How geeky are u?

[jennyjenjen56]

So how big of a Geek are you? What are your obsessions?

[jennyjenjen56]

I am rather obsessed with lotr, well collecting the merchandise that is. It's become a hobby for me. I love the books and the movies, maybe a little to much. I collect the action figures, I have like 11 posters, tons of lotr related books, bookends, ect. I also love star wars, although, the merchandise obsession isn't as bad as with lotr. I also love books! I buy them all the time, there everywhere in my room. My two favorite movies ,or series I should say, are lotr and star wars. I love to read! I would say I am a big, big geek! :D


[Edit]: not to mention I love the narnia series, my fave band is Hanson (if that doesn't make me a Geek nothing can), and I met my best friends on a star wars message board! :D :P
I also love movies!!!!!

[jennyjenjen56]

I would also like to note that being a geek is not a bad thing! Its just enjoying things in a way that is a bit odd to some people. If your a geek your probably just being yourself because most people geek out over one thing or another. :)

[dawntreader77]

i also am a huge geek. i am not ashamed. its a sterotype for people to think geeks are folks like skinner [lol j/p] i agree with jen about just being youre self. if it came down to it i bet everyone is a geek of some sort. i have many obsesions...too many to list so i will list my biggest one. i am obsessed with the fire gang off of the labyrinth.lol i watch the seen with them continualy...when i first got the DVD i watched that seen continually for 3 days [im seriouse] im always watching the special features 'fire gang' also....

[jennyjenjen56]

LOL :lol:

[Y. Fish]

My obsessions of choice are Narnia, Myst, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Iron Chef, and anything and everything bats. I'm also a budding Inuyasha fan, though I'm not nearly a full demon yet--I mean full Inuyasha nerd! Yeah, yeah, that's what I meant...

[Ephinie]

I am not a geek. I am a Karchanian. Anyways, I like a bunch of stuff... sharp, dangerous weapons among other things. I have a collection of daggers that is slowly growing in porportion to my very small budget. I usually go without food for two weeks whenever I buy a new weapon. I'd like to get some hairpin daggers, but I haven't been able to find any that I like anywhere. I'd also like a bodice-dagger... but I haven't been able to get a decently priced and attractive one of those either. Let me know if you all ever see one! :D

[aslanshow]

well i'm assuming this is supposed to be about stuff other than narnia...so i muist say i am huge BEATLE/ PAUL MCCARTNEY geek. lol it made me laugh whoever said they met their friends on a star wars m/b because i met my best friends on a beatles m/b...actually i'm such a big geek that it wasn't even a beatle m/b so much as it was a beatle TRIBUTE BAND m/b! I used to watch this tribute band all the freakin time (back when i lived close to where they played) and would hunt out seats all day long if need be even when they played at disneyland...like i couldn't find anything better to do at disneyland than sit at a stage until like 7 or 8 pm. that being said i'm also a disney geek...my room at my whole house was painted by my mother and myself and had a "border" w/ over a hundred disney characters on it all the way around my room. i owned an annual pass for disneyland for 3 years and then worked there as my first job when i was 17...come to think of it i've met my other best friends all at disneyland......
-geekdom must run in my family-
jenn

[Warrior-Poet51088]

I can't help but laugh at myself. I've managed to get in the habit of pulling the ice scoop out of its little metal case in such a way that it sounds like one sword glancing off of another, and I can make it sound like it's a sword being drawn. By the way, the ice scoop I refer to is the one at work (Sonic).

[Rattenfänger]

I'm not rather obsessed with LotR than Narnia, but that is because I came know the books just a little time ago (but when I come to think of it... I sometimes startle when I see the picture of lion, does that count too?). I am really that obsessed that my RPG characters come to life all by themselves... it's a little bit frightening but also very practical because you always have someone to talk to on a long, dull afternoon. Anyway, you never knew how embarrassed you could feel unless you are saying aloud the things you think your alter egos are saying or singing. Really QUITE embarressed. Another point is, that I'm looking for hair on my feet. I never found one, but at least I got hobbit stature and appetite. Yay me!

My second obsession is with h2g2. I ended up looking out for pink, insect-like starships to beam me up from school and having a 'wash-o-bag' instead of a pencase because it is neon yellow. Oh, and I'm still looking for a way to become a SEP. You wouldn't believe how much of your troubles would simply vanish if the only chance for you to be seen is the one looking for you hopping around on one leg.

Sometimes I'm also hugely obsessed with dragons. Sometimes I truly think I had to swish my tail out of the way before I take a seat. You don't have to be mad to survive, but it's helping.

[Warrior-Poet51088]

I have hair on my feet.
I'm not too short, though, lol...

[Y. Fish]

Originally posted by Rattenfänger@Jul 15 2004, 12:13 PM
My second obsession is with h2g2. I ended up looking out for pink, insect-like starships to beam me up from school and having a 'wash-o-bag' instead of a pencase because it is neon yellow. Oh, and I'm still looking for a way to become a SEP. You wouldn't believe how much of your troubles would simply vanish if the only chance for you to be seen is the one looking for you hopping around on one leg.
Wait, are you talking about the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy? It sounds like it, but where does this "h2g2" name come from?

[faeriechylde]

I'm a pretty big geek but i didn't vote huge because i'm not one of those geeks that it's obvious right away...
i'm absolutely obsessed with history. i'll learn all sorts of ridiculous facts about our important people, culture, music, literature,government and wars and other countries' governments, wars, cultures, traditions, religions, music, literature, important people, etc., that no one really wants to know except me.
i'm also a geek when it comes to the Bible: I'll win Bible trivia every time... well, maybe not every time, but most...
and of course i'm a geek when it comes to LOTR (THE BOOKS!) and last but not least, old fantasy cartoon series like The Gnome and Lady Lovelylocks (why don't they release THOSE on DVD, huh?)

[Dragon]

I confess. I'm a Stargate geek. In short, I have in my house every episode of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis that has ever aired (over 150 episodes). SG-1 seasons 1-6 on dvd, and the rest on the computer. Geeky enough?

I am a retired StarWars geek (since I converted to Stargate, lol).

I'd also say I'm pretty geeky when it comes to films by Alfred Hitchcock or possibly M. Night Shyamalan.

I'm also a Monkey Island geek. Monkey Island's an old adventure game put out by lucasarts back in the early '90s. Check it out if you've never heard of it. Funny stuff.

My Narnia geekiness is new and not quite there yet. Not very good at the trivia games for it yet.

I've enjoyed reading and watching Lord of the Rings several times, but I would not say I'm a LotR geek as much as Narnia.

