Topic: Part-Time She-Geek (Read 9727 times)

Amaranthe · « **on:** October 02, 2006, 10:13:00 AM »

Hello!

My name is Jennfer and I'm a part-time geek. Most people know me as the 30-year-old genial mother of two adorable little girls, a friendly face at playgroup, and an active hand in the local synagogue. I'm a nice Jewish goil.

Little do they know by night or when I am alone, I turn into a raging geek! They know I am married to a tall lanky engineer who wears glasses, but most do not know I met him at our university's science fiction club where we served as co-presidents, or that I have countless bookshelves filled with sci-fi and RPG books, or that my DVR is stocked almost exclusively with doccumentaries and sci-fi television shows. They do not know I play World of Warcraft, sometimes later than I should, or that I still roleplay the part of triple-aspected Earth Goddess on a text-based internet game that I have been involved with for 10 years. They do not know I dabble in C programming soley so I can make the little creatures on my game do my bidding, or that I am secretly writing my own fantasy novel just for fun. They do not know that if what I'm reading isn't fantasy or sci-fi, it probably isn't fiction at all. They sometimes, but not always, know that when I get a rare opportunity for a babysitter, that the reason we go out to see X-Men III or whatever instead of some chick flick really is because we both like it that way!

It's not that I'm ashamed, it's just that most of the friends I see on a regular basis these days just wouldn't understand. Instead, I share with these friends my slightly-more-mainstream interests such as hiking, cooking, sewing, arts and crafts, and training at my local Aikido dojo.

A pleasure to meet y'all.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2006, 10:23:29 AM »

Welcome!

Aikido is pretty cool. A lot of the lower-level training can seem tedious and obvious, but when you see a real master of Aikido apply even just the basics all put together in a practical situation, it becomes clear how it works.

xolik · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2006, 10:25:59 AM »

Welcome!

BizB · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2006, 10:42:00 AM »

Wow... you should realy find something to do with your spare time. Oh, wait... you did. Parenting.

Welcome.

Fruit on the bottom, or blended yogurt?

hackess · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2006, 11:22:20 AM »

Another geek girl! Whee!

Welcome!

pbsaurus · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2006, 02:03:43 PM »

Welcome

Dark Shade · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2006, 02:15:54 PM »

Welcome to The Geekery!

12AX7 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 02, 2006, 04:15:16 PM »

Hi! Welcome up in here!

Evonus · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2006, 07:10:41 PM »

Engineers are awesome, you have good taste in men.

Welcome to the geekery!

Amaranthe · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2006, 08:56:48 AM »

Totally good taste. The only other man I've been in love with besides my husband was also an engineering student (at the time). We're still friends, too - though he decided to be a network administrator instead of a REAL engineer. No wonder it didn't work out - I mean network admin? Please.

Thanks for the welcomes!

jeee · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2006, 04:06:01 PM »

Quote from: Amaranthe on October 04, 2006, 08:56:48 AM

though he decided to be a network administrator instead of a REAL engineer. No wonder it didn't work out - I mean network admin? Please.

Thanks for the welcomes!

That earned you your first negative karma

LuciferSam · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2006, 07:53:22 PM »

Pff. Whatever, this is really Mark Foley. Come out of that closet with your laptop, Congressman Foley. You're not fooling anyone.

Evonus · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2006, 08:46:21 PM »

Quote from: Amaranthe on October 04, 2006, 08:56:48 AM

Totally good taste. The only other man I've been in love with besides my husband was also an engineering student (at the time). We're still friends, too - though he decided to be a network administrator instead of a REAL engineer. No wonder it didn't work out - I mean network admin? Please.

Thanks for the welcomes!

He probably couldn't handle the pressure. You have to be a strong person to be an engineer.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2006, 11:51:57 PM »

I've recently realized I can't be an engineer, much as I wish I could.

LuciferSam · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:58:27 AM »

Yeah, I hear Burlington Northern's union is a total bitch.

dcrog · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2006, 03:54:17 PM »

Quote from: Agent_Tachyon on October 04, 2006, 11:51:57 PM

I've recently realized I can't be an engineer, much as I wish I could.

Did you suddenly find you had a severe fear of boxcar's or railroad tracks?

rgb_girls · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2006, 04:28:09 PM »

No, I AM Mark Foley!!! I had you ALL fooled...! And I'm taking everyone else down WITH me!!!

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2006, 04:32:51 PM »

Quote from: dcrog on October 05, 2006, 03:54:17 PM

Did you suddenly find you had a severe fear of boxcar's or railroad tracks?

No, cows.

Evonus · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:08:09 PM »

What do cows have to do with engineering?

pbsaurus · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:25:42 PM »

Lots, why do you think there are cow catchers?

dcrog · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:35:50 PM »

Quote from: Evonus on October 05, 2006, 06:08:09 PM

What do cows have to do with engineering?

PAIC

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2006, 07:27:04 PM »

Exactly.

Evonus · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2006, 10:08:08 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on October 05, 2006, 06:25:42 PM

Lots, why do you think there are cow catchers?

The train operators aren't even real engineers.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2006, 10:40:18 PM »

Sure they are. That's their title.

LuciferSam · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:02:56 PM »

They are, in fact, the most skilled of ALL engineers. You ever try driving a train? High on cocaine? Casey Jones... you had better watch your speed, son.

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