NightScribe Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 Ever get so obsessed with something that you have to know/have it right now? That just happened to me. As part of my new fic, I was writing one of those little details, you know how you do, and I thought "wouldn't it be cool to have that in real life?" (In this case, a charm bracelet; don't ask, too complicated). Anyhoo, I thought "yeah" and started checking out charms. Then I thought, "hey! wouldn't it be really cool to have charms that represented all my fics on AFF? Like something from a title or something that was of some significance to the story?" (Not easy being mostly HP fics). *Ahem* needless to say....I should be getting it by next week. I've even got my Snape-turned-auto-mechanic crack!fic covered. (I justify this as an early Christmas present; I usually get useless crap anyway, and as a means to recover from my disappointment on my last shopping excursion where I found absolutely nothing I wanted. Don't you hate that?). Anyway, you may now point, laugh and scream "GEEK!" Oh, and I love the new smilies!!!
Guest Enchanted Faery Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 That's actually a good idea and so what if you're a geek! GEEKS RULE! *EF Holds up rock and roll sign with hand and bangs head "YOOO HOOO!" We SOOOO RULE! lol. Good luck on finding the charms!
Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 Seriously, Let me tell you about Geekdom. My second laptop was named Fuchikoma after the little battle robots from the Ghost in the Shell comics. My PDA's name it Elphaba, the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked. My current laptop's name is Serenity after the ship from Firefly and Serenity. One of the desktop comps I had I named Paul after a character from Get Backers. My tablet's name is Batou, a character from Ghost in the Shell. When I get a new cellphone, it's name shall be Richie, a character from Static Shock. I want to name my first born son Aleksi after a character from a song called Snow Magic by Heather Alexander and my first daughter Signy after the song "Captain Signy Mallory," another Alexander song. I want to get a dog and name him "Chewy." So... yeah... geek away.
Nanaea Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 My PDA is named Weebette after the 2nd gen floating PA bot in Flubber.
Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 My PDA is named Weebette after the 2nd gen floating PA bot in Flubber. Ee! Weebette!
Guest Knorg Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 Whoa, I sure hope someone like Deathstalker never gets a fic-representing charm bracelet "This one is for where the zombie dog rapes her to death... and also happiness!"
StoryJunkie Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 lol That's hilarious! or what about Psychostorm's stories! (shudders) although I didn't have a pc when I was growing up, I did name my bed Sylvia. (am I a geek?)
Guest Serenanna Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 My brother, the EVA geek he is, once labeled the three hard drives of his computer Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar. Each of them were filled with fansubs. Me, being the otaku I am, named most of my characters in Disgaea 2 after other anime characters. Currently, my little ninja is name Kakashi because his design friggen looks like Kakashi-sensei! Does this count for geekdom? Sere
redsliver Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 Sere, of course you're a geek. How is Disgaea 2 by the way? I picked up the first and second, but haven't made it to 2 yet. I think my geekiness trumps all. I get drunk and yell mathematics at homeless people. I've played and beat more console RPGs than I have ever met, and have been having weekly One Piece arguments with three different people for two months now.
Guest Serenanna Posted October 18, 2006 Report Posted October 18, 2006 It's good, but more serious than Hour of Darkness, and less WTF moments, even if there are a few. The game play is exactly the same too. They also seemed to be taking a lot of direct anime references. One high-end sword is called Sesshomaru . . . the caption for it reads something along the lines of "Find the friggen jewel shards already!" The ninjas are complete Naruto rip-offs. One of their skills is the replacement jutsu, and another is call Konoha Gakure. Their progression also starts at Genin, then Chunin and Jonin. It makes me smile even if I'm not laughing out loud like at the first. The poking fun at it's own crackness in the system is good too. Sere, off-topic and still high on antibiotics.