[JadistarkilleR]

lemme see:

~ Star Wars
~ Star Trek
~ Tolkien's tales (LOTR, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, The Unfinishd Tales, Tales of Beleriand....)
~ The X-Files
~ The Chronicles of Narnia
~ Earth:Final Conflict
~ Sliders (back then)
~ Quantum Leap (back then too)
~ The Justice League
~ Superman
~ Batman
~ Wonderwoman
~ Spiderman
~ The X-men
~ Hulk
~ comic books/ animation in general
~ Sci-fi/Fantasy/Adventure movies
~ Toy collecting

...there's more, but those are just from the top of my head.

yeah, you can say i'm a geek :P

(this thread is begging for a geek icon you know ;))

[rosymole]

if only my friends could see me now! i've been described as geekish by those that love me, but now i see i am only in geek training camp!
Narnian knowledge is pretty hot i'd say, lotr is growing slowly and are other Tolkien bits are gathering together!
Does anyone else feel the need to behave a bit like a sponge and absorb as much as they can about everything - Pratchet etc?

[B1-66ER]

/* My obsession list.

1. The Matrix Trilogy; Animatrix; ETM; Revisited
2. Programming in Java, PHP, C++, and Python.
3. Overclocking
4. Networking
5. Seinfeld
6. Batman
7. Linux >



Now, because Linux is my biggest obsession of all, it deserves its own list of sub-obsessions.

Linux List:

1. Writing LKMs
2. Slackware (My favorite distro)
3. Writing Linux device drivers
4. Designing my own personal distrobutions for specific tasks
5. Porting Linux to other hardware platforms. ( i.e. Playstation 2 )


to be continued.....

*/

[NiennaTinuviel]

You sound like a smart person *grimaces* unlike me who has no idea what you're talking about :D oh well. My obsessions are as follows

~Lord of the Rings, big big fan. Went to the midnight showing of RotK with my Aragorn shirt. Didn't have enough time to make a costume. Started learning elvish. Covered my closet walls with pictures of LotRs actors that I'd cut out of magazines. I still make collages with the pictures I have left but I'm running out of them. Check Theonering.net nearly every day just to see the news. Read long boring essays about good and evil in ME (only I don't find them boring *wink*) I'm sure there's more but I c an't think of it now...

~Narnia, when I was little I was much more obsessed with it. I abandoned it for LotR but it's coming back to me now. I used to play with these curved swords with our neighbors and I'd be like "haha I'm a calormen, beg for mercy" and of course I would read the books all the time and later when I moved up to New England after it snowed I would go outside and pretend it was Narnia with the spell on it and it really looked like it to. Oh and I had this brown blanket with a lion on it and I would pretend he was Aslan and i would talk to him *blushes* i know I was such a stupid child...

~Harry Potter. i LOVE J.K. Rowling for writing these books they are fantastical. Like with my LotR obsesseion i have also pasted pictures and magazine articles on the walls in my closet (my closet is really cool i wish you all could see it, hehe).

I think that's all for now, yes I am a very strange duck...
~Chantal

[Y. Fish]

Some people have skeletons in the closet, while Nienna has... :blink: elves and wizardses?

[NiennaTinuviel]

Haha yessss my precioussss. I'm not obsessed with the actors or nething but it's fun to have cool piccies on my otherwise would-be bare walls...

*looks back on post* I am insane :D

[GrayCloak]

I love this site; I feel so at home here! :D

I am a HUGE LOTR fan, so mutch so that I learned silvan and quenya elvish, and to write in the tengwa letter! I much prefer the books to the movies, but P.J. is alright with me.

I am also a big Narnia fan, as well as D&D, and RPG games, my favorite being those done in Forgotten Realms, with Neverwinter Nights being the best. And I was a Star Wars fan, but I have been seriously displeased with the last two movies.

[NiennaTinuviel]

Haha grey cloak we are cut from the same cloth (no pun intended)

[GrayCloak]

:) I'm so happy, I've found my home! :D

[NiennaTinuviel]

Lol i know!

[JadistarkilleR]

how big of a geek are you?

why dont you check the chart below :P

http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif

[Y. Fish]

:lol: I wish this forum had the little "rooling-on-the-floor-laughing" smiley because this would be an appropriate time to use him! That is so great. I have to print that out.

[B1-66ER]

http://www.hwlogic.com/tmp/24.gif

This one?

[NiennaTinuviel]

omg i love it. It makes me smile :D

[JadistarkilleR]

the chart kinda humbled me :P. i never got past the third tier :D

[GrayCloak]

Is it bad when you can go down three different levels of the tier?

Hmmmm, they should add 'People who can speak elvish" on this thing, as I would never marry in traditional Klingon Garb, but I would in elven dress.....(I wonder how hard Klingon is to learn though.....it sounds alot like dwarven....maybe I should pick it up after all....Man, I'm such a geek!)

[B1-66ER]

Here's the all famous "One Question Geek Test"


If you get the joke, you're a geek:

Seen on a California license plate on a VW Beetle:

FEATURE


LOL!!!! I know, I know, its so old, but I still laugh at it

[Dead Rain]

i went down a ton of those teirs. that's not BAD, is it? :( and it was also on a lot of the different ones. that must be horrible!

[GrayCloak]

No worse than me,

I went down three seperate ones almost to the end.

[Dead Rain]

hey! me too. wait.. *goes bad to check*.... yep mine was almost three whole ones! along with a few on some others. that's GOT to be a bad sign...

[Magician_Of_Narnia]

I am kinda a big geek because I eat breath and sleep Star Wars, CoN, Lord of the Rings, X-Men, Old movies, Yu-Gi-Oh, Kindom Hospital, Greek god stuff, Orlando Bloom and kinda Kill Bill Vol 1 ^_^

[TrueCrusader]

STAR TREK COULD KICK STAR WARS BUTT!!!
also captain Kirk is THE best captain and picard is a coward!
HE USED THE ESCAPE POD IN THE FIRST EPISODE!!!
(lowers voice) when kirk was captain there was no escape pod.
I like the old star wars though the new I dont like. But I am a BIG GEEK!!!
how I know.... Level 36 elven fighter.

[Dragon]

um, how about saying you could be a geek if you use sentences in all caps declaring whether one series of scifi is better than another?

Personally, I always enjoyed Star Wars more than Star Trek. Even though I don't think SW has great acting or is perfect by any stretch. I just enjoy watching it more. Just my taste.

However, that being said, I like StarGATE (SG-1 and Atlantis) much more than either Star Wars or Star Trek. ..Indeed...

[faeriechylde]

I agree with Dragon. I like Star Wars better than Star Trek because Star Wars seems to me to be more personal. I never thought the acting was very good in any of them, old or new (the only reason the old ones are better is Harrison Ford, in my opinion), but they were always more entertaining to me than Star Trek for some reason.

[Dragon]

I'm also interested in what the future has for Star Wars after Revenge of the Sith (I don't mean books. We've had Star Wars books for years). Rumor has it that there will be a live action Star Wars television series produced by someone other than Lucas. I'm interested in seeing someone else taking the helm of the series and how he or she will handle it.

I realize this is getting off topic, but then again, maybe not. It could just show everyone how big of a geek I really am.

