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I am a geek when it comes to museums, social networking, and dancing. I love me some Stark Trek, Star Wars, Princess Bride, Warehouse 13, Avatar: the Last Airbender and The Big Bang Theory but I am only mildly geeky when it comes to tech and even less geeky when it comes to programing. I spend a majority of my time on my office computer, IPhone, IPad, and personal Laptop. But I am slightly out of the loop when dealing with installing tech or programming. I am learning more everyday but I am no expert.
So my question to those of you that happen to run across my blog in a Stumble search or to my two subscribers (thanks Mom and Rob), Am I a Geek?
What qualifies me to be labeled a geek?
I have watched every episode of Bones and The Last Airbender however I am still working on The Big Bang Theory and Star Trek (Next Gen). I have multiple wish lists at ThinkGeek.com including a Yoda USB Desk protector and Settlers of Catan board game. I am a registered Apple Developer (however I have yet to develop anything). I am the Social Media Marketer for 4 separate organizations so i know the tricks of the Social Media trade but so do many many other "regular joes/janes."
I barely passed C Programing as an undergraduate however I aced Preventative Conservation and Care of Collections. I struggled with Calculus but I soared through the History of the Global Political Economy. I can set up your new computer but don't ask me to fix your old one.
I found a chart that I hoped would shine some light on the situation, however it only confused me more. The Geek Hierarchy Chart. It is a classification of someone's geekiness based on various categories (literature, video games, TV, movies, and art). The chart can be read from least geeky at the top to most geeky at the bottom. The closest thing I could come to me is "Science Fiction Television Fans." which is not very high on the geek chart. I am about a 3rd level geek.
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You tell me.
Yeah, there definitely different levels and brands of geekiness, and one person can move up and down and sideways among geeky behaviors over time.
ReplyDeleteWhen my geekiness first emerged in junior high and high school, I was well on my way to becoming a full-fledged, capital 'G' Geek. I got awards for best student in my computer classes, and once attended a computer animation summer camp at the local university. I started playing Dungeons and Dragons my sophomore year of high school, mostly because I had a major crush on the teacher who surreptitiously ran the games after school. I joined the Amtgard LARP my junior year. I was also a big theater geek, which is sort of its own very special creature.
In some ways I fell short as a geek. I never really liked video games, except 'Lemmings.' Didn't really play until my ex and I got a PS-1 when I was in my mid-twenties. I really wanted to like Star Trek and Hercules and those shows because all of my geekier friends did, but I really didn't. I preferred to watch '50s and '60s sitcoms on Nick-at-Nite, but did so with geeky fervor.
Eventually, web design got too complicated for a hobbiest like me to really keep up, I admitted I was more of a horror fan than a sci-fi fan, and I gave up on LARPing and D&D pretty much altogether.
But now I can tell you more than you want to know about the '60s protest scene, and I play the ukulele. So you be the judge. :)
Catan is Awesome and i would call you "Semi Geek" or better yet, "Mini Geek".
ReplyDeleteI like the term "Mini Geek!" It sounds appropriate to me. I may come up with a new Geek Hierarchy....hmmmm...that is an idea.
ReplyDeleteand Kate V. you are way past me on the Geek scale but you are right that we all have differing levels of geekiness and types.