polywolly Posted October 19, 2006 Report Posted October 19, 2006 off-topic and still high on antibiotics Really. Someone should make that into a bumper sticker. Geeks? Geek is in the eye of the beholder. My husband names his guitars, but I don't think he's a geek. He also refers to them with feminine pronouns, like they're majestic warships, which gives an entirely new meaning to the statement, "Paula Reed broke her G string." Everyone has a few geek-centric tendencies. I am a self-proclaimed Harry Potter geek. I have to bite my tongue in public when people misuse or mispronounce words. Sometimes I miss and say something to correct them, and then they look at me like I'm the grammar police, and then I whip out my badge and say, "Yeah, I made myself a Grammar Police badge in Adobe, printed it out, and glitter-glued it to piece of cardboard. Have you something to say on the matter without mangling the English language in the process?!" Okay, maybe not that, but I've obviously put some thought into it. This should settle it. By show of hands, who's a fan of the new Weird Al song, "White and Nerdy"? *peers through everyone's screens* *raises hand* Everyone? Wow, we are nerds.
Nanaea Posted October 19, 2006 Report Posted October 19, 2006 I have to bite my tongue in public when people misuse or mispronounce words. Sometimes I miss and say something to correct them, and then they look at me like I'm the grammar police, and then I whip out my badge and say, "Yeah, I made myself a Grammar Police badge in Adobe, printed it out, and glitter-glued it to piece of cardboard. Have you something to say on the matter without mangling the English language in the process?!" *Raises hand too* Poly, you are my hero! Seriously, I understand the slipping up and correcting people's grammar out loud. I've actually done that myself. I generally blame it on the fact that it's force of habit from homeschooling. I had a teacher, when I was in cosmetology school mind you, who, if you asked her something using "Can I...?" she would reply, "I don't know, can you?" repeatedly until you said "May I...?" I do that to my children now.
StoryJunkie Posted October 19, 2006 Report Posted October 19, 2006 God, my cousin used to do that to me! Even now, as you mention it, I hear her mocking tone: "I don't know. Can you?" Everyone has a few geek-centric tendencies. I am a self-proclaimed Harry Potter geek. I have to bite my tongue in public when people misuse or mispronounce words. Sometimes I miss and say something to correct them, and then they look at me like I'm the grammar police, and then I whip out my badge and say, "Yeah, I made myself a Grammar Police badge in Adobe, printed it out, and glitter-glued it to piece of cardboard. Have you something to say on the matter without mangling the English language in the process?!"Okay, maybe not that, but I've obviously put some thought into it. I read this out loud to my daughter. We had tears in our eyes. (also the part about the g-string) Priceless.
Guest Zimarah Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 The various computers in my home are named after Miyazaki characters. Mine's Eboshi. Totoro lives in the livingroom and works as a PVR. My husband and I both have C.S. degrees, so...
NightScribe Posted October 21, 2006 Author Report Posted October 21, 2006 I named my car Bebe after the South Park character; the episode where she got boobs slayed me for some reason. I don't actually have a name for my laptop, but if I did, it would be L'il Mac, as I often say to myself, and others, "God, I love my Macintosh."
Guest Madapple Posted October 22, 2006 Report Posted October 22, 2006 Well, since I am neither a circus performer, nor more than averagely knowledgabe about computers, let me tell you about my own particular brand of "geek"-iness. Last week, I went on this disasterous date, although looking back calling it a date is being overly optimistic. Anyway this guy, Ed, knows I teach Greek and Latin and he kept asking me to translate things into Latin. He just didn't understand that there is no Latin equivalent for Chevy Suburban. The highlight of the evening was when I wrote a poem for him about his pick-up truck. The "piece de resistance?" (sorry, this keyboard find it impossible to write French.) The next day when I told a friend what a disaster the evening was, I said, and I quote, "Why do I always have to translate this crap? Is it unrealistic to want someone to translate things for me sometimes?" That is a geek.
StoryJunkie Posted October 24, 2006 Report Posted October 24, 2006 Maybe you could have called it his chariot or something.
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