[faeriechylde]

Um... you just posted that twice, but hey, it's happened before... :D
You're right, Dragon, you're showing how big a geek you are, but that's cool. I admire geeks a lot because they are actually interested in seeking after knowledge (even if it is rather useless knowledge at times). :rolleyes:
I am such a history geek... I'm probably the only one here who cares that Sargon the Akkadian stole Lugal-zaggesi's wife when he conquered his kingdom in Mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago. Or that, a few empires later, Ishbi-Erra of Isin was brave enough to steal back his city's gods when the Amorites stole them. That's what I've been learning in World Civilization I, which is without question my favorite class. Have any of you read the Epic of Gilgamesh? I think it's the most ancient piece of popular epic poetry we have found (but I'm not entirely sure, so don't quote me on that or anything). It's a fascinating story, and very strange, but definitely worth the read. We're moving on from Mesopotamia to ancient Egypt now, so I'll let everyone know if I learn something they should learn. :lol:

[Warrior-Poet51088]

I've read Beowulf. The language is beautiful, very descriptive. But the plot is kind of simple, which, for me, is a bad thing. I have to have a really good/complex plot to anything.

[faeriechylde]

Hmm... I guess plots were generally more simple in those days, it's true, though the Epic of Gilgamesh hardly even has a plot. It's just interesting because of the ancient culture.

[Dead Rain]

yeah. i'm with Aragorn on this one.

[Y. Fish]

I've read the Epic of Gilgamesh, and a little of Beowulf. I felt sorry for Grendel!

[Warrior-Poet51088]

I heard the other day that they're making a movie out of Beowulf. It's called Beowulf and Grendel. I'm pretty sure it's a foreign (non-American) film.

[GrayCloak]

Well 'The Thirteenth Warrior' Kina counts as a 'Beowulf' movie; as it is based on the Criton book 'Eats of the Dead' which in turn is based on the legend of Beowulf. (Which by the way, I really love)

[faeriechylde]

Hmm, that's an interesting take on Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, I've never heard that it was based on Beowulf before. I really like "The Thirteenth Warrior," though.

[faeriechylde]

Originally posted by Y. Fish@Oct 3 2004, 04:49 PM
I've read ... a little of Beowulf. I felt sorry for Grendel!
:rolleyes: You would, Fishy, you would... :lol:

[B1-66ER]

I know most of you won't know any of these answers, (well maybe aragon) but I wanted to show you a geek quiz I'm working on. Still under constuction though..

HWLogic Geek Quiz 0.1a (http://www.hwlogic.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24)

[faeriechylde]

:o OK, that quiz is just scary. I'm not that kind of geek at all. :lol:

[B1-66ER]

Heh, you should see Tier 2 when I'm finished with it.. LOL

[GrayCloak]

B1-66ER, I wish I were as smart as you, I'm one of those Geeks who just retains useless knowlage, like Middle Earthan History, or Star Treck epsidoes. :)

[Dead Rain]

aye, or unreasonable political knowledge.

[B1-66ER]

Originally posted by GrayCloak@Nov 4 2004, 09:14 PM
B1-66ER, I wish I were as smart as you, I'm one of those Geeks who just retains useless knowlage, like Middle Earthan History, or Star Treck epsidoes. :)
GrayCloak,

I am not any smarter than you or anyone else here. I just happen to love and enjoy my hobby. We all are geeks here, but being a geek is a broad thing... I beileve most of you are what I call "general geeks". That simply means that you have a broad understanding of geeky stuff, like startwars, star trek, lotr, etc... I'm a general geek too, but I also go down a level of the branch... I'm more specificly, a computer geek. I love learning anything to do with computers.. However that doesn't exclude my love for star trek either. Look at it like a tree:

Geeks
General> (star trek, starwars, etc fans) mostly everyone on this site fits here
General + Computer> (software, hardware) this would be people like me, Specter, Aragon
General + Computer +
Gamer> (video game fans)


and so on and so forth... You get the idea..
:)

by the way, knowledge about star trek or middle earth is NOT useless!! :)

[Dead Rain]

knowledge about star trek or middle earth is NOT useless!!
of course not. strange. but not useless :)

[nejofsherwood]

you know you're a geek when here you sit discussing this. i was too embarrassed to answer, but in all reality i'm too proud to answer! haha! because so many of us are geeks, it would seem as if being a geek is the norm. because being a geek is normal, none of us are geeks except those who claimed not to be geeks, or nearly. oh dear, i've gone and exposed my geekyness. that's ok, being a geek is fun! haha!

[Dead Rain]

but really, what is the real definition of a geek?

[pacifiquesea]

Perhaps the original question should have been 'what are you a geek about?'

I tend to think that if you aren't one of the people who think that life consists of only money, designer clothes and the opposite sex (and maybe football?) then you fit into 3 other categories: geek, nerd, and dork.

Geek is the highest tier, socially speaking. These are the people who freely love whatever subject - star trek, anime, lotr, comics - but also possess skills to interact with others. They may be introverted or extroverted, but can behave normally in social situations. They can be very smart or just an average person with a geeky passion.

Nerds are the smart ones with medium to low social skills. They usually specialize in a few areas and keep to themselves, though they can be brought out and tend to be nice and interesting when they'll talk to you.

Dorks are the lowest rung. These are the people who go looking for other people who are 'just as weird as they are' and are hyper conscious of their image. They often talk about how different they are from others and are exhibitionists, though unfortunately they don't tend to be very bright. Basically, they're geek posers, but they hate geeks as well.

What do you think? Anyone have different connotations for these words?

[jennyjenjen56]

I think your very right!!! :D And I believe, at least I hope :P , That I fit into the Geek catigory. I wasn't exactly popular in highschool but I had a lot of friends. None of us were very alike but we got a long great, mostly because of our mutual belief in God. We also all liked to ack a little nuts! :) I don't think I'm stupid but I'm not brilliant either. I got A's and B's and the occasional C. I'm an extrovert and love being around people. I have pretty good social skills, at least in my opinion, but I am definatly a geek. I love lotr, harry potter, books, Narnia, and all of that good stuff. So a geek I am, dork and neard I'm not, hopfully at least! :D

[faeriechylde]

Hmm, that's interesting, I would have seen geek and nerd as reversed in your definitions, but now I'm not sure. I guess I just thought of all of them as fairly interchangeable. Being from another country may have prevented me from really understanding the highly developed meanings of those words... :lol:

[nejofsherwood]

there you are fae! i found you! i have never thought of any of those as different from each other, and i don't have the excuse of living in a different country. Ü
i looked the words up in the dictionary:
geek- a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake. [fool]
nerd- an unpleasant, unattractive, or insignificant person
dork- a dull stupid fatuous person :lol:
but what would a dictionary know? Haha!

[Dead Rain]

uhh... maybe i'm not a geek. kuz i realyl don't want to be a baka. does anyone else besides me know what that is? if so, are you one? (if you don't know then just say yes. just kiddin'. nevermind...well... whatever)

[pacifiquesea]

baka is Japanese for idiot.

