I have noticed a trend over the past couple years, one that actually kind of bugs me. Suddenly, it's cool to be a geek. Everyone and anyone is claiming geek status. Still trying to figure out why, it used to be a bad thing. There came a point when my fellow geeks and I started wearing the status as a badge of honor, the same as the jocks and the popular kids wore theirs in school. As an adult out of school, in todays society, it's suddenly 'cool' to be a geek. Guess what? We don't want you! What exactly is your claim to geekdom?? If you still make fun of me for playing D&D, for quoting Lord of the Rings (long before the movies came out), for having Star Wars movie posters hanging in my living room as well as my extensive collection of Star Wars t-shirts, and for having 7 level 85's on World of Warcraft, guess what? that's called an asshole, not a geek. Having 14 different Apple products with no idea how to fix them or even knowing all of their available uses does not make you a tech geek. Being a fan of tattoos does not make you a tattoo geek. Being a sports fan most definately does not quilify you as a sports geek. (are you fucking kidding me??) Being a hipster does not make you a 'cool geek'. (It does make me want to punch you in the teeth) Having a desk job where you work on a computer does not automatically qualify you as a geek. Playing solitaire, minecraft, or ANY facebook game does not qualify you as a gamer geek. You don't just get to claim it because it's now a cool thing to be, so fuck off. Geeks earned their status through bullies, wedgies, noogies and worse. Until you go through the same, you an just go back to being whatever you were before you decided you wanted to be a geek.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Things that don't define me....
But you need to know about me all the same.
Lately it seems like I am running into a lot more people who don't really know me well enough to know the little things about me. Aquaintences mostly, some parents from sports, new friends from other places.
Things about me you need to know, but I normally don't just tell everyone because these things don't define me:
I am legally deaf. If I am staring at your mouth moving, it's not because you have something in your teeth. If you mumble, are male or have a deep voice, chances are I can't hear you. If I just smile and nod and don't answer when you ask me something, I didn't hear you. If I say something that doesn't make sense, I misheard you.
I am bisexual. I like men and women. Gay jokes are not ok around me. A good portion of my family is gay. I take offense. 'Gay' is not a word to describe something bad. If you say 'That's so gay' or something like that, I will call you out. Same with the word 'retarded'. There are people in the world, awesome people, who don't deserve to have to hear that word spewed from the mouths of hateful, callous people.
I am demophobic. I don't like large groups of people, and I really really really dislike being touched, especially by strangers, so don't be offended if I jerk away from you even if it's an accidental brush.
I am an athiest. I don't believe in your god or anyone elses god. I do believe in people, and I believe they answer to themselves in the long run.
I have OCD. Not the TV parody, haha, joke about it OCD, the I count everything I do and do everything in series of sets and numbers and repetitive patterns. No, I don't clean alot, in fact I am pretty messy. There are several types of OCD, and what you see on TV, the germophobes, that's actually the most rare form. Many people say 'I am OCD about that', or 'I am so OCD', and they have no idea what it's like to live that way. It's like nails on a chalkboard to hear it. For someone to say 'I have OCD' when they have never been diagnosed with anything but strep throat in their lives, it makes me want to punch them in their teeth.
Now you know.
:P
Lately it seems like I am running into a lot more people who don't really know me well enough to know the little things about me. Aquaintences mostly, some parents from sports, new friends from other places.
Things about me you need to know, but I normally don't just tell everyone because these things don't define me:
I am legally deaf. If I am staring at your mouth moving, it's not because you have something in your teeth. If you mumble, are male or have a deep voice, chances are I can't hear you. If I just smile and nod and don't answer when you ask me something, I didn't hear you. If I say something that doesn't make sense, I misheard you.
I am bisexual. I like men and women. Gay jokes are not ok around me. A good portion of my family is gay. I take offense. 'Gay' is not a word to describe something bad. If you say 'That's so gay' or something like that, I will call you out. Same with the word 'retarded'. There are people in the world, awesome people, who don't deserve to have to hear that word spewed from the mouths of hateful, callous people.
I am demophobic. I don't like large groups of people, and I really really really dislike being touched, especially by strangers, so don't be offended if I jerk away from you even if it's an accidental brush.
I am an athiest. I don't believe in your god or anyone elses god. I do believe in people, and I believe they answer to themselves in the long run.
I have OCD. Not the TV parody, haha, joke about it OCD, the I count everything I do and do everything in series of sets and numbers and repetitive patterns. No, I don't clean alot, in fact I am pretty messy. There are several types of OCD, and what you see on TV, the germophobes, that's actually the most rare form. Many people say 'I am OCD about that', or 'I am so OCD', and they have no idea what it's like to live that way. It's like nails on a chalkboard to hear it. For someone to say 'I have OCD' when they have never been diagnosed with anything but strep throat in their lives, it makes me want to punch them in their teeth.
