I seem to have become "geekier" as I've aged.

[xmas74]

Or maybe I can accept it w/ a more open mind now.
Anyone else notice the same thing about themselves?

[Zynx]

1. I acknowledged I was a geek at age 12 and have simply accepted it.

It was a liberating feeling to know what I was. ;-)

[xmas74]

4. I knew that I had a few qualities but I fought them

throughout my teen years. As a teenager I was a badass. Now I accept the freak show that is my life.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Yup!

Not so concerned with how others see me.

[xmas74]

5. I've grown up and am no longer concerned about it either.

I wonder if it is because of maturing that I can accept that I am a geek. Or is being a geek cooler than it used to be?

[KitchenWitch]

8. My guess?

A little of both!

[xmas74]

11. That's what I'm thinking too.

I'm not as serious about my image as others see it anymore and it shows. I'm still a very serious person but I am realizing that I can have fun at the same time.
The "normal" people still give me funny looks when I quote a line from Dune but I just don't care anymore. They'll get over it.

[RevCheesehead]

3. Are you listening to your children again?

I think, that the older I get, the less I give a damn. :)

[xmas74]

9. That's my point.

The older I've gotten the more accepting I am of it. I admit to loving scifi, to finding nothing wrong w/ adults attending cons, etc.
As a teen I would have deeply hidden my love of Star Trek. (Actually, I did hide it). And I never dated "geeky" men. Now I realize that they are the type of men I have always been attrached to .
I wonder if this is something that others have discovered w/ age.

[RevCheesehead]

23. You know what I'm really attracted to?

Values and character, and a compassionate heart. The guy can look like anyone, I don't care.

BTW - I think all the men of the DU are gorgeous. :loveya:

[xmas74]

26. I think all of the men on DU are too!

When I was younger I was fascinated by the guys in the computer club, the science club, chess club (and the list keeps going!) but never dated them. I dated the motorheads instead.
Now I realize that my type was the classic "geek" all along.

[RevCheesehead]

27. Do you have a classic geek of your own?

I'm still looking for my Geek Charming. :loveya:

[xmas74]

30. No I don't.

I'm still looking.
I just want someone who will make me laugh and that I can have intelligent conversations w/ about nearly any subject. I don't need a lavish lifestyle.
And if he is worried about "protecting" me he doesn't have to. I have worked in a jail and a mental institution that housed 552's (not guilty by reason of mental defect). I can fight for both of us.

[RevCheesehead]

32. Someday, the geeks will realize how wonderful we are.

Hey, geeky guys! Ask us out! Don't just sit there, thinking about it!

** Spoken on behalf of wonderful women everywhere.

[xmas74]

34. Thank you.

A guy I went to high school w/ approached me at our tenth reunion. He was a classic geek-you name it, he did it. He informed me that he had a huge crush on me in high school but was afraid to ask me out because I ran around w/ all the motorheads and the headbangers.
Well, I ran around w/ them because they accepted me for who I was (for the most part). And I informed him that if he had asked me for a date, even back then, I would have accepted.
Of course, he's married now and teaches science. Perfect man all those years ago and I never knew.

SPEAK UP MEN! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING!

[AirmensMom]

6. And the problem with that is .....?

:shrug:

I don't know if I'm geekier. I'm just weird. :silly:

[xmas74]

12. No problem.

It's something that my best friend and I recently discussed. We have both noticed that we are more opinionated, more vocal about our opinions and that we both lean toward things that were once considered quite "geeky" (for lack of a better word) than we were as drunk 18 year old coeds.
It just makes me wonder if this is a common thing.

[AirmensMom]

15. It's called growing up. :)

I hope that it's common. If you were still just like you were as drunk 18 year old coeds, I would worry about that! One of the things I like about getting older is that I'm less afraid of having opinions and expressing them.

Hi, xmas! :hi:

[xmas74]

16. Hi!

I see you are racking up the posts now!
Some of it is growing up but I have to wonder if some of it is also the fact that geekiness is now a little bit more socially acceptable?

[AirmensMom]

18. I suppose so.

I've been geeky for a while, so I don't really know. Most of what I notice is that I say what's on my mind more now than I used to.