[faeriechylde]

Originally posted by nejofsherwood@Nov 15 2004, 04:26 PM
but what would a dictionary know? Haha!
:huh: Indeed. Those are the weirdest definitions I've ever heard.

[Dead Rain]

yay! someone else knows what i'm talking about. thank you, pasifiquesea!
but i don't really think that anyone really understands me. or do they.......? neh. i don't know. i hope i'm not a baka now... oh no! i think i may be! NOOOOOOOOOo. jk

[faeriechylde]

:rolleyes: Speaking of geekiness, where in the world did you learn what the Japanese word for idiot is? :lol:

[pacifiquesea]

It's everywhere. Forums, anime... I don't remember where I first learned it. I'm studying Japanese but it isn't one of the words that's come up yet. It's in a lot of the webcomics I read, too.

[Dead Rain]

i learned if from studying a Japanese-English dictionary. i love to learn new languages.

[pacifiquesea]

Oh really? Which languages do you know?

[Dead Rain]

none. i just like studying them. i have learned many things over the years.....

[pacifiquesea]

That's cool, I'm kind of into languages too. At college I got to study Hebrew, it's really fun. I think that's why I like Japanese so much, too, because I have never done well with romance languages.

[Dead Rain]

yeah. same with me. my dad teaches Hebrew every once in a while. my bro tried it once but stopped after a while. i guess learning other languages would kind of be an "obsession" of mine too, even though i only know like five words of some of them!

[Dragon]

Here's an update on my geekiness: When I read a Stargate news article (which I have on my homepage, but that's another geeky story) that said that SG-1 has been renewed for a 9th season, I actually hollered out loud. Nobody was around to hear me; it would have been a bigger geeky test if there were people to hear me whoop and holler.

This means SG-1's tying with X-files as the longest running sci-fi series (not including spinoffs), and X-files doesn't have any spinoffs (at least that I'm aware of) so stargate really has it beat.

[faeriechylde]

:huh: Um, nice, Dragon.

Anyway, I figured you probably got it from anime or manga, pacifiquesea, but I've never quite gotten into those as much. My geekiness is mostly western based :lol: . I did take Hebrew for two years, though. I love learning new languages.

[Dead Rain]

i love the X-files!! so does my sister.
i guess i learned SOME but very VERY little of the japanese that i know from anime and manga too. but not rnearly as much as from just listening to Japanese ppl and looking things up.

i have to say that my geekyness has gotten much worse over the last few..eh... days. i've been reading my school texts as if they were novels. like good novels. i think i'm going crazy. oo. htat remeinds me of a quote!

[pacifiquesea]

faeriechylde - did you take modern or Biblical Hebrew? My school only offered Biblical.

[waterhogboy]

MAN!!!! Why did no-one tell me this thread was here!! I'm going to make it my new home....

If you could just pass me that egg chair over there I'll be settled in nicely :)

[holyboy]

Aye, this is the place for me. I'm part of 4 forums, and I can't find something to post about in any of them...I'm such a geek...

[legolas]

lets see ummm...

i'm a band geek

LOTR geek

Harry Potter freak

CON geek

and I know theres alot more!!!!!!

[tgraveline]

ok, somehow i never posted in this thread. Maybe its not as old as it looks like it is, lol. But anyways, i chose sure, because well i have many nerd/geek traits, but i have jock, and and prep stuff as well. So i guess i'm a bit of a mix. I love to boogie board and stuff. So i guess i'm part geek, lol.

tg

[rosymole]

Ok the 'Jock' bit I get, so what would 'prep' be? If you look a bit preppy then it's a nice jumper with a good shirt underneath- prep school style..would it be similar to a 'Boff' or a 'swot'? Both of which I've always linked closely with nerd/geek/trekkie/ringer etc

[she-elfwarrior19]

My obsessions are CON, Orlando Bloom, Cherries, Animals. Om not that obsessed with Lotr, but i like it alot. I like swords, and bow/arrow stuff like that. I love fantasy, with great wierd creatures like Minotaurs, centaurs, talking beasts stuff like that.

[tgraveline]

Basically i wear nicer close sometimes. Preps tend to be the ones that hang out with jocks though, and are closely related. Like most preps where clothes from abercrombie and fitch, but i do not, lol. I find other brands that i like and i find deals, lol. I'm not into paying to much, except for some pants and shoes, i pay a buttload for that business sometimes, lol.

tg

[unleavened]

My obcession is mostly w/ fantasy. This encompasses alot of intrists, but to sum it all up: Fantasy.

[waterhogboy]

I'm a proper geek when it comes to being online and on my PC. But when I'm with mates and at school I'm relatively normal!!! In fact, I get on with anyone. :)

One side of me is gonna win eventually.......... but which one!??!

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

Fantasy and Comp games. Oh yea

[borntofly]

I'm a geek/nerd. I eat lunch in the library and spend my break there as well, just reading (i'm not very social). I read whatever I can get my hands on (fantasy, non-fiction, histroical fiction etc.), but my main (reading) obsession is with fantasy. I'm also a music geek, I love music, not that I have any musical talent :(. Switchfoot is my other obsession!!!!! I love them!!!!

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

Switchfoot? Me too. I love them. I know alot of people nerdier than me, so that's some comfort.

[Hope96]

Would you guys say being overly obsessed with the Wizard of Oz is geeky? I just recently moved into a new apartment, one that I don't have to share with a roommate (woohoo!!). So I was able to put up all of my WOZ stuff. My sister and brother-in-law came over the other day and she said she felt like she was walking into a WOZ museum. LOL

That comment told me I should probably cease the collecting of WOZ. Plus, I gotta start making room for LWW when movie stuff starts coming out! :)

[inkspot]

I answered MILD because I am a total geek about some stuff, but I also have a job, a husband, and a normal life.

But I am not sure anyway what makes you a geek: is it computery stuff, or just obsessing about things, or reading too much ...? Cuz I'm obsessive about books and movies that I like, and about my precious Mac (although I know so little about computers it's funny), but I'm not a gamer at all, so what do you think? Is Inky a Geek?

[Eat-My-Shorts]

I am not much of a geek, but I do act geeky sometimes.

[borntofly]

I answered MILD because I am a total geek about some stuff, but I also have a job, a husband, and a normal life.

But I am not sure anyway what makes you a geek: is it computery stuff, or just obsessing about things, or reading too much ...? Cuz I'm obsessive about books and movies that I like, and about my precious Mac (although I know so little about computers it's funny), but I'm not a gamer at all, so what do you think? Is Inky a Geek?
I'm not sure your a geek inkpot:D. what makes people geeks? I'm not a computer freak...i'm a narniafans geek. Like you said inkspot...I can be geeky about some things (okay a lot of things), but I have a life (mabye not a social life, but I DO have a life). so what is the meaning of the word geek?

Switchfoot? Me too. I love them.
I can't wiat for their new album!!!! it comes out in september! hooray!

