha Geek because of my job.