Hey, I'll be in the 700 club soon. :)

[xmas74]

20. I do too.

When I was younger I would have never mentioned watching science shows or reading books about historical events and people. Now I enjoy discussing them.

And you'd better post fast once you hit the 700 Club. That place really sucks.

[AirmensMom]

29. Good for you!

I'm glad you're doing the things you enjoy. It seems like we do the things we think are cool when we're young. Life is too short to keep doing that.

Why does the 700 Club suck? Do I have to crawl naked on my belly through a pit full of snakes or something? :yoiks:

[xmas74]

31. You get to breathe the same air as Pat Robertson

and Jerry Falwell.

[AirmensMom]

33. Oh, yeah.

THAT 700 Club. How could I forget? :rofl:

[xmas74]

35. It sucks.

Picture threads, kitten threads, puppy threads and now panda threads will save your life.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. I went in the opposite direction

I was a geek as a teenager because I didn't understand The Rules. The older I got, the more I realized the essence of Cool is not giving half a damn about rules.

:hippie:

[xmas74]

13. Part of it is no longer caring about the rules.

My best friend and I have noticed that we lean toward activities that our teen selves would have ridiculed. Maybe it is the idea of not caring what others think or maybe it is because, as adults, we are willing to try new things.
I don't know what it is.

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. If one becomes "geekier"...

Then does that mean one was a geek to begin with?

Me..just a more subdued hippie chick...

[xmas74]

14. I think that my best friend and I are more willing to admit

to liking things that are traditionally not of the "cool" realm.
Just has me thinking again (bad girl for thinking!)

[Floogeldy]

17. Geeks liked Star Trek for the wrong reasons.

I think you were cool, all along.

;)

[xmas74]

19. Thank you.

I think I was too.
And I enjoyed the original Trek because of the mostly rosy idea of what the future would be like. There would be conflicts but, for the most part, we were not out to divide and conquer. We were exploring for the sake of learning and meeting others.

[Whoa_Nelly]

22. I liked Star Trek for

The TRIBBLES!



And the GROOVY 60s makeup and clothes:

[xmas74]

25. Who doesn't love a tribble?

And I always wanted Uhura's uniform for a Halloween costume. I thought she was so beautiful when I was a child.

[Floogeldy]

28. I liked Star Trek for a lot of reasons . . .

Kirk's manlihood and take-charge control. Spock, for his intellect. Bones for his down-home personality and common sense. Scotty for his occasional drunkenness.

I could go on and on!

;)

Edit: Oh yeah. And those beautiful babes running around the Enterprise with those short little skirts and go-go boots that need to be punished, sexually, for strutting around like that while the universe is threatened. Bad girl! Bad girl! ;)

[xmas74]

36. I wanted to be one of those bad girls.

I secretly understood why Nurse Chapel pined for Bones for so many years. A man of science and reason who wasn't afraid to speak his mind.

That's the kind of man I want.

[Floogeldy]

38. She pined for Spock.

You're just about Nurse Chapel's age, aren't you?

BTW, are you wearing any lip gloss? Right now.

:loveya:

:rofl:

Teasing you. ;)

[Whoa_Nelly]

37. Bones' best line...

"He's dead, Jim."

[Floogeldy]

39. One of my faves is: "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

:)

[nickgutierrez]

21. I'm a geek relative to the people around me, I guess.

My mom didn't even know what a .jpg was until a couple of days ago, when I told her. :)

[xmas74]

24. I've noticed that I'm willing to put time into my geek activities.

When I was younger I usually denied them any place in my life(even though I was secretly fascinated w/ them). Now I just don't care.

[Wapsie B]

40. I've always been one of sorts.

But in high school I never did fit in to what we'd call the techies group nowadays. I was a band nerd and hung around-what little hanging around I did with a few that I knew in that group. Other than that I wasn't a jock, nor an artist or anywhere close to being in the "in" crowd. I was on the perimeter of it all. Not really pidgeon-holed into any clique. I was the quiet oddball in the corner. At least that's how I felt. I'd have given anything for a bad girl or even a goody two shoes to be with.

Now I find myself 30 years older with many of the same feelings about life. The feelings of resentment against the status quo are stronger.