[rosymole]

I think perhpas we need a definition of what a geek really is, perhaps we could grade the geeks in terms of computer/band/fantasy..or are all geeks a combo???#tough call..at school i was the ultimate band geek but i also 'huing' out with the cool people, and th eolder band geeks and as they were older i was cool by default..perhaps..

[legolas]

you were in band, what did you play??? I niether want to be with the 'popular' people, or am one. although, I'm also a band geek

[rosymole]

I played the clarinet and the saxophone, i did pretty well in then end, helping out with teaching the younger kids, i had my own yr7 recorder club for a year when i was a 4th year, i aslo did out of school clubs and camps and i loved it..should really go back to it i spose. Band was the coolest thing in the world- other kids are jealous really no matter what they say! (i also had a head-brace and glasses- the ultimate sign of a supergeek!)

[borntofly]

hey I found a definition...form the dictionary!!!One entry found for geek.


geek
Pronunciation: 'gEk
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of
- geeky /'gE-kE/ adjective

are we misusing this word? does anyone bit the head of chickens? intellectual bent? what's that mean? just wondering.

[legolas]

I tried the clarinet, but i couldn't get a sound!! then I tried trumpet. The band decided I sounded like I sick duck(I can't buzz my lips). But the flute worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rosymole]

Flutes very cool, did you know that Flautists make the best saxophone players because they have a very relaxed grip on the mouth piece, where as with clarinet players they tend to grip very hard as you do with a clarinet and make it sound a little sharp all the time!

[legolas]

no, but i think i'll just stick to the flute :D

[Smog]

...Are we misusing this word? does anyone bit the head of chickens? intellectual bent? what's that mean? just wondering.

Well, I looked up the word in my Websters 1879 version (the only real version, lol) and I only got the first discription of a geek. So the question is: Has anyone bitten the head off of a live chicken?

[rosymole]

Yes but i don't like to brag

[legolas]

ok, now i'm officially freaked out!!!!!!!!

[rosymole]

I've just seen what you mean Smog, lol, excellent!

[Smog]

I don't quite follow you, Rosy. What do you mean?

[rosymole]

The definition of geek, soryr i should learn to explain my self better!

[unleavened]

I prefer snakes. Poisonous ones are especially good - more thrilling.

[borntofly]

how about biting the head off a live snake? Its the other other other white meat!

[legolas]

oh my gosh!! now I'm really freaked out!!!!!!

[Smog]

I prefer snakes. Poisonous ones are especially good - more thrilling.

The problem with snakes is that the venom can kill you, if nothing else it will make you really sick. That's why you have to do the ol' bite 'n' spit. You bite of the head and then spit it as far as you can. I think my record is thirty-three feet, seven inches in inder four seconds. Oh and ladies, I'm single :cool::eek:!

[legolas]

oh my gosh, will this ever end!!???????????? *hides behind a rock*

[unleavened]

Not bad, but *sniffs arrogantly* I've done better. I won't go into details. I wouldn't want to make anyone feel inferior.

[Smog]

Really? What stance do you use? Personally I prefer the Modified Hamlin, but I've heard that the Benson gets deicent results. I tried to use the gordy stance, but it just didn't work. Lol!

[borntofly]

what if you bite the tail off a rattle snake, are you considered a geek/geck?

[Smog]

No, then you are just a snake bitting weirdo...

[legolas]

lol, btw, I'm staying behind my rock until it is safe to come out.

[unleavened]

No, then you're just a gee-
Really? What stance do you use? Personally I prefer the Modified Hamlin, but I've heard that the Benson gets deicent results. I tried to use the gordy stance, but it just didn't work. Lol!
Oh, I use the Benson, but what really works for me is the full-body-thrust. Though it takes alot of practice to keep balance, it's well worth the work.

[Smog]

Yeah, I tired the FullBody thrust, but I tore my biceptal femoris. What do you think about the FullBody Twist?

[unleavened]

It creates a spectacular effect, but not much for distance.

[waterhogboy]

OK. I'm taking over driving this thread!!! Like Legolas says - its getting weird. Smog, Unleavened, borntofly - get in the back!

Hey I'm a band geek!!!!! I've been one ALL my life and probably always will be. Band geeks are cool - staying in at lunch times hwne its really sunny to get all sweaty in a tiny room full of other equally geeky kids. But the really cool thing is - you can get back at the kids that laughed at you, when you miss loads of lessons on the day before the concert. Justice is sweet!!!

To be honest, I'm not really much of a fantasy/role-playing kind of geek but I do have those tendencies. Anyway - geeks=cool in my opinion! :)

[inkspot]

OK. I'm taking over driving this thread!!! Like Legolas says - its getting weird. Smog, Unleavened, borntofly - get in the back!
Thank you, WHB, I had no idea what they were talking about, but as I supposed it must be a geek thing I didn't want to expose my ignorance. Maybe they could make their own thread for whatever it was they were talking about ... unless it is something scary...

[Rhindon]

Oh, I thought you meant computer geek. Well, my friends would consider me a geek; at least they have since they found out I was learning Quenya.

[waterhogboy]

What's Quenya!?

[Rhindon]

You don't know what it is? Sacrilige! Unless of course you don't read Tolkien.

[GrayCloak]

Oh, I thought you meant computer geek. Well, my friends would consider me a geek; at least they have since they found out I was learning Quenya.

lissi!

(Quenya for SWEET!:D)

That's so cool Rhindon, have you checked out the Encylopedia of Arda, online? It's a good sorce link for learning the language.

(WHB - Quenya is Tolkien's High Elven language)

[borntofly]

Thank you, WHB, I had no idea what they were talking about, but as I supposed it must be a geek thing I didn't want to expose my ignorance. Maybe they could make their own thread for whatever it was they were talking about ... unless it is something scary...
what? all I did was post the definition of the word geek! It's a carnival person who bite off the heads of live chickens and snakes, and a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of. yup it's a geek thing. nothing scary here. we were on topic! this thread is about geeks right? :D

[inkspot]

Not about circus geeks, for heaven's sake! That is scary! Anything to do with a circus is scary. Carnival, too.

[Dernhelm]

I'm a moderate geek about everything I really like; I'm a Tolkien "geek", and a NarniaFans geek, and a singing geek, and a Narnia geek, and a book geek, and a sword geek, and a computer geek, and a baking geek, and a...

You get the idea. ;)

[Narnian Jedi]

Major SciFi fan here. People at work don't think I fit the 'geek' profile until they get to know me and my interests.

[borntofly]

Not about circus geeks, for heaven's sake! That is scary! Anything to do with a circus is scary. Carnival, too.
then we shouldn't use the word geek, the word nerd is less "scary" :D

nerd
Pronunciation: 'n&rd
Function: noun
an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits <computer nerds>
there you go. it that scary? I perdonally think nerds are scarier than geeks. Remeber The Nutty Professor? ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! :eek:

[piercinglite]

I must be a pretty big one since I originally thought the poll read "How Big Of A Greek Are You?"...or maybe I'm just dyslexic :rolleyes:

[waterhogboy]

I must be a pretty big one since I originally thought the poll read "How Big Of A Greek Are You?"...or maybe I'm just dyslexic :rolleyes:

LOL!!!! So come on piercinglite - How Big of a Greek ARE you???

