Posts Tagged ‘geek’

First I must send out a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my wonderful geek husband of two years now. I love him more each day, and that’s not just me saying that. Geeks in love stay in love.

You make every day better.

I dabbled in amateur film making when I was in college. Of course then I had resources that I no longer have outside the classroom. I was spending a semester in England where I took a class that allowed me and my teammates to create two short films. The experience really showed me how much work goes in to even just a minute’s worth of screen time.

Difficulty for anyone can change depending on a number of factors—experience, cooperation among participants, equipment, and time.

Time will always be the first one that gets you. For the 3-5 minute films I made for my class in England we were given a week to film and two to edit. You would think that would be more than enough for such a short movie.

But then remember you have to have an idea, actors, locations, props, and equipment to get everything done.
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We all know the jobs out there that are the geek dream, such as being a game tester, or a comic book artist, or an intern for X-Play. But if we’re being realistic with ourselves, we know that those jobs are not easy to come by. Most of them, most of the ‘geek dream jobs’ are nearly impossible to break into.

However, that does not mean that we have to content ourselves with being sales or customer service reps in those awful giant call centers. There are geek jobs for the rest of us that can be just as rewarding as the dream.
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Tattooing has been around almost as long as human beings, seen in many cultures throughout history for many varying reasons, usually for personal, cultural, or spiritual expression or identification.

In the previous century there was a time when tattooing was seen as something only for the hardcore, scary people like bikers and gang members, or sailors who got drunk one night on leave. In Japan it is still generally thought of as a sign that you are part of the yakuza, the native gangsters.

But these days nearly everyone you run across could potentially have at least one tattoo, even if that one is merely a typical ‘tramp stamp’ on the lower back.

The average person might only have something small and simple, like Woodstock on their hip or a flower on their ankle, but even the unexpected person might surprise you with a slew of tattoos hidden beneath their clothing.

Tattoos with a geeky origin are more common these days than you might realize. All three of mine fall under that category.
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I am a geek. That has already been established purely by the existence of this blog. I am also very typical of the American woman my age. Middle class, over-educated, under-appreciated, with a husband, a cat, and a lot of bills to pay. I believe that my current financial position of getting by paycheck to paycheck is in part the fault of my geek status.

Allow me to explain.

I attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. This was the most expensive of the schools I looked at toward the end of high school, but it was the one I had to go to, no compromise, because of what it offered. My first year of schooling was $28,000. By the time I graduated the yearly tuition had increased to $38,000. That’s a $10,000 increase in four years. Frightening, right?
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People have been misinterpreting these terms for years. Even people who fall under one of these categories sometimes get wrong which one they actually are. Some people even toss these words around as if they are synonymous, which they are definitely not.

Out of the three terms most tossed around, everyone seems to agree about ‘dork’ being more negative. But if you check the many other meanings given in similar blogs and articles, ‘geek’ and ‘nerd’ are still confused depending on who is giving the definition.

Allow me to give my interpretation.
 
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