Now you know.
:P
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
A few years...
It's been a couple of years since I have posted anything on my blog. I haven't talked a lot on here sine the ex and I first split up. In the beginning, he used everything I wrote about against me, so I just stopped writing. Time heals, or so I am told, and maybe now things have moved on enough that he no longer cares what I write about.
So, catching up. Past few months have been hell. After the flood, it seemed like everything just started piling on. Chief, my sweet boy, was poisoned, and soon after my Gunther got sick and I feared the same, so I took him into the vet to find out he had pneumonia. A couple thousand dollars later, he is fine, save for the spots he still has. Hereditary mange of some sort. I have to try and give him baths that he hates, and he is bigger than Goose now.
I got a roommate to help cut expenses, but I think he costs more than it's worth, considering he doesn't pay. Lost 2 of my daycare kids because their dad lost his job, and one of the moms was evicted because of a guy taking advantage of her and she hasn't been able to pay me for 5 weeks now. Yeah. It never rains. It also floods!
I finally got all of the flood mess cleaned up here this last weekend, and I am working on getting my whole house set to rights, but it's a huge process. There comes a point, when everything is going so badly, that you lose your will to keep trying. Trying to kick myself into action and get things to rights again.
Also, fairly recently I have started trying to date again. I almost think I shouldn't. I am 35 and fairly set in my ways, on top of being hard-headed and stubborn. Having someone else poke in and try and impose their schedule/routines on mine is kind of irritating. With the temper I have, it's just not a good thing. I have to really find someone I like A LOT in order for them not to annoy the piss out of me. Granted, I have a small temper....
Moving on to more fun things. Monster is doing well in football, he is really blossoming this year! Brynn is finding her little preteen Jr high niche in school, loving basketball and choir and all that. I quit WoW and all online gaming for a while, after the flood. I was removed from my raiding guild for missing a couple of raids and it depressed me to no end considering what I had put into the guild and that I had missed them because of tornadoes and flooding. You would have thought there would have been an ounce of compassion or understanding there, but that's what happens when you deal with the Internet. Nameless, faceless people who will happily use you and have no problems casting you aside when you cease to be useful, even for a moment. Just here recently, within the past few days, I started playing again. Almost forgot how relaxing it was to be able to lose yourself for a while.
Holiday season is coming up... Been thinking about taking a new approach this year.
So, catching up. Past few months have been hell. After the flood, it seemed like everything just started piling on. Chief, my sweet boy, was poisoned, and soon after my Gunther got sick and I feared the same, so I took him into the vet to find out he had pneumonia. A couple thousand dollars later, he is fine, save for the spots he still has. Hereditary mange of some sort. I have to try and give him baths that he hates, and he is bigger than Goose now.
I got a roommate to help cut expenses, but I think he costs more than it's worth, considering he doesn't pay. Lost 2 of my daycare kids because their dad lost his job, and one of the moms was evicted because of a guy taking advantage of her and she hasn't been able to pay me for 5 weeks now. Yeah. It never rains. It also floods!
I finally got all of the flood mess cleaned up here this last weekend, and I am working on getting my whole house set to rights, but it's a huge process. There comes a point, when everything is going so badly, that you lose your will to keep trying. Trying to kick myself into action and get things to rights again.
Also, fairly recently I have started trying to date again. I almost think I shouldn't. I am 35 and fairly set in my ways, on top of being hard-headed and stubborn. Having someone else poke in and try and impose their schedule/routines on mine is kind of irritating. With the temper I have, it's just not a good thing. I have to really find someone I like A LOT in order for them not to annoy the piss out of me. Granted, I have a small temper....
Moving on to more fun things. Monster is doing well in football, he is really blossoming this year! Brynn is finding her little preteen Jr high niche in school, loving basketball and choir and all that. I quit WoW and all online gaming for a while, after the flood. I was removed from my raiding guild for missing a couple of raids and it depressed me to no end considering what I had put into the guild and that I had missed them because of tornadoes and flooding. You would have thought there would have been an ounce of compassion or understanding there, but that's what happens when you deal with the Internet. Nameless, faceless people who will happily use you and have no problems casting you aside when you cease to be useful, even for a moment. Just here recently, within the past few days, I started playing again. Almost forgot how relaxing it was to be able to lose yourself for a while.
Holiday season is coming up... Been thinking about taking a new approach this year.
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