I think us geeks should start an army and take over the world - then we wouldn't be geeks anymore, cos we'd be in control.

[inkspot]

Oh, okay, I get it now. If you're obsessed with something, you're that kind of a geek. Band geek, etc.

I must be a Star Trek geek and a Narnia Geek and an LOTR geek, that I can think of. But why do some obsessions get you the "enthusiast" or "fan" label, like I wouldn't say I'm a scuba geek, that sounds stupid, but scuba enthusiast works fine.

I'm not much of a Greek at all, though.

[borntofly]

what if i'm obsessed with passion tea lemonades from Starbucks? I guess I 'm a passion tea lemonade geek, or am I?!

[unleavened]

I think that's just obsessed unless you spend your waking hours researching them or something. You could also be addicted.

[borntofly]

there we go. I'm jsut addicted, thanks for helping me figure that out unleavened :D

[inkspot]

Yes, that's helpful, Unleavened. An addiction is just consuming (or viewing/enjoying) something all the time (tea in general for me), but a being a geek means researching, discussing and pursuing the thing all the time, eh?

[rohan.girl]

i think "dork" fits me better that "geek" lol. well sort of...

[legolas]

speaking of geek. my band geekiness came out today. i played me flute at tops for, 1 hour 1/2. Infact, i had to force myself to put down the flute. I mean, i want to play it right now... ME WANT ME FLUTE!

[Narnian Jedi]

I took this Nerd, Geek or Dork Test (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=9935030990046738815) and here's the result...

Modern, Cool Nerd :cool:
52 % Nerd, 65% Geek, 34% Dork

"For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd. Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eeked out for themselves a modicrum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgeable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)! Congratulations! "

[rosymole]

Oooh, quiztastic!! I knew it was true!!

Outcast Genius
69 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 52% Dork
For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius. Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject). Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius. Congratulations!

[holyboy]

Tri-Lamb Material
52 % Nerd, 47% Geek, 69% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Dork, earning you the title of: Tri-Lamb Material. The classic, "80's" nerd, you are what most people think of when they think "nerd," largely due to 80's movies like Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Head of the Class. You're exceptionally bright and smart, and partly because of that have never quite fit in with your peers or social groups. Perhaps you're realized, or will someday, that it is possible to retain all of the things that you like about being brilliant and still make peace with the social cliques around you. Or maybe you won't--it's really not necessary. As the brothers of Lambda Lambda Lambda discovered, you're fine just the way you are and can take pride in that. I mean, who wants to be like Ogre, right!? Congratulations!

I think I need a life....

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

Once in choir we went around asking people if they'd rather be called a dork, or a geek. most said geek.Is this significant? :D I'm a choir geek. See, I'll never remember all this. I'll be like, tomorrow, I won't remember what a dork is. Then there are idiots. And duffers, but they go somewhere else :D

[Checkmate]

I am classic Geek with a little computer Freak...

[Johan 72109]

I'm happily obsessed with wargaming, role playing, and drawing maps of worlds that don't in actuality exist... :o

[waterhogboy]

I didn't do tooo bad:

69% Nerd, 21% Geek, 30% Dork

That's what I expected, I know I'm a nerd, but never thought myself the other to

[Dernhelm]

Modern, Cool Nerd
56 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 34% Dork

Well, well, well...what can I say?

[GrayCloak]

Modern, Cool Nerd
78 % Nerd, 69% Geek, 34% Dork

-No suprise there.

[Johan 72109]

65 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 56% Dork

I must protest about my low geek score! Just because I don't know I hideous amount about Star Trek / Star Wars doesn't mean I ain't geeky over other things :mad:
Ah well. Such is life I guess. :cool:

[Checkmate]

Where is everyone getting these percentages from?

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

you guys are strange taking that test. :D I already know what I am. 50% geek 50%dork. :D

[Narnian Jedi]

Where is everyone getting these percentages from?

Nerd, Geek or Dork Test (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=9935030990046738815)

Hello Checkmate
It's a fun test, like this Narnia Personality Quiz (http://www.jamiefrost.co.uk/narniaquiz/)

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

21 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 43% Dork

That's me.

[inkspot]

21 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 43% Dork

That's me.
LOL! :D

10 thingy

[borntofly]

heehee! i knew it! 78 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 52% Dork! I am an outcast genius...iknew I was more nerdy than geeky.

[pacifiquesea]

61% nerd, 87% geek, 54% dork.
They called me a "Modern, Cool Nerd."

[unleavened]

87% nerd. 52% geek. 81% dork. I thought I was much less dork, but that probably has to do with my environment.

[black cloak]

0%nerd 0%geek 110%dork

[borntofly]

are you serious! what a dork BC! hahaha :D JK

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

They called me an Average Joe. How degrading. :D I knew I was a dork though!

[Narnian Jedi]

They called me an Average Joe. How degrading. :D I knew I was a dork though!

lol! Maybe being an Average Joe is a good thing. The other results include some explanation of how we're not as bad as most thought before. As an Average Joe you don't need the status upgrade. :D

My sis is upset cause her result was Pure Nerd. I thought she was being too hard on herself so I took the test for her. The result was still the same...

It's just for fun. so it makes the results more comical.

[inkspot]

I am pure nerd, too, but the results:
56 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 39% Dork :p

[black cloak]

Joe Normal
21 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 34% Dork





ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i am a geek ok my whole world just came crumbling down

[Gibby]

Geeks run the world when you think about it.

[Checkmate]

Geeks run the world when you think about it.
So true, so true... That is... why... all of you shall now... umm... bow down before...umm... me...

[waterhogboy]

Joe Normal
21 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 34% Dork





ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i am a geek ok my whole world just came crumbling down

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! You're both a bigger geek and dork than me!!!! :D

[legolas]

I took this Nerd, Geek or Dork Test (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=9935030990046738815) and here's the result...

Modern, Cool Nerd :cool:
52 % Nerd, 65% Geek, 34% Dork

"For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd. Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eeked out for themselves a modicrum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgeable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)! Congratulations! "

heres mine:

21 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 34% Dork
For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored less than half in all three, earning you the title of: Joe Normal.

This is not to say that you don't have some Nerd, Geek or Dork inside of you--we all do, and you can see the percentages you have right above. This is just to say that none of those qualities stand out so much as to define you. Sure, you enjoy an episode of Star Trek now and again, and yeah, you kinda enjoyed a few classes back in the day. And, once in a while, you stumble while walking down the street even though there was nothing there to cause you to trip. But, for the most part, you look and act fairly typically, and aren't much of an outcast.


OH MY GOSH! i just saw bc's... she is the same as me! thats impossible!

wait... i just read that... I HATE STAR TREK!!

[black cloak]

ok so it is not bad to be a geek

[legolas]

i know that... but when i am the same geekeness level as you... something is terribly wrong! (jk, maybe ;))

[borntofly]

i'd rather be a geek than a nerd!

[legolas]

well ya, same here

[borntofly]

i am happy as a nerd thoguh...i'm not going to hide who I am :D

[legolas]

i noticed that! lol, and thats excactly how i like you!!!!!!!!!!!!! for example... at school. I am friends with the 'outcast' as i said. so ppl look down on me. what they don't know is that i am a duffer (random) at heart.. and if they did know that they would hate me... so here, and band. are the 2 places (other then home) that i can truly be myself!

i would continue but i am tired of typing.

[Johan 72109]

It's weird... Because of the way I act, and who I hang around with, we used to be kind of outcasts at our school... But we never minded, because there were so many of us. But now, even though yes, we're weird, we've loads of friends. I think our originality and weirdness is part of the appeal for people :D

[Thanatos]

I am rather obsessed with lotr, well collecting the merchandise that is. It's become a hobby for me. I love the books and the movies, maybe a little to much. I collect the action figures, I have like 11 posters, tons of lotr related books, bookends, ect. I also love star wars, although, the merchandise obsession isn't as bad as with lotr. I also love books! I buy them all the time, there everywhere in my room. My two favorite movies ,or series I should say, are lotr and star wars. I love to read! I would say I am a big, big geek! :D


[Edit]: not to mention I love the narnia series, my fave band is Hanson (if that doesn't make me a Geek nothing can), and I met my best friends on a star wars message board! :D :P
I also love movies!!!!!OMGoodness i think i met my twin, lol. I am the excat same way! I have soo much LOTR stuff that it takes up the celing now, lol.
Im also a comic book nerd. I collect anything X-men, mainly.

[The Duck]

On a scale of 1-10, 10 being complete geek and 1 being not geeky at all, how geeky are you?

And if you are a true geek, what kind of evidence do you have to prove it?

Here is mine (http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/d_realm/index2.html)

[Aslan the Wise one]

Geeky in what way.??

[inkspot]

There is another thread on this same theme at:
http://www.narniafans.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204&highlight=geek

Most of us admitted to being at least moderately geeky. I think we decided if you are semi-obsessed with something to the point of knowing even the mindless trivia about it, then you are a geek in that cetegory, like a Star Trek geek or a Star Wars geek or a computer geek ...

[borntofly]

That was a fun thread! Hahaha! I don't bite off snake heads, so how can I be a geek? I'm just a nerd.

[Gryphon]

aslan, you are a geek. i define a geek as a person who decides to take it upon himself to be the expert in a cetain area of anything. for you it would be lewis and tolkein so dont worry. borntofly, there is a diffrence and here it is, a nerd is someone who says he knows everything and believes it. nerds are also ugly. geeks arent always that way. i myself am a geek. my expertise? fantasy factiods and english literature.

[black cloak]

so is a geek someone who is obessed with something??

[rosymole]

I've found the other Geek boast thread (yay!) so I shall stick'em together with glue and you can continues playing merrily away!

And this one has a poll too..even more fun!

[Dernhelm]

'Cept I've already voted in it. :(

;)

[Tsukiko]

i am a geek:

i love fantasy and believe magic and narnia r real
i luv to read

[tottyfruitty]

i like to read but not all the time and i like to watch movies that i have rented several times if i like them :D

[*IOWW the Iasc*]

Huge. It may not seem so at first, but if you knew me then you would agree. :D

[Jordo]

Huge. It may not seem so at first, but if you knew me then you would agree. :D

LOL Chelsea :D I'm actually more of a dork than a geek, I'm not smart enough to be a geek :p

[*IOWW the Iasc*]

LOL Chelsea :D I'm actually more of a dork than a geek, I'm not smart enough to be a geek :p

geek, Dork, all in all their about the same thing. lol :D

[Jordo]

geek, Dork, all in all their about the same thing. lol :D

lol i know but geek to me seems like people that are smart and obsessed with something and yea...dorks are more like crazy people who dont care what people think and are not normal :D lol

[Tsukiko]

yeah geeks r smart..i am kinda smart just not in math *too hard!! all those numbers hurt my brain!!* LOL

[tumnus_luver15]

my friends say that i am a geek
cause i have watched the narnia movie about 50 times.
i have read the books 50 times.
and it just ain't for narnia
i have done this for LotR
and Harry Potter.

[PrinceOfTheWest]

Not only am I a geek, but I'm the father of geeks. We sit around talking about network protocols and disk drive partitions.

[tumnus_luver15]

yeah geeks r smart..i am kinda smart just not in math *too hard!! all those numbers hurt my brain!!* LOL


well in that case i know i am a geek,
i am the smartest in all of my classes.
AIG classes

i have the higest GPA in all of my classes.

and get this i hate it.

[writinghorses]

You know, in the classical sense of the word, a "geek" is a person who willingly eats non-food items (i.e. pica); glass, rocks, plastic, paper, wood, etc.

[PrinceOfTheWest]

You know, in the classical sense of the word, a "geek" is a person who willingly eats non-food items (i.e. pica); glass, rocks, plastic, paper, wood, etc.Really? Wow, I never knew that. Is that from some slang dictionary or something? A lot of words that go "mainstream" have the most obscure origins.

[Gondorgirl]

I'm a mild geek, Star Wars, LotR, X-men, Harry Potter, Narnia, things like that

[Charlie Lovs Skandar]

i'm not a geek at all, i hardly do my work i just mess round and stuff and hang round with the guys! ;)
i dont think narnia's geeky at all!

[Isabel Moseley]

I am like soooooo not geeky and i never will be so you can forget about me being a geek jijiiji.... :p

[fish_wwjd_frog]

Concert Band. Marching Band. Pep band. If there's a band, I'm in it. Yeah, I'm a geek. (Band geeks, represent!!!)

[the freak sisters]

I am kinda obbsesed with Narnia!! I mean a couple of my friends and I are going to put a play on for fun!!!! I am also crazy about Siberian Huskies and puppies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And OH, how could I forget, the Narnia actors and actresses!!! Ecpecially, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Georgie Henley , and I guess Skander Keynes TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fantastyfreak]

I'm extremely geeky, I luv Harry Potter, Stargate , X-men, LOTRs, Narnia of course, anime, Jrock, Karen Hancock books, and more. I'm so geeky I am going all out to save Stargate from being cancelled on Scifi Channel (www.savesg1.com)

[SlpNarniaQueen]

What's your definition of a geek?

[LifeMaiden]

What's your definition of a geek?


Well I love to read and always have my head in a book when I'm not doing anything else, and I'm wearing my glasses now instead of my contacts...so...that would be my definition. ;)

[-Daughter of Eve-]

So how big of a Geek are you? What are your obsessions?
I'm obsessed with Narnia,Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean,and sometimes I feel a bit geeky...but mostly I'm just weird :D

[Miss.SunFlower]

yes!
my obbession's are: star wars, narnia, sailor moon, and yu yu hakusho


thought I'd throw in a post before school...

[Apple_Of_Life29]

I'm obsessed with Narnia,Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean,and sometimes I feel a bit geeky...but mostly I'm just weird :D

thats me EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!

[LifeMaiden]

But weird is good. I'm sure plenty people think it's weird for me to have a whole room filled with Narnia stuff. :D

[Mar]

i dont really think im a geek....

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

me niether...unless it comes to HP but that don't count.

[King Of Narbithia]

My obsession is Narnia hands down , if that means i ahve to be a little geeky for it then i guess im geeky because im obsessed :D





Long live the Lion , I and thy 3 cousins sserve under him as Kings and Queens of Narbithia . We join peace with Narnia and is a land pst Aslan's country . LONG LIVE NARBITHIA AND THY CREATURES AND MAGIC THAT LIE IN IT!

[King Of Narbithia]

Nowone else in my whole school or any of my friends like Narnia at ALL...so thats why here i can just be myself and have the obsession and nowone thinkin im wierd cauz everyone else likes it too....but nowne in my schhol likes it hardly.....so i like it here....in the forums



Long live the Lion , I and thy 3 cousins sserve under him as Kings and Queens of Narbithia . We join peace with Narnia and is a land pst Aslan's country . LONG LIVE NARBITHIA AND THY CREATURES AND MAGIC THAT LIE IN IT!

[-Forever_Young-]

I'm a total geek! (Plus, I have glasses and braces.) :rolleyes: I am totally obsessed with Pirates of the Caribbean and sort of with Narnia. Captain Jack rules, man... there's no denying it. *hide the rum* :D

[Jadee]

I am pretty geeky..obsessed with Narnia, Pirates of The Caribbean, Avatar The Last Airbender, I talk to myself a lot, I read a lot, like reading reading about the RMS Titanic (when they had the Titanic exhibit at the Metreon in SF I almost went crazy when I saw a peice of the hull and some artifacts) plus you can't pry me away from a computer os a video game controller (my favorite are the sims and Kingdom Hearts, SOMETIMES Final Fantasy but my sister usually breaks things)

[Miss.SunFlower]

I am a huge star wars geek!

and I'm proud of it!


oh I'm a narnia,lord of the rings, harry potter, sailor moon, yu yu hakusho, anime geek too.

[SlpNarniaQueen]

okay I'll let ya'll judge

1. I've read constintally
2. wear contacts instead of glasses
3. I have gotten all A's on my report card forever
4. I am obsessed with Narnia, Phantom of the opera and Pearl Harbor
5. I like LA, History, Math and art.
6. I don't have alot of friends...

thats me...so am I a geek or not?

[Miss.SunFlower]

okay I'll let ya'll judge

1. I've read constintally
2. wear contacts instead of glasses
3. I have gotten all A's on my report card forever
4. I am obsessed with Narnia, Phantom of the opera and Pearl Harbor
5. I like LA, History, Math and art.
6. I don't have alot of friends...

thats me...so am I a geek or not?
.....thats for you to know (I'm afraid if I say yes you'll kill me)

I love art class and I read constantly too. I like never talk to any one except my closest friends (me, not talking, shocking I know)My favorite class is comunication arts(reading and wrighting)

[SlpNarniaQueen]

.....thats for you to know (I'm afraid if I say yes you'll kill me)

I love art class and I read constantly too. I like never talk to any one except my closest friends (me, not talking, shocking I know)My favorite class is comunication arts(reading and wrighting)

No, I want to know if I'm a geek...if you think I'm a geek just say so...I won't get mad...if I had a certain awnser I was looking for I would have voted already...AM I A GEEK OR NOT? Awnser the question, I won't get mad proooooooooooomise!

[Miss.SunFlower]

......................ok................yes....... ..but not a BIG one.

[SlpNarniaQueen]

Thank you! I'm a geek...Hmmmm...something to consider...

my subtitles...

1. geek
2. idiot
3. insane
4. freak
5. weird...

Wow...I sound like me! :p

[Jewel09]

My obsessions are, but not limited to,


Johnny Depp
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars
Star Trek
Lord of the Rings
Narnia
Tim Burton movies
Did I mention Johnny depp?
:p

I hang out at the library! Tee hee! I am a geek. :D

[~Sunnyromance~]

I´m such a geek :D

-I use redaing glasses
-I read a whole lot and often prefer books on a Saturday evening that people
-I often pipe up with various funny facts
-I have a glue brain and often remember incidents noone else remembers
-I love reading science magazine
-I do extremely well in languages
-I read english fluently and speak it quite well
-I´m obsessed with fantasy books and everything connected to fantasy
-I love history
-I don´t have many friends

[musicalfantasy]

I am such a geek! I am obsessed with fantasy and Narnia! I am obsessed with music, but I DO NOT listen to anything but classical music! I am smartest in my class, and have been all of my life! I have reading glasses. I only have like one friend! (good friend) I am obsessed with video games, and I spend my free time posting HERE! How geeky!!

[KathrynJanewayChakotay]

Star trek, Narnia Star Wars,Lotr I am a super geek and I love fantasy novels,Astronomy Biology anything to do with science and computers and gadgets and writing

[Mrs Gil-Galad Took]

I am a complete supergeek when it comes to LOTR. I collect everything related to LOTR. My whole room is covered with LOTR stuff and especially the Frodo's seem to have taken over.
Other things:

MJF
Photoshop
StarWars and especially Luke and Anakin
Music in general

[Tsukiko]

Seeing as most people 'hate' labels on TDL...Im sure they'll 'hate' this thread. :rolleyes: cuz isnt calling yourself a 'geek' a label?

[Renaissancefan]

Well i'm a big Narnia fan,have the sword letter opener and stuff, and a huge medieval/renaissance history buff,and avid computer game player.

[Llama-Llama-Duck]

I'm such a geek that I have been online all day, and am always online and its pretty bad how obsessed I am.

:)

[Lucy but Taller]

I'm a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge geek.:DI love:

computer
star wars
star trek
stargate
Doctor who
Harry potter
Celtic Thunder
comics
:p

[Gondorgirl]

Hmm, apparently I voted mild...

When did I vote on this poll?!?!

I apparently was in a stage where I didn't think I was geeky... :D

[DaydreamBeliever]

I'm pretty geeky.:p

Obsessions:The Monkees,RETRO,Superman,history,old music/movies/tv,Hardy Boys tv show/Shaun Cassidy,Dr Quinn,Little House On the Prairie tv show,Gunsmoke,fairy tales,and Twilight/Jacob Black.:D

[Ephinie]

Wow... kudos, Daydreambeliever... You just found a five year old thread. :D

[DaydreamBeliever]

Haha thanks but I think Audrey (Lucy But Taller) is who found it.:D